A Rare Pair Of French Cased Flintlock Four-Barrelled Box-Lock Tap-Action Pistols Of SmallboreSilver Petite Garantie Mark For Paris, No. 10, Circa 1820Each with turn-off barrels engraved around the muzzles and numbered from '1' to '8', at the breech end, border engraved breeches numbered to correspond and decorated with scrolling foliage over each side, actions engraved with foliage centred on a differing mask with a basket of fruit on his head, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, engraved trigger-guards, figured butts each carved with a panel of scales on both sides, a petalled design behind the action on both sides, and with a line of bell-flowers down the back, the flat ovoidal pommels each carved with an arcaded border and set with a silver neo-classical female mask in relief: in original lined and fitted case covered in red leather, the interior of the lid with red leather straps for the steel bullet mould and barrel wrench, the exterior with stamped and gilt decorative border 3 cm. barrels Footnotes:A handwritten note in Spanish and dated 5 July 1960 claims that the pistols were a gift from Napoleon I to Melendez Valdes, the poet. A further note reads 'This small pair of four barrel flintlock tap action pistols in a red leather case were brought back from Spain by an American Colonel and exchanged for a Colt pocket revolver - I don't of course guarantee the attribution but they are at least contemporary and much in the Boutet style. July 1960'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Pair Of French 25-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted D.B. PistolsBy Laroche A Paris, Silver Dechage Mark, Probably For Paris, Mid-18th CenturyWith barrels each with a gold line around the muzzles and gilt rays around the silver fore-sight, engraved in gold within punched and gilt borders along each rib and with gilt scallop shells and a martial trophy, the breeches each with a differing chased gold sporting trophy and with bands of gold foliage between gold lines, the side-flats gilt, tangs each with a gold starburst in the sighting groove and a small gold martial trophy on the tail, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks decorated respectively on the stepped tail with a recumbent stag and a boar beset by two hounds, border engraved bevelled cocks each decorated with foliage, highly figured moulded half-stocks each carved with foliage in low relief around the barrel tang and rear ramrod-pipe, the former with shell terminal, the back of the butts inlaid with symmetrical silver wire scrollwork, cast and chased mounts comprising spurred pommels each with an elaborate trophy of arms on both sides and grotesque mask pommel-cap, the spurs within silver wire wrigglework borders, trigger-guards each with moustachioed grotesque mask surmounted by a foliate finial, and with a raised rectangular panel on the bow, turned rear ramrod-pipes each with border engraved terminal incorporating the barrel-retaining screw (lugs loose), and original ivory-tipped ramrods each with iron worm (2)29.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:See J.F. Hayward, The Art Of The Gunmaker Volume II 1660-1830, 1963, pp. 182-184. Hayward states 'The most outstanding Parisian gunmakers of the mid-eighteenth century were the two Laroches, father and son. Jean Baptiste Laroche was Arquebusier du Roi during the reign of Louis IV and succeeded in 1743 to the logement in the Louvre, which had been occupied by the younger le Hollandois. He was aided in later life by his son, who in 1763, succeeded his logement in the Louvre'The ramrods can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Extremely Fine Cased Pair Of French 32-Bore Flintlock PistolsBy Boutet A Versailles, No. 103, Circa 1815-18With charcoal grey twist swamped octagonal polygroove rifled barrels each inlaid with decorative gold bands at the muzzle and forward of the breech, the upper side flats signed in elaborate gold script enriched with wheat and laurel, top flats each cut with a tapering sighting groove, a gold-inlaid arrow with chased flights and gold serial number beyond, rose gold sights, richly blued octagonal breeches each inlaid with five gold stars within the groove and flanked by a rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp, gold-lined touch-holes, bright border engraved grooved tangs each decorated with foliage and numbered '1' and '2' respectively, bright flat bevelled detented locks each signed 'Boutet A VERSAILLES' and decorated with a design of symmetrical foliage on the tail, lightly engraved swept gold-lined pans, cocks and steels each engraved with foliage, the latter with roller acting against a ramp on the steel-spring, highly figured half-stocks each with rounded butt chequered within shaped borders, ovoidal pommels each carved in relief as a flower-head, the stigma carved in ebony, burnished steel mounts decorated in neo-classical taste and comprising pierced side-nail plates each engraved with foliage between fluted wings, border engraved trigger-guards with