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An 8-Bore Percussion Wildfowling GunBy Twigg, London, Circa 1780
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £562.50 inc. premium
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By Twigg, London, Circa 1780
By Twigg, London, Circa 1780
Converted from flintlock, with re-browned two-stage sighted barrel, octagonal breech signed along the top flat (signature recut), breech engraved with scrolling foliage on the bolster, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, flat bevelled lock with second form of signature and decorated with foliate scrollwork fore and aft at the time of conversion, engraved safety-catch, figured half-stock (small repair beneath the lock, scorch mark opposite the lock) from the time of conversion with chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some rust patination) decorated with a foliate rocaille on the tang, and trigger-guard with acorn finial and a floret on the bow, vacant white-metal escutcheon, barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end cap, and brass-tipped ramrod, London proof mark and John Twigg's barrelsmith's mark
105.5 cm. barrel
105.5 cm. barrel








