Ⓦ A FINE CASED .700 CALIBRE 14 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE FOR BELTED BALL BY CHARLES

Ⓦ A FINE CASED .700 CALIBRE 14 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE FOR BELTED BALL BY CHARLES LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, NO. 1467, CIRCA 1840

with rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib, fitted with folding back-sight calibrated to 150 yards and with two additional leaves (fitted in its working life), struck with serial numbers, barrelsmith's initials 'CL' and with proof marks beneath, engraved numbered breeches decorated with a rococo shell and fitted with screw-in platinum vents, scroll-engraved tang, signed engraved flush-fitting locks decorated with scrolls, fitted with engraved hammers and blued safety-catches, highly figured walnut half-stock numbered in the barrel channels, chequered fore-end and pistol grip, the latter with scroll-engraved case-hardened steel cap, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patch-box with engraved case-hardened steel cover involving a tiger on the right, engraved steel mounts including blued numbered trigger-guard decorated with a running deer on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, blued chequered butt-plate decorated with a stag on the tang, fore-end cap and barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod: in its original brass-bound mahogany case, the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle with vacant escutcheon, the interior with trade label for 151 New Bond Street, lined with leather, complete with some accessories including bullet mould stamped 'JG' and with blued spru-cutter and cleaning jags

76.5 cm; 30 1/8 in barrels

Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection