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Lot 249
Early 20th Century French White Metal Clock with Cherub Finial. Depicts a white metal cherub figurine mounted to a gilt white metal base, baroque style legs and finials, and applied glass jewels on the bezel. Wear to gilt finish otherwise in good condition. Measures 8" H x 4-1/2" W. The gallery does not warranty the running condition of clocks. Shipping $45.00 (estimate $200-$250)
Lot 318
A 15 BORE IRISH FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY BOWLS, CIRCA 1810 with rebrowned sighted barrel inscribed 'Cork' over the breech, struck with so-called Irish proof marks, 'P' crowned twice, and the barrelsmith's initials 'JM' beneath, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped lock engraved with bouquets on the tail, fitted with roller, semi-rainproof pan and cock, the latter decorated en suite, figured walnut full stock (the fore-end with a small crack), engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and two moulded ramrod-pipes (later ramrod) 23.7 cm; 9 3/8 in barrel James Bowls is recorded at Duncan Street, Cork, circa 1804-30.
Lot 316
A 14 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL OF LIVERY TYPE BY BRANDER AND POTTS, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 with tapering barrel with traces of 'London' inscribed on the top flat, signed stepped lock (bolt safety-catch replaced), fitted with ring-neck cock of late form, semi-rainproof pan and roller, full stock, brass mounts including flush-fitting side-plate, and trigger-guard with bud finial, and associated brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm 15.2 cm; 6 in barrel Martin Brander and Thomas Potts were Contractors to Ordnance 1815-20
Lot 236
A CASED 14 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY JOHN MANTON & SON, 6 DOVER STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON, CIRCA 1840 with sighted barrels signed on the rib (polished bright), engraved breeches, with platinum plugs, engraved tang, signed engraved locks, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, butt-plate with decorated tang, silver escutcheon engraved with traces of engraving, silver barrel bolt escutcheons (iron parts cleaned, worn, serial numbers not visible), brass-tipped wooden ramrod: in two tier brass-bound mahogany case, perhaps the original, with provision for its pair (missing), the lid with flush-fitting carrying handle and brass escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest, a lion's gamb erect holding a cross, on the exterior (cracked), the interior with trade label for 6 Dover Street, complete with some contemporary accessories including two Sykes patent powder-flasks, shot-flask, T-shaped nipple wrench fitted with pricker and two compartments with spare nipples, wad-cutter and cleaning jags 73.0 cm; 28 3/4 in barrels
Lot 220
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790 with brass barrel flaring towards the muzzle, stamped 'Happy He That Escapes Me' on the muzzle face, signed 'H.W. Mortimer, London/Gunmaker to His Majesty', struck with the barrelsmith's mark, London view and proof marks at the breech, engraved iron tang fitted with thumb-piece catch for the top-mounted spring bayonet, signed stepped bolted lock fitted with engraved cock, figured walnut full stock, engraved brass mounts comprising trigger-guard engraved with a flower on the bow and with pineapple finial, flush-fitting side-plate engraved with a trophy-of-arms, butt-plate decorated en suite, escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials ' VJH' and two moulded ramrod-pipes, and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod 75.0 cm; 29 1/2 in overallHarvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He specialised in the production of gold-mounted guns for the Eastern market as well as a set of diamond-set and gold-mounted firearms for the U.S. Government as presents for the Bey of Tunis.
