BY JOSEPH TIREBUCK, HAY-MARKET, LONDON, NO. 210, CIRCA 1815

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A Fine 18-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Joseph Tirebuck, Hay-Market, London, No. 210, circa 1815
With rebrowned twist barrels engraved 'Hay-Market London' in Gothic script on the elevated rib and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened recessed sloping patent breeches each with platinum-lined touch-hole, the central rib with platinum-lined maker's stamp and two platinum lines, grooved case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrollwork and a dog on a matted ground, serial numbered signed engraved case-hardened locks each with roller, rainproof pan with platinum-lined lip, patent steel engraved 'Jos.h Tirebuck Patent' and with detachable pan-cover over a leather liner, and blued steel-spring, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved blued iron mounts, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with initials, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much original finish, London proof marks, the barrels forged by William Fullerd
30in. (76.2cm.) barrels

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Joseph Tirebuck is recorded at 60 Haymarket from 1813 to 1816

The leather liners to the pan-covers, presumably intended as gaskets to give a water-tight seal, were probably the maker's own invention

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