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A Pinder Bros pewter hip flask in the form of a cricket bat, 20cm high

BREXTON CASED PICNIC SETwith four floral decorated plates, cups and saucers, stainless steel flask, glass storage jars, four green plastic beakers, combination salt and pepper, two green plastic storage containers and some cutlery

XIX Century Stoneware Items, a flask in the for of a boot, flask with heart decoration, mug decorated with men drinking, also a jug etc:- One Tray.

Toby Jugs, scent bottles, perfume bottles, plated Whisky flask, etc decanter with a silver collar:- One Tray.

Plated Watch Chain, bracelet with silver heart shaped padlock, football medal, watches, pipes, Ronson lighter, books, camera's flask, pen knives, etc:- One Tray

A Canton Vase With Four Character Mark together with a Chinese Moon Flask and a Canton Dish

Barometer, cigar cutter, white metal flask, etc.

Two early Chinese blue and white lidded vases, another vase and a flask, all a/f.*CONDITION REPORT*All are damaged.Both lids have large chips to glaze around base.Single vase has neck glued back on & chips to rim.Moon vase has chips to glaze on rim.

A contemporary flask style ceramic vase 56 cm tall.

A Roman Amber Glass Date Flask Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.Height 3 inches (8 cm).Collection from an Important Midwestern ScholarProvenance:Ancient Art International, October 1999.Warren Koch, New York.Arte Primitivo, New York, Fine Classical, Egyptian & Asian Antiquities, 3 October 2006, Lot 303.Private Collection, Connecticut. Christie's, New York,Antiquities, 4 June 2008, Lot 131.Height with stand 4 inches (10.1 cm)

Box of Eight Pewter Tankards and a Leather Pouch with Flask

A late 19th Century American silver commemorative hip flask, Gorman, 1874, to commemorate the second Leech Cup of 1875relief engraved with scenes of target-shooting, the front engraved in gothis script 'Presented to our friend Major Arthur Blennerhassett Leech by The American Rifle team 1875 As a souvenir of our happy visit to Ireland' and the rear engraved in gothic script 'American Rifle Team 1875 Col. H A Gildersleeve (Capt.), General T S Dakin, Col. John Bodine, Major H Falton, Mr. C. W. Yale, Captain R. Coleman'Weight 9oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Silver and Cut Glass Cocaine Flask, Birmingham hallmarked 1899 by Hukin & Heath, flask top with devil's head finial, spoon 1900, a nice example of fin-de-siecle decadence, height 9.8cmDrug apothecary chemist

A vintage leather cased silver plated flask & cup, 6.5in high

Two early 20thC. leather cased cigarette holders, one with water damage, a leather cased glasses case with 1930's "stream punk" style drivers glasses & a 1930's leather cased hip flask

Boxed as new bush master puter hip flask with funnel featuring a brace of woodcock and a tartan covered set of 4 stainless steel tot cups

A small collection of Studio ceramics, comprising a John Leach (Muchelney) stoneware flask, an Ian Shearman raku glaze vase, a Michael Buckland vase, a teapot and a bowl (5)the Ian Shearman vase 30cm highSome minor fritting to the bands of the Shearman vase, all other pieces in seemingly good condition.

Two boxes of ornaments, glassware, vases, diecast vehicles, hip flask etc

Four Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, 20th century, one moulded with numerous boys and men amongst clouds and a puppet shishi, apocryphal four character Qianlong mark, a flask form bottle painted with a standing musician with Qin, verso a water buffalo, each side with character marks, a cylindrical bottle painted with chickens and flowers, apocryphal four character Qianlong mark, purchased from C Y Tse, with certificate; and a small bottle painted with figures dancing in a garden with a cockerel to the foreground6.2cm - 8.5cmNo obvious damage evident. Surface marks and discolouration to all, commensurate with age. The stoppers are perhaps replacements on the larger bottles, as they are a little loose.

A collection of nine Chinese snuff bottles, early to third quarter 20th century, comprising a glass moon flask type with interior painted decoration of a cricket upon pak choi leaves, signed, a glass double snuff bottle with interior painted decoration of figures smoking an numerous horses, two enamelled bottles decorated with Manchurian cranes against a yellow ground, and a basket of flowers each with apocryphal four character Qianlong mark, a silver book form snuff bottle, the interioopening to a panel of bamboo shoots and flowers, the exterior with calligraphy, a pair of ivory snuff bottles, one painted with tigers the other with a landscape, each with a long poem verso, and two bone snuff bottles4.1cm - 9cm

A Chinese moon flask shape snuff bottle, possibly Republic period, 20th century, painted en grisaille with a continuous landscape around a large lake, beneath a ruyi head collar and yunwen band, red inscribed four character Daoguang mark, 6.5cm

A large Chinese famille rose moon flask, painted with quail between turquoise rocks and blossoming tree peony, verso birds on a blossoming tree, within a yellow ground border painted with lotus flowers and tendrils, with stylised dragon handles and yunwen band to the base, apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, 36.5cmIn good condition with no obvious visible faults.

A 19th Century Nailsea type gimmel flask, circa 1880, of compressed ovoid form with collar neck, decorated with alternating blue and opal pulled trails over a clear ground, length 19cm.

A 19th Century Nailsea type gimmel flask, circa 1880, of compressed circular form with collar neck, decorated with opal pulled trails over a turquoise ground, height 18cm.

A 19th Century Nailsea type gimmel flask, of compressed ovoid form with collar neck, decorated with opal pulled trails over a ruby ground, length 16cm.

A late 19th Century Nailsea Gimmel flask of compressed tear form with collar neck, decorated with brown to black pulled threads over the opal ground, length 18cm.

A late Georgian clear crystal glass spirit flask, circa 1820, the compressed ovoid body with shallow collar neck, engraved with 'R. Roberts' within hops and barley, height 18.5cm.

A 19th century French green glass and unmarked gold overlay perfume flask, with relief cast lovebird decoration, length 6cm

A collection of Medieval  pewter pilgrim and secular badges,  to include: a buckler,  probably representing St. Thomas Becket; two badges featuring the letter 'M',  representing Mary, Queen of Heaven; a crowned bow, a shield within a frame, a flask and two further badges, (8)

