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BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE EASY-OPENING SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6513 / 4,
circa 1915, 29in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels by the makers in 2001 (barrel numbers 10189 / 90), the ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 16, MOUNT STREET. LONDON. W1' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Boss improved patent single triggers, provisional patent no. 11278 of 30th May 1905, rolled-edge triggerguards, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the makers name in scrolling banners to the lockplates, the undersides with 'BOSS & Co. PATENT' in oval cartouches, the triggerplates with 'BOSS'S PATENT NO. 11278', retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/8in. well-figured stocks, No.2 fore-end wood with minor losses and crack to leading right edge, weight 6lb. 11oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with (distressed) canvas and leather outer
Provenance: The vendor has kindly supplied us with the following information:
"My Grandfather was Sir Maurice Bonham Carter who was the Principal Private Secretary to HH Asquith the Prime Minister from 1910 to 1916. He went to Boss when he was offered the guns that had been ordered by an American who could not take delivery due to the war. He then used them and passed them on to his younger son, my father The Honourable Raymond Bonham Carter. My father then passed them on to his younger son-me."
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Estimate £15,000-20,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act