BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1778
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A 15-BORE PERCUSSION FOWLING-PIECE
BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1778
CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, WITH EARLIER TWO-STAGE SPANISH BARREL BY DIEGO VENTURA OF MADRID WITH GOLD SPIDER FORE-SIGHT AND CHISELLED GIRDLE, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH INLAID WITH ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND WITH TWO PUNZóNES, ENGRAVED TANG, LATER FLAT BEVELLED LOCK BY JOHN BASS, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (BRUISED, OLD REPAIRS) CARVED WITH A SHELL IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, CHEQUERED GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARD WITH ACORN FINIAL, HORN FORE-END CAP, IRON SLING SWIVELS, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
39½IN. (100.3CM.) BARREL
BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1778
CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, WITH EARLIER TWO-STAGE SPANISH BARREL BY DIEGO VENTURA OF MADRID WITH GOLD SPIDER FORE-SIGHT AND CHISELLED GIRDLE, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH INLAID WITH ENGRAVED GOLD DECORATION AND WITH TWO PUNZóNES, ENGRAVED TANG, LATER FLAT BEVELLED LOCK BY JOHN BASS, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (BRUISED, OLD REPAIRS) CARVED WITH A SHELL IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, CHEQUERED GRIP, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARD WITH ACORN FINIAL, HORN FORE-END CAP, IRON SLING SWIVELS, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
39½IN. (100.3CM.) BARREL
Literature
W. KEITH NEAL & D.H.L. BACK, GREAT BRITISH GUNMAKERS 1740-1790, P. 175, PLATE 177