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BY THOMAS KETLAND, CIRCA 1770
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AN UNUSUAL PAKTONG-MOUNTED TAKE-DOWN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY THOMAS KETLAND, CIRCA 1770
With 39 ¼ in. (99.5 cm.) slender swamped three-stage barrel engraved with a spray of rococo foliage at the breech, border and scroll engraved grooved tang, signed engraved flat bevelled paktong lock with stepped tail and roller (cock repaired), well figured walnut half-stock with two-part butt and carved with a rococo shell in low relief behind the barrel-tang, scroll engraved iron joining plates at the wrist, paktong mounts engraved with rococo ornament including trigger-guard with acorn finial, and ebonised ramrod with ivory tip, London proof marks
54 ¾ in. (139 cm.) overall
BY THOMAS KETLAND, CIRCA 1770
With 39 ¼ in. (99.5 cm.) slender swamped three-stage barrel engraved with a spray of rococo foliage at the breech, border and scroll engraved grooved tang, signed engraved flat bevelled paktong lock with stepped tail and roller (cock repaired), well figured walnut half-stock with two-part butt and carved with a rococo shell in low relief behind the barrel-tang, scroll engraved iron joining plates at the wrist, paktong mounts engraved with rococo ornament including trigger-guard with acorn finial, and ebonised ramrod with ivory tip, London proof marks
54 ¾ in. (139 cm.) overall
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