Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .295 ROOK SINGLE-BARRELLED SIDELEVER HAMMER ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 18420,
26in. black powder only octagonal barrel with matt top-flat, open sights and folding leaf sights for 50, 100 and 150 yards with silver sighting lines, bead foresight, side flats engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND ST. LONDON. WINNER S OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS. .295 SEMI SMOOTH BORE.' and 'MADE EXPRESSLY FOR LYON & LYON. CALCUTTA.', non-selective ejector, beaded border engraving with occasional acanthus scrolls, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. pistolgrip stock with engraved steel pistolgrip-cap, weight 5lb. 1oz.
Estimate £1,000-1,400
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.