Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2013 : Sale A121213 Lot 1500 - S2
G. TESCHNER AN EARLY 20-BORE TESCHNER-COLLATH PATENT SLIDE AND TILT UNDERLEVER HAMMERLESS NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 1066,

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G. TESCHNER
AN EARLY 20-BORE TESCHNER-COLLATH PATENT SLIDE AND TILT UNDERLEVER HAMMERLESS NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 1066,
30 7/8in. nitro reproved (in 2013) bold twist barrels with gold line details at the breech end, raised rib gold-inlaid 'G. TESCHNER & CO. IN FRANKFURT A/O. PATENT.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, sling swivel, Collath patent action deeply carved in high relief with game scenes of fox, hare and hound amid scrolling filiciform motifs, all on a matted background, top tang with blank gold oval, gold cocking-indicators, horn and steel lefaucheux-type forward-facing underlever and fixed integral fore-end carved en suite with leaf and shell motifs, bar engraved in script 'No. 1066 Cal. 5', unusual side-mounted manual 'wingnut' safety, scrolled horn triggerguard with scrolling tang forming a pistolgrip, 13 5/8in. figured stock with cheekpiece, chipped at right overhorn, sling button and steel buttplate, weight 6lb. 14oz.

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Estimate £700-900

S2