![]() The second (serial number 1504) is in the collection of H. The first (now in an English private collection) is numbered 1276 and was sold at Christie’s, King Street, on 29 March 1995, lot 191. Notes: Two other examples of this type of Baker gun are recorded. ![]() ![]() With 33 inch tapering rebrowned twist barrel with gold fore-sight inscribed ‘Gunmaker to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’ at the breech and engraved with a sunburst, breech with a single gold line, gold-lined maker’s stamp, gold-lined touch-holes on each side, breech hook stamped ‘Baker 1143’, engraved shaped tang grooved for sighting, flat bevelled Baker patent right and left-hand locks constructed so as to cock and fire in unison, each with roller, stepped tail, gold-lined maker’s stamp, reinforced cock, rainproof pan, and flash-shield on the pan-cover, varnished figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, large padded leather-covered cheek-piece, iron mounts decorated with dogs and game birds, scroll trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, gold wrist escutcheon surmounted by the Prince of Wales’ feathers and motto, and inscribed ‘Gift/to/My Friend/Bob/GP’, two barrel-bolts each with silver escutcheons, silver fore-end cap and original horn-tipped ramrod with worm, London proof marks A Very Rare Royal 14-Bore Double Ignition Flintlock Sporting Gun
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