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BY J. WALKER, DARLINGTON, CIRCA 1775
Details
A 16-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By J. Walker, Darlington, circa 1775
With signed rebrowned two-stage barrel and silver spider fore-sight, engraved grooved tang, signed border engraved flat lock with moulded border, varnished figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, engraved iron mounts including butt-plate with pierced tang, and trigger-guard with second pattern acorn finial, pierced and chiselled rococo side-plate, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped iron-capped ramrod (minor scattered pitting), Birmingham proof marks
38¼in. (97.2cm.) barrel
By J. Walker, Darlington, circa 1775
With signed rebrowned two-stage barrel and silver spider fore-sight, engraved grooved tang, signed border engraved flat lock with moulded border, varnished figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, engraved iron mounts including butt-plate with pierced tang, and trigger-guard with second pattern acorn finial, pierced and chiselled rococo side-plate, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped iron-capped ramrod (minor scattered pitting), Birmingham proof marks
38¼in. (97.2cm.) barrel
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, p. 117, plate 446
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.