EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION QUALITY CASED PAIR OF ADAMS DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION PISTOLS.

EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION QUALITY CASED PAIR OF ADAMS DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION PISTOLS. SN 1) 4525 & 2) 4533. Cal. 455 or 476. Both revolvers are identical configuration with 6-3/8″ oct bbls, small dovetailed front sights with fixed rear sights on top straps. Revolvers are dbl action only with spurless hammers and no provision for a full cock notch. Top flats are both inlaid in flat gold”MANUFE DE C. DANDOY A LIEGE / PAR PRIVILEGE DE / MRS DEANE ADAMS & DEANE BRTES”. Rough translation is Manufactured by C. Dandoy of Liege under license from Messers Deane Adams & Deane, licensees. 1) SN 4525 is mounted with wonderful deep relief Gutta Perca 1-pc grip with foliate floral & shell patterns and fine checkering. Frame, trigger guard & buttcap are exquisitely engraved with a raised gold fox & hound in a field scene on left side of frame with raised gold leaves in three other locations on left side. Right side also has a raised gold fox & hound in a field scene, also with three raised gold leaf clusters. Matching numbered cyl is beautifully engraved with three raised gold horses & riders, one being a lady, two gold dogs all chasing a gold stag through a field scene with fences. Spare cyl with SN 4532 is equally beautifully engraved with a desert lion hunt scene consisting of a raised gold Arab-style horse & rider holding a spear chasing a raised gold lion toward a second raised gold mounted rider who is wearing a turban and holding a spear, all in a wonderfully detailed oasis-type scene. 2) SN 4533 is nearly identical with fantastic relief carved ivory 1-pc grip, carved in shell & foliate arabesque patterns. Both cyls are matching numbered. One cyl is engraved with two raised gold dogs chasing a raised gold boar through a field & forest scene while the other cyl has two raised gold hounds chasing a raised gold fox through a field & forest scene. Both sides of frame have raised gold leaf patterns with trigger bow engraved with a raised gold tiger head and the buttcap cap box lid has a raised gold lion’s head. Both revolvers have spring safeties on left sides of frames and are marked “ADAMS PATENT 1851” on left front sides of frames. Obviously there is a third revolver out there somewhere with SN 4532 and probably a fourth revolver consecutive numbered to 4525. Accompanied by their extraordinary orig exhibition case made of extremely highly figured Brazilian rosewood veneer with marquetry inlaid borders and a fantastic free-form ivory inlay in center of lid with a wonderful ivory lock escutcheon on the front. Case has German silver piano hinge with a triple lug studs. Interior is in two trays, each French fitted for revolvers, a spare cyl, orig Adams Patent brass 2-cavity bullet molds with blued steel sprue cutters that are marked on right side with the Adams cartouche, the number “54” and a crown with initials “CD”. Trays have identical Dixon-style bag flasks with rosewood bits boxes, pewter oil bottles and ebony handled nipple wrenches. Top tray is complete with a patch cutter and ebony & brass rammer/cleaning rod with concealed worm and the jag in a separate compartment. Bottom tray is missing the patch cutter, bullet starter tip of cleaning rod and the jag and is also missing a turnscrew. Both trays have large elliptical shaped empty compartments and both have covered compartments with turned bone pulls. Both trays are also fitted for the spare cyls. This is a most extraordinary exhibition quality set that very likely would have been displayed at a World Expo somewhere. CONDITION: 1) Very fine. Overall retains 75-80% glossy orig blue with flaked areas a medium patina, mostly on the bbl. Side flats of bbl have two small spots of vice marks. Cyls are about identical, being a blue/gray patina with the gold inlays showing moderate wear. Trigger guard & buttcap are also dark patina. Grip is sound showing light to moderate wear. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with light to moderate pitting. 2) Very fine. Bbl & frame retain 80-85% glossy orig blue, stronger in sheltered areas. Cyls are about identical, retaining a blue/gray patina with a few scattered spots of pitting. Trigger bow & buttcap retain a blue/brown patina. Grip is sound with a wonderful yellow ivory color. