SCARCE**TRANSITIONAL**MINT BORE**Cased, Victorian English, Thomas Kerslake Baker’s 1852 Patent, German Silver Frame, 54 Bore Six Chamber Cap & Ball Revolving Lever Cock Percussion Pistol With Accessories. Sn 21144 .54 0 Revolver

**SCARCE**TRANSITIONAL**MINT BORE**Cased, Victorian English, Thomas Kerslake Baker’s 1852 Patent, German Silver Frame, 54 Bore Six Chamber Cap & Ball Revolving Lever Cock Percussion Pistol With Accessories. Sn 21144 - 21144

Thomas Baker was born on the 25th of September, 1800. He owned a gunsmithing business at 88 Fleet Street in London, and patented a type of hammer for percussion revolver in 1852, which had a notched cocking handle attached. This hammer achieved fair popularity with British revolvers of the time. In 1857, Frederick T. Baker took over Thomas’ business and produced hunting shotguns until the twentieth century. Thomas Baker passed away in his late 70’s in 1879 (British Patent No. 3230 of 24 April 1852 for his ‘long-spur hammer’ see A.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith, The Revolver 1818-1865, 1968, p. 46, pl. 6 and pp. 68-69, fig. 8). This is a scarce cased transitional Bakers Registered 1852 Patent Six Chamber Revolving Lever Cock Pistol in superb condition. The pistol is 11 ¼” overall length. It retains its original finish throughout, 5” octagonal to round blued barrel and cylinder, long lever action hammer marked Bakers Patent, engraved German silver frame with serial number ‘2050’ The cylinder & barrel have English black powder proofs. The pistol’s original ebony grips are undamaged. The pistol’s cocking and firing actions are crisp. The barrel’s bore is near mint, clean and bright with well defined multi groove rifling. A copy of a period trade label for this type of pistol with instructions for use is illustrated in image 1 and a copy accompanies this pistol. The pistol is contained in its wood case with hinged lid. The top of the lid is inlaid with a void brass oval. The case has a brass lock (key absent) and 2 brass hook fasteners. The case is lined with felt and has compartments which contain accessories including a Joyce & Co London percussion cap tin which contains a small quantity of percussion caps, a steel bullet mould marked ‘No.57’, a small brass black powder flask, a wood ram rod with brass end, an Ebony handled tool & 5 moulded lead balls. The price for this excellent, rare to find cased transitional pistol with accessories includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21144

£3,250.00