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A 38-Bore Percussion Travelling PistolBy Joseph Manton, London, No. 3197 For 1805
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £562.50 inc. premium
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By Joseph Manton, London, No. 3197 For 1805
By Joseph Manton, London, No. 3197 For 1805
Converted from flintlock, with re-browned twist sighted barrel, patent breech with platinum line and rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, foliate engraved tang with back-sight, flat bevelled lock (signature and engraving refreshed) with sliding safety-catch, figured full stock with chequered rounded butt and horn fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-cap and trigger-guard, the latter with serial number in an oval against a martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later horn-tipped ramrod; and a 32-bore percussion box-lock turn-over pistol (in poor, pitted condition, signature illegible), London proof marks (2)
13.2 cm. barrel and 7.7 cm. barrels
13.2 cm. barrel and 7.7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance
The first W. Keith Neal Collection
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967, p. 235
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 89




