With rifled octagonal sighted barrel signed along the top and sides ‘BERRYS IMPROVED REVOLVER WOODBRIDGE’ cylinder engraved with a geometric band at the forward edge, foliate scroll engraved action, engraved bar-hammer and trigger guard, ovoid butt cap, finely chequered figured rounded butt , with traces of original finish throughout (some light rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including powder flask, bullet mould, rammer and turn-screw, the interior lid with makers trade label, the exterior with vacant brass escutcheon, Birmingham proofs.
Berry [about 1840]
Made percussion pepperboxes at Woodbridge, Suffolk.
A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York.
Dimensions:
Bore: 120-Bore
Barrel Length: 10 cm
Overall Length: 25 cm