Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 522
A 20-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED W. KITSTEIN, no visible serial number,

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A 20-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED 'W. KITSTEIN', no visible serial number,
German, circa 1795, later conversion to percussion, with browned 32in. barrels, gold inlaid rectangular poincons with illegible details at breech, flat, border-line engraved locks with shells engraved to the tails signed 'W. KITSTEIN' on the right hand lock and 'IN EHRENBRISTEIN?' on the left, chequered walnut half-stock with oval silver escutcheon at wrist, raised cheek-piece, rococco scrolled spur to the iron heel-plate, white-metal trigger guard tang and bow with crowned finial and applied ivory bust of a man, carved ramrod thimbles and replacement ramrod
Estimate £700-1,200