UK BAR CAP Barrel-Pillar W.R. Pape

Item number                           :           UK BAR CAP Barrel-Pillar W.R. Pape

Origin                                     :           United Kingdom

Style                                       :           Decapper and Capper

Gauge                                     :           12

Maker                                     :           WILLIAM BARTRAM, Nimrod Works, Eldon Street, Sheffield

Markings                                :           NIMROD Brand mark, “W.R. Pape” and “12” on bottom plate

Bottom plate                          :           Oval 65 X 55 mm

Height                                    :           95 mm

Weight                                    :           272 grams

Materials body                       :           Brass with ebony handle

Paint                                       :           N.a.

Condition                               :           Good.

Repairs                                   :           None

Remarks                                 :

W.R. Pape, Collingwood Street, New Castle upon Tyne, is best remembered as being the inventor and patentee (29^th May 1866 No. 1501) of the choke boring system which Greener went on to develop.

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