Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 712
HENRY TATHAM, LONDON, A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED UNDER-LEVER SPORTING GUN,
Product Details
HENRY TATHAM, LONDON,
A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED UNDER-LEVER SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1860, with 26 3/8in. shortened damascus re-browned barrels, the top-rib signed 'HENRY TATHAM, 37 CHARING CROSS, LONDON', engraved decoration to pin-holes at breech, percussion fences, border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed 'H. TATHAM, LONDON', scroll engraved hammers, highly figured walnut butt-stock chequered at the wrist, silver oval beneath stock, action with 'Jones'-style underlever and removable chequered splinter forend (numbered 7600 on wood under barrels),
Estimate £400-600