Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 529
AN EXTREMELY GOOD 8-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED LIVE PIGEON GUN SIGNED BIRKETT & ALLEN, BIRMINGHAM, no visible serial number,

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AN EXTREMELY GOOD 8-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED LIVE PIGEON GUN SIGNED BIRKETT & ALLEN, BIRMINGHAM, no visible serial number,
circa 1865, with 32in. browned round tapering barrel, short carved and sunken sighting rib at breech signed 'BIRKETT & ALLEN, ST. MARYS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM', squared colour hardened patent breech with scroll engraving and platinum plug, fully scroll engraved colour hardened top-tang, border and scroll engraved colour hardened bar-action lock signed 'BIRKETT & ALLEN', scroll engraved semi slab sided hammer, chequered walnut half-stock (expertly fitted with a walnut comb-raiser), iron furniture including engraved and blued triggerguard bow and no provision for ramrod, the metalwork retaining the majority of its original finish



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Estimate £1,000-1,500