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A well executed believed 19th century Parian ware bust of William Shakespeare raised on a plinth base. Measures 22cms high

An African tribal wooden bust of a female. Complete with earrings being well polished

A large turned wooden retro teak table lamp together with a plaster deity bust on plinth, wooden tribal figure, amphora and a wooden tankard

An African tribal wooden bust of a female. Complete with earrings being well polished

A 19th century large Hallmarked sterling silver hip flask of oval form bearing rubbed hallmarks, partially legible with Queen Victorian bust. Weight 132 grams

A contemporary good quality Phrenology head / bust with notation markings

A contemporary bronze bust, signed Bulio verso, model of the Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Heart, 22cm, raised on a marble plinth.

A bronze bust of Napoleon, signed verso Leconte, 35cm high, raised on a black marble plinth.

A mid 20th century bronze bust of a African woman wearing earrings and a nose ring, 11.5cm, raised on a black marble plinth.

An Italian gold and lava cameo brooch, bust portrait of a Roman lady, on a double bar with safety chain as fitted.

GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE III, CROWN, 1820 (LX) laureate head; together with a Victoria Crown, 1891, Jubilee bust; and three George V Threepences, 1913 (x2) & 1918; also a Maria Theresa Thaler, `1780`; a Russia Ruble, 1899; and an Austro-Hungary Florin, 1886, (total 8).

A KEITH LEE BRONZED RESIN FIGURE, WINSTON CHURCHILL standing in an overcoat and leaning on a cane, 30cm high; together with a cast resin bust of Winston Churchill, after Oscar Nemon, on a wooden plinth, overall 22cm high; and a further four assorted busts of Churchill, two with a bronze effect finish, (6).

EGYPTIAN CARVED STONE BUST OF A PHARAOH with headdress, 16cm high

GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE III, CROWN, 1820 (LX) laureate head; together with a Victoria Crown, 1891, Jubilee bust; and three George V Threepences, 1913 (x2) & 1918; also a Maria Theresa Thaler, `1780`; a Russia Ruble, 1899; and an Austro-Hungary Florin, 1886, (total 8).

A KEITH LEE BRONZED RESIN FIGURE, WINSTON CHURCHILL standing in an overcoat and leaning on a cane, 30cm high; together with a cast resin bust of Winston Churchill, after Oscar Nemon, on a wooden plinth, overall 22cm high; and a further four assorted busts of Churchill, two with a bronze effect finish, (6).

A contemporary bronze bust, signed Bulio verso, model of the Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Heart, 22cm, raised on a marble plinth.

A bronze bust of Napoleon, signed verso Leconte, 35cm high, raised on a black marble plinth.

An Italian gold and lava cameo brooch, bust portrait of a Roman lady, on a double bar with safety chain as fitted.

Early 20th century French violin branded Conservatory Violin to the back of the peg box, also the back applied with the carved bust of Beethoven, 14", 35.60cm

George II, Halfpenny, 1746, laureate, cuirassed bust left, rev. Britannia (S.3719), good very fine

After The Antique, a 19th century carved marble bust of Augustus, raised on a later circular socle base. Height 24 ins, width 16 ins (see illustration).

A 19th century bronze bust, young child, raised on marble base and with octagonal wooden ebonised plinth beneath (see illustration).

19th century Italian School, carved marble bust of young girl wearing bonnet and raised on marble plinth. Height 15.5 ins, width 10.5 ins (see illustration).

A 19th century Italian bronze bust, female figure holding posy. Height 9 ins.

A PARIAN BUST OF PRINCE ALBERT by WH Kerr & Co, Worcester, by the renowned sculptor RJ Jones, A/F, 36cm high

BRITISH SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) Bust Portrait of a Gentleman; and Bust Portrait of a Lady, a pair Oil on canvas, apparently unsigned, 59.5cm x 49.5cm.

A modern Chinese bronze Quan Yin bust. Height 25.5cm.

An Emmanuel Villanis 20th century reproduction bronzed bust of 'Carmell' on a square marble base. Height including base 23cm.

G.B. George III - 1812 (armoured bust) Bank of England Eighteen Pence Bank Token. VF and a 1816 Shilling. EF (2)

G.B. 1662 Charles II Crown - first draped bust, rose below. N.B. lightly cleaned, otherwise VF / GVF (1 coin)

First World War British Nurses' cotton apron, with two pockets to the front and remains of stitched Red Cross to bust

Chinese 19th Century Ivory Novelty Carving Of A Giant Melon with figure and leaf pierced to top of melon. 3`` in length. Plus a small African Ivory carving of a bust of a man. 4.5`` in height.

