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A Cased 14-Bore Percussion Sporting RifleBy Westley Richards, No. 2246, Mid-19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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By Westley Richards, No. 2246, Mid-19th Century
By Westley Richards, No. 2246, Mid-19th Century
With re-browned twist octagonal leaf-sighted barrel rifled with fourteen grooves and originally signed along the top flat, engraved breech with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, foliate engraved tang, flat lock with safety-catch and signed in gothic script, engraved dolphin hammer, figured half-stock (old bruising and worn overall, some chips and splits, one barrel-bolt escutcheon missing, fore-end cap replaced) with chequered grip, russet steel mounts engraved with foliate scrollwork including trigger-guard with patent grip-safety, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod (worn and rust patinated overall): in contemporary lined and fitted (minor damage) mahogany case with some accessories including James Dixon & Sons powder-flask (worn) with body covered in pigskin, three-piece ramrod and other items, the interior of the lid (some moth damage) with reproduction Westley Richards & Co. trade label, the exterior (two corners repaired) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
74.7 cm. barrel
74.7 cm. barrel








