Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 1407
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE MODELE DE LUXE SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 33560,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'MODELE DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 33560,
28in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels (in 2019), the rib engraved in script 'Modele de Luxe' and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, left wall thickness below recommended minimum, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, lightly rounded bar, rolled-edge triggerguard, profusely engraved with bold Royal scrollwork, surrounding game scene vignettes of pheasant and partridge, the underside with a lone woodcock and the model designation, the triggerguard with a running hare, bright finish overall, 14 5/8in. highly-figured likely replacement stock (minor setting crack rear of top tang) with engraved steel heel and toe plates, weight 6lb. 6oz., in a leather case with Holland & Holland trade label

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Estimate £8,000-12,000

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