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Xxxxx 1859 - 1867
Name: E.M REILLY & Co., LONDON
Description: Cased .36-caliber English Cane Gun . . . circa 1849 by E.M. Reilly & Company. Until the 1800s, specialist carvers, metal workers, and artisans produced canes and walking sticks by hand. However, the popularity of fashion and gadget canes fueled a market for their mass manufacture and subsequently helped lead to their demise. Canes became less artistic and reflective of current fashions.

Comment: 1859-68 label. If the label is correct, the auction house is off by 10-15 years in their dates.
http://www.greendragonsociety.com/Weaponry/Weaponry_Main_page.asp



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Xxxxx 1859 +

Comment: Cannot read the label. The name on the cane is E.M Reilly which normally indicate it was made after 1859. The Reillys, however, did put different variants on their firearms which were not serial numbered.
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com/air-canes/e-m-reilly-air-cane/



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Xxxxx 1868 +
Name: E.M REILLY & Co., OXFORD STREET, LONDON (502, NEW OXFORD STEET on case label)
Description: This is a rare, cased, Air Cane. Made of brass & steel it unscrews into 2 sections and when assembled measures 36" overall. The barrel section has a clean bore with crisp rifling (1cm at the muzzle approx. AA shot). The barrel section features a tiny blade foresight and 'V' notch steel rear sight.
The weapon fires moulded lead balls inserted in the barrel section at the loading port which has a small bolt feature. It is armed by means of its steel and brass air pump and fired by means of a steel winged trigger which is inserted into the underside of the rifle and twists to fire. The pump and trigger are present. The body of the pump is nicely marked by the manufacturer 'E.M. Reilly & Co, Oxford Street, London' (illustrated).

Comment: Classic 1868-72/3 label with the medals won at the 1867 Paris Universelle Exposition and the three addresses - Paris one is defaced, possibly by rubbing against a cane part?
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/aucti...1a-a5f00113573f





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Xxxxx 1868 +
Name: E.M REILLY & Co., LONDON
Description:

Comment: Note Paris Exhibition Medals 1867. There were three address but the Rue Scribe, Paris address has been deliberately obliterated. Somebody lost a girlfriend it looks like.. Reilly Damascus work on the barrel?
http://www.network54.com/Forum/681456/thread/1362405040/4/A



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Xxxxx 1836-58?

And if anyone knows who bought these two canes, we'd like to see photos.
7. If the first has Joseph Reilly's name on it...it is not 1880...It has to be pre-1858 at least..and we need to see the label.
8. Ditto to the second with EM Reilly on the cane and label. Need to see photos of both.




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Xxxxx 1902-1904 +

Comment: This is the strange almost Circus-like label that is unique up to this point. It's difficult to read - but it is EM Reilly making it later than 1859. The attachable stock looks Reily-esque. (The label is now identified as 277 Oxford street and 295 Oxford Street = 1903-4; See label addendum below).
http://www.vintageairguns.co.uk/air-canes/?occur=1&album=47&photo=1425


Last edited by Argo44; 10/11/18 04:56 PM.
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