拍品 118
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AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed on the top flat, stamped below the breech with barrelsmith's initials 'TP' and numbered 1081, platinum line and plug, long tang engraved with a stag's head and foliage, signed bolted back-action lock engraved with a hare and foliage, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts (worn) including butt-plate and trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, set trigger, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod (light pitting throughout), by Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Makers, London, No.4086, circa 1836

细节
AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed on the top flat, stamped below the breech with barrelsmith's initials 'TP' and numbered 1081, platinum line and plug, long tang engraved with a stag's head and foliage, signed bolted back-action lock engraved with a hare and foliage, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts (worn) including butt-plate and trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, set trigger, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod (light pitting throughout), by Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Makers, London, No.4086, circa 1836
28in. barrel
来源
The J.C.L. Knapton Collection, Christie's, 28 February, 1990, lot36
出版
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, p.73

拍品专文

The barrelsmith's initials are those of Thomas Parkin