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An Unusual Cased 14-Bore Flintlock Officer's PistolBy Arthur Francis, 2nd. Drag.n. Gd.s, Circa 1820With rebrowned twist sighted barrel, case-hardened patent breech (some old pitting) with rectangular platinum-lined crowned maker's stamp, platinum-lined touch-hole and line, foliate scroll engraved tang partly against a matted ground and with back-sight, border engraved flat lock and cock (retaining screw replaced) decorated with foliage, the former with rainproof pan, roller and engraved safety-catch, figured full stock (repaired at the front of the lock) with broadly chequered rounded butt, D-shaped spur trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and decorated with a foliate scroll on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, turned rear ramrod-pipe, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod: in lined and fitted oak case, probably original, with brass-mounted powder-flask embossed on each side of the body, steel bullet mould and patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (damaged) of William Bond, 59 Lombard Street, London of circa 1820-26, the exterior with brass escutcheon incorporating flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 21 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceA.N. Kennard BA, FSA (1911-1995), former Assistant Master, H.M. Tower of LondonChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 27 March 1996, lot 144For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pistols By John Manton, London, Nos. 4205 And 4206 For 1804With rebrowned twist octagonal scratch-rifled barrels, the top barrels each signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, gold line at the rear and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy, foliage and with a starburst behind the large back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with a small martial trophy on the tail, border engraved 'French' cocks, the top jaws numbered respectively with a foliate '1' and '2', semi-rainproof pans, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, flattened chequered figured butts, blued steel trigger-guards each serial numbered in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, gold escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (two compartments with minor repairs) with accessories including unusual brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with body covered in red leather, turnscrew, double-ended bone pan brush and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage) for circa 1798-1815, the exterior (some old bruising, old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular escutcheon engraved with owner's crest 20.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceField Marshal Sir Francis Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL. Almost certainly acquired from his friend and fellow collector W. Keith Neal Sotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms & Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 260LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1996, p. 81D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.33The crest is that of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871) 10th Baronet of Column John, Tory Member of Parliament for Devon. The family had considerable estates at Holnicote and were created Baronets for their support of Charles IFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Unusual Small Italian 60-Bore Roman-Lock GunMid-18th CenturyWith shortened two-stage barrel with brass-covered turn at the muzzle and engraved with foliage forward of the girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and engraved with foliage at the rear, border engraved tang, characteristic foliate engraved lock (defective), highly figured stock (fore-stock replaced and repaired in front of the lock) moulded around the lock and on each side of the butt, cast, pierced and chased brass mounts secured by tacks and comprising foliate side-plate inhabited by a horseman lancing an animal, foliate escutcheon involving a winged portrait medallion supported by a pair of putti, butt-plate naively engraved with figures including a horseman lancing a dragon, the tang along the comb of the butt pierced and chased with foliage, trigger-guard with finial en suite and with a further portrait medallion on the bow, engraved trigger-plate, and later brass-tipped ramrod (belt hook missing, ramrod-pipe replaced) 20.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Small 40-Bore Flintlock PistolBy Shepherd, London, Mid-18th CenturyWith bright slightly swamped barrel engraved 'London' within an elongated loop along the top flat at the breech, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved rounded lock, figured full stock (split at the muzzle and beneath the lock) with swelling rounded butt, border engraved brass mounts comprising flat side-plate decorated with foliage and a scallop shell, trigger-guard with flower-head on the bow and foliage on the finial, turned ramrod-pipe, and brass-capped ramrod (incomplete), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark 13 cm. barrel Footnotes:Probably by William 4 Shepherd, apprenticed to Nathaniel Trevey in 1731. He is recorded as a gunmaker specialising in naval firearms (including cannon) at Rotherhithe between 1754 and 1756. He died in 1776For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Joseph Manton, London, No. 4261 For 1807With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with martial trophies, a rocaille and with a starburst behind the tall back-sight, signed case-hardened border engraved flat detented locks each decorated with a small trophy at the tail and with a starburst behind the rainproof pan, foliate engraved cocks, engraved safety-catches, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, the steels each engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent', and numbered respectively '1911' and '1912', figured half-stocks (minor old bruising) with chequered rounded butts and dark horn fore-end caps, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-caps each decorated with a martial trophy, trigger-guards en suite and each serial numbered in an oval on the bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrods, and retaining most of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (some old moth damage and a minor repair in front of the lock, one compartment lid missing) with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (minor scuffs), steel bullet mould and pan-brush, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (some damage and staining) for circa 1805-10, the exterior (old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon 24 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers 1966, p. 238D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.91For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 18-Bore (.600) Flintlock Sporting Rifle By D. Egg, London, Circa 1790With rebrowned twist slightly swamped octagonal leaf-sighted barrel signed along the top flat at the breech and rifled with eight spiral grooves, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang decorated with a Britannia shield, drum and foliage, associated border engraved flat bevelled lock (cock a working replacement, top of steel chipped) signed on a scroll and decorated with foliage, engraved safety-catch, figured full stock (fore-stock partly replaced and split along the ramrod-channel) with grip cut with characteristic chequering and raised cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a martial trophy on the heel tang, spur trigger-guard in the French taste decorated en suite on the bow and with foliate engraved finial, a pineapple terminal behind the spur, turned ramrod-pipes, and later brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks 71.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:See footnote to lot 355For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting GunBy Moore, Early 19th CenturyWith earlier continental russet sighted barrels retaining traces of original blueing, silver fore-sight centred on gold-damascened foliage, breeches stamped and gilt with foliage and rocailles surmounted by a basket of flowers, and each stamped with unidentified crowned maker's mark retaining traces of original gold lining, gold-lined touch-holes, plain grooved tang, signed border engraved flat locks each decorated with game birds in a landscape at the stepped tail, the latter with a starburst, and with rainproof pan, roller and foliate engraved cock, figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts (some rust patination) retaining traces of original blueing and comprising butt-plate decorated with game birds in a landscape on the heel of the tang, scroll trigger-guard with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, and later horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 98.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Brass-Barrelled Travelling PistolsBy C. Lamb, Whitby, Circa 1825With octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat and with platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs engraved with foliate scrolls, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan and with foliage at the tail, foliate engraved cocks, safety-catches and rollers, figured full stocks each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, the latter with white-metal lion-mask butt-cap, white-metal trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, vacant white-metal escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, stirrup ramrods, and in fine untouched condition, Birmingham proof marks (2)10.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:Charles Lamb is recorded at Axtergate, Whitby, Yorkshire in 1827Possibly intended for use by a naval officerFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare 11-Bore Sporting Gun With Forsyth Patent Roller Primer By R. Fenton, London, No. 1951, Circa 1819Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned three-stage barrel with turned and chiselled foliate girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed in elaborate gold gothic script along the top flat, gold fore-sight centred on four gold-inlaid arrows, case-hardened breech with engraved gold band and line, the former engraved with three fleur-de-lys, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with oak foliage, case-hardened flat bevelled lock engraved 'Forsyth & Co., Patent' and decorated with foliate scrollwork, stepped tail en suite and with a gamebird in a landscape, foliate engraved serial numbered roller primer stamped 'F. Patent', figured half-stock (minor old bruising and split in front of the lock) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and silver fore-end cap, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some light pitting) decorated with foliage and a pointer in a landscape, scroll trigger-guard decorated with foliage and with a heron in a landscape on the bow, a serpent in its beak, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple final, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original steel-tipped ramrod, and much original finish 82 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceWilfrid Ward Collection, probably acquired from W. Keith NealChristie's London, The Wilfrid Ward Collection of Antique Firearms, 27 October 1993, lot 24LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, p. 46D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p. 41For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 22-Bore Flintlock D.B. Brass-Mounted Carriage PistolBy J. Probin Of Birmingham, Circa 1780With sighted barrels signed 'J. Probin' along the rib and each engraved with a band of foliage at the back of the breech, grooved border engraved tang, signed border engraved rounded locks, figured half-stock (old split on one side of the fore-end, chipped above the tail of one lock) with swelling rounded butt, border engraved mounts comprising spurred pommel, trigger-guard with pineapple finial (tip missing) and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, and fore-end cap decorated with a starburst on the tang, turned ramrod-pipe, and later horn-tipped wooden ramrod (escutcheon replaced, barrels, locks and triggers with some pitting), private Birmingham proof marks 25.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:A John Probin is recorded in Birmingham between circa 1770 and his death in 1800For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased 19-Bore Forsyth Patent Roller Primer Sporting GunBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Maker's, London, No. 410, Circa 1811With rebrowned twist barrel with silver fore-sight, signed along the top of the breech and with a short flat at the top and on each side, case-hardened patent breech with two gold lines, engraved serial numbered primer, border engraved tang decorated with a brace of pheasants amid foliage, signed case-hardened serial numbered flat bevelled lock decorated with starbursts and with gamebirds in landscapes at the stepped tail, striker decorated with foliage en suite, finely figured half-stock (minor old bruising) with chequered grip and silver fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some pitting) decorated with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, blued trigger-guard decorated with a similar scene on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment divider loose) with numerous accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (priming-flask missing), leather shot-belt, and circular boxes, one for original grease, the interior of the lid with large illustrated trade label of second design (for 1809-11) between two smaller labels relating respectively to Priming Powder and Grease, the exterior (old splits, one along the back with three contemporary brass securing straps) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceH.H. HarrodW. Keith Neal Collection, C177. Acquired from the above in 1938Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 20ExhibitedThe Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, 28-30 July 2000Literature:W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852,, 1969, pp. 4-6, 37, pls. 13, 14, 16, 17, 57, 58, 78, and colour 2D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 17, 18, 37, pls. 6, 7, 17d, 48a-b, 59, and colour pl. IIIA typewritten note signed by the late owner and formerly with the lot describes this as 'the most perfect and complete set of an original Forsyth Gun in existence...'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Irish 14-Bore (.650) Flintlock Rifled CarbineBy McKnight, Dublin, Early 19th CenturyWith browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight deep spiral grooves, breech with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp between engraved gold lines, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and a gamebird in a landscape, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with a starburst behind the gold-lined rainproof pan and with foliage at the tail, border engraved cock with a gamebird amid foliage, safety-catch and roller, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, hinged rectangular steel patch-box cover (catch defective), border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a martial trophy on the heel tang, scroll trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a star on the scroll and a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, adjustable set trigger, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, and steel stirrup ramrod (some old surface rust patination) 51.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:A George McKnight is recorded at 14 Wood Street, Dublin between 1835 and 1855For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Large 15-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistol With Spring BayonetBy Blake, London, Circa 1790With swamped brass barrel and border engraved action in one piece, the former engraved 'London' in capital letters within scrolls along the top and mounted with folding bayonet on the right side with blade of hollow triangular section, the latter signed in capital letters within scrolls on the left and with bayonet catch on the right, border engraved ring-neck cock, figured chequered flat-sided butt, the side-flats and rounded pommel left plain within borders of small punched circles, steel trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head within a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, brass under-rib with turned ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm, Tower private proof marks 21.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:Probably by George Blake recorded as 'Gunmaker & Sword Cutler' at 168 Fenchurch Street, London between 1784 and 1791For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Extremely Rare And Unusual 16-Bore Flintlock And Percussion Rifled Saw-Handled PistolSigned Lacy & Co. Patent, No. 101, Circa 1830With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel (retaining bolt replaced) rifled with eight grooves, serial numbered and engraved 'Twisted' along the bottom flat, recessed patent breech with rectangular gold-lined maker's mark (obscured), gold lines and foliate engraving along each side flat, raised platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved tang with back-sight, signed border engraved serial numbered lock (safety-catch incomplete), the inside engraved with crowned 'SD' (possible for Samson Davis), pivoting devolving rainproof pan and serial numbered nipple-bolster, the latter with silver plug, secured in their relevant positions by a wing-headed screw slotted for a turnscrew, foliate engraved steel with roller, figured half-stock with stepped spur and chequered rounded grip, the latter with flat ovoidal pommel set with a foliate engraved steel plate and encircled by a silver band engraved with a Greek key pattern, steel spur trigger-guard with pineapple finial and foliate engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon on the side-flat, horn fore-end cap, and original brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and areas of pitting), Birmingham proof marks 20.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenancePossibly the Nizam of HyderabadJ.G. Lacy & D.W. Witton were also known as Lacy & Co.. They are recorded at various addresses in the city of London between 1815 and 1835 The lock appears to be based on Samson Davis's British Patent No. 4648 of 12 February 1822. See Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms..., 1959, pp.54 and 81-84, pl.70For a fine d.b. gun on the same principle, by the same maker and formerly belonging to the Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover see Christie's London, Fine Modern Sporting Guns, Vintage Firearms and Antique Arms and Armour, 13 July 1977 lot 267. See also a related d.b. gun sold in these Rooms, 23 May 2018, lot 423For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased 54-Bore Rifled Target Pistol With Left-Hand LockBy James Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 1784 For 1829With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat and rifled with sixteen bright spiral grooves, case-hardened patent breech stamped '1764' and with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, tang finely engraved with a scallop shell and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock and dolphin hammer decorated with foliate scrollwork, engraved blued safety-catch, ebonised half-stock with rounded chequered butt, border engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising ovoidal pommel-cap engraved with a feathered design centred on the retaining screw engraved as a flower-head, trigger-guard with a martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial engraved with a scallop shell and fore-end cap with a starburst, adjustable set trigger, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and some old finish (minor surface pitting, mainly on the barrel): in oak case fitted and lined in red baize with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with body covered in black pigskin, loading rod and mallet, and steel bullet mould numbered '2755', the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, London proof marks 24.4 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 164LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.123, pl. 453L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys,1996, pp. 64 and 131Originally sold to Falconer Atlee Esq. of Wandsworth on 28 September 1829 as a 'best finished Pistol with Mahogany case and apparatus' for £15 plus part exchange: the case and accessories £3.13.16d.This pistol has the distinction of being the only single-barrelled Purdey pistol recorded with a left-hand lock. It is also the earliest recorded instance of a Purdey pistol with a blackened stock. Whatever the purpose of its unusual design, it was returned to Purdey, who within four months of the original sale, sold it to his son-in-law, Joseph LangFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 16-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Two Pairs Of BarrelsBy John Manton, London, Nos. 5903 And 5904 For 1812With rebrowned twist barrels (ribs and lug of 5904 loose) each with gold fore-sight, recessed patent breeches with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamps, gold lines and platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy, basket of foliage and a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat locks serial numbered '5903', each decorated with a hare at the square tail and with engraved 'French' cock, rainproof pan (some pitting) and large roller, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate stamped with Irish registration mark 'CW-1009' for Co. Carlow and decorated on the heel tang with two pointers in a landscape, scroll trigger-guard serial numbered '5903' in a starburst on the scroll and decorated with a sporting trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, gold escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former engraved with owner's initials, and original brass-mounted ramrods (steel parts with light rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including a pair of original spare steels, later brass-mounted powder-flask embossed with deer surmounted by a hound on each side, leather shot-belt, turnscrew (handle bruised), red leather flint wallet, shot dispensers and patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1798 to 1815, the exterior (some minor damage, bone keyhole escutcheon incomplete) with flush fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 79.5 cm. and 77 cm. barrels Footnotes:LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, p. 91D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 41For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Robert Wogdon Of London, Circa 1785-90With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (early 19th century working replacements) each engraved 'William Morris Perth' along the top flat, silver fore-sights, platinum-lined touch-holes, breech tang with transverse band of engraved beadwork in front of the back-sight and flowering foliage behind, border engraved flat bevelled detented locks (two side nails replaced) each signed on a gold oval centred on engraved drapery, the stepped tails, safety-catches, cocks and steels all with engraved foliate decoration, the last with small roller working on the blued steel-spring, and gold-lined pans, figured half-stocks (one with minor old repair along the upper edge on one side) each with swelling flat-sided butt and dark horn fore-end cap (one incomplete), border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-caps each decorated with foliage and a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a garland along the bow, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, set triggers, horn-tipped wooden ramrods, one with iron powder-measure, and some original finish (2)28 cm. barrelsFootnotes:The engraved decoration is very similar to that found on the very fine pair of duelling pistols by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 456. For more information on these pistols and others with similar decoration including two pairs in the Royal Collection, see John O'Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819, 2019, pp. 162-165 and 170-173 The William Morris engraved on the top flat of each barrel is thought to be the William Morris born in Paisley, Scotland in 1786. His family emigrated to Canada in 1801, where his father set up an import/export business. Following his father's death William opened a general store in partnership with his brother, Alexander, and went on to join the militia during the War of 1812. In 1818 he was appointed a justice of the peace in Perth and was elected to the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada for Carlton in 1820. He represented Carlton and subsequently Lanark until 1836, when he was appointed to the Legislative Council. In 1834 he was involved in organising the first canal connecting the Tay River to the Lower Rideau Lake. His efforts on behalf of the Church of Scotland to have it recognised as one of the two National Churches in the British Empire resulted in the creation of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. He played a major role in the establishment of Queen's College, later Queen's University, and was its first Chairman of Trustees. In 1841 he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Upper and Lower Canada, and in 1842 was appointed Warden for Johnstown District. In 1844 he was appointed receiver general for the United Canadas and became President of the executive Council in 1846. He died in Montreal in 1858This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 11-Bore Flintlock Sporting GunMid-18th CenturyWith two-stage barrel (pitted) swamped towards the muzzle and with silver fore-sight, the breech flat engraved with a foliate rocaille and stamped 'pro' 'ved' on the left top flat, grooved engraved tang, later lock (some pitting, steel spring replaced) stamped 'W. Smart Gloucester' and engraved with a starburst, figured half-stock (fore-end reduced) inlaid with a silver wire scallop shell and scrolls around the barrel tang, border engraved brass mounts comprising shaped flat side-plate decorated with a rocaille and foliage, butt-plate decorated en suite on the heel tang, vacant escutcheon on a pedestal, a shell above, trigger-guard with a flower-head on the bow and acorn finial, brass ramrod-pipes (some damage), and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 100.3 cm. barrelFootnotes:A William Smart is recorded in Gloucester, Gloucestershire between 1819 and 1822For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock PistolsBy Ketland, London, Circa 1775With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions and ring-neck cocks, the former each signed within a foliate scroll over both sides, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butts (one with minor repair behind the action on one side) inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps each with scallop shell above (some wear and pitting), private Birmingham proof marks and maker's mark of Thomas Ketland (2)9.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols By Bunney, London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1779, Maker's Mark Of Charles FreethWith turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions (one cock and one top jaw screw replaced) each signed on a foliate rococo scroll over each side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butts (one broken through and repaired) each swelling at the pommel and inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles (replaced at the repair), vacant silver escutcheons, and grotesque mask butt-caps (some wear and light pitting overall), Tower private proof marks (2)14 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Joseph Bunney is recorded in Birmingham between 1765 and 1814. He is known to have marked his firearms 'London'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine 16-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Gunby Gameson & Williams, 67 Threadneedle Street, London, No. 36, Circa 1830With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and with bright bores, case-hardened breeches each with pierced platinum plug and engraved between with a partridge in a landscape above a foliate scroll, border engraved case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage involving a hanging brace of pheasants, signed border engraved case-hardened back-action locks decorated with a pheasant perched amid foliage and with two cock pheasants in a landscape on the tail, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, lightly figured half-stock (fore-end with two minor repairs) with chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some loss of finish) decorated with foliate scrollwork on the heel tang, trigger-guard with tang en suite and with pheasants in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate finial engraved with a scallop shell and fox's mask, blued pineapple-shaped rear ramrod-pipe, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including lift-out mahogany box with sliding cover and fitted for an original mainspring-clamp, T-shaped combination tool with turnscrew blade, double-ended brush and jag, two powder-flasks, one of artillery type, leather case for a three-piece ramrod, and a leather shot-belt in very fine condition, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, London proof marks 74.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:The crest is that of the Jackson familyGameson & Williams are recorded at 67 Threadneedle Street, London between 1827 and 1830For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols By Ketland & Co., Circa 1785With slightly swamped octagonal barrels each with silver spider fore-sight and an engraved band of beadwork at the rear of the breech, border engraved tangs decorated with foliated rocailles, signed flat bevelled locks each with large roller, figured full stocks (fore-ends repaired) each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, iron mounts comprising engraved pierced ribbon side-plates, vacant oval escutcheons each chiselled with a flower-head above and a pedestal below, border engraved spurred pommels each with stepped cap and decorated with flower-heads, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head within a rectangular panel on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrods (some old pitting), Birmingham proof marks (2)20.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, P19 and P20Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 277This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare And Unusually Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Rifled Turn-Off Belt Pistols With The Crest Of The Dukes Of RutlandBy Tatham & Egg, London, Early 19th Century, London Silver Hallmarks, Maker's Mark Of Michael BarnettWith barrels each with silver fore-sight, rifled with seven spiral grooves and fitted beneath with hinged lever of swelling tapering section with button terminal, signed breeches, border engraved box-lock actions each decorated with a martial trophy on the tang plate and on the left side, border engraved cocks decorated with foliage, blued external steel-springs each with roller, blued sprung trigger-guards each engraved with foliage on the bow and securing the lever, belt hooks, figured rounded butts each with silver escutcheon on the right side engraved with owner's crest above the monogram 'FMS', and finely cast silver lion and rampart butt-caps: in original lined and fitted two-tier mahogany case (minor moth damage) with accessories including later brass-mounted powder-flask, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle 7.6 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Henry Tatham & Joseph Egg, Gunmakers & Sword Cutlers to George III, are recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1801 and 1814An old handwritten label offered with the lot reads: 'Chandos Morgan's guns given to him by his father.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Fine Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Robert Wogdon, London, Circa 1780With browned swamped octagonal barrels each signed along the top flat, engraved with a transverse band of beadwork at the rear of the breech and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened foliate engraved tangs each decorated with a band of beadwork en suite in front of the back-sight, signed case-hardened flat bevelled detented locks and cocks, the former each retained by two screws and with safety-catch and blued steel-spring, the internal working parts retaining their original burnished finish, figured full stocks with swelling flat-sided butts, blued border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-caps each engraved with foliage on the tang and with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, set triggers, horn-tipped ramrods, one probably original, the other shortened, and in exceptional condition retaining nearly all their original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted oak case (slight damage on the inner right side) with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with black leather body, turnscrew and mainspring-clamp, the exterior of the lid with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks and Wogdon's barrelsmith's mark 25.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, Modern Sporting Guns and Firearms; Arms, Armour and Militaria, 8 December 1988, lot 358For related examples see John O'Sullivan & DeWitt Bailey, Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819, 2019, pp. 145-147 and 150For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Silver-Mounted Percussion Duelling Pistols By Jover, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1777, Maker's Mark Of John King, Converted From Flintlock By William Hollis, Cheltenham, Circa 1850With browned octagonal sighted barrels each signed in script along the top flat, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with back-sight, foliate engraved tangs, signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks finely decorated with scrolling foliage and each with sliding safety-catch behind the dolphin hammer, figured full stocks each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, mounts cast and chased in low relief and comprising pierced foliate side-plates involving a scallop shell and flower-heads, escutcheons engraved with owner's crest and initials and framed by inlaid silver wire scrollwork, spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap framed by foliate strapwork, trigger-guards in the French taste each with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, silver ramrod-pipes, adjustable set triggers, horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped ramrods, one original: in the converter's fitted mahogany case lined in dark velvet with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with William Hollis's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 23.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 28 July 2005, lot 379LiteraturePeter Finer sale catalogue, 1995, no. 108Allan Kirk, 'An Intriguing Cased Pair of Duelling Pistols', Classic Arms & Militaria, vol. 10, issue no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 34-35 (illustrated)Cf. a related pair of pistols, Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 198For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Flintlock TinderlighterBy Wood, York, Circa 1820Of box-lock pistol form, with brass body signed within an oval against a martial trophy over each side, ovoidal tinder-pan, steel trigger-guard engraved with a star on the bow, later pierced bipod with lobed feet, and figured flat-sided butt 11 cm.Footnotes:Joseph Wood is recorded at 28 Spurrier Gate, York between 1815 and 1820For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Percussion Travelling PistolsBy Henry Tatham Jun.r., Circa 1840With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened breeches each engraved with a foliate scroll on top between platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, border engraved case-hardened tangs decorated with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite and retaining nearly all their original lacquer, the former each with engraved safety-catch, highly figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, the latter each with border engraved silver cap decorated with a starburst around the retaining screw, blued steel D-shaped trigger-guards and slotted rear ramrod-pipes, the former each with pineapple-shaped finial and decorated with scrolling foliage on the bow, blued triggers, dark horn fore-end caps (one with minor repair), vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, and retaining nearly all their original finish: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in plum velvet with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (scuffed, seam open), steel bullet mould and bright steel oil bottle, the interior of the lid (slender old split along the back) with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 6 cm. barrels Footnotes:Henry Tatham Jun.r. is recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1834 and 1860, the year of his deathFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Barber & Boaler, Newark, Circa 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat forward of the breech and stamped along the bottom flat with crowned 'IS' mark and 'Stubs Twisted', case-hardened breeches each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with a martial trophy amid foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail and with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan, cocks engraved en suite including the top-jaws and screws, and blued steel-springs each with roller, the internal working parts retaining their brightly burnished finish, highly figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt including outlined pommel, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued adjustable set triggers, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm and the other with threaded powder-measure over a further worm, and retaining virtually all their original finish: in later lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (scuffed), case-hardened mainspring clamp and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with earlier illustrated trade label of Isaac Barber for circa 1773-98, the exterior with circular escutcheon, probably from the original case, incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle and both with finely beaded borders, private Birmingham proof marks 21.6 cm. barrels Footnotes:Barber & Boaler are recorded in Newark, Nottinghamshire between 1804 and 1816For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of Irish 20-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistols By Whitney, Probably Patrick, Cork, Circa 1800With octagonal sighted barrels each engraved 'Cork' along the top flat, foliate engraved tangs, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks (one top jaw and screw missing) with rollers, figured full stocks (one chipped on one side at the muzzle) each with flat-sided rounded butt, brass mounts comprising border engraved ovoidal side-nail plates, escutcheons, one engraved with owner's initials 'AM', trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and original wooden ramrods with iron worms, one with horn tip (minor rust patination), Tower private proof marks (2)25.3 cm. barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 28-Bore Percussion Silver-Mounted Pistols With Brass Barrels And LocksBy Ketland & Co., London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1791, Maker's Mark Of Charles FreethConverted from flintlock, with swamped octagonal barrels each with silver spider fore-sight and engraved 'London' along the top flat, engraved tangs, signed flat bevelled locks (hammers missing), figured full stocks (one fore-end split and repaired at the muzzle) each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, rounded flat-sided butts each carved with a scallop shell on the pommel, mounts comprising oval side-nail plates, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and engraved with a basket of foliage on the bow, vacant shield-shaped escutcheons, and turned ramrod-pipes (ramrods missing), Tower private proof marks (2)20 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Tutenag Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy T. Archer, London, Circa 1780With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed on a scroll framed by rocailles and foliage over each side, ring-neck cocks, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts each inlaid with silver wire scrollwork involving a flower-head on both sides, Tower private proof marks (2)7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Thomas Archer of Birmingham marked his firearms 'London' and is recorded working between 1776 and 1807. For a related pistol sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour..., 28 July 2007, lot 457For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Italian 25-Bore Flintlock PistolBy P. Martinoni, Mid-Late 18th CenturyWith slightly swamped two-stage barrel engraved with foliage at the muzzle, turned girdle and at each end of the octagonal breech, the latter with gold-lined maker's mark, 'RA' crowned (gold incomplete) on the top flat between a silver-inlaid crucifix and small cross marks, foliate engraved tang, rounded lock chiselled in relief with foliage on the tail and with a seated female figure beneath the pan, the latter signed beneath and chiselled en suite, cock chiselled with a naked female figure and foliage, the retaining screw with a male portrait bust, moulded highly figured full stock inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (some losses), steel mounts chiselled in relief with flowering foliage and male and female figures in landscapes, comprising shaped side-plate with a border of rocailles, spurred pommel with rounded cap, trigger-guard with a female figure on the bow holding a Phrygian cap in one hand and a fasces in the other, engraved ramrod-pipes with rear finial en suite, escutcheon chiselled with a naked figure holding a bunch of grapes, and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 16.5 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare .350 Percussion Prince's Patent Breech-Loading Rifled CarbineBy Reilly, New Oxford Street, London, No. 10738, Circa 1855With browned twist two-stage sighted barrel sliding forwards for loading and rifled with five bright grooves, the rear section signed along the top, fitted with two folding leaf back-sights each with central platinum line, and engraved 'X44' at the rear, border engraved case-hardened breech engraved 'Prince's Patent' on the top flat, border engraved case-hardened tang, signed back-action lock and hammer, the lock numbered 10438 on the inside, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with blued sliding catch on the bow for securing the detachable bolt, the latter operating within a blued guide-plate, blued fore-end cap also forming a barrel-band, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and much original finish 63.8 cm. barrelFootnotes:Joseph Reilly is recorded at 502 Oxford Street, London between 1848 and 1858For a fine example of the type sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 221For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 35-Bore Percussion Overcoat PistolSigned Gameson & Co., London, Circa 1830With octagonal sighted barrel (some rust patination) engraved 'London' along the top flat, foliate engraved breech and tang, signed border engraved flat lock (hammer replaced) decorated with foliage, figured full stock with broadly chequered rounded butt, reblued trigger-guard with pineapple finial and foliate engraved bow, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and original brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm, Birmingham proof marks 8.8 cm. barrelFootnotes:Gameson & Co. are recorded at 67 Threadneedle Street, London between 1827 and 1830For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Flintlock Saw-Handled Rifled Officer's Pistol Of Carbine BoreBy E. Baker, London, Early 19th CenturyWith sighted barrel signed along the top of the breech and rifled with seven spiral grooves, the rear of the breech engraved with a foliate band, border engraved tang with back-sight and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed flat bevelled detented lock (cock repaired) decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan and with foliage on the stepped tail, safety-catch and roller, figured half-stock (broken through and repaired at the lock) with short rounded spur, chequered rounded butt with flat ovoidal pommel (small old chip), the latter with vacant silver escutcheon, steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy against foliage on the bow, turned ramrod-pipe, adjustable set trigger, and stirrup ramrod, the top pierced with two vent holes (some light rust patination), indistinct maker's special proof marks 22.9 cm. barrel Footnotes:Ezekiel Baker (1758-1836) apprenticed to and workman of Henry Nock, was the inventor of the Baker rifle and author of Remarks on Rifle Guns (1801). He was Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to King George IV and was influential in the King's shooting and collecting, and thus played an important role in the formation of the Carlton House ArmouryFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss With Spring Bayonet Mounted BeneathBy C. Grierson, London, Late 18th/Early 19th CenturyWith three-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle and engraved 'London' along the top flat of the octagonal breech, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a line of foliage at the stepped tail, foliate engraved cock, figured half-stock, border engraved brass mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a basket of foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with suspended foliage en suite on the bow, the finial incorporating the barrel-release, and later side-mounted steel ramrod (bayonet with some pitting), Tower private proof marks 39.7 cm. barrelFootnotes:Charles Grierson is recorded at 10 New Bond Street, London between 1793 and 1844. He was a former workman of John Manton and Gunmaker to George IIIFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 32-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Travelling Pistol By Joseph Egg, No.1 Piccadilly, London, No. 3094, Circa 1830With twist octagonal sighted barrels (some light wear) signed in full along the top flat and engraved 'Inventor of the Copper Cap' along the bottom flat, border engraved breeches (plugs replaced) with foliate scrollwork on the top and bottom flats, tang with back-sight and decorated with foliate scrollwork, signed case-hardened border engraved rounded back-action locks decorated with scrolling foliage, rounded dolphin hammers decorated en suite, chequered figured rounded butt (minor damage on one side), border engraved mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and comprising butt-cap with 'skull-crusher' terminal engraved with scallop shells, D-shaped trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and serial numbered in an oval on the bow, no provision for a ramrod, and retaining some original finish, London proof marks 14.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Several London gunmakers claimed to have invented the copper cap, which was introduced shortly before 1820 Joseph Egg is recorded at 1 Piccadilly (corner of Piccadilly and Haymarket) between 1814 and 1834. See footnote to lot 358For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Liège 100-Bore Percussion Mariette Patent Six-Shot Pepperbox Revolver, A Liège 50-Bore Percussion D.B Box-Lock Pistol, And A Liège 50-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket Pistol All Mid-19th CenturyThe first with etched twist turn-off barrels, rounded action (defective) and butt engraved with scrolling foliage, the former stamped 'Mariette Brévété' on top, ring-trigger and under-hammer, and rounded figured grips (some pitting overall), Liège proof; the second converted from flintlock, with brass barrels and action in one, the latter (one hammer missing) engraved with foliage on each side, thumbpiece safety-catch, steel trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butt chequered on each side, and silver escutcheon engraved 'H.L. to R.T.'; the last of characteristic form, with foliate engraved action (defective) and folding trigger (loose), lightly figured rounded butt, vacant escutcheon, and polished bright, Liège proof (3)7 cm., 9 cm. and 5.2 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Two 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock PistolsThe First By J. Harris, The Second By Hall, London, Both Second Half Of The 18th CenturyThe first with turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved action (cock an old replacement, tang screw replaced) signed beneath banners and foliage on one side and decorated with a foliated rocaille on the other, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a decorative oval on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire foliate scrollwork, private Birmingham proof marks; the second with turn-off cannon barrel, plain action signed over each side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (some light pitting), Tower private proof marks (2)5.8 cm. and 9.7 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 18-Bore Flintlock Turn-Over Sporting GunBy Bunney, London, Circa 1775With two-stage re-browned barrels (possibly shortened) each with silver fore-sight, long octagonal breeches each signed along the top flat, border engraved pan-plates and steels, the latter each with roller bearing on the external steel-spring, breech-plates each engraved with a border of spheres, border engraved tang, back-action lock and cock all decorated with foliage, the lock signed within rocailles and foliage, figured full stock with three pairs of barrel-retaining bolts along one side, and moulded butt carved with a scallop shell behind the barrel tang, steel mounts engraved en suite with the lock and comprising bevelled side-plate and butt-plate, sprung trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel on the bow and also forming the barrel-release, turned ramrod-pipes, and border engraved vacant silver escutcheon, Tower private proof marks 84.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceHolt's Norfolk and Hammersmith, 22 June 2006, lot 352The maker is Joseph Bunney recorded working in Birmingham between 1765 and 1814. He is known to have marked his firearms 'London'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Spanish 18-Bore Madrid-Lock Belt PistolBy Joseph Deop Of Ripoll, Late 18th CenturyWith shortened two-stage barrel with turned girdle chiselled with a band of foliage, octagonal breech inlaid with silver scrollwork and struck on the top flat with two punzónes (originally gold-lined) of Pedro Estava of Barcelona (Neue Støckel 7368, 7369), foliate engraved tang, border engraved flat lock stamped with brass-lined maker's stamp (Neue Støckel 236) and decorated with a bow and quiver, and with foliage on the tail, cock decorated en suite, moulded figured full stock (fore-end repaired on one side at the muzzle), border engraved steel mounts comprising side-plate chiselled with monsters centred on a vacant oval (one side nail missing), spurred pommel, the cap engraved with a flower-head, and bevelled trigger-guard with baluster finial (some wear overall, belt hook, rear ramrod-pipe and ramrod missing) 20 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 25-Bore Percussion Duelling Pistol By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun Maker to His Majesty, Late 18th CenturyConverted from flintlock, with octagonal sighted barrel retaining some browning along the bottom flats and signed along the top flat, silver fore-sight, foliate engraved tang with back-sight and involving a basket of flowers and a Britannia shield, flat bevelled detented lock signed within an oval and decorated with a martial trophy on the stepped tail, safety-catch, figured full stock (old split in the ramrod-channel, minor old bruising) with chequered rounded butt, the pommel carved as a scallop shell, steel trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside, decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow and with flaming urn-shaped finial, turned ramrod-pipes, set trigger, and later wooden ramrod (tip missing, steel parts with some rust patination), London proof marks 23.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Small 100-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolBy Jones, London, Circa 1770, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks, Maker's Mark of Charles FreethWith turn-off cannon barrel (minor old marks at the breech), border engraved action (top of cock replaced) signed on a foliate rocaille over each side, sliding thumbpiece safety-catch engraved with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, figured rounded butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles, and border engraved silver grotesque mask butt-cap, London proof marks and foreigner's mark 3.8 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Side-By-Side Tap-Action PistolsBy Whateley, Probably For John Or Henry Whateley Of Birmingham, Circa 1800With turn-off barrels each engraved around the muzzle and numbered respectively from nothing to '3', border engraved part octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved actions each signed against a martial trophy on one side and decorated with a further martial trophy on the other, large rectangular pairs, thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, trigger-guards each with an engraved flower-head on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts: in their lined and fitted oak case with accessories including three-way powder-flask with leather-covered body, turnscrew retaining its brass pricker, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with trade label of William Bond, 59 Lombard Street, London for circa 1810-1846, the exterior of the lid with reeded edges and flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 6.6 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C72Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 299LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.133, pl. 499For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Travelling PistolBy Reddell, London, Early 19th CenturyWith twist sighted barrels signed along the rib and each indistinctly stamped 'Narrow Twisted' beneath at the breech, the breeches each with engraved border at the rear and with platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang engraved with foliage and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with starbursts and foliage, foliate engraved 'French' cocks (top of each replaced), semi-rainproof pans, engraved safety-catches, and rollers, figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon and white-metal barrel-bolt escutcheons, and stirrup ramrod (some wear and patination), London proof marks 18 cm. barrels Footnotes:Almost certainly by George S. Reddell recorded as 'Gunmaker & Sword Cutler to their R.H. The Prince Regent, Dukes of Sussex & Cambridge & Royal Museum'. He was at various addresses in the West End of London between 1802 and 1821, and supplied 'pattern pistols' to the Prince Regent's Collection, Carlton House in 1810For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Very Rare Cased 38-Bore (.500) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle With Telescopic SightBy John Dickson & Son, 63 Princes Street, Edinburgh, No. 1406 For 1850With browned damascus twist barrels signed along the sighting rib at the breech and each rifled with eleven bright spiral grooves, blued folding leaf back-sights (one missing) from 60 to 180 yards and each with central gold line, and mounts for the original hand-detachable telescopic sight, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with engraved platinum plug and decorated with an eagle on the flat between, border engraved tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed case-hardened flat detented locks and dolphin hammers each decorated en suite within borders of ropework, the former serial numbered on the inside and stamped with initials 'IB' for Joseph Brazier, the latter with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate decorated with scrolling foliage and a roe buck in a landscape on the border engraved heel tang, case-hardened grip-cap engraved with scrolling foliage, trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and decorated with a stag and a hind in a landscape amid scrolling foliage on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with long finial decorated with foliate scrollwork, rear ramrod-pipe with pineapple-shaped finial en suite, circular case-hardened patch-box cover engraved with a prone male lion in a landscape within a foliate scroll border, foliate scroll engraved sling button with knurled edge, grooved forward trigger, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and elaborate monogram, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish: in original brass-mounted oak case fitted and lined in tooled pigskin (minor old marks) with accessories including browned twist telescopic sight signed in full along the top and with leather-mounted eyepiece, brass-mounted powder-flask, circular brass percussion cap dispenser, serial numbered steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter, patch-cutter, lift-out tray fitted for turnscrews, cleaning tools (two replaced, one blade missing) and T-shaped combination tool, mallet, the head faced in leather, and turned circular wooden boxes, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'R.H. Broughton Esq.r' and centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 70 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureDonald Dallas, John Dickson & Son, The Round Action Gunmaker, 2014, pp. 37-39, colour plates. Recorded as 'order dated 27th November 1850 from Robert H. Broughton, 21 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased .400 (70-Bore) Percussion Seven-Barrelled Goose RifleBy H. Nock, Gun Maker To His Majesty, No. 4518, Circa 1709-95Converted from flintlock, with twist leaf-sighted barrels, signed along the rib between the two top barrels, each barrel cut with seven spiral grooves, case-hardened breech-block with gold line and engraved with a starburst on top, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and a Britannia shield, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed serial numbered flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (rust patinated) decorated with hanging game on the blued heel tang, trigger-guard (loss of finish on the tang) with a recumbent stag in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (one partition loose) with accessories including rare brass charger, gang mould for fourteen balls, three wooden ball holders, brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled elongated body, and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (minor damage and old stains) for circa 1789-1804, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 49.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePiers Mostyn, Bt. (sold in the sale contents of Bredfield Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk in about 1944)W. Keith Neal Collection, C204Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 37LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, p. 110Idem, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p. 119, pl. 435Richard Akehurst, Game Guns and Rifles, 1969, p.18, pl. 22Originally sold in 1995 with two manuscript notes (now missing) by W. Keith Neal, one listing the contents of the case, the other giving instructions for the use of the rifle, including a recommendation to 'pick up the birds quick', confirming that it was intended for geese. Also in the case was a manuscript letter from H. Nock's shop about the rifle, written by Nock's clerk James Wilkinson, who later set up in business on his own as James Wilkinson, gunmakers, a firm that survived until recently as Wilkinson Sword Ltd.Seven-barrel rifles were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour through France (1805), where he described their use on roe deer as well as birds. Thornton even commissioned a fourteen-barrel example, preserved today in the Musée d'Armes in LiègeFor further information on rifles of this type see W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, pp. 109-110For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Percussion Travelling PistolsBy Cartmell Of Doncaster, Circa 1820Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned sighted barrels each engraved with foliage on a ledge in front of the sighting flat, breeches each with three platinum lines, foliate engraved tangs each with back-sight, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage and retaining some case-hardening, hammers en suite and with detachable striker retained by a blued spring, figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, reblued steel trigger-guards and slotted ramrod-pipes, the former each with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrods: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case (some compartments loose) with brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and loading rod, the exterior of the lid with shaped escutcheon and flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'T. Walkden', Birmingham proof marks 9 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 24 November 1999, lot 244Thomas Cartmell is recorded in Manchester, Lancashire between 1817 and 1822For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased .650 (16-Bore) Tubelock Sporting Rifle And 8-Bore Wildfowling Gun By Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 703 and 704, Circa 1830With heavy rebrowned twist octagonal barrel signed along the top flat, leaf-sighted from 150 to 250 yards and rifled with nine spiral grooves, case-hardened recessed patent breech with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and raised platinum-lined touch-hole, the rebrowned twist sighted wildfowling barrel in three-stages, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, and patent breech en suite with the rifle barrel, border engraved tang decorated with a stag's head and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with scrolling foliage, hammer and tube-retainer en suite, the former with engraved safety-catch, the latter acting on an external spring with roller, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip and dark horn fore-end cap, butt with cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts (some rust patination) comprising butt-plate (pitting) decorated with a running stag in a landscape and foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a pointer in a landscape on the bow and with pheasants in a landscape on the tang, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, and associated brass-mounted ramrods: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case with some accessories including Sykes patent brass-mounted powder-flask retaining much of its original lacquered finish, steel bullet and G. & J.W. Hawksley pewter oil bottle, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage), the exterior of the lid (minor chips and old bruising) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 74.2 cm. and 86.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles Lancaster, barrel maker to Joseph Manton, is recorded at 151 New Bond Street between 1829 and the year of his death in 1847For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock PistolsSigned Turvey, Mid-Late 18th CenturyWith turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed on a foliate scroll on one side and with a martial trophy on the other, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a scallop shell in an oval on the bow, figured rounded butts each inlaid with a silver wire scallop shell and scrollwork around the action tang, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps (some slight wear and surface patination overall), private Birmingham proof marks and indistinct maker's mark (2)12.8 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 14-Bore Flintlock Sporting GunBy John Manton, London, Circa 1808With sighted two-stage Tuscan barrel struck with crowned mark of Cristiano Leoni of Pistoia (Neue Støckel 7774) at the breech (old vice marks on both sides), patent breech with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp, gold line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang decorated with a trophy and foliage, signed border engraved flat lock with rainproof pan and roller, the tail of the lock decorated with a gamebird in a landscape, border engraved 'French' cock with a part trophy and foliage, figured half-stock (some wear and old bruising, fore-end with two old splits) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and dark horn fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with faint traces of decoration on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a landscape scene on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later brass-tipped ramrod (metal parts pitted and worn overall) 77.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:Previously unrecorded. For the maker's stamp and for an almost identical lock see D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, pls. 31 and 54For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 90-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pocket PistolBy Joseph Egg Of London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1814With blued octagonal barrels each signed in gold along the top flat, gold fore-sight, border engraved breech with platinum line, platinum-lined touch-holes, blued border engraved tang inlaid with engraved gold martial trophies, signed border engraved case-hardened locks each decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan and decorated with foliage at the tail, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and steels (one an old replacement and fractured) each working on a blued external mainspring (one with some loss of finish) with roller, chequered figured rounded butt, border engraved mounts comprising pommel decorated with foliage on each spur and with a foliate border around the gilt butt-cap, the latter engraved with owner's crest and motto, D-shaped trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, gold escutcheon engraved with monogram 'GB', steel ramrod with characteristically chequered tip, and retaining some of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including original brass-mounted four-way powder-flask covered in red leather, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle 6.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceMajor Noel Corry CollectionChristie's London, Important Firearms, Side Arms, Arms and Armour, 22 November 1965, lot 152 Joseph 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.)', J.A.A.S., vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 306-353Cf. two other examples sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2011, lot 401, and Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2016, lot 354The arms are those of Francis Maude (1768-1842) of Hatfield Hall, Wakefield. He was a barrister-at-law and recorder at DoncasterFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased .650 (16-Bore) Percussion Oval-Bore D.B. Sporting RifleBy Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 2852, Mid-19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist barrels with bright bores and matted rib, the latter with folding leaf back-sights (forward one removed) calibrated for 100, 150 and 200 yards, the barrels engraved beneath respectively with maker's details and 'Patent Smooth Bored Rifle', case-hardened breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, and engraved with symmetrical foliage on the flat between, case-hardened border engraved tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed flat case-hardened detented locks and dolphin hammers decorated en suite, the former each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, reblued steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate engraved with a wolfhound and scrolling foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with rutting stags in a landscape on the bow and with chequered spur, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe with finial en suite, circular case-hardened patch-box cover (spring broken) decorated with a stag in a mountainous landscape within a border of foliage, silver escutcheon with later Indian inscription, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original case-hardened finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case (some termite damage) with full accessories mostly numbered in Indian and comprising powder-flask with suspension chain (leather damaged), two steel bullet moulds, sprue-cutter, patch-cutter, case-hardened mainspring clamp, combination tool in its leather wallet, brass powder-measure, a pair of spare burnished mainsprings, oil bottle, spare ramrod and turnscrews, the interior of the lid (minor moth damage) with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular escutcheon with Indian inscription, the front of the case carved with later Indian inscriptions, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles William Lancaster, son of Charles (see following lot), is recorded at 151 New Bond Street, London between 1847 and 1854For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 13-Bore Percussion Officer's PistolsSigned Reeves & Co., London, Mid-19th CenturyWith browned twist sighted barrels each engraved 'London' on the sighting flat, case-hardened breeches each engraved with foliage on the flat and with platinum plug, foliate engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each with engraved safety-catch and decorated with foliated scrollwork, hammers en suite, figured full stocks (one with small nicks along the bottom edge of the side-flat) each with chequered rounded butt, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest, dark horn fore-end caps, stirrup ramrods, and most of their original finish (barrels and trigger-guards with some surface patination): in original brass-mounted lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including mainspring clamp and Sykes brass-mounted powder-flask, the latter with bevelled wedge-shaped body and retaining most of its lacquered finish, the exterior of the lid with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 18.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Reeves & Co. are most probably Reeves & Greaves of Birmingham who are recorded between 1829 and 1839, and are known to have marked their firearms 'London'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Indian Khanjar, And An Indian All-Metal Bow (Kaman)Both 20th CenturyThe first with distinctly watered recurved double-edged blade of flattened diamond section towards the point and gold-damascened with a panel of foliage on each side of the forte, and mottled grey jade hilt scrolled at the base, the pommel carved in the round as a horse's head; the second of distinctly watered recurved form with integral nocks, decorated on the outer surfaces with gold-damascened foliage and borders, and threaded together at the partly faceted grip (2)The first 26 cm. blade, the second 89.5 cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 54-Bore Percussion Rifled Target Or Duelling PistolsBy James Purdey, No. 314½, Oxford Street, London, Nos. 2039 And 2040 For 1831With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each rifled with twelve grooves and signed in full along the top flat (one barrel with old rebrowned finish, probably by the maker), blued front and back-sights, case-hardened patent breeches each with engraved borders, platinum line and pierced platinum plug, case-hardened foliate scroll engraved tangs, border engraved dolphin hammers and signed detented flat locks, the last each with engraved safety-catch, ebonised half-stocks with chequered rounded butts, border engraved steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each engraved with a feathered design centred on the retaining screw engraved with a flower-head, blued trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, case-hardened trigger-plates with scallop shell engraved pineapple-shaped finial, and fore-end caps each engraved with a starburst, blued set triggers, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with full accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, a bullet mould serial numbered to the pistols, turnscrew with pricker, and nipple-key engraved with initials 'CHC', the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior (minor old splits) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Dr. Robert Rabett Collection sold in these Rooms, 30 November 2011, lot 531 ExhibitedThe Craft Of The Gunmaker 1640-1870, The Guildhall Museum, Rochester-Upon-Medway, August 1991 - January 1992, cat. no. 33 (illustrated)LiteratureL. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p. 132. Recorded as sold on 15 July 1831 for £52.10.0. to Lord Cranstoun of Sandridge Park, Totnes, DevonFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Percussion Saw-Handled Duelling Or Target PistolsSigned T. Bolton & CO., London, No. 460, Mid-19th CenturyWith etched damascus twist octagonal sighted barrels, foliate engraved breeches each engraved 'London' in gothic script on the top flat, border engraved tangs and back-action locks decorated with foliage, the latter each signed in gothic script, foliate engraved dolphin hammers (one nose chipped), figured half-stocks (one fore-end with old internal split) each with rounded spur and chequered butt, the latter each with flat ovoidal pommel set with a vacant white-metal escutcheon, shaped vacant white-metal escutcheon opposite each lock, white-metal barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end caps, spur trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, decorated with scrolling foliage on the border engraved bow and retaining some blueing, adjustable set triggers, and later brass-tipped ramrods: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in plum velvet with a few accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, the exterior of the lid (old split, one corner chipped) with shaped brass escutcheon engraved 'N.P. Tyson Balto' and incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 24.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:T. Bolton & Co. appear to be unrecordedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For 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 Flintlock Blunderbuss with Brass Barrel And Lock Signed Brander, London, Circa 1775Reconverted from percussion, with three-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and engraved 'London' along the top flat, grooved engraved tang (pitted) border engraved rounded lock (signature re-engraved) decorated with foliage on the tail, figured full stock (fore-stock with old repaired splits) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, cast and chased brass mounts comprising pierced trophy of arms side-plate with shaped cartouche, vacant trophy of arms escutcheon, butt-plate decorated with foliage on the border engraved heel tang, border engraved trigger-guard with acorn finial and a flower-head on the bow, baluster ramrod-pipes (rear one with minor damage), and later steel ramrod, London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark 48 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Flemish Flintlock Box-Lock Blunderbuss-Pistol With Spring Bayonet Early 19th Century, Probably LiègeWith brass cannon barrel and action in one piece, the former turned at the muzzle and fitted with folding bayonet beneath, the latter engraved with a differing design of foliage on each side, reinforced cock, thumbpiece safety-catch, sliding trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butt carved with a half flower-head behind the action and with a panel of chequering on both sides, vacant silver escutcheon, and original horn-tipped ramrod (rear ramrod-pipe loose) 16 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com