A 16-BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SHOTGUN with rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib, engraved breeches with platinum plugs, signed case-hardened patent locks each with vertical sear and engraved with grotesque serpents, foliage and a pheasant, varnished figured walnut half-stock (cracked at the tang), chequered grip and fore-end, foliate engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard retaining some original blueing, engraved with a pheasant, and with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod, by John Manton and Son, Dover Street, London proof marks, No. 9435 for 1826; and an 8-bore percussion wildfowling gun with rebrowned twist barrel signed in gold in the sighting groove at the breech, gold fore-sight, breech inlaid with gold lines, engraved with a duck, and with platinum plug, scroll engraved tang, signed lock (worn) engraved with scrollwork, an eagle and a dog, the hammer with a coiled serpent, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard engraved with a dog and two ducks, and with chequered spur, vacant shield-shaped silver escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, and no provision for a ramrod, by Gasquoine & Dyson, Manchester, London proof marks, No. 1251, mid-19th Century 30in. and 32¼in. barrels (2)