William Read & Sons

[Daryl Hallquist]

I had a Lefever D Grade with two sets of barrels. It was cased in a fine leather case with the William Read label on the lid interior. The case was obviously original and made for the gun.

[ahfoxman]

Here are two Wm. Reed and Son Gun cabinets that I have been fortunate to have acquired over the years. One came from the Asa Packer Estate and the other from a residence on Lake Placid, NY. The one in NY was on the third floor of a summer residence and I had to round up some heavy duty young fellows to help me lower it down from the bedroom deck in a rope sling, and I wasn't Navy. There was only a spiral stair case going up, so it must have been lifted to get there in the past. I have two different Wm. Reed catalogs from the 1880's and they are pictured and the only difference being the hardware.

Mom, commandeered one for her glassware, the other is mine, I think! Well, this old fart can't rotate the photos, please feel free to do so for me. Thank You!

[William Woods]

Originally Posted by Tom Kidd

Here are two Wm. Reed and Son Gun cabinets that I have been fortunate to have acquired over the years. One came from the Asa Packer Estate and the other from a residence on Lake Placid, NY. The one in NY was on the third floor of a summer residence and I had to round up some heavy duty young fellows to help me lower it down from the bedroom deck in a rope sling, and I wasn't Navy. There was only a spiral stair case going up, so it must have been lifted to get there in the past. I have two different Wm. Reed catalogs from the 1880's and they are pictured and the only difference being the hardware.

Mom, commandeered one for her glassware, the other is mine, I think! Well, this old fart can't rotate the photos, please feel free to do so for me. Thank You!

Very nice looking gun cases. Thanks for posting.

[ahfoxman]

Good Morning Russel,

Here are a few photos of the clock and included is my orig Fox trap gun, to keep this thread on track. This has been in our family as long as I can remember, and Dad kept it running when I was a kid, then it would only run for short periods. In the '80's he took it to a clock man in Allentown for a long overdue cleaning and now it runs for nearly a day per wind and keeps time to +/- 5 minutes per day when company visits. It is a family clock from my Dad's Pa. Dutch side, that was a wedding present in the late 1800's. Everyone seems to like it, is it a desirable piece??

[Bill Murphy]

Nice Foxes, Tom.

[Drew Hause]

Parker listing in the 1906 Wm. Read & Sons catalog