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with scattered pitting. Molds & accessories are fine. Case has a small grain check in lid and a couple more and a repair in bottom with usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of its fine orig piano-style varnish. Interior is moderately to heavily faded with moderate soil & wear. A truly extraordinary and interesting set. 4-38937 JR330 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	2424	$12,075.00	EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION QUALITY CASED PAIR OF ADAMS DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION PISTOLS. SN 1) 4525 & 2) 4533. Cal. 455 or 476. Both revolvers are identical configuration with 6-3/8″ oct bbls, small dovetailed front sights with fixed rear sights on top straps. Revolvers are dbl action only with spurless hammers and no provision for a full cock notch. Top flats are both inlaid in flat gold”MANUFE DE C. DANDOY A LIEGE / PAR PRIVILEGE DE / MRS DEANE ADAMS & DEANE BRTES”. Rough translation is Manufactured by C. Dandoy of Liege under license from Messers Deane Adams & Deane, licensees. 1) SN 4525 is mounted with wonderful deep relief Gutta Perca 1-pc grip with foliate floral & shell patterns and fine checkering. Frame, trigger guard & buttcap are exquisitely engraved with a raised gold fox & hound in a field scene on left side of frame with raised gold leaves in three other locations on left side. Right side also has a raised gold fox & hound in a field scene, also with three raised gold leaf clusters. Matching numbered cyl is beautifully engraved with three raised gold horses & riders, one being a lady, two gold dogs all chasing a gold stag through a field scene with fences. Spare cyl with SN 4532 is equally beautifully engraved with a desert lion hunt scene consisting of a raised gold Arab-style horse & rider holding a spear chasing a raised gold lion toward a second raised gold mounted rider who is wearing a turban and holding a spear, all in a wonderfully detailed oasis-type scene. 2) SN 4533 is nearly identical with fantastic relief carved ivory 1-pc grip, carved in shell & foliate arabesque patterns. Both cyls are matching numbered. One cyl is engraved with two raised gold dogs chasing a raised gold boar through a field & forest scene while the other cyl has two raised gold hounds chasing a raised gold fox through a field & forest scene. Both sides of frame have raised gold leaf patterns with trigger bow engraved with a raised gold tiger head and the buttcap cap box lid has a raised gold lion’s head. Both revolvers have spring safeties on left sides of frames and are marked “ADAMS PATENT 1851” on left front sides of frames. Obviously there is a third revolver out there somewhere with SN 4532 and probably a fourth revolver consecutive numbered to 4525. Accompanied by their extraordinary orig exhibition case made of extremely highly figured Brazilian rosewood veneer with marquetry inlaid borders and a fantastic free-form ivory inlay in center of lid with a wonderful ivory lock escutcheon on the front. Case has German silver piano hinge with a triple lug studs. Interior is in two trays, each French fitted for revolvers, a spare cyl, orig Adams Patent brass 2-cavity bullet molds with blued steel sprue cutters that are marked on right side with the Adams cartouche, the number “54” and a crown with initials “CD”. Trays have identical Dixon-style bag flasks with rosewood bits boxes, pewter oil bottles and ebony handled nipple wrenches. Top tray is complete with a patch cutter and ebony & brass rammer/cleaning rod with concealed worm and the jag in a separate compartment. Bottom tray is missing the patch cutter, bullet starter tip of cleaning rod and the jag and is also missing a turnscrew. Both trays have large elliptical shaped empty compartments and both have covered compartments with turned bone pulls. Both trays are also fitted for the spare cyls. This is a most extraordinary exhibition quality set that very likely would have been displayed at a World Expo somewhere. CONDITION: 1) Very fine. Overall retains 75-80% glossy orig blue with flaked areas a medium patina, mostly on the bbl. Side flats of bbl have two small spots of vice marks. Cyls are about identical, being a blue/gray patina with the gold inlays showing moderate wear. Trigger guard & buttcap are also dark patina. Grip is sound showing light to moderate wear. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with light to moderate pitting. 2) Very fine. Bbl & frame retain 80-85% glossy orig blue, stronger in sheltered areas. Cyls are about identical, retaining a blue/gray patina with a few scattered spots of pitting. Trigger bow & buttcap retain a blue/brown patina. Grip is sound with a wonderful yellow ivory color. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with scattered pitting. Molds & accessories are fine. Case has a small grain check in lid and a couple more and a repair in bottom with usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains most of its fine orig piano-style varnish. Interior is moderately to heavily faded with moderate soil & wear. A truly extraordinary and interesting set. 4-38937 JR330 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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