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Click here to subscribeSmokebox numberplate 60506 ex LNER Gresley/Thompson P2 A2/2 named Wolf Of Badenoch built at Doncaster in 1936 as Class P2 2-8-2 and numbered 2006. Rebuilt in 1944 as a 4-6-2 and numbered LNER 506 and BR 60506. Allocated to Haymarket, Aberdeen Ferryhill and 35A New England from where it was withdrawn in April 1961. Scrapped at Doncaster Works. Face restored, rear with typical Doncaster casting marks. The first time this has been offered publicly at auction.
London Brighton and South Coast Railway 14 inch dial mahogany cased fusee drop dial clock supplied to the railway in 1851 by William Wright of Tooley Street London at a cost of 7-0-0d. The case with flame mahogany veneer carved ears and LB&SCR numberplate 145 screwed onto the front is in excellent condition. The English chain fusee movement with rectangular plates with shaped shoulders is in good clean condition and the dial has been restored to its original pre grouping dial writing of LB&SCR 145. The Southern Railway clock records show it last in use at Holland Road Goods Office. A lovely early clock in working condition complete with pendulum and key, but not tested for timekeeping. Rare to find a LB&SCR still with its enamel numberplate as they were only applied to around the first 220 clocks.
Nameplate SAMUEL JOHNSON ex British Railways diesel class 60 60062. Built by Brush Loughborough as works number 964 in June 1991, nameplates first seen fitted 2nd May 1991 at Brush and unofficially unveiled June 1991 and the name removed in November 1996. Re-engined and still in active service. Cast aluminium in as removed condition measures 59in x 9.75in. DB Cargo (UK) Ltd certificate of authenticity accompanies the lot.
Nameplate RAMILLIES ex British Railways Diesel class 50 built by English Electric in 1968 as works number 3789/D1160 and numbered D419 and renumbered 50019 in December 1973 and named without ceremony at Laira Depot in April 1978. Withdrawn in September 1990 from Laira and purchased by the Class 50 Locomotive Association in September 1991. Its first home in preservation was at the Tunbridge Wells & Eridge Railway and then moved to its current home at the Mid-Norfolk Railway in May 1999. In as removed condition as purchased from British Railways Collectors Corner.
A 17th century miniature book, Persia Regni Persici Status, by Elzevir, two volumes, with single binding, Amsterdam 1633, 10 x 6cmCondition report: The binding and pages either end are later. The cover and first two pages have come away. Illustrated pages throughout. Appears to have all the numbered pages, index and end, but difficult to be certain without checking every page.
dating: First half of the 20th Century provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Slightly-curved, single-and false-edged blade with wide fuller, engraved with Savoy stem, anchors, trophies and floral motifs, tang with the manufacturer's name, Hörster. Small spike at the center. Brass hilt featuring a relieved anchor and lion's head at the cap. Wooden hilt covered with fish-skin and metallic wire-binding. Leather scabbard with brass mounts, decorated with floral motifs, chape with anchor. Sword knot and straps made of gilded threads. length 98,5 cm.
dating: Second half of the 15th Century provenance: Germany, Triangular, straight, double-edged blade, with fuller at the first part, then slightly ribbed in the middle; quillon with wide, straight quillons worked in spirals and with a button at the ends. Heavy, oval pommel with flat and elevated centre. Leather-covered wooden grip (probably of later date). Interesting, scarce and elegant sword. length 128 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: London, Round, smoothbore, turn-off, 12 mm cal. barrel, with finely engraved nozzle. Brass boxlock-type frame signed 'LONDON', with bench marks and engraved trophies, upper cock with safety lock. Checkered wooden butt, white metal, lion-headed butt plate. Hidden in a leather bound book dated '1855', entitled 'BUEZ AR SAENT'. length 16 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Germany, Wide, slightly-curved, single-and false-edged blade with thin groove along the back, engraved at the first part with sun, stars, half-moon, quillon with sabre and Kabbalistic mark. Steel hilt with beautiful floral carvings, wooden grip made of wood and sculpted with geometrical motifs and grooves. Chain. length 69.5 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: France, Blade of triangular section with hollow faces, engraved and gilded on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs at the first part. Gilt bronze hilt, the shell guard pierced with an eagle without crown at the centre. Mother-of-pearl grips. Without scabbard. length 91 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Sardinian Kingdom, Blade of lozenge section, in dark patina, engraved and gilded with allegorical figure, sun, trophy and floral motifs at the first part. Silver hilt, shell-guard with Savoy eagle between two openwork wheels. Quillon ending with lion's head, loop- guard decorated with floral motifs, heavy lion's head pommel on both sides. Mother-of-pearl grips. Without scabbard. length 86 cm.
