Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2025 : Sale A0725 Lot 747
WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SINGLE-BITE BAR-IN-WOOD SPORTING GUN, serial no. 10159,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SINGLE-BITE BAR-IN-WOOD SPORTING GUN, serial no. 10159,
circa 1870, with probably shortened 28in. damascus barrels, the top-rib signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON', metal fore-sight bead, the 'dolls-head' single-bite marked 'PATENT', scroll engraved standing breech marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 140', percussion fences, patent top-lever, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS' (traces of colour) with dolphin headed scroll engraved hammers, walnut chequered straight hand stock (1/2in. well executed extension in wood), iron heel-plate, scroll engraved furniture, renewed chequered walnut splinter fore-end with 'crab-claw' joint, shaped horn tip, re-finished throughout




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Estimate £400-600

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament