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A RARE 20 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY HONORÉ MAYE À MARSEILLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A RARE 20 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY HONORÉ MAYE À MARSEILLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel of ~hog~s back~ form retained by a single engraved silver band with sprung release lever, platinum-lined vent, engraved tang incorporating a moulded back-sight, signed bevelled lock engraved with flowers on the tail, fitted with roller and semi-rainproof pan (cock replaced), figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, carved with scrolls about the tang, take-down butt finely carved in the round as a hound~s head, fitted with a moulded silver band as a collar, engraved steel trigger-guard, engraved two-piece side-plate with the owners initials inlaid in silver wire between, two silver ramrod-pipes each attached to the barrel by a silver band and the forward band incorporating the fore-sight, and complete with contemporary ramrod, perhaps the original 81.0 cm; 31 7/8 in barrel
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A RARE 20 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY HONORÉ MAYE À MARSEILLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel of ~hog~s back~ form retained by a single engraved silver band with sprung release lever, platinum-lined vent, engraved tang incorporating a moulded back-sight, signed bevelled lock engraved with flowers on the tail, fitted with roller and semi-rainproof pan (cock replaced), figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, carved with scrolls about the tang, take-down butt finely carved in the round as a hound~s head, fitted with a moulded silver band as a collar, engraved steel trigger-guard, engraved two-piece side-plate with the owners initials inlaid in silver wire between, two silver ramrod-pipes each attached to the barrel by a silver band and the forward band incorporating the fore-sight, and complete with contemporary ramrod, perhaps the original 81.0 cm; 31 7/8 in barrel
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