Product Details
PURDEY
A PAIR OF 12-BORE TOPLEVER HAMMERGUNS, serial no. 8521 / 2,
No.1 gun being sold as a stock, action and fore-end only due to the exploded barrel, Gun No.2 with 30in. black powder only damascus barrels (pitted), the rib engraved 'J. PURDEY. 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET. LONDON. 2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action island locks with dolphin hammers, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, 14in. stock, weight 6lb. 15oz., in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 1871
For: H.E. Colville
Description: No. 1 of a pair of toplever centrefire hammer guns
Weight: 6lb. 15oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 30in.
Choke: Both Cylinder
Stock: 14 1/8 1/16in.
Notes:
Toplever
Rebounding locks
Research would indicate H.E. Colville to be Major-General Sir Henry Edward Colvile, KCMG, CB (10 July 1852 – 25 November 1907)
Colvile was born at Kirkby Hall, Leicestershire, the son of Charles Robert Colvile and Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell.
Colvile was educated at Eton, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870. He was appointed A.D.C. to General the Hon. Sir Leicester Smyth, commanding the forces in South Africa, in 1880. He served on the Intelligence Department of the Suakin Expedition of 1884, was present at the Battles of El Teb and the Battle of Tamai, mentioned in despatches, and received the bronze star, medal, and clasp. He was employed on special service in the Sudan prior to the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, and during that Expedition served as D.A.A.G.; was mentioned in despatches; received the clasp, and was created C.B. At the close of the Expedition he was Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Force; was present at the Battle of Ginnis; was mentioned in despatches, and was promoted to the rank of Colonel. He was then attached to the Intelligence Department at headquarters, and wrote the official history of the Sudan Campaign.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000 € 3,329-5,548
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act