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Lot 1353
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A PAIR OF PREATER-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'ROYAL DE LUXE' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 40353 / 4, for 1977, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs with bold acanthus detailing and gold-inlaid '1' and '2', the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 13 BRUTON STREET, LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, semi-selective single triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, the actions, lockplates and furniture carved in high relief with bold foliate motifs surrounding and invading finely engraved game scenes, the No.1 gun with duck in a wetland setting to the left and pheasant in a scrubland setting to the right, the underside with a portrait of a retriever, each initialled 'K P', the triggerguard with a snipe and the triggerguard tang gold-inlaid with the serial number, the No.2 gun with English partridge in a scrubland setting to the left, grouse in a moorland setting to the right, the underside with a portrait of a labrador, each initialled 'K P', the triggerguard with a woodcock and the triggerguard tang gold-inlaid with the serial number, 14 7/8in. well-figured stocks with diamond grips, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their lightweight leather motor caseS2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms ActProvenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was ordered in 1977 by Mr D.A. Williams
