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BY EDWARD BATE, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
Details
A Fine 44-Bore 'Flintlock' Sporting Air Gun
By Edward Bate, London, circa 1775
With removable browned swamped sighted two-stage barrel within a signed octagonal sleeve engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear (barrel bolt missing), finely engraved tang, signed case-hardened flat bevelled lock finely engraved with foliage and with pierced cock and shaped stepped tail (top jaw and screw replaced), finely figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered grip, skeleton butt, finely engraved iron mounts including shaped side-plate, set trigger, horn ramrod, copper reservoir, and traces of original finish
341/8in. (86.6cm.) barrel
By Edward Bate, London, circa 1775
With removable browned swamped sighted two-stage barrel within a signed octagonal sleeve engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear (barrel bolt missing), finely engraved tang, signed case-hardened flat bevelled lock finely engraved with foliage and with pierced cock and shaped stepped tail (top jaw and screw replaced), finely figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered grip, skeleton butt, finely engraved iron mounts including shaped side-plate, set trigger, horn ramrod, copper reservoir, and traces of original finish
341/8in. (86.6cm.) barrel
Exhibited
The Game Fair, Longleat House, 1962
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.