Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 465
A GOOD .650 FLINTLOCK RIFLED MANSTOPPER OVERCOAT PISTOL SIGNED RICHARDS, no visible serial number,

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A GOOD .650 FLINTLOCK RIFLED MANSTOPPER OVERCOAT PISTOL SIGNED RICHARDS, no visible serial number,
probably Liverpool circa 1810, with browned damascus 4in. octagonal barrel deeply rifled in eight fast-twist grooves, gold line at breech, engraved top-tang with shallow sighting groove, diminutive white metal fore-sight, gold-lined touch-hole, borderline engraved step-tailed bevel-edge lock signed 'RICHARDS' below the rain-proof pan, engraved cock with safe behind, roller frizzen-spring with adjustable tension, walnut full-stock with finely chequered bag-shaped butt, the back of wrist with inlet wire scrolls around a shield-shaped vacant escutcheon, single cross-key barrel-fastener and horn-tipped ramrod



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Estimate £1,000-1,500