Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

105105A 54 BORE PERCUSSION REVOLVER BY PARKER FIELD &SONS, HOLBORN, LONDON, NO. 9717 CIRCA 1852-55on the Lang principle, with signed octagonal sighted rifledbarrel, fitted with patent rammer signed and engraved ‘Regis. June 14th 1852’ and with scroll-engraved plungerhandle, plain cylinder stamped with London proof marks,blued frame lug, scroll-engraved action with engravedcase-hardened spurred hammer, finely chequered walnutbutt, engraved case-hardened steel butt-cap with trap,engraved trigger-guard and vacant escutcheon (the barrel,rammer casing and trigger-guard each with very lightpitting): in its original fitted mahogany case lined withgreen velvet, the lid with brass escutcheon and trade labelinside, retaining a number of contemporary accessoriesincluding copper powder-flask by Dixon & Sons, bulletmould stamped ‘WD’, nipple key, and rammer (small areasof wear)32cm; 12I inParker Field & Sons registered their patent rammer no. 3300on 14th June 1852. This may also have been intended foruse on the Adams patent self-cocking revolver. See A.W.F.Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith 1968, pp.63-65.£1500-200045