Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED-CHOKE SHOT AND BALL GUN, serial no. 15021,
for 1891, 28in. black powder only barrels, raised matt sight rib with two folding leaf sights, bead fore-sight, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON. '"PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', 2 1/2in. chambers, Fosbery patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, bore dimensions marginal, minor bulges towards muzzles, treble-grip action, the face with W.M. Scott and T. Baker patent 'gas check' gas vents, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 4945, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates with protruding tumbler pivots, best fine bouquet and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14 5/8in. figured stock including buttplate, fore-end wood with minor losses to leading edge of wood, weight 6lb. 15oz., in a Holland & Holland fleece lined canvas and leather slip
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1891 for a 'Mr Carnagie'
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Estimate £2,500-3,500
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act