Product Details
A GOOD CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRANTER'S SECOND MODEL SELF-COCKING DOUBLE-TRIGGER REVOLVER RETAILED BY DEANE & SON, serial no. 6244T,
circa 1856, with 6 1/8in. octagonal barrel, the muzzle decorated with an engraved band, dovetailed fore-sight, the top strap signed with the retailers name 'DEANE & SON LONDON BRIDGE', the frame with borderlines and foliate scroll decoration, engraved on the right side with the Tranter serial number, fitted with Tranter's patent 2nd type lever rammer on the left of the barrel and action, together with the pronged inverted 'Y' safety spring, the right with the Tranter flat-spring arbour retaining catch, five shot cylinder engraved with borderlines around the nipple wells and a knurled band to the cylinders leading edge (traces of colour), Tranter double trigger self-cocking mechanism, chequered walnut grips with colour hardened moulded and foliate engraved butt-cap, majority of its original finish remaining, together with its original green baize lined and partitioned mahogany case, the inside of the lid with paper Deane & Son trade label, accessories include correct Dixon lacquered copper-bodied flask (mainspring at fault), double cavity Tranter mould, ebony cleaning rod, oil bottle, bullet, lubricating and cap tins, turn-screw and breech-brush
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Estimate £1,500-2,000