BY WILLIAM SMITH, PRINCES STREET, LONDON, NO. 2170 FOR 1818

Details

A Fine 9-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By William Smith, Princes Street, London, No. 2170 for 1818
With rebrowned twist barrels signed on the rib and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened patent recessed breeches each with four gold lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, engraved tang cross-cut with channels for water-draining, signed engraved bevelled locks each with stepped tail and inscribed respectively 'Patent 1358' and 'Patent 1359' to the rear of the swept rainproof pan, rollers, signed patent steels numbered respectively '1358' and '1359', the cocks with chequered jaw-screws, varnished finely figured walnut half-stock (light bruising), chequered grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts (with old reblued finish), silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks
28in. (71.1cm.) barrels

Provenance

The Earl of Plymouth, Sotheby & Co., London, 2 March 1962, lot 111 (£130 to Neal)

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

William Smith was at 2 New Lisle Street, 1806-16; 59 Princes Street, Leicester Square, 1817-20; 64 Princes Street, 1821-4. He was appointed Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to the Prince Regent in 1817, and to King George IV in 1820

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