A German Or Austrian Wheel-Lock Mechanism, And A Hand-Ignited Powder-TesterThe first Early 18th Century, The Second 18th CenturyThe first of steel, the flat plate chiselled in bas-relief and engraved with a stag hunting scene in a landscape, enclosed wheel, sliding pan-cover now fixed, bridle to the cock-spring engraved with a hind within foliage, and cock with foliage (worn and some old pitting); the second with lightly engraved brass body also forming the barrel and with raised touch-hole, circular brass indicator wheel acting against a spring, numbered from '1' to '6' between divisions, and made in one with a steel-shaped anvil fitting against the muzzle, and figured rounded butt; together with a reproduction flintlock tinderlighter of box-lock pistol form, in artificially aged condition, a brass-mounted powder-flask for pistols, and a G. & J.W. Hawksley oil bottle with plated body of square section (5)The first 23 cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Group Of Accessories Mostly Relating To Antique FirearmsMostly 19th centuryComprising eleven various brass-mounted powder-flasks for pistols, one of three-way form, the body re-covered in black leather, another with bag-shaped leather-covered body, five with plain copper body, and the remainder each with embossed copper body; a Continental horn priming-flask of curved tapering flattened form engraved along one side with a boar hunting scene in a landscape, and on the other with a coat-of-arms surmounted by foliage; a Persian all-steel priming-flask with bulbous recurved body, and sprung tap carrying two suspension rings; a Persian brass priming-flask engraved with running foliage and arabesques; five various turnscrews; three combined ramrods and cleaning rods for cased pistols; an unopened package of four tins of percussion caps; a detachable nickel-plated pierced shoulder-stock; two steel bullet moulds; a Sykes patent double-ended brass shot dispenser; a pair of brown leather saddle-holsters; and various other items including a Samuel Nock trade label for 1806-22 (a lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Group Of Various Powder- And Shot-Flasks For Longarms And Pistols 18th/19th Century And LaterComprising a brass-mounted cowhorn powder-flask for flintlock sporting guns, second half of the 18th century, with bag-shaped translucent horn body flattened at the back, encircled by a brass strap secured by two ring screws on either side, reeded top mount, and threaded tapering turned nozzle with sprung cut-off lever; another of similar form, the body covered in brown leather (minor damage); four brass-mounted powder-flasks for longarms, each with plain copper body (some patination and denting), two of rounded rectangular form, and two each with bevelled edge; another, by James Barlow & Co., Birmingham, the body embossed with fluting and retaining some lacquered finish; another, by G.& J.W. Hawksley, the body embossed with alternate foliate designs and reeding (cut-off spring and lever missing); another, with ovoidal body embossed on each side with a flower-head motif centred on reeding, and retaining one of four suspension rings: four brass-mounted powder-flasks for pistols or revolvers, two with embossed bag-shaped body; two shot-flasks, one with white-metal nozzle engraved with owner's crest; five horn flasks including a gunner's powder-horn with wooden base-plug and turned knob-shaped handle threaded to form a stopper, turned conical brass nozzle incised with War Department mark, sprung tap, and two suspension rings, and another with turned brass mounts and nozzle, the circular base-plate engraved 'A' over '92', two suspension rings, and in fair condition; a gunpowder storage flask (leather body in poor condition), with brass top mount, and threaded nozzle for the cap with hinged clasp for a padlock; and three modern powder-flasks (24)The first 18.5 cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Powder-Flask In German 17th Century Style Of wood, made in two parts and of doughnut form, one side carved in relief with hounds pursuing a boar in a wooden landscape, and pursuing hares on the other, turned baluster steel nozzle, and two rings or suspension 12 cm. diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Powder-Flask In German Late 16th Century Style19th CenturyWith cowhorn body of curved flattened triangular form (minor insect damage), the front engraved with an oval cartouche containing a dog and waterfowl in a landscape, the sides with stylised ropework, the back with triangular panels of foliage, border engraved brass mounts, conical nozzle with sprung iron tap and scrolled cut-off lever, and two rings for suspension 36.5 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 25 July 2012, lot 155This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A German Or Italian Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And Turnscrew17th CenturyOf iron, with hollow baluster stem with turned mouldings, short tapering nozzle with sprung cut-off button at the top, baluster head with two apertures for spindles of differing sizes, and flat swelling turnscrew at the base chiselled with foliate ornament on either side 13.4 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Dr. Ernst-Joachim Rogahn Collection, sold in these Rooms, 24 April 2013, lot 227For an almost identical example see Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour..., 9 December 1998, lot 309This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A German Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And TurnscrewLate 16th/Early 17th Century, Probably NurembergOf steel, with tapering cylindrical body seamed along one side and with rounded cap at the base incorporating the turnscrew, tapering nozzle of circular section with sprung tap (top missing), and three spanners of square section, decorated overall with etched scrolling foliage against a gilt ground (gilding worn), the etching on the body arranged in spiral bands inhabited by birds and monster-heads (suspension mount missing) 18.5 cm. Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Dr. Ernst-Joachim Rogahn Collection, sold in these Rooms, 24 April 2013, lot 235This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Caucasian Powder-Flask For Miquelet-Lock Longarms 19th CenturyWith swelling leather body stitched together and tooled over each side with a Tree of Life within decorative borders including running foliage, the curved tapering nozzle entirely enclosed by a silver mounts nielloed with symmetrical arabesques involving flower-heads, centred on a roundel and all against chased wriggle-work grounds, nielloed stopper en suite and retained by a silver chain, and silver suspension loop and chains 22 cm. Footnotes:ProvenanceRichard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, sold in these Rooms, 29 April 2015, lot 228LiteratureOliver S.Pinchot, Arms of the Paladins, The Richard R. Wagner Jr, Collection of Fine Eastern Weapons, 2014, p. 153, fig. 7-35For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Persian Priming-Flask For Miquelet-Lock Longarms And Pistols 19th CenturyWith rounded wooden body curving up to form a tapering nozzle, the outer side decorated overall with a diaper pattern of small brass nails, the mouth of the nozzle formed of shims of bone and dark horn, the latter each inlaid with a twisted brass wire border, rounded base en suite, secured by an iron screw and opening to allow the flask to be filled with gunpowder, and cusped brass tap working against a spring and carrying two brass rectangular suspension loops: on a blackened metal display stand (2)19 cm.Footnotes:For two related examples see George Cameron Stone, A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor In All Countries And In All Times..., 1961, p. 516, fig. 66 (1 & 2 )For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Caucasian 35-Bore Miquelet-Lock Pistol with Nielloed Silver MountsDated 1262 A.H. Corresponding To 1845 A.D.With two-stage barrel entirely covered in silver, the forward section to the muzzle nielloed with a symmetrical design of foliage against a wrigglework ground, octagonal breech with running arabesques en suite, characteristic gold-damascened lock with illegible circular maker's stamp, wooden full stock covered in black leather, silver mounts nielloed en suite with the barrel, secured by pins and including side-plate, pommel-cap and barrel bands, the strap down the back of the butt nielloed behind the breech with the date and maker's name 'Umar' in nasta'liq, gold-damascened faceted button trigger, and no provision for a ramrod (pommel and suspension ring replaced); together with the mounts of a Caucasian priming-flask (body replaced), each of silver and nielloed with scrolling foliage against a wrigglework ground on the outside, the inner side of the nozzle with a serpent between a miquelet-lock pistol and a kindjal, and sprung tap with nielloed silver mount en suite and retaining its fabric tab woven with silver threads (2)The first 29.3 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 45Oliver S. Pinchot, Arms of the Paladins, the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection..., 2014, p. 105, fig. 5-40 and p. 153, fig. 7-32For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of Continental Percussion Officer's PistolsMid-19th CenturyWith rebrowned finely twist octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels, blued border engraved breeches and tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively, back-action locks, hammers and mounts en suite, the last comprising spur trigger-guards and octagonal pommels, the latter each with lanyard ring, blued trigger-plates each with pointed finial, figured half-stocks each with chequered grip, vacant white-metal escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods: in relined and refitted brass-mounted mahogany case with a few accessories including white-metal mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped leather-covered body (scuffed, nozzle reduced), the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a folding brass carrying handle 20.3 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of Liège 40-Bore Percussion Target PistolsNo. 595, Mid-19th CenturyWith damascus twist octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels (one with small areas of pitting) each inlaid in gold '..DAMAS DE PARIS..' within a silver line panel between graduated gold and silver foliate ovals, the breeches with decorative gold and silver lines, tangs each with back-sight and engraved with foliage highlighted in gold and silver, border engraved detented back-action locks and hammers decorated with foliage, the former each highlighted with small gold dots and silver lines, figured half-stocks with rounded butts each carved with laurel chequering, fore-ends (one with minor old crack) each carved in relief with lion-mask, turned oval ebony pommels each with white-metal butt-trap with hinged silver cover cast and chased with a Herculean mask, case-hardened spur trigger-guards en suite with the locks, blued adjustable set triggers, shield-shaped vacant gold escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and no provision for ramrods: in original brass-bound veneered wooden case fitted and lined in plum velvet with full accessories including white-metal powder-flask embossed with a stag within strapwork on both sides, the exterior of the lid with ovoidal brass plate incorporating a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Liège proof 21.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 2002, lot 146This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of French 90-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Croizier A Paris, Late 18th CenturyWith short turn-off cannon barrels each engraved with a band of foliage around the junction with the breech, border engraved actions each signed on one side and decorated with a trophy of arms on the other, cocks each engraved as a monster, engraved sliding trigger-guards also locking the steels, and figured swelling rounded butts each carved with foliage in low relief behind the tang and numbered '790' on the right side behind the action: in their bespoke case covered in black leather and lined in faded ochre buff leather with accessories including Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask retaining nearly all its lacquered finish, and combined steel bullet mould and barrel-wrench, the exterior of the lid tooled with double lines and with swelling brass carrying handle 3.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:The maker is either Jacques or Jean-Baptiste CroizierFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Colt-Root 1855 Model (2) Percussion Pocket RevolverNo. 10610 For 1856With blued octagonal sighted barrel with pointing hand motif, two line Hartford address and 'Colt's Pt. 1855' between cross marks, blued cylinder with integral nipples and roll engraved cabin and Indian scene, blued frame with grooved top-strap and back-strap in one, case-hardened side-hammer, rammer, varnished figured rounded butt (small circular indent on one side), matching numbers, and most of its original finish: in original mahogany case lined and fitted in dark blue velvet with accessories including embossed American eagle and revolver powder-flask (top replaced), and Colt's Patent brass bullet mould 8.9 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 13 July 2013, lot 633For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Colt 1851 Model Navy Percussion Revolver No. 103126 for 1861The barrel with New-York address, cylinder with traces of roll engraved naval engagement scene, trigger-guard and back-strap (lanyard ring missing) retaining some original silvering, and matching numbers (some light pitting and refinishing): in later brass-mounted mahogany case lined and fitted for the revolver and some accessories including Sykes patent powder-flask (worn, body bruised), the interior of the lid with reproduction Directions for Loading and Cleaning label 19 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Colt 1849 Model Pocket Percussion RevolverNo. 296806 L For 1867With blued octagonal sighted barrel with New-York address, blued cylinder with roll engraved stagecoach hold-up scene, case-hardened frame stamped 'Colt's Patent' on the left side, case-hardened hammer and rammer, blued steel trigger-guard and back-strap, varnished figured rounded grips, matching numbers, and virtually all its original finish (minor loss of finish in places): in lined and fitted oak case, probably original (lock replaced, keyhole escutcheon missing) with accessories including James Dixon & Sons 'Colt's Pocket Flask' (cut-off spring incomplete) with long nozzle and retaining much of its original lacquered finish, and blued steel bullet mould (bruised) stamped 'Colt's Patent', the interior of the lid with illustrated Directions label with 14 Pall Mall, London address, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 15.3 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 24 November 2010, lot 217This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 10-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun And .800 Rifle Built For The Maharaja Of JodhpurBy Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond Street, London, No. 3722 For 1863With browned twist barrels leaf-sighted from '100' to '300' yards, each leaf blued and with central gold line, the right barrel (two minor bruises on one side) rifled with nine spiral grooves, matted top rib, and signed along the top of the breeches, case-hardened breeches engraved with foliate scrollwork between and each with pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tang retaining some original gilding, signed detented locks, dolphin hammers and mounts all decorated en suite, the first each with blued safety-stop, the last comprising hinged circular patch-box cover, chequered butt-plate, trigger-guard with chequered spur, trigger-plate and rear ramrod-pipe each with pineapple finial, figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, blued triggers, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, original brass-mounted ramrod, and much original gilding (some loss of gilding): in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case with accessories including Sykes patent powder-flask, bright steel combination tool in its leather wallet, circular brass percussion cap dispenser, bullet mould serial numbered '3711', patch-cutter, brass powder-measure, cleaning tools and oil bottles, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label inscribed in Hindi script, London proof marks 77.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Armouries of the Maharajas' of Jodhpur. No. 487 in the Jodhpur inventory according to a note in the caseFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 54-Bore Percussion Tranter Patent Fourth Model Five-Shot RevolverRetailed By T. Conway, 15 Blackfriars St., Manchester, No. 19809. T, Mid-19th CenturyEngraved with line borders and foliate scrollwork, and retaining traces of original blueing in places (some rust patination overall): in later wooden cutlery case lined and fitted for the revolver and some accessories including Sykes patent powder-flask (worn, body dented, cut-off spring incomplete), Birmingham proof marks 15 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 38-Bore Percussion Beaumont-Adams Patent 1851 Model Double-Action Five-Shot Revolver With War Department MarkBy Deane, Adams & Deane, London, No. B. 352 And 16,115.R, Circa 1855The border engraved frame with War Department broad arrow mark on one side, 1854 patent lever rammer, chequered rounded butt with butt-cap numbered '4012', and retaining some original blued finish: in later mahogany case lined and fitted for the revolver and some accessories including a brass-mounted powder-flask for sporting guns, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 54-Bore Percussion Tranter Patent Double-Action RevolverRetailed By J.A. Blake & Co., London, No. 8,888, T., Circa 1855With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and with scrolling foliage on each side of the breech, blued border engraved top-strap signed in full, case-hardened cylinder with knurled forward edge, the blued border engraved frame, trigger-guard, butt-cap and bright patent rammer all decorated en suite, bright trigger, blued spring safety-stop, arbor pin and catch, chequered rounded butt, and retaining much of its original finish (some loss of blueing): in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask retaining most of its original lacquered finish, and brass bullet mould, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 15.