Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 496
J. & W. TOLLEY, BIRMINGHAM A CASED .500 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE FOR DANGEROUS GAME, serial no. 5251,

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J. & W. TOLLEY, BIRMINGHAM
A CASED .500 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE FOR DANGEROUS GAME, serial no. 5251,
circa 1855, with blued octagonal 28in. barrel, the matted top-flat signed 'J. & W. TOLLEY, ST MARY'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM' within a plain rectangle, dove-tailed beaded blade fore-sight, folding ladder rear-sight with sliding elevator, squared breech with scroll engraved detail and moulded percussion snail, borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'J. & W. TOLLEY', the front of lock featuring an engraved tiger, carved and engraved dolphin-headed hammer, chequered walnut pistol-grip half-stock, iron furniture including full-length trigger-guard tang, moulded horn fore-end tip and brass-mounted ramrod TOGETHER WITH a mahogany storage case, re-compartmented and lined in green baize and complete with a period flask, a scissors ball-mould, a cap-tin, a turn-screw and a nipple-pot

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Estimate £1,000-1,500