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EX W. KEITH NEAL: JOHN MANTON, LONDON
A FINE CASED 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SHOT & BALL GUN WITH ADDITIONAL SPARE LOCKS, serial no. 9347,
for 1825, with twist 30in. barrels (finish faded), the top-rib signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON' and in block letters 'DOVER STREET, LONDON', the rib-end at breech engraved with flambe needles, the underside of barrels with Charles Lancaster maker's mark, applied silver fore-sight, engraved breech-blocks with platinum vented plugs (strong traces of colour remaining), two pairs of colour hardened locks signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, PATENT' and with border and scroll engraving with en-suite hammers, engraved raised bolsters forwards of both locks to take the side nail and fixing directly through the breech-blocks, the locks with patent scears conforming to Patent No. 4577 of 30th July 1821, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, engraved iron furniture including trigger-guard and heel-plate (traces of blued finish), original brass-tipped mahogany ramrod, complete in a period 'W. Smith, London' walnut storage case compartmented and lined in blue velvet and containing the gun with both sets of locks detached and a full suite of accessories including powder and shot flasks, shot bag, nipple-key, wad punch, spring cramp, ball mould, cleaning rod, spare ram-rod and three turn screws and also including a rare loose ring cap dispenser, a vintage pair of shooting gloves and a shot gauge, the inside of lid with parchment 'W. Smith' trade-label, twin lock closure (key included), the case also bearing its W. Keith Neal collection medallion numbered 'C190'
Provenance: Previously sold Christies, 'The W.Keith Neal Collection', Lot 19, 09.11.2000. This shotgun is extensively covered in W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back's publication 'The Mantons, Gunmakers' and is illustrated in plates 43, 44, 56 & 57. It was originally made for Trafalgar veteran Admiral Sir Edward Codrington and is accompanied by a letter to Neal dated 5th May 1968 from a previous owner, Colonel Sir Geoffrey Bodington
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Estimate £5,000-7,000