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UNSWORTH NOTES THAT THIS RIFLE WAS SOLD FOR £84. 0. 0.
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BY J. PURDEY, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 5447 FOR 1858
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A CASED 34-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
BY J. PURDEY, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 5447 FOR 1858
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS EACH RIFLED WITH TWO BROAD GROOVES AND SIGNED 'J. PURDEY, 314½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON' ON THE RIB, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED PATENT BREECHES EACH INLAID WITH PLATINUM LINE AND PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, SCROLL ENGRAVED TANG, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED BOLTED LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'PURDEY', FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH RAISED CHEEK-PIECE, CHEQUERED GRIP AND FORE-END, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING CHEQUERED BUTT-PLATE, PISTOLGRIP TRIGGER-GUARD AND HINGED CIRCULAR PATCHBOX-COVER, THE LAST ENGRAVED ON THE INSIDE '2 3/8 DRMS. RIFLE POWDER', SLING EYES, AND ORIGINAL SERIAL NUMBERED BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ORIGINAL FITTED BRASS-CORNERED OAK CASE LINED IN GREEN BAIZE WITH SOME ACCESSORIES INCLUDING TWO BULLET MOULDS EACH SERIAL NUMBERED TO THE RIFLE, AND A JAPANNED POWDER TIN MARKED 'IMPROVED RIFLE POWDER', THE LID WITH PURDEY TRADE LABEL, THE EXTERIOR FLUSH-FITTING BRASS CARRYING HANDLE ENGRAVED 'JAMES BANKS STANHOPE' AND CIRCULAR BRASS ESCUTCHEON, SOLD TOGETHER WITH A HANDWRITTEN NOTE LISTING THE CONTENTS OF THE CASE DATED APRIL 6TH 1865 AND A LETTER FROM THE MAKER'S DATED 5TH FEBRUARY 1980 CONFIRMING THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE, THE BARREL LENGTH AND THAT MR. J. BANKS STANHOPE WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER
30IN. (76.2CM.) BARRELS
BY J. PURDEY, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 5447 FOR 1858
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS EACH RIFLED WITH TWO BROAD GROOVES AND SIGNED 'J. PURDEY, 314½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON' ON THE RIB, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED PATENT BREECHES EACH INLAID WITH PLATINUM LINE AND PIERCED PLATINUM PLUG, SCROLL ENGRAVED TANG, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED BOLTED LOCKS EACH SIGNED 'PURDEY', FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK WITH RAISED CHEEK-PIECE, CHEQUERED GRIP AND FORE-END, BORDER AND SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING CHEQUERED BUTT-PLATE, PISTOLGRIP TRIGGER-GUARD AND HINGED CIRCULAR PATCHBOX-COVER, THE LAST ENGRAVED ON THE INSIDE '2 3/8 DRMS. RIFLE POWDER', SLING EYES, AND ORIGINAL SERIAL NUMBERED BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD, LONDON PROOF MARKS, IN ORIGINAL FITTED BRASS-CORNERED OAK CASE LINED IN GREEN BAIZE WITH SOME ACCESSORIES INCLUDING TWO BULLET MOULDS EACH SERIAL NUMBERED TO THE RIFLE, AND A JAPANNED POWDER TIN MARKED 'IMPROVED RIFLE POWDER', THE LID WITH PURDEY TRADE LABEL, THE EXTERIOR FLUSH-FITTING BRASS CARRYING HANDLE ENGRAVED 'JAMES BANKS STANHOPE' AND CIRCULAR BRASS ESCUTCHEON, SOLD TOGETHER WITH A HANDWRITTEN NOTE LISTING THE CONTENTS OF THE CASE DATED APRIL 6TH 1865 AND A LETTER FROM THE MAKER'S DATED 5TH FEBRUARY 1980 CONFIRMING THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE, THE BARREL LENGTH AND THAT MR. J. BANKS STANHOPE WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER
30IN. (76.2CM.) BARRELS
Literature
L. PATRICK UNSWORTH, THE EARLY PURDEYS, P. 170.