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Wednesday 25 September 2024 e Thursday 26 September 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A rare double-barreled express rifle by Alexander Henry, about 1880

Estimate

€ 2.800 - 3.500

Sold

€ 5.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno Unito
length cm.
Round, rifled, damask barrels with a central, well raised and checkered rib, signed ‘ALEX.R HENRY EDINBURGH AND LONDON / ..... TO THEIR ROYAL HIGNESS‘ THE PRICE OF WALES AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH at the center, provided with foresight and adjustable rear sight in two heights (maximum 200 yards); the lower part of the breech with marks of the London bench. 11.3 mm cal at the nozzle. Iron receiver finely engraved with racemes, key with lever under the trigger guard. Locks finely engraved en suite, featuring the cartouche ‘ALEX.R HENRY’ and provided with bouncing cocks. Working mechanisms. Walnut butt and fore-end, both with checkered segments (signs of use and time). Butt-plate with small opening compartment, butt plate with two iron plates and knurling directly from the wood; with a gilt metal shield featuring a black-enameled monogram on the underside of the butt-plate. In front of the fore-end, in the lower rib, is a mouthpiece to which a gripping pommel can be mounted (included in the case). In a wooden case lined with red cloth, featuring a gilt label of Alexander Henry on the inside of the lid and provided with numerous tools including a James Dixon powder flask, a pair of dispenser-strainers and accessories to refill empty cartridge cases.