Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 22858,
29in. nitro chopperlump barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 3/4 choke, repaired dents both tubes, toplever engraved '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, cocking-indicators, fine floral bouquet and acanthus scroll engraving, action and furniture brushed finish, lockplates retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock, weight 6lb. 9oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case with original trade and charges labels and some accessories, the lid outer marked 'P. KYNOCH-SHAND. KEITH',
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1925, made to match Gun No. 22480, for P. Kynoch-Shand.
Further research would indicate this to be Philip Hirschfeld Kynoch-Shand (1884 - 1939)
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Estimate £6,000-8,000
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