SIGNED JOHANN MOND IN AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1840
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A 22-Bore D.B. Percussion Shotgun
Signed Johann Mond in Augsburg, circa 1840
With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in gold on the rib, each with a gold band at the muzzle and two gold bands at the breech, foliate engraved patent breeches, foliate engraved tang and flat locks, the latter each with three bents and signed in gold, figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with foliage behind the barrel tang and with a stag and a hind in a wooded landscape behind the cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, carved wooden trigger-guard, the remaining mounts of engraved iron, gold escutcheon, iron sling swivels, original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, and traces of original case-hardened finish on the breeches and locks, Lige proof
30in. (76.8cm.) barrels
Signed Johann Mond in Augsburg, circa 1840
With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in gold on the rib, each with a gold band at the muzzle and two gold bands at the breech, foliate engraved patent breeches, foliate engraved tang and flat locks, the latter each with three bents and signed in gold, figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with foliage behind the barrel tang and with a stag and a hind in a wooded landscape behind the cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, carved wooden trigger-guard, the remaining mounts of engraved iron, gold escutcheon, iron sling swivels, original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, and traces of original case-hardened finish on the breeches and locks, Lige proof
30in. (76.8cm.) barrels