Wm & Jn Rigby
Gunmakers
Dublin
A brace of 16 bore Police/Customs/Post Office Flintlock Pistols by Wm & Jn Rigby.Image courtesy of Thomas Del Mar Ltd..
26/6/2013
The above pistols marked under the 1843 Registration Act, WB 164 and WB 166 ( Waterford Borough). This possibly indicating the missing WB 165 could have been an associated blunderbuss?This brace with 9.25" barrels.
Please refer to: D.H.L Back. Great Irish Gunmakers Messrs Rigby. 1760-1869.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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