ANTIQUE MINTY SCARCE FIGURAL "LION" CAST IRON CAP PISTOL BY STEVENS ~ CIRCA 1890

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ANTIQUE MINTY SCARCE FIGURAL "LION" CAST IRON CAP PISTOL BY STEVENS ~ CIRCA 1890
ANTIQUE MINTY SCARCE FIGURAL "LION" CAST IRON CAP PISTOL BY STEVENS ~ CIRCA 1890
ANTIQUE SCARCE FIGURAL "LION" CAST IRON CAP PISTOL
MINTY CONDITION 3 STAR RATING ~ "RARE, HARD TO FIND"
BY STEVENS ~ CIRCA 1890
This is an early 1890 cast iron cap pistol. They only started making them around 1870, so pre-1900 cast iron cap pistols are top of the line in this collecting field. This piece is made by Stevens, a well-known and the largest manufacturer of black powder Cast Iron cap pistols & cap bombs, as well as black powder cannons producing loud explosions and big black clouds of smoke. This cap pistol has an unusual casting with a Lions head breech and the early style high hammer.
This is a 5 1/4", full sized piece that has Steven's Maker's model "LION" in a small panel on the left side of the frame. It is very desirous for an antique cast iron cap gun to also have patent dates; and the obverse as a casting, “PAT JUNE 21 JUNE 17 90 USA”. Cap shooters go from a "no star" rating (common) to a "5 star" ratings that is described as "Extremely Rare, almost 1 of a kind". I have never seen a 5-star cap gun but have seen an image of one along with the examples in the Cap Shooter's book. This example is shown in the Cast Iron Toy Guns and Cap Shooters book as LION***, item L.8.2.1 on page 86, circa 1890, with a 3*** rating. This 3-star rating is described as "RARE, HARD TO FIND".
There are 3 Stevens variations of this cast iron cap gun, and this 8.2.1 model has the distinctive space between the hammer and frame, the high spur ribbed hammer, a LION panel with no < > accents, a slightly different frame pattern and leaf pattern grips vs. the Stevens 8.2.2 model. Note there is also a Stevens 8.3.1 model with an octagonal barrel; but both the Stevens 8.2.2 and the 8.3.1 models also have the PAT JUNE 21 1887 patent date, one of (3) 1887 patent dates on the Ives L.81 LION cap gun dated 1887 in the book (?). This piece has the one-piece single casting hammer and trigger. When the hammer is cocked, the hidden trigger rotates forward and is ready to release the hammer and fire the cap pistol.
1870's - 1890's cap pistols vary in size, and usually are around 4 1/2" long +/- overall. This piece is a full-sized cap pistol at 5 1/4" in length with fancy castings including the LION panel, decorative scroll frame and leaf pattern grips; and a cast Lion head breech makes this is cap pistol visually appealing and especially eye catching. Weight is 4.0 ounces or 113 grams. The cap pistol functions properly, the hammer & trigger cock properly, and the hammer has a strong spring and snap to fire a cap properly; with extraordinarily little wear and very light use overall. It appears this cap pistol was hardly fired and rarely handled, demonstrated by its minty condition overall. This nice, even goldish color of the
ORIGINAL
shellac / lacquer patina is striking, especially when viewed in direct sunlight. The orginal finish is extremely rare to find on an Antique cast iron cap gun that is 130 years old; specially to find it overall the entire piece, with only slight wear on the left front bottom of the barrel. This is the best conditioned LION head cap gun I have ever seen.
This would be great for any Kid, Child, Cap Pistol, Cast Iron, Toy, 19th Century, Cowboy, Cowgirl, Old West, Western, or Western Americana / Nostalgia display; or use as a Man Cave / Office decoration / conversation piece / paper weight; and would make a great gift and keepsake for some lucky young buckaroo.
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