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POTD: Holland & Holland in Colour

 

For today’s Photo Of The Day, we have pictures of a Holland & Holland shotgun that has color added to some elements of its engravings. This shotgun was commissioned by an American customer. Holland & Holland had never used color in the engravings of their guns before so the company mastered a new technique and now offers the colored engravings as an option for their flagship Royal guns.

“A verdant rainforest, complete with a striking red, green and yellow parrot, a scarlet coiled snake, colourful beetles, tree frogs and butterflies, together create a unique and flamboyant scene.”

In the press release announcing the possibility of adding colors to engravings, Mike Jones, Head of Marketing, Holland & Holland, said:

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Holland & Holland’s new bespoke offering for clients of the ‘Royal’ portfolio. The application of colour to our fabled engravings allow clients far greater artistic expression. Holland & Holland’s innovative approach exceeds industry standards, providing astonishing accuracy through intricately detailed shading and blending, for any pictorial scene.

A common way of introducing color to engravings is enameling, however, Holland & Holland found it limiting and wanted something that would allow more detailed shading and blending and would be more durable. The solution was the medical-grade resin compound with organic color pigmentation used in jewelry and watchmaking.

Pictures by Holland & Holland, www.hollandandholland.com