Beschreibung:

A 5MM FINELY CONSTRUCTED MINIATURE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY ALBERT GRIFFITHS, ARMOURER SERGEANT, 2ND BATALLION 60TH ROYAL RIFLES, CIRCA 1860-80, BY TRADITION PURCHASED BY CAPTAIN, LATER FIELD MARSHALL, ROBERTS AND PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE MAKER with tapering sighted barrel etched in imitation of damascus twist, inscribed 'London' on the flat within a linear frame incorporating a sunburst, the breech inlaid with two gold lines, blued vent, engraved grooved tang, signed engraved lock fitted with cock of late form (mainspring missing), rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, engraved silver mounts comprising trigger-guard incorporating an external button at the front engaging the trigger, butt-cap, fore-end cap and escutcheon and barrel bold escutcheons, German silver-tipped ramrod and ramrod-pipes: in original fitted mahogany case lined in purple velvet, together with two early photographs of the owner and correspondence regarding its provenance; together with a carved staghorn nozzle from a powder-flask, probably Black Forest, 19th century, and a sliding patchbox cover from a German wheel-lock rifle, early 18th century 8.9 cm; 3 1/2 in barrel (3) Provenance Robin Wigington Collection (1932-2002) The accompanying paperwork states that this '.....miniature rifle was made in India by my great-great-grandfather prior to.....the time of the Indian Mutiny who I believe was serving with the 2nd Batallion 60th Royal Rifles transferred from the 75th Sterlingshire Regiment.....this miniature was made for a regimental charity and was bought by a Captain Roberts who later became Field Marshall Lord Roberts.....he.....later presented it back to my ancestor.....'