Product Details
AN UNUSUAL BELGIAN 40-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN,
early 19th century, with 31in. two-stage octagonal to round sighted barrel, iron tang, flat border and foliate engraved lock signed 'JAS. GOLCHER', walnut half-stock with skeletal butt terminating in a carved dog's head (the stock apparently of two-piece construction), iron mounts including engraved trigger-guard (engraving worn) with long tang, brass barrel-bolt escutcheons, white metal fore-end cap, and later brass-tipped ramrod (barrel discoloured), Liege proof.
Estimate £1,500-2,000
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.