A FINE IRISH 60-BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER & AN IRISH PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS
Lot 616 THE SELDEN COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR

A FINE IRISH 60-BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER & AN IRISH PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS

THE FIRST W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN, SERIAL NO. 10485 FOR 1853; THE SECOND TRULOCK & SON, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1840

Closed26 April 2017

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A FINE IRISH 60-BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER & AN IRISH PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS
THE FIRST W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN, SERIAL NO. 10485 FOR 1853; THE SECOND TRULOCK & SON, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1840
The first with fluted hand-detachable barrel-block retaining faded traces of original case-hardened finish, blued action and trigger-guard, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, scroll engraved throughout, well figured chequered walnut grips, and much original blued finish; the second with two-stage iron barrel struck with an Irish registration mark for Dublin, back-action lock, and walnut three-quarter stock (some cracks)
The first 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) barrel-block; the second 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) barrel

The first Lars-Goran Johansson, Christie's King Street, 18 July 1973, lot 113; the second From the O'Byrne Collection (removed from Upholland College), Christie's, London, 19 December 1961, lot 55.

Specialist note

D.H.L. Back notes that this revolver was completed in 1853 and sold to a W. Connolly.