Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 1412 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE ROYAL HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 25810,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 25810,
30in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels, rib gold-inlaid '1' and scroll-engraved at the breech end, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', left wall at 19, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplever gold-inlaid '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold Royal scroll engraving, bright and blued finish, 14in. replacement stock, weight 6lb. 15oz., in a lightweight leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed March 1910 with 30in. barrels for the Vienna Exhibition. It was subsequently sold by them to Joseph Little.
Estimate £4,000-6,000

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