Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2016 : Sale A0616 Lot 1333 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF 12-BORE ROYAL HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 16101/2,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 16101/2,
30in. sleeved nitro barrels with sunken ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', rib engraving illegible, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.1), imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke (No.2), toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, border engraving, the lockplates signed 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND', the undersides engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS PATENT EJECTOR', retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 15 1/16in. figured stocks including 3/4in. wooden extensions, weight. 6lb. 8oz. (No.1), 6lb. 7oz. (No.2), in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in July 1894 for a "Ricardo"

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Estimate £4,000-6,000

S2