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:Offered with an original printed 'William Tranter's Patent Double-Action Cocking Revolver' instructions sheetJohn Alkin Blake & Co. are recorded at 253 High Street, Wapping, London between 1853 and 1864For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 54-Bore Percussion Transitional Gas-Sealed Single-Action Six-Shot RevolverBy Parker, field & Son, High Holborn, London, No. 9717, Circa 1855With octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and signed in full along the top flat, plain rebated cylinder, border engraved action decorated with scrolling foliage, blackened dolphin hammer, trigger-guard en suite with the action, finely chequered figured rounded butt, stepped ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with scrollwork, sprung rammer mounted on the right side engraved 'Regis.d June 14th 1852 By Parker Field & Sons', the rod with pivoting finger-plate engraved with scrolling foliage, vacant silver escutcheon, and faint traces of original blueing (some wear and light pitting): in original mahogany case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask, and brass bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 15.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThomas Del Mar Ltd. In association with Sotheby's, London, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 7 December 2006, lot 105The rammer was registered by Parker, Field & Sons under Registered Design No. 3300 of 14 June 1852 and is illustrated (as no. 4) in John Bell and John Philpott, 'Brief Notes on Transition and Transitional-type Revolvers' - Baker, Lang and Witton & Daw', Black Powder, June 1961, pp. 2-4This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 150-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolsSigned Smith, London, Mid-19th CenturyWith turn-off white-metal sighted barrels each engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, border engraved white-metal actions decorated with foliage and each signed on one side of the breech, foliate engraved dolphin side-hammers, folding triggers, chequered figured rounded butts each with border engraved white-metal butt-cap with hinged foliate engraved butt-trap cover, and shield-shaped vacant escutcheons: in later mahogany case fitted and lined in blue baize with a few accessories including powder-flask, combined barrel-wrench/nipple-key and bullet mould, the exterior of the lid veneered in walnut and with circular vacant escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 3.8 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased Pair Of Small Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Reilly, 316 Holborn, London, Circa 1845With octagonal turn-off barrels (some rust patination) each engraved with maker's address along the top flat and with foliage around the muzzle, the bottom flats numbered '0' and '1' respectively, border engraved white-metal actions each signed on the right flat and numbered to correspond, decorated with scrolling foliage and with dolphin hammers, folding triggers, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with foliate engraved silver cap, and vacant silver escutcheons (steel parts refinished): in their figured mahogany case, probably original, fitted and lined in burgundy velvet with accessories including Dixon & Sons, Sheffield three-way white-metal powder-flask stamped with Dixon's marks for Britannia metal, bright bullet mould and a small pair of threaded rowel spurs, the exterior of the lid with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 3 cm. barrels Footnotes:The maker is Joseph Charles Reilly recorded at 316 High Holborn London, between 1835 and 1847For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Percussion D.B. Box-Lock Travelling Pistols By Alexr. Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th CenturyWith case-hardened octagonal sighted barrels made in one piece, each engraved with a foliate band around the muzzle and signed along the flat simulated rib, breeches decorated with foliate scrollwork, border engraved case-hardened actions and dolphin hammers (one an old replacement) decorated en suite, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with case-hardened ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with foliate scrollwork centred on a flower-head, vacant silver escutcheons, blued trigger-guards each decorated en suite with the actions, blued triggers and under-ribs, stirrup ramrods each engraved with a flower-head on the tip, and retaining nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including powder-flask (cut-off spring missing) and steel bullet mould, Birmingham proof marks 12 cm. barrels This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of Percussion Box-Lock Belt PistolsBy B. Cogswell, 224 Strand, London, No. 842, Circa 1855With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved around the muzzle and signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened breeches and border engraved actions decorated with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammers en suite, engraved safety-catches, border engraved case-hardened trigger-guards each decorated with scrolling foliage, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with border engraved case-hardened ovoidal butt-cap with scroll engraved hinged circular butt-trap cover, vacant silver escutcheons, blued belt hooks, stirrup ramrods each engraved with a flower-head on the tip, and retaining much of their original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including Sykes brass-mounted powder-flask, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 9.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:Benjamin Cogswell is recorded at 224 Strand, London between 1850 and 1863This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 50-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Box-Lock Belt PistolBy H. Tatham, Charing Cross, London, Mid-19th CenturyWith sighted barrels engraved around the muzzles and signed in full along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved action (safety-catches missing) and hammers (retaining screws replaced), trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover decorated en suite, finely chequered figured rounded butt, vacant silver escutcheon, belt hook, and stirrup ramrod engraved with a flower-head on the tip (old surface rust patination), London proof marks; together with a 14-bore percussion d.b. sporting gun in poor condition (worn and rust patinated, hammers replaced), Birmingham proof marks, a .177 Webley Service Air rifle Mark II, no. 5126 (some light surface rust, stock chipped on one side behind the action, butt-plate split), a leather shot-flask and a leather ammunition pouch (both in worn condition) (5)The first 7.