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BY CHARLES LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND ST., LONDON, NO. 2800, CIRCA 1857
Details
A Rare Cased 38-Bore Four-Barrel Smooth Oval-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 2800, circa 1857
With signed browned twist barrels sighted to 300 yards and inscribed 'Patent. Smooth. Bored. Rifle', matted ribs, case-hardened patent breeches engraved at the centre and each with platinum plug, long case-hardened scroll engraved tang incorporating the sprung release catch allowing the barrels to rotate, signed rounded scroll engraved serial numbered detented back-action locks each with blued safety-catch to the rear of the hammer, finely figured walnut butt, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, case-hardened patch-box cover finely engraved with a stag and four hinds in a landscape, blued iron mounts finely engraved with scrollwork, chequered butt-plate with a deer hound on the tang, trigger-guard with chequered spur, engraved on the bow with two stags locked in a duel, silver escutcheon, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-bound serial numbered oak case, with numerous accessories including original Hawksley leather-covered powder-flask, original bullet mould, powder-measure, and patch-cutter, all serial numbered except the last, the lid with trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon, London proof marks
271/8in. (69.2cm.) barrels
By Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 2800, circa 1857
With signed browned twist barrels sighted to 300 yards and inscribed 'Patent. Smooth. Bored. Rifle', matted ribs, case-hardened patent breeches engraved at the centre and each with platinum plug, long case-hardened scroll engraved tang incorporating the sprung release catch allowing the barrels to rotate, signed rounded scroll engraved serial numbered detented back-action locks each with blued safety-catch to the rear of the hammer, finely figured walnut butt, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, case-hardened patch-box cover finely engraved with a stag and four hinds in a landscape, blued iron mounts finely engraved with scrollwork, chequered butt-plate with a deer hound on the tang, trigger-guard with chequered spur, engraved on the bow with two stags locked in a duel, silver escutcheon, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-bound serial numbered oak case, with numerous accessories including original Hawksley leather-covered powder-flask, original bullet mould, powder-measure, and patch-cutter, all serial numbered except the last, the lid with trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon, London proof marks
271/8in. (69.2cm.) barrels
Literature
Richard Akehurst, Game Guns and Rifles, p. 18, plate 21
Exhibited
The British Sporting Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, 14-30 January 1938, cat. no. 43
The Game Fair, Longleat House, 1962
The Game Fair, Longleat House, 1962
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.