Details of Lot 196
WILLIAM POWELL & SON
A SCARCE 12-BORE PATENT TOP LEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 3542

27-inch damascus barrels, probably shortened, with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder borings, the frame, patent lift-up thumb lever, rebounding bar locks and hammers with scroll engraving, 13 3/4-inch highly figured stock, cracked and repaired beneath the right lock, horn butt plate, 6lb. 10oz., black powder re-proof, possibly converted from pinfire

Sold for £600
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
The Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
20 August 2012
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply