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pistol

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  • Other Name

    Tipping & Lawden four barrel rimfire pistol (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Tipping & Lawden Sharps patent four barrel rimfire pistol [1860s]

    percussion; Sharps Patent; four barrel; .32 inch rimfire; brass frame; 2-piece engraved grips; barrel block slides forward for loading and unloading; hammer transverse screw thread damaged and tends to fall out

    markings:

    patent marks on left side around screw: TIPPING & LAWDEN SHARPS PATENT

    patent number under barrels at front: 4886

    Maker: Tipping & Lawden, Sharps Patent

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1960.96
  • Other Id

    W1631 (war)

  • Department
pistol, 1960.96, W1631, Photographed by Richard NG, digital,… … Read more

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