Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 519
A 50-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED E. BAKER & SON, no visible serial number,

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A 50-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED E. BAKER & SON, no visible serial number,
circa 1850, with re-browned octagonal 31in. barrel, dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, provision on the scroll-engraved tang for an aperture sight (missing), border, scroll and game-scene engraved back-action lock signed 'E. BAKER & SON', scroll engraved dolphin hammer, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron border and scroll engraved large patch-box to butt, iron heel-plate, large trigger-guard with double-set triggers, horn fore-end tip and original ramrod (metal surfaces lightly worn with some loss to detail)
Estimate £600-800