#28 • Factory Engraved Winchester Model 1890

Part of Fine Winchesters Auction (live auction by Lewis & Grant Auctions)

Status: No sale

$40,000 - $60,000 .22 W.R.F. Caliber, 24" octagonal barrel, S/N 699715. Blue barrel and magazine tube. Engraved and gilt frame and buttplate. Grooved forearm with finely figured checkered pistol grip stock. The left side of the frame is engraved with two squirrels on a leafy tree branch in an old vignette, the rest of the left side entirely covered in floral scroll. The right side has a nice panel with three rabbits and tree, the remainder in scrolls with engraved borders. The top of the frame and slide action show engraved borders and some floral scroll. The trigger guard has some floral scrollwork on it. **The finely figured walnut pistol gripped stock shows most of its original varnish finish. The grooved forearm has all of the original finish. The barrel and magazine retains all of the original bright blue finish. The frame trigger guard and butt plate retain all of the gold finish. Bore is bright and shiny.** Provenance John R Woods sale, Butterfield's, San Francisco John J Malloy.