Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 1363
* HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 27807 / 8,

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* HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 27807 / 8,
circa 1915, 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs 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.1) and true cyl. and imp. cyl. (No.2), some denting, No.1 right wall thickness at 19 and bore diameter marginal, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators (No.1 left tumbler missing inlay), best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR' in elaborate cartouches and 'HOLLAND'S SINGLE TRIGGER' in ovals, traces of renewed finish, 14 1/4in. figured stocks swept at combs and with inlaid leather cheekpads, minor cracks at underhorns, weight 6lb. 7oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No.2), in a relined brass-cornered leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in 1915 for a 'Newton'

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Estimate £3,000-5,000

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