BY WILKINSON & SON, NO. 4600 FOR 1836
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A 14-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN
BY WILKINSON & SON, NO. 4600 FOR 1836
WITH TWO-STAGE ETCHED TWIST BARREL IN THE SPANISH MANNER WITH GOLD FORE-SIGHT AND CHISELLED GIRDLE, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION INLAID WITH ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND THE ARMS OF ADAIR, ALSO IN GOLD, CASE-HARDENED PATENT BREECH WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG AND INLAID WITH TWO BANDS OF ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND TWO GOLD LINES, FINELY ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED TANG AND SIGNED LOCK, FINELY FIGURED MAPLE HALF-STOCK, CHEQUERED GRIP, FINELY ENGRAVED BLUED IRON MOUNTS, VACANT GOLD ESCUTCHEON, ENGRAVED SILVER BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS AND FORE-END CAP, ORIGINAL BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD WITH WORM, AND SOME ORIGINAL FINISH, LONDON PROOF MARKS
32IN. (81.3CM.) BARREL
MADE FOR SIR SHAFTO ADAIR, BT. OF FLIXTON HALL
BY WILKINSON & SON, NO. 4600 FOR 1836
WITH TWO-STAGE ETCHED TWIST BARREL IN THE SPANISH MANNER WITH GOLD FORE-SIGHT AND CHISELLED GIRDLE, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION INLAID WITH ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND THE ARMS OF ADAIR, ALSO IN GOLD, CASE-HARDENED PATENT BREECH WITH PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG AND INLAID WITH TWO BANDS OF ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND TWO GOLD LINES, FINELY ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED TANG AND SIGNED LOCK, FINELY FIGURED MAPLE HALF-STOCK, CHEQUERED GRIP, FINELY ENGRAVED BLUED IRON MOUNTS, VACANT GOLD ESCUTCHEON, ENGRAVED SILVER BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS AND FORE-END CAP, ORIGINAL BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD WITH WORM, AND SOME ORIGINAL FINISH, LONDON PROOF MARKS
32IN. (81.3CM.) BARREL
MADE FOR SIR SHAFTO ADAIR, BT. OF FLIXTON HALL
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ESTIMATE ON THIS LOT IS NOW £850-1,000.