Product Details
AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE
A FINE COROMBELLE-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 89902, with extra barrels,
27 5/8in. nitro chopperlump barrels with raised file cut rib and a banner engraved 'AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE. BREVETE A LIEGE', the breech end gold-inlaid '2', the tubes engraved 'N.V. NEDERLANDSCH WAPENMAGAZIN V/H S. DE JAGER' and with acanthus scroll detailing at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke;
24 5/8in. nitro chopperlump barrels with raised file cut rib and a banner engraved 'AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE. BREVETE A LIEGE', the breech end gold-inlaid '2', the tubes engraved 'N.V. NEDERLANDSCH WAPENMAGAZIN V/H S. DE JAGER' and with acanthus scroll detailing at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. in both;
treble-grip action with hidden third bite, removable striker discs, toplever finely pierced with an acanthus design, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'S' detail, Holland & Holland style self-opening system, hand-detachable lockplates with scroll carved release, gold-washed cocking-indicators, internals and triggers, the front trigger articulated, the fences carved in high relief with leaf and berry motifs on a finely stippled background, the action, lockplates and furniture with bold acanthus scrollwork, the underside with a central floral bouquet and a cartouche engraved 'A. FRANCOTTE. LIEGE', the triggerplate signed 'L. Corombelle', bright finish overall, 14 5/8in. well-figured stock including wooden buttplate, weight 6lb. 9oz. (27 5/8in. barrels) and 6lb. 8oz. (24 5/8in. barrels), in a leather leg of mutton case with provision for both sets of barrels
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act