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Lot 320

A 16-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
By I. Hollis & Sons, London, Late 19th Century

6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £240 inc. premium

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A 16-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
By I. Hollis & Sons, London, Late 19th Century

With rebrowned twist two-stage sighted barrel, octagonal breech signed along the top flat, engraved breech with white-metal lines and white-metal plug, foliate engraved tang and signed lock, the latter decorated with gamebirds, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end (split and chipped along one side), engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard en suite with the lock, vacant white-metal escutcheon, white-metal fore-end cap, and later steel ramrod (some wear and rust patination overall), Birmingham proof marks
75.4 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Isaac Hollis & Sons are recorded as large-scale manufacturers of sporting arms for the South African and Indian markets, and from 1871 to 1900 had retail offices in London

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