Lot 529
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1550-60 with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn finial, its right side struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and its rear pierced with two pairs of later holes set one above the other, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with seven small auditory-holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns except at the front of the cheek-pieces which have plain partial turns, but are like the former accompanied by recessed borders (the surfaced showing a patchy light patination overall) 29.5 cm; 11? in
Lot 473
A GERMAN SERGEANTS HALBERD, MID-18TH CENTURY, AND A SPONTOON FINIAL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY the first with pierced flat axe-blade and rear fluke, dagger-shaped terminal spike, faceted socket and a pair of straps (shortened); the second of openwork gilt brass (cracked), decorated with scrolls surrounding a central heart, pierced with two groups of four stars, and tapering socket; an iron axe head, 19th century and a tinned finial the first: 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in head (4)
Lot 654
AN AUSTRIAN COMBINATION POWDER HORN AND WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER,MID-18TH CENTURY with curved body of flattened horn, carved with a monsterhead finial, the inner face engraved 'IFS seinem J.S', fitted with wooden stopper, basal cap, and the outer face with a triple wheel-lock spanner on an engraved openwork bracket 22.5 cm; 8 7/8 in overall
Lot 229
A CASED .32 CALIBRE AIR CANE BY G. E. LEWIS, BIRMINGHAM, LATE 19TH CENTURY with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, button trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, the latter retaining the ramrod, screw-in air reservoir section, recurved, threaded at the top and fitted with angular grip, the outer surface painted brown in imitation of wood, complete with a pump, in a later fitted wooden case lined in green baize (lid detached) 94.5 cm; 37 1/4 in overall
Lot 541
A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn finial, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, fitted just above the latter with three lining-rivets of which two retain brass rosette washers, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a later suspension-hole), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece ( the left torn from its hinge and both hinges replaced) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns accompanied by raised borders, and its surfaces decorated with four radiating raised bands, all burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; some bruising and cracking) 27.0 cm; 10? in
Lot 232
TWO RIFLED AIRCANES, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first .32 calibre, with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, with button trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir section threaded at the top and fitted with horn knob (cracked) and the outer surface painted in imitation of exotic wood; the second of similar type, with later black paint (incomplete) the first: 97.5 cm; 38 3/8 in overall (2)
Lot 572
A CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with one-piece hemispherical crown divided into eight panels by incised lines radiating from a transversely-pierced finial with circular washer decorated around its scalloped edge with punched dots, fitted at the brow with a flat peak having a cusped rear edge and truncated ogival front edge, at its nape with a slightly flaring neck-guard of three upward overlapping lames each having a multi-cusped upper edge, except for the last (associated) which has a single cusp at both its upper and lower edges, the peak pieced at its centre rear with a transverse slot to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar terminating at its upper end in a leaf-shaped finial (corroded at its lateral edges), and retained by a staple and winged-headed locking-screw, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and it surfaces retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint; the left rear of the skull repaired with a riveted internal patch) 24.0 cm; 9½ in
Lot 282
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY JAMES FREEMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1720 with cannon barrel, faceted breech inscribed 'London', engraved with border ornament and stylised flowerheads, engraved separate breech, signed border-engraved rounded lock, cock and steel engraved en suite (top-jaw and screw replaced), figured walnut butt carved with a raised moulding about the tang and inset with characteristic grotesque mask strapwork scrolls on each side, spurred iron pommel with chased silver grotesque mask cap, silver openwork side-plate decorated en suite with the tang plaques, and engraved trigger-guard with moulded baluster finial (the iron parts with areas of light pitting) 20.2 cm; 8 in barrel
Lot 266
A 16 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY WILLIAM HENSHAW, CIRCA 1760 reconverted from percussion, with Spanish barrel formed in two-stages (shortened), chiselled at the girdle and stamped with the barrelsmith's mark of Eudal Pous and Barcelona town mark (Neue Støckel 8083 and 8512) at the breech, vent missing, engraved grooved tang, stepped lock signed within a scrollwork frame, figured walnut half-stock with take-down fore-end, carved with a raised moulding involving a rococo shell about the tang, silver openwork side-plate involving scrolls and foliage, vacant silver escutcheon with a rococo shell at the top, iron trigger-guard with acorn finial of early form, iron butt-plate engraved with a rococo flower on the tang and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 76.0 cm; 30 in barrel William (2) Henshaw is recorded as a gunmaker at 181 Strand opposite Norfolk Street circa 1763-80.
Lot 16
‡A MALAYSIAN DAGGER (BADE BADE), 19TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN ELEPHANT GOAD (ANCUS) the first with slightly curved single-edged blade, grip of characteristic form entirely encased in chased silver (loose), in its wooden scabbard en suite with a carved horn finial at the locket; the second of iron, with flat head, short tubular haft and brass basal cap incorporating a spike the first 20.4 cm; 8 in blade (2)
Lot 471
A GERMAN INFANTRY OFFICER'S DEGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with etched blade decorated with foliage and trophies-of-arms, brass hilt including double shell-guard, bud-shaped quillon, urn-shaped finial cast with foliage and the grip bound with plaited silver wire between brass collars 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade
Lot 337
A 40 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOL BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, NO. 6256 CIRCA 1814 rebuilt from flintlock, with octagonal sighted barrel stamped with platinum-lined barrelsmith's mark at the breech and numbered beneath, fitted with drum percussion bolster with pierced platinum plug, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed engraved bolted lock (defective, hammer missing), walnut half-stock, chequered butt, iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, (the iron parts rusted throughout), vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn fore-end cap (loose) 25.4 cm; 10 in barrel See Scott-Edeson 2000, p. 78.
