**a 54 BORE irish SIX-shot percussion pepperbox revolver by william & john rigby, dublin, CIRCA 1845

**a 54 BORE irish SIX-shot percussion pepperbox revolver by william & john rigby, dublin, CIRCA 1845 with fluted tapering case-hardened barrel group, engraved with foliage ahead of the nipples and behind the muzzle, blued rounded action engraved with characteristic scrolling foliage and signed on a scroll on the left and inscribed 'Dublin' on the right, fitted with engraved case-hardened bar hammer with faceted pointed finial for sighting, blued sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, and engraved case-hardened nipple-shields, engraved blued trigger-guard, engraved blued back-strap, finely chequered figured walnut butt, and expertly refinished throughout (some engraving refreshed) 9.5 cm; 3 ¾ in barrels