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A Cased 11-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy Burnard, 111 Pilgrim St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Circa 1850
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £525 inc. premium
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By Burnard, 111 Pilgrim St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Circa 1850
By Burnard, 111 Pilgrim St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Circa 1850
With russet twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, breeches each with engraved platinum plug and engraved with foliage between, foliate scroll engraved tang decorated with a hare, signed border engraved flat locks decorated respectively with snipe and partridges, and on the tails with a spaniel and a pointer each in an oval, foliate scroll engraved hammers, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, engraved steel mounts (butt-plate pitted) including trigger-guard decorated with a setter in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, shield-shaped gold escutcheon engraved with a Prince of Wales crest, and brass-tipped ramrod (some wear and rust patination overall): in contemporary re-lined and re-fitted brass-mounted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, the body embossed with a sporting scene, blackcock and foliage, and leather shot-flask, the body tooled with royal arms on one side above 'London', the interior of the lid with modern gilt-stamped trade label, the exterior with folding brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks
77.5 cm. barrels
77.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Richard Burnard is recorded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, between 1843 and 1865








