Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 600
A RARE 140-BORE PERCUSSION MARIETTES PATENT EIGHTEEN-BARRELLED PEPPERBOX REVOLVER SIGNED L.F., serial no. 178,

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A RARE 140-BORE PERCUSSION MARIETTE'S PATENT EIGHTEEN-BARRELLED PEPPERBOX REVOLVER SIGNED 'L.F.', serial no. 178,
circa 1840, with circular barrel group arranged with six inner and twelve outer barrels each notched at the muzzle for a key (absent, all barrels frozen), plain rounded breech-face with eighteen exposed rear-facing nipples, rounded boxlock action engraved with scrolled vines within a borderline panel, ring trigger with underhammer, smooth ebony bag-shaped grips (one with faint number '4086'), engraved back-strap, the front strap marked 'MARIETTE BREVETE'



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Estimate £1,000-2,000