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An 8-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun, And Another Of 18-BoreThe First By Hodgson & Dobson Makers, Bridlington Quay, The Second Signed Manton, The First Dated 1868, The Second Mid-19th Century
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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An 8-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun, And Another Of 18-Bore
The First By Hodgson & Dobson Makers, Bridlington Quay, The Second Signed Manton, The First Dated 1868, The Second Mid-19th Century
The First By Hodgson & Dobson Makers, Bridlington Quay, The Second Signed Manton, The First Dated 1868, The Second Mid-19th Century
The first with rebrowned finely damascus twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, border engraved breeches each with platinum plug and decorated with scrollwork between, foliate scroll engraved tang, signed flat locks and bevelled hammers, highly figured half-sock (butt with two minor old repairs) with chequered grip and fore-end, steel mounts (minor rust patination) engraved with foliate scrollwork and comprising butt-plate, scroll trigger-guard, and slender trigger-plate finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, dated white-metal escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, and original brass-mounted ramrod, Birmingham proof marks; the second with twist sighted barrels, long slender foliate engraved tang, signed back-action locks each decorated with pheasants in a landscape, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, steel mounts retaining traces of engraved decoration, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and brass-mounted ramrod (worn and pitted, two ramrod-pipes replaced), Birmingham proof marks (2)
77.5 cm. and 69.7 cm. barrels
77.5 cm. and 69.7 cm. barrels
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Hodgson & Dobson of Bridlington Quay appear to be unrecorded







