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Lot 1183
An 18ct gold and diamond ladies dress ring of double bow form set with 35 diamonds - the central stone measuring approx 0.25ct - total diamond weight approx 0.8 to 1ct - ring weight approx 7 grams - ring is not hallmarked but tested to 18ct - virtually un worm stone lively and bright, the original suite of necklace, earrings and ring costing £8,900
Lot 1089
A George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, the upper section with a swan-neck pediment over two glazed doors enclosing multiple shelves, the base of bow-fronted form, fitted with a secretaire section to top over three long drawers, all set between quarter round columns, raised on splayed bracket feet, 230cm high, 109cm wide, 60cm deep, complete with keys
Lot 358
A George V silver combination aide memoire and card case with suspension chain and finger loop, engraved bow decoration with central initials, green silk lined interior and pencil, Henry Matthews, ,Chester 1912, together with a silver purse with chain, engraved with flower and leaf decoration, Charles Green, Birmingham 1917, gross combined weight 184 g / 5.9 ozt approx all in (2)
Lot 365
ËœA RARE ENGLISH STONEBOW FOR A CHILD, MID-17TH CENTURY with slender steel bow with a later string, slender fruitwood tiller inlaid over its full length with patterns of twisted brass wire at the borders, and with engraved bone plaques at each end decorated with flowers and foliage (one replaced), fitted with built-in steel gaffle with folding back-sight, button-shaped cocking-lever retained by a slender steel band, later folding fore-sight with string and ivory ball, a pair of steel side-plates, and pierced steel pommel 51.3 cm; 20¼ in tiller The inlay is similar to that found on English furniture of the period.
Lot 472
A 54 BORE FIVE SHOT DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER RETAILED BY E. WOODS & SON 76 BOW STREET, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1868-70 with octagonal signed barrel signed on the top-strap, border-engraved frame stamped 'patent no. 4008', fitted with rammer on the left, chequered hardwood butt and border-engraved trigger-guard (cleaned) 15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in barrel Edmund Woods & Son are recorded at this address from circa 1868.
Lot 489
A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY R. JOHNSTON, CIRCA 1810 with earlier rebrowned tapering barrel signed 'Barnett London' on the flat, gold-lined vent and engraved breech, engraved breech tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped bevelled lock fitted with bolt safety-catch, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, and engraved blued iron trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-music on the bow and with pineapple terminal, vacant silver escutcheon and horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 23.5 cm; 9 1/2 in barrel
Lot 367
AN ENGLISH STONEBOW, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with slender bow fitted with later string of twisted cords, folding fore-sight fitted with later cord, hardwood tiller (cracked) inlaid with engraved iron plaques on top, fitted with engraved built-in gaffle, trigger-guard and butt-plate 74.0 cm; 29 1/8 in tiller
Lot 363
Miscellanea and Artillery VARIOUS OWNERS A FINE AND RARE SOUTH GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW SIGNED BY THE MASTER 'BE', DATED 1589 with curved steel bow painted with a pair of alternating panels of early blue and red paint on the inside on either side of the tiller, fitted with later string and retained by later cords, wooden tiller swelling towards the nut, cut with a single aperture for a rod to set the trigger-mechanism, veneered over the upper and lower surfaces with white staghorn, engraved with bouquets of fruit, Biblical scenes including Daniel in the Lion's Den on the cheek-piece, and mythological figures along its full length, the sides each inlaid with a long marquetry panel of scrolling fruit and foliage in coloured fruitwood (minor losses), fitted with iron stirrup for a cranequin, original iron trigger with bulbous brass terminal, iron trigger-plate engraved with the date and the maker's initials in miniscules (worn), and set trigger (nut and basal cap missing) 61.0 cm; 24 in tiller The decoration of this crossbow is notably rare. A crossbow inlaid in a related manner is preserved in the Deutsches Jagd Museum, Munich.
Lot 366
A SAXON SLURBOW, BY JOHANN GEORG ERTTEL, DRESDEN, DATED 1753 with blued steel bow decorated with a gilt band top and bottom at each side, fitted with an early string, retained by gilt cords and with its green pom-poms, fruitwood tiller fitted with an additional bar above and with bone bolt channel (very light worm damage), engraved with the date ahead of the string-release, inlaid with engraved staghorn segmental lines and plaques including panels of rococo foliage inhabited by hounds on each side of the mechanism, a doe and a stag pursued by a hound in a rococo landscape on the left of the cheek-piece and further decorated panels on top including a scalloped hollow for the thumb, steel string-release, double set trigger, steel trigger-guard, and bone butt-plate engraved with the number '1', 'I. G. E.' and 'Ertell' 67.0 cm; 27? in This was converted for use as a slurbow in its early working life. Two gunmakers of this name, a father and son, are recorded circa 1700-63 and 1728-94 respectively. A number of firearms by them are preserved in the former Electoral gewehrkammer, Dresden, though neither is recorded as a crossbow maker. It is likely that this is the work of the father as the son is recorded in Amsterdam as both Burgher and Master the year the present bow was manufactured. See Schaal 1975.
Lot 368
AN ITALIAN STONEBOW, LATE 17TH CENTURY with slender steel bow retained by a pair of irons, carved wooden tiller of characteristic form (cracked), decorated with raised mouldings, panels of engraved scrollwork and small scallop designs over the forward portion, fitted with moulded steel fore-sight, folding back-sight, curved moulded trigger, later engraved inlays and later turned pommel (chipped)) 106.8 cm; 42 in tiller Provenance William Ockelford Oldman, London, 4 January 1929, no. 18 John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, Inv. No. 573
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