Product Details
STEPHEN GRANT & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6978 / 9,
30in. nitro barrels, ribs engraved 'PATENT EJECTOR. STEPHEN GRANT & SONS. 67A ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON.' '1' and '2', tubes engraved 'MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', some dents, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke (No.1) and 1/4 choke both (No.2), fluted fences, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, best fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/4in. well-figured 'rational' stocks, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case, the case lid marked 'NORMAN MACLAGAN. 9. CADOGAN PLACE. S.W.'
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this pair of shotguns were completed August 1897 for Norman Maclagan.
Estimate £5,000-7,000
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