Rare Vintage Swaine Adeney Briggs English Shooting Stick Leather Fold-Down Seat

Description: Rare Vintage Swaine Adeney Briggs English Shooting Stick Leather Fold-Down Seat circa 1988 ORIGINAL OWNER In October 1988, my father bought these shooting stick chairs when he went on a trip with my mother and brother with the local Catholic church to witness "The Medjugorje Yugoslavia Miracles". The trip organizers suggested that attendees bring some sort of chair to sit on at the top of this mountain they would be going to and/or outside the churches and venues they would be going to since the crowds were overflowing of Catholics making pilgrimages from around the World to witness "The Medjugorje Yugoslavia Miracles”. My Dad was struggling to find chairs small enough to carry to the top of a mountain, so he decided to stop into Hammacher Schlemmer on 57th Street in Manhattan, NY to see if they had anything that would fit the bill. They suggested that these shooting stick chairs were enormously popular and they were normally “Sold Out”, but he was in luck because they had 3 left. "The Medjugorje Yugoslavia Miracles” were occurring as the former Yugoslavia was on a war footing with the rising tensions and ethnic conflict. My Dad said that the shooting stick chairs were perfect when they tried them out at home in the yard before the trip and he was thrilled to have them. The problem was that it was impossible to use them in Yugoslavia because the crowds everywhere they went on a daily basis were too big to see anything unless you were standing. Also, with so many people carrying machine guns everywhere they went, they didn’t feel comfortable carrying shooting stick chairs with them. As a result, after carrying the shooting stick chairs with them everywhere for the first 2 days and never using them, they left them in their hotel room for the rest of the trip. Upon return from the trip, the 3 shooting stick chairs were put in the attic and never used again. Amazingly these shooting stick chairs have only been used 2 times for less than 30 minutes each time. First in the yard of their house before the trip and second to show their friends how they worked at the hotel upon arriving in Medjugorje Yugoslavia. "Personal Note: Although I have no expertise with shooting stick chairs, the 3 shooting stick chairs that I have available for sale are in the best condition of any vintage shooting stick chairs circa 1988 that I can find anywhere on the internet. This is a uniques opportunity for a collector to get 3 rare shooting stick chairs in the exact same excellent condition due to having only been used 2 times in October 1988. 2 of these shooting stick chairs still have the original “real leather” tag and all 3 still have the original British Flag Sticker, although one is mostly torn off.” “Picture Note: I included pictures of all 3 vintage shooting stick chairs for reference purposes only. I have 3 vintage shooting stick chairs available for sale. Each vintage shooting stick chair is being sold separately. I wanted buyers to be able to see that all 3 vintage shooting stick chairs are in the exact same excellent condition due to having only been used 2 times in October 1988." This shooting stick features leather cladded aluminium handles which fold down to reveal an English brown leather seat. Embossed onto the aluminium fixings is the maker:'Swaine Adeney Brigg’'Swaine London, also known as Swaine Adeney Brigg, perfected its sophisticated and traditional designs, rendering them as a world-class British manufacturer of the highest quality whips and sticks' Resin coated aluminium shaft with the original fold-down soil plate which prevents the stick from sinking into soft ground. The ferrule is embossed:'Made in England'A great item, with tons of traditional character perfect for a collector or use. Specifications -Length - 84cmHeight as a seat - 65cmLength of the seat when open not including handles - 36.5cmWidth of the seat - 10.5cmDiameter of the shaft under the aluminium fixings - 2cmWeight - 992g

Price: 274 USD

Location: Blue Hill, Maine

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