Product Details
COGSWELL & HARRISON
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDEPLATED BOXLOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 27383 / 4,
for 1901, 28in. nitro barrels (No.2 sleeved in 1983), ribs engraved 'COGSWELL & HARRISON. 168. PICCADILLY LONDON. W1.' (No.1 illegible, No.2 refreshed) and gold-inlaid '1 and '2' at the breech-ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both (No.1.), and 1/4 and 3/4 choke (No.2), No.1 right wall at 16, treble-grip actions, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, the actions and decorative strengthening sideplates engraved with bold acanthus scroll engraving, bright and re-blued finish overall, 14 1/4in. figured stocks (No.1 a replacement), weight 6lb. 5oz. (No.1) 6lb. 8oz. (No.2), in their leather double guncase
Provenance: the vendor informs us that the initials on the lid and the escutcheons in the stocks relate to Lieutenant Douglas Francis Fairfax Shennan who was born in London, St. Peters, Eaton Square on June 28th 1892. He was educated at Eton College in 1911,
in 1914 he was second Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 4th Battalion.
He was killed in action on 8th May 1915 at Ypres
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Estimate £800-1,200
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act