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FOR GUNS NOS. 17649 / 50 & 18225 / 6
Details
TWO J. PURDEY & SONS BRASS-CORNERED OAK AND LEATHER DOUBLE GUN CASES
FOR GUNS NOS. 17649 / 50 & 18225 / 6
one with some accessories; together with A J. PURDEY & SONS BRASS-CORNERED OAK & LEATHER DOUBLE-BARRELLED RIFLE CASE, each Purdey case with escutcheon and canvas outer each with crowned 'A' monogram; A HOLLAND & HOLLAND BRASS-CORNERED OAK & LEATHER SINGLE GUN CASE, the lid with escutcheon engraved with the crowned 'A' monogram; two full length hard leather carrying cases, one marked Joh. Springer, Wein; a leg-of-mutton case; six other single gun cases; eleven gun slips; and a canvas outer, some pieces monogrammed; and a half-size decorative model of an Austrian Werndl service rifle with bayonet, the butt with old inventory labels
FOR GUNS NOS. 17649 / 50 & 18225 / 6
one with some accessories; together with A J. PURDEY & SONS BRASS-CORNERED OAK & LEATHER DOUBLE-BARRELLED RIFLE CASE, each Purdey case with escutcheon and canvas outer each with crowned 'A' monogram; A HOLLAND & HOLLAND BRASS-CORNERED OAK & LEATHER SINGLE GUN CASE, the lid with escutcheon engraved with the crowned 'A' monogram; two full length hard leather carrying cases, one marked Joh. Springer, Wein; a leg-of-mutton case; six other single gun cases; eleven gun slips; and a canvas outer, some pieces monogrammed; and a half-size decorative model of an Austrian Werndl service rifle with bayonet, the butt with old inventory labels
Provenance
The makers have kindly confirmed that the double cases leading this Lot were both supplied to King Alfonso XIII of Spain with pairs of 12-bore hammerless ejector guns respectively in November 1902 and October 1904.
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