1 / 8

Description

JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON AN INTERESTING 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number, circa 1810 with conversions to pill-lock then percussion, with Birmingham proved 30in. twist barrels possibly by another re-using the unsigned Manton elevated rib, angled breech-blocks with rear-facing nipples, scroll engraved top-tang, the scrolls inhabited with feathered serpents, bar-action locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, PATENT' and engraved with feathered scrolls and serpents, the slab-sided hammers with patent detachable noses (one locking spring at fault) and apparently originally provided with gravitational stops (now absent bar the hinge-pins), walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture including raised and scrolled lower tang and complete with its original ebony ramrod.

521 
Go to lot
<
>

JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON AN INTERESTING 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number, circa 1810 with conversions to pill-lock then percussion, with Birmingham proved 30in. twist barrels possibly by another re-using the unsigned Manton elevated rib, angled breech-blocks with rear-facing nipples, scroll engraved top-tang, the scrolls inhabited with feathered serpents, bar-action locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, PATENT' and engraved with feathered scrolls and serpents, the slab-sided hammers with patent detachable noses (one locking spring at fault) and apparently originally provided with gravitational stops (now absent bar the hinge-pins), walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture including raised and scrolled lower tang and complete with its original ebony ramrod.

Estimate 1 200 - 1 600 GBP
Starting price 1 200 GBP

* Not including buyer’s premium.
Please read the conditions of sale for more information.

Sale fees: 25 %
Leave an absentee bid

For sale on Monday 29 Jul - 09:00 (BST)
wolferton-norfolk, United Kingdom
HOLTS Auctioneers
+33554546022
Browse the catalogue Sales terms Sale info

You may also like