Details of Lot 324
THOMAS HORSLEY
A 12-BORE PATENT BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 1924

30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers about true cylinder borings, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and sliding top lever with fine scroll and border engraving, hammers with self-retracting strikers, 14 1/4-inch well figured stock with steel butt plate, 7lb. 6oz., black powder proof (1868 Rules), in a Thomas Horsley brassbound oak and leather case, bores marked

The gun incorporates Thomas Horsley's patent nos. 2410 and 1138.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street
22 April 2009
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply