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Los 493
A 19th CENTURY FRENCH GILT METAL MOUNTED SLATE AND MARBLE CASED CLOCK GARNITURE, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and eight day movement, the architectural form case surmounted by a partial gilt urn and raised on gilt paw feet, with twin five light candelabra raised on plinth bases and paw feet. Height of clock 33.5cm
Los 154
GAL Certified Multi Stone and 14 Karat Yellow Gold Ring. Stones Include approx. .66 Carat Canary Tourmalines, .64 Carat Light Green Amblygonites, .53 Carat Green Diopsides and accented with 1.225 Carat Yellow Diamonds. Signed 14K. Good Condition or better. Ring Size 7. Approx. Weight: 5.8 Pennyweights. GAL Report: GAL01060571GT Dated 1/18/2010 to accompany this Lot. Shipping $30.00
Los 281
From a Palm Beach Socialite, a Lot of Three (3) Retro/Vintage "AS IS" Designer Separates. Includes a Byblos 2 Piece Skirt and Jacket Set. Orange Lined Silk and Linen Blend. Size 44 (12 US). Missing one "Tie" on Skirt or in Good Condition. A Ungaro Skirt and Jacket Set. Size 10. The Skirt In Pink and White Polka Dot Lined Silk, The Jacket Hot Pink Wool. "AS IS" Condition, A faded area on Sleeve of Jacket and the Polka Dots have yellowed. Lastly a Louis Feraud Blazer. Black with White Lapels Size 6. Two Small "Pock Marks" on Lapel and a Light Yellowed Stain. All Pieces Labeled Appropriately. Shipping $75.00
Los 271
**A CAP-A-PIE TILT ARMOUR, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1560 comprising reinforcing bevor formed in one piece with a prow-shaped face-defence cut away at the right cheek, a raised rib at either side of the neck to accommodate the basal rim of the underlying helmet, a deep integral gorget-plate with a square lower end pierced with holes to attach it to an underlying breastplate, and formed at its right with a projecting flange; collar of five lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a main plate of 'peascod' fashion fitted at its stepped arm-openings with moveable gussets, pierced at its square upper with a pair of threaded holes to attach the overlying reinforcing bevor, fitted at the right of the chest with four pierced staples to attach, with the aid of a pin, a rigid lance-rest with an arm of L-shaped section, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame fitted at each side with a trio of straps supporting a pendent scutiform tasset of two lames; one-piece backplate fitted at each of its upper corners with a hinged shoulder-hasp and formed at its lower edge with a deep flange; asymmetrical pauldrons each of six lames, the right cut away at the front of the armpit to accommodate a lance, the lower edge of its third and largest lame fitted at the rear with a separate plate, and the upper edges of its lowest three lames formed at the front with puckered semi-circular projections; vambraces of fully articulated tubular construction, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames, the front of the left wing pierced with a threaded hole to attach a reinforce; the latter formed in one piece, closely shaped to the front of the underlying couter and lower cannon and flaring upwards and inwards over the upper cannon and armpit; fingered gauntlets each formed of a moderately long flared and pointed cuff with a separate hinged inner plate, six metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (all the finger-defences of the right, and one and the distal end of another of the left missing, along with all but the detached main plate of the right thumb-defence); cuisses each formed of a short gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its upper edge with four detachable extension-lames rising to their outside, and at its lower edge with poleyn of four lames overlapping outwards from the second which terminates at its outer end in a medially-puckered oval wing; and full-length tubular greaves each articulated at the ankle, cut at the heel with a slit to accommodate a spur, and fitted within the arched lower end of its front plate with an integral sabaton of seven lames terminating in a narrow rounded toe-cap; the main edges of the armour, except for those of the reinforces and the lower and outer edges of the tassets, formed with boldly file-roped inward turns (lightly patinated overall with a few small patches of light active rust) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 1126
Los 282
**A PAIR OF MITTEN GAUNTLETS, 19TH CENTURY, IN THE GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY; AND A PAIR OF BESAGUES, 19TH CENTURY, IN THE GERMAN 'GOTHIC' STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY the first formed in each case of a short slightly flaring straight-ended cuff closed at the inside of the wrist by a riveted patch, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate extending mid-way down the fingers, and the main plate of a laterally-hinged thumb-defence, the metacarpal and knuckle-plates decorated with a distally diverging array of seven flutes, enclosed in each case by a pair of incised lines, the lower edge of the knuckle-plate formed with a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border, and the lower edge of the cuff decorated with filed diagonal nicks enclosed to the inside by a single incised line (each gauntlet showing patches of light active rust); and the second formed in each case of a disc formed peripherally with eleven cusps and rising at its centre to a conical boss having a broad base formed with a like number of cusps, and the whole suspended from a leather strap (4) Provenance Purportedly from 'an ancient Spanish armory' Edward C. Converse, sold American Art Association, New York, 25-6 November 1927, lot 292 JWHA Inv. No. 404 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, pp. 50-1
Los 296
**A PAIR OF GREAVES AND SABATONS, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1550-60 each with a full-length tubular greave formed of a rear plate cut at the heel with a large keyhole slot to accommodate a spur, and a front plate cut at its lower end with an arch to accommodate an integral sabaton of seven lames, the last forming a toe-cap of rounded square form; the main edges of both elements formed with notched inward turns accompanied by recessed borders repeated at the lateral edges of the front plate of the greave, and both elements decorated medially with a pair of recessed bands (some patches of light active rusts (2) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York JWHA Inv. No. 2603 Literature Bashford Dean, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, no.23, pl.XIX Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 94
Los 305
**A LARGE FRAGMENT OF MAIL, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 18TH CENTURY; ANOTHER SIMILAR, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 19TH CENTURY; AND FIVE SMALLER FRAGMENTS OF MAIL, PROBABLY INDIAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first formed of alternating rows of large welded and riveted links of half-round section (cut from a shirt and showing patches of light active rust); the second formed entirely of moderately large riveted links of predominantly circular section (cut from a shirt and holed at several points); and the third formed in each case of alternating rows of small welded and riveted rings of circular section (all holed at points and one heavily patinated) (7) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 484, 474, 490, 2610
Los 338
A 100 BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY with case-hardened fluted barrel group, scroll-engraved case-hardened self-cocking action (small areas of light pitting), engraved case-hardened bar-hammer, engraved trigger-guard, figured walnut butt, and case-hardened butt-cap, and some original finish throughout 8.5 cm; 3 3/8 in barrels
Los 344
A RARE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK BREECH-LOADING REPEATING GUN ON THE LORENZONI PRINCIPLE BY BARBER, NEWARK, CIRCA 1750 with two-stage sighted barrel swelling towards the muzzle, threaded octagonal breech engraved with sprays of foliage and signed on the flat, stamped with the barrelsmith's mark, PB crowned, London view and proof marks beneath, engraved bevelled lock signed on a scroll within a framework of rococo ornament, engraved automatic cock operated by a horizontal bar acting on the circular brass breech block rotated by the side-lever, engraved action with circular gas escape above and below, the former grooved for sighting, engraved hinged priming magazine cover with spring-catch closure, ball magazine on the left with engraved hinged cover decorated en suite and closed by a spring-catch, figured walnut half-stock (light bruising), engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate each decorated en rocaille (engraving refreshed throughout) 72.7 cm; 28 5/8 in barrel Probably by Peter Barber, son of Lewis (1) Barber. Peter Barber was free of the Gunmaker's Company by patrimony in 1728. He probably worked with his father until the latter's death in 1741 and is later recorded in Newark, Nottingham. His mark appears to be unrecorded. See Blackmore 1986, p. 47.
Los 346
A RARE 40 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK BREECH-LOADING REPEATING PISTOL ON THE LORENZONI PRINCIPLE BY WILSON, PROBABLY WILLIAM (1), LONDON, CIRCA 1770 with turn-off cannon barrel engraved with a pair of bands around the breech, engraved faceted breech decorated with border ornament and rococo designs, engraved bevelled lock signed on a trophy-of-arms within a framework of rococo scrolls, engraved automatic cock operated by a horizontal bar acting on the circular brass breech block rotated by the side-lever, engraved action with circular gas escape above and below, the former grooved for sighting, engraved hinged priming magazine cover with spring-catch closure, ball magazine on the left with engraved hinged cover inscribed 'London' on a rococo scroll and closed by a spring-catch, figured walnut butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls (light bruising), engraved spurred silver pommel fitted with trophy-of-arms cap chased in low relief, and engraved iron trigger-guard decorated with a shell on the bow 14 cm; 5 ½ in barrel For a discussion of the Wilson family of gunmakers and a related gun by William (1) see DeWitt Bailey 2002, p. 11-24, fig. 16 and 17.
Los 352
A CASED .36 CALIBRE COLT LONDON THIRD MODEL 1851 SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION NAVY REVOLVER WITH FACTORY ENGRAVING, LONDON PROOF MARKS, NO.9044. FOR 1854 with octagonal sighted barrel decorated with scrolls around the muzzle and breech, signed 'Address. Col. Colt London' within a linear frame, fitted with engraved rammer beneath, engraved action signed 'Colt's patent' on a scroll on the left, engraved cylinder signed 'W. L. Ormsby', engraved iron hammer, engraved iron trigger-guard, back-strap and hammer, select quality figured walnut butt, traces of finish and matching numbers throughout: in its original fitted oak case lined in blue velvet, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the outside, 'Directions for Loading Colt's pistols' on the inside (small tears, the lining with light wear) and complete with some accessories including patent iron bullet mould, large copper flask by James Dixon & Sons, nipple wrench and percussion cap tin (label torn) 19 cm; 71/2 in barrel
Los 376
A 10 BORE D.B. LIEGOIS FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL SIGNED CEGALLAS, LONDON, MID-18TH CENTURY with turn-off cannon barrels, box-lock action signed on rococo shell scrolls, engraved with border ornament and foliage, engraved tang, swelling butt engraved with further rococo scrolls, shells, bouquets and trophies (light surface rust), and broad sliding trigger-guard safety catch engraved en suite 4 cm; 1 1/2 in barrels
Los 382
AN 18 BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY GEORG KEISER, VIENNA, CIRCA 1700 with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages formed with a long flat, engraved around the fore-sight and chiselled and engraved over the breech, engraved tang, signed rounded lock engraved with scrolls and a stag (the barrel and lock worn, areas of light pitting), figured walnut full stock finely carved in low relief with delicate mouldings and foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe, and about the tang, a pair of leafy fronds behind the lock and the side-plate, full brass mounts comprising pierced side-plate formed of a near symmetrical arrangement of foliage, spurred pommel engraved with foliage and chiselled with a grotesque mask on the pommel, moulded trigger-guard with foliate terminal, a pair of ramrod-pipes, engraved brass fore-end cap and wooden ramrod 34 cm; 13 3/8 in barrel George Keiser has been described as the most famous of all Vienna gunmakers. He was born in Eger, the son of Hans Keiser the gunmaker, in 1647 and is recorded in Vienna ninety-three years later in 1740. He was employed by the Imperial Court for fifty years. The influence of Egerland gunsmiths is evident on the present pistol. See Hayward 1963 p. 120.
Los 41
TWO JAPANESE SMALL TINDER BOX NETSUKE (HIUCHI), MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) the first with iron and brass action, hinged iron case secured by a button-catch, the lid decorated in shakudo with small flowerheads and the body with a small brass rosette and suspension ring; the second similar, decorated with silver damascened flowers (light wear) the first: 4 cm; 1 ½ in (2)
Los 429
A CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE LATE 16TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots with large domed heads of brass, the visor with stepped centrally-divided vision-slits fitted at its right with a short lifting-peg, the upper bevor with near-vertical profile pierced at each side with circular and cruciform ventilation-holes, the lower bevor fitted at the right cheek with a forked lifting-peg, the upper and lower bevors respectively fastened to the lower bevor and skull at their right sides by a spring-catch and a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and two articulated gorget- plates front and rear, the lowest lame at the front of rounded outline and the corresponding lame at the rear of squared outline, each formed at its main edge with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (some patches of light rust) 32.0 cm; 12½ in
Los 521
AN EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MEDICINAL DISPENSARY FOR USE IN THE FIELD, DISGUISED AS A PISTOL HOLSTERED AT THE SADDLE, GERMAN OR DUTCH, CIRCA 1650-60 the entire body formed in the shape of a holster for a horseman's pistol , constructed of sections of tinned sheet iron bordered by decorative raised narrow brass strips and divided into a total of twenty-two variously sized and shaped compartments, the lower tubular portion forming a single compartment originally fitted with a threaded cap at its extremity (missing), the upper portion of plano-convex section, capped horizontally by an upper tier divided into seven small compartments closed by a single hinged flat lid, the lid secured by three hasps fitted about the rim (one missing) and additionally fitted with a projecting iron-mounted wooden handle formed as the pommel of a pistol stock of the period, the central upper portion of the body divided into two parts joined by hinges on one side (one damaged) and a closed by a small lock, the latter with white metal escutcheon decorated with scrollwork in low relief, the convex outer part constructed with nine compartments closed off internally by a lid fitted with a pull and a lion's mask boss each of brass, together with a subsidiary outer compartment in turn closed by a hinged lid struck with a fleur-de-lys mark on the outside (Neue Støckel 5428), the flat inner portion of the upper body formed with four larger compartments housing four original pewter boxes individually shaped to fit and each with threaded lid, two lightly inscribed "Calmus W", the remaining two inscribed "Kirgsen Geist", the flat rear panel struck with a larger differing fleur-de-lys mark on the outside, and the body encased in its original canvas-lined leather cover, with slots at the sides for suspension (the cover with wear and light deterioration commensurate with age, slight shrinkage). 61.6cm; 24 ¼ in. (2) The tubular section suggests a container for rolled bandages, the nine compartments carried within the hinged outer half of the upper body include two with provision for medical implements, presumably bladed. The subsidiary outer compartment was most likely intended for surgical thread and has provision on the inner face of its lid for accompanying needles. The four named box-like containers would have held medicinal compounds, possibly in either powdered or liquid form. This concealed medicinal dispensary was intended for use during a military campaign, and almost certainly for the exclusive benefit of its owner; it is quite possibly the only example extant, a unique record of 17th century military field medicine. Rare drinking flasks similarly disguised are recorded also: an example was formerly in the Visser collection, with further reference to another in the Stibbert Collection, Florence. SeeThe Visser Collection Fine, Rare and Important Arms, Part II, Sotheby's, 3rd June 1991, lot 55, sold £4620.
Los 531
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN HEAVY BRONZE WALLGUN (DOPPELHAKEN), CIRCA 1520-40, PROBABLY NUREMBERG 3.1cm calibre. Cast in five stages separated by raised beaded mouldings, their inner edges punched and engraved with gothic brattished ornament and the leading edges decorated with engraved raised scalloped bands, tapering towards a flared rounded muzzle with shaped standing sight, the forward section rounded also and with large recoil-stop at its rear, the two rearward stages faceted and successively off-set in section, with rectangular breech with bevelled leading corners, standing back-sight cast with further beaded mouldings, and a pair of posts positioned centrally and originally intended for fitting a cover over the countersunk vent: on an early wooden beam-shaped stock secured by three transverse bolts, the stock possibly the original (the section of the barrel immediately fronting the breech has been defaced by filing, presumably the removal of the arms or an inscription relating to a previous owner, and evidently within the early working life of this gun. A portion of the stock has chipped off immediately behind the breech, the rear of the stock shows heavy age-related wear and some inactive worm damage). 148.4cm; 58 3/8 in barrel 211.8cm; 83 3/8 in overall length The superior quality of the casting and finishing is indicative of a Nuremberg foundry, perhaps that of Endres Pegnitzer (the Elder, d. 1554), or his son of the same name (d. prior to 1549). Compare for example, a bronze falkonett cast in 1522 by Pegnitzer the Elder for Graf Balthasar von Schwarzburg-Leutenburg, in the Staatliche Museen Heidecksburg Rudolstadt: see Müller 1968, no. 58, pp. 69 and 74. Also see Henkel 2011, for the same gun attributed to Pegnitzer the Younger (Inv. no. oss. 857), pp. 28-9. For a brief account of the three generations of the Pegnitzer family of gun-founders see Kennard 1986, p.124. Hakenbüchsen of this large size are correctly known as doppelhäken and were intended to be fired from a stand or tripod carriage and served by two men as a piece of light artillery. The term bronze widely used in modern reference to ordnance is referred to as brass (Messing) within historical accounts and contemporary manuscripts.
Los 543
A 48-BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, SCHWÄBISCH-GMÜND, DATED 1668 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel decorated with engraved small bands over the breech and muzzle, the muzzle face engraved with a matching circlet, the bore cut with five grooves alternating with five narrow grooves, and the breech struck with the unicorn mark of Schwäbisch-Gmünd twice and with the maker's stamped abbreviated signature "*H*V*G*" (Neue Støckel 1629 and 3151 respectively), with plain lock fitted with pierced flat wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover with button release, the dog-spring bridle en suite with the wheel-cover and the dog engraved with two monsters, fruitwood full stock, fluted fore-end, the rear half of the stock finely carved in low relief and incised with border panels, acanthus ornament and scrolling designs of leafy tendrils all heightened with light hatching, with incised patterned thumb-rest, a stag vignette in low relief opposite the lock, the cheek-piece with the owner's coat-of-arms and crest finely carved in low relief within a matted fluted oval, cut with the date "1668" and with the stockmaker's initials "I.S" behind the barrel tang, fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved with a bird-of-prey, iron trigger-guard, and the butt-plate and fore-end cap each of natural staghorn en suite with the side-nail washers (the back-sight, the mainspring, the ramrod-pipe and the ramrod all missing, the ramrod-channel and the patch-box cover each chipped). 55.3cm; 21 ¾in. barrel The signature abbreviated on the barrel is that of a member of the Haas family of gunmakers and in full would read: "Haas von Gmünd". Neue Støckel attributes the use of this abbreviation to Johannes Haas, although Michael Haas (circa 1635-d.1701) is the more likely.
Los 544
AN 87-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK LIGHT SPORTING CARBINE, DATED 1664 with slender octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, the breech struck with a rectangular mark, "M", plain lock fitted with external wheel retained by a kidney-shaped bracket, sliding pan-cover with scallop finial, moulded engraved dog, fruitwood full stock decorated over its rear half with lightly carved and incised small designs of foliage, scrolls and border ornament, the butt inlaid with designs of horn pellets enclosing engraved horn roundels on both the check-piece and patch-box cover, incised with the date "1664" and with the initials "FH", perhaps those of the stockmaker, fitted with horn butt-plate, iron trigger-guard, and bone ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap (back-sight and ramrod missing). 74.5cm; 29 3/8 in barrel
Los 563
A 48-BORE BOHEMIAN SMALL FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE FOR A LADY, SIGNED ANDREAS. M. SIGL A SCHLACKENWERTH, CIRCA 1730 with tapering barrel signed on the sighting flat, lightly swamped muzzle, engraved breech and the breech basal moulding and the tang each overlaid with brass, engraved bevelled lock involving a classical figure seated within a trophy-of-arms, figured walnut half-stock finely carved with a series of rococo scrollwork mouldings in low relief, the butt flattened along its underside and carved about the base of the comb and to the rear of the raised cheek-piece, full brass mounts cast in low relief, after the Parisian fashion, the butt-plate decorated with a prominent grotesque mask and engraved with a classical warrior standing within a scrollwork pattern, the side-plate decorated with a pierced design of scrolling foliage inhabited by a serpent, the trigger-guard formed with a pierced scrollwork finial and engraved with a further classical warrior on the bow, with three faceted ramrod-pipes, the escutcheon cast with a grotesque mask and a classical female bust, perhaps Minerva, and fitted with horn fore-end cap and retaining a single mount for a sling (the barrel with modern blued finish over very light pitting, the engraving on the breech rubbed, the lock acid-cleaned, the stock with a hairline crack on one side of the grip, ramrod missing). 97.1cm; 38 ¼ in barrel Andreas Michael Siegel was apprenticed in Vienna in 1680, he was appointed court gunmaker to the Margrave of Baden in 1689.
