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Lot 519
A MAHOGANY BOW FRONTED BUFFET IN GEORGIAN STYLE, the shaped rectangular top with a moulded and scroll carved pediment and carved edge above a shelf section supported by square section uprights over a pair of cupboard doors with oval beading, raised on scroll carved cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet. 1.29m by 1.22m by 0.51m
Lot 653
A PAINTED AND PARTIAL GILT BOW FRONTED DISPLAY CABINET IN THE ROCOCO TASTE, the leaf and scroll carved pediment over a bowed glass door flanked by bowed glass panels above a heavily scroll carved base raised on channelled cabriole legs joined by a scroll carved X-form stretcher. 2.23m by 1.03m by 0.43m
Lot 330
A GERMAN PELLET CROSSBOW (SCHNEPPER), MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with slender steel bow, fitted with fixed fore-sight and string of twisted cords (later), integral tiller and gaffle, the latter with folding back-sight, carved wooden butt profusely inlaid with scrolls and pellets enclosing a portrait bust of an elector on the left and with the stylised electoral arms of the Duchy of Warsaw on the right, and a further rondel decorated en suite beneath (small repairs) 79.5 cm; 31 3/8 in tiller
Lot 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.
Lot 347
**A 14 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY THOMAS KETLAND, CIRCA 1780 with tapering sighted barrel stamped with the barrelsmith's mark 'TK' over the breech, engraved with foliage and '6', engraved tang, border-engraved lock signed 'Ketland' (the barrel and lock pitted), full stock (the fore-end cracked through), carved with a raised moulding about the tang, brass mounts comprising pierced and chased openwork side-plate decorated with trophies-of-arms, trigger-guard engraved with a rococo flower on the bow and with acorn finial of early form, butt-plate engraved with a trophy on the tang, and vacant escutcheon, four moulded ramrod-pipes, and brass fore-end cap, and iron ramrod, perhaps the original 107 cm; 42 1/8 in barrel Thomas Ketland is recorded as a gunmaker in Birmingham circa 1766-1816. Thomas and John Ketland were stopped from supplying muskets to America in 1797 by the British government.
Lot 349
**A .800 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MUSKET OF REGULATION TYPE, CIRCA 1720-30, ENGLISH OR DUTCH with tapering sighted barrel formed in two-stages, moulded at the breech, grooved tang, rounded banana-shaped lock (one side nail replaced), figured walnut full stock (the fore-end with extensive repairs and partly replaced, chips and cracks), moulded about the lock, tang and sideplate, rounded butt formed with a pronounced comb strongly down-curved at the front, brass mounts comprising rounded scrolling side-plate, trigger-guard cut with a pair of flutes on the bow and with foliate terminal, butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, and four moulded baluster-shaped ramrod-pipes (two loose, later ramrod) 115.5 cm; 45 1/2 in barrel A gun with a butt of related form is illustrated Blackmore 1961 p. 75, no. 2.
Lot 350
**A 28 BORE AMERICAN PERCUSSION GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with octagonal sighted barrel, grooved tang, engraved stepped lock decorated with linear patterns and ears of corn, hardwood full stock, brass mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a flower on the bow and with stylised acorn finial, two-piece side-plate, butt-cap (holed), three ramrod-pipes (the fourth missing), brass fore-end cap, silver escutcheon, and later ramrod 122 cm; 48 in barrel
Lot 384
A .550 CALIBRE GERMAN PERCUSSION RIFLED OFFICER'S PISTOL, CIRCA 1770 converted from flintlock, with etched twist swamped barrel fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight, rounded lock with moulded border, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end (cracked), carved with a bouquet behind the tang (cracked through and repaired), steel mounts including side-plate engraved with foliage, spurred pommel and trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and foliate terminal, and later ramrod 19.5 cm; 7 3/4 in barrel
Lot 527
A GERMAN SPORTING BULLET CROSSBOW (SLURBOW), LATE 17TH CENTURY with small steel bow, walnut tiller swelling about the release mechanism and formed with cheek-piece and patch-box, the latter fitted with sliding cover (associated), inlaid with engraved horn plaques including a demon mask and a coat-of-arms on the underside, additionally inlaid with an earlier series of engraved plaques, including a horse and a unicorn flanking the mechanism, a female nude and two grotesques, and fitted with iron loop, long angular trigger-guard, iron nut, horn butt-plate, and iron barrel formed in two stages (the tiller with inactive worm damage and an early repair involving a brass plate reinforcing the trigger area). Length 62.3cm; 24 ½in.
