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Auction archive: Lot number 358

A D.B. Percussion Cape Rifle By John Hayton, Grahams Town, No. 4073, Mid-19th Century

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$3,566
Auction archive: Lot number 358

A D.B. Percussion Cape Rifle By John Hayton, Grahams Town, No. 4073, Mid-19th Century

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$3,566
Beschreibung:

With rebrowned twist barrels with four reblued folding leaf-sights each with central platinum line, broad twist rib signed in full, serial numbered at the breeches and calibrated in inches from '1' to '20' forward of the leaf-sights, the right barrel smooth and of 15-bore, the left barrel rifled for a belted ball and of 39-bore, reblued breeches each engraved with a flowerhead on the side and with a prone tiger in a landscape between, long foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved detented locks decorated with scrolling foliage and a gundog in a landscape within an oval on the left lock, and with a prone stag in a landscape on the other, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers (one nose incomplete), figured walnut half-stock serial numbered beneath the barrels, rechequered grip and fore-end, foliate scroll engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with two gundogs in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate and rear ramrod-pipe finials each engraved with a design of looped scrollwork, hinged circular border engraved patch-box cover decorated with a running antelope in a landscape, vacant shield-shaped white-metal escutcheon, and later brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks 75 cm. barrels

Auction archive: Lot number 358
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2008
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

With rebrowned twist barrels with four reblued folding leaf-sights each with central platinum line, broad twist rib signed in full, serial numbered at the breeches and calibrated in inches from '1' to '20' forward of the leaf-sights, the right barrel smooth and of 15-bore, the left barrel rifled for a belted ball and of 39-bore, reblued breeches each engraved with a flowerhead on the side and with a prone tiger in a landscape between, long foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved detented locks decorated with scrolling foliage and a gundog in a landscape within an oval on the left lock, and with a prone stag in a landscape on the other, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers (one nose incomplete), figured walnut half-stock serial numbered beneath the barrels, rechequered grip and fore-end, foliate scroll engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with two gundogs in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate and rear ramrod-pipe finials each engraved with a design of looped scrollwork, hinged circular border engraved patch-box cover decorated with a running antelope in a landscape, vacant shield-shaped white-metal escutcheon, and later brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks 75 cm. barrels

Auction archive: Lot number 358
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2008
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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