Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2016 : Sale A0316 Lot 1312 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE ROYAL HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 27087 / 27540,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 27087 / 27540,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, ribs with acanthus scroll detailing and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, No.1 right wall at 19-, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and 2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with cartouches engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', bright finish, 15 3/4in. figured stocks including 1 3/8in. wooden extensions and buttplates, No.1 crack to right underhorn, weight 6lb. 9oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that gun No. 27087 was competed on the 5th December 1911 for 'Gow' with 28in barrels and that 27540 was made to match in 1913, also for 'Gow'

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Estimate £12,000-16,000

S2