4427 GOOD BRACE OF LARGE BORE R. CONSTABLE PHILA.

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,500.00 USD
Estimated at 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
HOLSTER PISTOLS WITH CASE. Cal. 68. (both). S# NSN (both). Richard Constable began working in Philadelphia around 1817 and by the end of his career his gun making shop employed six people and purchased a large number of barrels, stocks, locks, etc. and produced guns, pistols, etc. valued at $12,000 a year. He sourced most of his metal parts from Birmingham and most of his production guns have American walnut stocks. This interesting brace; one with standard, the other with saw handle grip; both have 9-1/2" twist octagon barrels with under ribs. Top flats are engraved "R. Constable Philadelphia". Bottoms of barrels are stamped with Birmingham black powder proofs. Well filed breech plugs have vented platinum blow outs, platinum lines at rear and scroll engraving on top flat extensions. Breech irons with integral rear sights are also nicely scroll engraved. Tang is bent downward for standard grip pistol. Tang remains flat and straight for saw handle pistol indicating this feature was not an afterthought. Front spring locks with broad faced percussion hammers are also scroll engraved. Maker's name is at the bottom of each plate. Triggers are set and trigger guards have pineapple type finials. Scroll engraved trigger guards have finger spurs on bows. Stocks with checkered flared grips, are made of root American walnut and have silver tips. There are vacant oval silver plates at bottoms of grips. Standard grip pistol has silver oval at top of grip engraved "HSH" (?), a matching oval is on side panel of saw handle pistol. Stocks attach to barrels with usual sidebolts through oval steel escutcheons. Rosewood ramrods with silver tips (one with brass tail and worm) mount through single plain pipes and steel thimbles. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: guns are housed in American walnut case with rectangular brass plaque on top and dual hook closure. Interior is lined in green cloth and an 88 South 2nd Street Constable label is in lid (at this address 1828-29). Case contains: red Morocco leather wrapped three cavity powder flask, tin of UMC percussion caps, nutcracker type 11 bore ball mould, walnut loading rod, small bone striker bottle and some lead balls. CONDITION: good as partially refinished. Barrels retaining over 90% re-brown. Locks show cleaning to dark gray-brown. Stocks retain most of their original finish with rubs, marks and scratches. Bores are fairly shiny with pitting evident toward muzzles. Mechanically good. Triggers will set. Case has old finish, cover partially detached, interior cloth renewed, old label considerably foxed and chipped has been remounted and bottom reconfigured to fit these pistols. (01-26480/MGM). ANTIQUE. $5,000-8,000.