Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 30714 / 5,
29in. nitro chopperlump barrels, ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', No.1 measurements marginal, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, Holland & Holland patent self-opening actions, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland patent semi-selective single triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold Royal scroll engraving, brushed finish overall, No.1 with 15in. stock including 1in. wooden extension, crack to right underhorn, No.2 with 14 3/8in. replacement stock, weight 6lb. 9oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair of shotguns were built for F.J. Milne, Esq., the vendor's grandfather and High Sheriff of Westmorland, and were completed at the factory on 7th April 1923.
Estimate £15,000-20,000
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