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410<br />
A 16 BORE GERMAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN<br />
BY V. FUNK IN SUHL, CIRCA 1860<br />
converted from flintlock, with rebrowned sighted barrels<br />
signed ‘Seeber in Sondershausen’ in silver script on the rib,<br />
engraved breeches, engraved breech tang decorated with<br />
clouds and foliage, stepped bolted engraved locks signed<br />
in gold script and decorated with gold details, the hammers<br />
formed as winged monsters, fitted with pivoting nipple<br />
covers, figured walnut half-stock, carved with a monstrous<br />
mask in the round at the fore-end, raised cheek-piece, (the<br />
butt extended in its working life), engraved German silver<br />
mounts including broad trigger-guard decorated with a<br />
capercaillie on the bow and with urn finial, and butt-plate<br />
decorated en suite (one butt-plate screw missing), and<br />
associated brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the steel parts<br />
chemically cleaned throughout)<br />
86.8cm; 34I in barrels<br />
£350-450<br />
411<br />
A CONTINENTAL D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, THE<br />
LOCKS BY F. A. GEORGE KONIGL. HOF. BÜCHSENM. IN<br />
BERLIN, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1850<br />
with etched twist sighted barrels signed ‘Lassence Rongé in<br />
Luttich’, engraved breech, scroll-engraved breech tang<br />
decorated with a stag and numbered ‘1’, engraved flushfitting<br />
locks signed in two parts and decorated with a brace<br />
of pheasant and a hound respectively, blued triggers, figured<br />
walnut half-stock chequered grip, raised cheek-piece,<br />
engraved steel trigger-guard with an additional carved horn<br />
grip, engraved steel butt-plate numbered 417, a pair of steel<br />
sling swivels, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and<br />
horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original<br />
94.6cm; 37D in barrels<br />
£350-450<br />
411<br />
412<br />
A 16 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING<br />
GUN BY E. SCHLÜTER, CIRCA 1840<br />
with rebrowned sighted barrel signed on the rib, engraved<br />
breech inlaid with a silver line, engraved plugs, engraved<br />
tang, scroll-engraved locks fitted with gravity stops, inlaid<br />
with silver hounds and rabbits in a landscape on the tails,<br />
figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, strongly cast-off<br />
butt with raised cheek-piece, moulded horn trigger-guard<br />
with terminal of shaped outline, engraved German silver<br />
butt-cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod<br />
83.2cm; 32N in barrels<br />
£300-400<br />
413<br />
A 16 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING<br />
GUN, CIRCA 1830<br />
with rebrowned twist sighted barrels, engraved breeches<br />
inlaid with brass panels, engraved breech tang decorated<br />
with a trophy, engraved flush-fitting locks fitted with gravitystops,<br />
inlaid with brass panels and decorated with scrolling<br />
serpents and foliage, figured walnut half-stock, chequered<br />
grip, raised cheek-piece carved with a spray of foliage to the<br />
rear, scrolling horn trigger-guard (cracked) reinforced with a<br />
steel strip, engraved steel trigger-plate extending to a<br />
pineapple finial ahead of the trigger-guard, engraved steel<br />
butt-plate, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod<br />
80.5cm; 31N in barrels<br />
£250-350<br />
414<br />
A 20 BORE BELGIAN D.B. PERCUSSION SHOTGUN,<br />
SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY<br />
with tapering sighted barrels engraved with a star over the<br />
breeches, refinished locks decorated with a trellis pattern,<br />
walnut half-stock cut with basket weave chequering over<br />
the grip and fore-end, steel trigger-guard, and the butt<br />
fitted with white-metal patchbox with steel cover, and steel<br />
ramrod<br />
80cm; 31I in barrels<br />
£80-100<br />
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