The musket with named and engraved locks, stylised dolphin hammers, engraved pineapple finialled trigger guard, top plate and mounts, brass tipped wooden ram-rod, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock and 30 inch silver inlaid Damascus barrels, overall.
In full working order and in excellent condition. Circa 1885.
Westley Richards Province:-
Double barrelled guns serial numbers 5887-7000 = 1882-95
Westley Richards is a British manufacturer of guns and rifles and also a well established gunsmith. The company was founded in 1812 by William Westley Richards, who was responsible for the early innovation of many rifles used in wars featuring the British Army during the 1800s. It remained in the hands of the Richards family until it was purchased by Clode in 1957.
The company has received a number of royal warrants since 1840.
Measurement: length 117cm.
Peter Harris Clo
...cks & Militaria, Portobello Road
WE are open every Saturday between 9.30 - 3.30pm in Chelsea Galleries 67 Portobello Road London.
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Web page:-
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Internal Reference: 13MF07
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA743254
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 500cm (196.9inches)Width is 117cm (46.1inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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