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Click here to subscribeA late Victorian curved silver hip flask, marks rubbed, London, 1895?, 9.8cm, gross 4 oz, (old repair), with tired engraved monogram.CONDITION: Monogram is tired. Some tarnishing. Silver solder repair down left side. Small dent to bottom left front corner. Minor surface scratches in general. Hallmarks rubbed.
Oban 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 43% 70cl in original cardboard tube (one bottle), Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey, 40% vol 70cl (one bottle), Bell's 8 Year Old, 40% 10cl, gift set complete with stainless steel hip flask and hand warmer, Jim Beam Tasting Set: Jim Beam; Jim Beam Black; Jim Beam Red Stag, (three 5cl bottles), Beefeater London Dry Gin, 40% 70cl (one bottle), Fever-Tree G&T Tasting Set, comprising Tanqueray Imported London Dry Gin, 43.1% vol 5cl, Martin Miller's Gin, 5cl, Fever-Tree Tonic Water, Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water and two Dartington glasses, Armagnac Tenareze (one bottle), Comte De Lauvia Armagnac 12 Year Old XO, (one bottle), Chambord Liqueur, (one bottle), Calvados, (one bottle), Metaxa 5 Star, Greek spirit (one bottle) (11)
Antlers/Horns: A Quantity of Roebuck Antlers / European Mouflon Horns, Antler Furniture, comprising forty sets of adult and juvenile Roebuck antlers on cut upper frontlets, three sets of 3-4 year old adult European Mouflon horns, twenty sets of European Wild Boar tusks on various shields, a large single Bull horn mounted with copper fitting, a Cow horn powder flask, an antler mounted bowl stand, an antler mounted jewellery stand etc, (four boxes)
BENTLEY; a chrome Flying V car mascot raised on wooden plinth base, height 8.5cm, a silver plated desk clock with Bentley emblem, height 7.5cm, and a similar hip flask (3).Additional InformationGeneral wear to each, wear to the chrome. The clock is currently not functioning, scratches to the silver plate.
A group of silver plated items including numerous hip flasks and cups, some with monograms, tea caddies, a purse, base metal beakers, etc.Additional InformationHeavy wear throughout all the items. Hip flask with dents, scratches. Some are monogrammed. Heavy wear to the plate throughout. Two tea caddies have heavy wear.
A collection of small blue and white porcelainsmostly 19th/20th centuaryIncluding a moon flask painted with dragons, a square brush pot painted with calligraphy, together with seven further vases including three snuff bottles, moon flask 20.3cm high (9).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Motoring Interest / Bentley: A Ruddspeed chome spirit decanter / flask modelled as a Bentley 3 litre radiator with enamel red badge, stamped on the upper back circa 1960s, 20 cm high, CR: small indentation to the lower rim, wear to chrome commensurate with age Note: Ruddspeed of Worthing made a limited range of these decanters in the 1960's
An Unusual Cased 14-Bore Flintlock Officer's PistolBy Arthur Francis, 2nd. Drag.n. Gd.s, Circa 1820With rebrowned twist sighted barrel, case-hardened patent breech (some old pitting) with rectangular platinum-lined crowned maker's stamp, platinum-lined touch-hole and line, foliate scroll engraved tang partly against a matted ground and with back-sight, border engraved flat lock and cock (retaining screw replaced) decorated with foliage, the former with rainproof pan, roller and engraved safety-catch, figured full stock (repaired at the front of the lock) with broadly chequered rounded butt, D-shaped spur trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and decorated with a foliate scroll on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, turned rear ramrod-pipe, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod: in lined and fitted oak case, probably original, with brass-mounted powder-flask embossed on each side of the body, steel bullet mould and patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (damaged) of William Bond, 59 Lombard Street, London of circa 1820-26, the exterior with brass escutcheon incorporating flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 21 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceA.N. Kennard BA, FSA (1911-1995), former Assistant Master, H.M. Tower of LondonChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 27 March 1996, lot 144For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pistols By John Manton, London, Nos. 4205 And 4206 For 1804With rebrowned twist octagonal scratch-rifled barrels, the top barrels each signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, gold line at the rear and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy, foliage and with a starburst behind the large back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with a small martial trophy on the tail, border engraved 'French' cocks, the top jaws numbered respectively with a foliate '1' and '2', semi-rainproof pans, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, flattened chequered figured butts, blued steel trigger-guards each serial numbered in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, gold escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (two compartments with minor repairs) with accessories including unusual brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with body covered in red leather, turnscrew, double-ended bone pan brush and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage) for circa 1798-1815, the exterior (some old bruising, old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular escutcheon engraved with owner's crest 20.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceField Marshal Sir Francis Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL. Almost certainly acquired from his friend and fellow collector W. Keith Neal Sotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms & Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 260LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1996, p. 81D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.33The crest is that of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871) 10th Baronet of Column John, Tory Member of Parliament for Devon. The family had considerable estates at Holnicote and were created Baronets for their support of Charles IFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Colt 1849 Model Pocket Percussion RevolverNo. 6236 For 1855With blued octagonal sighted barrel with London address, blued cylinder with roll engraved stagecoach hold-up scene, case-hardened frame stamped 'Colts Patent' on the left side, case-hardened rammer and hammer, blued trigger, silvered trigger-guard (minor losses of silvering) and back-strap, varnished figured rounded grips, matching numbers, and much original finish (some loss of blueing): in original maple case (some damage at the locks) fitted and lined in burgundy velvet with accessories including James Dixon & Sons flask with unusually long nozzle, split-ring for suspension and retaining nearly all its original lacquered finish, and steel bullet mould stamped 'Colt's Patent', the interior of the lid with Directions for Loading and Cleaning label (minor old staining), the exterior with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 12.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Liège 54-Bore Percussion Adams Patent 1851 Model Double-Action Five-Shot RevolverBy A. Francotte, Licenced By Deane, Adams & Deane, London, No. 72456, Mid-19th CenturyWith reblued octagonal sighted barrel, border engraved top-strap engraved 'A. Francotte Licenced By Deane, Adams & Deane, London' (engraving refreshed), border engraved cylinder and reblued frame each stamped with the licensee's crowned marks, the latter engraved 'Adams Patent No. 72456' on one side and stamped with 'Adams Patent 1851' mark on the other, 1854 patent rammer, bright arbor pin with retaining screw, recoloured trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap, chequered figured rounded butt, and in refurbished condition: in contemporary relined and refitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask in fair condition, and brass bullet mould, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, Liège proof 16 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased 54-Bore Percussion Early Beaumont-Adams Patent Double-Action Five-Shot Revolver By R. Adams & Comp.y., London, Nos., B1466. And 14781.R., Circa 1855With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and with double line borders along the angles, signed border engraved top-strap, blued serial numbered cylinder and frame, the former engraved around the forward edge, the latter decorated with scrolling foliage, blued 1854 patent rammer, cylinder safety-stop, and arbor pin with retaining screw, trigger-guard (some loss of finish) and ovoidal butt-cap en suite with the frame, the latter with circular hinged butt-trap cover engraved with a scallop shell, chequered figured rounded butt, and retaining most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with split-ring for suspension, and Adams patent brass bullet mould, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 14.7 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms, 20 October 1976, lot 120For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Joseph Manton, London, No. 4261 For 1807With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with martial trophies, a rocaille and with a starburst behind the tall back-sight, signed case-hardened border engraved flat detented locks each decorated with a small trophy at the tail and with a starburst behind the rainproof pan, foliate engraved cocks, engraved safety-catches, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, the steels each engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent', and numbered respectively '1911' and '1912', figured half-stocks (minor old bruising) with chequered rounded butts and dark horn fore-end caps, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-caps each decorated with a martial trophy, trigger-guards en suite and each serial numbered in an oval on the bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrods, and retaining most of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (some old moth damage and a minor repair in front of the lock, one compartment lid missing) with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (minor scuffs), steel bullet mould and pan-brush, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (some damage and staining) for circa 1805-10, the exterior (old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon 24 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers 1966, p. 238D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.91For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Cased Pair Of Irish 100-Bore Percussion All-Steel Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Circa 1835With turn-off barrels each stamped respectively with Irish registration number 'WB 135'and 'WB 136' for Waterford Borough, and numbered '1' and '2' respectively on the barrel-lug, one-piece actions and butts each signed in gothic script on the left side and decorated with characteristic foliate engraving, the top of the actions with a starburst forward of a notched back-sight, foliate engraved hammers acting on three bents, and folding triggers, the butts each pierced to form a barrel-key: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and turnscrew, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with a slender parquetry border 4.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePhillips, Son & Neale, London, Arms And Armour..., 25 February 1988, lot 184W. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 157LiteratureD.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmaker's, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 75, pl. 25For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine And Rare Cased 80-Bore Percussion Target Pistol With Telescopic Sight And Attachable Skeleton Butt By Robertson, Haddington, No. 442, Mid-19th CenturyWith brown twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight bright grooves, signed along the top flat and fitted with blued dovetailed mounts for the telescopic sight, border engraved case-hardened breech decorated with foliate scrollwork and with pierced platinum plug, case-hardened tang decorated en suite, signed border engraved case-hardened flat detented lock and dolphin hammer decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved safety-catch (defective), highly figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded grip, the latter with chequered steel mount for the skeleton butt, border engraved steel mounts decorated en suite with the lock and comprising blued serial numbered trigger-guard, case-hardened ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover, and rear ramrod-pipe, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted veneered mahogany case with accessories including browned twist telescopic sight (leather eyepiece perished) signed 'Adie & Son, Edinburgh', brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter, mallet and other items, the interior of the lid housing the black leather-covered (some loss of finish) skeleton butt and with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, the whole set in fine condition, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:A J. Robertson is recorded in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland between 1840 and 1851A handwritten tag offered with the lot reads: 'This pistol is one of two made for Sir David Davidson of Morningside, Edinburgh (verified)'Sir David Davidson was born in Haddington, Perthshire in 1811 and died in Edinburgh in 1900. His citation reads 'retired Major of The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade and the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), and the monument at his burial place records that he was Bombay Army and Colonel of the Queen's Edinburgh Volunteer Brigade. His son, David Albert Davidson (born 1854), is recorded as living in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1901For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 54-Bore Percussion Beaumont-Adams Patent Double-Action Five-Shot Revolver, A Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, And A Percussion Box-Lock Pocket Pistol The First By Robert Adams, 76 King William Street, London, Circa 1860, The Second Signed Calvert, Leeds, Early 19th Century, The Third Signed Edw.d, Weston, Lewes, Mid-19th CenturyThe first with octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top-strap, indistinctly serial numbered cylinder (old bruising) and border engraved frame, the latter with safety-stop, rammer of Kerr-type, arbor pin and screw catch, trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap, and chequered rounded butt (some pitting and reblueing overall), Birmingham proof marks; the second and third each of characteristic form, the first signed on one side and decorated with a martial trophy on the other, and with flat-sided butt (some pitting, top jaw and screw replaced), Birmingham proof marks; the third signed within an oval amid foliage over each side, folding trigger, and figured flat-sided butt with vacant white-metal escutcheon (some wear and rust patination, hammer-nose chipped, safety-catch missing), Birmingham proof marks; together with a reproduction powder-flask of revolver type with two spare adjustable nozzles, a brass-mounted powder-flask embossed with a scallop shell on each side (some dents, spring detached), and three shot-flasks (in poor condition) (8)The first 14.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare Cased 19-Bore Forsyth Patent Roller Primer Sporting GunBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Maker's, London, No. 410, Circa 1811With rebrowned twist barrel with silver fore-sight, signed along the top of the breech and with a short flat at the top and on each side, case-hardened patent breech with two gold lines, engraved serial numbered primer, border engraved tang decorated with a brace of pheasants amid foliage, signed case-hardened serial numbered flat bevelled lock decorated with starbursts and with gamebirds in landscapes at the stepped tail, striker decorated with foliage en suite, finely figured half-stock (minor old bruising) with chequered grip and silver fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some pitting) decorated with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, blued trigger-guard decorated with a similar scene on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment divider loose) with numerous accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (priming-flask missing), leather shot-belt, and circular boxes, one for original grease, the interior of the lid with large illustrated trade label of second design (for 1809-11) between two smaller labels relating respectively to Priming Powder and Grease, the exterior (old splits, one along the back with three contemporary brass securing straps) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceH.H. HarrodW. Keith Neal Collection, C177. Acquired from the above in 1938Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 20ExhibitedThe Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, 28-30 July 2000Literature:W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852,, 1969, pp. 4-6, 37, pls. 13, 14, 16, 17, 57, 58, 78, and colour 2D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 17, 18, 37, pls. 6, 7, 17d, 48a-b, 59, and colour pl. IIIA typewritten note signed by the late owner and formerly with the lot describes this as 'the most perfect and complete set of an original Forsyth Gun in existence...'