BY WILLIAM PRITCHARD, BIRMINGHAM, NO. 1098, CIRCA 1850
Details
A Fine Cased 15-Bore D.B. Percussion Shotgun
By William Pritchard, Birmingham, No. 1098, circa 1850
With etched browned barrels of unusually elaborate twist pattern, case-hardened patent breeches with four gold lines, long blued tang finely engraved with running scrollwork, signed finely engraved case-hardened locks, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved blued iron mounts, original steel-tipped ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with trade label of R. Watmough, 13 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, Birmingham proof marks
29in. (73.7cm.) barrels
By William Pritchard, Birmingham, No. 1098, circa 1850
With etched browned barrels of unusually elaborate twist pattern, case-hardened patent breeches with four gold lines, long blued tang finely engraved with running scrollwork, signed finely engraved case-hardened locks, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved blued iron mounts, original steel-tipped ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with trade label of R. Watmough, 13 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, Birmingham proof marks
29in. (73.7cm.) barrels
Literature
Richard Akehurst, Game Guns & Rifles, plates 9, 10