Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2019 : Sale A0619 Lot 1623
ABBIATICO & SALVINELLI FOR JOHN POWELL A CASBARD-ENGRAVED 20-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 576,

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ABBIATICO & SALVINELLI FOR JOHN POWELL
A CASBARD AND GOLDANI-ENGRAVED 20-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 576,
26in. nitro barrels with tapered ventilated matt top-rib, the over barrel engraved 'MADE FOR JOHN POWELL GUNMAKER REIGATE', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, hold-open toplever, top tang gold-inlaid '4', manual safety with gold-inlaid 'S' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, non-selective single trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, the action and furniture engraved with fine flowing acanthus scrollwork, the lockplates engraved with game scenes of partridge and duck and signed 'CASBARD', the underside with alighting pheasants and with a scrolled banner engraved 'MADE FOR JOHN POWELL GUNMAKER ENGLAND', the action bar signed 'ABBIATICO & SALVINELLI', the triggerplate signed 'INGLESE GOLDANI INC.', bright and blued finish, 14 3/8in. well-figured stock, the fore-end with sliding ornate white metal A & S crest forming the release catch, weight 6lb. 3oz., in a brass-cornered leather case, minor distortion to case lid

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Estimate £5,000-7,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act