Product Details
JOHN WIGGAN
A CASED 14-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, serial no 2482,
circa 1840, with 28 3/4in re-browned twist-steel barrels signed 'JOHN WIGGAN MAKER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY & THE PACHA OF EGYPT', platinum plugs, bold scroll engraved lock plates with makers signature, figured walnut chequered half-stock with steel furniture engraved en-suite with the locks, silver escutcheon to wrist and original ramrod, (metalwork brushed bright, re-finished throughout), TOGETHER WITH a period, probably original re-lined mahogany case with some accessories including a nipple-key/pricker and a leather shot flask.
Estimate £600-800
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.