Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 501
A 7-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED LIVE PIGEON GUN SIGNED JOHN SMITH & SON, no visible serial number,
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A 7-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED LIVE PIGEON GUN SIGNED 'JOHN SMITH & SON', no visible serial number,
circa 1860, with re-browned triple-stage 33in. barrel banded at the intersection, nickel bead fore-sight, scroll engraved patent breech with platinum line and plug, scroll engraved top-tang, flat border and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'JOHN SMITH & SON', border and scroll engraved dolphin-headed hammer, straight-hand walnut chequered half-stock, rectangular silver escutcheon to wrist, re-blued iron furniture, solid iron nose-cap and no provision for ramrod
Estimate £800-1,200