Product Details
A SCARCE JOSEPH NEEDHAM 1852 PATENT 13-BORE NEEDLEFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SIDE-OPENING BOLT-ACTION GUN, serial no. 1167,
circa 1870, with 28 1/2in. damascus barrels, rib engraved 'JOSEPH NEEDHAM & CO. 26. PICCADILLY. LONDON.', built to patent no. 184 of 1852, use number 1167, the breech ends with borderline engraved independent side-opening bolts, each with individual safety levers and silver '1/2 COCK' detail, (needles shortened), borderline engraved fences, chequered walnut half-stock with iron furniture
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Estimate £700-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament