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JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON
A CASED 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 8302,
for 1818, the gun converted from flintlock, with twist damascus 29 3/4in. barrels, raised top-rib signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON', bead fore-sight, engraved rib-end, platinum plugs to the breech-blocks, border and scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON', musical trophies to the tails, engraved dolphin-headed hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture, the heel-plate spur and trigger guard bow engraved with stands of flags (rubbed), brass-tipped under-barrel ramrod, the barrels and action matching numbers but extremely tight to assemble), in a Joseph Manton mahogany guncase fitted for a flintlock (possibly the original), original parchment trade label and a number of period accessories except a reproduction flask
Provenance: This shotgun is mentioned in Neal & Back's publication 'The Manton Supplement'
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Estimate £1,500-2,000