Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 22137 / 8,
30in. nitro barrels (No.2 reproved), ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' (faint on No.2), bore measurements marginal and wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. both (No.1) and true cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.2), toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland patent semi-selective single triggers, bold scroll engraving, the undersides with 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 13 1/4in. well-figured stocks including horn buttplates, weight 6lb. 4oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with inner protective flap
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this pair of shotguns were completed with 30in. barrels in June 1899 for H.R. Grotrian.
Estimate £7,000-9,000
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