Katzhutte Porcelain Madonna and Child Bust. Printed Marks to Base. Stands 9.5 Inches High.

After The Antique, a 19th century carved marble bust of Augustus, raised on a later circular socle base. Height 24 ins, width 16 ins (see illustration).

19th century Italian School, carved marble bust of young girl wearing bonnet and raised on marble plinth. Height 15.5 ins, width 10.5 ins (see illustration).

A 19th century Italian bronze bust, female figure holding posy. Height 9 ins.

A PARIAN BUST OF PRINCE ALBERT by WH Kerr & Co, Worcester, by the renowned sculptor RJ Jones, A/F, 36cm high

BRITISH SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) Bust Portrait of a Gentleman; and Bust Portrait of a Lady, a pair Oil on canvas, apparently unsigned, 59.5cm x 49.5cm.

G.B. 1662 Charles II Crown - first draped bust, rose below. N.B. lightly cleaned, otherwise VF / GVF (1 coin)

G.B. George III - 1812 (armoured bust) Bank of England Eighteen Pence Bank Token. VF and a 1816 Shilling. EF (2)

First World War British Nurses' cotton apron, with two pockets to the front and remains of stitched Red Cross to bust

A RARE GERMAN INFANTRY OFFICER`S DEGEN, CIRCA 1880, MOUNTED WITH AN EARLIER BLADE CARRIED BY AN 18TH CENTURY OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF CARL THEODORE, PRINCE ELECTOR, COUNT PALATINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA with slender two-stage blade, the upper portion decorated over its length on both sides with a serpent-like flattened medial ridge with bevelled wavy edges and cut with a filed chequered pattern, the lower portion blued, decorated on both sides with a series of filed indented designs including, on one face, the Electoral cipher "CT" together with a series of finely etched and gilt motifs, including a bust portrait of the Elector beneath his named scroll and the collar of the Bavarian Order of Saint George suspended from the Electoral Crown, and the same devices framing on the reverse side the arms both of the Elector Palatine and of Wittelsbach jointly suspending the Electoral cipher; with regulation gilt-brass hilt including up-turned double shell-guard, the pommel, the quillon and the knuckle-guard each decorated with leaf ornament cast in low relief, original wire-bound grip, and in its original scabbard 84 cm; 33 in blade The blade was presumably carried by a forebear who had served in the army of the Elector Carl Theodore, probably during the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-9)

TWO GERMAN INFANTRY OFFICERS` REGULATION DEGEN, AND AN OFFICER`S SMALL-SWORD, THE FORMER TWO CIRCA 1820 AND 1880, THE LATTER CIRCA 1730 the first with fullered blade, gilt-brass hilt including large double shell-guard cast with a laurel garland about the base of the blade, the quillon, the knuckle-guard and the pommel each decorated with scrolling leaves, the grip bound with silver wire between collars stamped with oak foliage, and in its original scabbard; the second with fullered blade etched and gilt with trophies and foliage on a blued panel on both sides at the forte, gilt-brass hilt cast with foliage in low relief, including small double-shell-guard, and the grip bound with silver wire; and the third with slender blade etched with a king`s bust portrait above the inscription "Fürchte Gott Ehre Den König", brass hilt with double shell-guard, fluted pommel and the grip bound with patterned wire and "Turks` heads" (the third: the blade bent, the hilt incomplete) 85 cm; 33½ in: 83.9 cm; 33 in: 75.6 cm; 29¾ in blades (3)

AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF BOHEMIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY PAUL POSER IN PRAG, CIRCA 1725 with long barrels each signed in full on the sighting rib, lightly swamped towards the muzzle, decorated over its length with finely chiselled and engraved small designs of scrollwork involving an urn of acanthus leaves in relief behind the rib, the breeches each formed as a raised chiselled cartouche supported by a pair of opposing grotesque profile masks and framing two gold-lined maker`s stamps in the Madrid style (Neue Støckel 8080, 8081), gold-lined vent, silver fore-sight and the barrel tangs engraved respectively with opposing Harpies, flat locks decorated en suite with the barrels, with bevelled stepped edges, signed between the arms of the steel-springs, finely chiselled in low relief, the greater part of the chiselled decoration arranged within pounced matted recessed panels, each involving a trophy-of-war involving a Turkish captive, the figure of Victory at the rear, the cock with a cherub seated within a flourish of scrollwork issuant from a monster`s mouth and the pan with a demon mask cut in relief, figured walnut full stocks finely carved with delicate relief mouldings, including scrollwork patterns about the barrel tangs and ramrod-pipes, the latter each centring on a demon mask, inlaid over their respective lengths with scrolling designs of silver wire tendrils carrying engraved small flowerheads, the butts each inlaid with an expanded pattern suspending both a demon mask plaque and small warrior bust medallion (one warrior medallion missing), full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, en suite with the barrels and locks, comprising spurred pommels decorated with elaborate rollwerk cartouches filled with pairs of warriors all`antica , probably Heroes from Bohemian history, the figures differing between the two pistols, one pair bearing shields charged, respectively, with the Lion of Bohemia and the Eagle of Moravia, the other pair including one figure displaying a severed Turkish trophy head, with bevelled stepped solid side-plates decorated with a landscape vignette involving the mounted figures of a Turk and a soldier of the Empire in combat before a town and an encampment, trigger-guards each centring on the figure of Diana, the finial involving a grotesque mask, faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, the rearward pipe decorated with a demon mask, oval escutcheons involving demon masks and elaborate pierced frameworks surmounted by a ducal crown, putti supporters and figural trophies-of-war, and fitted with moulded horn fore-end caps (ramrods missing) 54 cm; 21¼ in (2) Paul Ignazius Poser (1) (born 1646) is ranked among the leading gunmakers in Prague in the early 18th century and his works are represented in the most important ancestral gunrooms in Southern Germany and Central Europe. These include a pair of fowling-pieces and a breech-loading rifled carbine in the collections of the Princes von und zu Liechtenstein in Schloss Vaduz, the latter made for a member of the Royal House of Savoy (inv. nos. 3871, 3885, 4102). A pair of holster pistols by Paul Poser are in the former Imperial Collection in Vienna (WS.A1691), see Schedelmann 1972, pp. 226-7. Another pair, closely comparable with the present pistols, were made by Poser for Philipp, Prince von Lobkowicz, circa 1731: sold Christie`s, 9th December 1988, lot 215. Poser`s death date is recorded as 1730 in Der Neue Støckel but the pistols made for Prince Lobkowicz could not pre-date 1731. The distinguished treatment of the barrels, the locks and the mounts is possibly the work of the Franz Matzenkopf (circa 1705-1776), a celebrated chiseller of iron, silver and bronze who supplied Poser and other Prague gunmakers. Matzenkopf was producing coin dies for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg by 1727; he left Prague to take up his appointment as coin and medal die-cutter to the Salzburg court in 1738. See Hayward 1963, pp.125-7

A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS SIGNED BOTESONT, FINELY CHISELLED IN THE PARISIAN FASHION, DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1710 with sighted barrels formed with tapering flats terminating in chiselled demon masks, raised turned mouldings about the muzzles, raised beaded bands of acanthus leaves chiselled over the breeches, each decorated towards the rear with a chiselled vertical arrangement of emblems involving the figure of a Roman warrior standing on a mask and the mounted figure of a Roman Caesar triumphant within a contemporary trophy-of-war, a stag brought down by hounds beneath and signed "P. Bodesocq" in miniscules concealed on the lower sides of the breeches, plain barrel tangs, chiselled flat locks signed "Botesont" within the bevel about the edges, decorated with the figure of Cupid riding a Lion in relief below the pan, chiselled cocks (one broken) and the steels each chiselled with a demon mask, carved moulded figured walnut full stocks carved with scrollwork in low relief about the barrel tangs and about the swell behind the ramrod-pipes (one fore-end incomplete towards the muzzle), full iron mounts elaborately chiselled in low relief, comprising spurred pommels decorated on each side with small classical warrior busts in medallions supported by putti and within a trophy suspending a Medusa mask, each fitted with demon mask cap within an acanthus frame chiselled en suite with the mouldings at the breeches, side-plates pierced with delicate scrolling tendrils carrying leaf ornament and monsters` heads, involving fantastic beasts emerging from flowers and centring on a classical warrior figure seated in triumph amid a trophy, trigger-guards each cut with three further demon masks and drawn out to a pierced scrollwork finial, pairs of strongly moulded faceted ramrod-pipes, and the escutcheons formed as pierced trophies involving draped flags and captive figures enclosing warrior bust medallions, a crowned double eagle perched above (ramrods missing) 52.7 cm; 20¾ in The signature "Botesont" is probably a Francophonic corruption of the maker`s name "Bodesocq", intended presumably to accord with the strongly Parisian character of these pistols. Der Neue Støckel records a Peter Botsont, with further reference to a Peter Bonsing, said to be Dutch and active circa 1700. The Paris-inspired chiselled decoration is unusually imaginative and of exceptional quality, in these respects the chiselling recalls the work of the celebrated Armande Bongarde of Düsseldorf The decoration is concentrated on classical allusions to Victory and Fame. A comparable design for a side-plate is recorded by Lenk on the gun, destroyed in 1934, made in the Parisian fashion for Augustus "The Strong" by Andreas Erttel of Dresden; see Lenk 1965 (London), pls. 83-84 The warrior medallions on the pommels are, on one pistol, surmounted by the heraldic crown of a German Fürst or Herzog, this detail is omitted on the other pistol

A FINE PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY DEPAS A LANDAU, CIRCA 1710-20 with swamped sighted barrels with signed sighting flats chiselled with acanthus leaves at both ends, the breeches decorated with acanthus mouldings chiselled in low relief, with engraved border ornament and the vents lined in brass, engraved barrel tangs, signed bevelled gilt-brass locks engraved en suite with the breeches, decorated with differing trophies-of-war respectively over the tails of the lock-plates, and fitted with blued cocks and steels each chiselled with a demon mask and a marine monster, carved moulded rootwood full stocks, full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, comprising spurred pommels engraved en suite with the locks and with demon mask caps each fitted within engraved concentric bands of beading and leaf ornament, side-plates decorated with pierced designs of scrollwork carrying a demon mask, trigger-guards with moulded acanthus finials, faceted baluster-shaped ramrod-pipes, cartouche-shaped escutcheons each filled with a classical warrior bust with coronet above, horn fore-end caps, and one retaining its original ramrod (one side-nail missing, both fore-ends cracked) 53.3 cm; 21 in (2) This maker appears to be hitherto unrecorded

A FINE AND VERY RARE 39-BORE NUREMBERG WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE STOCKED BY THE "MASTER OF THE CASTLES", CIRCA 1600 with swamped octagonal sighted smooth-bored barrel struck with Nuremberg mark and the maker`s mark, a unicorn and initials, profusely etched over its length, the upper planes decorated with differing gilt panels of leaf ornament linking three elongated nodular-shaped gilt panels each filled with tiered sprays of flowers and foliage over the breech, the median and the muzzle, and all within contrasting guilloche and scrollwork borders etched in the white, flat lock struck with maker`s mark, LH over a pair of brushes (Neue Støckel 3773), decorated with etched panels of scrollwork within gilt scrollwork borders and all on a matted stippled ground, fitted with gilt-iron wheel-bracket, sliding pan-cover with button release, gilt-iron safety-catch and the dog engraved with a monster and a grotesque, fruitwood full stock veneered in ebony, very finely decorated over its full length with an inlaid series of engraved horn oval plaques all set within an elaborate framework of mother-of-pearl, the horn plaques formed as game animal vignettes over the sides of the fore-end, with female personifications of the Cardinal Virtues concentrated over the rear, involving Faith inlaid on the underside of the breech, Justice and Prudence jointly opposite the lock, Charity and Temperance jointly on the cheek-piece and Fortitude on the right-hand side of the butt, together with an espagnolette mask inlaid on upper surface of the butt and a pair of scrollwork panels enclosing medallions filled with an officer`s bust and Turk`s bust respectively either side of the barrel tang, the mother-of-pearl plaques pierced and engraved with both rollwerk and scrolling interlace patterns heightened over the rearward section with cornucopia, swags, grotesque masks, monsters` heads , fruit and flowers, the entire scheme arranged as a series of segments within engraved horn stringing and border strips, the latter decorated with differing patterns of foliage and scrolls and partly inhabited by small animals and birds, the entire inlaid scheme on a ground of incised gilt scrollwork interspersed with both natural and green-stained horn pellets and sown with engraved mother-of-pearl rosettes, the patch-box cover veneered in horn decorated with panels of spiralling foliage inhabited by exotic birds and framing the full-length figure of a Turkish archer, with horn butt-plate engraved with the figure of a caliverman in contemporary dress, moulded iron trigger-guard, and the ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each of engraved horn (the inlay with minor losses, the ramrod missing) 57.2 cm; 22½ in barrel The stockmaker known as "The Master of the Castles" remains unidentified by name but was almost certainly working in Nuremberg. He is so-called because of the castles which feature in some of his distinctive inlaid compositions; to judge from the quantity of surviving examples it is likely that this celebrated stockmaker presided over a substantial workshop. Examples of this stockmaker`s work are preserved in a wide range of institutional collections, some including the Bargello, Florence (inv. nos. R/64 and M. 235); the de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (inv. nos. 104 and 130-132); The Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. M 1082-1910); The Hermitage, St. Petersburg (inv. nos. 6611 and 6613); and the Princely Collections in Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein (inv. no. 3822). For a detailed commentary on the works of "The Master of the Castles" and for a comprehensive record of his works in public collections see Blair 1974, pp.319-322.

A FINE 15-BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY PIETER VAN SOOLINGEN, UTRECHT, CIRCA 1685 with sighted long barrel formed in four stages, the forward section with full-length sighting flat, the median finely chiselled with a scrolling leafy tendril pattern in low relief, the breech section octagonal, changing to faceted, the breech decorated with the figure of Mars standing within further tendril patterns involving small monsters` heads and demon masks all in low relief, and the barrel tang engraved with a further warrior figure, rounded lock signed beneath an engraved half-figure scroll, chiselled with scrolls, monsters and a demon mask en suite with the barrel, and the steel-spring with chiselled acanthus finial issuant from the severed neck of a horned demon, figured walnut full stock carved over its rear half with a series of complex monsters`head scrollwork patterns in low relief, the carved design on the underside of the butt also suspending a larger demon mask with inset eyes, full iron mounts chiselled en suite with the barrel and the lock, comprising butt-plate decorated with the figure of Diana, its upper tang formed as a serpent, side-plate decorated with a pierced design of delicate scrolling foliage involving small grotesque masks and the figure of Apollo in his chariot pulled by a griffon, the trigger-guard decorated on the bow with an owl as an attribute of the night, its finials decorated with pierced scrolls and a demon mask respectively, three baluster ramrod-pipes (the forward pipe missing), the rearward pipe formed with an elaborate finial involving a coronet and vacant oval within a frame of pierced scrollwork issuant from three grotesque supporters, the escutcheon pierced and chiselled with a grotesque male figure, a demon mask and a pair of grotesque female half-figures all enclosing a male bust within a scrollwork field, and retaining its original ramrod 123.8 cm; 48¾ in barrel This gun is hitherto unrecorded, the maker, Pieter van Soolingen (Solingen), is apparently recorded only anecdotally, his signature is on a pair of holster pistols formerly in the collection of the late H.L.Visser and apparently on two further late 17th century firearms: see de Vries and Martens 2007, Cat.866, pp. 428-9. Pieter van Solingen was probably related to Mathijs and/or Lucas van Solingen, or to the family of gunmakers of that name working in Amsterdam; see Hoff 1978

A 26-BORE WALLOON FLINTLOCK WENDER CARBINE BY GILLE DE SELIER, CIRCA 1705-10, RESTOCKED IN GERMANY IN 1799 with turn-over smooth-bored barrels released by backward pressure on the front of the trigger-guard, each signed on the long sighting flat, finely engraved and chiselled over the rear section with small leaf designs and a monster, with differing classical triumphant warrior figures chiselled in low relief upon vacant cartouches festooned with laurel, the breeches raised, flattened over the top and the sides, engraved with further leaf ornament and struck three times with the maker`s brass-lined stamp (Neue Støckel 8241), the plates fitted respectively over the faces of the breeches and the action each engraved with bands of acanthus leaves encircling their sides, the action tang engraved with leaf ornament and a Minerva bust , the plates carrying the pans each decorated with engraved beaded and acanthus borders, and the steels each chiselled with a flower in low relief, with signed bevelled lock with matching engraved borders and decorated in relief at the rear with a putto figure seated within a festooned scrollwork finial (the cock missing, one steel-spring broken), figured walnut butt profusely decorated with carved relief scrollwork patterns involving flowers and bouquets, the base of the cheek-piece signed by the German stockmaker "J.A. Körner 1799", the fore-end carved en suite and inset with three engraved iron scrollwork plaques opposite the ramrod-pipes and fitted with engraved iron cap, retaining the original iron butt-plate, side-plate, trigger-guard and ramrod-pipes, the butt-plate finely chiselled and engraved and involving a trophy of classical armour with captive figures, garlands and a mask all in low relief upon the upper tang, the side-plate pierced and chiselled with scrolls and involving a further trophy supported by putti, the trigger-guard decorated with a grotesque mask chiselled in low relief and with an engraved female bust, perhaps Flora, a pair of baluster ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (one ramrod-pipe missing) 73 cm; 28¾ in barrels Gille de Sellier was a member of a dynastic family of gunmakers; he is recorded working in Liège circa 1680-1710, in 1693 de Selier supplied 30 carbines and 40 pairs of pistols to the Hanoverian army

A RARE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK GARNITURE OF FIREARMS BY IOHANN ADAM GRÄZL (1), COMPRISING A PAIR OF HOLSTER PISTOLS AND A PAIR OF 21-BORE FOWLING-PIECES, CIRCA 1730 the pistols each with lightly swamped blued barrel signed in gold on the sighting rib, decorated with an engraved gold female bust within a gold scrollwork pattern inlaid over the breech, gold-lined vent, silver fore-sight (one missing), and engraved gilt-brass back-sight straddling the breech and barrel tang, bevelled lock signed "Iohann Adam Gräzl" behind the cock and inscribed "In Wienn" between the steel-spring, cut with trophies of Victory involving a Turk`s head laid before a classical warrior on a contrasting incised matted ground, and the cock and the steel decorated with an interlace of strapwork and scrolls chiselled on a pounced matted ground, figured walnut full stock carved with raised mouldings in low relief, including elaborate scrollwork patterns about the barrel tang, the trigger-guard and the ramrod-pipe, full brass mounts fire-gilt and cast in low relief, comprising spurred pommel decorated with scrollwork patterns enclosing a pair of female busts en suite with the breech and fitted with shaped domed strapwork cap decorated en suite with the cock and the steel, side-plate pierced with an interlaced pattern of strapwork scrolls and involving a sportsman at rest with his dog, the trigger-guard and ramrod-pipes decorated with palm branches and scrolls on a matted ground, the escutcheon formed as a further bust medallion within a pierced frame of scrolls and palm foliage, fitted with horn fore-end cap, and each retaining its original horn-tipped ramrod. The fowling-pieces each with blued lightly swamped long barrel of "Spanish" form, with the maker`s copper-lined stamps set within a frame of gold scrollwork, silver "spider" fore-sight, engraved barrel tangs numbered 1 & 2 respectively, bevelled lock engraved with a boar-hunting scene involving a sportsman in contemporary dress, signed "Adam Gräzl" behind the cock and inscribed "In Wienn" between the steel-spring, and the cock and the steel decorated en suite with the pistols, figured walnut half-stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings also en suite with the pistols, with fire-gilt mounts decorated with a pattern identical to the pistols, one fitted with a pierced engraved barrel band (the other missing), engraved fire-gilt trigger-plate, and moulded horn fore-end cap (ramrods missing) the pistols: 54.6 cm; 21 ½ in, the guns: 116cm; 45 5/8 in barrels (4) Garnitures of firearms including a pair of pistols are rare outside of ancestral gunrooms and institutional collections. Gräzl`s stamps inset in the Spanish fashion on the breeches of the fowling-pieces appear to be unrecorded. The first involves his name arranged in two tiers beneath a crown, spelt GRA/TZL; the second is a leaping horse.

A 29-BORE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE BY IOHANN ADAM GRÄZL (1), CIRCA 1730 with blued swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in gold, damascened in gold over the breech with the figure of a Goddess and her dogs (Minerva or Diana) and fitted with blued folding back-sight on a decorated gilt-brass bed, the lock signed "Io. Adam Gräzl" behind the cock and "In Wienn" between the arms of the steel-spring, decorated with the figure of a Goddess, probably Diana, a stag at the rear, and the cock and the steel decorated with an interlace of strapwork and scrolls chiselled on a pounced matted ground, figured walnut full stock carved with raised mouldings, including elaborate scrollwork patterns about the barrel tang, the trigger-guard and the ramrod-pipe, the butt carved with further rococo scrollwork about the base of the comb, behind the cheek-piece and over the patch-box cover (several cracks at the wrist, the cover chipped), full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate decorated with scrolls and a female bust, the side-plate cast with scrolls and foliage and involving a sportsman reclining with his dog, the trigger-guard decorated with a stylised grotesque mask incorporated within the strapwork design, faceted ramrod-pipes, scrollwork escutcheon, and fitted with sling-swivels and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 76 cm; 29 7/8 in barrel This carbine has decorative characteristics in common with the preceding garniture by the same maker.

A FINE 42-BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ANDREE SIGL (SIEGEL) A SCHLACKENW(ERTH), CIRCA 1725-30 with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, the breech signed "Andree Sigl a Schlackenw", struck with the maker`s brass-lined stamp (Neue Støckel 1025) and decorated with the engraved figure of Diana standing within an elaborate scrollwork frame over a raised moulding at the rear, engraved barrel tang, bevelled lock engraved with a design of strapwork scrolls involving a monster`s head, the cock and the steel en suite and each partly chiselled in low relief, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorated mouldings in low relief, including delicate acanthus volutes about the ramrod-pipe, the butt with raised carved cheek-piece, full brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate cast with the monogrammed initials "LA" issuant from a demon`s mouth and additionally signed "A Sigl" on a scroll suspended from a half-figure emerging from an engraved scrollwork pattern, the side-plate cast with a pierced scrollwork pattern en suite with the lock and involving both a monster`s head and a demon mask, with three faceted ramrod-pipes, escutcheon cast with a pierced scrollwork design carrying an engraved classical bust, horn fore-end cap, and original wooden ramrod (the back-sight leaf and the ramrod tip each missing) 82 cm; 32¼ in barrel Andreas Michael Siegel is recorded working over the period 1680-1730. In 1680 he was apprenticed in Vienna, thereafter he worked in Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov). In 1689 Siegel was appointed gunmaker to the Margrave of Baden.

A FINE PAIR OF 36-BORE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLES MADE FOR A PRINCE OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN, BY CASPAR ZELNER, CIRCA 1725 each with swamped octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in gold within a gold linear panel, this in turn extending from a pattern of interlaced scrollwork inlaid in gold over the breech, gilt-brass fore-sight fitted within a matching gold scrollwork pattern, gilt-brass back-sight with one folding leaf and finely chiselled with a small scrollwork design framing a bust portrait medallion, that of a Prinz and a Prinzessin respectively, and one barrel retaining most of its original blued finish, the barrel tangs cut with scrolls and numbered 1&2 in stylised scrollwork numerals, each with bevelled lock signed in miniscules behind the cock, inscribed "In Wienn" between the arms of the steel-spring, the respective locks decorated with differing two-part deer-hunting scenes finely chiselled in low relief on a matted ground, the cock en suite and the steel and the top-jaw of the cock each chiselled with scrolls, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings in low relief, the butt with raised cheek-piece and finely carved on both sides with delicate relief designs of interlaced C-scrolls, inset with gilt-brass relief scrollwork plaques about the barrel tang and at the base of the cheek-piece, each inhabited by hares and hounds, a further scrollwork plaque inset on the underside of the butt, involving a bust portrait, that of a Prinz and Prinzessin respectively, the respective patch-box covers encased in gilt-brass decorated with differing stag-hunting scenes en suite with the locks, with elaborate full gilt-brass mounts finely cast in low relief, also en suite with the locks and the inset series of plaques, the respective butt-plates and trigger-guards with complemental differences, one butt-plate involving the engraved seated figure of a Prinzessin and a doe, the figures of Diana and Cupid in low relief within the upper tang, the other engraved with a Prinz and a stag, the figure of Acteon in relief above, the respective trigger-guards each with a corresponding portrait figure cast in low relief on the bow and a bust portrait medallion at the finial, each with solid side-plate decorated with a deer-hunting scene involving a female figure in contemporary hunting costume, engraved faceted ramrod-pipes, the respective rearward pipes also cast with male and female portrait medallions, gilt-brass fore-end caps with further deer-hunting scenes cast in relief, again different, each with double set trigger on an engraved iron plate, and gilt-brass escutcheon cast with the quartered arms of Hohenzollern on an crowned eagle, suspending the Danish Order of the Elephant, with pierced Wildman supporters and the crown of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (one steel chipped, one top-jaw, jaw screw and both ramrods missing) 74.5 cm; 29¼ in barrels (2)

A 27-BORE GERMAN PRINCELY FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, KIRCHBERG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with swamped octagonal sighted barrel inlaid over the breech with a silver silhouette bust within a silver frame of swagged scrollwork, the bore cut with seven grooves and the tang engraved with scrolls, bevelled plain lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, inscribed "Kirchberg" and retaining traces of original finish, walnut full stock, the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with a black and white horn motif and fitted with sliding patch-box cover on the right, chequered grip and fore-end, iron mounts decorated with shaped mouldings, including trigger-guard with carved walnut grip and three ramrod-pipes each decorated with a multi-faceted pattern, double set trigger, horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and silver escutcheon inscribed with the owner`s initials "L. Pz. v H" (ramrod missing) 61.9 cm; 24 3/8 in barrel

A 50-BORE LOW COUNTRIES FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH SOCKET-BAYONET, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with blued Ripoll barrel formed in three stages with turned girdle, a raised brass moulding over the base of the breech, the brass-lined stamp "Coma " (Neue Støckel 189) and swamped muzzle with bayonet lug and the fore-sight set on an engraved brass oval, the barrel tang overlaid with brass and engraved with acanthus leaves, with bevelled lock also overlaid with brass and finely engraved with foliage and a monster`s head scroll within beaded borders (the sear-spring broken), walnut half-stock carved with a series of pronounced raised mouldings (modified from the original full-length within its early period of use), the butt formed with a trap housing the original socket-bayonet, full brass mounts, comprising butt-plate engraved en suite with the lock and fitted with engraved hinged trap-cover released by a spring-stud at the heel, side-plate cast in low relief with a pierced design of acanthus scrolls involving a bust medallion supported by half-figures, bevelled moulded trigger-guard stamped "10" in miniscules on the finial, three faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, escutcheon cast in low relief and centring on a warrior bust medallion, plain brass fore-end cap, original ramrod, and complete with its socket-bayonet made entirely of steel. 109.2 cm; 43 in barrel

A 25-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY SAMUEL CRAMER, DATED 1739 with swamped octagonal barrel signed and dated around the face of the muzzle, the entire remaining surfaces with a minutely punched matted finish, silver fore-sight, iron back-sight, the tang engraved with a stag and a demon mask, rounded lock signed on a scroll engraved beneath the pan, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of acanthus leaf mouldings in low relief about the barrel tang, the lock and the mounts, the butt carved en suite on both sides and about the base of the comb, the cheek-piece inset with a gilt-brass roundel engraved with the owner`s arms, two lions passant guardant on a mantled shield with crests, the reverse side fitted with carved sliding patch-box cover inset with a gilt-brass plaque engraved with a stag, full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate engraved with classical hunting trophies, a Diana bust and a demon mask, with side-plate formed as a pierced design of strapwork and scrolls involving a stag pursued by hounds, three faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, sling-swivels, silver escutcheon involving the crown of a ducal heir with lion supporters on a pierced scrollwork base, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the butt with a small crack on one side) 77.2 cm; 30 3/8 in barrel The maker is hitherto unrecorded but is possibly a member of the Kramer family of gunmakers of Hofgeismar in northern Hesse

A RARE GERMAN TOWN SWORD WITH AGATE AND ENAMEL HILT, AND ITS SCABBARD, CIRCA 1650-60 with slender tapering hollow-ground blade finely etched and gilt on a blued panel over its lower portion on both sides, the etched designs centring on the principal commanding figures from the Thirty Years` War and differing over the respective sides, decorated with birds perched on vine branches above the motto "Soli.Deo.Glo.Ria", one side with the bust portrait of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and that of Bernhard, Duke of Saxe(-Weimar), Jülich and Cleves each within an oval frame bearing their respective abbreviated Latinised titles, the motto "Fiede St: D Cui Fiede" between, the reverse side decorated with two mounted figures, one (Kurfürst) Maximilian (I) Count Palatine, the other not captioned, with variegated agate hilt, the lower portion constructed in two halves joined at the sides, bound with four narrow bands of gilt-brass enamelled with an alternating blue and white cabled pattern, and including mushroom-shaped pommel (quillons removed), in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with provision for a by-knife, the outer face tooled with five crowns towards the top, and fitted with gilt-brass chape decorated on both sides with a pierced raised design of polychrome cold-enamelled scrolling flowers and leaves 84.8 cm; 33 3/8 in blade

A RARE EAST EUROPEAN SWORD, HUNGARIAN OR POLISH, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad flat double-edged blade with rebated tip, the lower half etched on both sides with an heraldic crest surmounting a classical portrait bust and a Latin inscription differing over the respective sides, with iron crosspiece formed with button tips and upper and lower langets, flat beak-shaped cap-pommel canted downwards at its front, original grip bound with leather over cords, and the blade tang secured by a lateral rivet on iron rosette washers 83 cm; 32 ½ in blade The classical portraits are named respectively "Hannibal Canagus" and "Hyppimedon"(sic). The flat and rebated form of the blade and the moralistic tone of the inscriptions would suggest that it was intended for use mounted as either a bearing sword or a sword of justice.

An unusual bronzed brass pin wheel, one side inscribed ""William Shakespeare"" with bust profile, the other ""The House At Stratford Upon Avon In Which - The Immortal Bard - Was Born 1564"", with image of his birthplace, with a suspension hole, 5.5cm diameter.

A French silver figural needlecase, the tapering lower section decorated with flowers, the upper section modelled as a female bust with flowing hair and headdress, engraved to the top ""S.V.M."", 8cm.