WONDERFUL VINTAGE OAK LANCASTER OR PARKER HALE SHOTGUN CASE WITH EAGLE LOCKS AND A NICE SMELL OF GUN OIL

AN VINTAGE OAK SHOTGUN CASE WITH BRASS HANDLE, EAGLE LEVER LOCKS AND VINTAGE HINGES AT BACK. WITH WOODEN COMPARTMENTS INSIDE TO STORE GUN ACCESSORIES. DATES FROM AROUND POSSIBLE THE 1920S IF A LANCASTER SHOTGUN CARRY CASE BUT AR VERY LATEST THE 1950S IF A PARKER HALE ROGUN CARRY CASE.
 
THE CASE STILL HAS SOME OLD GUN CLEANING ACCESSORIES LIKE PARKER-HALE FLANNETTE PATCHES AND ALFRED J PARKER ANTI CORROSIVE LIQUID WHICH DATES FROM THE MID TWENTIETH CENTURY.
 
THERE IS AN OLD HUNTING LICENSE OF 1977 MADE OUT TO P VEKIOS OF BON ACCORD GRANTING HIM THE RIGHT TO SHOOT AN IMPALA AND 5 RABBITS.
 
MARKINGS: ON TOP IS AN ENGRAVED SCRIPT LETTER OR INTERTWINED LETTERS  THAT LOOKS LIKE AN L OR CL. IF INDEED CL IT INDICATES CHARLES LANCASTER (1811-1932) OF ENGLAND WHICH WAS A FAMOUS RIFLE MANUFACTURER. SINCE SOME GUN CLEANING EQUIPMENT WAS BOUGHT FROM PARKER HALE COMPANY IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND THIS CARRY CASE MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THEM.
THE LEVER CLIP LOCKS ARE MARKED EAGLE LOCKS TERRYVILLE CONN. EAGLE LOCK COMPANY (1832-1975) WAS ONCE THE BIGGEST TRUNK AND CABINET LOCK MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD.
 
SIZE: 80,5CM WIDE 22,5CM DEEP 13CM HIGH

WEIGHT: 7,8KG
 
Condition: CENTRAL LOCK BROKEN OPEN. LEVER EAGLE LOCKS, HANDLE AND HINGES ALL IN TACT. WOODEN STRUCTURE IN TACT. NICE OLD SMELL OF GUN OIL.
 
SHIPPING:  COURIER WITH ESTIMATED PRICE AS INDICATED BUT FOR SMALLER TOWNS PLEASE CONFORM COURIER COSTS WITH ME BEFOREHAND. HOWEVER THE BUYER IS WELCOME TO ARRANGE OWN COURIER PLEASE ADD R50 FOR PACKAGING.
 
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