Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 22799,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, rib gold-inlaid '1', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, toplever gold-inlaid '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with a cartouche inscribed 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', retaining very slight traces of colour-hardening, 14 1/4in. figured stock, weight 6lb. 8oz., in a leather hammergun case with Holland & Holland trade label
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1901 for Lord Ashbrook.
Robert Thomas Flower, 8th Viscount Ashbrook (1836-1919) was an Irish aristocrat, Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, and inventor.
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Estimate £2,000-2,500
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