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A CASED FINE 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY JOHN MANTON & SON, NO. 6 DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 7635 FOR 1820
With rebrowned two-stage twist barrel signed on the top flat and with silver fore-sight, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with platinum-lined touch-hole, scroll engraved tang, signed engraved flat case-hardened serial numbered lock with roller, V-shaped rainproof pan, 'French' cock, and signed patent steel, stained maple half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with the Adair crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and traces of original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including copper powder-flask engraved with owner's initials H.E.A., the lid with trade label and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest as the gun, the whole set in fine condition throughout, the barrel forged by William Fullerd
32in. barrel
BY JOHN MANTON & SON, NO. 6 DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 7635 FOR 1820
With rebrowned two-stage twist barrel signed on the top flat and with silver fore-sight, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with platinum-lined touch-hole, scroll engraved tang, signed engraved flat case-hardened serial numbered lock with roller, V-shaped rainproof pan, 'French' cock, and signed patent steel, stained maple half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with the Adair crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and traces of original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including copper powder-flask engraved with owner's initials H.E.A., the lid with trade label and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest as the gun, the whole set in fine condition throughout, the barrel forged by William Fullerd
32in. barrel
Provenance
Made for Sir Robert Shafto Adair 1st Bt., and purchased at Flixton Hall from Major-General Sir Allan Adair, 6th Bt.
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons, p. 97, plate 142 British Gunmakers, Their Trade
Cards, Cases and Equipment
1760-1860, plate 395
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 47, plate 38
Cards, Cases and Equipment
1760-1860, plate 395
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 47, plate 38