Product Details
THOMAS HADLEY, LONDON
A 14-BORE FLINTLOCK SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1755, with slightly swamped London proved 41 1/4in. barrel, borderline engraved sighting plain at breech terminating in a tear-drop, applied silver boat-shaped fore-sight, engraved with sighting groove, borderline engraved radiused lock with pointed tail, signed below the pan 'T. HADLEY', swan necked cock, walnut handrail full-stock carved in relief with shells behind the top-tang, (antique plated repair at wrist), engraved brass furniture , carved vase finial, full-length fore-end (pipes worn) and equipped with a later iron ramrod
Other Notes: Thomas Hadley was the son of Thomas Hadley of Birmingham and was apprenticed to Thomas Hudson of the Minories and later Temple bar, London. When his father died in 1766, he continued the business in Birmingham
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Estimate £700-900