Main Sale - September 2011 : Sale A1056 Lot 1349 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL BREVIS' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33177 / 8,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL BREVIS' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33177 / 8,
26 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels, ribs engraved in script 'ROYAL BREVIS' and scroll-engraved and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in all, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER PATENT 1922', retaining some colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. well-figured stocks with diamond grips, weight 6lb. 1oz., in a relined brass-cornered oak and leather case with Holland & Holland labels

Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair of shotguns were completed August 1936 for a Mr. Morse.
Estimate £15,000-20,000

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