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A Mahogany Gun Case Of Unusually Small SizeBy John Manton & Son, No. 6 Dover Street, London, Circa 1824-40
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £360 inc. premium
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By John Manton & Son, No. 6 Dover Street, London, Circa 1824-40
By John Manton & Son, No. 6 Dover Street, London, Circa 1824-40
Lined and originally fitted (lining moth damaged, partitions missing) for a sporting gun and accessories, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon
71.5 cm. x 17.5 cm.
71.5 cm. x 17.5 cm.
Footnotes
For a very rare 22-bore flintlock sporting gun by the same maker and built for Thomas, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1822-1905) when he was seven years old (no. 10587 for 1829), see Christie's London, 22 July 1992, lot 127








