Main Sale - December 2011 : Sale A1058 Lot 505
A 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED R. G. BATE & SONS, no visible serial number,
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A 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED 'R. G. BATE & SONS', no visible serial number,
circa 1860, with slightly shortened 30in. barrels, scroll engraved breech-end, long scroll engraved top-tang, scroll engraved border-lined back-action locks signed 'R. G. BATE & SONS', walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron short-spurred heel-plate, large engraved trigger-guard bow with scrolled pistol-grip rear tang, replacement ramrod (one under-barrel thimble missing), the whole darkly stained
Estimate £250-350