Lot 105
105
A Very Rare Cased 14-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Interchangeable Locks For Patent Detonating Priming Or Pellets, Which Can Be Converted For Percussion Caps
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A Very Rare Cased 14-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Interchangeable Locks For Patent Detonating Priming Or Pellets, Which Can Be Converted For Percussion Caps

BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, NO. 170 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, NO. 2655 FOR 1833

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A Very Rare Cased 14-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Interchangeable Locks For Patent Detonating Priming Or Pellets, Which Can Be Converted For Percussion Caps
By Westley Richards, No. 170 New Bond Street, London, No. 2655 for 1833
With rebrowned twist barrels with brass fore-sight signed 'Westley Richards' in Gothic script on the rib and stamped 'Steel.Inside' on the underside of each breech, case-hardened patent breeches each with four platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, shaped tang engraved with scrollwork on a matted ground, signed engraved case-hardened locks each with roller, blued steel-spring, and swept rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises, damaged around each lock), chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and original iron-tipped ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including Sykes powder-flask, a bag of original pellets, spare parts for the pellet-lock mechanisms, spare steels for the flintlock mechanisms, and the interchangeable hammers and pan-covers for use with percussion caps, the lid (chipped) with trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
28 7/8in. (73.3cm.) barrels
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Sold with a letter of 8 January 1953 from the manufacturers stating that the gun was originally sold to Captain Dilke in April 1833
The detonating locks are made in accordance with Patent No. 4611 granted to Westley Richards on 10 November 1821. See Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms, pp. 67-69, plate 29. A drawing of the mechanism in the London Journal of Arts and Sciences is reproduced on page 68

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