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THBDeringer Pocket Pistol Agent Marked C.Curry San Fransico
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveMay 2, 2018 - May 4, 2018
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- Lot Description
.40 caliber, 2.625" wedge retained flat top round barrel, no S/N. Browned finish, German silver mounts, checkered walnut stock. Approximately 6.25" in overall length. Back action lock with foliate scroll engraving, marked in two lines: DERINGER / PHILADELA, breech marked in the same fashion and without a ""P" proof within a sunburst. Top barrel flat marked in three lines: C. CURRY / SAN FRANCo CALA / AGENT. Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, the balance of the mounts engraved as well, including the shield-shaped wrist escutcheon. Not fitted for a ramrod. Charles Curry was originally from Philadelphia, but relocated to San Francisco in 1852 and operated as an agent for Deringer, selling his guns there until his death in 1863. Charles was the brother of Nathaniel Curry, who took over the business after Charles' death and continued to sell Deringer's pistols with the well known N. Curry mark. These early C. Curry-marked Deringer pistols are very scarce and desirable guns.
Good to near very good. Barrel retains no finish, with a medium pewter gray patina, with scattered areas of darker surface oxidation and discoloration. Lock with matching patina. Mechanically functional, good bore, oxidized with strong rifling and evenly scattered pitting. Stock with some minor repairs to small cracks in the forend and showing light to moderate handling marks.Condition
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