This cased pair of 40-bore percussion target pistols by Williams & Powell, each with a 10in damascus octagonal sighted barrel and the breech with platinum line inlay inscribed Liverpool to top flat, sold for a mid-estimate £4000 at Southams (15% buyer’s premium) on December 7.
They came in a mahogany fitted case with cleaning tools, threeway powder flask, caps, nipple key, bullet mould and maker’s trade label ESP.