A Brace of 18-Bore Flintlock Sporting Guns by Capper of London, Circa 1780. With octagonal to round sighted barrels with bayonet lugs below, signed London on the top flats and decorated with a band of flowers at the transition from round to octagonal and decorated with sprays of foliage at the breeches, London proofs, elaborately engraved tangs incorporating back-sight, one flat. one stepped bevelled locks profusely engraved with foliage and signed CAPPER on foliate scrolls, the cocks decorated en suite, full-stocked in walnut (some old repairs to woodwork) with raised apron around the tangs and steel escutcheons numbered 1 and 2, engraved steel furniture incorporating side-plates with martial trophies, butt plates decorated with a stand of arms on the tails, foliate engraved trigger guards with acorn finials and decorated with a flower head on the bows, turned steel ramrod pipes and original steel ramrods. 

These guns are a very unusual brace, they have been hanging on the wall of the previous owners house for a number of years. I have never encountered a numbered brace of sporting guns from this period. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 18-Bore

Barrel Length: 36.75 Inches (93.35 cm)

Overall Length: 52.5 Inches (133.35 cm)