A RARE KELL-ENGRAVED 12-BORE (2IN) HAMMER EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY J. PURDEY, NO. 22182

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A RARE KELL-ENGRAVED 12-BORE (2IN) HAMMER EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY
J. PURDEY, NO. 22182
The treble-grip action-body with side-clips and percussion fences, toplever, rebounding sidelocks, articulated front trigger, the action-body, lockplates and furniture profusely carved with the heads of mythical beasts, mythological female demi-figures and grotesques amid foliate-scrollwork, flowers and fruit, bright finish overall, highly-figured replacement stock, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with matt rib
Weight 7lb. 12oz., 14.7/8in. stock, 32in. barrels, both approx. extra-full choke, 2in. chambers, nitro proof

Lot Essay

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1922 as the number 2 of a pair of pigeon guns. No mention is made of the engraver in the Purdey ledgers but the work is almost certainly that of Harry Kell - one of the greatest of late Victorian artist-engravers

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