Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 19679 / 80,
for 1910, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL' and '1' and '2' (likely refreshed), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 3/4 choke (No.1) and 1/4 and full choke (No.2), No.2 wall thicknesses at 18, toplevers engraved '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, brushed bright and reblued finish, 13 5/8in. stocks (No.1 with setting cracks to rear of lockplates and with buttplate), weight 6lb. 6oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with canvas and leather outer
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
No. 19,679/80
Completed: April 1910
For: The Hon. A E Kitson
Description: A pair of hammerless ejector game guns
Weight: 6lb 8oz
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 28in. Whitworth
Choke: Cylinder & Mod.
Stock: 14 1/8 in.
Notes:
Spring bladed front trigger
Albert Ernest Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale (7 October 1863 – 11 March 1944) was a British peer. He was inter alia a director of Midland Bank. He owned one the country's finest collections of Leeds pottery and regularly competed in golf at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act