Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 1366
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE NO.2 MODEL HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 29990 / 30120,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'NO.2 MODEL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 29990 / 30120,
for 1921, 28in. nitro barrels (proved in 1957, likely replacements), ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in all, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, 14in. stocks, weight 6lb. 13oz. (No.1) 6lb. 15oz. (No.2), in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather double guncase with internal protective flap

Provenance: The makers have confirmed that gun no. 29990 was completed in 1921 for a 'Mr Price'. A 'Mr Rathbone' paired the gun with no. 30120



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Estimate £4,000-6,000

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