Product Details
A FINE 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN BY J. PURDEY, LONDON, serial no. 5912,
for 1860, with rebrowned damascus 30in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET, LONDON' (lightly rubbed but legible), bead fore-sight, engraved band and platinum line at breech, engraved rib-end, engraved and vented platinum plugs, borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved colour hardened locks signed 'PURDEY', dolphin-headed hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with iron furniture, oval escutcheon to the underside of butt and brass mounted ebony ramrod
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
No. 5912
Completed: 29 December 1860
For: H.W. Wheeler
Description: One of five double-barrelled percussion guns
Weight: [Not Recorded]
Calibre: 15-bore
Barrels: 30in.
Choke: Both Cylinder
Stock: [Not Recorded]
Notes:
While Unsworth notes all five guns as having been converted to centrefire, this is a misunderstanding and only two, Nos. 5909 and 5911, were converted.
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Estimate £2,000-3,000