dating: 1843 provenance: Naples, Curved, single-and false-edged blade with wide fuller, finely engraved on an opaque background with floral motifs at the first part, signed and dated 'Labruna 1843 Napoli' at the base. Iron, one-quillon hilt with langets, engraved with floral motifs and with trophy. Horn hilt (small missing parts with metallic wire binding. Iron scabbard with two suspension rings. Hilt and scabbard with rust at the surface and areas with damages from rust. Blade in perfect conditions. length 97.5 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Turkey, Long, double-edged blade with double fuller on almost all its length and pointed tip. The forte engraved with two lions inside scalloped circle and shaped cartouche on both faces, one of them with the name of the manufacturer: 'Amal-e Ibrahim' (work by Ibrahim). Hilt featuring dark-horn grips with ogival pins and circular bases decorated with gold threadings. Wooden scabbard with black-skin covering and silver mounts, nielloed with geometrical motifs. The oval of the central cartouche with the writing 'If'tha lana bi haqq hamilaha rahmatan fa huwa min Suleyman' (Open for us with the Truth for the one who carries this sword with Mercy since it is from Suleyman). length 72 cm.
dating: Second half of the 18th Century provenance: Naples, Smooth, two-stage, 18 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part and provided with golden-inlaid marks and decorations of the Real Fabbrica in Neaples, then round after a ring and acanthus with swallow-tailed silver foresight; finely engraved tang; high-quality miquelet flintlock, signed 'Battista' in italics, carved and engraved with floral motifs and geometrical patterns, the screw of the hammer with missing tip. Wooden full stock with checkered grip and hand rest, brass mounts engraved and partially pierced, trigger guard featuring a dragon at the base, the counterplate between two swans. Missing ramrod, small defects and missing parts. In patina. To be cleaned. length 146 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Straight, single-and false-edged blade, with fuller, engraved and gilded on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs at the first part, then of lenticular section. Gilt and richly ornamented brass hilt, shell-guard with warrior on flags and trophies with fasces (of the Roman lictors), quillon block with face of bearded man, guard with figure and pommel decorated with floral motifs. Ribbed ivory grips. Remains of leather scabbard with brass cap. length 93.5 cm.
dating: 16th - 19th Century provenance: Europe, Large, iron head with twenty thick ribs of triangular shape with small beak-like humps at the ends. At the top a large button with a circular base. Three-stage iron haft with rings at the girdles. The first segment is cylindrical, the central one and the one at the bottom are faceted. At the base a buttoned pommel. An antique model or a beautiful 19th century copy? height 67,3 cm.
dating: provenance: Central Italy, Smooth, two-stage, 13 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, engraved with frames and small carved decorations, then round after rings. Engraved tang. Roman style flintlock engraved and carved with floral motifs, tang with hunting trophy in bas-relief, the screw of the hammer shaped as a rosette of leaves. Fine briarwood full stock (with typical crackings) with beautiful silver mounts engraved and partially pierced with figures, busts, snakes, masks and floral motifs on granulated background. Iron-tipped wooden ramrod pierced and carved and with cartridge extractors. length 30.5 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Europe, Double-edged blade of lozenge section, lenticular at the first part with fine engravings on a gilt background of trophies and floral motifs (small missing parts and rust damages). Beautiful silver hilt, the shell guard with various objects of science, quillon and loop-guard with lion's head, the rest with floral decorations. One of the two mother-of-pearl grips is missing. Scarce. length 91.5 cm.
dating: about 1880 provenance: Swiss, Heavy, rifled, 7,5 mm cal. barrel (bore in perfect condition), marked at the base with various marks and a Swiss cross, with a rib at the first part, then with cannelure, with rear sight and precision front sight (both with leather protection); Martini-type bolt, frame marked with the same marks and a Swiss cross. Two-piece, wooden stock with thumb support. Iron mounts with lever trigger guard. Set trigger. Wooden pommel with adjustable iron leg. length 129 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France, Round, smoothbore, 17,3 mm cal. barrel, with octagonal base, bearing remains of marks; tang marked 'M. an 9'. Lock marked 'Manuf.re Imp.le de Charleville' and with remains of a mark. Working mechanics. Wooden stock. Brass mounts with remains of marks including 'T' and 'JM'. Iron ramrod. length 35 cm.
dating: early 18th Century provenance: Brescia, Octagonal and round, smoothbore, two-stage, 17 mm cal. barrel at the nozzle, with iron foresight (probably moved from the original place), rings at the girdle, at the initial part mark 'LAZARI COMINAZ' between toothed wheels. Smooth tang (slight detachment?). Modern-style lock with working mechanics, almost flat lock plate, screw with remains of a bust in relief; signature 'GIO AZZE'. Long, wooden case with woodworm holes on the butt side. Iron mounts. Trigger guard with engraved leaves. Smooth (later?) bands. Thick, iron ramrod. Barbiroli reports that of Azzi (Azze) Giovanni, a Brescian 'azzaliniere' who worked until the first quarter of the 18th century, only his date of birth is known: 1634. See 'Repertorio Storico degli Archibugiari Italiani'; p. 75. length 126 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Papal States, A troop's model used from 1830 to 1848, felt body that can be attributed to the rare specialty of the Financial Police. Brass chin-straps with thin plates, decoration with a Papal tiara silver-gold, metallic cockade, purplish red tassel and plume. height 16 cm.
dating: circa 1600 provenance: Europe, More antique skull, worked in one piece with the low, twisted comb, restored plume-holder. Visor with rectangular eye-holes, ventail with air-holes placed in a rosette shape, beaver with the border of the face-opening worked with dents and featuring a clasp-button to fix the ventail. Neck-guard and nape-guard with three plates, the first ones with holes, some restored. Various restorations. height 32 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Piedmont, Curved, single-and false-edged blade, with wide fuller doubling towards the weak, remains of floral engravings at the first part. Tang. Oriental-style, iron hilt with quillon, straight, octagonal and button-ended quillons, moulded sheath-guard wings. Long, faceted, iron cap. Wooden, anatomic hilt, pommel ring. Provided with scabbard with two suspension rings, remains of a fabric clutch with button featuring the Savoy cross. length 100 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 17th Century provenance: Northern Italy, Flat plate with slightly-cusped and oblique borders, tang decorated with a small, carved lobe. Batterie bent towards the tang and provided with external spring. Moulded pan. Reverse hammer with external spring, provided with a simple mechanisms through a direct lever at the back. The lower jaw is missing. For a plate with similar springs see 'Museo Poldi Pezzoli Armeria II', p. 662-663 n.828, dated 1620 circa. See also 'Armi da Fuoco Italiane' di Gaibi, n.195. length plate 24 cm.
dating: 1860-70 provenance: Piedmont, Fine and large, curved, single-and false-edged blade with wide central fuller and groove at the back, engraved with monogram 'CR' inside a laurel wreath, trophy with Savoy's cross and floral motifs at the first part. Iron hilt with anatomical, checkered wooden grip. Complete of scabbard with two suspension rings. length 95 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Afghanistan, Curved, single-edged blade with wide fuller, faceted, iron joint, typical, ear-shaped, wooden hilt. Wooden scabbard covered with black skin, stamped with geometrical motifs at the back, iron mounts, chape and suspension bands with rings, the lower part of the upper mount with round holes and scallops. length 103 cm.
