Description
FINE QUALITY SCOTTISH CASED PERCUSSION large bore BIG GAME RIFLE
CIRCA 1850
signed in gold T KENNEDY, the engraved lock with a stag and a hind, the two stage barrel octagonal at the breech inlaid in gold “THOMAS KENNEDY KILMARNOCK RIFLE MAKER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT”, gold lines at the breech and muzzle with gold stars decorating the barrel, Birmingham proof marks, chequered walnut half stock with engraved steel barrel bolt escutcheons, horn tipped fore-end, original brass tipped ebony ramrod, in original fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass bullet mould, starter hammer and combination tool with pricker
51in. (129cm) long
Provenance:
Ex armoury of the Nizam of Hyderabad