Sealed Bid Auction - January 2018 : Sale S0118 Lot 2168
A 13-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN FOR RESTORATION SIGNED W & R RIGBY, serial no. 9269,

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A 13-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN FOR RESTORATION SIGNED W & R RIGBY, serial no. 9269, for 1844, with slightly shortened 28 1/2in. barrels, traces of signature to rib, platinum line and plugs at breech, engraved top-tang, fully engraved back action locks signed 'WM. & JN. RIGBY, carved and engraved hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture including full-length finial and ramrod throat combined, probable original ramrod, barrels rusted, areas of heavy cleaning, losses to fore-end

Other Notes: Rigby records state this shotgun left their factory in 1844 with a cost of £14 30s and was made as a 'Best Double' for a Capt. Douglass of the 79th Regt.

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Estimate £150-250