Los 575
A 90-BORE AIRGUN WITH EXTERNAL MECHANISM AND TURN-OFF BUTT-RESERVOIR, GERMAN OR DUTCH, CIRCA 1760-70 with sighted smooth-bore barrel carrying three brass faceted ramrod-pipes, plain boxed receiver carrying the cocking-lever and pivoted striker-arm on the right, the latter with rectangular face moving on a spring, the trigger and a sear additionally notched for the half-cock position each fitted on the left, the sliding valve-opener issuant from a port on the underside of the receiver, the mainspring fitted to the underside also, and retaining its original leather-covered butt-reservoir (the barrel with light surface rust over vice marks and light pitting, ramrod missing). 81.2cm; 32in barrel For an account of the development of airguns of this type see Hoff 1972, pp.57-9. Hoff records the earliest example of the type, signed Bossler a Darmstadt and built prior to 1746 (Tøjhusmuseum Copenhagen, no. B. 1411). He also records a further development of the type, signed J.C. Hoffmann a Suerin, circa 1760 (Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, no. 2627 KJ), the latter example comparable with the present gun. Op.Cit. pls. 64-6.
Los 590
A 37-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN BUECHENBERGER IN LANDSBERG, CIRCA 1730 with signed octagonal sighted barrel swamped towards the muzzle, engraved with scrolls and linear bands at the breech and rifled with seven grooves (back-sight missing), bevelled lock signed with the maker's initials "J.BB." and engraved with a sportsman together with a deer pursued by hounds, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings in low relief, including an acanthus design about the barrel tang and further acanthus flourishes framing the cheek-piece, fitted with carved sliding patch-box cover, full brass mounts cast in low relief, including side-plate decorated with a pierced Laub und Bandelwerk design involving trophies-of-war, trigger-guard with acanthus finials, three faceted ramrod-pipes and escutcheon formed as a scrollwork cartouche with coronet, fitted with horn fore-end cap, mounts for a sling, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the fore-end cracked on one side at the muzzle, the butt with very light inactive worm). 77.5cm; 30 ½ in barrel
Los 591
AN UNUSUAL 24-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BUILT ON AN EARLIER STOCK INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND FINELY CARVED IN HIGH RELIEF, THE STOCK SIGNED JOH. EBERHARDT SOMER, CIRCA 1660 with 18th century barrel formed in two stages, the rear section octagonal changing to a polygonal band capped by a turned girdle, inlaid with silver lines and scrollwork panels over the breech and fitted with silver "spider" fore-sight, the lock early 19th century, sparsely engraved with scrollwork and signed "Joh. Lauterer", fruitwood full stock, the fore-end inlaid over its length on both sides with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques formed as varieties of birds within an incised scrolling tendril pattern of inlaid leaves and flowers (the tendrils originally inlaid with wire, this and a small quantity of plaques each now missing), the butt slender and paddle-shaped, carved with the portrait bust of a 17th century prince in low relief about the barrel tang, finely carved in high relief on both sides with Roman battle scenes from the Second Punic War, after the chronicles of Polybius and probably inspired by the works of the Dutch engraver Cornelis Cort, the scene carved on the left-hand side illustrating Scipio coming to his father's rescue during the battle of Trebia, that on the right a scene from Scipio's victory over Hannibal at Zama, each scene captioned at length in Latin on scrolls carved along the lower edges of the butt and with the carver's signature incised on a corner of the right-hand scroll, with plain gilt-brass mounts including butt-plate and solid flat side-plate, and the ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap all originally silvered (the butt with a very light coverage of inactive worm holes, the ramrod missing). 