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Henry Tatham Double Rifle, cased, c. 1850

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Henry Tatham Double Rifle, cased, mid-19th century. Percussion .60 caliber as used for elephant and tiger hunts in India. 21" round Damascus twist barrels with a broad central rib, engraved Tatham, 37 Charing Cross, London. Sliding leaf sight graduated from 200-1000 yards and complete with the original ram rod with worm and original nipple protectors. Half stocked in well figured walnut with a finely checkered wrist and a vacant silver escutcheon. Lock plates are engraved Henry Tatham, London and are finely engraved with foliates as is the trigger guard, gun barrel tang and butt plate tang. Hammers are engraved ensuite and are dolphin head form. Serial number 7014 is all matching and also matched to the rifle mold. Housed in its original, beize lined, oak box with an original H. Tatham trade label. The case contains original tools consisting of a brass bullet mold in .600 caliber, a leather covered fireproof rifle flask marked Sykes, a turn screw oiler by Dixon & Son, two piece cleaning rod, two tins which held percussion caps, a combination nipple wrench and prick, main spring clamp, wood handle insert for rifle mold, a compartment containing old cast bullets and leather with brass furniture shoulder strap. The action as expected is very crisp as when made and the bore with its three groove rifling is as new.
Size: L. 37.5" Barrel: 21.25"
Size (Case): H. 3" x L. 27.5' x W. 12.25"
Weight (Rifle): 6lbs 4oz
Total Lot Weight: 17lbs 12oz
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Provenance: Miki and James J. Mangan III of Fairfield, CT.***********************************************
Henry Tatham [junior], eldest son of Henry Tatham and Mary Ann Kirkman, was born 6 Feb 1804, at 37, Charing Cross. Both he and his brother Charles in 1837 appear as at 37, Charing Cross, Henry as Sword-Cutler, and also Truss-maker; and Charles as Gun-maker.
Charles having died in 1846, Henry Tatham, alone, was still at this address in 1859, as appears by an advertisement at the end of "Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand", containing a Colonial Directory, "By an Englishman", 2nd. edn., 1857. He died in 1860 [reg Pancras 2Q1860], having married, 13 Oct 1855, Elizabeth, daughter of William Smith, died 19 April, 1902, aged 80, at Brighton.

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