A Percussion Shot Gun by Purdey
A 10 Bore Percussion Sporting Gun by J. Purdey, No. 926 for 1826. With browned twist three-stage sighted barrel, octagonal breech signed in full along the top-flat and becoming polygonal towards the turned girdle, recessed patent breech with platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tang decorated with a shell on the sighting flat, signed border engraved serial numbered flat lock engraved with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammer en suite, figured half-stock with silver fore-end cap and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with foliage on the heel tang, and trigger-guard with a symmetrical design of scrolling foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial engraved with a scallop shell, silver escutcheon engraved with owner’s crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod.
Literature:
L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, pp. 117, and 191, ‘Appendix 3: Shotguns – 926 – Single, 31” Bore 12’.
PURDEY
James (2) Son of James 1, Born 1828, Apprentice to father, 1843; free of Gunmakers Co. and took Livery, 1860. Elected Assistant, 1867; Master 1874, 1882, 1892. Took control of family business, 1857. Gunmaker, 314 1/2 Oxford St., 1863-81 (became ‘& Sons’ 1877).
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
Dimensions:
Bore: 12 Bore
Barrel Length: 31 Inches (78.74 cm)
Overall Length: 47.5 Inches (120.65 cm)
£2,350.00
