22nd Apr, 2025 10:00
SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION - TO INCLUDE THE BURL COLLECTION
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A RARE 20-BORE FLINTLOCK FERGUSON PATENT BREECH LOADING DEER OR PARK RIFLE BY JOVER
37inch sighted rifled barrel, the top face of the threaded breech plug engraved with a flower head, border engraved stepped lock signed JOVER, full stocked with steel and brass mounts, the butt plate border engraved and the tang decorated with a stand of arms, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms and unscrewing to open the breech, the threaded plug with vertical slots to relieve fouling, later brass topped wooden ramrod. William Jover (1) 1775-1780 then in partnership as Jover & Son to 1810. For a commentary on Colonel Patrick Ferguson, see Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History of John Twigg and the Packington Guns by William Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, page 114-116.
Sold for £5,500
37inch sighted rifled barrel, the top face of the threaded breech plug engraved with a flower head, border engraved stepped lock signed JOVER, full stocked with steel and brass mounts, the butt plate border engraved and the tang decorated with a stand of arms, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms and unscrewing to open the breech, the threaded plug with vertical slots to relieve fouling, later brass topped wooden ramrod. William Jover (1) 1775-1780 then in partnership as Jover & Son to 1810. For a commentary on Colonel Patrick Ferguson, see Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History of John Twigg and the Packington Guns by William Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, page 114-116.
Auction: SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION - TO INCLUDE THE BURL COLLECTION, 22nd Apr, 2025
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