That is great news ... back from the brink
My dad had a Ithaca 12 Gauge SXS I shot as a kid 50 years ago. He got it used before the war, in the early thirties I think.
I seem to recall is was made in the teens. I have no clue what model it was
Though, I remember it well Blue and Walnut, Box Lock ,double trigger not fancy but a great gun.
My cousin wound up with it in a trade for Rem 870 pump with my Dad in the late 60's.
Now he has lost track of it somehow. I wish I could get a hold of it again.