Sold for $22,800

.240 Flanged. 25.875" barrel length. SN: 28493. Blued metal finish with refinished case colored frame mounting highly figured walnut semi-pistol grip stock with cheek pad and splinter forend. Double-barrel side by side hammerless ejector rifle featuring assisted opening. Both sideplates are engraved with the maker mark HOLLAND & HOLLAND surrounded by spiral scroll engraving flowing over both sides. Item features a seven-pin action with gold filled screws and all forward screw heads timed toward the axis of the bores. Model marking to the lower frame reads ROYAL/HAMMERLESS/EJECTOR with further floral and border scroll flowing along all the external surfaces of the frame and triggerguard. Barrel fences feature clamshell motifs surrounding the standing breech with the latter featuring firing pin bushings. The watertables show the serial number repeated on each side along with the {Crown/V} London proof markings. The serial numbers match on both barrels and on the handguard with the barrel flats showing further proofs including {Crown/V}, {Crown/GP}, the caliber marking 240, NITRO PROVED above the NP proof marking, and deep {Rampant Lion} proofs. The barrels feature a matted rib mounting two position folding leaf rear sight graduated to 50, 200, and 350 yards. Sight is flanked by the address marking HOLLAND & HOLLAND/98. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON. with border scroll at the rear edge of both barrels. Front sight consists of a front bead on a matted ramp cut for installing a front sight hood. A gold oval plate to the toe of the stock is engraved with a {Dragon and Lion} motif above the motto FIDES ET JUSTITIA meaning "Faith and Justice." The butt itself is naked with bordered checkering cut directly into the wood. Comes in an aftermarket leather-wrapped wood case with green felt liner and a chocolate brown canvas cover. Included in the case is a nickel plated oiler with the base struck MADE IN ENGLAND.