Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 1445 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 36529,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 36529,
28in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels (by the makers in 1999), tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. BRUTON STREET. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, chequered front trigger, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with a cartouche engraved 'ROYAL MODEL', the cross pin with the legend 'MADE IN ENGLAND', bright finish overall, 14 5/8in. well-figured stock, slightly swept at comb, including 1/2in. wooden buttplate, weight 6lb. 14oz., in a lightweight leather case with applied Holland & Holland labels

Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed with 26 1/2in. barrels in May 1961 for 'Langmeade', and that they subsequently re-barrelled the gun in April 2000.

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Estimate £20,000-25,000

S2