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A cased Gasquoine & Dyson double barrel percussion shotgun,…
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Auckland
Date:
5-Jul-2016
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A cased Gasquoine & Dyson double barrel percussion shotgun, 29-inch barrel, engraved to the fluted rib: 'Gasquoine & Dyson, Market Place, Manchester'. The signed lock plates, trigger guard and butt plate engraved en suite with dogs and game birds and further with acanthus scrolls, which also decorate the breech, trigger plate and fore-end finials; half-stock with chequered fore-end and grip an inlaid gold vacant shield cartouche forward of the grip, brass tipped ramrod. Rebrowned In lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories (some later) including shot- and powder-flasks, two-piece rod with cleaning tips. The interior of the lid with facsimile maker's trade label circa 1846-1864, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle
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Unclassified