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BY JOHN MANTON, LONDON, NO. 3331, CIRCA 1799
Details
A Fine Cased 17-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun
By John Manton, London, No. 3331, circa 1799
With rebrowned twist barrels signed in gold on the rib and with silver fore-sight and short flat on the side of each breech, case-hardened patent breeches engraved at the centre and each with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, finely engraved grooved tang, signed case-hardened locks each with moulded border, roller, stepped tail, rainproof pan, and some original blued finish on the steel-springs, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish and including serial numbered scroll trigger-guard decorated with a retriever in a landscape, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, a gorged greyhound's head, and motto 'Virtus Mille Scuta', and original brass-tipped ramrod with worm: in lined and fitted mahogany case (minor damage to lining and partitions) for gun No. 5724, with some accessories, the lid with trade label for circa 1798-1815 and flush-fitting carrying handle with circular escutcheon, London proof marks
32in. (81.3cm) barrels
By John Manton, London, No. 3331, circa 1799
With rebrowned twist barrels signed in gold on the rib and with silver fore-sight and short flat on the side of each breech, case-hardened patent breeches engraved at the centre and each with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, finely engraved grooved tang, signed case-hardened locks each with moulded border, roller, stepped tail, rainproof pan, and some original blued finish on the steel-springs, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruises), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved iron mounts retaining traces of original blued finish and including serial numbered scroll trigger-guard decorated with a retriever in a landscape, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, a gorged greyhound's head, and motto 'Virtus Mille Scuta', and original brass-tipped ramrod with worm: in lined and fitted mahogany case (minor damage to lining and partitions) for gun No. 5724, with some accessories, the lid with trade label for circa 1798-1815 and flush-fitting carrying handle with circular escutcheon, London proof marks
32in. (81.3cm) barrels
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, p. 75
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 28
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 28
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.