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E.M. REILLY, LONDON
A GILDED AND CASED 12-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING-GUN FOR PRESENTATION, serial no. 12532,
circa 1855 and for the Indian market, with re-gilded fully fluted 32in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'REILLY 502 NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON' and surrounded by a field of engraved acanthus scrolls, further panels of acanthus scroll-work forwards of the fore-end and at breech, scroll engraved re-gilded top-tang, re-gilded fully acanthus scroll engraved bar action locks signed 'REILLY LONDON', en-suite hammers, re-finished highly figured chequered walnut half-stock (cracked at hand), re-gilded furniture including heel-plate with engraved spur, fully scroll engraved trigger-guard bow and tang, engraved barrel wedge escutcheons and ramrod throat, fluted ramrod pipes and ebony ramrod; TOGETHER WITH its manufacturers walnut presentation case bound on the exterior with pierced and engraved brass mounts with a vacant central shield, the interior lined in embossed red velvet (thinning in places) with gilt borders and details, the inner lid signed in gilt block letters 'E.M. REILLY 502 NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON', the tray compartmented in the English manner and containing the original red morocco leather shot flask with gilt embossed decoration, the possibly original but period powder flask signed 'JAMES DIXON & SONS, SHEFFIELD' and an 'E.M. REILLY' brass wad-punch
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Estimate £3,000-5,000