Product Details
A CASED RARE .442 (RIMFIRE) WEBLEY PATENT SOLID-FRAME REVOLVER RETAILED BY THOMAS BISSELL, LONDON, serial no. 202, with provenance,
circa 1865, with blued ovoid 4 1/8in. barrel, the top engraved with a crest of a stag above a wreath, small crescent fore-sight, plain top-strap signed 'THOMAS BISSELL, 75 TOOLEY STREET, LONDON', notch rear-sight, plain moulded blued frame, plain six-shot cylinder, bright polished hammer and trigger, chequered walnut semi saw-handled grip with shallow domed iron butt-cap, the right side of barrel with articulated ejector mechanism of 'rammer' style, the whole retaining the majority of its original finish and colour and together with its original oak casing, the lid escutcheon engraved 'E.P. CURZON ESQ'RE, 34TH REG'T', the interior lined and compartmented in blue baize with bullet tray, oil-bottle, cleaning rod and three cap badges (restrikes) from the 34th, 3rd Kings Own Hussars and the 18th Queen Mary's Own
Provenance: Major Ernest Charles Penn Curzon was born on the 24th November 1856. He was the son of Colonel Hon. Ernest George Curzon and Augusta Latham Halifax. He married Edith Basset, the daughter of Charles Henry and Harriet Mary Basset on the 18th October 1882. He died on February 12th 1938 at the age of 81 after having fought in the Boer war between 1899 and 1901, gaining the rank of Major in the 18th and 3rd Hussars. It is quite possible that this revolver was actually the property of his father, and gifted to him when he entered active service in 1877
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament