Lot Essay
Jover & Son are recorded at 337 Oxford Street between 1784 and 1796, the year they were declared as bankrupt.
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THE BARREL BY JOVER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
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A RARE 4-BORE SINGLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION BIG GAME RIFLE
THE BARREL BY JOVER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
Converted from flintlock and remounted, with heavy 34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) octagonal sighted barrel signed in gold, scroll engraved patent breech and lock, walnut half-stock, London proof marks, punched Indian script on the barrel
THE BARREL BY JOVER & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
Converted from flintlock and remounted, with heavy 34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) octagonal sighted barrel signed in gold, scroll engraved patent breech and lock, walnut half-stock, London proof marks, punched Indian script on the barrel
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