Lot 17
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A MAGNIFICENT .577 (3¼IN. NITRO EXPRESS) SINGLE-TRIGGER D.B. HAMMERLESS DETACHABLE-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 17443, bolted manual safe, treble-grip action-body with Westley Richards patent hand-detachable lockwork and hinged-floorplate, Westley Richards patent fully-selective 'One Trigger' with barrel-selector switch, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the floorplate engraved with an Indian elephant, the sides of the action-bar gold-inlaid with the maker's name, with much hardening-colour, the triggerguard gold-inlaid with the rifle's calibre, boldly-figured stock with chequered side-panels, pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap and spare foresight), cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrels with foliate-scroll engraved and matted sight-rib, open-sights and block-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and fold-away protector

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A MAGNIFICENT .577 (3¼IN. NITRO EXPRESS) SINGLE-TRIGGER D.B. HAMMERLESS DETACHABLE-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 17443, bolted manual safe, treble-grip action-body with Westley Richards patent hand-detachable lockwork and hinged-floorplate, Westley Richards patent fully-selective 'One Trigger' with barrel-selector switch, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the floorplate engraved with an Indian elephant, the sides of the action-bar gold-inlaid with the maker's name, with much hardening-colour, the triggerguard gold-inlaid with the rifle's calibre, boldly-figured stock with chequered side-panels, pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap and spare foresight), cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrels with foliate-scroll engraved and matted sight-rib, open-sights and block-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and fold-away protector
Weight 13lb. 14oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 26in. barrels, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted and studded oak and leather case

Lot Essay

Westley Richards have kindly confirmed that this rifle was built in 1913 for Rear Admiral J. A. Baker and that it was subsequently re-sold to H. H. The Maharaja of Patiala in 1921. The original Westley Richards case included with the rifle was made for a similar .577 supplied to Manton's of Calcutta, No. 17231. This was presumeably also purchased by the Maharaja of Patiala and the cases swapped in his armoury

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