| jaz |
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| 18/12/10 03:23 PM |
Re: J & W Tolley Ubique
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Tinker
You da man!!
Thx for the info
Here is a bit more dats:
Lot No: 247S2
A 12-bore 'Ubique' boxlock non-ejector gun by J. & W. Tolley, no. 8330
The sides of the treble-grip action-body naïvely engraved depicting pointers in pursuit of game-birds, figured stock (broken and repaired at hand) inset with a silver plaque on the right side, inscribed Presented to the Rev'd. C. Price M.A. by the Parishioners of Alcester, Feb. 28th 1897, and with wood extension, the barrels with game-rib, engraved J. & W. Tolley, Makers, St. Mary's Square, Birmingham & London, folding leaf-sight sighted for 50 yards and bead-foresight
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 14 5/8in. pull (14in. stock), 30in. barrels, both approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Sold for £1,800 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
Footnote:
Literature:
Cyril Johnson, 'The Curate's Shotgun', Local Past, Volume 3, Number 8, December 2006, pp. 16-17
Reverend Cyril Price was curate of Alcester between 1892 and 1897, when he left to take up the post of Chaplain to Her Majesty's Forces in India. This gun appears to have been presented to him upon his leaving to take up the new post.
The Smooth-Bore "Ubique" was marketed in J. & W. Tolley's 1910 catalogue as ...shooting shot equal to a first-class Shot Gun, and firing Bullets with the accuracy of a Rifle, the highest grade of which retailed for 50 guineas