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A 16 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER~S PISTOL BY ALEX THOMSON
A 16 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER~S PISTOL BY ALEX THOMSON, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1840, with browned twist sighted barrel signed on the flat, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech with pierced platinum plug, signed engraved flush-fitting stepped case-hardened lock decorated with border ornament and foliate scrolls, hammer en suite, polished walnut full stock, finely chequered butt, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guard en suite with the lock, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, case-hardened butt-cap with circular trap-cover, blue ramrod-pipes and stirrup ramrod, horn fore-end cap, vacant silver escutcheon and silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and retaining much original finish, 21.7 cm barrel
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A 16 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER~S PISTOL BY ALEX THOMSON
