Product Details
GADOUD M.O.F. (ST. ETIENNE)
AN ELABORATE LIGHTWEIGHT 16-BORE DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED OVER AND UNDER BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6383,
26 3/4in. nitro triple proof barrels by Jean Breuil, with 5mm carved wooden side-fillets, matt top-rib and lightweight mid-rib, finely gold-inlaid at the breech end with stylised floral and acanthus motifs, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 1/4 choke, pierced hold-open toplever, manual safety carved in the form of a moth, with gold-inlaid 'S' detail, articulated front trigger, the action, decorative lockplates and furniture deeply carved with floral, vine and fern motifs, the fences with oak leaves, acorns and briars, the whole interspersed with various fauna including squirrels, woodcock and capercaillie, the left lockplate with running hare and foraging red deer, the right lockplate with a scene of boar hounds engaging a wild boar, the standing breech with the portrait of a spaniel, the underside with a fox and the triggerguard with a horn, all on a matt background,14in. well-figured semi-pistolgrip stock, with extensive deep carving of floral and foliate motifs, the semi-pistolgrip carved in the form of a stylised wild boar, and including elaborately carved skeletal steel buttplate, the fore-end decorated en-suite, weight 6lb. 2oz., in a crushed velvet lined leather case
Estimate £5,000-7,000
THE ABOVE LOT WILL REQUIRE THE BUYER TO PRODUCE A RELEVANT BRITISH SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE OR REGISTERED FIREARMS DEALER LICENCE BEFORE IT MAY BE RELEASED.