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Lot 650S2

A 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector gun by Boss & Co, no. 5125
In a brass-mounted oak and leather case (replacement handle and straps) with Boss & Co. trade-label

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

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A 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector gun by Boss & Co, no. 5125

The toplever, rib and forend numbered '1' in gold, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, the maker's name in scrolling banner, gold-inlaid cocking indicators, rolled-edge trigger-guard, highly-figured stock with wood butt-plate, the replacement barrels with game-rib engraved Boss & Co., 13/14 Cork Street, London, W1
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 14½in. stock (14⅝in. pull), 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a brass-mounted oak and leather case (replacement handle and straps) with Boss & Co. trade-label

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed July 1904 for J. Bruce Ismay, and it is believed to have been rebarrelled in the 1970s

Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's brand new flagship RMS Titanic

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