Product Details
WATSON BROS.
A FINE PAIR OF SMITH-ENGRAVED 16-BORE ROUNDED-BAR SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 20141 / 2,
for 2006, 28in. ribless nitro barrels scroll engraved at the breech ends (slight bulges), with scroll engraved sighting flats gold-inlaid '1' and '2', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in all, hold-open toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, non-selective single-triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, cocking-indicators, rounded bars, fully engraved in relief with best acanthus foliage on a matt background, the lockplates carved and gold-inlaid with a single English rose and gold-inlaid with the makers name in a scrolled ribbon, bright finish overall, 15 1/4in. highly-figured replacement stocks with Prince of Wales grips, with carved steel pistolgrip-caps, weight 6lb. 5oz., in their blue velvet lined lightweight leather motor case
Provenance: This Lot was previously sold through these rooms in December 2008, as part of the Eric Clapton collection, Lot 1301
Other Notes: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed mid-2006 and that Martin Smith executed the engraving
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Estimate £20,000-30,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act