A CASED 54 BORE ADAMS 1851 MODEL FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER RETAILED BY THOMAS ELSWORTH MORTIMER

A CASED 54 BORE ADAMS 1851 MODEL FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER RETAILED BY THOMAS ELSWORTH MORTIMER, EDINBURGH, LONDON PROOF MARKS, NO. 30253R, CIRCA 1851-54, with sighted barrel signed on the flat and retaining some early blued finish, blued border-and foliate scroll-engraved frame inscribed ~Adams Patent~ and numbered on the right, fitted with arbor pin with blued spring-catch and blued safety-catch, bright cylinder (serial number not visible), finely chequered walnut butt, iron trigger-guard and butt-cap each engraved with foliate scrolls and the latter with circular trap-cover: in original fitted oak case lined in green baize, the lid with retailer~s trade label, with accessories including Adams patent bullet mould, copper powder-flask by James Dixon and Sons, turnscrew, oil bottle and loading rod, 16.3 cm barrel¦¦¦¦