Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6158,
28in. sleeved nitro barrels, retaining original rib gold-inlaid '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, fine bouquet and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 15in. figured stock including buttplate, triggerguard slightly bent, weight 6lb. 13oz., in a universal case.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was ordered in July 1912 as No.2 of a pair of guns, for the Hon. Ian Leslie-Melville.
Lt.-Col. Hon. Ian Leslie-Melville was born on 14 August 1894. He was the son of Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven and Hon. Emma Selina Portman. He married Charlotte Isabel Stirling, daughter of Major William Stirling and Charlotte Eva Mackintosh, on 26 August 1915. He died on 10 February 1967 at age 72.
He fought in the First World War. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1917 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) He lived at Bridgelands, Selkirk, Scotland. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1932 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). H fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Lovat Scouts. He was deputy chairman of Dalgety and Company between 1949 and 1955. He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers. He was managing director of Glyn Mills and Company.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act