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target PistolsBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gunmaker's, London, Nos. 4010 and 4011, Circa 1835With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels signed along the top flat, case-hardened octagonal breeches each with two platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with a design of foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented back-action locks each engraved with foliage and with blued safety-catch, hammers en suite with the locks, highly figured butts each with chequered grip and flat ovoidal pommel, blued D-shaped spur trigger-guards each decorated with three flower-heads within swirling foliage, vacant silver escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods each with horn terminal, and retaining much of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with red leather-covered body, powder-dispenser, steel bullet mould numbered '4010' and mainspring clamp, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label of sixth design for 1828-38, and owner's armorial bookplate of William Edward Royds, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved 'William Edward Royds, Rochdale', and centred on a circular brass escutcheon engraved with his crest and motto, London proof marks 24 cm. barrels Footnotes:Previously unrecordedFor a very similar cased pair of pistols (nos. 4129 and 4130) see D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co. Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, pl. 39For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare Cased 54-Bore Rifled Target Pistol With Left-Hand LockBy James Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 1784 For 1829With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat and rifled with sixteen bright spiral grooves, case-hardened patent breech stamped '1764' and with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, tang finely engraved with a scallop shell and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock and dolphin hammer decorated with foliate scrollwork, engraved blued safety-catch, ebonised half-stock with rounded chequered butt, border engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising ovoidal pommel-cap engraved with a feathered design centred on the retaining screw engraved as a flower-head, trigger-guard with a martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial engraved with a scallop shell and fore-end cap with a starburst, adjustable set trigger, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and some old finish (minor surface pitting, mainly on the barrel): in oak case fitted and lined in red baize with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with body covered in black pigskin, loading rod and mallet, and steel bullet mould numbered '2755', the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, London proof marks 24.4 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 164LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.123, pl. 453L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys,1996, pp. 64 and 131Originally sold to Falconer Atlee Esq. of Wandsworth on 28 September 1829 as a 'best finished Pistol with Mahogany case and apparatus' for £15 plus part exchange: the case and accessories £3.13.16d.This pistol has the distinction of being the only single-barrelled Purdey pistol recorded with a left-hand lock. It is also the earliest recorded instance of a Purdey pistol with a blackened stock. Whatever the purpose of its unusual design, it was returned to Purdey, who within four months of the original sale, sold it to his son-in-law, Joseph LangFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Cased 16-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Two Pairs Of BarrelsBy John Manton, London, Nos. 5903 And 5904 For 1812With rebrowned twist barrels (ribs and lug of 5904 loose) each with gold fore-sight, recessed patent breeches with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamps, gold lines and platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy, basket of foliage and a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat locks serial numbered '5903', each decorated with a hare at the square tail and with engraved 'French' cock, rainproof pan (some pitting) and large roller, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate stamped with Irish registration mark 'CW-1009' for Co. Carlow and decorated on the heel tang with two pointers in a landscape, scroll trigger-guard serial numbered '5903' in a starburst on the scroll and decorated with a sporting trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, gold escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former engraved with owner's initials, and original brass-mounted ramrods (steel parts with light rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including a pair of original spare steels, later brass-mounted powder-flask embossed with deer surmounted by a hound on each side, leather shot-belt, turnscrew (handle bruised), red leather flint wallet, shot dispensers and patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1798 to 1815, the exterior (some minor damage, bone keyhole escutcheon incomplete) with flush fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 79.5 cm. and 77 cm. barrels Footnotes:LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, p. 91D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 41For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Cased 17-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun