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Lot 225Y

A Rare White-Metal Tubular Bar Game Counter
Signed From J. Fairman, Gun Maker, 68 Jermyn St., London, Circa 1850

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare White-Metal Tubular Bar Game Counter
Signed From J. Fairman, Gun Maker, 68 Jermyn St., London, Circa 1850

Of rectangular section, each side graduated from '5' to '60' and marked respectively 'PH' for pheasants, 'PA' for partridges, 'HA' for hares and 'RA' for rabbits, the circular indicators of blued steel, brass, copper and white-metal, and with an ivory cap at each end, one signed and the other carrying a ring for suspension, and in fine condition
13.2 cm.

Footnotes

James Fairman, gunmaker and manufacturer of wire cartridges, wadding and percussion caps, is recorded at the above address between 1843-1852

For an almost identical example formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour ..., 18 July 2002, lot 92

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