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SIGNED WHEELER, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1792
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A HIGHLY ORNATE 22-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK PRESENTATION SPORTING GUN
SIGNED WHEELER, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1792
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS DECORATED TOWARDS THE BREECHES WITH GOLD-INLAID SWAGS, RIBBONS AND A TREE INHABITED BY PHEASANTS, WITH RIB WITH GOLD-INLAID RIBBON SIGNED 'WHEELER', BREECHES DECORATED WITH GOLD-INLAID PARTRIDGE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND A GUN DOG ON THE RIGHT, A GOLD-INLAID SUNBURST ON THE RIB BETWEEN, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLES, GROOVED TANG WITH GOLD-INLAID SUNBURST AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND A HUNTING TROPHY INVOLVING A STAG'S HEAD AND A HUNTING HORN, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCKS EACH WITH STEPPED TAIL, ROLLER AND SIGNED 'WHEELER' WITHIN A GOLD-INLAID TROPHY OF ARMS BENEATH THE GOLD-LINED RAINPROOF PAN, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH SILVER DECORATION COMPRISING SILVER WIRE SCROLLWORK, ENGRAVED FLOWER-HEADS AND PANELS OF FOLIAGE SURROUNDING LARGER ENGRAVED PANELS, THOSE ON THE FORE-END COMPRISING A HUNTING TROPHY, AN URN WITH FRUIT AND A CLASSICAL WARRIOR PORTRAIT BUST, THE WRIST WITH A PANEL OF HANGING GAME ON EITHER SIDE, AND THE BUTT WITH A LARGE TROPHY OF ARMS ON EACH SIDE, THAT ON THE LEFT INVOLVING AN EAGLE AND THAT ON THE RIGHT INVOLVING A LION, ENGRAVED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING FORE-END CAP DECORATED WITH FURTHER HANGING GAME AND TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FURTHER HUNTING TROPHY, LARGE SHAPED SILVER TROPHY OF ARMS ESCUTCHEON AND FOLIATE BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD, RECONVERTED FROM PERCUSSION, LONDON PROOF MARKS, SILVER MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREETH
33 1/8IN. (84.1CM.) BARRELS
SIGNED WHEELER, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1792
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS DECORATED TOWARDS THE BREECHES WITH GOLD-INLAID SWAGS, RIBBONS AND A TREE INHABITED BY PHEASANTS, WITH RIB WITH GOLD-INLAID RIBBON SIGNED 'WHEELER', BREECHES DECORATED WITH GOLD-INLAID PARTRIDGE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND A GUN DOG ON THE RIGHT, A GOLD-INLAID SUNBURST ON THE RIB BETWEEN, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLES, GROOVED TANG WITH GOLD-INLAID SUNBURST AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND A HUNTING TROPHY INVOLVING A STAG'S HEAD AND A HUNTING HORN, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCKS EACH WITH STEPPED TAIL, ROLLER AND SIGNED 'WHEELER' WITHIN A GOLD-INLAID TROPHY OF ARMS BENEATH THE GOLD-LINED RAINPROOF PAN, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH SILVER DECORATION COMPRISING SILVER WIRE SCROLLWORK, ENGRAVED FLOWER-HEADS AND PANELS OF FOLIAGE SURROUNDING LARGER ENGRAVED PANELS, THOSE ON THE FORE-END COMPRISING A HUNTING TROPHY, AN URN WITH FRUIT AND A CLASSICAL WARRIOR PORTRAIT BUST, THE WRIST WITH A PANEL OF HANGING GAME ON EITHER SIDE, AND THE BUTT WITH A LARGE TROPHY OF ARMS ON EACH SIDE, THAT ON THE LEFT INVOLVING AN EAGLE AND THAT ON THE RIGHT INVOLVING A LION, ENGRAVED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING FORE-END CAP DECORATED WITH FURTHER HANGING GAME AND TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FURTHER HUNTING TROPHY, LARGE SHAPED SILVER TROPHY OF ARMS ESCUTCHEON AND FOLIATE BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER BRASS-TIPPED RAMROD, RECONVERTED FROM PERCUSSION, LONDON PROOF MARKS, SILVER MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREETH
33 1/8IN. (84.1CM.) BARRELS