RARE CASED PARKER D GRADE LIFTER HAMMER DAMASCUS DBL BBL SHOTGUN.

RARE CASED PARKER D GRADE LIFTER HAMMER DAMASCUS DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 11 ga. SN 4118. Rare early graded Parker on about a #2 frame with 30″ Damascus steel bbls and beautifully engraved receiver & lockplates. Engraving consists of very fine detailed vignettes of a setter & two partridge in a field scene and a pointer’s head at the back end on the left lock and a pointer with a flushing woodcock in a marsh scene with a setter’s head at the back of the right lock. Bottom of the receiver has a standing whitetail buck & a flushing pheasant and there is a flying duck on the trigger bow. Fences have a sgl deep scallop with some fine border decoration and an arabesque flourish on the top tang. It is mounted with very nicely figured flame grain American walnut wood with checkered splinter forearm secured with a sgl wedge and a rnd knob pistol grip stock with teardrop raised side panels, 14-1/8″ over a skeleton buttplate with checkered center. It is accompanied by an early Parker walnut casing 34-1/4″ long x 8-3/4″ wide x 3-1/2″ high, which is lined with green felt with compartments for the shotgun, two tins of Parker primers & a cartridge block for 50 cartridges which contains 23 nickeled Parker shot shells & one unmarked nickeled shot shell. It also contains an adjustable Parker powder measure, a jointed 3-pc wooden cleaning rod and one rare tin of Parker Bros. Berdan primers. Also accompanying is a Parker letter fully identifying this shotgun as an 11 gage with “12A chambers”. Letter also states that it was “extra beaded” (whatever that means). CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbls retain most of their fine brown Damascus pattern. Lockplates retain most of their orig casehardening with faded colors in the very sheltered areas. Frame retains 30-40% dark case colors with the balance turned silver to gray patina. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches, a couple of grain checks in the butt and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores with some very minor light pitting. Case has a crack in the lid with nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of an old refinish. Leather handles & lock are missing. Interior is worn & faded with some mothing. Primer tin has a chipped label, otherwise is fine. 5-60364 JR469 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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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	4494B.	$4,887.00	RARE CASED PARKER D GRADE LIFTER HAMMER DAMASCUS DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 11 ga. SN 4118. Rare early graded Parker on about a #2 frame with 30″ Damascus steel bbls and beautifully engraved receiver & lockplates. Engraving consists of very fine detailed vignettes of a setter & two partridge in a field scene and a pointer’s head at the back end on the left lock and a pointer with a flushing woodcock in a marsh scene with a setter’s head at the back of the right lock. Bottom of the receiver has a standing whitetail buck & a flushing pheasant and there is a flying duck on the trigger bow. Fences have a sgl deep scallop with some fine border decoration and an arabesque flourish on the top tang. It is mounted with very nicely figured flame grain American walnut wood with checkered splinter forearm secured with a sgl wedge and a rnd knob pistol grip stock with teardrop raised side panels, 14-1/8″ over a skeleton buttplate with checkered center. It is accompanied by an early Parker walnut casing 34-1/4″ long x 8-3/4″ wide x 3-1/2″ high, which is lined with green felt with compartments for the shotgun, two tins of Parker primers & a cartridge block for 50 cartridges which contains 23 nickeled Parker shot shells & one unmarked nickeled shot shell. It also contains an adjustable Parker powder measure, a jointed 3-pc wooden cleaning rod and one rare tin of Parker Bros. Berdan primers. Also accompanying is a Parker letter fully identifying this shotgun as an 11 gage with “12A chambers”. Letter also states that it was “extra beaded” (whatever that means). CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbls retain most of their fine brown Damascus pattern. Lockplates retain most of their orig casehardening with faded colors in the very sheltered areas. Frame retains 30-40% dark case colors with the balance turned silver to gray patina. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches, a couple of grain checks in the butt and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores with some very minor light pitting. Case has a crack in the lid with nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of an old refinish. Leather handles & lock are missing. Interior is worn & faded with some mothing. Primer tin has a chipped label, otherwise is fine. 5-60364 JR469 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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