Product Details
A RARE CASED 50-BORE PERCUSSION LANG'S PATENT TRANSITIONAL RECIPROCATING REVOLVER SIGNED H. HOLLAND, WITH KING ST. ADDRESS, no visible serial number,
circa 1846 and with octagonal 6in. London proved barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight and standing notch rear-sight, the top-flat signed 'HOLLAND, KING ST. HOLBORN LONDON', wedge barrel key, plain reciprocating six-shot cylinder, slightly angled nipples, borderline engraved nipple-guard, radiused border and scroll engraved boxlock action with offset single-action spurred hammer, finely chequered walnut bag-shaped butt, the back of wrist with a clipped-corner escutcheon engraved with an oak-tree above 'THROUGH' above a wreath and guarded trigger, the whole retaining traces of finish and in its original walnut casing lined in plum-coloured velvet, rare '9 KING STREET HOLBORN' trade label inside lid and complete with a full suite of accessories including ball mould with rammer, angled nipple-key, a further loading rod, a bag-shaped flask, oil bottle and cap-tin, all period and probably original to the set
Provenance: Harris Holland moved to 9 King Street in 1841 but according to noted historian Donald Dallas, did not begin trading in firearms until 1846, previously trading as a tobacconist. All H. Holland muzzle-loading guns are rare, but exceptionally early examples such as this are seldom encountered. An identical trade label to the one in the case for this revolver is reproduced on the end-papers of Dallas's publication 'Holland & Holland, The Royal Gunmaker'
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Estimate £2,000-3,000