Lot Essay
Samuel Nock held appointments successively to Kings George III (1805), George IV (1822) and William IV (1830), and to Queen Victoria (1837)
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BY SAMUEL NOCK, LONDON, NO. 7726, CIRCA 1837
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A 24-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By Samuel Nock, London, No. 7726, circa 1837
With shortened sighted Turkish twist barrel cut with eight grooves, in three stages divided by gold-covered mouldings and decorated at intervals with gold arabesques, at the breech a gold inscription in Arabic characters 'Qara Muhammad', also in gold, signed case-hardened patent breech with pierced platinum plug, long case-hardened tang engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground, stepped case-hardened back-action lock engraved with scrollwork, inscribed 'Samuel Nock. Invenit', and with blued safety-catch, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises), chequered grip, scroll engraved blued iron mounts including spur trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, silver escutcheon, single sling mount, wooden ramrod, and most of its original finish
34in. (86.4cm.) barrel
By Samuel Nock, London, No. 7726, circa 1837
With shortened sighted Turkish twist barrel cut with eight grooves, in three stages divided by gold-covered mouldings and decorated at intervals with gold arabesques, at the breech a gold inscription in Arabic characters 'Qara Muhammad', also in gold, signed case-hardened patent breech with pierced platinum plug, long case-hardened tang engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground, stepped case-hardened back-action lock engraved with scrollwork, inscribed 'Samuel Nock. Invenit', and with blued safety-catch, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises), chequered grip, scroll engraved blued iron mounts including spur trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, silver escutcheon, single sling mount, wooden ramrod, and most of its original finish
34in. (86.4cm.) barrel
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.