Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 21248 / 9,
28in. nitro replacement chopperlump barrels (by the makers in 1966), ribs engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. ENGLAND.', and '1' and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. both (No.1) and imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.2), toplevers inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, cocking-indicators, articulated front triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish, 14 5/8in. well-figured stocks including 3/4in. leather covered recoil pads, weight 6lb. 10oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories, the case lid embossed with the letter 'V' surmounted by the coronet of a Marquis
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair of shotguns were completed March 1915 for H. van Cutsem, Esq.
Henry Harcout van Cutsem was born 1877 and died, aged 40, in 1917.
Estimate £12,000-16,000
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