|
THOMAS TURNER
A FINE 12-BORE HAMMER GUN, NO. 4852
30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and full choke borings, doll's head extension, the rib signed with the maker's Brook Street, London address, the rounded frame, hammers, rebounding back locks and rotary underlever with fine scroll engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, the 15 1/2-inch highly figured replacement stock with engraved heel and toe plates, 6lb. 14oz., nitro re-proof
Thomas Turner is listed at 19 Brook Street between 1884 and 1891.
S2 |
Sold for £1500
|
 |
| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland |
| 2 September 2013 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
|
|
