with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrel inlaid with a vacant gold scroll, reblued breech decorated with an elaborate gold star, fitted with sprung tap-lever and rebrowned tubular magazine with pivot cover, signed engraved action decorated with border ornament and a Britannia trophy on the reverse, fitted with sprung cocking lever on the right, cocking indicator and safety on the left (restorations), engraved trigger-guard decorated with a Britannia trophy, and steel butt reservoir with an early pigskin covering (the reservoir, action and barrel misaligned), 67.0 cm barrel

Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is the maker of a Girandoni-system air rifle in the Royal Collection at Windsor (inv. no. L 409). Two air weapons by this maker are recorded in the Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, one of which was sold Sotheby's, Hanover, October 2005, lot 868.