Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 16287 / 8,
for 1898, 30in. Krupp-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON.', and '1' and '2' at the breech ends, minor dents and pits, self-opening actions with removable striker discs, toplevers engraved '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, arrow cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, No.2 retaining traces of renewed colour-hardening and finish and light scoring to left lockplate, 15 1/4in. unchequered replacement stocks, No.1 including 1 1/4in. wooden extension, No.1 fore-end wood with minor losses, weight 6lb. 14oz. (No.1) and 7lb. 2oz. (No.2)
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
The guns were completed in 1898 for Sir Charles Tennant. They were restocked with cross-eye stocks (to shoot from the right shoulder with the left eye) in 1910, and lengthened in the 1960s. We do not have a note of restocking the guns.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act