Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2020 : Sale A0320 Lot 1450
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE ROYAL HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 29493,

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** HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 29493,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib with acanthus scroll detailing at the breech end, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, right wall at 19, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold Royal scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/8in. well-figured stock (marked '1' on the right side), chequering refreshed, weight 6lb. 4oz., in a recent Holland & Holland lightweight leather guncase with Holland & Holland accessories and canvas and leather outer cover

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed as a 12-bore Royal hammerless with 28in. barrels in December 1923 for 'Ogata'

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Estimate £3,000-5,000

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