Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 1303
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A COMPOSED PAIR OF 12-BORE NO.3 MODEL HAND-DETACHABLE BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 26729 / 26864,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A COMPOSED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'NO.3 MODEL' HAND-DETACHABLE BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 26729 / 26864,
30in. nitro barrels (some minor dents, No.2 partially struck off), the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' and the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke (both), automatic safeties, patent gas checks, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, border engraving, the undersides with 'HOLLAND'S PATENT', retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 16 1/2in. figured stocks cast and swept for central vision, including 2 3/4in. wooden extensions, metalwork swept, weight 7lb. (No.1) 7lb. 4oz. (No.2), in their individual tan leather cases

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in August 1912 for a 'Dayson'

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Estimate £3,000-5,000  € 3,329-5,548

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