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A late Regency mahogany library open armchair, with later brass studded and button leather upholstery, the open scroll arms on an 'X' shaped frame to brass castors.

An early Victorian easy armchair, button upholstered in leather, worn, the moulded mahogany shaped front frame on turned and cabochon carved legs, to later Shepherd castors.

A late 20th Century Stainless Steel Automatic Two Button Chronograph, “Speedmaster”, the jewelled automatic movement to a rare white dial with applied baton markers at 3 subsidiaries for minutes, half-hours and hours, and luminous filled black hands and sweep centre seconds, to a brushed steel case with bezel set with tachymeter scale of 500 to 60, with signed winding crown flanked by two buttons and snap-on back, fitted with a black leather strap with Omega claps, width 1 6/10”; together with a fitted box

A good early 20th Century Nickel cased combination Pocket Barometer/Altimeter/Compass/Thermometer, the polished case with ring suspension at 12, to a rotating bezel enclosing a twin scale of 22-31, and 0-10000, and verso with silvered Fahrenheit three quarter round scale, with internal silvered compass scale of 0-360, with needle locking button to the bezel, width 2 ¼”

An ebonised Walking Cane and a further Malacca Walking Cane with a Hallmarked Silver button handle, both approximately 36” long

A three piece Silver handled Set comprising: Glove Stretchers, Button Hook (A/F) and Shoe Horn, Wrythen fluted handles, Birmingham 1899 (3)

A packet containing a white metal cased Fob Watch with button wind, six various rings including an Intagilo example, plain oval hallmarked 9ct Gold Locket, small yellow metal pin with Diamond set centre and two Bangles, (conditions vary), (11)

19th CENTURY ROSEWOOD ARCHED TOP GLOVE BOX, brass handle to lid and brass escutcheons (af) together with a VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT VANITY BOX, the interior with blue silk button lining, metal carrying handle and shield form escutcheon (af) (2)

A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD FRAMED OPEN ARM EASY CHAIR, button back and on turned supports

Celtic pebble and agate set kilt brooch; agate set anchor brooch; a Scottish silver brooch; a pebble set kilt brooch and a silver button hook (5)

Black Bowmore-1964 Bottled 1993, The First Edition. Bottle number 718 accompanied by letter from Morrison Bowmore Distillers confirming that the bottle has been re-sealed with a plain black capsule. Distilled and bottled by Morrison's Bowmore Distillery, Island of Islay. Lacking presentation case and wax shoulder button. Level: top of shoulder. Single malt, 50% volume 1 bottle

A BSA IMPROVED MODEL D .177 AIR RIFLE, Serial No S80092, circa 1916, 43" o/a, side button under lever, general age related wear overall.

A French lacquered brass carriage clock with push button repeat Unsigned, circa 1900 The eight-day gong-striking movement with platform lever escapement and white enamel Roman numeral dial, in a corniche type case with hinged carrying handle, 14cm high excluding handle, with original leather-covered outer case.

A French lacquered brass carriage clock with push button repeat Unsigned, late 19th century The eight-day gong-striking movement with replaced platform lever escapement and circular white enamel Arabic numeral dial within a gilt rectangular mask, the case with hinged carrying handle above shaped frieze, moulded corner uprights and cavetto moulded base, 15.5cm high excluding handle.

A French lacquered brass alarm carriage clock with push button repeat Unsigned, late 19th century The eight-day gong-striking movement with platform lever escapement and white circular Arabic numeral dial above a subsidiary alarm setting dial within a gilt mask to front, the case with hinged carrying handle above moulded cornice and canted angles applied with slender double baluster turned uprights, on shaped plinth base with bun feet.

A French lacquered brass carriage clock with push button repeat Unsigned, circa 1900 The eight-day gong-striking movement with platform lever escapement and cream Arabic numeral chapter ring signed for the retailer USHER & SONS within a foliate pierced and engraved mask to the dial, in a corniche type case with hinged carrying handle, 12.5cm high excluding handle, with original leather-covered outer case.

