Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A FINE 12-BORE 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 29382,
30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, rib engraved 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, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, fine acanthus scroll engraving interspersed with floral bouquets, the lockplates with beaded bordering, the underside with 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR' in an elaborate cartouche, retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 14 5/8in. highly-figured stock, small repairs to underhorns, circular gold escutcheon bearing a crest and motto 'MY TRUST IS IN GOD', weight 6lb. 11oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1923 for a Lancelot Dent
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Estimate £8,000-12,000
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