Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A FINE PAIR OF MARCUS HUNT-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'ROYAL DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 41392 / 3,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. BRUTON STREET, LONDON.' and the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and engraved '"ROYAL DE LUXE"' in script, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl .and 1/2 choke (both), carved foliate fences, self-opening actions, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking indicators, hand detachable lockplates, rolled-edge triggerguards, the actions engraved with bold acanthus scroll set against a matt background surrounding vignettes of game in flight; No.1 with a brace of partridge on the left, the right with a brace of flushed pheasant, the underside with a mallard breaking from its naturalistic habitat, No.2 with a pair of partridge on the left, the right with game birds, the underside with a vignette of a woodcock in flight through a woodland vista, the vignettes all signed 'M.A. Hunt', silver finish, 15 1/2in. figured stocks, weight 6lb. 12oz. (No.1), 6lb. 11oz. (No.2), in their makers leather double motorcase
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were sold to the vendor by them in May 2007 at a cost of £111,000 plus VAT. They also confirm that the guns have been serviced by them every year since, the last service being carried out in April 2014.
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Estimate £40,000-60,000
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