MOSSMAN & CO. SCOTTISH ALL METAL PERCUSSION PISTOL WITH CASE.

MOSSMAN & CO. SCOTTISH ALL METAL PERCUSSION PISTOL WITH CASE. SN NSN. Cal. 48. This high quality pistol, made during the resurgence of the wearing of the Scottish dress in the 1820’s, has 6″ blued twist steel bbls which have 12-sided filing at breech end muzzle with round central portion flanked by double beaded bands. Patent breech is nicely filed. Case hardened lock has flat, slightly chamfered, serpentine hammer. Blued steel belt hook is attached to left side of German silver “stock” with ram’s horn butt. Thistle shaped pricker installs between rams horns. Guardless trigger is of ball-shape. Steel ramrod mounts through a single pipe. All metal parts are engraved with about 30% coverage of very well cut open flowing scroll. “Mossman & Co” (Recorded as working in Edinburgh as manufacturing and retail jewelers in 1824) is engraved on lockplate. Initials “J Mc N” are engraved in oval at top of grip. Original oak case is lined in blue velvet and has two covered compartments with mahogany knobs. In the open compartments are a number of accessories which match pistol and case well, and are probably original, including ebony-handled turnscrew, Eley Bros cap tin with green label, and Dixon and Sons copper-bodied powder flask. Nutcracker type bullet mold which fits compartment well, but does not match quality or condition of other accessories, is in another compartment. Large covered compartment contains combination nipple key and turnscrew, as well as ten lozenge-shaped silver buttons with thistles cast in, and two other silver buttons stamped “Made in England” with Gaelic lettering and Scottish lion cast in. The other compartment contains two silver coat buttons from the Gordon Highlanders, and the key. PROVENANCE: Letter from Royal Armouries with info on Mossman & Co., Fred B. McDonald Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains at least 80% of its orig blue, somewhat flaked. Lock retains 40 – 50% orig case color, turning to gray brown at ends. Belt hook and trigger retain traces of their blue. German silver is of varying hues, and has not been over polished. Engraving remains sharp. Bore is excellent. Lock is crisp. Case is very fine retaining nearly all of what is probably its orig lacquer. Interior cloth is excellent with minor compressions from contact with pistol. Accessories are very fine with exception of mold, which is fair. High quality, and unusual, bit of Scottish regalia. 4-41425 MGM58 (4,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	2554	$6,490.00	MOSSMAN & CO. SCOTTISH ALL METAL PERCUSSION PISTOL WITH CASE. SN NSN. Cal. 48. This high quality pistol, made during the resurgence of the wearing of the Scottish dress in the 1820’s, has 6″ blued twist steel bbls which have 12-sided filing at breech end muzzle with round central portion flanked by double beaded bands. Patent breech is nicely filed. Case hardened lock has flat, slightly chamfered, serpentine hammer. Blued steel belt hook is attached to left side of German silver “stock” with ram’s horn butt. Thistle shaped pricker installs between rams horns. Guardless trigger is of ball-shape. Steel ramrod mounts through a single pipe. All metal parts are engraved with about 30% coverage of very well cut open flowing scroll. “Mossman & Co” (Recorded as working in Edinburgh as manufacturing and retail jewelers in 1824) is engraved on lockplate. Initials “J Mc N” are engraved in oval at top of grip. Original oak case is lined in blue velvet and has two covered compartments with mahogany knobs. In the open compartments are a number of accessories which match pistol and case well, and are probably original, including ebony-handled turnscrew, Eley Bros cap tin with green label, and Dixon and Sons copper-bodied powder flask. Nutcracker type bullet mold which fits compartment well, but does not match quality or condition of other accessories, is in another compartment. Large covered compartment contains combination nipple key and turnscrew, as well as ten lozenge-shaped silver buttons with thistles cast in, and two other silver buttons stamped “Made in England” with Gaelic lettering and Scottish lion cast in. The other compartment contains two silver coat buttons from the Gordon Highlanders, and the key. PROVENANCE: Letter from Royal Armouries with info on Mossman & Co., Fred B. McDonald Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains at least 80% of its orig blue, somewhat flaked. Lock retains 40 – 50% orig case color, turning to gray brown at ends. Belt hook and trigger retain traces of their blue. German silver is of varying hues, and has not been over polished. Engraving remains sharp. Bore is excellent. Lock is crisp. Case is very fine retaining nearly all of what is probably its orig lacquer. Interior cloth is excellent with minor compressions from contact with pistol. Accessories are very fine with exception of mold, which is fair. High quality, and unusual, bit of Scottish regalia. 4-41425 MGM58 (4,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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