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W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN
A GOOD AND RARE CASED 80-BORE DELUXE PEPPERBOX REVOLVER WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BARRELS, serial no. 10434,
for 1852, with interchangeable quick-release six-shot 2 1/2in. barrel group (a spare included), moulded ribs, engraved borderline to muzzles and scroll engraving over each breech, moulded nipple-guard engraved with borders and scrolls, rounded border and scroll engraved boxlock action signed 'W. & J. RIGBY' in script within a banner on the left and 'DUBLIN' in a similar banner on the right, the front of action body with twin push-pieces (one each side) to release the barrel group, blued sliding safe around and behind the engraved and moulded bar hammer with sighting blade to head and moulded notch on a protuberance to rear, finely chequered walnut bag-shaped grips and engraved iron grip-straps, guarded trigger, much finish and colour remaining with some light corrosion spotting, in its maker's mahogany casing, lined and compartmented in green baize and including the spare barrel cluster, a special six-charge loading plate, a dedicated James Dixon three-way flask, a scissors mould with loading rod handle, an ebony handled mahogany loading rod, a cap tin and original parchment Rigby trade label with the Suffolk Street address, the case fitted with a Bramah lock and key, together with notes on the history of the pistol
Provenance: D.H.L. Back's publication 'Great Irish Gunmakers - Messrs Rigby 1760-1869' notes this set as being made as an '80-bore six-shot pistol with extra barrels' and being sold to a 'Messrs Gill & Fowler', assumed to be a retailer as their name appears a number of times in the listings.
The vendor informs us that the pistol was inherited from his grandmother, 'Daisy' Isabella Jessie Clutterbuck (nee Jocelyn), who died in 1965 - see photo. She had inherited it herself from her family in Ireland, but sadly he is not sure who the original owner was. There were two branches of the family - the Jocelyns, who lived in County Down and the MacNeills who lived near Dundalk, now in the Republic of Ireland.
It is interesting to note that the case is fitted with a self-locking Bramah lock and one must use the key to open it. The lock does show signs of having been forced open (although still functions fine), and indeed a hand written note is inside the case saying it was last locked with the key accidentally inside in 1945
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Estimate £1,500-2,000