Details of Lot 168
WILLIAM EVANS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS, NOS. 14053/4

28-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, doll's head extensions, the frames, locks and gold numbered top levers with foliate scroll engraving and retaining traces of original hardening colour, 14 1/2-inch highly figured stocks, No.2 cracked through the head, 6lb. 8oz., nitro proof, bores marked, No.2 gun wall thickness well below the recommended minimum, in their maker's brassbound oak and leather case

Sold for £3000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London
17 April 2013
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply