Product Details
A RARE CASED .30 (RIMFIRE) WEBLEY 'S&W TYPE' TIP-UP REVOLVER RETAILED BY GEORGE WELLBOURNE, DONCASTER, serial no. 505,
circa 1866, with blued octagonal 3 3/8in. barrel, raised sighting rib with applied crescent fore-sight and signed 'GEORGE WELLBOURNE, DONCASTER. No. 505' and hinging upwards just forwards of the cylinder in Smith & Wesson style, plain blued six-shot cylinder, blued frame with spurred hammer and spur trigger, blued iron frame with horizontally opposed grip retaining plate at heel, missing grips, the heel also marked with a collection number 'KM (possibly 'N') 545', much original finish throughout, and together with its walnut casing with burr veneered lid, inlet bannered brass escutcheon, the tray lined and compartmented in blue baize and complete with a pewter oil-bottle, turned cleaning rod, turn-screw and compartment for ammunition
Provenance: For a similar revolver, please see 'Webley Revolvers' by Gordon Bruce and Christian Reinhart, figure III/8, page 45 & 46
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Estimate £600-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament