A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1864 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10036, patent 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, stock (cracked at the hand) with butt-plate, rebrowned stub-twist barrels | Christie's

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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1864 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10036, patent 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, stock (cracked at the hand) with butt-plate, rebrowned stub-twist barrels

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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1864 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 10036, patent 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, stock (cracked at the hand) with butt-plate, rebrowned stub-twist barrels
14½in. pull, 29in. barrels, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use
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拍品专文

For an explanation of this action, please see Crudgington & Baker, The British Shotgun, Vol. One, pp. 133-136