Bidspirit auction | US Patent Model Pistol and

US Patent Model Pistol and Fully Assembled Version - US Patent Model Pistol and Fully Assembled Version, this lot includes two extraordinary, historically significant grouping that charts the complete evolution timeline of one of the rarest pocket pistols: a patent prototype and a fully assembled version of a Pecare & Smith percussion pepperbox revolver, Patent Date December 4, 1849, Patent No. 6,925, an ”Improved Concealed Trigger for Fireams”, an ingenious folding, double-action trigger designed to flip up completely flush against the frame making the pocket pistol highly compact, safe to carry without snagging on clothing, and reduced the probability of an accidental discharge, press down on the rear leverage point and the trigger would drop down to expose itself, ready to fire, engraved”PECARE & SMITH NEW YORK” on brass barrel shield, US Patent and Trademark Office required inventors to submit a small, working scale model with their written specifications and technical diagrams (see photo), framed tag is an original Patent Office identification tag, 10-shot design constructed out of unplated brass, showing age-appropriate wear, beautiful patina, minor handling marks, faint surface abrasions, framework entirely intact, internal firing chamber entirely bare, only the minimal ext