Beschreibung:

A FINE GERMAN ADAMS PATENT 80-BORE FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER PRESENTED TO PRINCE OTTO VON BISMARCK, with blued octagonal sighted rifled barrel decorated with engraved and gold-inlaid scrollwork, and with gold line at the muzzle, blued folding back-sight, blued top-strap inlaid in gold with presentation inscription 'Zur Erinnerung An Die Verlorne Wette Und Die Vergnügten Tage In Wiesbaden.', blued frame, (action slightly defective) and cylinder chiselled in low relief with flowerheads and scrolling foliage against a granular ground within gold-inlaid double lines, the cylinder numbered from 1 to 5 in gold, blued rammer chiselled en suite, case-hardened spur trigger-guard and baluster pommel engraved with foliage against a granular ground, the former chiselled in low relief with a trophy of arms involving a pickelhaube within gold borders, the latter chiselled with the coat-of-arms of the donor, chiselled case-hardened butt-strap with shoulder stock aperture, the oval detchable cover chiselled in low relief with a standing male figure in 17th Century costume within a gold border, engraved arbor pin, and fluted figured walnut butt carved with scrollwork: in original engraved white-metal mounted oak case lined in green velvet with full accessories including two spare blued cylinders chiselled and gold-inlaid en suite with the revolver, and highly figured walnut butt with chequered grip and engraved blued butt-plate, the lid with white-metal escutcheon engraved with recipient's coat-of-arms, in exceptional condition throughout, unsigned, circa 1860 13¾in.