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A 10-Bore Percussion Sporting GunBy Hollis, Maker, Badgeworth, Cheltenham, No. 1905, Mid-19th Century
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £625 inc. premium
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A 10-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
By Hollis, Maker, Badgeworth, Cheltenham, No. 1905, Mid-19th Century
By Hollis, Maker, Badgeworth, Cheltenham, No. 1905, Mid-19th Century
With rebrowned twist sighted barrel signed in front of the sighting flat at the breech, border engraved case-hardened breech, tang and signed flat lock, the last fitted with pivoting safety-stop acting against a spring and stamped 'E. Hollis's Patent Birm.m 57', figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with horn cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising russet butt-plate, trigger-guard and trigger-plate, the latter with shaped finial, vacant silver escutcheon, and contemporary brass-mounted ramrod (some rust patination overall), London proof marks and barrel-forger's mark 'J.A.'
79.5 cm. barrel
79.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
William Hollis is recorded firstly at 407 High Street, Cheltenham, in 1829 and then again at 346 High Street between 1841 and 1856
Ebenezer Hollis of Birmingham was granted patent no. 1768 of 14 June 1860 for 'ramrods, barrel bands, trigger mechanisms, sights, lock safety, butt trap, and bayonet fixing'