A set of six Edwardian buttons, each button centrally set with a large purple paste disc and a colourless paste star with an outer border of old cut colourless pastes, in a fitted gilt tooled green leather case

A moonstone and enamel cufflink and button suite, the double sided cufflinks centrally set with a cabochon moonstone (one moonstone missing) and an outer band of white enamel (later converted from studs), with six similar buttons en suite, all stamped “18ct”, in a J.C. Vickery fitted case with three matched shirt studs

Four cased silver sets, comprising: six gilt and flower enamelled coffee spoons by Suckling Ltd, Birmingham 1955; six silver lobster picks, maker’s mark “FC” (not traced), Sheffield 1938; six Victorian twin handled schnapps cups by D. & J. Welby, London 1892; and a silver mounted glove stretcher and button hook, Birmingham 1906; a shaped oval pierced sweet dish, Birmingham 1896; a set of six Chilean silver-coloured metal and lapis lazuli coffee spoons, stamped “950”, in a case; and a Chinese circular bowl by Wing Hing, stamped marks, chased with panels of differing scenes, on three outstanding dragon supports, 17cm (6.75in) diameter

A silver plate mounted bullseye crystal back and front desk/bedside clock, with white enamel dial, black roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, button wind (a/f), a silver plated Goliath pocket watch, 19th century with white enamel dial, black Arabic numerals , subsidiary seconds dial J C Vickery-to her majesty 179/181/183 Regent St W -patent No 10292, button wind, a late Victorian silver cased A W W Co Waltham mass full hunter pocket watch, the white enamel dial with black roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, gilt metal movement signed Waltham Mass No. 7181904 case hallmarked Birmingham 1898 (with key) (3)

A lady s Cartier Tank wristwatch, with 17 jewel ETA movement 2512-1, the white dial with black Roman numerals, back of case signed Cartier and stamped 18k gold electroplated-Swiss manual wind, with sapphire set button, attached green crocograin strap

A gentleman s 18ct gold cased half hunter pocket watch, Birmingham 1923, the gilt metal movement signed Mathers & Son Cambridge , button wind, with engraved inscription to the back of case and inner back, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and seconds dial, with attached gilt metal half Albert

A FINE RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40, POSSIBLY ENGLISH with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'IOHANI' within a short fuller on each side, rectangular ricasso stamped with the bladesmith's mark, S crowned' on each side (one side rubbed), steel hilt of engraved faceted bars, comprising down-curved quillon with pierced ovoid openwork terminal decorated with a series of scrolls, side-ring and knuckle-guard each interrupted with an ovoid openwork moulding en suite with the quillon, triangular écusson engraved with a scrollwork horned mask on the rear, fitted with a down-curved shell-guard pierced with an arrangement of scrolls matching the quillon terminal, openwork pommel en suite and chiselled with scrolls about the button, and early grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads' 101cm; 39 3/4in blade

A FINE SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with two-stage tapering blade notched over the lower portion, rectangular ricasso double-edged at the base, pierced with a pair of near circular apertures and punched with a series of dots on each side, the inner face hollowed for the thumb, steel hilt comprising a pair of swelling writhen quillons decorated with punched ornament and with fluted terminals, triangular guard pierced with a broad frame of scrolling foliage and fruit enclosing a central panel, flanged rompepuntas en suite with the quillons, compressed pommel pierced with flowers and foliage matching the guard, fluted button, and original grip bound with twisted wire enclosed by steel strips and a steel collar top and bottom 45.4cm; 17 7/8in blade

A BRASS HILTED OFFICER'S SWORD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with double edged blade retaining traces of a brief inscription within a short fuller and stamped with the running fox of Shotley Bridge on each side (pitted), brass hilt comprising double shell-guard engraved with the owner's name 'Sir H, Liddell Bt', knuckle-guard, an additional pair of scrolling bars joining the knuckle-guard to the shell front and back, and spherical pommel (button chipped, quillon removed), and wooden grip with later copper wire binding, in an associated brass-mounted lather scabbard, the locket inscribed 'R.S.' on the front and with the maker's name 'J. Hunter, South Bridge, Edinburgh' (worn) 80cm; 31 1/2in blade Sir Henry Liddell (before1660-1723) gained the title of 3rd Baronet Liddell and was M.P. for Durham City, 1688-98, and for Newcastle 1701-5, and 1706-10.

A FINE SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD RETAILED BY MATTHEW FEESEY, PALL MALL, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1744-45, MAKER'S MARK TB, POSSIBLY FOR THOMAS BAMFORD with colichemarde blade engraved with strapwork panels at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with elaborate scrolls and foliage partly enclosing a lion mask on each side of the blade, the inner face decorated with grotesque masks and scrolls of shell ornament carrying garlands, the quillon-block, knuckle-guard and pommel each decorated with further designs of scrolls, masks and shell ornament, globular quillon chiselled with foliage, a pair of slender arms each chiselled with foliage at the tips, and original silver grip of plaited silver wire bound with a chased silver collar top and bottom, in its original wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather (now broken), with silver locket and chape, the former signed by the retailer (suspension button missing), and with an early silver bullion sword knot 81.2cm; 32in blade Matthew Feesey is recorded as a sword cutler in Pall Mall circa 1703-69. The silver-mounted 'State Sword' of General George Washington preserved at Mount Vernon, Virginia is signed by him. An almost identical sword with London hallmarks for 1746-7 (and an unclear maker's mark) is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv.nr.1991.115. See L.Southwick 2001, pp.106-107 and D.J.LaRocca 1998, p.33. Another sword from this group belonging to Admiral George, the Sixth Earl of Northesk and hallmarked for 1747-48 was sold Christie's, 19th October 1977, lot 42.

A FINE POLISH MACE, MID-17TH CENTURY with spherical head formed of twelve wedge-shaped flanges, fitted with two petal-shaped washers and a fluted button at the top, tapering tubular steel haft, and with a later wooden grip pierced for a thong and applied with a brass inventory tag 71cm; 28in

A SAXON MINER'S GUILD AXE, DATED 166- with flat iron head of characteristic form pierced with a slipped quatrefoil and circles, and fitted with a brass button on the spike, fruitwood haft profusely inlaid over its full length with engraved bone plaques of flowers and foliage including a pair of female saints and a pair of miners kneeling in penance at the feet of Christ Crucified beneath the pious inscription 'INRI', all on a ground sewn with horn pellets and fitted with bone pommel engraved on both sides with a flowering medallion filled with the arms of Saxony on one side and the crossed pick and hammer of the Miners Guild on the other, and bone basal cap engraved with the arms of the Miners Guild and the date (light worm damage, areas of wear and restorations) 93.3cm; 36 3/4in

A SAXON MINER'S GUILD AXE, LATE 17TH CENTURY with flat iron head of characteristic form pierced with a slipped quatrefoil and circles, stamped with a maker's mark including the letter 'K' (rubbed) and fitted with a copper button on the spike, fruitwood haft profusely inlaid over its full length with engraved bone plaques of flowers and foliage involving figures kneeling in penance at the feet of Christ Crucified beneath the pious inscription 'INRI', all on a ground sewn with horn pellets enriched with brass wire scrolls along the back, and fitted with bone pommel engraved on both sides with a flowering medallion filled with the arms of Saxony on one side and the crossed pick and hammer of the Miners Guild on the other (small pieces of inlay replaced, minor losses and light wear) 88.9cm; 39in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN FLUTED HALF-ARMOUR FOR FIELD USE IN THE SO-CALLED 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, CIRCA 1510-20 comprising close helmet formed of a broad rounded one-piece skull with 'bellows' visor and bevor attached by a pair of low-domed common pivots, the visor prominently stepped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced in three rows with ten horizontal ventilation-slots and fitted at its right side with a lifting-peg, the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short neck-guard (slightly trimmed at its centre, the flange and left side of the bevor each showing riveted and brazed repairs) and secured to the right side of the skull by a spring-catch (push-button replaced), and one lame of a rear neck-guard (incomplete right end missing), collar of four lames front and rear (the top front lame with a later hole at the centre, the lowest front lame with a large patch at the left side, the lowest rear lame with minor chips and cracks at its main edges), breastplate formed of a rounded main plate pierced at its right side with a pair of holes for the attachment of a lance-rest and fitted with moveable gussets at the arm-openings and a flanged lame at the waist, the latter restored at its outer ends with riveted patches and bearing a stud and turning-pin for the attachment of a fauld of three lames the lowest of which supports a pair of tassets each of four lames (partly reworked), backplate formed of a main plate, a pair of side-plates and a waist-lame, the latter flanged outwards to receive a culet of one lame indented at the centre of its lower edge, the upper edge of the main plate stuck with an indistinct mark, probably the quality control mark of the city of Nuremberg, spaudlers almost forming a pair, each comprised of seven lames overlapping outwards from the third (the front of the second lame of the left one repaired with a riveted internal patch) and connected by a turner to a fully articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon (the lower one in each case repaired at its inside with a large riveted internal patch) each fitted at the inside of the elbow with a pair of narrow lames (the upper one of the lower cannon in each case missing) and connected by a couter of five lames overlapping outwards from the third which is decorated on the point of the elbow with an embossed and cross-hatched cinquefoil and has a small bilobate wing at the front fitted with a turning pin to secure a larger overlying detachable oval wing with a medial pucker, and gauntlets almost forming a pair, each comprised of a short straight-ended cuff with a hinged inner plate (the right one now held shut by a later rivet), five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate, five finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence of three lames, the armour decorated overall with groups of flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines, and at its main edges with inward turns, mainly plain but in some cases roped, and often accompanied by recessed borders (moderate pitting and wear overall, some cracks and perforations): on a metal stand Inv. no. A53. The helmet forming part of this armour very likely derives from a group of fluted close helmets that were deposited as booty in the Imperial Arsenal of St Irene in Istanbul, probably taken from the Knights of St John at Rhodes when they surrendered to the Ottoman Turkish forces of Suleyman the Magnificent in 1522. A high proportion of the helmets have had their neck-lames and the lower edges of their bevors removed, as in the present case. Four are still preserved in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul. See S. W. Pyhrr 1989, pp. 89 & 94, figs 8 & 17. Another is preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, II.14. See A. R. Dufty & W. Reid 1968, pl. XC.c. The embossed and cross-hatched cinquefoils on the points of the elbows and detachable wings on the couters of the armour described here closely resemble those preserved as part of a composite 'Maximilian' armour in Leeds. Very similar detachable wings can also be recorded on a pair of 'Maximilian' vambraces formerly in the armoury of Schloss Kefermarkt, Upper Austria, and the collection of the late Stephen V. Grancsay, New York.

A SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL, CIRCA 1720 with later Continental barrel moulded at the muzzle and enclosed by a band of silver, formed with a long flat inlaid with shaped silver panels over the breech, brass lock signed 'K.McL f' and engraved with foliage and wrigglework borders (extensive restoration and repairs), brass full stock finely engraved with Celtic foliage and strapwork scrolls over the fore-end enriched with silver rosettes, engraved with the owner's initials 'J.L.C.' at the base of the fore-end opposite the lock (the stock cracked through and repaired at the lock, one small chip above the lock), engraved ram's horn butt with tightly scrolling terminals, naïvely inlaid on each side with a heart and the owner's crest and motto in silver, the spine decorated with scrolling Celtic foliage and two inlaid panels of entwined silver strapwork, long steel belt hook inlaid with a pierced engraved heart in silver (losses) and pierced with a design of foliage at the base, engraved silver pricker, later button trigger, and moulded steel ramrod 39.5cm; 15 1/2in Inv. no. F028. LITERATURE Martin Kelvin, The Scottish Pistol, Its History Manufacture and design, London 1996, p. 159. The crest and motto is that of Campbell of Cawdor. It would appear that this pistol was extensively restored in the 19th century.

A RARE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE TOURNEY, IN THE MANNER OF WOLFGANG GROSSCHEDEL OF LANDSHUT, CIRCA 1550-5 of notable weight, formed of a rounded skull rising to a high roped medial comb (bruised and cracked towards the rear), pierced at the rear of the neck with four small rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and to either side of it with four lace-holes, two of those at the right retaining their brass eyelets, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by later common pivots with large domed heads, the visor with a prominent step beneath its single broad vision-slit and a spring-catch at the right side operated by a later lifting-peg with baluster-shaped terminal, prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its left side with twenty small circular ventilation holes arranged in four rows and at the right side with eight diagonal ventilation-slots, each expanded at its centre, the right side further pierced with a threaded hole for the attachment of a reinforce and fitted with a sliding spring-catch, the bevor (with riveted patch at right of face-opening) pierced at each side of the neck with seven circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, the central one of the right group occupied by the brass-capped pivot of a sturdy forked visor-prop, the right of the neck further fitted with a brass swivel-hook to secure the push-button operated spring-catch issuing forward from the skull, the lower edges of the skull flanged outwards to receive missing gorget-plates, the front and left of the helmet showing numerous cuts from a rebated sword (pitted overall) 34.2cm; 131/2in high The helmet compares closely in both form and detail with the contemporary products of the Landshut school of armourers, in many cases marked by or documented as the work of Wolfgang Grosschedel, recorded 1517-62, and his son Franz Grosschedel, recorded 1555-78 (A. Von Reitzenstein 1954, pp. 142-53). Analogous helmets of the school can be recorded in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, the Real Armeria, Madrid, the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, the Musée Royale de l'Armée, Brussels, the Wallace Collection, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Stadt- und Kreismuseum, Landshut (G. Spitzelberger 1975, pls 25, 31-2, 34-5, 38-9, 41& 47-52; J. Mann 1960, pls IV & VI; and A. V. B. Norman 1986, pl 214). Like the helmet under discussion, they are pieced at either side of their bevors with circular groups of ventilation-holes.

THE SKULL AND NECK-GUARD OF A GERMAN FLUTED CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1520 the rounded one-piece skull rising to a low boldly-roped medial comb, pierced at each side with a pivot-hole for the attachment of a missing visor and bevor, fitted at the right of the neck with a spring-catch for the bevor (lacking push-button), and flanged outwards at the nape for the attachment of a broad neck-defence of three downward-overlapping lames, the centre of the skull and neck-defence decorated with continuous flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines, the lower edges of the skull and first two lames of the neck-guard each decorated with pairs of scored lines, and the main edge of the neck-guard decorated with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (lightly patinated overall) 30.5cm; 12in high

A NORTH EUROPEAN CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1540, POSSIBLY LOW GERMAN formed of a rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb decorated along its crest with a pair of incised lines (small cracks to the rear), visor and bevor attached by common pivots with low domed heads decorated with cross-hatching, prominent 'sparrow's-beak' visor strongly stepped beneath a centrally-divided vision-slit and pierced above the mid-line to either side of the "beak" with a row of five circular ventilation-holes, and a row of three diagonal ventilation-slots on the right below the mid-line, moulded baluster lifting-peg (later), the bevor strongly shaped to the chin and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch with a cross-hatched release-button, and a single gorget-plate front and rear, each with plain inward turn at the lower edge (cleaned overall, areas of pitting, the flanged lower edge of the skull pierced at the centre with a later suspension-hole) 31cm; 121/4 high A very similar helmet is preserved in the Wallace Collection, London, Cat. No. A167 (James G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour, Vol. I, London, 1962, p. 137, pl. 69; and A. V. B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour, Supplement, p. 62). It has no lining-rivets in the bevor, in common with the present example.

A FINE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, TESCHEN, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY PAWEL KALIWODA with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with nine grooves, punched with scrolls and foliage at the muzzle, over the median and the breech, fitted with standing back-sight seated on a crouching gilt salamander, and stamped with the maker's initials over the breech (Neue Strckel 4295), flat lock applied with a large pierced and engraved gilt-brass plaque decorated with a running stag and a bird-of-prey, fitted with external wheel, sliding pan-cover with gilt-brass button release chiselled as a cherubic mask, pierced and engraved dog formed as a stylised lion, set trigger, figured hardwood full stock, profusely inlaid over its full surface with scrolling staghorn tendrils and pellets inhabited by hounds, stags, birds-of-prey, foxes and rabbits, enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl ball flowers, the butt decorated en suite including cheek-piece centring on a vacant mother-of-pearl plaque supported by a pair of eagles on the left and with sliding patchbox-cover inlaid en suite on the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, engraved staghorn butt-plate decorated with a bird-of-prey, engraved bone ramrod-pipes, and contemporary ramrod with engraved staghorn tip (the steel parts cleaned) 82.8cm; 32 5/8in barrel Pawel Kaliwoda is recorded in Teschen circa 1650-72, see È. Puškaøi 2005, p. 45. A tschinke with the by this maker is preserved in the Waffensammlung, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. see V. Karger 1964, p.39. L5000-7000

A SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING RIFLE (TSCHINKE), SIGNED WS, CIRCA 1640-50 with slender octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight narrow grooves, inlaid with a broad panel of engraved brass filled with ropework patterns and foliage at the muzzle, median and the breech, the latter stamped with the maker's mark (Neue Støckel 4809), lock of characteristic form applied with large brass plaques pierced and engraved with scrolling eagle heads, and designs of scrolling foliage, fitted with external mainspring and sliding pan-cover (pan-cover detached, button release and flash-guard missing), pierced dog applied with engraved brass plaques en suite including a pair of addorsed serpents on the bridle, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid over its entire length with green-stained bone, mother-of-pearl and staghorn plaques enriched with engraved brass plaques including a dog playing a harp beneath the lock, a pair of addorsed scaly monsters opposite the lock and a strapwork cartouche on the cheek-piece, the butt enriched with brass pellets and fitted with sliding patchbox-cover decorated en suite (minor restorations and repairs), plain brass butt-plate and trigger-guard shaped for the fingers (repaired), three engraved brass ramrod-pipes, engraved brass fore-end cap, a steel sling swivel (one missing), and associated steel ramrod 103.8cm; 40 7/8in barrel A tschinke with the same maker's mark is preserved in the Waffensammlung, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

A SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING GUN (TSCHINKE), MID-17TH CENTURY with slender octagonal swamped barrel fitted with brass fore-sight within a groove at the muzzle, lock of characteristic form, fitted with external mainspring partly covered by an engraved brass plaque, engraved sliding pan-cover with button release, button-catch for setting the sear, flash-guard, and engraved dog decorated with a tusked monster, set trigger, fruitwood full stock inlaid over its surface with engraved stagorn plaques and pellets within horn segmental lines, the butt decorated with scrolls and fruit on each side, fitted patchbox with later sliding cover on the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers (one screw missing), horn butt-plate (repaired), engraved horn ramrod-pipe, engraved horn fore-end cap, and associated steel-tipped wooden ramrod (cleaned) 100.7cm; 39 5/8in barrel

A FINE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, SIGNED BY THE STOCKMAKER WB, DATED 1591 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith's mark (perhaps Neue Støckel 8474) and chiselled with a band of beadwork over the breech, flat lock with later engraving, fitted with external wheel, sliding pan-cover with button release, flash-guard and pierced dog, figured fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn plaques including elaborate hunting scenes on each side of the fore-end, Leda and the Swan, an amourous couple above the inscription ' wald dich mein, ich frei mich deim' and the initials 'W.B.' opposite the lock, Adam waking after the creation of Eve within a strapwork cartouche on the cheek-piece, accompanied by various animals including a washing cat and a monkey playing the bag-pipes, a bear roasting a wurst on the spine of the butt, and a bear hunting scene above an inscription including the date behind the lock, the principle scenes annotated in Latin and German, all within segmental lines and enriched with staghorn pellets, the barrel tang, trigger-plate and butt all with strapwork borders, the butt with sliding patchbox-cover overlaid with a piece of staghorn engraved en suite (worn), engraved horn butt-plate, ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, steel trigger-guard engraved with a squirrel (probably later) and shaped for the fingers, and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod (minor restorations, the engraving worn in places, heavily varnished throughout) 82cm; 32 1/4in barrel

A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, CIRCA 1660 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with six grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith's initials, 'L D' (Neue Støckel 3752) over the breech and grooved for sighting, plain lock engraved with a bouquet of fruit on the tail (refreshed), fitted with external wheel retained by an engraved gilt-brass cover, sliding pan-cover with gilt-brass button release chiselled with flowers and a heart, engraved pierced dog, double set trigger, fruitwood full stock carved with panels of foliage behind the tang, over the butt and behind the rear ramrod-pipe, inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including addorsed marine monsters and pairs of running hounds all within segmental lines, horn butt-plate, sliding patchbox cover veneered with engraved staghorn, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, and engraved staghorn fore-end cap (later ramrod, the steel parts cleaned, heavily varnished throughout) 66.5cm; 26 1/4in barrel

A VERY FINE AND RARE SOUTH GERMAN OVER-AND-UNDER SINGLE TRIGGER LONG WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, CIRCA 1570-80 with slender tapering octagonal barrels fluted over the forward half on each side, the upper with brass bead fore-sight, fixed back-sight, and retaining traces of Augsburg town mark over the breech (the breech and muzzle retaining screws missing), flat lock retained by three screws, fitted with a pair of external wheels each retained by a steel bracket pierced with a trefoil beneath, with gilt-brass wheel-covers finely pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage and differing flowers, sliding pan-covers with fluted button releases, pierced dogs engraved with serpent heads, pivoting sprung rear safety-catch (the forward safety missing), the interior mechanism with delicately filed bars and retaining some early blued finish, steel full stock with simple scroll mouldings opposite the lock, 'fishtail' butt with cavity for pyrites and sprung cap, moulded grip, trigger-guard with foliate finial front and rear, and original steel ramrod with moulded finial and worm 79.2cm; 31 1/4in This pistol forms part of a group of decorated South German over-and-under wheel-lock pistols stocked entirely in steel. Other examples are preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. m.1625, 1634 and 1635), in the Collection of the Princes Odescalchi, Rome (inv. no. 1513), and in the Royal Armouries, Turin (cat. no. 328). The example in Turin and one of those in Paris (inv. No. 1635) are of particular interest as they are also stamped with the Augsburg town mark. The Paris pistol is also stamped with a maker's mark which maybe attributed to Alexander Beck who is recorded active in Augsburg 1553-84/5. Beck specialised in the production of combined wheel and matchlocks. The present pistol is distinguished from the group in its generally restrained decoration with the exception of the wheel-covers which are of superior quality to other pieces of this group. See N. di Carpegna 1969, C. Bertolotto et al 1982 and Mariaux 1927.

A COMPOSITE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1610-30 with heavy swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves and fitted with separate breech cut for a tang-sight (missing), finely engraved flat lock decorated with a sportsman in 17th century dress shooting a lion, fitted with external wheel retained by a chamfered ring, sliding pan-cover with engraved button release, large pan-fence with projecting acorn finial, pierced dog engraved with a scrolling monster and a male profile mask, set trigger, figured fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques, involving mythical beasts variously conjoined with monsters and human grotesques, larger strapwork designs similarly enriched, including the figure of Mercury in an elaborate architectural frame on the cheek-piece all in a field of scrolling ball flower tendrils sewn with conventional flowerheads, and all arranged within segmental horn lines, the butt with later fittings for target shooting, carved horn ramrod-pipe finely engraved with a monster, engraved horn fore-end cap, iron trigger-guard, and associated steel ramrod retained by a spring beneath the muzzle (minor pieces of inlay missing, patchbox-cover replaced, butt-plate removed) 103.5cm; 40 3/4in barrel PROVENANCE The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold Sotheby's New York, 31st January 1997, lot 506 ($14950, £9286, including premium).

A RARE EAST SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL MADE ENTIRELY OF STEEL, CIRCA 1700 with multi-stage barrel decorated with raised mouldings enriched with silver bands and with a wavy pattern of brass inlay over its length (pitted, small losses), rounded lock, plain stock, heart-shaped pommel with silver collar en suite with the barrel, long slender belt hook with shaped pierced bracket and applied with a silver rondel, engraved button trigger, and engraved pricker en suite, and moulded steel ramrod 39.3cm; 15 1/2in

Early 20thC scroll end chaise longue with green velour button back upholstery

19thC button back elbow chair, scroll knuckles cabriole legs and scroll feet button back floral upholstery

Button stool, turned legs

Early 20thC button back tub chair with later upholstery

A Hardy 4inch Alloy Silex No.2 Reel, Pat. No.2206, with twin white handles, alloy foot, brake lever to rim and brake indicator button.

An Allcock's 4inch Alloy Wide Drum Aerial Popular Reel, Design No.68946, with twin white handles, brass foot and brass check button.

A Collection of Militaria, including a brass trench art ashtray, a small brass model of a cannon on a cast iron carriage, a Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars pewter pint mug, a pair of nickel stirrups, a brass button plate, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation medal with Former Yugoslavia clasp, an Indian silver mounted dagger and sheath, a parang and two other daggers.

A First World War Verner's Pattern VII Pocket Compass, the back stamped Ed. Koehn Geneva Switzerland, No.19309 1915, in a contemporary leather case; a Barker's Patent pocket compass by Dixon & Hemponstall, Dublin, dated 1910; a leather bound Royal Regiment of Horse Artillery Account book for Gunner John Haycock, 1879; a small quantity of militaria including a Princess Mary Christmas tin, six matchbox holders, brass button plate, plated boatswain's whistle and ephemera.

A Royal Sappers and Miners Bayonet, for the Lancaster oval bore carbine, the steel pipe back blade stamped BR19 B83 and BR21, by Watts, the brass hilt with chequered black two piece grip, the pommel stamped V over 7.A.D.M.S.C over 24, with brass mounted black leather scabbard, the frog button numbered 24

A 19th Century Mahogany Pistol Case, the rectangular hinged cover with brass carrying handle and floriform boss, the fascia with brass push-button catch and backplate-interior fitments missing, 54cm long, 25cm wide, 9.5cm deep.

FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT A Krieghoff Drilling Trumph Sporting Gun by Sempert & Krieghoff, Suhl, with 25 1/2inch 16 bore side by side top barrels stamped Rochling Elektro, the lower barrel stamped 7,8mm 57 737, and numbered 19675, the raised milled rib of the barrels stamped Krieghoff Montage and set with a leaf sight raised by means of a slide catch (which also enables the rifle trigger) set behind the top lever break, with foliate etched and engraved lock, chequered walnut pistol grip butt with raised cheek piece, recessed button slide safety, and with two sling swivels.

Pair of Dunhill silver button cufflinks (RRP £150)

A 70-BORE AIR CANE SIGNED REILLY, LONDON, with 18 1/4in. sighted barrel, button trigger, the reservoir signed 'REILLY / LONDON' on the face, the exterior of the reservoir and barrel-jacket retaining nearly all their original black painted finish, brass barrel-cap, and horn cap.

A 60-BORE AIR CANE WITH 120-BORE RIFLED INSERT AND STIRRUP PUMP, Third quarter of the 19th century, with 18 1/2in. sighted barrel with brass rifled insert, button trigger, the cranked-style reservoir and barrel-jacket retaining much original brown painted finish, and brass barrel-cap, with stirrup pump with browned twist stem signed 'B. MARRISON. GT. ORFORD ST., NORWICH. NO. 2851', with foot-plate, and cocking-key. (3)

A FINE 140-BORE BREECH-LOADING WALKING-STICK AIR RIFLE WITH STIRRUP PUMP BY WM. WATSON, LONDON, Circa 1870, with 17 1/2in. barrel with multigroove rifling, rotating breech, button trigger, the barrel and reservoir painted to simulate wood, dark horn handle (cracked), the face of the reservoir signed 'W. WATSON & SON / LONDON', brass barrel-cap, stirrup pump with browned twist stem signed 'WM. WATSON & SON. 308 & 313 HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON', and case-hardened foot-plate, much original finish throughout, contained in an old purpose-made woollen slip.

A RARE U.S. .53 GREENE PATENT BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION UNDER-HAMMER OVAL-BORE SERVICE RIFLE, Circa 1860, with 36in. blued barrel sighted to 800 yards and retained by three spring-held barrel-bands, blued receiver and tang, the latter with bolt-release button and marked 'GREENE'S PATENT / NOV. 17. 1857', walnut three-quarter stock, blued trigger-guard, ring under-hammer, iron sling mounts, iron cleaning rod, and much original faded finish, together with a socket bayonet with 18in. blade of triangular section, the forte marked 'J.D.G.'. (2) @Footnote: Other Notes: Approximately 4,500 of these rifles were made by A.H. Waters Armory, Massachusetts from 1859 until the early 1860s. 1,500 of the rifles were sold in the U.S., 900 of these being purchased by U.S. Ordnance. The remaining 3,000 fulfilled a Russian government contract.

A .28 FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER BY ROBBINS & LAWRENCE CO., WINDSOR, serial no. 3961, Circa 1852, 7 1/2in. overall, with turn-off fluted barrel-block marked 'ROBBINS & LAWRENCE CO. / WINDSOR. VT. / PATENT 1849', tip-down hinged breech-block engraved with scrollwork, scroll engraved action with internal rotating hammer, ring trigger with button release on back-strap, and walnut grips (some surface pitting throughout).

A .41 (RIMFIRE) NATIONAL ARMS CO. NO.2 DERINGER, serial no. 1168, 5 1/2in. overall, with rotating sighted barrel marked 'NATIONAL ARMS CO. BROOKLYN. N.Y.', scroll engraved brass frame with spur trigger and chequered barrel-release button on the right side, chequered walnut grips. Other Notes: National Arms Co. were purchased by Colt in 1870. Colt continued production of this deringer as their Second Model.