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Lot 154
Sale 6163 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Apr 26, 2017
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,500 -
2,500
Lot Description
Six-shot pepperbox pistol from Commodore Matthew Perry's Expedition to Japan, 1853-1854 Allen & Thurber, Norwich, CT, patented 1837
With ring trigger, walnut grips and engraved steel frame, marked on the fluted barrel, "Patented 1837 Cast Steel" and on the hammer, "Allen's Patent" and "Allen & Thurber Norwich C-T."
L: 9 in.