Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 1407 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 27389,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 27389,
28in. nitro barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, toplever gold-inlaid '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, action flats marked 'HOLLAND'S PATENT', best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with a cartouche engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', bright finish overall with blued pins, 15 1/8in. well-figured replacement stock, weight 6lb. 9oz., in its brass-cornered leather case with some accessories

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed on the 20th December 1912 with 28in. barrels. In the order book, the original name, possibly 'Stafford' is crossed out and replaced with 'Windsor'

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Estimate £8,000-12,000

S2