Lot 63
  • 63

A Jacob Rupertus Patent Pellet-Primed Pocket Model Revolver, No Serial Number, circa 1859

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Brass, Rosewood
blued octagonal barrel, checkered hammer spur, brass frame, rosewood grips

3-1/8 inch barrel 



Jacob Rupertus (1825 - 1921)



Fewer than 12 were made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1859.

Provenance

John T. Siner

L.C. Siner

W. Stokes Kirk

William M. Locke

Literature

Flayderman, Norm, Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and their Values, Gun Digest Books, 2007, page 369

Sellers, The William M. Locke Collection, page 457