Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2017 : Sale A0617 Lot 1646 - S2
GREIFELT & CO. FOR VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD INC. A FINE 12-BORE DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 29869,

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GREIFELT & CO. (SUHL) FOR VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD INC.
A FINE AND RARE 12-BORE 'MODEL 146' DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 29869,
30in. nitro reproved Krupp-steel barrels with 8mm ventilated file cut top-rib, the over barrel engraved 'VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD INC. NEW YORK' and with fine acanthus scrollwork and floral bouquets at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, three-piece fore-end with wooden side fillets, quadruple-grip Kersten breech action with side bolsters, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, articulated front trigger, the standing breech and side bolsters deeply carved with floral and foliate scroll designs on a stippled background, the action with fine acanthus scrollwork and floral bouquets, the decorative sideplates finely engraved with scenes of pointer flushing mallard and pheasant in wetland and woodland settings, the action bar engraved 'GREIFELT & CO. SUHL', retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 16in. figured replacement semi-pistolgrip stock with diamond shaped horn insert drop points, weight 7lb. 14oz.

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Estimate £1,500-2,000

S2