Main Sale - December 2010 : Sale A1048 Lot 1456 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE ROYAL HAMMERLESS SINGLE-TRIGGER HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 27644,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS' SINGLE-TRIGGER HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 27644,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' and the rib with scroll engraving surrounding a gold-inlaid '1' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland patent semi-selective single-trigger, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR' and 'PATENT SINGLE TRIGGER', 14 1/2in. figured stock cast for a left-hander (possible replacement) including 1/2in. leather-covered recoil pad, fore-end wood with insert repair to tip, weight 6lb. 9oz., in a lightweight leather case

Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this shotgun was completed October 1914 for a Mr. Lebeau with 28in. barrels.
Estimate £10,000-15,000

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