Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

405405A D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY JOHN MANTON& SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON NO. 10530, FOR 1830with signed rebrowned twist barrels fitted with silver beadfore-sight, engraved case-hardened breech decorated witha panel of entwined scrolls and foliage, pierced platinumplugs, scroll-engraved breech tang, signed back-actionlocks with engraved borders and finely engraved withscrolling foliage and a monsterhead terminal on the tails,scroll-engraved hammers, highly figured walnut half-stock(the underside of the butt cracked), chequered grip,engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guard andbutt-plate (bluing oxidised, sling swivel missing), silverescutcheon engraved with the owner’s crest and initialsGCA (rubbed), silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and brasstippedwooden ramrod, perhaps the original76.2cm; 30in barrels£500-600406A D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY JOHNGRAINGER 106 KING STREET WEST TORONTO,BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURYwith signed twist sighted barrels, engraved breechdecorated with a pheasant, inlaid with a pair of platinumlines and with platinum plugs, scroll-engraved flush-fittinglocks, highly figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip,engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard with acornfinial and butt-plate: in its fitted relined mahogany case, thelid painted with the owner’s initials and previously fittedwith flush-fitting handle (worn throughout)76cm; 30in£400-500170