Lot 457
AN E. WHITNEY 2 TRIGGER POCKET PISTOL. A rare E, Whitney 2 trigger pocket pistol with 13.7cm octagonal barrel marked ' E. Whitney N. Haven CT' With a six shot percussion cap firing barrel advanced by a second trigger in front of the trigger guard, the side plates marked 'Patent Applied for'. Numbered to the underside C29. C1852-4. It has been suggested that as few as 650 of these 'two trigger' guns were manufactured of which fewer than 50 are believed to exist.
