I think these bolsters look like they are engraved with designs mean to invoke lightning bolts or electricity. Is that correct?
If so, it's very interesting (to me) as this gun would have been built right around the time electricity was becoming part of the world as we know it. The 1870's and 1880's saw a tremendous rise in the knowledge base related to electricity, and of course it was all manifested in products such as light bulbs, motors, and all sorts of other devices.
I'm guessing this was pretty avant garde engraving for the time.
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