拍品 27
27
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FOSBERY PATENT 10-BORE D.B. HAMMER 'PARADOX' SHOT-AND-BULLET RIFLES BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 15181/2, Jones patent snap-action underlevers, rebounding backlocks with dolphin hammers, side-clips, percussion fences, elongated top-straps, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with full hardening-colour overall, well-figured stocks with pistolgrips, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-caps, cheekpieces and recoil-pads, lever-latch forends, the barrels with matt sight-ribs, open-sights, sunken ribs and ivory foresights

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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FOSBERY PATENT 10-BORE D.B. HAMMER 'PARADOX' SHOT-AND-BULLET RIFLES BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 15181/2, Jones patent snap-action underlevers, rebounding backlocks with dolphin hammers, side-clips, percussion fences, elongated top-straps, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with full hardening-colour overall, well-figured stocks with pistolgrips, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-caps, cheekpieces and recoil-pads, lever-latch forends, the barrels with matt sight-ribs, open-sights, sunken ribs and ivory foresights
Weight 13lb. 10oz., 14 1/8in. pulls, 27¼in. barrels, Black Powder proof
In their tiered and brass-mounted oak and leather case with loading accessories and canvas cover

Holland & Holland have kindly confirmed that this pair of Paradox rifles were built for the Nizam of Hyderabad and completed circa 1894. They appear to be virtually unused