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A RARE, GENUINE 'ALBERT GREENER' 12-BORE TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial 625, 29 3/4in. nitro reproved bold twist barrels (in 2016, partially struck off), rib engraved 'LONDON FINE TWIST', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks (one hammer replaced) engraved 'ALBERT GREENER', border and scroll engraving, brushed finish, repair at knuckle, 14 3/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock with characteristic steel buttplate, weight 8lb. 5oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed the gun was completed 1868-1872.
Literature: In Graham Greener's book 'The Greener Collections', he dedicates the entirety of Chapter 4 to 'The Enigma' that is Albert Greener. This gun is illustrated in this chapter on page 54, plate 50.
Other Notes: Albert Greener and his guns remain somewhat of a mystery. One of the second generation of Greener gunmakers, third son of William Greener he was born in 1846 in Warwickshire. He is recorded in the 1861 census as being a trainee gunmaker and will have completed his apprenticeship in 1867. Within two years he had emigrated to San Francisco and very little more is known of his life after this.
A good many guns with 'A Greener' marked on them are actually Belgian trade guns, it is thought marked in such a way as to deceive the export market (and with no genuine connection to Albert Greener at all)
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Estimate £100-150
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