Product Details
EX W. KEITH NEAL: WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
A SUPERB CASED 13-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN WITH FLINT, SELF-PRIMING & PERCUSSION LOCKS, serial no. 2655/382,
for 1833, with rebrowned twist 28 7/8in. barrels with steel fore-sight bead, the broad concave top-rib signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS' in gothic script and stamped 'STEEL INSIDE' on the underside of both barrels together with the number '382', colour-hardened patent breeches each with four platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole and numbered '2655', engraved bolsters, broad top-tang engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground (traces of colour), two sets of locks, the first borderline and scroll engraved and signed in script 'WESTLEY RICHARDS' below the patent swept rain-proof pans, rollers to the blued steel-springs and complete with additional replacement nipple 'pans' and scroll engraved slab-sided hammers for the use of conventional caps, the second with similar engraving and signed on the rocking safety bar 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT', elongated carved and engraved hammers and moulded and engraved self priming spring loaded priming pellet dispensers, both sets of locks and additional parts retaining the majority of their original colour, figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist (minor bruises and chipping, old repair above and behind left lock), finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish, the lower tang numbered '2655', colour-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, oval barrel key escutcheons and original iron-tipped ramrod, together with its maker's green baize-lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including a Sykes powder-flask, a bag of original patent pellets, spare parts for the pellet-lock mechanisms, spare steels for the flintlock mechanisms, a spring cramp, a wad punch, nipple key a small leather shot flask and a mahogany cleaning rod with detachable mushroom shaped pommel, the lid with parchment Westley Richards trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon, the case also bearing its W. Keith Neal collection medallion numbered 'C214'
Provenance: Previously sold Christies, 'The W. Keith Neal Collection', Lot 105, 25.10.2001
Other Notes: At this date Westley Richards muzzle-loading arms often had two serial numbers; the 'main line' three digit number and the 'auxiliary line' four digit number.
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Estimate £10,000-15,000