Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 17407 / 18109,
30in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels, No.1 by Krupp (flats with Purdey 'Trade Mark Quality B' stamp)and blank raised rib, No.2 by the makers in 1974, raised rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. ENGLAND.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke (No.1) and 1/2 and full choke (No.2), self-opening actions with removable striker discs, toplevers engraved '1' and '2' in ovals, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, arrow cocking-indicators, partially engraved with scrolling acanthus motifs, the undersides with 'PURDEY'S PATENT', replacement crosspins, 14 3/4in. figured stocks, No.1 worn, No.2 a replacement and cracked at hand, replacement fore-end woods, weight 6lb. 9oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 14oz. (No.2), in a Purdey lightweight leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that the No.1 gun was completed in 1901 for B. Hatton-Croft and that he commissioned the No.2 gun to match in 1904. They re-stocked the No.2 gun in 1970 and built new barrels for it in 1974.
The original owner then gave them as a gift to Michael Hughes-Hallett in the late 1950s, and they have passed from there, by descent, to the vendor.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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