Product Details
'J. SQUIRES' 8-BORE SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, no visible serial number, 53in. octagonal turned to round barrel (bent), percussion fence, unsigned non-rebounding back action lock with pitted replacement angled hammer, partially engraved with scrollwork, action flats stamped 'J. SQUIRES. LONDON.', triggerplate damaged, 13 3/8in. stock including a horn buttplate, 11 1/2in. fore-end (some damage)
Provenance: We have kindly been supplied with the following information from the vendor regarding the history of the gun:
"it belonged to my Grandfather,Ted Bowton (my Mother's Father who was born in 1878 - the same year as the gun!) he owned a small boatyard in Burham and at one time had an oyster laying around Creeksea. I don't know when he acquired the gun but I always remember it being in the corner of the boatyard office when I was a small child (I'm now 80) it was subsequently passed on to my uncle Owen Bowton (Mother's brother) and then passed on to me. I can't give you an exact date but I was in my mid twenties, so I've had it something like 55 years"
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Estimate £800-1,200