Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 4918,
for 1901, 30in. sleeved nitro barrels, the rib engraved 'BOSS & CO. 73 ST. JAMES'S STREET, LONDON' and gold-inlaid '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. figured stock including 5/8in. wooden extension, oval gold escutcheon bearing the coronet of an Earl surmounting 'M', weight 6lb. 14oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this gun was ordered in 1901 as No.2 of a pair, for Earl Manners
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act