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:Henry Tatham is recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1834 and the year of his death in 1860For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 60-Bore Percussion Four-Barrel Box-Lock Turn-Over Pistol, And A Cased 25-Bore Percussion D.B. Box-Lock Pistol The first By Lang, 7 Hay Market, London, The Second Signed Cook & Son, Both Mid-19th CenturyThe first with hand-rotated sighted barrel-block with four integral ribs, the top and bottom ribs each signed in full between foliage, border engraved action (one safety-catch incomplete), dolphin hammers and mounts all decorated with scrolling foliage, the latter comprising trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-trap with hinged cover, chequered figured rounded butt, vacant silver escutcheon, and replacement steel ramrod (some pitting overall), London proof marks; the second engraved 'Joseph Bourne' along the top flat, signed border engraved action (one hammer and tang screw replaced) decorated with foliate scrollwork, trigger-guard en suite, chequered figured rounded butt, foliate engraved ovoidal butt-trap with hinged circular cover engraved as a flower-head, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (rod replaced, now plated over old wear and rust patination): in later mahogany case lined in navy blue baize with reproduction brass powder-flask and bullet mould, Birmingham proof marks (2)7.5 cm. and 10.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Joseph 1 Lang is recorded at 7 Haymarket, London between 1825 and 1852For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 40-Bore Percussion D.B. Rifled Travelling PistolSigned E.M. Reilly & Co., London, Circa 1860With browned twist octagonal barrels (loose, top rib missing, bottom rib incomplete) each rifled with eight grooves, case-hardened breeches engraved with lines of foliage between, case-hardened tang, signed locks and dolphin hammers all decorated with scrolling foliage, trigger-guard en suite and retaining much of its original blueing, figured full stock with chequered rounded butt, vacant silver escutcheon, stirrup ramrod, and much original finish: in its lined and fitted mahogany case (moth damaged) with some accessories including powder-flask with embossed copper body, the exterior of the lid with folding brass handle, London proof marks 11 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 54-Bore Percussion Rifled Over-And-Under Belt Pistols By Pritchett & Son, London, Circa 1855With recoloured long sighted barrels each signed along the top flat, engraved around the muzzles and rifled with numerous grooves, border engraved case-hardened actions and hammers decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former with engraved safety-catches, recoloured trigger-guards decorated en suite, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with stepped ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with scrolling foliage, vacant silver escutcheons, and recoloured belt hooks, under-ribs and stirrup ramrods, the latter each engraved with a flower-head on the tip: in wooden case fitted and lined in plum velvet with some accessories including reproduction white-metal powder-flask with ovoidal body, and nipple-key, London proof marks 18.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Richard Ellis Pritchett & Son are recorded at 7 Poultry, London between 1853 and 1855. The Company was succeeded by Robert Taylor Pritchard who together with W.E. Metford invented the Pritchett rifle bullet for which they were awarded £1,000 in 1854, the same year Pritchard was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company. In 1865 he retired and took up art, becoming Private Painter in Watercolours to Queen Victoria. He died in 1907For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of Fine 50-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Box-Lock Travelling Pistols By Forsyth & Co., Patent , London, Nos. 4225 And 4226, Circa 1838With border engraved case-hardened barrel-blocks each signed along the sighted top flat (one with minor bruising along one edge), nipple-bolsters each with pierced platinum plug, border engraved case-hardened actions decorated with foliate scrolls, dolphin hammers en suite and each with engraved safety-catch behind, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with blued hinged border engraved ovoidal butt-trap cover decorated with a flower-head, vacant silver escutcheons, blued foliate scroll engraved trigger-guards, blued triggers, the forward one hinged against a spring for a gloved hand, stirrup ramrods each retained by a clip on the blued under-rib, and retaining virtually all their original finish: in original mahogany case relined in blue velvet with some accessories including G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask (cut-off lever incomplete), the interior of the lid (one corner chipped) with original lining and maker's trade label (damaged), the exterior of the lid (old splits) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a folding brass carrying handle, London proof marks 6 cm. barrels Footnotes:LiteratureD.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, p. 54This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion PistolsSigned Nock, London, Mid-19th CenturyWith twist octagonal sighted barrels (some light rust patination) each retaining some browning beneath, foliate engraved breeches each with two white-metal lines, foliate engraved tangs, signed border engraved back-action locks and dolphin hammers, figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt with white-metal butt-cap en suite with the locks, foliate engraved steel trigger-guards each with pineapple-shaped finial, vacant white-metal escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod, the other replaced: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in plum velvet with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, the exterior of the lid (old split) with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 20.3 cm. barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com