Hello everyone.
Hello everyone.
Picked up this old relic today.
It's a 12 bore shotgun (decommissioned-can no longer be fired) made by Robert Robinson in the city of Kingston Upon Hull in 1888 (gun 56 in the year 1888).
The scroll work is wonderful and quite remarkable considering it was done 128 years ago.
It's going to be mounted on my kitchen wall with the words in old English underneath it "Beware Ye Wife". When finished I will post another picture.
Picked up this old relic today.
It's a 12 bore shotgun (decommissioned-can no longer be fired) made by Robert Robinson in the city of Kingston Upon Hull in 1888 (gun 56 in the year 1888).
The scroll work is wonderful and quite remarkable considering it was done 128 years ago.
It's going to be mounted on my kitchen wall with the words in old English underneath it "Beware Ye Wife". When finished I will post another picture.
Beautiful fowling peace. It is very esthetically pleasing, to see such attention to details, on such a utilitarian device. The engraving and scrollwork is beautiful craftsmanship in all its glory!
ReplyDeleteWonderful exemplar of the gunmaker's art, Darran Hughes.
ReplyDeleteNot into guns very much, but the workmanship is much to be admired.
ReplyDeleteOshi Shikigami it is very ornate and should display very well. An expensive item when it was new.
ReplyDeleteMike Martin I wonder how long the engraving took the craftsman to complete. Now just a conversation piece on my wall.
ReplyDeleteMike Perry not into them myself, but wanted something unusual to display in the kitchen, other than the usual pots and pans.
ReplyDeleteHand engraving to those standards, was painstaking and arduous. An engraver likely apprenticed from his family, for all of his childhood, and even a share after becoming an adult.
ReplyDeleteWhen winters precluded farming and most hunting, crafts such as this, took up most waking hours for the artisans, who's works took months up to years to complete.
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ReplyDeleteDarran Hughes Thank you. This is well worth hanging on anyone's wall. To preserve it even after it has lived out its purpose is a testament to the maker and his art.
ReplyDeleteAnd we have missed you here. I do hope you will stop in again soon. Or is there now A Mrs. Darran Hughes taking up your time? That inscription begs me to ask.
Great find...
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