AN 8-BORE TUBELOCK WILDFOWLING GUN with three-stage rebrowned twist sighted barrel, case-hardened recessed patent breech with platinum line and platinum-lined maker's stamp, case-hardened tang engraved with foliage and two game birds, signed foliate engraved case-hardened lock, highly figured walnut half-stock (some bruising, minor repair in front of the lock), chequered grip, iron mounts including butt-plate (pitted) and trigger-guard each engraved with a martial trophy, the latter with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and original brass-mounted wooden ramrod, by Joseph Manton, London, No. 8621 for 1820, the barrel forged by William Fullerd