AN EXCEPTIONAL LOVENBERG-ENGRAVED .375 (H. & H. MAGNUM) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS 'IMPERIAL EXTRA LUXE' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY LEBEAU-COURALLY, NO. 45090-375

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Alain Lovenberg Alain Lovenberg was born in 1950 in the small Belgian Ardennes village of Durbuy, virtually at the gates of Liège, where gunmaking has been practised since the 16th Century. As he says himself "I entered the world of engraving almost inevitably." He has practiced the art in his home village since 1972, and is now considered to be one of the top five engravers in the world. He works almost exclusively for the gun makers Lebeau-Courally and Hartmann & Weiss, two makers whose products are of the highest quality. If he accepts a commission to engrave it will take between four and five years from the final design stage to completion of the finished product. He has exhibited examples of his designs and works internationally in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden, and the United States of America. His work has been written of consistently over the years in books and periodicals.

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AN EXCEPTIONAL LOVENBERG-ENGRAVED .375 (H. & H. MAGNUM) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS 'IMPERIAL EXTRA LUXE' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY LEBEAU-COURALLY, NO. 45090-375
Treble-grip action-body with side-bolsters, articulated front trigger, double rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold engraving in relief of ancanthus scrollwork, grotesques and gold-inlaid C-scrolling on a stippled ground, silvered finish, signed 'Lovenberg', highly figured stock with pistolgrip, engraved pistolgrip-cap (with trap) and leather-covered recoil-pad, elongated top-strap, sling points, the Bohler Rasant steel chopper-lump barrels with short matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight, the breech-ends mounted with a Zeiss 'Diavari-C' 1.5-4.5x18 telescopic-sight in quickly-detachable mounts

Weight 11lb. 9oz. (with 'scope), 14¾in. pull, 26¼in. barrels, nitro proof

In its makers canvas case

Special notice

Rifles and Pistols, (red labels) with specific exceptions (blue and yellow labels), require a British Firearms Certificate or Export Licence. All are sold 'as found'. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1985. This rifle is in excellent condition and appears to have had very little use.

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