Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 1751
ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENT PIEPER A 12-BORE BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 3471 / 02798,

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ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENT PIEPER
A 12-BORE BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 3471 / 02798,
for 1926, 29 5/8in. Bayard-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, the concave rib with wave cut file matting and a banner inscribed 'TESTED FOR SMOKELESS POWDER', the breech ends heavily carved with acanthus scroll detailing, banners inscribed 'DEMI-BLOC' and with the Bayard Cavalier trademark, with further 'Anc. Etabl. Pieper' and 'Herstal Belgique' roundels, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp cyl. and 1/4 choke, scroll-back treble-grip action with side-clips, the toplever carved with foliate motifs on a matted background and curled leaf thumbpiece, slim automatic safety with gold 'S' detail, the action and furniture carved in high relief with scrolling foliate designs on a finely matted background, with game scene vignettes of hound and fowl, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/8in. figured semi-pistolgrip stock with fluted drop points, skip line chequering and skeletal steel buttplate, weight 6lb. 12oz., in a case



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Estimate £300-500

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