Product Details
HENRY ATKIN LTD.
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 1215,
28in. nitro reproved barrels (in 2016, partially struck off), rib engraved 'HENRY ATKIN LTD. (FROM PURDEY'S) 88 JERMYN ST. LONDON. S.W.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 3/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fine acanthus scroll engraving with beaded borders, the underside with a cartouche engraved 'HENRY ATKIN FROM PURDEY'S', retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14in. figured stock including horn buttplate, weight 6lb. 8oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case, the lid outer marked 'H.A.E. MATTHEWS. DORSETSHIRE REGT.'
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1899 as No.2 of a pair, for the Hon. C.G. Fortescue.
Brigadier-General The Hon. Charles Granville Fortescue, CB, CMG, DSO, (1861–1951) was an officer of the British Army in the colonial wars of the late 19th century, the Second Boer War and World War I.
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
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