1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Charles Osbourne
234. OSBORNE, CHARLES, 1 Lichfield Street, Birmingham — Manufacturer.
Improved central-fire double gun, with chain-twist barrels, 14 bore; the same, 13 bore, in a soft or unfinished state.
Bar-slide double gun, 16 bore, carved pistol hand-stock; and single gun, 14 bore, with improved safety lock and guard.
Tube single gun, hollow top end to end, cut-up sides, 12 bore.
Large single gun, with Col. Hawker's improved ignition, maple stock, 7-8 inch bore, flat top rib, for wildfowl shooting; all fitted with fine stub-twist barrels.
Large five-barrel revolving pistol, stock inlaid with silver, and lion's head carved on butt.
Pair fancy pistols, fluted, barrels, inlaid with silver.
Pair officer's pistols, German silver body, electro-plated, cap-box inlaid with silver.
Pair ladies' small pistols (700 balls to the pound), in tortoiseshell case, complete.
Double-barrel pistol, with swivel rod, bolted and bayoneted.
Improved alarm gun, for setting in plantations, lawns, gardens, rick-yards, etc.