Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A 20-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 23628,
26in. nitro Whitworth steel chopperlump barrels with stippled matt rib, the tubes engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and full choke, self-opening action with removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, cocking indicators, best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, pins reblued, 14in. highly-figured replacement stock including 3/4in. leather-covered recoil pad, weight 5lb. 13oz., in its leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed September 1928 with 26in. barrels and engraving by Harry Kell for the German retailer Von Lengerke & Detmold.
Estimate £15,000-20,000
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