Lot Essay
A note in the case reads: 'This gun I took to Cornwall on our honeymoon for shooting woodcock (signed) W. Keith Neal'
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BY JOHN MANTON AND SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 9698 FOR 1828
Details
A Fine Cased 15-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
By John Manton and Son, Dover Street, London, No. 9698 for 1828
With browned twist barrel and silver fore-sight, signed breech section octagonal then polygonal, engraved case-hardened patent breech with pierced platinum plug, case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground, signed lock engraved with marine monsters and scrollwork and with vertical projection allowing the lock retaining screw to pass into the patent breech, figured walnut half-stock, blued iron mounts engraved en suite with the barrel tang, chequered grip, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, a stag's head, and initials 'CH', horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including Dixon powder-flask, the lid with trade label for circa 1824-1840 and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest and initials as the gun, London proof marks, the barrel forged by Charles Lancaster
32in. (81.3cm.) barrel
By John Manton and Son, Dover Street, London, No. 9698 for 1828
With browned twist barrel and silver fore-sight, signed breech section octagonal then polygonal, engraved case-hardened patent breech with pierced platinum plug, case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground, signed lock engraved with marine monsters and scrollwork and with vertical projection allowing the lock retaining screw to pass into the patent breech, figured walnut half-stock, blued iron mounts engraved en suite with the barrel tang, chequered grip, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, a stag's head, and initials 'CH', horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including Dixon powder-flask, the lid with trade label for circa 1824-1840 and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest and initials as the gun, London proof marks, the barrel forged by Charles Lancaster
32in. (81.3cm.) barrel
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, p. 106, plates 144, 145
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 54, plates 43a, b
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 54, plates 43a, b
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.