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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE BADMINTON' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 34760 / 1,
28in. nitro barrels, ribs carved with acanthus scrolls and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 13, BRUTON STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke (No.1) and 1/4 and 3/4 choke (No.2), toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold acanthus scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches engraved 'THE BADMINTON', retaining virtually full original colour-hardening and finish, 15 1/2in. figured stocks including 3/4in. rubber recoil pads, weight 6lb. 11oz., in a brass-cornered leather case with gold-tooled Holland & Holland trade label
Provenance: The makers records consist of a blank page the these gun numbers
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Estimate £15,000-20,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act