Lot Essay
The gun was completed circa 1867
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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1864 PATENT 12-BORE(PIN-FIRE) BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 11457, patent toplever-opening action, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge, sidelocks with dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, figured stock cast-off towards central-vision, browned damascus barrels
Weight 7lb., 13½in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption
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Weight 7lb., 13½in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption
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