A 14-BORE FLINTLOCK SHOTGUN with rebrowned three-stage barrel signed on the octagonal breech, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with two platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, engraved tang, signed and engraved case-hardened numbered lock with large roller, 'French' cock (associated, retaining screw replaced), and V-shaped rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon engraved with crest and coronet, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and brass-tipped ramrod, by John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 9014 for 1823, the barrel forged by William Fullerd

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A 14-BORE FLINTLOCK SHOTGUN with rebrowned three-stage barrel signed on the octagonal breech, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with two platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, engraved tang, signed and engraved case-hardened numbered lock with large roller, 'French' cock (associated, retaining screw replaced), and V-shaped rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon engraved with crest and coronet, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and brass-tipped ramrod, by John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 9014 for 1823, the barrel forged by William Fullerd
30in. barrel
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p. 67

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