Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 10-BORE (2 7/8IN.) 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED-CHOKE SHOT AND BALL DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 11595,
30in. black powder only barrels (loose on action) with sight rib, two folding leaf sights, the rib engraved HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON. WINNER OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS LONDON 1883. "PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', 2 7/8in. chambers, Col. G.Vincent Fosbery V.C. patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, 14 1/2in. stock (minor crack to rear of top tang) including steel buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch, weight 8lb. 8oz., with a damaged canvas case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this ball and shotgun was completed in 1886. The name of the original owner is not recorded.
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Estimate £2,000-2,500