Lot 165
165
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE KEN HUNT-ENGRAVED AND GOLD-ENCRUSTED 20-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 27182, the lockplates gold-encrusted with scenes of setter, partridge and grouse in their naturalistic habitats, the right-hand lockplate signed 'K.C. Hunt' and the left engraved with the date '22.11.63', the fences chiselled in relief with berries and foliage on a matt ground, the action-body and furniture engraved with bold foliate-scrolls, with full hardening-colour and blueing, highly-figured stock with leather-covered recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with three quarter raised and matted rib

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A FINE KEN HUNT-ENGRAVED AND GOLD-ENCRUSTED 20-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 27182, the lockplates gold-encrusted with scenes of setter, partridge and grouse in their naturalistic habitats, the right-hand lockplate signed 'K.C. Hunt' and the left engraved with the date '22.11.63', the fences chiselled in relief with berries and foliage on a matt ground, the action-body and furniture engraved with bold foliate-scrolls, with full hardening-colour and blueing, highly-figured stock with leather-covered recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with three quarter raised and matted rib
Weight 5lb. 9oz., 14½in. pull, 26in. barrels, approx. cyl. & I.C., 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In its canvas motor-case

Lot Essay

The gun was completed circa 1963 and appears to be virtually unused. Its present specifications conform to those entered in the maker's books

The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import

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