A 14-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun

A 14-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun By John Manton, London, No. 5402 For 1810 Reconverted from percussion, with two-stage Spanish barrel swamped towards the muzzle and with silver spider fore-sight, turned girdle chiselled with a band of foliage against a gold ground, octagonal breech (some pitting) inlaid with engraved scrolling silver foliage and two gold-lined punzónes of Gaspar Y Rusta of Eibar (Neue Støckel 960, 961) between three gold-lined fleur-de-lys and surmounted by a gold-lined cross, recessed patent breech with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp, gold line and large platinum-lined touch-hole, signed border engraved flat lock decorated with a prone gun dog in a landscape on the tail, figured half-stock with cheekpiece, chequered grip and horn fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a gun dog in a landscape on the heel (some pitting), serial numbered trigger-guard with two game birds in a landscape on the bow and with pineapple finial, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrod 91.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 23 May 2018, lot 415 The Penrose Collection For the gold-lined fleur-de-lys marks see W. Keith Neal, Spanish Guns And Pistols, 1955, pp. 96 and 100, no. 153 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing