Description
A percussion pocket pistol by Gillet with book-shaped case
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Bristol, Cylindrical, rifled, turn-off, 11 mm cal barrel, the base with three marks of the Birmingham test bench. Iron box-lock type frame signed "GILLET" and "BRISTOL" among engravings depicting racemes, foldaway trigger, working mechanism. Micro-knurled, wooden butt with rectangular silver escutcheon on the back. In a curious case made from an antique book. With pages glued and hollowed out creating an inner compartment for the pistol. Inside, the key to unscrew the barrel and the nipple.
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A percussion pocket pistol by Gillet with book-shaped case
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