dating: 1840-60 provenance: Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Straight blade of hexagonal section, the first part engraved and gilded with trophies and floral motifs on a blue background. Gilded-brass hilt with asymmetrical shell-guard featuring the Maltese cross made of silver. The pommel shaped as an eagle's head, quillon with winged lion, mother-of-pearl grips. Complete qith leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts. Very scarce. See Calamandrei, 'La storia dell'arma bianca Italiana': at page 390 there is a very similar sword featuring an anchor on the shell-guard and the Maltese cross on the hilt. length 95.5 cm.
dating: Late 19th Century provenance: Europe, Horn grip. Metal ring nut. The first segment of the haft is made of wood ornamented with knots, then a long cylindrical section made of metal, the last part with leather covering (small damages), provided with small cusps that come out when pulling the grip. Rubber foot. length 95 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Italy, Blade of triangular section with hollow faces, engraved and gilded on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs at the first part. The asymmetrical shell guard is decorated with an angel with a trumpet, the loop-guard with a lion's head, the rest of the hilt with floral motifs. Checkered wooden grip. Without scabbard. length 96 cm.
dating: late 18th Century provenance: Central Italy, Smooth, two-stage, 10 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part and brass-foiled engraved with a mask and floral motifs, a frame at the base, then round after a ring; flintlock engraved with floral motifs; briarwood full stock with fine brass mounts, the trigger guard and the butt-plate with mask in high-relief and engraved with floral motifs, the counterplate pierced and engraved. Iron belt hook. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod. length 42 cm.
dating: circa 1800 provenance: Naples, Smooth, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with deep '.RLM' mark not clearly readable under three gold-inlaid flowers, then round after a ring and acanthus; finely engraved tang; fine miquelet lock engraved with flower motifs and a snake, sealing pan. Wooden full stock partially sculpted with floral motifs and with micro-checkered butt, another interlaced checkering at the base with interlaced staves on the margins. Beautiful engraved, silver mounts, the counterplate with two lions with interlaced tails (a screw and a frame are missing). Trigger guard and ramrod pipes decorated with a shell. Iron ramrod. length 26 cm.
dating: First half of the 17th Century provenance: Brescia, Flat plate with cusped borders. The external wheel engraved with an ornament with racemes and flowers, and held by a carved and twisted ring-nut. Faceted pan, carved with leaves. The outline of the spring carved with flowers. Hammer with baluster-shaped throw, decorated with acanthus leaves in-relief and with a second angled segment holding the jaws (the upper one with missing parts at the border). The throw engraved with small racemes. Elements of the mechanisms at the back, partially outlined and engraved en suite with racemes and flowers. length 28,5 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Spain, Octagonal, rifled, 14 mm cal. barrel of earlier date, marked at the base 'A. MORANDIN', after a rectangular sight three faintly visible marks and the date '1738' (the first number faintly visible), foresight; long lock with flat plate signed 'ISABELLA' and with a mark, provided with two percussion hammers. Full, wooden stock with checkered grip and brass mounts. Patchbox. Iron-tipped wooden ramrod. length 130.5 cm.
dating: 16th/17th Century provenance: Italy, Ancient barrel of XVI century transformed into a flintlock. Three.stage. Segment of octagonal section, decorated with ribs transforming into fluted decorations at the first part. Pan replaced by a vent on the right side. Rings at the girdle. Octagonal, smooth segment at the center. Last part shaped as a truncated cone with thick longitudinal fluted decorations. Scarce. See similar models in 'Armi da Fuoco Italiane' di Gaibi, picture n. 5, especially the two models below. length total 69,5 cm.
dating: 1620 - 1640 provenance: Northern Italy, With wide, flat plate, cusped at the border, with rolled-up and lobed tang. Hammer with octagonal throw, featuring a knot and rings at the first part, then strongly curved, featuring remains of small engravings with volutes and flowers. The upper jaw ribbed at the center. Particular mechanisms with two pans, the upper one is sliding and provided with a channel to bring the blaze to the second vent. The channel runs at the side of the batterie and the mechanism is provided also with a double pan: the former is integrated with the batterie, the former (hinged separately), is to cover the channel of the upper pan. length plate 23,7 cm.
dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Duchy of Parma, Straight, single-and false-edged blade, with fuller at the first part and engraved with floral motif, then of lenticular section. Typical gilt brass handle with monogram 'CC' under crown on the shell-guard, crowns on the pommel and fleurs-de-lis on the quillon and loop-guard. Mother-of-pearl grips. Complete with scabbard. According to a note by the owner, the sword belonged to the physician Captain Dr. Giuseppe Hotz who performed the autopsy of Charles III. length 93 cm.
dating: 1807 provenance: Europe, Straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal section, with fuller at the first part and inscription 'FRANCISCO PICININO' on both sides between small decorations. Iron hilt, shell-guard with two-headed eagle under crown, sword and shield with five birds. Disk pommel with narrowing base, decorated with floral motifs in bas-relief like the whole hilt. Checkered wooden grip, in front a shield with five birds under crown, behind a shield with monogram 'I' or 'T'. Wooden scabbard covered with reptile skin and engraved silver mounts, the hook in the shape of a bird. All parts in silver with marks '1807', 'CA' and another scarcely legible one. Scarce. length 92 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 17th Century provenance: Europe, Burgonet with skull in one piece featuring a comb engraved and twisted at the border, provided with a short, pointed brim with hemmed border featuring a twisted decoration. Iron leather strings. Movable cheeck-pieces with air holes and ropes worked like the helmet. The nape-guard fixed with rivets. Breat-plate ribbed at the center and a little bit rounded with simple borders, iron, knotted clutches on the sides and straps on the upper side. Gorget with three-plate back-pieces and thick, twisted rope. Six-plate pauldrons. Modern brassards. Inarticulated gauntlet wit all the scales. Cuffs worked with relieved bands. Knee-cop that can be converted into tassets, with hammered and twisted borders. height armour cira 128 cm.
dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France, Round, micro-rifled, 14,8 mm cal. barrel at the nozzle, with octagonal base, with foresight and markings 'F' and 'L' in circles, 'MI', date '1862. Breech with tang and fixed rear sight. Backward spring lock marked 'M.re Imp.le de Chatellerault', 'G' mark under star. Working mechanics, but the first trigger has no safety lock. Three-quarter wooden stock with visible stamps on the left side. Iron mounts. Butt-plate with loading gate containing a tip to be screwed to the ramrod. length 25 cm.
dating: Second half of the 17th Century provenance: North Italy, Two-stage, smoothbore, 12 mm cal. barrel; octagonal at the first part featuring a mark with horse between lilies with remains of gilding, then round after a smooth ring and a beaded one; long lock with tang, springs and engraved hammer. Wooden full stock (small missing parts and defects, probably the butt was restored in a later time) with engraved and carved iron mounts. Wooden ramrod. length 29 cm.
dating: First half of the 18th Century provenance: Ripoll, Flat plate, strongly curved on the lower side. Rein with typical carved, radial decorations and with small engravings. Hammer with short throw, the screw, the clamp and the upper jaw are missing. The pan decorated with strong, radial cannelures. length plate 12,5 cm.
dating: circa 1600 provenance: France, Straight, double-edged blade of lenticular section, the first part grooved at the centre, rectangular and grooved ricasso. Beautiful, solid, steel hilt with double shell-guard finely carved, engraved and pierced with floral motifs, pointed center of crossguard, grooved at the centre. Quillons, arms of the hilt, rings and loop-guard worked with waves and small buttons at the ends. Oval pommel and grip carved with deep grooves and very fine grooves at the cannelures. length 131.5 cm.
