Product Details
JEAN VAN MAILLE
A .450 / .400 (BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 826,
27 1/2in. black powder damascus barrels with raised matt rib, folding leaf sights gold-inlaid '100', '150' and '200', bead foresight, rib engraved 'JEAN VAN MAILLE. BREVETE A BRUXELLES. ARQUEBUSIER DE S.M. LE ROI MILAN 1ER DE SERBIE', Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks with carved hammers, border and fine scroll engraving, bright finish overall, 14 3/8in. figured replacement stock with matching fore-end wood, weight 7lb. 9oz.
Estimate £1,200-1,600
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.