Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2023 : Sale A1123 Lot 1450
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PREATER-ENGRAVED 12-BORE ROYAL DE LUXE SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 41299,

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** HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PREATER-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'ROYAL DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 41299,
for 1997, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved in script 'Royal de Luxe', the tubes engraved HOLLAND & HOLLAND. BRUTON STREET. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold acanthus scroll engraving on a matted background, the lockplates with game scenes of duck alighting in a wetland setting to the left and a brace of pheasant with a woodland setting to the rearground on the right, the underside with a spaniel retrieving a woodcock, the triggerplate signed 'L. PREATER ENGr', the triggerguard tang gold-inlaid with the serial number, bright finish, 15 1/4in. highly-figured stock (swept at comb), weight 7lb., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case with accessories and canvas and leather outer

** Please note this item is subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price (UK Buyers only). Imported from the European Union, EU RGR Eligible

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Estimate £20,000-25,000

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