Lot 187S2
A pair of light-weight 12-bore 'Twelve-Twenty' assisted-opening sidelock ejector guns by S. Grant & Sons, no. 17066/7 In a relined brass-mounted oak and leather case with S. Grant trade-label
1 December 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA pair of light-weight 12-bore 'Twelve-Twenty' assisted-opening sidelock ejector guns by S. Grant & Sons, no. 17066/7
The toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, Baker system assisted-opening actions, the fences carved with stylised acanthus leaves, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured replacement stocks (slight cracks behind lockplates) with ebonite butt-plates, the chopper-lump barrels (loose on action), engraved Stephen Grant & Sons, 7 Bury Street, St. James's, London, with game-ribs
Weight 5lb. 13¾oz. (No. 1) and 5lb. 15oz. (No. 2), 14 5/8in. pulls (14¼in. stocks), 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 5/8 choke (No. 1) and ¼ & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (No. 1) and London nitro reproof (No. 2) (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In a relined brass-mounted oak and leather case with S. Grant trade-label
Weight 5lb. 13¾oz. (No. 1) and 5lb. 15oz. (No. 2), 14 5/8in. pulls (14¼in. stocks), 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 5/8 choke (No. 1) and ¼ & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (No. 1) and London nitro reproof (No. 2) (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In a relined brass-mounted oak and leather case with S. Grant trade-label
Footnotes
Accompanied by a letter from the makers confirming that the guns were completed in 1933 for Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Gordon Devitt, Bart. (1902-1995)
Sir Thomas Devitt was the second to hold the title, which was originally created in 1916 for his grandfather, a senior partner in the firm of Devitt & Moore and founder of the Naval College at Pangbourne. He was educated at Sherborne School, and at Corpus Christi, Cambridge. He went on to command the Raiding Support Regiment during the Second World War, and was later chairman of the Naval College (1948-61) and governor of Sherborne (1967-75). He was succeeded by his son