symmetrical foliage on the bow, trigger-plates each with acanthus urn finial surmounted by an arrangement of fruit and flowers, border engraved vacant gold escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, filed adjustable set triggers, and retaining virtually all their original finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize with light green ribbon borders and full accessories comprising brass-mounted powder-flask with red leather-covered body, bright steel combined bullet-mould and lug-wrench, brass-mounted turnscrew, hammer, ramrod and powder-measure, wooden mallet, bright steel charge extracting rod with brass-mounted worm, pricker and oil bottle of octagonal section, and complete with a spare pair of steels engraved en suite with the pair fitted to the pistols, the exterior of the lid (old splits and minor repairs) with silver escutcheon with scalloped border and elaborately engraved 'Manuf.re à Versaille Entrep.re Boutet', the whole set in fine condition 22.9 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty from the collection of W. Graham Lewis, formerly on loan to the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA between 1971 and 2001, Sotheby's Olympia, Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 7 December 2001, lot 293Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) is considered to be one of the greatest recorded gunmakers. From 1793 to 1818 he was artistic director of the Manufacture Nationale de Versailles were he was responsible for the production of some of the finest luxury and presentation arms ever made. See La Manufacture d'armes de Versailles et Nicolas Noël Boutet, Manufacture Nationale, Imperiale Et Royale 1793-1818, exhibition catalogue, Musée Lambinet, Versailles 23 November 1993 - 6 March 1994, passim A similar pair of pistols by the same maker and numbered '93' are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. M.38, 38a-1960)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Exceptionally Rare Cased Deluxe .34 Percussion Colt Paterson No. 2 Belt Model RevolverNo. 576, Circa 1840With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved 'Patent Arms Mg. Co. Paterson N.J. Colts Pt.' along the top flat and inlaid with a German silver band around the muzzle, partial German silver bands behind the fore-sight, at the bottom rear of the barrel and forward of the wedge aperture (wedge replaced), and with pairs of German silver bands at the breech and on either side of the rounded recoil shield, the barrel finely factory engraved on each side of the breech with an anchor and open foliate scrolls, blued round-back cylinder roll engraved with centaurs within turned bands, border engraved case-hardened frame decorated with scrolling foliage inhabited by a dove behind the blued folding trigger, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened hammer with chequered spur, blued border engraved back-strap decorated with foliate scrollwork and with vacant German silver escutcheon with clipped corners, varnished highly figured rounded grips, and retaining virtually all its original blued and case-hardened finish (minor areas of old rust patination): in original varnished mahogany case, the lid (minor repairs, escutcheon plate replaced) with bevelled edge, lined in burgundy velvet (minor old staining) with full accessories comprising matching blued cylinder serial numbered to the revolver, bullet mould, blued combination tool retaining some blueing, characteristic circular brass capper numbered 26 on the inside, and brass cylinder charger retaining much of its original lacquered finish, the central band engraved 'Colt's Pt. Arms Mg. Co. Paterson, N.J. -' 14 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThe property of a deceased estate, sold in these Rooms 24 July 2002, lot 313 (£222,500 including buyer's premium)For a very similar revolver, (no. 566) now known as the Serrie Paterson see Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, The Warren Anderson Collection of Premier American & European Antique Firearms, Part II, lot 1410, and R.L. Wilson, Fine Colts, The Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection, 1999, pp. 4 & 5, illustrated in colourThis and the Serrie Paterson are the finest No. 2 belt model revolvers knownFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Extremely Rare And Fine 88-Bore Percussion Hand-Rotated Double-Hammer Six-Shot RevolverBy James Purdey, London, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 21, Circa 1835With case-hardened barrel cluster bored from the solid, the barrels divided by recessed ribs, three of them engraved with foliage, signed 'Purdey.London' and fitted with silver bead fore-sight, at the centre of the barrels a threaded ramrod with knurled finial, border engraved case-hardened box-lock action and hammers finely decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former with case-hardened flash-shield at the front, the latter each with engraved safety-catch, the lower tang engraved with the number '21', finely chequered figured rounded butt stamped with the number '18', blued border engraved trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the latter with hinged circular butt-trap cover stamped 'WT' on the inside, vacant silver escutcheon, and retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) with accessories including Sykes brass-mounted powder-flask, case-hardened bullet mould numbered '26', turnscrew and bone patch box of circular section, the interior of the lid with 'visiting card' trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 8.