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A Cased 13-Bore Pin-Fire Needham's Patent Snap-Action D.B. Sporting Gun By J.V. Needham, Birmingham, No. 4376, Circa 1865
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Cased 13-Bore Pin-Fire Needham's Patent Snap-Action D.B. Sporting Gun
By J.V. Needham, Birmingham, No. 4376, Circa 1865
By J.V. Needham, Birmingham, No. 4376, Circa 1865
With browned twist damascus sighted barrels inlaid in gold 'Needham's Patent' on the rib, scroll engraved case-hardened tang and signed border engraved locks, action with circular silver-lined maker's stamp 'Needham' Patent London 628', blued foliate engraved cocking-lever, figured half-stock, chequered grip and detachable fore-end, the latter with horn tip, blued scroll engraved mounts, and vacant silver escutcheon (in refinished condition): in brass-mounted mahogany case refitted and relined in blue velvet with some accessories including Hawksley capping/decapping tool and case-trimmer, the lid (loose, old split) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and escutcheon engraved with initials 'B.P', Birmingham proof
76 cm. barrels
76 cm. barrels
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Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria..., 30 November 2000, lot 147
This gun incorporates Joseph Needham's British Patent No. 1544 of 22 May 1862. See I.M. Crudginton & D.J. Baker, The British Shotgun, Volume One 1850-1870, 1979, pp. 138-139 (illustrated)




