FINE J. POWELL & SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN.

FINE J. POWELL & SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. About 11 bore. NSN. Fine English made shotgun with 28-1/2” laminated steel bbls with smooth, concave rib, marked with maker’s name & address. There are wide & narrow gold bands at breech end of rib. It has front action locks with dog ear hammers, nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns with triggerguard engraved to match. Mounted in very nicely figured, French walnut with checkered forestock secured with a sgl wedge through engraved escutcheons & straight stock, 14-1/4” over a smooth steel buttplate with long, stepped, engraved tang. Accompanied by a very early, walnut casing with the name “J.R. CRANDALL” painted on top. It is green velvet lined & compartment in bottom for shotgun and miscellaneous tools. There is a lacquered Eley’s cap tin with brass repoussed top filled with a white powder and a smaller Eley’s cap tin filled with miscellaneous nipples and replacement turn screw blades for nipple wrench/turn screw handle also in the case. There is a wad cutter and a curious small set of nippers and a spring vice. Additionally and incongruously there is an empty cartridge box for 44-100 rifle cartridges by Crittendon & Tibbles with a picture of a Ballard rifle. There are also miscellaneous jags, brushes & mops for the orig cleaning rod. CONDITION: Good to very good. Overall retains 25-30% thin twist pattern, being mostly a silver metal color. Lockplates retain case colors in sheltered areas with balance of metal a cleaned silver metal color. Wood is sound with numerous small nicks & scratches showing heavy wear and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, smooth clean bores with a small ring about 6” from muzzle of left bbl. Exterior of case is fine, having a couple of grain checks in lid and four or five more in bottom. Lining is lightly faded with a few loose partitions. Cartridge box is soiled with water damage & one broken end. 4-60271 (1,500-2,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

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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	347A	$1,725.00	FINE J. POWELL & SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. About 11 bore. NSN. Fine English made shotgun with 28-1/2” laminated steel bbls with smooth, concave rib, marked with maker’s name & address. There are wide & narrow gold bands at breech end of rib. It has front action locks with dog ear hammers, nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns with triggerguard engraved to match. Mounted in very nicely figured, French walnut with checkered forestock secured with a sgl wedge through engraved escutcheons & straight stock, 14-1/4” over a smooth steel buttplate with long, stepped, engraved tang. Accompanied by a very early, walnut casing with the name “J.R. CRANDALL” painted on top. It is green velvet lined & compartment in bottom for shotgun and miscellaneous tools. There is a lacquered Eley’s cap tin with brass repoussed top filled with a white powder and a smaller Eley’s cap tin filled with miscellaneous nipples and replacement turn screw blades for nipple wrench/turn screw handle also in the case. There is a wad cutter and a curious small set of nippers and a spring vice. Additionally and incongruously there is an empty cartridge box for 44-100 rifle cartridges by Crittendon & Tibbles with a picture of a Ballard rifle. There are also miscellaneous jags, brushes & mops for the orig cleaning rod. CONDITION: Good to very good. Overall retains 25-30% thin twist pattern, being mostly a silver metal color. Lockplates retain case colors in sheltered areas with balance of metal a cleaned silver metal color. Wood is sound with numerous small nicks & scratches showing heavy wear and retains about 50% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, smooth clean bores with a small ring about 6” from muzzle of left bbl. Exterior of case is fine, having a couple of grain checks in lid and four or five more in bottom. Lining is lightly faded with a few loose partitions. Cartridge box is soiled with water damage & one broken end. 4-60271 (1,500-2,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 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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