Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2023 : Sale A1123 Lot 400
A GOOD 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED E. BAKER, LONDON, no visible serial number,

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A GOOD 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED E. BAKER, LONDON, no visible serial number,
circa 1800 and of military style, with 27 1/4in. seven-groove browned octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'E. BAKER LONDON GUN MAKER TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES', dove-tailed front and rear-sights, colour hardened breech-block with engraved bands, trophy engraved top-tang, gold lined touch-hole, plain lock with moulded edge and stepped tail, 'E. BAKER' signed below the rainproof pan, pierced cock with bolted safe, roller to the frizzen spring, walnut full-stock of military form with raised cheek-piece (fore-end expertly replaced), brass furniture including patch-box to the right side engraved with a martial trophy, raised lower tang, the bow engraved with a further martial trophy, single set trigger, three brass escutcheoned barrel keys and large military-style trumpet ramrod thimble, complete with its brass mounted ebony ramrod



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Estimate £1,500-2,500