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A Rare Cased 18-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Sporting Gun
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A Rare Cased 18-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Sporting Gun By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, No. 2748 For Circa 1821 With rebrowned twist three-stage sighted barrel (some loss of finish towards the muzzle), octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, recoloured breech with two gold lines, replacement primer with quick release joint and engraved with a gamebird and foliage, foliate engraved tang, signed serial numbered border engraved flat lock with characteristic foliate decoration inhabited by two gamebirds on the tail, hammer en suite and with detachable hammer-nose, figured half-stock (fore-end with minor repair on one side) with partly rechequered grip (broken through and repaired), iron mounts with characteristic foliate engraving comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, trigger-plate with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, horn fore-end cap (repaired), silver escutcheon with traces of owner's crest, and original brass-tipped ramrod: in contemporary fitted mahogany case lined in green velvet (the compartment lid numbered 2752 beneath) with some accessories including G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask with embossed body, leather shot-belt and cylindrical bone priming-flask, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label of the fourth design for 1816 to 1830, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks 80 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance A.C. Carpenter Collection Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 25 July 2012, lot 263 The Penrose Collection Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, p.50 D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p.42 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A Rare Cased 18-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Sporting Gun By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, No. 2748 For Circa 1821 With rebrowned twist three-stage sighted barrel (some loss of finish towards the muzzle), octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, recoloured breech with two gold lines, replacement primer with quick release joint and engraved with a gamebird and foliage, foliate engraved tang, signed serial numbered border engraved flat lock with characteristic foliate decoration inhabited by two gamebirds on the tail, hammer en suite and with detachable hammer-nose, figured half-stock (fore-end with minor repair on one side) with partly rechequered grip (broken through and repaired), iron mounts with characteristic foliate engraving comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, trigger-plate with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, horn fore-end cap (repaired), silver escutcheon with traces of owner's crest, and original brass-tipped ramrod: in contemporary fitted mahogany case lined in green velvet (the compartment lid numbered 2752 beneath) with some accessories including G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask with embossed body, leather shot-belt and cylindrical bone priming-flask, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label of the fourth design for 1816 to 1830, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks 80 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance A.C. Carpenter Collection Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 25 July 2012, lot 263 The Penrose Collection Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, p.50 D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p.42 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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