Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 595
WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON A CASED 40-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PARK RIFLE, serial no. 2678,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
A CASED 40-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PARK RIFLE, serial no. 2678,
circa 1855, with rebrowned laminated 28in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 170 NEW BOND ST, LONDON' (rubbed), squared breech with platinum vent, borderline and bouquet engraved top-tang also featuring an armourial of a stag's head, borderline and scroll engraved recoloured bar-action lock signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', bolted safe behind the hammer, figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, engraved iron furniture (detail worn), plain ramrod thimbles, eyelets for sling and brass tipped ebonised ramrod (repaired), complete with a period mahogany case, relined and compartmented in green baize and including two period powder measures, a pewter oil bottle, cap-tin and derelict flask



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Estimate £700-900