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A CASED 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED WALKER from PURDEY'S, serial no. 696,
circa 1865, with 29 3/4in. damascus barrels, the top-rib signed 'WALKER, NEWBURY, FROM PURDEY'S LONDON' (rubbed), border and fully scroll engraved long top-tang, border and scroll engraved back action locks signed 'WALKER from PURDEY'S' along the back edges (some shallow pitting patches), en-suite dolphin headed hammers, engraved swing under-lever, highly figured chequered walnut butt-stock, the underside of stock with shield-shaped escutcheon engraved with a raised arm holding a sword above a wreath, scroll engraved blued iron heel-plate, chequered walnut splinter fore-end with cross-key fastener and replacement horn fore-end tip, in a later canvas covered storage case with red baize lining

Provenance: This shotgun is almost certainly made by George Walker of Newbury. His links with Purdey have not been fully established



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Estimate £400-600

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

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