*MARHOLDT-PETERLONGO HIGH QUALITY SIDEPLATE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN.

*MARHOLDT-PETERLONGO HIGH QUALITY SIDEPLATE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 410. Dainty little shotgun with 27-9/16” bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered matted rib and single silver bead, dbl lump with dbl bite and ejectors with single trigger. It is on a Merkel style boxlock action with sideplates. Full coverage and wonderfully engraved with a fox and three ducks in a woodland scene on the left side, a setter on point with four partridge in a woodland scene on the right side and two hares in a woodland scene on the trigger plate. Trigger guard bow has a flying woodcock over a marsh scene, all surrounded by extremely fine foliate arabesque and floral patterns. Engraving is also about 1/8” at the chamber end of the bbls and on the foreend iron. Left sideplate is signed “F. JUST”. Stock is nicely figured French walnut with semi-beavertail forearm with 3/4 checkering and a raised triangular shaped tip. Stock has raised side panels with checkered wrist, small European cheekpiece 14-1/4” over a serrated horn buttplate. It has a silver toeplate engraved “JOE GALE” and a tiny European style sling swivel with corresponding swivel on the bbls. SN 958829. CONDITION: Fine. Bbls retain 90-93% fine original blue with some thinning and turning brown near the muzzle and some light spots of rust. Chamber end of the right bbl has a 1” x 1/2” chemical stain, which is turning patina. Right bbl has scattered very fine spots of surface rust. Receiver and sideplates retain most of their original coin finish under a coating of old dried oil. Wood is sound with three dings on the wrist and usual light handling and use marks elsewhere. Forearm is extremely fine. There is a faded area on the comb of the stock that extends down over the cheekpiece. Bores are bright and shiny. 4-48982 JR708 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2003

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1061	$4,312.00	MARHOLDT-PETERLONGO HIGH QUALITY SIDEPLATE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 410. Dainty little shotgun with 27-9/16” bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered matted rib and single silver bead, dbl lump with dbl bite and ejectors with single trigger. It is on a Merkel style boxlock action with sideplates. Full coverage and wonderfully engraved with a fox and three ducks in a woodland scene on the left side, a setter on point with four partridge in a woodland scene on the right side and two hares in a woodland scene on the trigger plate. Trigger guard bow has a flying woodcock over a marsh scene, all surrounded by extremely fine foliate arabesque and floral patterns. Engraving is also about 1/8” at the chamber end of the bbls and on the foreend iron. Left sideplate is signed “F. JUST”. Stock is nicely figured French walnut with semi-beavertail forearm with 3/4 checkering and a raised triangular shaped tip. Stock has raised side panels with checkered wrist, small European cheekpiece 14-1/4” over a serrated horn buttplate. It has a silver toeplate engraved “JOE GALE” and a tiny European style sling swivel with corresponding swivel on the bbls. SN 958829. CONDITION: Fine. Bbls retain 90-93% fine original blue with some thinning and turning brown near the muzzle and some light spots of rust. Chamber end of the right bbl has a 1” x 1/2” chemical stain, which is turning patina. Right bbl has scattered very fine spots of surface rust. Receiver and sideplates retain most of their original coin finish under a coating of old dried oil. Wood is sound with three dings on the wrist and usual light handling and use marks elsewhere. Forearm is extremely fine. There is a faded area on the comb of the stock that extends down over the cheekpiece. Bores are bright and shiny. 4-48982 JR708 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2003 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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