Product Details
* A CASED 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH MANTON, CIRCA 1814, serial no. 6434,
with 30in. three stage octagonal to polygonal to round skelp twist rebrowned barrel, recessed patent breech with platinum line, the remains of an inset poincon, platinum lined touch hole, the fixed breech engraved with a foliate leaf and flower design, the detented lock engraved with a sunburst between the cock and pan and 'JOSEPH MANTON / LONDON', below, together with a martial trophy on the tail, the lockplate border decorated with a leaf pattern, the lock has a vee shaped waterproof pan and an engraved and pierced cock, iron mounted walnut half-stock with chequered wrist, the mounts include butt-plate decorated with a martial trophy and foliage running up the tang, numbered trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy on the bow and foliage on the tang, trigger-plate with a pineapple finial, the gun is contained in a refurbished, relined and partitioned green baize lined mahogany case, the lid with inset carrying handle, accessories include an embossed leather bodied shot flask, a reproduction brass bodied powder flask, a later Hawksley copper bodied pistol flask, together with ebony handled adjustable powder and shot measures
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Estimate £3,000-5,000