Ending 29th Jun, 2025 14:00

Olympia Timed: Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025

 
Lot 763
 

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A PAIR OF PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS OF SMALL BORE, SIGNED MERRY, CIRCA 1835

with turn-off white-metal barrels each engraved with a broad band around the muzzle, Birmingham proof marks, border engraved white-metal actions each decorated with foliate scrollwork and signed in an oval against a martial trophy on one side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches and dolphin hammers, folding triggers, chequered figured rounded butts each with engraved white-metal cap with hinged circular steel butt-trap cover engraved with a floret, and shield-shaped vacant white-metal escutcheon, 4.0 cm barrels (2)

A William John Merry is recorded in Castle Street, London between 1828 and 1837.

Sold for £320


 

with turn-off white-metal barrels each engraved with a broad band around the muzzle, Birmingham proof marks, border engraved white-metal actions each decorated with foliate scrollwork and signed in an oval against a martial trophy on one side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches and dolphin hammers, folding triggers, chequered figured rounded butts each with engraved white-metal cap with hinged circular steel butt-trap cover engraved with a floret, and shield-shaped vacant white-metal escutcheon, 4.0 cm barrels (2)

A William John Merry is recorded in Castle Street, London between 1828 and 1837.

Auction: Olympia Timed: Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, ending 29th Jun, 2025

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