BY EZEKIEL BAKER, LONDON, NO. 1001, CIRCA 1805

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A Fine 20-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Ezekiel Baker, London, No. 1001, circa 1805
With rebrowned twist barrels, serial numbered case-hardened patent breeches each with gold-lined maker's stamp, two gold lines, and gold-lined touch-hole, engraved grooved tang, case-hardened locks each with roller, gold-lined maker's stamp, moulded border, stepped tail, pierced cock, rainproof pan, and patent steel with spark deflector, the internal working parts with most of their original blued finish, figured walnut half-stock (fore-end bruised), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved blued iron mounts including signed trigger-guard engraved with a dog, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, engraved silver ramrod tail-pipe, original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, and some original finish, London proof marks
32¼in. (81.9cm.) barrels

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

Lot Essay

Ezekiel Baker (1758-1836), inventor of the Baker rifle and author of Remarks on Rifle Guns (1801), was Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to King George IV. He was influential in the King's shooting and collecting, and thus played an important role in the formation of the Carlton House Armoury

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