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Lot 388*

A 13-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Rifle And Shotgun
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, No. 76700 For 1820

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A 13-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Rifle And Shotgun
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, No. 76700 For 1820

Converted from flintlock, with heavy rebrowned twist leaf-sighted barrels signed in full along the rib at the breech, the left barrel rifled with four shallow grooves, breeches engraved with foliate scrollwork between and each with a platinum line and pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tang, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with sporting trophies at the stepped tail, figured half-stock (some bruising) with chequered grip, steel mounts engraved with foliage and martial trophies and comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initial 'F', a viscount's coronet above, and brass-tipped ramrod (some wear overall), London proof marks
78.1 cm. barrels

Footnotes

Literature:
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 47

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