Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 1403 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE NO.2 MODEL SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 21659,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'NO.2 MODEL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 21659,
30in. nitro reproved barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, semi-selective single trigger, border, bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14in. figured stock with diamond grip and including horn buttplate, weight 6lb. 7oz., in a wooden case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was ordered as a single-trigger gun with 30in. barrels by a Dr E. Gronin of Horley in Derbyshire on 27th April 1904 at a cost of £52 and 10 shillings.
Estimate £5,000-7,000

S2