Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 1355
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'ROYAL BREVIS' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33136 / 7,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'ROYAL BREVIS' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 33136 / 7,
for 1936, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs engraved in script '"Royal Brevis"' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, No.2 right wall at 18+, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, lightly gold-washed tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, gold-washed cocking levers, gold-washed triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches engraved 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER PATENT 1922', retaining virtually full renewed colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/8in. figured stocks including buttplates, weight 6lb. 3oz., in a lightweight leather motor case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in 1936. They were originally ordered by a 'Martin', with the name subsequently crossed through and replaced with 'Jones'



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Estimate £12,000-16,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act