BY JAMES LOW, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
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A 16-Bore Flintlock Fowling-Piece
By James Low, London, circa 1750
With two-stage Spanish barrel retaining some of its blued finish, slightly belled muzzle, silver spider fore-sight and chiselled girdle, the breech section inlaid with engraved silver decoration, and with two punzónes (worn) of Rovira, silver breech line, large gold-lined touch-hole, engraved grooved tang, signed engraved flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, figured walnut full stock (old insets in the butt) carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, finely engraved iron mounts including solid side-plate with stepped tail, and trigger-guard with foliate finial, iron ramrod-pipes, and later horn-tipped ramrod
43 9/16in. (110.6cm.) barrel
By James Low, London, circa 1750
With two-stage Spanish barrel retaining some of its blued finish, slightly belled muzzle, silver spider fore-sight and chiselled girdle, the breech section inlaid with engraved silver decoration, and with two punzónes (worn) of Rovira, silver breech line, large gold-lined touch-hole, engraved grooved tang, signed engraved flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, figured walnut full stock (old insets in the butt) carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, finely engraved iron mounts including solid side-plate with stepped tail, and trigger-guard with foliate finial, iron ramrod-pipes, and later horn-tipped ramrod
43 9/16in. (110.6cm.) barrel