Lot 20
AN INDIAN WAR HAMMER, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with conical faceted head, strongly down-curved tapering rear spike and faceted socket, fitted with a horn central finial, on its wooden haft covered with fishskin, fitted with a slender strap, faceted steel grip, and the steel parts decorated with lightly damascened gold scrollwork throughout (damascening worn, haft with light worm damage) 62.2 cm; 24 1/2 in overall
Lot 319
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL BY RYAN AND WATSON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 with tapering sighted barrel engraved with a linear panel over the breech (refreshed), signed border-engraved bevelled lock (iron parts with areas of light pitting), walnut full stock, the butt with flat sides in the manner of Wogdon, brass mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial and vestigial side-plate, and horn-tipped ramrod 23.2 cm; 9 1/8 in barrel
Lot 317
A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY HENRY NOCK, CIRCA 1800 with tapering sighted barrel, signed stepped lock fitted with roller (cock replaced), full stock, chequered butt, iron mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial (areas of wear, iron parts lightly pitted), and brass-tipped ramrod, perhaps the original 17.5 cm; 6 7/8 in barrel
Lot 264
A D.B. 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790 reconverted from percussion, with tapering sighted barrels, engraved breeches with recesses for a lined maker's stamp (missing), stepped locks fitted with rainproof pans and engraved cocks (extensive restorations, pans unfinished), figured walnut half stock, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and vacant silver escutcheon (worn) 76.7 cm; 30 1/4 in barrels
Lot 320
AN 11 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL BY JOSEPH SIMMONS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with signed rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel stamped with proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark, a fleur-de-lys in a shaped recess, beneath the breech, fitted with stirrup ramrod retained by a spring, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped bolted lock (bolt incomplete), fitted with semi-rainproof pan and a roller on the steel spring, engraved with foliage on the tail and a linear flourish over the signature, figured walnut full stock (the fore-end with a small crack), finely chequered butt, iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and engraved fore-end cap, and vacant silver escutcheon 23.8 cm; 9 3/8 in barrel Joseph Simmons is recorded at 49 High Street, Birmingham 1807-20.
Lot 66
AN INDIAN SWORD (PATA) AND THREE FURTHER SWORDS (TALWAR), 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first with broad fullered blade, probably European, iron hilt of characteristic form extending over the lower portion of the blade, embossed on the outside, and fitted with grip and wrist-bar on the inside; the second with curved single-edged European blade, and characteristic iron hilt with large disc pommel; the third with with straight fullered European blade and iron hilt including recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial; and the fourth with curved blade, and iron hilt decorated with flowers in soft metals the first: 93.5 cm; 36 3/4 in blade (4)
Lot 234
THREE RIFLED AIRCANES, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first .36 calibre, with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, with button trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir section threaded at the top and fitted with horn knob; and with a silver band around the upper section with the later inscription 'Colonel Sebastian Moran/Bagatelle Card Club' (taken from Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes') on one side and 'Don Ferder Fecit 1870' on the other; the second .36 calibre, with button trigger, and later brown paint overall; the third similar (brass muzzle cap missing), with loading lever and some black painted finish (pitted) the first: 92.5 cm; 36 1/2 in (3)
Lot 675
A CASED 18 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY WILKINSON & SON, LONDON, NO. 1264, CIRCA 1850 with rebrowned barrels signed on the rib and numbered beneath the breeches, engraved breech with platinum plugs, scroll-engraved grooved breech tang, signed scroll-engraved locks, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip (rubbed), engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, vacant German silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod: in associated fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (worn), the lid with trade label for 1837-91 (stained, small holes), complete with some accessories including embossed copper flask by G. & J. W. Hawksley, wad-cutter and nipple-wrench 74.2 cm; 29 1/4 in barrels
Lot 677
A 15 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY THEOPHILUS RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 reconverted from percussion, with signed browned barrel formed in three stages, blued breech with platinum line and gold vent, signed engraved lock fitted with gold-lined rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and vacant silver escutcheon, silver fore-end cap and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (refinished throughout, forward ramrod-pipe detached) 81.3 cm; 32 in barrel
