Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 1378
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF 12-BORE ROYAL SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33023 / 4,

Product Details

** HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33023 / 4,
for 1935, 28in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 13, BRUTON STREET. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and with peacock feather engraving to the thumbpieces, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches engraved 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER PATENT 1922', bright finish, 14 3/4in. figured stocks, minor losses to edges of fore-end woods, weight 6lb. 10oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with protective internal flap

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in 1935 for Dr C.B. Fleming of Glasgow.

** Please note this item is subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price (UK Buyers only). Lots indicated with ยง are a modern import of post-1939 manufacture, component parts will be marked in accordance with the UK's OGIL requirements before release.

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Estimate ยฃ7,000-9,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act