Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2015 : Sale A0915 Lot 1418 - S2
J. WOODWARD & SONS A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 5700,

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J. WOODWARD & SONS
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 5700,
29in. replacement nitro barrels (by William powell & Son in 1962), rib gold-inlaid '2' and with Powell details, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, carved arcaded fences with side-clips, removable striker discs, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 5/8in. figured stock with Prince of Wales semi-pistolgrip, horn pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, fore-end with light repair, weight 6lb. 11oz.

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1903 for Andrew R. Motion, and was made to match gun No. 4640

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Estimate £3,000-5,000

S2