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THBPercussion Derringer By A. F. Shapleigh & Co
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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LiveMay 2, 2018 - May 4, 2018
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- Lot Description
.40 caliber, 3.25" wedge retained flat top round barrel, no S/N. Browned finish, German silver mounts, checkered walnut stock. Approximately 7" in overall length. Back action lock with foliate scroll engraving is unmarked. Breech engraved in the same manner. Top of barrel marked A.F. SHAPLEIGH. Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, other mounts with light engraving as well, shield shaped wrist escutcheon. Not fitted for ramrod. Shapleigh, Day & Co. (later Shapleigh Hardware Co.) was located in St. Louis, MO ca 1848-1868 (Sellers). Consignor notes suggest that Bruff of NY may have been the actual maker of the gun. A nice opportunity to own a derringer pistol retailed in St. Louis, the gateway to American expansion in the West in the middle 19th century.
Provenance: Tag: Hardware company Ca. 1860-1865. barrel finish suggests the work by Bruff
Good to very good. Barrel with a nice even brown patina and possibly seem faint traces of finish, showing some lightly scattered surface oxidation. Mechanically functional, good bore, oxidized with strong rifling and evenly scattered pitting. Stock with scattered bumps and dings, a tiny hairline crack on the bottom of the forend and a small repair at the left breech with an accompanying grain crack.Condition
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