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CHARLES W. ANDREWS
A 28-BORE HAMMER GUN, NO. 93/1138
28-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder borings, the breech with Eley Brothers stamp no. 115, doll's head extension, the rounded frame, rebounding backlocks, hammers and rotary underlever with border engraving and retaining much original hardening colour, 14 1/2-inch figured stock with ribbed butt plate, 5lb. 5oz., nitro re-proof
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The gun would at one point have been part of the Eley Kynoch Collection. The EB shield and number impressed at the breech, as well as the numbers 93/1138 all being reference to its part in the collection. |
Sold for £1200
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, London |
| 18 April 2018 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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