Product Details
CHARLES LANCASTER
A 12-BORE PATENT SINGLE-TRIGGER ASSISTED-OPENING BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 8160,
30in. nitro damascus barrels (right bore measurement marginal), the rib engraved 'CHARLES LANCASTER. 151. NEW BOND ST. LONDON. PATENT EJECTOR.' and with a flash of scroll engraving at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, Lancaster assisted opening patent action, automatic safety with inlaid 'SAFE' detail, striker discs, dipped-edge lockplates, patent selective single trigger, border and acanthus scroll engraving, satin finish, 14 3/4in. figured stock, weight 6lb. 12oz., in its makers leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed in 1898 for a W. Peart - Robinson. They later sold the gun to a J.A. Hunter in 1914.
William Peart-Robinson was born into a landed Lancastrian family who were also heavily involved in the banking sector. He succeeded his father as a partner of the Craven Bank in 1881 and spent his entire career within the industry. He lived with his wife at Reedley Hall where she bore him eight children. Robinson was appointed a director of the Craven Bank and remained on the board when it amalgamated with the Bank of Liverpool. This subsequently became Martins Bank Ltd.
Robinson died soon after retiring, passing away in March 1938.
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
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