細節
A Cased 15-Bore D.B. Patchlock Or Percussion Cap Sporting Gun
By Joseph Manton, Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London, No. 8012 for 1816
Converted from pellet-lock, with rebrowned twist barrels signed on the broad elevated rib 'Joseph Manton Davies Street Berkeley Square London Invenit Et Fecit By His Majesty's Patent', case-hardened patent breeches engraved at the centre and each with pierced platinum plug, nipples of very early type, finely engraved tang decorated with marine monsters and scrollwork, signed engraved case-hardened locks each with platinum-filled gravitating safety-stop, flat hammers each with detachable nose, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts decorated with scrollwork and martial trophies, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and brass-mounted ramrod (some minor surface pitting): in lined and fitted mahogany case (lid scratched and chipped) with accessories including Sykes white metal powder-flask, and a box containing two pellet primer strikers and numerous patchlock strikers, the lid with trade label for circa 1810-12, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon, London proof marks
28½in. (72.4cm.) barrels
出版
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, p. 263, plates 94, 95, and colour plate 8
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 112, plates 94a, b and 95
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