Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'MODELE DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 36313,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, rib engraved in script "MODELE DE LUXE" and gold-inlaid '3', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, right bore dimension marginal, Holland & Holland patent self-opening system, toplever gold-inlaid '3', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, articulated front trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, fences carved in high relief with stylised acanthus leaves on a stippled background, the action and lockplates carved with stylised scrolling acanthus interspersed with representations of wildfowl in flight, the underside with a cartouche enscribed 'MODELE DE LUXE', bright finish overall, 14in. boldly-figured stock including 7/8in. leather covered recoil pad, weight 6lb. 9oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed 1957 with 28in. barrels for a Mrs. Guerlain.
Estimate £8,000-12,000
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