Product Details
AN EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED .32 (RIMFIRE) W. MARSTON PATENT 4IN. THREE-BARRELLED DERRINGER PISTOL, serial no. 577,
circa 1864, with hinged moulded vertically stacked 4in. three-barrel group, engraved band at muzzle and open arabesque scroll engraving at breech-end, small applied crescent fore-sight, rotating dove-tailed locking catch with central sighting groove mounted to top of the brass receiver, the side with full American scroll coverage around the details 'WM. W. MARSTON PATENTED MAY 26 1857 NEW YORK CITY IMPROVED 1864' on the left hand face and blued rotating barrel selector on the right, spur trigger, external colour-hardened hammer, brass grip-straps fitted with smooth walnut grips and further engraving along the back-strap, finish lost to barrels
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Estimate £700-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament