A FINE PREATER-ENGRAVED .300(H. & H. MAGNUM) '1985 SESQUICENTENNIAL ROYAL DE LUXE' DB HAMMERLESS SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 35545, fully-selective single-trigger with rolled-edge triggerguard, automatic safe, the bolstered treble-grip action-body with elongated top-strap, the lockplates and underside of the action-body with de-luxe game-scene engraving, the right lockplate with Persian wild sheep, the left lockplate with Mesopotamian fallow deer and the underside of the action-bar with Pasang, in their naturalistic settings, the toplever engraved with a ram's-horn and the fences, furniture and remainder of the action-body engraved with birds amidst flowers and foliage with bold scroll work, on a matt ground, the triggerplate signed 'K.E. PREATER ENGR.', bright finish overall, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip (with engraved cap and trap), cheekpiece and leather-covered recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight, the sight-rib mounted with a Leupold Vari-X-III 1.5X5 telescope (with lens-caps), in quickly-detachable mountsWeight 10lb., 14¼in. pull, 24in. barrels, nitro proofThe whole in its oak and leather case with canvas cover and accessories ]

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FINE PREATER-ENGRAVED .300(H. & H. MAGNUM) '1985 SESQUICENTENNIAL ROYAL DE LUXE' DB HAMMERLESS SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 35545, fully-selective single-trigger with rolled-edge triggerguard, automatic safe, the bolstered treble-grip action-body with elongated top-strap, the lockplates and underside of the action-body with de-luxe game-scene engraving, the right lockplate with Persian wild sheep, the left lockplate with Mesopotamian fallow deer and the underside of the action-bar with Pasang, in their naturalistic settings, the toplever engraved with a ram's-horn and the fences, furniture and remainder of the action-body engraved with birds amidst flowers and foliage with bold scroll work, on a matt ground, the triggerplate signed 'K.E. PREATER ENGR.', bright finish overall, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip (with engraved cap and trap), cheekpiece and leather-covered recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight, the sight-rib mounted with a Leupold Vari-X-III 1.5X5 telescope (with lens-caps), in quickly-detachable mounts Weight 10lb., 14¼in. pull, 24in. barrels, nitro proof The whole in its oak and leather case with canvas cover and accessories ]

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A FINE PREATER-ENGRAVED .300(H. & H. MAGNUM) '1985 SESQUICENTENNIAL ROYAL DE LUXE' DB HAMMERLESS SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 35545, fully-selective single-trigger with rolled-edge triggerguard, automatic safe, the bolstered treble-grip action-body with elongated top-strap, the lockplates and underside of the action-body with de-luxe game-scene engraving, the right lockplate with Persian wild sheep, the left lockplate with Mesopotamian fallow deer and the underside of the action-bar with Pasang, in their naturalistic settings, the toplever engraved with a ram's-horn and the fences, furniture and remainder of the action-body engraved with birds amidst flowers and foliage with bold scroll work, on a matt ground, the triggerplate signed 'K.E. PREATER ENGR.', bright finish overall, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip (with engraved cap and trap), cheekpiece and leather-covered recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight, the sight-rib mounted with a Leupold Vari-X-III 1.5X5 telescope (with lens-caps), in quickly-detachable mounts
Weight 10lb., 14¼in. pull, 24in. barrels, nitro proof
The whole in its oak and leather case with canvas cover and accessories ]

Lot Essay

The rifle was completed circa 1985 and appears to be unused.
K.E. Preater was apprenticed and trained by Holland & Holland and has been foreman-engraver with the company for over twenty years.

The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import

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