
Lot 201S2
A pair of Howe-engraved 12-bore (2¾in) easy-opening boxlock ejector guns by A. Brown, no. 003/4 In their leather case
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£8,000 - £12,000
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A pair of Howe-engraved 12-bore (2¾in) easy-opening boxlock ejector guns by A. Brown, no. 003/4
The trigger-guard tangs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, the toplevers inlaid with 'A.C' in gold, the sides of the action-bodies with the makers name engraved in a scrolling banner surrounded by best bold foliate-scrollwork, the undersides with vignettes engraved depicting a pheasant (No. 1) and a woodcock (No. 2), both in natural settings and signed 'Wal Howe', rolled-edge trigger-guards, colour-hardened triggers, highly-figured stocks, the barrels, engraved A. Brown, Gunmaker, Birmingham, England, with matt Churchill-style ribs, easy-opening compressors and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 3¾oz., 14½in. stocks, 25in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and 3/8 & ½ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof
In their leather case
Weight 6lb. 3¾oz., 14½in. stocks, 25in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and 3/8 & ½ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof
In their leather case
Footnotes
This pair were built as part of a series of five guns produced by Albert Henry Brown after his retirement from A.A. Brown & Sons in 1978. They were engraved by Walter Howe, who had previously been the chief engraver for Webley & Scott