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BY FRANCIS STYLES, CIRCA 1725
Details
A Rare 8-Bore Flintlock Duck Gun
By Francis Styles, circa 1725
With massive swamped three-stage barrel with raised bands at the rear and brass foliate fore-sight, plain grooved tang, signed rounded lock with moulded border (signature refreshed), moulded lightly carved figured walnut full stock (chipped and repaired, minor bruising) with raised moulding at the barrel tang, cast brass mounts including pierced side-plate, retaining much of their gilding, and later brass-capped ramrod (barrel and lock with light pitting), London proof marks
60in. (152.4cm.) barrel
By Francis Styles, circa 1725
With massive swamped three-stage barrel with raised bands at the rear and brass foliate fore-sight, plain grooved tang, signed rounded lock with moulded border (signature refreshed), moulded lightly carved figured walnut full stock (chipped and repaired, minor bruising) with raised moulding at the barrel tang, cast brass mounts including pierced side-plate, retaining much of their gilding, and later brass-capped ramrod (barrel and lock with light pitting), London proof marks
60in. (152.4cm.) barrel
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, p. 432, plates 191a, b
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.