Thankyou for the information, your response does bring up several questions that I suppose will never be fully answered. I did take a look at the bottom of the barrel near the lug and here is the picture of it:
As you can see the only markings on here are the serial number, there is a large E stamped on the rib just behind the forearm lug. As far as restoration goes, I might be inclined to do this in the future. However the gun is really not in too bad condition, the stocks are basically sound, the checkering is a bit worn from the buttstock which has a ball grip and this could stand to be re-cut. I would be interested in replacing the Hawkins pad with a more appropriate replacement, the Silvers pad would be interesting, are there any suitable reproductions of this pad available?
