Lot Essay
The butt-trap contains two hand-written notes giving details of the rifle's provenance
Details
A VERY SIMILAR RIFLE
CIRCA 1780, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GRIFFIN & TOW
Incorporating earlier German parts, with 25-bore barrel signed 'Pistor a Cassell (sic)' on the underside, cut with seven rectangular grooves and a band of beadwork at the breech, and with silver fore-sight and gold-lined touch-hole, and case-hardened detented border engraved rounded German lock
27½in. barrel
CIRCA 1780, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GRIFFIN & TOW
Incorporating earlier German parts, with 25-bore barrel signed 'Pistor a Cassell (sic)' on the underside, cut with seven rectangular grooves and a band of beadwork at the breech, and with silver fore-sight and gold-lined touch-hole, and case-hardened detented border engraved rounded German lock
27½in. barrel
Provenance
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