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Lot 337

A Fine Pair Of Cased 40-Bore Percussion Target Or Duelling Pistols
By Joseph Manton, Holles St.t., Cavendish Square, London, No. 8432 For 1834

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine Pair Of Cased 40-Bore Percussion Target Or Duelling Pistols
By Joseph Manton, Holles St.t., Cavendish Square, London, No. 8432 For 1834

With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (one with some loss of finish) signed in full along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened breeches and tangs, the former each with platinum lines and platinum plug, the latter each with back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks each decorated with scrolling foliage, the internal working parts retaining their original brightly burnished finish, dolphin hammers en suite with the locks, and engraved safety-catches, lacquered figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt, blued steel trigger-guards en suite with the locks and each serial numbered on the tang, case-hardened trigger-plates each with foliate scroll engraved pineapple-shaped finial, case-hardened oviodal butt-caps engraved with scrolling foliage, vacant silver escutcheons, set triggers, dark horn fore-end caps, original brass-mounted ramrods, and in fine condition retaining most of their original finish: in original lined and fitted case with accessories including Sykes powder-flask retaining much of its original lacquered finish, case-hardened mainspring-clamp, rare Manton breech scraper, patch-cutter, nipple-key and ramrod, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with vacant circular brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting folding brass carrying handle, London proof marks
21.5 cm. barrels

Footnotes

Provenance:
Ex Benn Hunter Collection

Literature:
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, pp. 267, 279 and 280
D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, pp. 117 and 127

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