Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PAIR OF S. COGGAN-ENGRAVED 12-BORE ROUND-BODIED SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 29688 / 9,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the tubes engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. ENGLAND.', the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' with a flash of acanthus scroll engraving at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke (both), sideclipped self-opening actions with rounded bars, the toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, the fences carved with beaded borderwork and acanthus arabesques on a matt background, the actions, lockplates and furniture fully engraved with bold acanthus arabesques on a matt background, the No.1 gun with lockplates finely engraved with a brace of pheasant breaking cover in a countryside setting on the left, the right with a fine scene of a covey of English partridge in a naturalistic setting, the underside finely engraved with a vignette of a country house with a brace of woodcock in flight over a lake in the foreground, No.2 gun with lockplates exquisitely engraved with a nye of pheasants on the right, the left with a covey of English partridge in flight over a farmland setting, the underside finely engraved with a skein of alighting mallard with an impressive country house backdrop, signed 'S. Coggan', 14 3/4in highly-figured stocks, weight 6lb. 8oz. (No.1) 6lb. 9oz. (No.2), in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather double guncase with some accessories, with canvas outer
Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair of shotguns were completed June 1999.
Simon Coggan was born in Fochriw, Wales in 1970. Initially he was involved in the electronics industry until 1992 when he began an apprenticeship with his father, Philip. Like his father, he clearly had a natural ability and became an expert engraver working under his own name in 1994. His work is to be found on the actions of several makers of best guns and rifles, although he is now most closely associated with J. Purdey & Sons and Holland & Holland.
Estimate £60,000-80,000
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