A Very Rare Pennel Revolving Park Rifle by Thomas Boyd. 46 ½” overall, 27 ½” octagonal 80 bore multi-grooved rifling, top flat engraved 'THOs. J. BOYD'S IMPROVED, REVOLVING, RIFLE.', German silver fore sight & a back sight of one standing & one folding leaf, Birmingham proof. Border engraved self cocking enclosed hammerless action with well engraved cover depicting a running stag in a landscape to the left, & acanthus scrolls to the right, inscribed 'PATENT' to the top, six shot cylinder. Straight hand stock of figured walnut with steel crescent butt plate, trigger guard with straight front & scrolling finger extension, engraved patch box cover, steel ramrod below the barrel.
Circa 1853
Very rare gun in very good condition
Provenance: The George Geear Collection
Only twelve Pennel Revolvers and Two rifles are thought to survive, incorporates Thomas Pennell's British Patent No. 1038 of 29 April 1853
See A.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith, ‘The Revolver 1818-1865’, 1968, p. 301