BY WILLIAM BURNETT, SOUTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1845
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A 6-BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN
BY WILLIAM BURNETT, SOUTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1845
WITH SIGNED REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARREL, SCROLL ENGRAVED PATENT BREECH (PITTED AROUND THE NIPPLE) WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, SHAPED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT AND ENGRAVED WITH SCROLLWORK AND WILDFOWL, SIGNED LOCK ENGRAVED EN SUITE, WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH PENCIL INSCRIPTION '1ST JULY 1844' ON THE FORE-END UNDER THE BARREL, CHEQUERED PISTOL GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS (SOME WEAR AND PITTING), GRIP SAFETY-CATCH (INOPERATIVE), SILVER ESCUTCHEON AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, LONDON PROOF MARKS
46¼IN. (117.5CM.) BARREL
WILLIAM BURNETT IS RECORDED AT 153 HIGH STREET, SOUTHAMPTON FROM 1843 TO 1851. HE SPECIALISED IN WILDFOWLING GUNS AND WAS GUNMAKER TO COLONEL PETER HAWKER OF LONGPARISH, WHOSE DOUBLE 12-BORE 'CRIPPLE-STOPPER' WAS AFFECTIONATELY NAMED 'BLOODY BURNETT'
BY WILLIAM BURNETT, SOUTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1845
WITH SIGNED REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARREL, SCROLL ENGRAVED PATENT BREECH (PITTED AROUND THE NIPPLE) WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, SHAPED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT AND ENGRAVED WITH SCROLLWORK AND WILDFOWL, SIGNED LOCK ENGRAVED EN SUITE, WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH PENCIL INSCRIPTION '1ST JULY 1844' ON THE FORE-END UNDER THE BARREL, CHEQUERED PISTOL GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS (SOME WEAR AND PITTING), GRIP SAFETY-CATCH (INOPERATIVE), SILVER ESCUTCHEON AND BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, LONDON PROOF MARKS
46¼IN. (117.5CM.) BARREL
WILLIAM BURNETT IS RECORDED AT 153 HIGH STREET, SOUTHAMPTON FROM 1843 TO 1851. HE SPECIALISED IN WILDFOWLING GUNS AND WAS GUNMAKER TO COLONEL PETER HAWKER OF LONGPARISH, WHOSE DOUBLE 12-BORE 'CRIPPLE-STOPPER' WAS AFFECTIONATELY NAMED 'BLOODY BURNETT'