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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.

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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.

Valoración 1 200 - 1 600 GBP

Precio de salida 1 200 GBP

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JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON A 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 8302, for 1818 and converted by the maker's from flint, with 29 3/4in. barrels, raised top-rib signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON', engraved rib-end, platinum plugs, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON', trophies engraved to the clipped tails, scroll engraved dolphin-headed hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture and working replacement ramrod.

Valorac. 5 000 - 8 000 GBP

JOSEPH MANTON & SON, LONDON A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUNS, serial no. 10627 / 8, circa 1837, with browned 30in. laminated barrels, each with reinforced breech section extending to within 20 3/4in. from the muzzle, the raised top-ribs signed 'JOSEPH MANTON & SON. PATENT, 6 HOLLES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON', white metal bead fore-sights, colour-hardened patent breeches with vented platinum plugs and foliage engraved to the rib-end, fully border and scroll engraved colour hardened top-tangs, flat border and scroll engraved colour hardened bar-action locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON & SON PATENTEES', en-suite hammers, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered wrists with initialled border engraved rectangular white metal escutcheons, blued and engraved iron furniture and brass mounted ebony ramrods, both guns remaining in fine condition with much finish and colour, complete with their makers two-tier mahogany storage case (lid lining renewed but original label retained) and including a good leather covered Dixon flask, a shot bandolier, a shot flask, numbered nipple-wallet, cranked nipple key, oil-bottle and cleaning sundries.

Valorac. 2 000 - 3 000 GBP

JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON A CASED 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN WITH GILDED DECORATION, serial no. 10883, for 1834, with 30 1/2in. twist barrels, the raised top rib signed in gilt script 'JOHN MANTON & SON LONDON' and flanked by gilt arabesques, gilded acanthus scrolls to the breech-ends of both barrels and the top-rib, the gilding continuing around the engraved platinum vented plugs, further gilded border and acanthus scroll-work to the top-tang on a blued ground, the decoration repeated on the bar-action locks, each lock signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON on gilt banners, gilded decoration to the hammer breasts and noses, birdseye maple unchequered half-stock (extensively inlet repaired at wrist and behind locks, well executed), plain iron furniture except yellow gold rectangular escutcheon engraved with a coronet at wrist and oval yellow gold escutcheons for the barrel key, working replacement ramrod, in a period mahogany storage case with brass corners, lined and compartmented in coarse green baize, original John Manton & Son parchment trade label inside lid, together with a Barlow patent flask.

Valorac. 600 - 800 GBP

JOHN MANTON, LONDON A 16-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 11664, for between 1845-49 and converted by the maker from percussion, with 29in. barrels, slightly elevated top-rib signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON DOVER STREET LONDON' and numbered for '2' of a pair, scroll engraved bands to breech-ends, shallow carved percussion fences and broad scroll engraved top-tang, border, scroll and game-scene engraved bar-action locks signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON' and modified from the original percussion examples (traces of colour), border and scroll engraved action body with Jones-type swing-under-lever, walnut straight-hand butt-stock chequered at the wrist, engraved iron furniture, the heel-plate numbered '2' on the face, a hunting dog engraved to the trigger guard bow (concealed by the under-lever) and fully chequered walnut splinter fore-end with cross-key fastener. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

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