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Auction archive: Lot number 159

A FINE CASED 450 (3 ¼ IN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARREL...

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,488 - US$14,984
Price realised:
£15,000
ca. US$22,476
Auction archive: Lot number 159

A FINE CASED 450 (3 ¼ IN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARREL...

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,488 - US$14,984
Price realised:
£15,000
ca. US$22,476
Beschreibung:

A FINE CASED .450 (3 ¼ IN. BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE
J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14677
A FINE CASED .450 (3 ¼ IN. BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14677 With blacked 28 in. (71 cm.) black powder only chopperlump Whitworth steel barrels, treble-grip action with carved fences, rebounding bolted floating back-action locks, best quality bouquet and scroll engraving throughout, retaining nearly all its original finish throughout, well figured 14 in. pistolgrip stock fitted with a small engraved plate at the wrist for a Lyman aperture sight (noted in factory records), sling mounts, and silver escutcheon, weight 8 lbs. 7 7/8 oz., in original makers brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories including blued aperture rear-sight and clip-on sight-cover (both mentioned in makers records), the exterior named to 'THE HON.BLE C. FITZWILLIAM'

Auction archive: Lot number 159
Auction:
Datum:
17 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A FINE CASED .450 (3 ¼ IN. BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE
J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14677
A FINE CASED .450 (3 ¼ IN. BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14677 With blacked 28 in. (71 cm.) black powder only chopperlump Whitworth steel barrels, treble-grip action with carved fences, rebounding bolted floating back-action locks, best quality bouquet and scroll engraving throughout, retaining nearly all its original finish throughout, well figured 14 in. pistolgrip stock fitted with a small engraved plate at the wrist for a Lyman aperture sight (noted in factory records), sling mounts, and silver escutcheon, weight 8 lbs. 7 7/8 oz., in original makers brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories including blued aperture rear-sight and clip-on sight-cover (both mentioned in makers records), the exterior named to 'THE HON.BLE C. FITZWILLIAM'

Auction archive: Lot number 159
Auction:
Datum:
17 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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