Lot 256
A D.B. 14 BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY WILLIAMS & POWELL, LIVERPOOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1860 AND A D.B. 14 BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY LACY & CO, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 the first with sighted barrels inscribed 'Liverpool' on the rib, engraved breech with platinum line and plugs, signed scroll-engraved back-action locks, walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, vacant silver escutcheon, and associated ramrod; the second with sighted barrels signed on the rib, engraved breech, platinum plugs, signed scroll-engraved locks, walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-uard with square front and pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon, and associated ramrod the first: 76.0 cm; 30 in barrels (2)
Lot 244
ËœA CASED .600 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY, THE LOCK SIGNED DOOLEY, LIVERPOOL with German browned twist octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, folding back-sight, engraved breech decorated with a stag, inlaid with a gold line and with platinum plug, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech tang, signed scroll-engraved case-hardened lock fitted with hammer en suite, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with foliage in relief about the rear ramrod-pipe and the trigger-guard, the tang enclosed by a neo-rococo moulding involving a warrior profile, chequered grip, the butt enriched with engraved staghorn pellets, inset with a mother-of-pearl urn-shaped plaque beneath, the left with raised cheek-piece inset with an engraved ivory stag vignette and carved with a stag set upon by a pair of hounds behind, and, on the right, with patchbox with sliding cover decorated with a further stag scene on the right, German silver mounts comprising openwork side-plate, trigger-guard with finial of shaped outline, butt-plate with matching tang, three ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, gold escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest, and brass-tipped iron ramrod: in its fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with flush-fitting carrying handle engraved with the owner's name, Gilbert H. Philips, on the outside and with trade label inside, complete with horn flask, oil bottle, nipple-wrench and powder measure 60.7 cm; 23 7/8 in barrel This gun appears to have been cased and built by Dooley around an existing German barrel, stock and mounts. This maker is recorded at 11 Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, circa 1843-57.
Lot 239
A 6 BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN, CIRCA 1840 AND A 6 BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN BY HODDON, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with tapering sighted barrel, case-hardened breech, border-engraved East India Company bar-in-wood lock with rampant lion ahead of the hammer, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, iron mounts (pitted), including trigger-guard with pineapple finial (one ramrod-pipe missing), escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials 'CC', horn fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod; the second with two-stage barrel, signed flush-fitting lock, half-stock, engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial (extensive rust, worn, ramrod missing) the first: 110.8 cm; 43 5/8 in barrel (2)
Lot 678
A 15 BORE SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY ARANGUREN, CIRCA 1815 with two-stage swamped barrel fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight, retained by two pierced slender steel bands, chiselled with a band of acanthus on a gilt ground at the girdle, stamped with gold-lined barrelsmith's marks (his crowned name in a shaped panel and a further panel filled with a pair of crossed fronds retained by a crescent at the base), further decorative marks, silver-inlaid scrolls of foliage and the silver inscription 'de Erraduras' over the breech, gold-lined vent, engraved breech tang, signed engraved lock, figured walnut full stock carved with raised mouldings and simple flowers behind the barrel tang and the rear ramrod-pipe (one small chip ahead of the lock), fluted butt, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved steel mounts comprising moulded side-plate, trigger-guard with acanthus finial and stamped with a further gold-lined maker's mark including the letters 'ZUL' on the bow, vestigial butt-plate, and wooden ramrod with iron worm (tip removed) 92.0 cm; 36 1/4in barrel Juan Ignacio de Aranguran is recorded as a barrelmaker of Placencia, Guipúzcoa. He made firearms for the guard of King Carlos IV (1788-1808) and his name is found on the lock and barrel of a military musket dated 1820 in the Museum Ejército, Madrid (inv. no. 16.4.1982). His marks appear to be unrecorded. See Lavin 1965, pp. 145 and 255.