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceAmbler Collection, Clapham, North YorkshireW. Keith Neal Collection, C125Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 160LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Tradecards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, pl. 458Only two such six-shot double-hammer pistols are recorded, the other numbered '26'. The record of Purdey sales does not convey any idea of how many were built, and only one account has been identified that may refer to one of them. 'August 1834 - A 6 barrelled pistol - £12.12.0d.' - a price which affirms its superiority to a standard pepperbox revolverPistol no. 26, until recently in the collection of Edmund Greenwood, is in a relined and incorrectly repartitioned case. It is illustrated in Unsworth, op. cit, pl. 41, and was sold by Wallis & Wallis, Lewes, Sussex, 13 February 2001, lot 122For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare Cased 20-Bore Flintlock Walking-Stick GunBy Joseph Egg, London, Circa 1820With round sighted barrel painted in imitation of bamboo and with detachable brass ferrule with iron button tip, made to lock into an iron sleeve at the breech, the blued sleeve signed along the tapered top flat, engraved with foliage on a punched ground, and decorated with a sportsman shooting at a boar in a landscape accompanied by his two hounds, the barrel and sleeve each with platinum-lined touch-hole, signed border engraved flat lock decorated with a trophy on the tail and with rainproof pan, foliate engraved 'French' cock working on a link to the blued mainspring, the latter also forming the steel-spring with roller, chequered figured rounded butt with blued D-shaped trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, border engraved steel mount for the figured take-down skeleton butt with sprung lever catch, the top tang engraved with foliage and signed 'J. Egg London', silver escutcheon engraved with owner's monogram, a Baron's coronet above, and retaining some original finish: in contemporary relined and refitted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled body, G. & J.W. shot-flask with white-metal nozzle, turnscrew, and attachable walking-stick handle with replacement wooden grip, the inside of the lid with maker's trade label (damaged) for circa 1816-1835, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 77.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 152Joseph Egg was at 1 Piccadilly (corner of Piccadilly and Haymarket) from 1814 to 1834. See Claude Blair, The Egg Family, Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.)', The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 306-353For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Exceptional Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion Duelling PistolsBy John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 11176 for 1836With browned twist octagonal polygroove rifled barrels each with silver fore-sight and signed in full along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with back-sight and pierced engraved platinum plug, border engraved cased-hardened flat detented locks and dolphin hammers all decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former each with blued safety-catch and inscribed 'Manton & Son Patent', the interior of the locks brightly burnished, serial numbered and stamped with small locksmith's initials 'GM', lacquered finely figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt and dark horn fore-end cap, blued border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliage and comprising butt-caps, trigger-guards, trigger-plates each with pineapple-shaped finial, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued set triggers and barrel-bolts, original brass-tipped ramrods, and in virtually unused condition: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather and in exceptional condition, original serial numbered bullet mould, combined mallet/cleaning rod with leather-faced head, and bone-mounted brush, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant brass escutcheon, the whole set in exceptional original condition throughout, London proof marks 23.9 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Duke of Norfolk, Arundel CastleW. Keith Neal Collection, C13Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 169LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967, p.112D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.63The case contains