Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2015 : Sale A0615 Lot 520
LIVERANT, ITALY A RARE 14-BORE PERCUSSION FOUR-BARRELLED PRIZE SPORTING-GUN, no visible serial number,

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* LIVERANT, ITALY
A RARE 14-BORE PERCUSSION FOUR-BARRELLED PRIZE SPORTING-GUN, no visible serial number,
dated for 1863, with variegated twist 29 1/2in. browned damascus barrels, the top-rib engraved 'LA SOCIETA DEL TIRO A SEGNO IN BOLOGNA AL TIRO NAZIONALE TENUTO IN TORINO LANNO 1863 OFFRE' (roughly; The Target Shooting Society of Bologna's offering for the Turin Shooting Show 1863), white-metal fore-sight bead, engraved rib-end, border and vine engraved top-tang with single or double shot selector, complex shaped shell and scroll engraved locks, the left signed 'MODIGLIANA', the right 'LIVERANT', scroll engraved carved super-imposed hammers with manual locking devices, chequered walnut half-stock, scroll engraved iron furniture including scrolled trigger-guard tang and bow, ebony ramrod and fittings for sling

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Estimate £4,000-6,000