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Lot 989
19th century violoncello by and labelled Wolff Bros, Violin Manufacturers, no. 234, 1890..., the two piece back of medium curl with similar wood to the sides and head, the re-varnished table of broad curl and the varnish of a reddish-brown colour on a golden ground, 30 1/8", 76.50cm, bow, hard case (a.f)
Lot 441
Reproduction bow front chest of drawers. Please note: Condition of items or other faults for this sale is not stated within the catalogue and items are sold strictly as seen (please read terms and conditions below) If you are interested in an item and no condition report is present please email auctions@peterwilson.co.uk for more information. Due to volume of inquires we receive we are not able to answer requests on group lots or items with an estimate of less than £50.
Lot 218
An unusual George III period red Morocco bound and white metal mounted Ladies travelling Necessaire/Aid Memoire, the flap with 'bow' clasp above Adam style bright-cut swags with central enamel roundel and opening to reveal a silk lined interior with two enamel topped cut glass Scent bottles, a miniature vanity mirror, pencil, various sewing requisities and a silver bladed & mother of pearl handled fruit knife, 12cm wide
Lot 413
A very fine mid 19th Century figures walnut and ormolu mounted serpentine fronted Credenza, the central convex door with oval glazing and enclosing bow fronted shelf, further flanked by two concave glazed doors with conforming strung shelves, raised on shaped plinth base with full width ormolu moulding, 187cm wide x 53cm deep (deepest) x 115cm high
Lot 443
A George III period bow fronted mahogany and satinwood crossbanded Sideboard, the single top drawer with later fitted cutlery compartments above a flush napery drawer and left hand cupboard door and right hand cellarette drawer flanking, raised on six turned tapering annulated legs, 152cm wide x 62cm deep x 90cm high
Lot 544
A late Victorian silver heart shaped ring box James Deakin & Sons, Chester 1897, of bombe heart form, the domed cover with gadrooned border, 2in. (5cm.) long; together with a late Victorian silver heart shaped pin tray, George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1898, with pierced borders and repoussé scroll and bow decoration, 3½in. (19cm.) long, weight 1.15 tr.oz. (2)
Lot 235
** A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY I. WELCH, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1770 with two-stage slightly swamped barrel, engraved with a linear frame over the breech, engraved tang, signed border-engraved lock (cock replaced), figured walnut full stock inlaid with silver wire scrolls about the tang, brass mounts comprising trophy-of-arms side plate cast in low relief, trigger-guard engraved on the bow, grotesque mask cap, vacant escutcheon, and a pair of ramrod-pipes (one replaced, later ramrod) 20.2 cm; 8 in barrel John Welch is recorded in Birmingham circa 1766-93.
Lot 236
** A RARE PAIR OF 80 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FOUR BARRELLED FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY DURS EGG, LONDON PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS 1782, MAKER`S MARK I. B. with turn-off brass barrels stamped with County Down Census marks `D-N5397` and `D-N5398`, numbered 1-4 and 5-8 respectively, border-engraved faceted breeches numbered en suite and stamped with London proof marks top and bottom, engraved tangs decorated with rococo scrolls and foliage, signed box-lock actions engraved with trophies-of-arms on each side, fitted with blued tap-levers on the left (the top-jaws and screws replaced), highly figured bulbous walnut butts profusely inlaid with silver scrolls, flower heads and pellets (small losses, some lifting), fitted with silver pommels finely cast and chased in low relief with a lion devouring bones within a turret, all enclosed in a rococo framework, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s crest beneath an Earl`s coronet and engraved blued sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a rococo bouquet on the bow 11.7cm; 4 5/8in barrels (2) Provenance Arthur, 5th Earl of Donegal (1739-99), created Marquis 1791, described by Horace Walpole as a `very weak man` Mrs Jack, Ireland, Sotheby & Co. 22nd December 1960, lot 162 Christie`s, King Street, 22nd July 1992, lot 205 These pistols were said to have been used by Lord Hill, better known as General Hill of the Peninsular Campaigns, who, on his death in 1842 left them to his valet Calderwood.
Lot 255
** A 15 BORE FLINTLOCK WILDFOWLING OR BANK GUN, CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY AMERICAN with tapering sighted barrel, moulded at the breech and struck with British Birmingham proof marks, grooved tang, rounded lock engraved with border ornament and bold scrolls (worn, patinated), walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end, carved and incised with foliage behind the ramrod-pipe, ahead of the trigger-guard and about the tang (rubbed the fore-end cracked, small chips), brass mounts comprising pierced scrolling side-plate, trigger-guard with moulded bow and shaped finial, butt-plate with pronounced heel, three moulded ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrod with iron worm and brass tip 153 cm; 60 1/4 in barrel
Lot 375
AN ITALIAN STONEBOW, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with slender steel bow retained by a pair of moulded irons, carved hardwood tiller of characteristic form, decorated with slender panels of ropework, the rear portion incorporating a scroll and with bevelled edges, turned knop-shaped finial, fitted with moulded steel trigger operating the string release, moulded steel back-sight, and fixed two prong fore-sight (areas of wear, adapted for display) 73.5 cm; 29 in tiller
Lot 400
A RARE .500 CALIBRE AUSTRIAN GIRANDONI SYSTEM REPEATING BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE BY J. B. MISSILLIEUR, CIRCA 1820-30 with octagonal multi-groove rifled barrel rebated and threaded at the breech, octagonal breech extending as a sleeve over the long rebated portion, signed `J.B. Missillieur a Vienne` on the top, fitted with folding back-sight (fore-sight missing), sprung horizontal breech-feed mechanism, engraved tubular magazine pierced with nine holes on the right (cover missing), engraved on the top with a trophy-of-hunting, and a masked sunburst, engraved case-hardened stepped lock decorated with conventional foliage, scrolls, border ornament, a reclining stag, and inscribed `in Wien`, fitted with engraved case-hardened cocking lever, action cover engraved with a hunter in contemporary dress resting with dead game and a hound at his feet, figured walnut fore-stock, engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising side-plate formed and decorated en suite with the lock, scrolling trigger-guard decorated with a trophy on the bow, fore-end cap with retaining thumb-screw, complete with its original leather-covered steel butt reservoir fitted with brass washer engraved `No. 2` and `2000P`, and the engraving remaining in very fine condition throughout 66.5 cm; 26 ¼ in barrel Johann Baptiste Missillieur, a native of Vienne (south of Lyon), was active in Vienna and Prague circa 1781-1835. He is recorded master in Vienna in 1821 and in the Prague Guild in 1834. Another Girandoni system by this maker is preserved in the Danish Hunting and Forestry Museum, Hørsholm (no. 1170). Five double flintlock guns by this maker decorated with the arms of Duke Maximillian Josef are recorded in the former gunroom of the Dukes Palatine of Zweibrücken, circa 1795. See A. Hoff 1972, p. 73 and T. Hempe 1911, p. 413.
Lot 406
AN 18 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY LEOPOLD BECHER, CARLSBAD, CIRCA 1740 with blued sighted barrel formed in three stages, octagonal over the breech and inlaid with a panel of scrollwork and pellets, engraved tang framed by a gilt-brass plaque cast and chased with scrolls in low relief on a punched ground, signed rounded lock engraved with border ornament and elaborate scrollwork, engraved cock, steel and pan all decorated en suite, figured walnut half-stock, impressed `58` behind the lock, carved with rococo scrolls and raised mouldings, gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, including side plate decorated with a hunting scene involving a mounted hunter in pursuit of a wild boar set upon by hounds, butt-plate decorated with a Classical warrior beneath a canopy and a scene from a water hunt, trigger-guard with a hunter on the bow and a trophy-of-arms on the finial, a pair of ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, original ramrod with gilt-brass tip, and in remaining in good to fine condition throughout 115.5 cm; 45 1/2 in barrel
Lot 414
AN 18 BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY THOMAS MORTIMER, 44 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 with browned twist sighted barrels, inscribed `London` in gold script on the rib, finely engraved case-hardened recessed breeches, inscribed `T. Mortimer 44` and `Ludgate Hill London` in two gold ovals on the top, inlaid with lines and with platinum vents, engraved tang decorated with a hound`s mask, signed engraved case-hardened stepped locks fitted with pierced cocks, rainproof pans, and rollers, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip impressed `13`. engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and a stag on the bow, butt-plate decorated with a hound and a fowling-piece against a tree, engraved silver rear ramrod-pipe, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s initial `CLvM`, silver barrel bolt escutcheon, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 78.7 cm; 31 in barrels Thomas Mortimer & Son are recorded at 44 Ludgate Hill circa 1807-24.
Lot 416
A .500 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK RIFLED OFFICER`S PISTOL MADE FOR PRINCE FREDERICK OF BADEN (1756-1817) BY DURS EGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 with browned twist octagonal swamped sighted multi-groove rifled barrel, the breech stamped with the gold-lined barrelsmith`s mark, inlaid with a gold line and gold lined vent, engraved case-hardened tang decorated with a trophy-of-arms, signed stepped lock with sliding tail safety-catch, engraved with trophies, foliage and a sunburst, fitted with semi-rainproof pan and steel with roller, set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with a bouquet behind the tang, cut with characteristic pineapple chequering over the butt, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard (bent) decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and with pineapple finial, pear-shaped butt-cap, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, inset with a silver plaque engraved with the owner`s initial `F` enclosed by the motto of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, `Pro Fide Rege et Lege`, and horn tipped ramrod 25.5 cm; 10 in barrel See footnote to previous lot.
Lot 422
A .600 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE WITH BARREL BY DAIRE A CHARLEVILLE, CIRCA 1800 with blued octagonal swamped sighted barrel decorated with bands of gold at the muzzle, gold scrolls about the fore-sight, signed in gold over the breech and decorated with a framework of gold lines, scrolls and a trophy, plain tang, rounded lock (cock retaining screw missing), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock impressed `69`, moulded over the fore-end, carved with scrolls of foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the butt with carved cheek-piece decorated with a spray of scrollwork on the left and with patchbox with sliding cover on the right, steel mounts including moulded side-plate signed `G. Lichtenfels a Carlsruhe`, trigger-guard with broad bow and moulded finial, butt-plate and rear ramrod-pipe en suite with the trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped ramrod 80 cm; 31 1/2in barrel
Lot 428
A FINE AND RARE .600 CALIBRE FRENCH PRESENTATION FLINTLOCK RIFLED CARBINE BY BOUTET, DIRECTEUR ARTISTE, MANUFACTURE À VERSAILLES, NO. 277, CIRCA 1800-05 with blued swamped octagonal polygroove rifled barrel, fitted with windage adjustable fore-sight on a punched and gilt bed, signed in italics on the left of the breech `Boutet Directeur Artiste No. 277`, inscribed on the right `Manufre à Versailles` and stamped beneath with the control mark of Daniel Boussavy, and the abbreviated italic inscription `Manu` and `V lles.` in italic, gold lined oval vent, the top of the breech chiselled with a garland of flowers beneath a triangular panel filled with a flower head, all on a punched and gilt contrasting ground, stamped with a series of marks including `Boutet` in miniscules, and `NB` (Neue Støckel 95), fitted with blued back-sight of two folding leaves, engraved tang decorated with neo-classical ornament including a pair of entwined serpents enclosing a smoking urn, stepped lock with moulded borders (small dents), signed `Boutet Directeur Artiste`, chiselled with beadwork along the step, fitted with engraved cock decorated with a garland of flowers, gold-lined pan engraved with a pair of volutes, with scrolling rear fence, blued steel spring with roller, engraved button safety, and detents, steel engraved en suite with the pan, set trigger, figured walnut full stock, impressed `47`, carved with a panel of fine chequering over the fore-end and the grip, carved with a moulding along the length of the barrel on each side and inlaid with a running design of silver foliage beneath, the muzzle carved with anthemion and neoclassical foliage (one very small repaired crack), further foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the lock, each enriched with further panels of leafy conventional foliage in engraved silver, the tang enclosed with a raised fluted moulding and a pair of neo classical demi flowers, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece inset with a large pierced and engraved silver flowerhead, the base of the butt encircled by a broad panel of silver pierced chased and engraved with geometric panels filled with scale pattern and a band of waves (a small area with minor lifting), burnished steel mounts comprising chiselled trigger-guard with a neo-classical flaming urn finial, the bow with foliage at each end and an engraved rear finial, the rear portion continued by a scrolling panel of pierced ebony decorated with neo classical foliage (very small chips), two-piece vestigial side-plate engraved with a garland and a flowerhead respectively, the right enclosed by two engraved silver dragons breathing thunder-bolts, butt-cap chiselled with an urn on the tang, rear ramrod-pipe chiselled with a leafy garland and beadwork, four further faceted ramrod-pipes with beadwork mouldings, contemporary horn-tipped wooden ramrod, and remaining in very good condition throughout 70.5 cm; 27 ¾ in barrel The Annuaire of the Versailles Manufactory for this period includes the following entry: Prince de Bade - Carab. doub. détente, acier cis. damasq., placage argent, fr. 6075 AN XI (September 23, 1802 to September 23, 1803) The use of silver inlay in the stock and steel mounts, as opposed to silver mounts, might suggest presentation to a high ranking military officer. The proximity to France of the territories of Charles-Frederick, Margrave of Baden (1756-1811), together with his initial opposition to the French revolution and its effects, resulted in the devastation of Baden by French armies in the mid-1790s. Thereafter, having indemnified France and ceded some territory to that republic, Baden remained under the sway of its powerful neighbour until 1813. In November 1802, the margrave - having lost his eldest son in the previous year and clearly prescient regarding the ambitions of Napoleon - wrote France`s First Consul a fulsome letter in which he thanked Napoleon for his continuing protection and assured him of his admiration and loyalty: significantly, he chose to send his third - and favourite - son, Prince Louis, to France with the letter. In April 1806, by which time the margrave had become an electoral prince, ties between Baden and France were strengthened by the arranged marriage of the elector`s grandson and heir, Prince Charles, to the Emperor Napoleon`s adopted niece and newly created imperial princess, Stéphanie de Beauharnais. The elevation of the elector to the rank of grand-duke - an elevation approved and arranged by Napoleon - followed in July 1806 and further bound Baden to the fortunes of Napoleonic France. Elements of Baden`s small army served alongside that of France in several campaigns between 1805 and 1812: against Austria in 1805, Prussia in 1806, Britain (in Spain) in 1809 and Russia in 1812. Prince Charles, heir to his grandfather after 1801 and husband of Napoleon`s adopted niece from April 1806, was welcomed by personal letter into Napoleon`s military entourage in September 1806 - `J`approve le désir que vous avez de faire la guerre`. The prince was summoned to meet Napoleon at Bamberg early the following month and was with the French army at its decisive victory over that of Prussia at Jena on 14th October 1806, after which Napoleon wrote to Prince Charles`s widowed mother to reassure her that her son had done well at his first battle - `...il s`est bien comporté à la bataille et supporte bien la fatigue`. In 1807, Prince Charles commanded the Baden contingent at the siege of Danzig and continued on active service until 1808. Succeeding his grandfather in 1811, Charles maintained Baden`s support for France until the battle of Leipzig in 1813 demonstrated that the tide of war was no longer flowing in France`s favour. The political, military and personal ties that bound Baden to France from the late 1790s until 1813 must account for the existence of this carbine in the descendant family of the Grand Duke of Baden. It is possible that it originally belonged either to Prince Louis, who visited Napoleon at his father`s behest in 1802 and remained in Paris for some years, or to his nephew, Prince Charles, who served alongside Napoleon in his campaigns between 1806 and 1808: given the martial qualities of the weapon, the latter seems the most likely of the two princes to have been its original owner. Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) the distinguished maker of armes de luxe inherited the position of gunmaker to Louis XIV from his father-in-law, Pierre de Sainte (active 1747-88). In 1792 he became technical Director at the new Versailles Manufactory and in 1800 rose to Directeur Artiste with overall control. He held this position until the closure of the manufactory in 1818. Boutet died fifteen years later in poverty, his career having survived six French Political regimes. Daniel Bouyssay was controller at the Versailles Manufactory from Year II (1793-4) until Year XIV (1805).
Lot 442
A FINE .700 CALIBRE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOVER & SON, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, LONDON SILVER MARKS 1785, MAKER`S MARK M.B. with browned twist swamped barrel rifled with nine grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight and case-hardened steel back-sight, the breech signed `Jover & Son London` in gold block capitals, inlaid with an engraved gold line, gold lined vent and stamped with the barrelsmith`s mark of William (1) Jover beneath, finely engraved tang decorated with scrolls enclosing flowers and foliage, stepped lock signed finely engraved with a stag on the tail, a sunburst and a trophy-of-arms enclosing a signed gold oval beneath the pan, fitted with cock engraved en suite, gold-lined semi-rainproof pan, engraved steel incorporating an additional separate blued pan-cover released by a blued button on the outside, blued steel spring fitted with rollers for both the steel and the pan-cover, sliding safety-catch, the inside with blued steel fittings and detents retained by a pierced circular plate, set trigger, highly figured walnut half-stock, applied with an engraved silver panel on the left of the breech, inlaid in silver with a stag hunting scene and a vacant escutcheon opposite the lock (the hound`s head missing), carved with a rococo moulding about the tang, finely chequered grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with silver cover on the right, the latter released by an engraved silver button on the butt-cap and enclosed by a silver framework surmounted by an elaborate trophy-of-arms, full silver mounts comprising trigger-guard with a trophy-of-hunting on the bow, elaborate pineapple finial and scrolling rear terminal with a rococo flower, butt-plate decorated with garlands of flowers and a reclining stag on the tang, two pairs of engraved barrel bolt escutcheons, and rear ramrod-pipe, two further browned steel ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod with slotted steel terminal 92 cm; 36 ¼ in barrel William Jover & Son worked in partnership circa 1784-96.
Lot 340
A Collection of Five 1950s Wedding Dresses to include a calf length floral 'Alice Edwards goes places…' dress with matching gloves, an apricot silk satin dress with back bow detail, veil and headdress, a white dress with daisy floral headdress and veil and two additional dresses , one with veil
Lot 1244
An Edwardian silver desk compendium, by Collett & Anderson, Birmingham 1927, of engine turned rectangular form with central foliate bow surmount and easel back, the central attached thermometer flanked by plated clock and barometer, the dials inscribed Harrods Ltd, initialled to easel, 10.5 x 15.5cm, in fitted case Case worn. Small knocks. Dials discoloured. Surrounds of dials were plated and this has rubbed off. Dent to one corner.
Lot 269
A NOVELTY RING BOX, makers HB Johnson & Co, Birmingham 1912, in the form of a bow front dressing table, with hinged cover raised upon four shaped supports, 2 1/2" wide, 1oz 12dwts, together with small capstan inkwell, makers Britton & Phelps, Birmingham 1946, the hinged cover with lilac guilloche enamelling, 2 1/4" diameter (2)
Lot 304
An Edwardian silver and enamelled circular dish, the centre enamelled in blue and red with a classical scene of Diana the Huntress and attendant seated beside a river, a quiver and bow by her side, signed, `S. Woodall` with a pierced scroll border, Chester 1901 by George Nathan and Ridley Hayes, diameter approx 16cm.
Lot 806
An 1803 pattern infantry officer`s sword by J. Runkel, Solingen, with curved single edged blade, blade length approx 81cm, etched with crowned GR cypher, royal arms, flowers, sun etc (some traces of gilt), brass hilt incorporating GR to knuckle bow, lion`s head pommel, wire bound fishskin covered grip.
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