There are few guns extant that could combine all of these fantastic styles of high art firearms decoration on one cohesive piece in the way that this gun has. The flow of this design from one style to the next is so seemlessly done it appears effortless, something that can only be acheived by the hands of true masters of their craft. This masteropiece was built with blued steel barrels with single white bead sight on the matted concave solid rib which shows gold inlaid scroll at the breech, "KRUPP-FLUID-STEEL" and MADE TO ORDER-A. H. FOX" marked on the right and left barrels respectively, single gold band at either breech, and 2 3/4 inch chambers with automatic ejectors. The casehardened scalloped boxlock action displays a multitude of exceptional decoration and embellishment, including sculpted lines and fences, multi-color gold inlays, and a number of photo realistic and raised relief engravings. The entire action has been gold washed with the exception of the sculpting lines where the casehardened finish pops through creating wonderful sharp contrast. The left side of the action displays a pair of raised relief golden quail and a photo realistic pointer, the underside shows a quail and rooster pheasant, the right side shows multiple species of quail including bobwhite and Gambel's, close up quail on the pierced toplever, grouse and woodcock on the triggerguard, and a pair of quail on the lower tang. All of these engravings are surrounded by floral vines and both flush and raised relief flowers which are scattered throughout. The entirety of the decoration on this gun is rendered in fantastic high detail with and, simply put, is an absolute work of art. The work is signed "A.PIARDI Creative Art" on the triggerplate but some of the stunning work was also carried out by Master Engraver Richard Roy of Standard Manufacturing according to the included factory invoice. The exceptional decoration does not stop at the action, with the exhibition quality stock and forend showing an equal grade of fine embellishment. Both the forend and the straight grip stock show beautiful multi-point fleur-de-lis checkering and floral scroll carving all surrounded by gold inlaid wire borders which precisely follow the borders of both the checkering and the carving as well as raised floral gold inlays around many of the borders, extensively engraved Deeley style release, engraved and gold inlaid heel and toe plates, and fleur-de-lis checkered butt with yet another gold border. The aforementioned factory invoice states that the stock work was completed by Ron Buck. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .616/.615 inches; choke constriction .010/.020 inches; minimum wall thickness .037/.036 inches; 1 7/16 inch drop at comb; 2 5/16 inch drop at heel; 14 5/8 inch length of pull; weight 6 lbs 4 oz. Provenance: The Robert M. Lee Collection