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BY JOHN MANTON, LONDON, NO. 3771 FOR 1802
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An 18-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By John Manton, London, No. 3771 for 1802
With rebrowned two-stage twist barrel and gold fore-sight, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided and signed in gold, patent breech (bruised) with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, engraved tang, signed case-hardened border engraved flat serial numbered lock with roller, rainproof pan, and 'French' cock, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruising), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved iron mounts, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's initials 'WR', gold barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and traces of original finish, London proof marks
34in. (86.4cm.) barrel
By John Manton, London, No. 3771 for 1802
With rebrowned two-stage twist barrel and gold fore-sight, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided and signed in gold, patent breech (bruised) with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, engraved tang, signed case-hardened border engraved flat serial numbered lock with roller, rainproof pan, and 'French' cock, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruising), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved iron mounts, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's initials 'WR', gold barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and traces of original finish, London proof marks
34in. (86.4cm.) barrel
Provenance
The Dukes of Bedford, Woburn Abbey
Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p. 47
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 30
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 30
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.