Wm & Jn Rigby Duelling Pistols No 8079 & 8080. 1837.

 

 Wm & Jn Rigby

Gunmakers

Dublin

 

 

                                A Pair of Wm & Jn Rigby Duelling Pistols No. 8079 & 8080. 

                             Image courtesy of Amoskeag Auctions, New Hampshire, U.S.A..

             This fabulous set sold to Lord Glendine for £26-5-0 in 1837 recently sold in auction 

                                                                  for over $36,000.

 

                                    For information on this pair of pistols please refer to: 

              Great Irish Gunmakers, Messrs Rigby.1760-1869                   by D. H. L. Back. 1992.  

 

                                                        Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk