Antique Sterling Asprey Shooting Butt Marker Or Place Finder
Antique Sterling Asprey Shooting Butt Marker Or Place Finder
Vintage Sterling Silver Asprey Cartridge Placefinder.
A well crafted and engineered 1920's shooting place finder or butt marker in the shape of a 12 bore shotgun cartridge made by the luxury London retailers 'Asprey'. When twisting the cartridge base the top twists up and reveals 8 removable numbered pegs. The top is inscribed with 'Loaded by Asprey, Smokeless, with the number 6 in the middle of a triangle', whilst the bottom is inscribed with 'Asprey's Cartridge Placefinder, Patent Applied For'.
The numbered pegs are randomly inserted into the cartridge, number side down. Each shooter then takes their turn to draw a peg and the revealed number shows the actual shooting position (butt) that they will use for the first drive. Placefinders were very popular from the 1900's and are making a resurgence today, with many shooters looking out for good antique examples.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Circa 1920's
Sterling silver
United Kingdom
Smokeless Loaded by Asprey.
Very good
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