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C. MOORE, LONDON
A CASED 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, serial no. 2274
circa 1840, with 28in browned, twist-steel barrels (numbered 2275), the top rib signed 'C. MOORE 77 ST JAMES STREET LONDON, MAKER TO THE LATE KING', shell and scroll engraved breech, platinum plugs, narrow isolated bar-action locks with sunken tails, fancy border and scroll engraving, signed 'C MOORE'S PATENT' chequered walnut half-stock, iron, long-spurred heel plate engraved with scrolls, trigger guard tang with 'blade'-style grip safety, rope twist border and scroll engraved bow, fancy finial and ramrod throat, white-metal escutcheons to the take-down wedge, original brass-mounted ebony rammer (iron surfaces mildly cleaned, stock scuffed) TOGETHER WITH a period oak, compartmented case lined in green baize (lid lining renewed) and including a period shot flask.
Estimate £1,200-1,600