Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 1306 - S2
JOHN DICKSON & SON A PAIR OF 12-BORE LONDON PATTERN SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5854 / 5,

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JOHN DICKSON & SON
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'LONDON PATTERN' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5854 / 5,
29in. nitro reproved barrels, ribs engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63 PRINCES STREET. EDINBURGH.', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. choke in all, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum No.2 gun, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, fine acanthus scroll engraving, the sideplates with cartouches inscribed 'JOHN DICKSON & SON', retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 13 1/2in. highly-figured stocks, weight 6lb. 6oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed on 26th July 1906 for Lewis B. Spence, a stockbroker in Edinburgh

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Estimate £7,000-9,000

S2