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AN UNUSUAL 20-BORE PAKTONG-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY JOHN OR WATTELL CLARK, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
With rebrowned two-stage barrel, turned girdle and silver spider fore-sight, signed long case-hardened patent breech with two gold-lines, finely engraved case-hardened tang, signed case-hardened border engraved flat lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, and secured by a single screw through the lock-plate, stained maple half-stock with take-down fore-end, coarsely chequered grip, finely engraved mounts including trigger-guard with urn and pineapple finial, the butt-plate with a crest, a lion rampant, small silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials J.F., silver fore-end cap, three barrel-bolts each with silver escutcheons, and original horn-tipped ramrod
38 7/8in. barrel
BY JOHN OR WATTELL CLARK, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
With rebrowned two-stage barrel, turned girdle and silver spider fore-sight, signed long case-hardened patent breech with two gold-lines, finely engraved case-hardened tang, signed case-hardened border engraved flat lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, and secured by a single screw through the lock-plate, stained maple half-stock with take-down fore-end, coarsely chequered grip, finely engraved mounts including trigger-guard with urn and pineapple finial, the butt-plate with a crest, a lion rampant, small silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials J.F., silver fore-end cap, three barrel-bolts each with silver escutcheons, and original horn-tipped ramrod
38 7/8in. barrel