A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SHOTGUN with signed browned twist sighted barrel, scroll engraved case-hardened patent recessed breech with platinum lined vent, scroll engraved tang, signed scroll engraved case-hardened lock with roller and rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip , scroll engraved blued iron mounts and barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, original brass-mounted ramrod, and most of its original finish throughout, the shield-shaped silver escutcheon engraved 'Made for H.S. 1868', signed P. Ward, Maker, Henfield, Sussex, London proof marks, dated 1868