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KRICO
A FINE .222 CUSTOM-BUILT BOLT-ACTION SPORTING RIFLE, NO. 611922
24-inch barrel with engraved and gold-inlaid muzzle ring, the receiver mounted with a Zeiss Diavari-Z 2.5:10x52 telescopic sight with engraved claw mounts, the profusely engraved receiver with bold foliate scrolls against a stippled ground with gold inlaid borders, the highly engraved side panels engraved with similar scrollwork around deeply carved and gold inlaid scenes of fox and deer within woodland landscapes, the action base engraved with a Cocker Spaniel, bolt with side safety, the half length highly figured stock with further carved and chiselled decoration, the butt plate inlaid with a further foliate scroll engraved panel with a cameo scene inlaid in gold of a hunter with his spaniel in a woodland scene, 15-inch pull, 11lb. 2oz., German nitro proof |
Sold for £2400
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, New Bond Street |
| 22 April 2009 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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