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WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
AN EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION CASED 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 7940,
for 1852, with browned laminate 30in. barrels signed on the top-rib 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON', colour hardened breech-blocks with vented platinum plugs and line, engraved rib-end, bead fore-sight, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened bar-action locks signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', engraved dolphin-headed hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with engraved and blued iron furniture, brass tipped ebony ramrod, remaining in outstanding original condition and complete with its maker's brass cornered mahogany guncase lined and compartmented in green baize, parchment trade-label inside lid, together with a good Sykes powder-flask, turn-screw, cap-tin, leather wallets (one numbered) for spare nipples and a breech-brush, shot-flask with shoulder-strap, wad-punch and oil-bottle, all also in fine order
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this shotgun was built on 15th Dec 1852 and was made for their London Agent, William Bishop
Other Notes: From the Sesto Rocchiccioli collection
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Estimate £2,000-3,000