![]() ![]() #DEUTSCHE SOLDATENLIEDER YOUTUBE SERIAL#737^ CIRCA 1835¦with browned twist sighted barrels signed ~Charles Lancaster Patent 151 New Bond Street^ London~ on the rib and numbered ~1~^ struck with the serial numbers^ barrelsmith~s initials ~CL~ and with proof marks beneath^ recessed patent breeches engraved with a rococo shell^ signed in platinum-lined rectangular recesses^ inlaid with platinum lines^ platinum vents and numbered en suite^ engraved tang grooved for sighting and decorated with a game bird^ signed engraved flush-fitting locks decorated with scrolls^ border ornament and differing game vignettes^ fitted with engraved hammers and contoured bolsters incorporating the tube-holders^ figured walnut half-stock^ chequered grip^ engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guard with squared front and decorated with a hound on the bow^ trigger-plate with pineapple finial^ butt-plate decorated with a hound putting up a pheasant^ scroll-engraved fore-end cap^ vacant silver escutcheon^ silver barrel bolt escutcheons^ and brass-tipped wooden ramrod¦72.0 cm 28 3/8 in barrels¦¦Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)¦¦Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection¦¦This type of lock was strongly commended by the celebrated writer and shot^ Colonel Peter Hawker. TUBE-LOCK SPORTING GUN BY CHARLES LANCASTER^ 151 NEW BOND STREET^ LONDON^ NO. William 3 Moore was Gunmaker-in-ordinary to William IV and described as ~a very ingenious workman and excellent shot~. ![]() 451^ CIRCA 1820¦with browned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib^ numbered and struck with proof marks beneath^ recessed patent breeches engraved with a sunburst^ signed in platinum-lined rectangular recesses^ inlaid with platinum lines^ platinum vents and numbered en suite^ scroll-engraved tang grooved for sighting^ signed engraved flush-fitting locks each decorated with delicate scrollwork and border ornament^ fitted with patent hammer and sprung tube-retainer engraved en suite^ figured walnut half-stock^ chequered fore-end and grip^ engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guard decorated with a hound on the bow^ numbered ~451~ and ~1~ at the rear^ trigger-plate with delicate pineapple finial^ butt-plate decorated with a brace of game birds^ fore-end cap^ vacant silver escutcheon^ engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons^ and ramrod with white metal tip¦78.5 cm 31 in barrels¦¦Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)¦¦Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection¦¦The locks are built on Joseph Manton~s patent no. ![]() TUBE-LOCK SPORTING GUN BY WILLIAM MOORE^ 18 EDGWARE ROAD^ LONDON^ NO. ![]()
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