A 12-bore boxlock non-ejector gun by Thomas Kelly, no. 1001 Built for Norman H. Dixon
Lot 138S2
A 12-bore boxlock non-ejector gun by Thomas Kelly, no. 1001 Built for Norman H. Dixon
Sold for £562 (US$ 920) inc. premium
Auction Details
Lot Details
A 12-bore boxlock non-ejector gun by Thomas Kelly, no. 1001 Built for Norman H. Dixon
The sides of the action-body with the makers name engraved in a scrolling banner surrounded by foliate-scrollwork, much hardening-colour, well-figured stock, the barrels with game-rib engraved Thomas Kelly, Maker, Birmingham/Made For His Friend, "Norman H. Dixon"
Weight 6lb. 10¾oz., 14 5/8in. stock, 30in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof

Footnotes

  • Thomas Kelly is recorded with Kelly's & Stephens, action makers, at 32/33 Weaman Street, Birmingham, between 1952 and 1954, and under his own name at the same address until 1956

    Norman Herbert Dixon (1920-2011) was an engineer and silversmith who is best remembered as a lifelong collector of antique arms, which resulted in his publication of Georgian Pistols, The Art and Craft of the Flintlock Pistol, 1715-1840 in 1971. His collection was offered in these Rooms in April of this year. The gun would appear to have been completed circa 1953, when he was working for B.S.A.'s motorbike design department, but the circumstances surrounding the presentation of this gun are unknown
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