JOSEPH MANTON PERCUSSION DOUBLE SHOTGUN WITH CASE.

JOSEPH MANTON PERCUSSION DOUBLE SHOTGUN WITH CASE. SN 10553. (Ca. 1837) Cal. 16 Ga. 30″ Twist steel barrels with reinforced breech portion are engraved “Joseph Manton & Son. Patent. 6. Holles Street. Cavendish Square. London.” on wide concave top rib. Bottoms of bbls have SN, provisional proofs, and are stamped “TE” (Thomas Evans, barrel maker ?). Breech plugs have vented platinum blowouts, view proofs, and SNs on hooks. Ramrod is secured by 3 plain pipes. Ebony ramrod has German silver head, and brass tail, with worm under cap. Breech iron has finely executed scroll engraving. Front action locks are border engraved with very finely executed flowing open scroll. Lockplates are also engraved “Joseph Manton & Son Patentees”. Flat faced hammers have scroll engraving. Trigger plate and thimble are scroll engraved with stylized pineapple terminations. Trigger plate extends into the long tang with trigger guard bow attached. Tang is engraved with scroll, and SN. European walnut stock with nice dark marbling, measures 14-3/16″ over steel buttplate with long tang, which is scroll engraved. Coarse checkering with extremely elongated diamonds is borderless with ovoid termination toward lockplate. There is matching checkering on fore-stock. There is a vacant silver rectangular crest plate on top of grip. Bbl fastens to stock with side nail through oval escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.657, right -.658. Wall thickness: left -.035, right -.037. Drop at heel: 2-3/16″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 6 lbs. 1.3 oz, LOP 14-3/16″. Mahogany case with brass corners and shield medallion in top, has hook closure. Interior is lined in blue cloth with paper Manton label. Accessories include very finely made pair of replacement hammers, matching the originals in every detail except depth and engraving. Also included are Eley’s percussion cap can with embossed brass top, ebony striker bottle with spare nipples, 3-pc ebony and brass cleaning rod, cocobolo handled turn screw, rosewood handled nipple cleaner, a nipple key, takedown steel and brass nipple key with pricker and nipples under caps, case hardened and polished steel mainspring vice, plain bag type powder flask by Bartram and Co., leather shot pouch embossed with hunter on horseback, and a very fine polished steel octagonal oil bottle. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbls retain most of an old re-brown. Twist pattern is bold. Locks and furniture have traces of case color in protected areas, but are mostly silver and gray. Wood retains most of a hand oil finish with numerous marks from handling and use. Locks are crisp. Bores are very fine, bright and shiny. Nipples are modern replacements. Case is good with added shellac finish. Interior cloth is fine, with a number of rubs and separations from contact with gun. Label is good. Newer accessories are fine, older ones good. Mainspring vice and t-shaped nipple wrench are very fine. Oil bottle is excellent. A good solid gun. 4-38191 MGM132 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1234	$3,450.00	JOSEPH MANTON PERCUSSION DOUBLE SHOTGUN WITH CASE. SN 10553. (Ca. 1837) Cal. 16 Ga. 30″ Twist steel barrels with reinforced breech portion are engraved “Joseph Manton & Son. Patent. 6. Holles Street. Cavendish Square. London.” on wide concave top rib. Bottoms of bbls have SN, provisional proofs, and are stamped “TE” (Thomas Evans, barrel maker ?). Breech plugs have vented platinum blowouts, view proofs, and SNs on hooks. Ramrod is secured by 3 plain pipes. Ebony ramrod has German silver head, and brass tail, with worm under cap. Breech iron has finely executed scroll engraving. Front action locks are border engraved with very finely executed flowing open scroll. Lockplates are also engraved “Joseph Manton & Son Patentees”. Flat faced hammers have scroll engraving. Trigger plate and thimble are scroll engraved with stylized pineapple terminations. Trigger plate extends into the long tang with trigger guard bow attached. Tang is engraved with scroll, and SN. European walnut stock with nice dark marbling, measures 14-3/16″ over steel buttplate with long tang, which is scroll engraved. Coarse checkering with extremely elongated diamonds is borderless with ovoid termination toward lockplate. There is matching checkering on fore-stock. There is a vacant silver rectangular crest plate on top of grip. Bbl fastens to stock with side nail through oval escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.657, right -.658. Wall thickness: left -.035, right -.037. Drop at heel: 2-3/16″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 6 lbs. 1.3 oz, LOP 14-3/16″. Mahogany case with brass corners and shield medallion in top, has hook closure. Interior is lined in blue cloth with paper Manton label. Accessories include very finely made pair of replacement hammers, matching the originals in every detail except depth and engraving. Also included are Eley’s percussion cap can with embossed brass top, ebony striker bottle with spare nipples, 3-pc ebony and brass cleaning rod, cocobolo handled turn screw, rosewood handled nipple cleaner, a nipple key, takedown steel and brass nipple key with pricker and nipples under caps, case hardened and polished steel mainspring vice, plain bag type powder flask by Bartram and Co., leather shot pouch embossed with hunter on horseback, and a very fine polished steel octagonal oil bottle. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbls retain most of an old re-brown. Twist pattern is bold. Locks and furniture have traces of case color in protected areas, but are mostly silver and gray. Wood retains most of a hand oil finish with numerous marks from handling and use. Locks are crisp. Bores are very fine, bright and shiny. Nipples are modern replacements. Case is good with added shellac finish. Interior cloth is fine, with a number of rubs and separations from contact with gun. Label is good. Newer accessories are fine, older ones good. Mainspring vice and t-shaped nipple wrench are very fine. Oil bottle is excellent. A good solid gun. 4-38191 MGM132 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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