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Massive Cased English Pepperbox by Wilkinson Presented to H.M. Durand100 Photos
Massive Cased English Pepperbox by Wilkinson Presented to H.M. Durand
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This item is in Cincinnati, OH
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Overview of Massive Cased English Pepperbox by Wilkinson Presented to H.M. Durand
Item Details
.62 caliber. 5" fluted barrel cluster. NS: NSN. Bright finish, finely checkered walnut grip. Double action bar hammer percussion pepperbox with 5 barrels and cap box in butt. Frame engraved with tight banknote style foliate scrolls and marked on the left side "WILKINSON / LONDON". Bar hammer, muzzles and butt engraved en-suite. Action equipped with a sliding safety mechanism. Upper rear of grip with silver lozenge shaped escutcheon that is engraved "LORD ELLENBOROUGH / to his much valued friend / CAPT. H M DURAND / BENGAL ENGINEERS / 4th JULY 1848". The pistol is housed in its original English brass mounted wooden case with mahogany veneer and a compartmentalized interior lined in green baize. The brass plate and handle on the lid are engraved "H M DURAND / BENGAL ENGINEERS". The interior of the casing retains the paper James Wilkinson & Son label. The casing has two small lidded compartments as well as sectionalized spaces to store various accessories and accoutrements, with the only one included being an ebony cone (nipple) wrench with a cone prick in its base.Henry Marion Durand (1812-1871) KSCI, CB was a British officer with the East India Company in the Bengal Army and would eventually serve as the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. Durand had an interesting heritage, being the illegitimate son of English cavalry officer Major Henry Percy who served during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, but who was captured during the Napoleonic Wars and met a French woman who would become Henry's mother. Durand's career primarily centered around a life in India, initially in the Bengal Engineers as a second lieutenant starting in 1830. Durand did fight in Afghanistan during the 1st Anglo-Afghan War and during a furlough to England after that conflict met Lord Ellenborough, the person who presented this cased pepperbox to him. Durand served as Ellenborough's aide-de-camp and eventually as Ellenborough's private secretary when Ellenborough served in India. After Ellenborough left India, Durand was appointed Commissioner of Tenasserim until 1846. Subsequently Durand continued his service in India fighting in the Second Anglo-Sikh War at both Chillianwala and Gujrat. His star continued rise with additional military and political successes and by 1856 had risen to Lt. Colonel. Durand returned to England briefly and was back in India in time for the 1857 Mutiny as the Political Agent in Indore. He organized the evacuation of the residency and was instrumental in organizing the English military response that restored order in India, resulting in his promotion to Brevet Colonel. After the British government ended the rule of India by the East India Company in 1858, he was appointed Council to the Secretary of State for India, and was subsequently appointed Foreign Secretary for Lord Canning's administration. He was then presented the Knight Commander Star of India. In 1870 he was made Lieutenant Governor of Punjab but did not stay in the position long. On December 31, 1870 he was thrown from an elephant he was riding and died the following day. CONDITION: Good to very good. Metal cleaned to bright long ago and toning to a silvery gray with mottled surface oxidation and discoloration present. Some scattered light pitting is present as well and the percussion nipple recesses show moderate wear and erosion. Mechanically functional, smooth bores are about good to very good with scattered oxidation. Grip crisp with fine checkering and some scattered light handling marks and minor mars. Case about good showing water damage to the lid and substantial fading and staining. Bible hinges intact and functional, interior dividers with damage, some loose and will need to be repaired. Otherwise the case shows moderate wear inside and out. EST: $3000 - $4000
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