Product Details
JOHN MANTON & SON
A FINE 11-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 12138,
for between 1840-45, with browned 30in. barrels signed on the top-rib 'JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON' and marked for number '2' of a pair, colour-hardened breech-ends with engraved rib-end and engraved platinum plugs, fully engraved top-tang, colour-hardened border, scroll and game-scene engraved bar-action locks signed 'JNO MANTON & SON, PATENT', scroll engraved hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with rectangular silver escutcheon at wrist, scroll and game-scene engraved heel-plate spur, oval silver escutcheon to underside of butt engraved '2', scroll engraved trigger-guard tang with grip-safety bar engraved 'SAFETY', border and game-scene engraved trigger-guard bow, pineapple finial surmounted with an engraved terminal, en-suite ramrod throat and original brass-tipped ebony ramrod, the whole retaining much original finish and colour with some odd light corrosion spots
Provenance: This sporting gun is the property of Lord Balfour of Burleigh and has almost certainly remained with the family since completion. Associated provenance may be found under Lots 1238 and 1337.
Estimate £1,800-2,200