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A 10-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy Thos. Greatrex Of Birmingham, Circa 1858
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,625 inc. premium
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By Thos. Greatrex Of Birmingham, Circa 1858
By Thos. Greatrex Of Birmingham, Circa 1858
With fine etched damascus twist sighted barrels, case-hardened breeches engraved with a foliate scroll and with a gold and platinum line between, grooved border engraved tang decorated with scrolling foliage and with guilloche along the long tail, signed border engraved back-action locks retaining some case-hardening and each decorated with pheasants amid foliate scrollwork, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers (one hammer spur repaired), figured half-stock with chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts retaining some blueing and comprising butt-plate decorated with a gun dog and pheasant in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard with scrolled foliate engraved tang and a gun dog and pheasants in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, sling mounts, and original brass-mounted ramrod, Birmingham proof marks
74 cm. barrels
74 cm. barrels
Footnotes
A T. Greatorex is recorded at 30 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, between 1857 and 1859








