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Lot 392A
A Cased 14-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting GunBy Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, No. 3500, Circa 1828
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,640 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Cased 14-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Gun
By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, No. 3500, Circa 1828
By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, No. 3500, Circa 1828
With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, breeches (some pitting) engraved with foliage between and each with platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate engraved tang with a gamebird in an oval, signed case-hardened locks each engraved with scrolling foliage inhabited by two gamebirds on the tail, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers, highly figured half-stock with chequered grip, foliate scroll engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a pheasant perched on a branch on the tang, and trigger-guard with two pheasants in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrod: in original partly relined and refitted mahogany case with some accessories (some later) including black leather-covered powder-flask, black leather shot-flask and circular brass percussion cap dispenser, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label of fifth design, the exterior (split) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks, barrelsmith's mark of William Fullered
76 cm. barrels
76 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Literature:
D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p. 49








