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EX W. KEITH NEAL, JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON
A RARE CASED 16-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, serial no. 9698,
for 1830, with fine twist octagonal to sixteen-sided to round 32in. barrel and with carved band at the intersection (much apparent original finish present), the top-flat signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET', engraved colour hardened breech-block with platinum vented plug, the underside of barrels with Charles Lancaster maker's mark, applied silver bead fore-sight, colour hardened border and scroll engraved lock signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, PATENT' and with border and scroll engraving to the slab-sided hammer, engraved raised bolsters forwards of the hammer to take the side nail and fixing directly through the breech-block, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, blued and engraved iron furniture including trigger-guard and heel-plate, original brass-tipped mahogany ramrod, outstanding amount of finish remaining throughout and complete in its maker's walnut storage case compartmented and lined in green baize (some fading and moth grazing) and containing the gun with lock detached and a full suite of accessories including powder and shot flasks, shot chargers, caps, nipple-key, wad punch, cleaning rod and three turn screws together with sundry cleaning equipment and an assortment of wads and top-cards in suede and muslin bags, the inside of lid with parchment 'John Manton & Son, London' trade-label, single lock closure (key included, escutcheon absent) with side hooks, the case also bearing its W. Keith Neal collection medallion numbered 'C187'
Provenance: Previously sold Christies, 'The W. Keith Neal Collection', Lot 16, 9.11.2000. This shotgun is mentioned in W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back's publication 'The Mantons, Gunmakers' and is illustrated in plates 144 & 145. A hand written note in the case signed by W. Keith Neal says 'This gun I took to Cornwall on our honeymoon for shooting Woodcock'
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Estimate £4,000-6,000