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JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON
A CASED 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, serial no. 5895,
for 1813 and converted from flintlock, with 32in. browned twist-iron barrels, the top-rib signed 'JOSEPH MANTON'S NEW IMPROVEMENTS BY HIS MAJESTY'S PATENT', engraved band at breech, platinum plugs, border engraved locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON' and with trophies engraved to the bar, tail and dolphin headed hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture, a further trophy engraved to the trigger guard bow, pineapple finial and complete with a period walnut case by the same maker and probably associated, lined and compartmented in green baize, parchment label inside lid and containing two flasks, nipple-key, turn-screw, cleaning rods, oil bottle and a flint wallet
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Estimate £3,000-5,000 € 3,329-5,548