a handwritten letter dated 19 March 1967, on Arundel Castle headed paper, from the Duke of Norfolk to W. Keith Neal regarding the purchase of these pistols: 'Thank you for your letter. Please take this one for a receipt which I fear I forgot to give you. I am so glad you are please. Many thanks for your book.'The case also contains a signed 'General Game Certificate, for the Year 1837' for '...the Division of Marylebone in the County of Middlesex' made out to Lord Fitzallan (sic) of No. 1 Hyde Park PlaceFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 48-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 6384 For 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted scratch-rifled barrels (some discolouration and minor surface rust patination) each with silver fore-sight and signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened recessed patent sloping breeches engraved with trophies and each with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with foliage involving a basket and a part martial trophy, border engraved case-hardened detented serial numbered flat locks each signed 'John Manton & Son' above 'PATENT' and decorated with a trophy and foliage, engraved V-shaped rainproof pans each with a slender platinum bar along the bottom, foliate engraved cocks, the top jaws engraved with a starburst, and signed patent steels each with pierced lip and acting against a roller, plain safety-catches, figured half-stocks (one fore-end with small repair) with chequered rounded butts and horn fore-end caps, blued steel mounts including serial numbered trigger-guards (one with some loss of finish) each decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with the Lowther crest, original brass-tipped ramrods, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in leather painted in imitation of turtleshell, original serial numbered bullet mould, combined mallet/cleaning rod with leather-faced head, and a pan brush, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1815-20, the exterior with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon engraved with the Lowther crest 23.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumberland, house sale, Maple & Co. and Thomas Wyatt, F.V.A., 16 April 1947, probably part of lot 717 ('Eleven old guns and pistols', £220 to Neal)Literature W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967, p. 93, pl. 23W. Keith Neal, 'Pistols for Two', The Saturday Book, 1968, p.166 (illustrated)W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, pl. 404D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 43, pl.17Almost certainly made for William Lowther, 5th Viscount and 2nd Earl Lonsdale (1757-1844), son and heir of the Rev. Sir William Lowther Bt., of Swillington, Yorks. In 1788 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet, and in 1802 his cousin, the Earl of Lonsdale, in the Viscountcy and Barony of Lowther of Whitehaven. In 1807 he was himself created Earl of Lonsdale, and then a Knight of the Garter. He served as an MP between 1780 and 1802 and as an officer in the 8th Regiment of Foot, and was responsible, with the architect Sir Robert Smirke, for the creation of Lowther Castle in its pseudo-Gothic splendour, where he was a generous patron of artists and writers. However, his great passion was foxhunting - according to Robert Smirke, the painter, 'he keeps about fifty hunters'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Fine Pair Of Flintlock Silver-Mounted Over-and-Under Holster PistolsBy Joseph Heylin, Cornhill, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1760, Maker's Mark JAWith two-stage barrels slightly flared towards the muzzles, the border engraved octagonal breeches finely decorated with rococo foliate scrollwork involving martial trophies, the upper flats signed within foliated ribbons, tangs each secured by two screws and engraved with foliage against a cross-hatched ground, border engraved flat locks each signed on a rococo and foliate ribbon on the rounded tail, cocks decorated en suite, external main- and steel-springs each chiselled with foliage, moulded figured rounded butts (minor old defects) each carved in relief with shells around barrel tang, mounts comprising trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy on the bow, heavy spurred pommels cast and chased with flowering foliage in relief against a finely punched ground, the spurs engraved with foliage and graduated beadwork, large vacant escutcheons each with a border of flowering foliage en suite, and original silver-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm (iron parts with some light scattered pitting), London proof marks and Heylin's barrelsmith's mark (2)23 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceRobert-Jean Charles (1904-1979), Paris, March 1938 for FF 5,000 (according to a handwritten note in one barrel)W. Keith Neal Collection, P255Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 240 ExhibitedThe Game Fair, Longleat House, 1962The Art of the Armourer, Victoria and Albert Museum, 19 April - 5 May 1963, cat. no. 248 The Game Fair, Shuttleworth Old Warden Park, 27-29 July 2001LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmaker 1740-1790, 1975, p. 109, pls. 381-384Joseph Heylin, gunmaker and stonebow maker, was made free of the London Gunmaker's Company by redemption in 1757, was elected Assistant in 1773, Upper Warden in 1776, and Master in 1777. He was contractor to the East India Company, 1773-1777, to the Hudson's Bay Company, 1775-1777, and to the African Merchants Company in 1760. Also on the livery of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, his career was interrupted by bankruptcy in 1779 and he died in 1801Noted for his brass-barrelled blunderbuss-pistols, he is also the maker of a pair of flintlock silver-mounted holster pistols with solid silver barrels and lock-plates formerly in the collection of Norman Dixon and sold in these Rooms 18 April 2012, lot 318 (£51,650 including premium). For more information see Norman Dixon, Georgian Pistols... 1971; passim'Joseph Heylin, A Georgian Gunmaker 1730-1801', The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, Vol. XVII, No. 3 (March 2002), pp.155-189; and J.F. Hayward, The Art of the Gunmaker, Vol. II 1660-1830, 1963, p.203, pl.65For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 16-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Sporting Gun For The Export Market By Alexandre Carlat A St. Etienne, Provincial Silver Marks For 1819-1838With long barrel with fore-sight centred on a gilt starburst, the breech deeply chiselled with a martial trophy against a gilt ground and engraved 'Canon. Tordu' beyond, the underside of the breech stamped 'Merley Fraysse Tordu', bright border engraved tang grooved for sighting, signed flat lock engraved with a wolf in a landscape on the tail, foliate engraved cock, top jaw and steel each engraved with branches of laurel, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, the side-flat and rear of the butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and engraved silver foliage, border engraved mounts comprising winged foliate engraved side-nail plate, butt-plate with a townscape in an oval on the foliate heel tang, scroll trigger-guard with a heron in an oval between foliage on the finial and a hound in a landscape on the bow, turned rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant gold escutcheon, baluster ramrod-pipes each on a mount engraved as a double-headed eagle, and original horn-tipped ramrod, St. Etienne proof 122 cm. barrel Footnotes:An Alex Carlat is recorded in St. Etienne between 1817 and 1825. Merley-Fraysse (Fils) is also recorded in St. Etienne between 1820 and 1825The ramrod can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 25-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting GunBy Antoine Pusset Fecit A Luneville, Dated 1720With bright barrels with muzzle-ring joined to the ribs, the upper rib with silver fore-sight and signed along the rib within borders of shaped outline, the signature between panels of symmetrical strapwork against finely punched grounds, and numbered '7' in front of the widely grooved back-sight, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with a tree and with a sporting trophy on the stepped tail, bevelled cocks and steels, the former each with foliage issuing from a sea-monster's mouth, the latter each with two archer's bows within engraved borders, moulded figured half-stock (replaced during the gun's working life) carved with rocailles and foliage along the fore-end, around the tang and back of the grip, and at the rear of the cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a sporting trophy on the heel tang and with chiselled foliate finial en suite, trigger-guard with chiselled finial en suite and engraved with symmetrical strapwork against a finely punched ground on the border engraved bow, faceted ramrod-pipes, the rear one with central screw retaining the barrels, crowned escutcheon pierced and engraved with owner's coat-of-arms between crowned eagle supporters, a grotesque mask below, dark horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and horn-tipped ramrod 97.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:The arms are those of Leopold Charles Dominique Agapet Hyacinthe, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1679-1729). He was the son and heir of Charles IV (1624-1690) who married Princess Charlotte daughter of Phillip III, Duke of Orleans. Duke Leopold was a direct ancestor of the Hapsburg-Lorraine dynasty, owners of lot 339 in this saleFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 32-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistol, And A Liège 28-Bore Percussion Officer's PistolThe First By Dabadie A Paris, The Second By Michel Berleur, Both Early 19th CenturyBoth converted from flintlock, the first with swamped part octagonal sighted barrel browned beneath and with gilt band at the muzzle and back of the breech, the latter stamped beneath with maker's mark 'D.B' in a wreath, plain tang, signed flat bevelled lock, figured full stock, butt with unusually chequered panel along each side and with ovoidal pommel, the latter with bevelled steel cap, steel spur trigger-guard with long urn-shaped finial, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set-trigger, and original ramrod with steel-capped horn tip; the second with octagonal polygroove rifled barrel inlaid with silver scrollwork on the upper flats, signed in silver along the top flat and with circular silver-lined maker's mark at the breech, foliate engraved tang with two folding leaf back-sights, flat bevelled lock with safety-catch, figured full stock (worn, old splits and slightly reduced at the muzzle) inlaid with silver wire scrollwork on the side-flat, around the barrel tang, down the back of the butt and around the ovoidal pommel, the latter with foliate engraved cap, chequered grip, border engraved steel escutcheon and trigger-guard, the former with a starburst, the latter in the French taste with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set trigger, and horn-tipped ramrod, probably original (2)22 cm. and 23.5 cm. barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Liège Pin-Fire Meyers Patent Six-Shot Pocket Revolver Of Small BoreLate 19th CenturyWith blued fluted barrels decorated along each flat with silver line strapwork between silver pellets, retained by an oval-headed screw pierced for a tommy-bar and each rifled over half their length to the muzzle, blued action and butt with silver line borders, the former stamped 'Meyers Brevette' (Neue Støckel 7905) on the back of the left recoil shield, the latter with threaded cartridge extracting rod and rounded ivory grips, bright hinged loading-gate, hammer and folding trigger, and in fine unfired condition: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with pewter oil bottle, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, Liège proof 4.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:A Ferdinand Meyer is recorded in Zurich between 1876 and 1877This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Turkish 18-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster PistolsInscribed Wilson, London, Turkish Silver Marks And Tughra, Probably Reign Of Mahmud II (1808-1839)With two-stage barrels (some pitting), breeches each engraved with a crescent amid stamped stars, inscribed 'London', and stamped with three rectangular trellised marks on the left side, plain tangs, rounded locks in the French manner, each inscribed 'Wilson' and with semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured full stocks each inlaid with brass wire foliate scrollwork highlighted with brass pins, and with pellets around each lock, parcel-gilt mounts cast and chased in low relief with martial trophies and foliage comprising side-plates, escutcheons, spurred pommels each with rounded cap, trigger-guards (one repaired), turned ramrod-pipes, and false ramrods en suite with the stocks (2)28.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Austrian 40-Bore Flintlock PistolsBy IO. Spirkenbichler In Schwechet, Mid-18th CenturyWith blued two-stage barrels each with chiselled girdle and silver spider fore-sight, octagonal breeches each signed along the top flat, bright tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively, signed bright flat bevelled locks each with faceted pan pierced with a water-drain, figured moulded full stocks (minor damage at the rear ramrod-pipes) lightly carved around each barrel tang, rounded bird's head butts, brass mounts of shaped outline comprising side-plates, vacant escutcheons, butt-caps, wooden trigger-guards each with slender brass reinforcing strap, turned faceted ramrod-pipes, brass fore-end caps, original horn-tipped ramrod (the other replaced) with brass cap, and retaining nearly all their original blued and burnished finish (2)16 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 23 May 2018, lot 321Josef Spirkenpickler (sic) is recorded in Schwechat Austria in circa 1750For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 14-Bore Percussion Sporting GunIndistinctly Signed ... Simmons, Early 19th CenturyConverted from flintlock, with rebrowned twist sighted barrel engraved with a starburst forward of the breech flat and stamped 'Twisted Stubs' beneath, breech engraved with foliage on the top flat, engraved tang decorated with a starburst in the sighting groove, indistinctly signed flat bevelled lock, figured half-stock with horn fore-end cap and chequered grip, engraved steel mounts (worn and rust patinated) including scroll trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, and later ramrod (some wear overall) 78.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 20-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 11468 For 1841With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, case-hardened breeches (one nipple replaced) engraved with a scallop shell between and each with pierced engraved platinum plug, border engraved tang decorated with a blackcock in a landscape and scrolling foliage, border engraved serial numbered flat locks and hammers decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former each signed 'Jno. Manton & Son Patent' and engraved with cock pheasants in a landscape, highly figured half-stock (minor old bruising), border engraved reblued mounts comprising butt-plate decorated on the heel tang with scrolling foliage and a pheasant perched on a branch, D-shaped trigger-guard with a gundog in a landscape on the bow and pheasants in a landscape on the serial numbered tang, trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later brass-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Previously unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine 29-Bore (.550) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By Edward Paton, 44 George Street, Perth, Maker to H.R.H. The Late Prince Consort, No. 2329, Circa 1865With re-browned damascus twist sighted barrels with bright bores each rifled for a belted ball, signed in full along the top of the breeches and with matted rib, folding leaf back-sights form '50' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved recoloured breeches each with platinum plug and decorated with foliate scrollwork between, case-hardened tang engraved with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved case-hardened detented flat locks decorated with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammers en suite and each with blued safety-catch (one with some pitting) in front, highly figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, butt (minor repair to toe) with cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts comprising hinged circular patch-box cover decorated with a stag in a landscape, chequered butt-plate with scrolling foliage on the heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with a running stag in a landscape on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its blued and case-hardened finish, London proof marks 75 cm. barrels Footnotes:Edward Paton is recorded in Perth and Dundee, Scotland between 1856 and 1885For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare .500 (38-Bore) Percussion Hand-Rotated Four-Barrel Smooth Oval-Bore Sporting RifleBy Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, NO. 2781, Circa 1855With rebrowned sighted barrels each with matted rib and folding leaf back-sights from '100' to '300' yards, each leaf with central gold line, the breeches engraved respectively with maker's details and 'Patent Smooth Bored Rifle', patent breeches each with pierced platinum plug and decorated with a scallop shell and foliate scrollwork between, long tang finely engraved with foliate scrolls and incorporating the chequered sprung release catch allowing the barrels to rotate, signed rounded border engraved serial numbered detented back-action locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite, finely figured butt with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts retaining some blueing and comprising chequered butt-plate decorated with a wolfhound amid scrolling foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with rutting stags in a landscape on the bow, serial numbered tang and pierced nipple-shield both decorated with foliate scrollwork, and vacant silver escutcheon, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 67 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Antique Arms & Armour..., 18 July 2002, lot 293Charles William Lancaster was granted British Patent No. 13161 for 'oval-bored barrels' in 1850For a cased example (no. 2800) see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 22For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Caucasian Dagger, And A Turkish BichaqBoth 19th CenturyThe first with fullered blade double-edged towards the slightly curved point, hilt entirely covered in silver, indented for the fingers and nielloed with designs of symmetrical foliage scrollwork and flower-heads against a wrigglework ground, in original fabric-covered wooden scabbard (fabric worn) with silver locket, chape and suspension mount en suite with the hilt; the second with slightly recurved blade (old surface rust, tip missing), silver hilt embossed and chased with foliage and rocailles along both sides and with 'eared' pommel, in original wood-lined silver scabbard decorated en suite, and with foliate terminal (2)The first 27 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock BlunderbussBy Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th CenturyWith two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'London' and stamped with Irish registration number 'D-C 1547' for Dublin City, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved rounded lock (top of cock an old replacement), figured full stock (repaired in front of the lock, patch of old bruising on one side of the butt) inlaid with silver wire scallop shell and scrollwork around the barrel tang, brass mounts comprising cast and chased trophy of arms side-plate and vacant escutcheon, border