Product Details
A SCARCE .41 (RIMFIRE) WILLIAMSON PATENT DERRINGER VEST PISTOL, serial no. 6198,
made by North America Firearms Company, Philadelphia, circa 1868, with iron slide forwards barrel marked on the left side 'WILLIAMSON'S PAT OCT 2 1866 NEW YORK', American scrolls engraved to backstrap and breech, flat sighting plane engraved with an arrow and fitted with a blade fore-sight, brass frame, walnut full-stock with chequered birdshead butt and guarded trigger with engraved bow and finial
Provenance: The Williamson Patent derringer was unusual in that it was dual ignition. With the aid of a false chamber insert, it could also be fired by percussion using conventional percussion caps.
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Estimate £300-500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament