Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2015 : Sale A0315 Lot 1322 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE ROYAL SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 16775 / 22623,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 16775 / 22623,
30in. nitro barrels, ribs engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', brushed finish, 14 3/8in. figured stocks cast and swept for central vision, the lockplates and furniture also swept, including 1in. wooden extensions, fore-end woods with light damage to edges, weight 6lb. 10oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with serial numbered charges label

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that gun No. 16775 was completed in 1898 for a 'Leigh', and gun No. 22623 was completed to pair with 16775 in 1937

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Estimate £5,000-7,000

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