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'JOSEPH LANG & SON'
A RARE COMPOSED PAIR OF 12-BORE LATE VARIANT BAKER PATENT DOUBLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 14676 / 7,
actions and fore-ends serial numbered 3482 and 2212, 28in. nitro barrels with short sight-ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', block-mounted bead fore-sights, three-piece fore-ends with wooden side-fillets, the over barrels engraved 'JOSEPH LANG & SON, 7 & 8, BURY STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON. SW1.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. full and 3/4 choke (No.1) and 3/4 in both (No.2), William Baker 1912 patent actions incorporating patents 4922 of Feb. 27th 1912 (arrangement by which the firing pins pass through the spindle) and 9768 of April 25th 1912 (relating to the extended bars at the breech end of the barrels) and incorporating provisional patent 34926 of 1930, hold-open toplevers with crossbolt, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, best fine acanthus scroll and floral bouquet engraving, the lockplates gold-inlaid 'JOSEPH LANG & SON' (later) and the undersides similarly engraved, retaining traces of renewed colour-hardening and finish, the triggerguard tangs gold-inlaid 14676 / 7', 15in. figured stocks (No. 2 likely replacement), weight 6lb. 11oz (No.1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No.2)
Provenance: The serial numbers on the actions and fore-ends, (3482 and 2212) are likely to relate to the actions supplied in the white by William Baker. We are kindly informed by the holders of the Joseph Lang records that serial numbers 14676 / 7 do not feature in their books. There is however a reference to a re-barrelling of a Hussey over and under gun serial number 2212 in 1937. The barrels are recorded as being 28in. and with 3/4 and full choke.
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Estimate £12,000-16,000
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