Lot 179: A CASED 54-BORE ADAMS 1851 MODEL FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER

No. 8958 R, circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, the top-strap engraved 'Deane Adams & Deane. 30. King William St. t. London Bridge', case-hardened cylinder with an engraved band at the front, scroll engraved blued frame with blued safety-stop, arbor pin and arbor pin catch, scroll engraved blued trigger-guard, chequered walnut butt, engraved pommel with hinged butt-trap cover, and much original finish: in lined and fitted oak case with accessories including correct brass bullet mould No. 2778, and Dixon powder-flask, London proof marks
11 1/2 in. (29.2cm.)

Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, no. 640

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