Lot 314
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY THOMSON, DONCASTER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with brass barrel formed in three stages with a raised moulding behind the muzzle, inscribed 'Doncaster' over the breech, engraved iron tang, signed stepped bolted lock (cock replaced), walnut full stock (small cracks), engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and later brass-tipped ramrod 12.0 cm; 4 3/4 in barrel
Lot 464
THREE GERMAN SMALL-SWORDS, MID-18TH CENTURY the first with associated tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, brass hilt cast in low relief with putti and classical figures, including openwork double shell-guard, forward-canted quillon, knuckle-guard interrupted by a figural moulding, globular pommel, and wire-bound grip reinforced with vertical brass bars; the second with tapering blade stamped 'Fortuna' and 'Virtute' on the respective faces within a slender fuller, associated tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, brass hilt engraved and cast in low relief, including openwork double shell-guard, forward-canted quillon with grotesque mask finial, knuckle-guard interrupted by a pan-figure moulding, globular pommel, and wire-bound grip reinforced with vertical brass bars; the third composite, with brass hilt cast with classical figures and scrolls (knuckle-guard missing) the first: 74.1 cm; 29 1/4 in blade (3)
Lot 273
A .600 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY AUGUST KRAMER A NEUHAUS, CIRCA 1780, GERMAN OR SWISS with signed octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, with provision for an additional sight behind the tang, bevelled lock with brass pan, double set trigger, full stock, chequered grip (wormed)), raised cheek-piece, brass mounts including trigger-guard with finial of shaped outline, butt-cap with tang en suite, and three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 78.0 cm; 30 3/4 in barrel
Lot 571
A CENTRAL EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with one-piece hemispherical crown boxed in eight panels radiating from a transversely-pierced finial with circular washer decorated around its scalloped edge with punched dots, fitted at the brow with a flat peak having a cusped rear edge and truncated ogival front edge (chipped at its point), at its nape with a slightly flaring neck-guard of four upward overlapping lames each having a multi-cusped upper edge and the last having a truncated ogival lower edge matching the front edge of the peak, and at each side with a broad cheek-piece now formed only of a single long lame (originally extended downwards by at least one more lame) and pieced at its centre with eight auditory-holes within an almond-shaped boss, the peak pierced at its centre rear with a transverse slot to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar terminating at its upper end in a stepped leaf-shaped finial, and retained by a staple and winged-headed locking-screw, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and it surfaces retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint; the rear of the skull with a patch of delamination secured by two rivets) 27.0 cm; 10? in
Lot 240
AN 8 BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN BY COLSON, CIRCA 1850 with octagonal tapering sighted barrel, signed scroll-engraved lock, half-stock (wormed), chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with shaped finial, vacant white metal escutcheon, and horn fore-end cap (chipped, ramrod missing) 160.0 cm; 63 in barrel
Lot 313
A 25 BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY DURS EGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 with rebrowned sighted barrels signed 'D. Egg' and inscribed 'London' over the breeches, engraved breeches with gold vents, engraved grooved breech, signed stepped border-engraved bolted locks (the upper portion of one cock, top-jaws and screws replaced), figured walnut half-stock, flat-sided walnut butt cut with pineapple checkering, engraved iron trigger-guard decorated with a trophy on the bow and with flame finial (pitted), and horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 22.0 cm; 8 5/8 in barrels
Lot 233
TWO RIFLED AIRCANES, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first .32 calibre, with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, with provision for a stud trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, the latter incorporating a brass loading rod, screw-in air reservoir section threaded at the top and fitted with bone knob (cracked) and the outer surface formed with nodules in imitation of root wood, painted black; the second of similar type, with hardwood loading rod, horn knob and later black painted finish the first: 95.0 cm; 37 1/2 in overall (2)
Lot 673
A CASED 14 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN SIGNED NOCK, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 reconverted from percussion, with barrel formed in three stages and inscribed 'London' in gold, engraved breech with platinum line and gold vent, signed engraved stepped lock fitted with gold-lined rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and vacant German silver escutcheon, German silver fore-end cap and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (refinished throughout): in a fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with modern trade label and some accessories including two-way flask, mainspring clamp and bandolier 82.3 cm; 32 3/8 in barrel
Lot 267
A 13 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY WARD, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1776, MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREETH with two-stage barrel fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight, gold-lined vent, engraved grooved breech tang, engraved stepped bolted lock signed on a scroll beneath the pan (the iron parts pitted), figured walnut full stock carved with a raised moulding involving a scallop shell behind the breech, full silver mounts (rubbed) comprising openwork side-plate (now in two pieces), engraved trigger-guard with acorn finial, butt-plate and trophy-of-arms escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials 'GJ', three ramrod-pipes and horn-tipped ramrod 96.7 cm; 38 1/8 in barrel
