Product Details
A 25-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN SIGNED 'H. NOCK', no visible serial number,
the mounts with Birmingham hallmarks for 1822, with well rebrowned twist iron 30 3/8in. barrels, the top-rib with later signature 'H. NOCK, LONDON', bead fore-sight, coloured breech-blocks with platinum lines and vents, engraved top-tang with shallow sighting groove, flat, slightly curved bevel-edged borderline engraved locks re-converted back to flint with further gamescene engraving behind cock and starbursts engraved around the side-nails, the locks with later signature in script 'H. NOCK', rainproof pans and rollers to the frizzen springs, curly maple half-stock chequered at the wrist, sterling silver heel-plate, trigger guard tang and bow, barrel key escutcheons and ramrod throat and period brass-tipped ramrod
Provenance: Sadly, Henry Nock died and ceased trading in 1804 making this shotgun too late to be by him. It is quite possibly the work of Samuel Nock, and also possible that the restorer mistook the signature to be that of Henry during restoration
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Estimate £2,000-3,000