Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A 20-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 10179,
30in. nitro reproved damascus barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET. LONDON.', and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with slender dolphin hammers, engraved with best fine acanthus scrollwork and floral bouquets, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening and toplever and triggerguard with renewed finish, 14in. figured stock including buttplate, weight 5lb. 7oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed as No.2 of a pair in 1878 for R. Cohen
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Estimate £4,000-6,000
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