A 12-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PIGEON GUN BY J. PURDEY, NO. 6187

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A 12-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION PIGEON GUN BY J. PURDEY, NO. 6187
With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib, scroll engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, scroll engraved case-hardened tang, signed scroll engraved case-hardened serial numbered locks, figured walnut half-stock (fore-end with minor crack and repairs), chequered grip and fore-end, scroll engraved steel mounts including blued serial numbered trigger-guard, gold escutcheon engraved with the initials 'ERS' (?), and later chequered horn butt-plate
31in. barrels, Contemporary London Proof

Lot Essay

No. 6187 was sold on 13th. November 1861 for 52. 10. 0.
The gun has been refinished and modernised, probably in the late 19th. Century

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