Product Details
A CASED .740 (12-BORE) SHOT AND BALL PERCUSSION HOWDAH PISTOL SIGNED LOWE, CHESTER, no visible serial number,
circa 1860, with 8 3/4in. side-by-side laminated barrels, the top-rib signed 'LOWE, CHESTER', bead fore-sight, borderline and scroll engraved slightly curved back-action locks, engraved hammers, walnut half-stock with chequered bag-shaped grip, iron furniture and horn-tipped mahogany ramrod, in its apparently original wood storage case, lined and compartmented in green baize and together with a number of period accessories including ball mould, mahogany cleaning rod, nipple key, turnscrew, oil bottle and a later cap-tin
Provenance: Four gunsmiths named Lowe operated in Chester between the years 1815-1869. This pistol is most likely to have been sold by William Lowe of Northgate Street
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Estimate £1,000-2,000