A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1862 PATENT 12-BORE (PIN-FIRE) BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10353, patent pull-back toplever-opening action, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the sidelocks with dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock (cracked through the hand) with butt-plate, browned damascus barrels, the top-rib with gold-inlaid 'PATENT' | Christie's

Lot 132

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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1862 PATENT 12-BORE (PIN-FIRE) BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10353, patent pull-back toplever-opening action, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the sidelocks with dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock (cracked through the hand) with butt-plate, browned damascus barrels, the top-rib with gold-inlaid 'PATENT'

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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1862 PATENT 12-BORE (PIN-FIRE) BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10353, patent pull-back toplever-opening action, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the sidelocks with dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock (cracked through the hand) with butt-plate, browned damascus barrels, the top-rib with gold-inlaid 'PATENT'
14in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use ]

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For an explanation of this action, please see Crudgington & Baker, The British Shotgun, Vol. One, pp. 131-133

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