J. PURDEY, 314 ½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3018

Details

A CASED 14-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN
J. PURDEY, 314 ½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3018
With rebrowned 29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) twist barrels, engraved patent breeches each with platinum-inlaid line and pierced platinum plug, scroll engraved tang and locks each retaining some faded original case-hardened finish, figured walnut half-stock, engraved mounts including trigger-guard retaining some original blued finish fitted with a patent grip-safety, and brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks, in original lined and fitted mahogany case, with some accessories including powder- and shot flasks, the lid with printed Purdey trade label

Provenance

J.C.L. Knapton, Christie's, South Kensington, 28 February 1990, lot 39.
Anon. sale, Christie's, King Street, 22 July 1992, lot 125.

Literature

L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, p. 222.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Unsworth notes 3018 as being sold on 30 August 1837 for £52. 10. 0. The gun was cased, had a silver escutcheon bearing the initials 'W.B.', and being fitted with the patent grip-safety but not the intercepting sears.

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