Product Details
W.W. GREENER
A SCARCE 12-BORE 'MONARCH GRADE G ROYAL' A&D EJECTOR, serial no. 48814,
30in. Greener trade mark wrought steel nitro reproved barrels with fine acanthus scroll detailing at the breech ends, rib engraved 'W.W. GREENER. 68. HAYMARKET. LONDON. WINNER AT THE LONDON GUN TRIALS 1875, 1877, 1878. GREENERS WROUGHT STEEL. 1', the breech end with a lone bird, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, scroll-back treble-grip action with side shoulders, arcaded fences, toplever engraved and gold-inlaid with a crown, automatic side-safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, the housing finely engraved with a lone pigeon, the action profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork and with oak leaf and acorn bordering, interspersed with finely engraved vignettes of hound flushing a covey of partridge and a spaniel flushing a brace of duck, the underside with two hares, the triggerguard with two setters on point, the triggerguard tang engraved 'GRADE G ROYAL', retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock with ornate chequering borders, horn spearpoint drop points and horn buttplate, the fore-end with Anson push rod and further ornate chequering borders, the fore-end iron with 'PATENT EJECTOR. GRADE G ROYAL' and '1', weight 6lb. 11oz., in its leather double case with gold-tooled trade label, the lid outer marked 'W. R. INNES HOPKINS. GRIMSTON MANOR. GILLING EAST. YORK.'
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was built as No.1 of a pair of 12-bore Royal Monarch models with 30in. wrought steel barrels. The engraving was by Stokes and the rest by Perry. The gun was started on 2nd January 1900 and completed on the 29th May the same year and was sold through the London shop.
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Estimate £2,500-3,500
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