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A Very Fine And Rare 20-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting GunBy John Manton, London, No. 2635 For 1796
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Find your local specialistA Very Fine And Rare 20-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By John Manton, London, No. 2635 For 1796
By John Manton, London, No. 2635 For 1796
85 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, probably the pair to gun no. 2636 formerly in the Clay P. Bedford Collection (no. 1327), sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour including the Walker Collection of Antique Firearms & Accessories, 23 October 1997, lot 360
Literature:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, 1971, p. 95, no. 91
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, p. 38
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 23
For a cased 15-bore d.b. flintlock sporting rifle, no. 2633 see Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 10 November 2005, lot 31








