Lot Essay
The maker's have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1908. The No. 2 gun requires rejointing
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, No. 2003/4, the fences chiselled in relief with stylized acanthus leaves, best bouquet and scroll engraving, No. 2 with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, No. 2003/4, the fences chiselled in relief with stylized acanthus leaves, best bouquet and scroll engraving, No. 2 with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 14 5/8in. stocks, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 2 right barrel-thickness marginal)
In their leather case
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 14 5/8in. stocks, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 2 right barrel-thickness marginal)
In their leather case