Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A FINE, LITTLE USED PAIR OF P. COGGAN-ENGRAVED 28-BORE 'ROYAL MODEL DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 41095 / 6,
27in. nitro chopperlump barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 33, BRUTON STREET, LONDON.', ribs engraved 'MODEL DE LUXE' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' amid foliate scrollwork, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, the actions, lockplates and furniture profusely engraved with bold scrolling acanthus interspersed with floral sprays and bouquets, the fences and undersides with additional thistle motifs, all executed on a matt background, triggerplates signed 'P. COGGAN', bright finish overall, 14 7/8in. highly-figured stocks with diamond grips, weight 5lb. 6oz., in their brass-cornered leather double motor case
Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair of shotguns were completed in 1992.
Other Notes: Phil Coggan was born in Fochriw, Wales in 1948. He didn't enter the engraving world in the traditional manner and spent his early post-school years playing guitar for a rock band and then earnt his living as a painter. He possessed a keen interest in flintlocks and began building his own as a hobby. There were no books available on engraving of that period, and so he taught himself with startlingly impressive results, and was to become a full-time engraver in 1985. His work shows several influences in addition to his own thinking, and his time spent at Cesare Giovanelli's engraving school in Gardonne bears this out. His fine work is amongst the most respected and sought after.
Estimate £80,000-100,000
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