Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2018 : Sale A1218 Lot 632
WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL BAR-IN-WOOD, serial no. 10133,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL 'BAR-IN-WOOD', serial no. 10133,
circa 1863, with re-browned single-bite 29in. slightly shortened damascus barrels, the top-rib signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON', standing breech marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 122', shallow fenced with shell engraving to the pin platforms, scroll engraved top-lever and surround also marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT', borderline and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', scroll engraved dolphin headed hammers, walnut butt-stock chequered at the wrist and fitted with iron toe and heel-plates, the exposed wood between also chequered, iron tang and trigger guard bow, chequered splinter fore-end held by a single cross key and with concealed crab-claw joint chipped) and moulded finial to fore-end tip

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Estimate £500-700
(USD 648-907)
(EUR 555-777)


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Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament