A CASED .32 CALIBRE AIRCANE, LATE 19TH CENTUR... Lot n° 261

A CASED .32 CALIBRE AIRCANE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, with tap-lever at the breech end, and turn-off brass finial for the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir section threaded at the top for a horn knob or a skeleton butt (repainted overall), the latter cut with chequering and with engraved steel mount, in a contemporary relined leather case, perhaps the original, with trade label for F. T. Baker, and complete with a pump, and associated cane handle 108cm; 42 1/2in overall (with skeleton butt) Provenance Sold in this room 8th December 2010, lot 336