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493<br />
AN 11 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN FOR<br />
BALL BY J. & H. BEATTIE, 205 REGENT’S STREET,<br />
LONDON, NO. 2054, CIRCA 1847<br />
with browned twist barrels fitted with silver fore-sight,<br />
folding leaf back-sight, and signed along the rib over the<br />
breech, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a<br />
scallop shell, pierced platinum plugs, scroll-engraved casehardened<br />
breech tang, signed engraved case-hardened<br />
locks fitted with bolt safety-catches, decorated with a<br />
reclining lion and a stag on the respective sides, figured<br />
walnut half-stock, chequered grip, the butt fitted with<br />
engraved case-hardened patchbox-cover decorated with a<br />
stag in a landscape, engraved blued steel mounts<br />
comprising trigger-guard decorated with a tiger on the bow,<br />
scroll-engraved butt-plate, rear ramrod-pipe and a pair of<br />
barrel bolt escutcheons, browned forward ramrod-pipes,<br />
vacant silver escutcheon, and contemporary brass-tipped<br />
wooden ramrod<br />
70cm; 27I in barrels<br />
£400-600<br />
230<br />
493<br />
494<br />
A FINE PAIR OF 15 BORE ROYAL D.B. PERCUSSION<br />
SPORTING GUNS BY C. MOORE, 77 ST JAMES STREET,<br />
LONDON, MAKER TO THE LATE KING, NOS. 2323 AND<br />
2324, CIRCA 1837<br />
each with browned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib,<br />
engraved case-hardened breech stamped with the serial<br />
numbers and London proof marks beneath, scroll-engraved<br />
case-hardened breech tang, platinum plugs, signed<br />
engraved flush-fitting case-hardened stepped patent locks<br />
decorated with border ornament and scrolling foliage,<br />
engraved case-hardened hammers, highly figured walnut<br />
half-stock (minor scratches and light bruising), chequered<br />
grip and fore-end, engraved blued steel mounts comprising<br />
trigger-guard with shell ornament on the finial, butt-plate,<br />
and rear ramrod-pipe, a pair of plain forward ramrod-pipes,<br />
two small sling swivels, gold escutcheon engraved with the<br />
crowned Royal crest enclosed by the garter and motto,<br />
silver barrel bolt escutcheons, original numbered brasstipped<br />
wooden ramrod, and retaining some original finish<br />
throughout<br />
81.2cm; 32in barrels<br />
(2)<br />
Charles 2 Moore worked at this address from 1825-42. He<br />
was furbisher to St James’s Palace and Hampton Court in<br />
1829 and became gunmaker in ordinary to King William IV<br />
in 1836.<br />
£5000-7000
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