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CHARLES LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND ST.T, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3937, CIRCA 1865
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A MAGNIFICENT CASED 40-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION OVAL-BORE RIFLE MADE FOR THE MAHARAJA OF JODPHUR
CHARLES LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND ST.T, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3937, CIRCA 1865
With 27 ¼ in. (69.3 cm.) rebrowned twist signed barrels engraved 'PATENT SMOOTH BORE RIFLE' and sighted to 200 yards, case-hardened patent breeches numbered '2' and with pierced platinum plug and platinum-inlaid line, finely scroll engraved gold-washed tang, signed bolted locks and mounts including chequered butt-plate and sprung patchbox-cover, well-figured walnut pistolgrip stock with raised cheek-piece, blued triggers, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod with worm, London proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'CL' for Charles Lancaster, in original fitted brass-cornered oak case lined in deep blue velvet with accessories including Sykes leather-covered rifle flask, glass oil bottle, turned hardwood patchbox with ivory-inlaid lid, cleaning rod with ivory finial, and bullet-mould for conical bullets serial numbered to rifle 3943, the lid Charles Lancaster trade label
CHARLES LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND ST.T, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3937, CIRCA 1865
With 27 ¼ in. (69.3 cm.) rebrowned twist signed barrels engraved 'PATENT SMOOTH BORE RIFLE' and sighted to 200 yards, case-hardened patent breeches numbered '2' and with pierced platinum plug and platinum-inlaid line, finely scroll engraved gold-washed tang, signed bolted locks and mounts including chequered butt-plate and sprung patchbox-cover, well-figured walnut pistolgrip stock with raised cheek-piece, blued triggers, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod with worm, London proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'CL' for Charles Lancaster, in original fitted brass-cornered oak case lined in deep blue velvet with accessories including Sykes leather-covered rifle flask, glass oil bottle, turned hardwood patchbox with ivory-inlaid lid, cleaning rod with ivory finial, and bullet-mould for conical bullets serial numbered to rifle 3943, the lid Charles Lancaster trade label
Provenance
The makers records confirm that serial numbers 3943, 3944, 3936 and 3937 were made for the Maharajah of Jodhpur, Raja Takht Sinh.
The Archie Walker Collection, Holt's, London, 13 December 2007, Lot 688.
The Archie Walker Collection, Holt's, London, 13 December 2007, Lot 688.
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