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JOHN STERLING, BURNLEY
A 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN WITH BIRDSEYE MAPLE STOCK, no visible serial number,
circa 1850, with 30in. browned twist barrels, the top-rib marked in script 'BURNLEY', bead fore-sight, twin gold lines at rib-end, platinum plugs, engraved top-tang, flat borderline, acanthus scroll and gamescene engraved bar-action locks signed in script 'JOHN STERLING', birdseye maple half-stock chequered at the wrist (some age cracking), iron furniture, rectangular escutcheon behind top-tang and brass mounted ebony ramrod
Other Notes: John Sterling was recorded as working in Burnley from 1847 with his wife, Eleanor, taking over the business on his death in 1854 and running it till 1861
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Estimate £550-750