10 Bore. 31" barrels. NSN. Browned barrels secured by double keys, iron furniture, checkered walnut stock. Double barrel percussion muzzleloading shotgun with platinum bands at breech and platinum blowouts in bolsters, double triggers and engraved iron furniture. Locks engraved with game scenes and marked T BAILEY. Barrel rib marked T BAILEY NEW ORLEANS. Thomas Bailey Sr was a Birmingham gunmaker to emigrated to American circa 1840 and established himself on Chartres Street in New Orleans during the early 1840s as a gunmaker, gunsmith and gun retailer. He became a Naturalized Citizen in 1848. By 1860 his two sons John Edward and Thomas Jr had joined the firm as gunmakers as well. Thomas Bailey was still listed as a gunsmith in the 1880 Census. This gun is published in Confederate & Southern Agent Marked Shotguns by Pritchard, Ashworth, Prince, et al on pages 154-155 and was credited to the Brian Akins collection at that time. Southern retailer marked shotguns from the Antebellum period are particularly desirable collectables.