Lot 687
‡A RARE 15 BORE BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS-PISTOL ON THE CLANRICARDE SYSTEM BY JAMES WILKINSON & SON, PALL MALL, NO. 4375, CIRCA 1832 with twist sighted barrel with belled flattened oval muzzle engraved with foliage at the muzzle and breech, the latter inscribed 'Patent' within a scroll on the top, struck with London Gunmakers Company proof mark beneath and with the serial number, engraved action with sliding tip-up chamber struck with serial number and London Gunmakers Company view mark beneath, decorated with foliage, signed 'Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London' on three scrolls (one top screw expertly replaced), fitted at the rear with an engraved pivoting block with engraved locking lever, at the front with a knurled thumb-plate, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll-engraved lock with bolt safety-catch, figured walnut half-stock, struck with the serial number behind the barrel bolt aperture on the inside, chequered butt widening towards the base, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with pineapple finial and fore-end cap, vacant silver escutcheon, and silver barrel bolt escutcheons, compete with its figured walnut shoulder stock, with engraved iron catch (the butt previously fitted with a suspension ring 40.6 cm; 16 in overall Provenance Dr William R. Funderburg, sold Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 14/15 April 1975, lot 307. J. de Burgh, Marquis of Clanricarde, patented his system on 15 July 1831 under British patent number 6139. The chamber is designed to accept a paper cartridge containing twelve quarter-circle projectiles and a charge of powder with a detonating cap placed on the nipple. The inventor claimed that the projectiles 'will be so scattered laterally by the flattened bell shaped end of the barrel as to constitute a most formidable weapon of defence.' See Winnant 1956 pp. 257-8. The subsequent serial number to the present example, no. 4376, was sold by the maker to the Earl of Bradford and was subsequently in the Neal Collection, sold Christie's King Street 9 November 2000, lot 168. Another, formerly in the collection of Clay P. Bedford, was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 1971, cat no. 132.
Lot 237
THE BARREL AND STOCK OF A D.B. 14 BORE SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH MANTON, NO. 4457, CIRCA 1808 with browned twist sighted barrels signed 'Joseph Manton patent elevation' on the rib, patent breech with platinum line (plugs removed), platinum-lined barrelsmiths patent marks (one lining removed), figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end, engraved iron mounts including numbered trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant silver escutcheon, and associated brass-tipped ramrod (worn) 81.0 cm; 31 7/8 in barrels See Scott-Edeson 2000, p. 78.
Lot 324
A CASED PAIR OF 25 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY REYNOLDS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY each with signed brown twist sighted barrel, engraved case-hardened breech with platinum plug, engraved case-hardened tang, signed stepped engraved case-hardened bolted lock, engraved case-hardened hammer, figured walnut half stock, chequered butt, engraved case-hardened trigger-guard with curved angular back and pineapple finial,horn fore-end cap, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest, a bird displayed, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, iron-tipped ramrod, and retaining much finish, perhaps original, throughout: in their fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (areas of light wear), the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle on the outside, with some accessories including red morocco-covered three-way flask, bullet mould and rammer 26.0 cm; 10 1/4 in barrels
Lot 532
A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn finial, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a rounded one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a later suspension-hole), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (in both cases associated but from the same series) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated with four radiating raised bands, all burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the lower ends of the cut-outs for the cheek-pieces in both cases patched) 24.3 cm; 9? in
Lot 252
A .600 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED TWIGG, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 AND A 13 BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, MID-19TH CENTURY with signed octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with folding leaf back sight, engraved breech, border-and scroll-engraved back-action lock fitted with later hammer (detached), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, iron mounts, including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, white metal fore-end cap and brass-tipped ramrod; the second with two-stage barrel, back-action lock, walnut half-stock and iron mounts (extensively worn) the first: 82.4 cm; 32 1/2 in barrel (2)
Lot 270
A D.B. 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY BARBER AND BOALER, NEWARK, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1810 with rebrowned twist sighted barrels with traces of a signature on the rib, case-hardened breeches inlaid with platinum lines, platinum vents, signed border-engraved flush-fitting locks decorated with trophies on the tails, fitted with rainproof pans, steel springs with rollers and engraved cocks, walnut half-stock (repaired above the locks), chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and vacant silver escutcheon and brass-tipped ramrod 78.8 cm; 31 in barrels Barber and Boaler are recorded at Cartergate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, circa 1800-16.