dating: 1816 provenance: England - India, Beautiful Turkish war booty, two-stage barrel, in very fine damask, octagonal at the first part with carvings in relief, then a round ring with central cannelure, the ends carved with floral motifs, very strongly bell-mouthed, circular nozzle. Smooth iron tang. Large flintlock with rampant lion and date '1816'. Full wooden stock with iron mounts, the counterplate with mark. Thin, wooden ramrod. Military use. length 102.5 cm.
dating: about 1810 provenance: Kingdom fo Italy (Napoleonic), Straight, single-and false-edged blade with fuller at the center, the first part engraved with trophies and floral motifs on a blue background, damages from rust. French-style hilt made of silvered brass, shell-guard with spider-web, pommel with bust, the remaining part decorated with floral motifs. Wooden scabbard with mother-of-pearl grips, the back one is missing. Remains of leather scabbard with brass mounts, two suspension rings. Scarce. length 93 cm.
dating: late 17th Century provenance: Bologna, Solid, roundish lock plate decorated in relief with a beautiful mask at the tang, consisting of leaves and flowers and surrounded by engraved racemes, signed 'Ales. ro Ghini / Loiano' among engraved spirals and flowers at the center of the pate. The hammer shaped as a swan's neck with fine elements shaped as vine-shoots, the screw's head with mask. Small engravings at the back. The fire striker provided with double pan cover, the upper one is sliding and with automatic retraction loading the hammer. Probably manufactured for a double-barreled pistol. Barbiroli reports two Alessandro Ghini di Loano (grandfather and grandchild) from the second half of 17th century and first decades of 18th century, respectively. See 'Repertorio Storico degli Archibugiari Italiani', pag. 293. 'Marchi e Firme di Archibugiari Italiani' (page 376) features the grandfather's signature from the inside of a Florentine snaphance dating 1670 circa, less elaborated yet very similar to the one presented here. length plate 15,4 cm.
dating: last quarter of the 18th Century provenance: London, Smooth-bore, three-stage, brass barrel, octagonal at the first part with bench marks, marked 'LONDON' and with floral engravings, then two round segments divided by rings, round, bell-mouthed moulded nozzle. Engraved iron tang. Flintlock signed 'Joyner', engraved with floral motifs. Full wooden stock with brass mounts engraved with floral motifs. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod. length 75 cm.
dating: circa 1800 provenance: Europe, Large, curved, single-and-false-edged blade, with wide fuller at the center, rust damage, at the first part with remains of gilt engravings on a blue background with trophies and floral motifs, the back signed 'F. F. Runkel Solingen'. Fine, gilt bronze hilt (80 %) with sheath-guard wings, the pommel shaped as a horse’s head. Checkered and carved ivory handle (small missing parts). Without scabbard. length 94 cm.
dating: Second half of the 19th Century provenance: Italy, Piedmontese, slightly curved, single-and-false-edged blade with wide fuller, engraved with Savoy's eagle under crown at the first part, decorated with trophies and floral motifs, with tang. Brass hilt with pierced valve, decorated with oak branches and on flags, quillon and guard with star at the edge. Long cap, spiral-shaped, horn grip with metal wire binding. Nickelled iron scabbard (small missing parts), two suspension rings and mark '5 S.31.'. length 91.5 cm.
dating: First half of the 20th Century provenance: Italy, Blade engraved with Savoy eagle, badge, trophies and floral motifs. Yellow metal hilt, decorated with floral motifs and bands in bas-relief. Featuring the Maltese cross at the front. Scabbard with black-velvet covering and yellow-metal mounts decorated en suite. Scarce. length 93 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Genova, Beautiful, long, smooth, damasked, two-stage barrel, octagonal at the first part with mark 'M. FONZI', then round rings with foresight and large-calibre (19.5 mm). Short tang with sight. Flat forward spring lock signed 'G.mo Valle in Genova'. Half wooden stock with checkered hand support and grip. Smooth brass mounts. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. length 145 cm.
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