Percussion Cap, 6cm long rotating six shot barrel, with engraved body and hammer, crosshatched grip, with applied cartouche.
Condition
mechanism works well, general wear and tear, minor pitting. See photos for condition.
The pepperbox revolver, named because it resembles a peppercorn grinder, was an innovation in handgun design in the mid nineteenth century because it not only enabled the use of four or more shots loaded and ready to fire, but it was simple, compact, light and less expensive than larger percussion revolvers..The pepperbox revolver, named because it resembles a peppercorn grinder, was an innovation in handgun design in the mid nineteenth century because it not only enabled the use of four or more shots loaded and ready to fire, but it was simple, compact, light and less expensive than larger percussion revolvers.
Made circa 1850 in Great Britain.
Barrel length 6cm
Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria, Portobello Road
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Internal Reference: 16Nov24/
Antique Number: SA1107146
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
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