BY KETLAND & CO., CIRCA 1785
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A 20-BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
By Ketland & Co., circa 1785
With shortened two-stage barrels octagonal at the breech, the left barrel with gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved grooved tang decorated with rococo foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each with roller and stepped tail (one cock and one top jaw and screw replaced), later half-stock (minor defects), engraved gun-metal mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial, and later ramrod (iron parts with scattered pitting), Tower private proof marks
32¾in (83.2cm.) barrels
By Ketland & Co., circa 1785
With shortened two-stage barrels octagonal at the breech, the left barrel with gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved grooved tang decorated with rococo foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each with roller and stepped tail (one cock and one top jaw and screw replaced), later half-stock (minor defects), engraved gun-metal mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial, and later ramrod (iron parts with scattered pitting), Tower private proof marks
32¾in (83.2cm.) barrels
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