EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A FINE 20-BORE NEAPOLITAN MIQUELET-LOCK SPORTING GUN
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
WITH THREE-STAGE TWIT BARREL OCTAGONAL THEN FLUTED AT THE BREECH AND RETAINING TRACES OF THE ORIGINAL BLUE, WITH GOLD FORE-SIGHT, AND TWO GOLD-LINED STAMPS OF THE NAPLES ROYAL MANUFACTORY WITHIN TWENTY-SEVEN SMALLER GOLD-LINED STAMPS, GOLD-LINED VENT, TANG CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH STRAPWORK ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK WITH A FURTHER GOLD-LINED STAMP OF THE ROYAL MANUFACTORY AND ENGRAVED ON THE INSIDE WITH THE NUMBER 25 (?), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CUT WITH BASKETWORK CHEQUERING ON THE GRIP AND FORE-END, IRON MOUNTS CHISELLED WITH STYLISED SCALLOP DESIGNS AND WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE IN RELIEF ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, TWO BARREL-BANDS ALSO CHISELLED ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, CHEEK-PIECE, AND ORIGINAL IVORY-TIPPED WHALEBONE RAMROD
36¼IN. (92.1CM.) BARREL
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
WITH THREE-STAGE TWIT BARREL OCTAGONAL THEN FLUTED AT THE BREECH AND RETAINING TRACES OF THE ORIGINAL BLUE, WITH GOLD FORE-SIGHT, AND TWO GOLD-LINED STAMPS OF THE NAPLES ROYAL MANUFACTORY WITHIN TWENTY-SEVEN SMALLER GOLD-LINED STAMPS, GOLD-LINED VENT, TANG CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH STRAPWORK ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK WITH A FURTHER GOLD-LINED STAMP OF THE ROYAL MANUFACTORY AND ENGRAVED ON THE INSIDE WITH THE NUMBER 25 (?), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CUT WITH BASKETWORK CHEQUERING ON THE GRIP AND FORE-END, IRON MOUNTS CHISELLED WITH STYLISED SCALLOP DESIGNS AND WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE IN RELIEF ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, TWO BARREL-BANDS ALSO CHISELLED ON A GILT FISH-ROE GROUND, CHEEK-PIECE, AND ORIGINAL IVORY-TIPPED WHALEBONE RAMROD
36¼IN. (92.1CM.) BARREL