Shotgun ID?

[drache]

Someone dug this up from the ground and trying to ID it. Figured you guys here would have a better go at it.

My guess is a 12 gauge but I can't be sure. There appears to be no markings on it besides the scroll work underneath.

Hoping someone might recognize the scroll work....

 

[MauserMike]

Is it rusted completely together or can you take the bbls off and see the water table?

 

[drache]

What was the first year that double barreled shotguns had "internal" hammers instead of the external ones?

 

[tiriaq]

Hammerless guns were being made in the 1870s, perhaps earlier.

 

[drache]

Hammerless guns were being made in the 1870s, perhaps earlier.

thanks for that type of info!

 

[tiriaq]

Here is something more specific, patanted designs: Daw, 1862; Green, 1866; Murcott, 1871.
Is that type of info any more useful?