Product Details
* J. HAYTON, SOUTH AFRICA
A SCARCE 28-BORE & 54-BORE PERCUSSION COMBINATION DOUBLE-BARRELLED CAPE-PISTOL, serial no. 8988,
circa 1855, with 8 1/2in. damascus barrels, the right 28-bore smooth, the left hand barrel rifled for 54-bore belted ball, the top-rib signed 'JOHN HAYTON, GRAHAMS TOWN', elevated dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with three platinum lined folding 'Africa' leaves, shell and border engraving to breech, platinum plugs, border and scroll engraved top-tang, flat, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'J. HAYTON', scroll engraved slab-sided hammers (one hammer-screw missing head), walnut three-quarter stock with fully chequered semi-saw grip pistol-grip butt bearing an iron plate with butterfly key-hole for an optional shoulder-stock (missing), border and scroll engraved trigger-guard bow, twin triggers (the rear a set), engraved pineapple finial, iron ramrod throat, horn fore-end tip, partial wooden replacement ramrod and provision for an iron swivel stirrup ramrod (missing).
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Estimate £400-600