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Lot 199

A German 13-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
Signed Milberg, 18th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A German 13-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
Signed Milberg, 18th Century

Converted from flintlock, with shortened re-browned twist sighted barrel in two stages, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and turned at the girdle, silver fore-sight, grooved engraved tang, signed flat bevelled lock chiselled with a grotesque mask on the tail, figured full stock (some old splits) carved with foliage around the barrel tang and with a foliate scroll beneath the cheek-piece, steel mounts comprising pierced foliate engraved side-plate centred on an oval, butt-plate engraved with banners and foliage, spur trigger-guard with chiselled finial en suite, faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, sling loops, and later wooden ramrod (steel parts russet overall)
69.8 cm. barrel

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