Product Details
WILLIAM PROBIN, LONDON
A 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, no visible serial number,
second quarter of the nineteenth century, with 29 1/4in. twist barrels, the top-rib signed 'WILLIAM PROBIN, LISLE STREET, LONDON' (see below), bead fore-sight, raised sighting rib at breech, engraved top-tang, moulded breech-blocks with platinum plugs, acanthus scroll and borderline engraved locks, the bars signed 'W. PROBIN', slab-sided engraved hammers (noses and nipples replaced), walnut half-stock with chequered wrist (rubbed), iron furniture (detail rubbed) and original brass tipped ramrod
Other Notes: The Lisle Street address is more usually associated with John Probin. William is recorded as a 'gun engraver' and in the 1841 census was recorded at 1 Star Court, Soho, aged 60.
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Estimate £300-500