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Gold Inlaid Philip Wilson & Co. Philadelphia Side by Side Percussion Shotgun

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:475.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Gold Inlaid Philip Wilson & Co. Philadelphia Side by Side Percussion Shotgun
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Estimate: $1200 - 1800
The rib is marked "PHILIP WILSON & CO. PHILADA". A gold wire inlaid border is featured on the lock plates, left hammer, trigger guard, buttplate tang, barrel tang, and barrel wedge escutcheons. Mounted with a nicely figured half stock with a flat buttplate. The underside of the forearm has a pair of square pearl inserts secured by two screws. Comes with a brass tipped wooden ramrod.
BBL: 30 1/2 inch solid rib
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 12
Finish: brown
Grips:
Serial Number: NSN
Condition: Very good. The barrels retain 40% of the damascus pattern with the balance a smooth brown-gray patina. The remaining metal surfaces have a mottled gray patina. The lightly rubbed and reoiled wood is fine with a hairline crack near the upper tang and some very scattered minor handling marks. The right hammer is a replacement, with no gold inlay, like the left one. Mechanically fine.