A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295 In a Holland & Holland leather case

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Lot 191S2
A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295
In a Holland & Holland leather case

Sold for £ 26,400 (US$ 32,597) inc. premium
A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295
The toplevers, ribs and forends numbered in reverse order '1' and '2' in gold, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, hand-detachable lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge trigger-guards, well-figured replacement stocks (cast-on), the chopper-lump barrels, engraved Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London, with self-opening compressors and game-ribs engraved "Royal Brevis"
Weight 6lb. 7¾oz., 13¼in. stocks, 28in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a Holland & Holland leather case

Footnotes

  • The makers have kindly confirmed that gun no. 33492 was completed in 1946, and gun no. 33295 was completed in 1938 as the pair to 33294. They were later composed as a pair by the makers and resold by them in 1970
A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295 In a Holland & Holland leather case
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