Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 744
J.B. LEMAIRE, LIEGE A SCARCE 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL GHAYES PATENT, serial no. 2,

Product Details

J.B. LEMAIRE, LIEGE
A SCARCE 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL 'GHAYE'S PATENT', serial no. 2,
circa 1860, with twist 30in. barrels sliding forwards on a fixed table, scroll engraved action body (rubbed), the top-tang fully border and scroll engraved, back-action locks signed around the hammers 'J.B LEMAIRE A LIEGE' and with open scroll engraved panels, chequered walnut straight hand stock, iron heel-plate and furniture (much engraved detail lost), fully chequered walnut permanently attached splinter fore-end concealing the articulated barrel mechanism, the inside of the opening-lever mechanism marked 'L GHAYE' together with 'ACIER FONDU', refinished 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