Details of Lot 125
WESTLEY RICHARDS
A 12-BORE HAND-DETACHABLE BOXLOCK EJECTOR PIGEON GUN, NO. 15912

30-inch damascus barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers about 3/4 and full choke borings, doll's head extension, broad flat rib, the frame, patent top lever and detachable base plate with fine scroll engraving, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, retaining traces of original hardening colour, patent hand detachable locks, the trigger guard engraved with a Pointer, 14 3/4-inch highly figured stock with pistol grip and leather-covered recoil pad, chequered side panels, 7lb. 4oz., nitro re-proof, in its maker's brassbound oak and leather case

The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1903 for Lord Ashbrooke.

Sold for £7000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
24 August 2009
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply