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A CASED PAIR OF 20-BORE ROYAL D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS
BY JOHN MANTON & SON, NO. 6 DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO.S 9256/7 FOR 1825
Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned twist barrels signed on the rib and with silver fore-sight, engraved case-hardened patent breeches, each with pierced platinum plug, scroll engraved tangs, signed scroll engraved case-hardened serial numbered flat locks each with vertical scear, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered grips, cheek-pieces, finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish, silver escutcheons engraved with crowned initials PL, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrods: in lined and fitted brass-bound mahogany case originally made for the pair of flintlock guns No. 8082, with accessories, the lid with trade label for circa 1815-20, and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crowned initials as the guns, London proof marks
32in. barrels
BY JOHN MANTON & SON, NO. 6 DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO.S 9256/7 FOR 1825
Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned twist barrels signed on the rib and with silver fore-sight, engraved case-hardened patent breeches, each with pierced platinum plug, scroll engraved tangs, signed scroll engraved case-hardened serial numbered flat locks each with vertical scear, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered grips, cheek-pieces, finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish, silver escutcheons engraved with crowned initials PL, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrods: in lined and fitted brass-bound mahogany case originally made for the pair of flintlock guns No. 8082, with accessories, the lid with trade label for circa 1815-20, and with flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crowned initials as the guns, London proof marks
32in. barrels
Provenance
Prince Leopold of Belgium
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p.70
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 52
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 52