TWO 12 BORE OVER AND UNDER SHOTGUNS, MADE BY JAMES PURDEY & SONS.THEY WERE MADE AS A SPECIALLY MATCHED PAIR. THEY ARE IDENTICAL IN SIZE, WEIGHT, & LOOKS BUT NUMBERED 1 AND 2 TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THEM. THEY WERE MADE BY HAND IN 1990 WITH SOLID 'WOODWARD' STYLE MATTED RIBS AND AUTOMATIC SAFETY CATCHES. THE NAME J.PURDEY AND SONS IS CARVED (NORMALLY ENGRAVED) AND THEN INLAID IN GOLD ON BOTH LOCK PLATES. SOLID GOLD OVALS WERE INLAID INTO THE STOCKS OF BOTH GUNS SO THE OWNER COULD HAVE THEIR INITIALS OR FAMILY CREST ENGRAVED. THE GUNS HAVE SINGLE TRIGGERS, MEANING THAT THE STOCKS COULD BE BUILT WITH A PRINCE OF WALES PISTOL GRIP, THE END OF WHICH WAS CAPPED IN METAL AND ENGRAVED IN FINE SCROLL. THE BUTT OF EACH ONE IS FINISHED IN A HAND CRAFTED LEATHER COVERING PAD. THERE IS ALSO A FULLY HAND MADE BESPOKE LEATHER CASE CRAFTED TO HOLD BOTH GUNS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9303 OTHER FIREARMS AND SIMILAR DEVICES WHICH OPERATE BY THE FIRING OF AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE (FOR EXAMPLE, SPORTING SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES, MUZZLE-LOADING FIREARMS, VERY PISTOLS AND OTHER DEVICES DESIGNED TO PROJECT ONLY SIGNAL FLARES, PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS FOR FIRING BLANK AMMUNITION, CAPTIVE-BOLT HUMANE KILLERS, LINE-THROWING GUNS) GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 930320 OTHER SPORTING, HUNTING, OR TARGET SHOOTING SHOTGUNS, INCLUING COMBINATION SHOTGUN RIFLES TARIC CODE 9303209500, OTHER THAN SINGLE BARRELLED, SMOOTH BORE ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HSENS & CNENS FOR CHAPTER 97