BY JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 8082 FOR 1822

Details

A Fine 16-Bore Royal D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 8082 for 1822
With rebrowned twist barrels signed in full on the broad elevated rib and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened recessed sloping patent breeches each with platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, case-hardened grooved tang engraved with scrollwork on a hatched ground, signed engraved case-hardened locks each with blued steel-spring, large roller, signed patent steel with pierced lip, V-shaped patent pan with platinum bar, and 'French' cock, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, blued iron mounts including serial numbered scroll trigger-guard, blued trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with a crown and the initials 'PL', iron sling mounts, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much original finish, London proof marks
32in. (81.3cm.) barrels

Provenance

Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1790-1865)

Literature

W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p. 67
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 49

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigned as King Leopold I of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865. An outstanding patron of science and education, the "Nestor of Europe" was highly influential in diplomacy, giving his advice, sometimes unsought, to other sovereigns, in particular to his niece Queen Victoria

This gun was originally one of a pair, the case for which was sold from the W. Keith Neal Collection in these Rooms, 8 November 1995, lot 36

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