Lot 528
A GERMAN STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER), FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with re-curved slender bow, slender iron shank with built-in gaffle and release mechanism, small suspension loop, a pair of fore-sight pillars (shortened, the back-sight missing), the trigger mechanism set by a button protruding from the underside of the shank, moulded iron trigger-guard, carved wooden butt punched and incised with border ornament, the cheek-piece inset with a vacant horn oval, and fitted with a sheet-brass plate over the end of the butt (inactive worm damage on one side). Length 56.5cm; 22 ¼ in
Lot 529
A GERMAN SPORTING STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER), EARLY 17TH CENTURY with steel bow, slender steel shank with suspension loop, fore-sight pillars and built-in gaffle (the gaffle lever missing), the mechanism set by a fluted button projecting from the underside, trigger mechanism fitted with moulded iron guard, and wooden butt of characteristic type inlaid with engraved horn plaques, including a griffon inlaid within a frame of horn scrollwork over the cheek-piece (the inlay with substantial losses, the butt-plate chipped). Length 67.3cm; 26 ½ in
Lot 530
A GERMAN TOY CROSSBOW IN 18TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with very slender steel bow retained by cords over a wooden saddle and decorated with a pair of woollen pom-poms, iron suspension loop, fruitwood tiller swelling slightly about the mechanism, inlaid bone bolt channel, and a rudimentary mechanism formed of an iron trigger secured by leather straps and engaging a falling imitation nut (bolt-clip missing, one strap torn). Length 51.4cm; 20 ¼ in
Lot 538
A RARE 52-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE WITH SELF-SPANNING LOCK DATED 1653, THE BARREL AND THE STOCK DATED 1666 AND 1671 RESPECTIVELY with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel cut with hexagonal bore rifled with six narrow groves, the breech struck with maker's mark, in a shield, HS, a bird beneath, and with the date "1666", earlier large lock engraved with an arrangement of fruit at the rear, with an exotic bird perched within flowering branches above the date "1653", and struck with the letter "M" flanked by the date and by the lightly engraved letters "EB", fitted with flat wheel-cover overlaid with a plate pierced and engraved with addorsed tritons suspended between concentric wreaths, engraved moulded pan-cover with release formed as a trick rosette, the arm of the dog constructed with a flush-fitted engraved arm pivoting to engage a corresponding slot in the self-spanning spindle, and the upper section of the dog decorated with triton figures and a marine monster, the lock interior retaining some original blued finish and fitted with engraved mainspring and elaborately decorated facing plates, one also forming the pan-cover spring and pierced and engraved with a game-dog, the other forming the spindle bridle and engraved with a further scrolling triton armed with a bow, with walnut full stock, fluted fore-end, the rear portion of the stock with lightly carved border mouldings picked-out with pewter nails, incised designs of foliage and flowers, the cheek-piece cut with a running stag and the upper surface of the butt with the owner's stamped cornet and cypher "GA" , with pierced bone water-drain, horn butt-plate, and iron trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe (the fore-end extensively chipped on both sides, the butt chipped above the patch-box, its cover and the ramrod each missing) 82.5cm; 32 ½ in. barrel The lock compares closely with another self-spanning example neither marked nor dated, combined with a matchlock mechanism, on a rifle included in the preceding sale from the castle armoury, in these rooms 3rd December 2014, lot 286; the two locks are certainly from the same workshop. The earlier barrel and lock are undoubtedly the originals on which this rifle was built, presumably in 1671.
Lot 539
A PAIR OF 28-BORE NORTH GERMAN (BRUNSWICK) FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY HINRICH TIMPER (SIC.), BLANCKENBURG, DATED 1720 each with swamped octagonal sighted barrel inscribed "Blanckenburg 1720" and rifled with eight grooves, engraved bevelled lock retained by concealed side-nails, signed on a scroll issuant from the mouth of a griffin, decorated with small demon masks along the upper edge and about the lip of the pan, engraved at the rear with a horseman shooting a Devil engraved on the cock, the latter also chiselled with a marine monster and retained by a screw with chiselled grotesque mask head, and the steel decorated with a demon mask chiselled in relief (actions defective, one top jaw and screw missing), each with figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings, including acanthus leaf motifs and scrolls (one chipped extensively above the lock), the butt flattened along its underside and with carved cheek-piece and carved sliding patch-box cover involving a demon mask, its brass tongue also forming the release catch, gilt-brass mounts including butt-plate engraved prominently with a female contemporary figure costumed as Minerva or Athena, a coronet above, bevelled solid side-plate engraved with a lion running in landscape before a walled town (one side-plate missing), the trigger-guards engraved with differing demon masks, one engraved on the bow with a gentleman in contemporary dress, the other with a classical bust, engraved ramrod-pipes, and escutcheons decorated with putti and engraved with lion supporters flanking a shield cut with the owner's monogram "CL", a princely crown above, and each fitted with horn fore-end cap, sling mounts and original horn-tipped ramrods (one sling mount incomplete, one ramrod now a poor fit). 59cm; 23 ¼ in barrels (2) The owner's monogram is probably that of Christine Louise (1671-1747), daughter of Albrecht Ernst, Prince of Öttingen. She was also the wife of Ludwig Rudolph, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and ruler of the newly created Principality of Blankenburg
Lot 547
A 45-BORE SOUTH GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY BLANCK, CIRCA 1730 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed bevelled lock engraved with the figure of Minerva seated within a trophy-of-war, a further trophy engraved at the rear, highly figured rootwood full stock carved with a series of raised decorative mouldings, the butt with flattened underside, carved cheek-piece and rootwood patch-box cover, full brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate decorated with a scrollwork pattern involving a female bust and a putto mask, the side-plate pierced with a Bandelwerk pattern carrying a festooned demon mask, the trigger-guard with acanthus finials and decorated with a monster on the bow, three strongly shaped faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, the rear pipe decorated with a grotesque mask, and cartouche-shaped escutcheon cast with a coronet and the bust of a nobleman (the butt with a nail hole on the right, the fore-end cracked on one side and with several repairs on both sides over its length, the rear portion of the side-plate replaced, ramrod missing). 72.4cm; 28 ½ in barrel
Lot 558
A 21-BORE FLEMISH FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, IN THE SPANISH TASTE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel with turned girdle, swamped muzzle, brass "spider" fore-sight, a brass-filled stamp, a dog or lion, retaining traces of original blue and the tang sheathed in brass and finely engraved with acanthus ornament, brass lock with bevelled edges, engraved with a monster coiled within scrolling acanthus, the lower half of the cock also sheathed in brass, engraved with scrolls and retained by a screw with domed head cast as an expanded flowerhead, the steel chiselled in low relief and its spring enclosed by a brass fence engraved en suite with the lock, well-figured walnut half-stock carved with acanthus mouldings in low relief, the butt fluted in the so-called Madrid fashion and fitted with brass plate engraved en suite with the barrel tang, the remaining mounts also of brass and cast in low relief, with side-plate decorated with a pierced design of acanthus scrollwork involving a pair of half-putti supporting a vacant oval, trigger-guard with pierced acanthus finial involving a pair of monsters' heads and cast with a demon mask on the bow, two faceted ramrod-pipes, escutcheon formed as an elaborate armorial cartouche with coronet, and fitted with fore-end cap of engraved brass (ramrod missing). 101.6cm; 40 7/8 in barrel
Lot 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.
Lot 360
A Wolff Bros violin, paper label inscribed No.379 / 1887, rosewood pegs, ebony top saddle, fingerboard, tailpiece, bottom saddle and endpin, boxwood chinrest, maple bridge by C.D.F. Howell, spruce top, maple neck, ribs and book-matched back, LOB 13 7/8" (353mm), together with a silver-mounted bow by A.R. Reichel, in brown vinyl and green velvet lined case by F. Winter, of Germany
Lot 361
A 20th century unnamed full-size Baroque violin, with boxwood pegs, ebony top saddle, fingerboard and bottom saddle, maple bridge and tailpiece, boxwood endpin, three gut strings and one steel-wound, spruce top, maple neck, ribs and book-matched back, LOB 14" (355mm), together with a nicely-figured burr-wood baroque bow by Williamson, and a second unnamed baroque bow, in modern case
Lot 362
An unnamed 19th century full-size violin, probably German, boxwood pegs, ebony top-saddle, fingerboard, tailpiece, bottom saddle and chinrest, rosewood endpin, maple bridge by Paul Voigt, London, non-original maple neck, original maple scroll and one-piece back and ribs, spruce top, LOB 14 1/8" (360mm), (condition: longitudinal crack above chinrest to bottom of F-hole, crack near A-peg), together with an unnamed silver-wound bow, in Alconbury brown canvas and green velvet-lined case, with various Dominant unopened spare strings
Lot 363
A 19th century continental full-size violin, bearing a paper label for Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milano 1760, with rosewood pegs, ebony top saddle, fingerboard, tailpiece, chinrest and endpin, maple bridge by W.E. Hill & Sons, spruce top, non-original maple neck, original maple scroll, ribs and book-matched back, LOB 14" (355mm), (condition: old repairs to back, generally otherwise good), together with a violin bow stamped Penzel
Lot 365
A late 19th century Continental full-size unnamed violin, boxwood pegs, ebony top saddle, fingerboard, bottom saddle and endpin, boxwood tailpiece and chinrest, and unnamed maple bridge, spruce top, original maple scroll, ribs and book-matched back, non-original maple neck, LOB 14" (355mm), together with an unnamed silver and tortoiseshell-mounted bow and another unnamed bow, in brown simulated crocodile skin profile case with green velvet lining
Lot 841
An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry inlaid breakfront side cabinet, by Collinson & Lock, W.4ft 3in. An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry inlaid breakfront side cabinet, by Collinson & Lock, fitted with two panelled doors decorated with winged cherubs and Romanesque scrolls between two bow end open shelves, W.4ft 3in.
Lot 849
An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood banded display cabinet, W.4ft 2.5in. An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood banded display cabinet, frieze inlaid with floral swags, with single glazed door between bow end glass sides, open legs and spade feet, trade label for S & H Jewell, Little Queen Street, Holborn, W.4ft 2.5in.
Lot 413
Toyokuni, three prints, Oban, theatrical, each with a man or a woman, the background with a shop interior or a frame of landscape, a diptych of a theatrical scene, and a further diptych, artist unknown, of a procession of a high official passing by while other figures bow on the sides of the road
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