Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 7815,
28in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels (in 2015, partially struck off), rib gold-inlaid '1', rib address indistinct, 2 12in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, toplever gold-inlaid '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss 1894 improved patent single trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the underside with trigger patent details, 15 3/8in. replacement stock, small crack to fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 1oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was ordered as No.1 of a pair on the 6th May 1930, by Marshall C. Field of New York, for Mrs Coats.
Audrey Evelyn James Coats (1902 - 1968) was a society beauty, and friend of the Prince of Wales. She (firstly) married Captain Muir Coats of the Scots Guards in 1922, divorcing in 1927. She then married Marshall Field III in August 1930.
Marshall Field III (1893 - 1956) was an American investment banker, publisher, philanthropist, and heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune. It could be assumed that Marshall ordered the pair of guns as a wedding gift for his soon-to-be wife.
Other Notes: Please see Lot 1403 for the No.2 gun and Lot 110 for an associated motor case
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
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