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A PAIR OF 16 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS SIGNED W. ADAMS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal sighted barrels engraved around the muzzles and fitted with stirrup ramrods beneath, scroll-engraved side-hammer actions incorporating the back-sights on the top and with long tangs, blued triggers, finely chequered walnut butts, vacant German silver escutcheons, engraved steel mounts comprising butt-caps with traps decorated with expanded flowerheads, trigger-guards decorated with scrolling foliage and plain belt hooks, 15.4 cm barrels (2)
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A PAIR OF 16 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS SIGNED W. ADAMS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal sighted barrels engraved around the muzzles and fitted with stirrup ramrods beneath, scroll-engraved side-hammer actions incorporating the back-sights on the top and with long tangs, blued triggers, finely chequered walnut butts, vacant German silver escutcheons, engraved steel mounts comprising butt-caps with traps decorated with expanded flowerheads, trigger-guards decorated with scrolling foliage and plain belt hooks, 15.4 cm barrels (2)
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