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An Unusual Cased Pair Of 27-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting GunsBy Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Pall Mall, London, No.s 5604/5 For 1844
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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By Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Pall Mall, London, No.s 5604/5 For 1844
By Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, Pall Mall, London, No.s 5604/5 For 1844
With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib and engraved with scrolling foliage and a scallop shell between the breeches, case-hardened breeches with pierced platinum plugs, case-hardened tangs engraved with the crest of the Earls of Ashburnham against a ground of foliated scrollwork, signed foliate scroll engraved case-hardened locks each with external safety-catch engaging with the back of each border engraved case-hardened hammer, highly figured half-stocks (one repaired behind each lock) and each with chequered grip and deeply bellied butt, foliate scroll engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plates and trigger-guards, the latter numbered 'No.1' and No.2' respectively in an oval on the bow and each incorporating an unusual grip-safety, case-hardened trigger-plates with pineapple finial, original white-metal mounted ramrods, and much original finish: in original brass-mounted fitted two-tier mahogany case lined in green baize with some accessories including Hawksley powder- and shot-flasks, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular escutcheon, one end with folding lifting handle, London proof marks
71.6 cm. barrels
71.6 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Recorded as finished in May 1844 and sold to the Earl of Ashburnham