Lot 223
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, THE LOCK DATED 1729 with iron barrel formed in four stages, associated dated military lock with 'GR' crowned and 'Tower', full stock, chequered grip, brass mounts including butt-plate with pronounced heel engraved with a dragonesque scroll, trigger-guard with moulded finial, and vacant shield-shaped escutcheon (the iron parts pitted) 79.0 cm; 31 1/8 in overall
Lot 289
A 40 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY I. SCAMADINE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with associated barrel, separate tang, rounded action signed beneath the pan, stamped with London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark, perhaps that of William (1) Trulock, figured walnut butt carved about the tang, lock and mounts, moulded trigger-guard with acanthus finial, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest and 'JD to WT', iron butt cap chiselled with a green man mask 5.7 cm; 2 3/8 in barrel The crest is that of Tellau, Tempest, Thomlinson or Tylney. Scamadine is recorded as a 'Foreign' gunmaker allowed to prove guns by the Gunmakers Company circa 1721-8.
Lot 333
A 32 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL BY MACE, READING, CIRCA 1825 with octagonal sighted barrel, signed stepped engraved lock (later hammer and bolt safety), full stock, chequered grip, engraved iron trigger-guard with pineapple finial and vacant German silver escutcheon 15.8 cm; 6 1/4 in barrel
Lot 321
A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL BY HENSHALL, CIRCA 1820 with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel fitted with stirrup ramrod retained by a spring, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped engraved lock fitted with semi-rainproof pan, figured walnut full stock (fore-end cracked), finely chequered butt, iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and vacant gilt escutcheon 22.7 cm; 8 7/8 in barrel Thomas Henshall is recorded in Birmingham circa 1811-37.
Lot 224
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY RICHARD (1) WILSON, LONDON, 1760 with brass barrel formed in four stages, struck with the barrelsmith's mark, London view and proof marks, and signed 'Wilson * London' over the breech, engraved grooved iron tang, border-engraved rounded lock signed beneath the pan, decorated with a bouquet on the tail and fitted with bolt safety-catch (cock and steel working replacements), figured walnut full stock carved with a scalloped moulding about the tang, brass mounts cast in low relief, comprising trigger-guard engraved with a rococo flower on the bow en suite with the lock and with acorn finial of early form, butt-plate with engraved tang, vacant escutcheon, two ramrod-pipes and brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm, perhaps the original 80.0 cm; 31 1/2 in overall
Lot 535
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET EMBOSSED IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, CIRCA 1560-70 with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn-finial, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a missing neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by raised or recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated with four radiating raised bands, all originally burnished bright against a blackened ground but now painted black overall) 31.0 cm; 12 ¼ in
Lot 531
A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn finial, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, fitted just above the latter with five lining-rivets of which three retain brass rosette washers, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a rounded one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a later suspension-hole), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated with four radiating raised bands, all burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the bright bands lightly patinated) 25.0 cm; 9? in
Lot 228
A CASED .32 CALIBRE AIR CANE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with rifled barrel sleeved in brass (ramrod missing), button trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir section threaded at the top and fitted with horn knob, the outer surface painted brown in imitation of wood, complete with a pump, in a later wooden case 92.5 cm; 32 1/2 in overall
Lot 268
A 13 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 AND AN 11 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1780 the first: with two-stage barrel formed with a full-length flat, fitted with silver fore-sight, engraved breech incorporating a raised grooved back-sight, gold-lined vent, stepped lock with an oval recess previously filled with the maker's signature on gold or Platinum (cock retaining screw replaced), half-stock (cracked, fore-end cap missing), carved with basketwork chequering over the fore-end and grip, silver trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver side-nail washers, one engraved with a bird and with a further inlaid silver oval adjacent, vacant silver escutcheon, iron butt-plate, and horn-tipped ramrod (cracked); and the second in relic condition, with brass mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial, and engraved butt-plate the first: 92.0 cm; 36 1/4 in barrel (2)
Lot 227
A CASED .35 CALIBRE AIR CANE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, button trigger at the breech end and turn-off brass finial at the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir section of gun-stock form encased in fish skin: in a later fitted wooden case lined in green baize 100.3 cm; 39 1/2 in overall
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