12 BORE DICKSON ROUND ACTION SPORTING EJECTOR SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN
CIRCA 1898
£8,125
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 January 2016 at 10:00 GMT
Description
number 2 of a pair, the fine quality engraved action signed in a ribbon JOHN DICKSON & SON PATENT, the top lever inlaid with the number 2 and inscribed SAFE at the thumb catch, nitro proof re-browned Damascus twist barrels signed on the top rib JOHN DICKSON & SON, 63 PRINCES STREET EDINBURGH, with a fine figured walnut straight hand stock with chequered grip and forend, the gold escutcheon engraved with the crest of the Cranstoun family, contained in a compact leather traveling case with a Cogswell & Harrison trade card
Dimensions
29inch barrels
Footnote
Provenance: One of a pair of shotguns made for Charles Joseph Edmondstoune Cranstoun BA, CB, DSO, KSG, TD, JP, Vice Lieutenant Lanarkshire.
Please note that this lot requires the purchaser to have a valid shotgun certificate or RFD.