Product Details
JAMES PURDEY, LONDON
A FINE 14-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, serial no. 2233,
circa 1850, with re-browned twist iron octagonal multi-grooved 29 1/2in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET, LONDON', dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, plain angular breech with platinum lines and vented plug, scroll engraved top-tang, the top-flat featuring a mask of a tiger, borderline engraved bar-action lock signed 'PURDEY', the front also engraved with a scene of stags at rest, the tail with scrolls, scroll engraved hammer with sliding safe behind, chequered walnut half-stock with raised cheek-piece, iron patch-box to right hand side of butt with engraved hinge, the circular lid engraved with a seated doe and a standing stag beneath a tree, the whole scene with a rope-twist border, iron scroll-engraved heel-plate with a running boar to the top-spur, engraved trigger-guard tang with chequered pistol-grip spur, border engraved trigger-guard bow with a central scene of a bolting stag, engraved finial, moulded iron ramrod throat and horn fore-end tip, plain thimbles to the under-rib and substantial ebony mushroom-headed ramrod
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Estimate £3,000-5,000