TINY PAIR OF C. MOORE CENTER HAMMER PERCUSSION MUFF PISTOLS.

TINY PAIR OF C. MOORE CENTER HAMMER PERCUSSION MUFF PISTOLS. Cal. About 40. SN 4 & 5. Tiny lady’s or riverboat gambler’s pistols with 2” oct bbls, small rnd frames, engraved on left sides in an oval “C. MOORE / 77 ST JAMES’S / STT LONDON” with balance of receivers & sides of breech plugs nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns. They have sliding safeties in top tangs with full checkered, bag shaped, walnut grips with metal buttcaps. Accompanied by their orig blue velvet lined, rosewood veneer casing, compartmented in bottom for pistols, a beautiful 3-compartment German silver flask, a nutcracker ball mold marked “70”, an ebony handled nipple wrench, a bright metal bbl wrench and a brass & steel rammer. There is a small compartment in the back with a bone handled bristle brush, along with two covered compartments with turned bone knobs. CONDITION: Extremely fine, as new, appears to be unfired. Pistols retain virtually all of their brilliant case colors on bbls, receivers & hammers with bright niter blue on safeties. Grips are sound showing no wear and retain virtually all of their orig varnish. Case has a crack across the lid with a few grain checks & missing a small piece of veneer from back right edge of lid showing moderate soil with some fading. All the implements are very fine. 4-30242 JR416 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	100	$5,750.00	TINY PAIR OF C. MOORE CENTER HAMMER PERCUSSION MUFF PISTOLS. Cal. About 40. SN 4 & 5. Tiny lady’s or riverboat gambler’s pistols with 2” oct bbls, small rnd frames, engraved on left sides in an oval “C. MOORE / 77 ST JAMES’S / STT LONDON” with balance of receivers & sides of breech plugs nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns. They have sliding safeties in top tangs with full checkered, bag shaped, walnut grips with metal buttcaps. Accompanied by their orig blue velvet lined, rosewood veneer casing, compartmented in bottom for pistols, a beautiful 3-compartment German silver flask, a nutcracker ball mold marked “70”, an ebony handled nipple wrench, a bright metal bbl wrench and a brass & steel rammer. There is a small compartment in the back with a bone handled bristle brush, along with two covered compartments with turned bone knobs. CONDITION: Extremely fine, as new, appears to be unfired. Pistols retain virtually all of their brilliant case colors on bbls, receivers & hammers with bright niter blue on safeties. Grips are sound showing no wear and retain virtually all of their orig varnish. Case has a crack across the lid with a few grain checks & missing a small piece of veneer from back right edge of lid showing moderate soil with some fading. All the implements are very fine. 4-30242 JR416 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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