Product Details
FAMARS
A FINE, GALEAZZI-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'MODEL VENERE EXTRA LUSSO' PINLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 32005,
ordered in 1975, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved in script 'Fatto della Famars per Franco Avagnina', the left tube engraved in script ' Esposto alla mostra Europea di Copenaghen' (Made by Famars for Franco Avagnina, exhibited at the European Exhibition in Copenhagen), 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke, removable striker discs, manual safety, pinless lockplates, articulated front trigger, the action and furniture finely carved in high relief with scrolling stylised acanthus on a lightly stippled background, the lockplates finely engraved in bulino style with scenes of the Arcadian Artemis (daughter of Zeus) bathing and at rest post hunt with her nymphs and hounds, the underside with her ready for the hunt, with her bow, quiver and arrows (a gift from Hephaestus) and her faithful hunting hound (a gift from Pan), both lockplates signed Galeazzi, bright finish overall, 14 3/8in. well-figured roachbelly stock, semi-beavertail fore-end engraved en suite and finely inset in gold with the Famars crest, weight 7lb. 1oz., in its lightweight leather case with scarlet velveteen interior and original specification tag
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Estimate £10,000-15,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act