Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 528
JAMES PURDEY, LONDON A FINE 12-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED LIVE-PIGEON GUN, serial no. 7444,

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JAMES PURDEY, LONDON
A FINE 12-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED LIVE-PIGEON GUN, serial no. 7444,
for 1866, with browned fine-twist damascus 31in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET, LONDON', bead fore-sight, platinum line and engraved vented plugs to breech, colour hardened scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved colour-hardened locks signed 'PURDEY', scroll engraved colour hardened dolphin-headed hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with applied padded leather cheek-piece, blued iron furniture and no provision for ramrod, the whole retaining a remarkable amount of original finish throughout (barrel finish thinning, heel-plate finish worn)

Provenance: According to the makers this shotgun was completed in 1867 for an unknown client as a double-barrelled percussion gun of 11-bore weighing 7lb. 2oz. and with no provision for ramrod




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Estimate £7,000-9,000  € 7,767-9,987