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A Cased Scottish 17-Bore Brass-Mounted Percussion Sporting GunBy George Thomson, Maker In Ordinary To His Majesty, Edinburgh, No. 264, Circa 1830
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £875 inc. premium
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A Cased Scottish 17-Bore Brass-Mounted Percussion Sporting Gun
By George Thomson, Maker In Ordinary To His Majesty, Edinburgh, No. 264, Circa 1830
By George Thomson, Maker In Ordinary To His Majesty, Edinburgh, No. 264, Circa 1830
With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the rib in gothic script, foliate engraved case-hardened breeches, tang and signed border engraved back-action locks, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, highly figured half-stock with chequered grip, border engraved reblued steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with foliage and a gundog in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard decorated with foliage, trigger-plate finial en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-tipped ramrod: in contemporary lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case, the exterior of the lid (lining replaced) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks
75.5 cm. barrels
75.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
George Thomson is recorded in Edinburgh between 1818 and 1832