76.9cm; 30 ¼ in barrel This gun is previously unrecorded within a small surviving group characterised by their distinctive paddle-shaped butts carved in high relief. Of these, the most well-documented is an example with its stock also signed "Joh. Eberhardt Somer" and which was formerly included in the renowned Gewehrkammer of the Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar at Schloss Ettersburg: see Lenk 1965, pp. 66-7 and p.71, pl.45, figs. 1-3, pl.46, fig. 3 and pl.47, fig. 2., the gun attributed by him to circa 1660. Also see Fischer & Kahlert 1927, lot 51 (illustrated), attributed to circa 1650 in the auction catalogue, sold to Jakobssen. All of the examples known within this enigmatic small group appear to be mounted with barrels, locks and mounts from disparate periods, but for the most part these components are apparently the first and only ones mounted to each of the stocks. In this respect the Ettersburg gun primarily differs from the present one in that the barrel, the lock and the mounts are of types much closer in keeping with the period suggested by the form of the stock. The Ettersburg stock differs also in as much as the butt is carved on the right-hand side only: the left-hand side is decorated instead with an inlaid pattern of mother-of-pearl plaques near-identical to those inlaid over the fore-end of the present gun. The carving on the right-hand side of the Ettersburg stock is a very closely comparable version of the identical scene, together with its identical caption, which is carved on the corresponding left-hand side of the present gun. Another, the stock unsigned, was sold in these rooms 4th December 2013, lot 395, the property of a nobleman descended from the Grand Duke of Baden. This stock was decorated with carved battle scenes involving figures in dress contemporaneous with circa 1700. A further example was sold by Christie's Paris, 31st March 2011, lot 622. The Alsatian stockmaker Hans (Johann) Eberhardt Sommer is recorded active circa 1650-70, in Strasbourg and possibly also in the Bavarian city of Bamberg: see Neue Støckel II, p.1193. Johann Lauterer, whose signature is on the lock, was a gunmaker working in Weikersheim, in the vicinity of Schloss Langenburg, at least by circa 1780 and almost certainly related to I.G. Lauterer, who was active early within the second quarter of the 18th century. Other sporting guns by the Lauterers are recorded in the princely armoury at Schloss Langenburg. In the present instance at least, the inclusion of an early 19th century lock, together with the barrel and mounts equally out of stylistic keeping with the stock, supports the certainty that the previously unused stock was mounted or set-up considerably later than the period for which it would ordinarily have been intended.
Los 601
A GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with swamped sighted barrel cut with sighting flat and a stepped moulding at the breech, bevelled plain lock lightly chiselled at the rear, walnut full stock carved with a series of raised mouldings about its contours and borders, full iron mounts with chiselled acanthus finials, including spurred pommel fitted with domed cap cut with a shaped cartouche, flat side-plate pierced and engraved with a scrolling bandwork pattern involving a monster's head and a bust oval, faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod (light chemical pitting throughout, the stock chipped along the upper edges on both sides at the muzzle, scattered very light inactive worm damage, the ramrod incomplete). 55cm; 215/8 in
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A RARE NORTH AFRICAN SHORTSWORD, ALGERIA, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with curved blade broadening to a double-edged cleaver-like point, formed with three long fullers along the lower portion and stamped with a series of decorative marks on each face, brass hilt formed of a pair of sharply down-curved quillons and an additional arm each formed with a bud-like finial, chiselled with petals and linear designs, up-turned knuckle-guard formed en suite, horn grip of characteristic form (light insect damage) faced with engraved sheet silver (small losses), set with a paste on one side and with a leaf-shaped washer over the rivets on each face 56.2 cm; 22 1/8 in blade A nimcha of similar form and decoration, originally owned by Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hopsonn (1642-1717) is preserved in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (WPN1057). He is said to have obtained it on boarding a corsair, probably out of Algiers, in the Mediterranean. Another example, now preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, was taken from an Algerian pirate in 1648 by Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1629-91). See May and Annis 1970, p. 169. A very similar sword is illustrated in Hales 2013, p. 235 no. 584.
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