engraved butt-plate with foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with early form of acorn finial and engraved flower-head on the bow, turned brass ramrod-pipes, and later brass-mounted ramrod, private Birmingham proof marks and barrelsmith's mark, probably of Thomas Ketland 36.8 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish Brass-Mounted KilijProbably Reign Of Abdülaziz (1277-93 A.H. Corresponding To 1861-76 A.D.)With broad curved blade (some areas of pitting) of characteristic form double-edged and cut with lines in front of the yelman, the latter damascened with gold arabesques, the forte damascened in gold with a symmetrical design of arabesques over both sides, a gold-damascened cartouche on one side inscribed 'There is no youth except 'Ali' and 'no sword except dhulfaquar' in Arabic, and with a roundel on the other inscribed 'The servant of the king of trusteeship 'Abbas' in Persian, hilt comprising quillon-block with foliate engraved border, pointed langets and tapering quillons each with bud-shaped terminal, reeded silver grip-strap, and rounded stained horn grips, the pommel pierced for a sword-knot and with chased drop-shaped mount on each side, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with brass wire seam along the inside, deep border engraved locket and chape decorated with foliage, shaped suspension mount, and two later suspension rings 70.3 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Covert GunBy John Manton, London, No. 1237 For 1790With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the rib, breeches each with gold line and engraved with a starburst between, gold-lined touch-holes, plain tang grooved for sighting, signed flat bevelled locks (one mainspring and one cock retaining screw replaced, top of one steel repaired, one cock a working replacement, probably by the maker) each with stepped tail, semi-rainproof pan and roller acting on a ramp on the steel spring, figured half-stock (old bruising and some repairs, the latter mainly around the lock cavities) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a gundog retrieving a gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard retaining traces of blueing and decorated with gamebirds in a landscape on the bow and with a foliate scroll on the scrolled tang, large pineapple finial, and rear ramrod-pipe with foliate finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, and later brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and light rust patination), London proof marks 43.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Previously unrecordedThe crest is that of Viscount George Ashburnham of St. Asaph (1760-1830), later 3rd Earl Ashburnham. The family home is Ashburnham Place, SussexFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting Gun By J. Edmunds, Late 18th CenturyWith rebrowned twist sighted barrels (some old pitting) each with bright bore and stamped 'Narrow Twisted' beneath towards breech, breeches each with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, the rib between engraved with a starburst, tang decorated with foliage inhabited by a bird and with a further starburst in the sighting groove, figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with game birds on the stepped tail and with rainproof pan and roller, foliate engraved cocks (jaw screws replaced), border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some pitting) decorated with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard engraved with a star burst on the scroll, and signed within an oval in a landscape scene inhabited by a gundog and gamebirds on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with Prince of Wales feather finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks 79.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:A John and Abraham Edmunds are recorded in Worcester, Worcestershire in 1797For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 50-Bore Percussion Six-Shot Pepperbox Revolver By Will.m Ling, 61 Jermyn St.t, St. James's, London, Mid-19th CenturyWith fluted barrels engraved with foliate decoration around the muzzles and numbered from '1' to '6' at the breeches, border engraved action, nipple-shield and bar-hammer all decorated with foliate scrollwork, the first signed in full over three scrolls on one side and engraved 'Improved Revolving Pistol' on the other, safety-catch, border engraved trigger-guard and stepped ovoidal butt-cap each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the latter with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a flower-head, finely chequered figured rounded butt, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials 'RF', and retaining traces of original case-hardening, London proof marks 8.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:William Ling was a former workman of Forsyth & Co. and was at 61 Jermyn Street, London between 1840 and 1863For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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