By Beckwith, London, No. 1924, Circa 1810Converted from sliding primer, with re-browned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in gold gothic script along the rib, and with two gold lines in front of each breech, breeches each with pierced platinum plug and three gold lines between, tang engraved with foliage inhabited by a game bird and a gun dog's mask, flat locks each signed in gothic script and decorated on the tail with foliage issuing from an eagle's head, all within a border of guilloche, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock (repaired during the gun's working life with an iron plate secured by screws around the trigger-plate finial) with chequered grip, border engraved russet steel butt-plate and trigger-guard each decorated with scrolling foliage, the latter retaining some original blueing on the inside, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe with finial en suite, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's monogram, and brass-tipped ramrod: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in faded navy blue velvet with some accessories including Sykes patent powder-flask with bevelled bag-shaped body and adjustable flip-top (cut-off spring incomplete), four burnished steel double-ended shot dispensers (one lid missing), and a burnished steel oil bottle, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label (stained), the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:William Andrew Beckwith was apprenticed to Wattell Clark in 1785 and was elected Master of the Gunmaker's Company in 1808, 1814, 1825 and 1840, the year before his death. He is recorded at 58 Skinner Street between 1802 and 1841. In 1811 the Rev. Alexander Forsyth took a lawsuit against Beckwith successfully claiming that the 'patent' sliding primer lock was covered by his patent of 1807, although it is thought that the lock was actually invented by Joseph Vickers, a former workman of Forsyth's. For more information see D.H.L. Back,Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 155, 176-7 and 198For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased 1862 Model Police Percussion RevolverNo. 13791 For 1862With blued sighted barrel with New-York address, blued fluted cylinder, case-hardened frame stamped 'Colt's Patent' on the left side, case-hardened rammer, silvered brass trigger-guard and back-strap (some wear), varnished figured rounded grips, matching numbers, and much of its original finish: in original fitted oak case lined in green velvet with accessories including James Dixon & Sons flask with long nozzle and retaining much of its original finish, and steel bullet mould stamped 'Colt's Patent', the interior of the lid with Directions for Loading and Cleaning label (some narrow tears), the exterior with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 14 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 April 2008, lot 333For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Powder-Flask And Bullet-Pouch For A Wheel-Lock Tschinke In Mid-17th Century StyleWith wooden body of octagonal section inlaid with staghorn scrolls and pellets inhabited by running hounds and hares enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl ball-flowers, the top with white staghorn plate engraved with a squirrel and fitted with an engraved cut-off and turned nozzle, rounded terminal engraved with a coat-of-arms, and buff leather pouch secured by brass nails each with notched domed head 9 cm. Footnotes:Cf. a fine example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 212For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusually Cased Pair Of French 50-Bore Flintlock Rifled Box-Lock PistolsBy De Boubert A Paris, Circa 1815With turn-off cannon barrels numbered '1' and '2' respectively at the octagonal breeches and each rifled with eight grooves, border engraved actions signed in script beneath the rounded breeches and each decorated with a design of neo-classical foliage on both sides, border engraved button safety-catches also locking the engraved steels, engraved cocks, folding triggers engraved en suite with the actions, figured rounded butts each carved on both sides with overlapping scales within foliate borders, and along the back with overlapping leaves: in original fitted oval case covered in burgundy leather and lined in green baize (interior of the lid moth damaged, one lock-catch missing) with accessories comprising brass-mounted lanthorn powder-flask and combined steel bullet mould, barrel-wrench and sprue-cutter 7.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsDe Boubert is recorded in Paris between 1812 and 1830. On 22 September 1820 he was granted a patent for a fulminate powder for use in percussion capsOffered with a handwritten postcard from W. Keith Neal giving details of the maker and his claim 'to be one of the early inventors of percussion.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Officer's Pistols Of Carbine BoreBy James Stevens, 43 High Holborn, London, No. 1008, Circa 1820With browned twist sighted barrels each signed in full along the top flat, platinum-lined touch-holes, foliate engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight, signed border engraved flat bevelled case-hardened locks each decorated with foliage and with semi-rainproof pan, engraved cock and safety-catch, and blued steel-spring with roller, figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt, blued foliate engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards and trigger-plates, the latter each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons, dark horn fore-end caps, stirrup ramrods, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (some old moth damage, central compartment loose) with accessories including Sykes copper powder-flask retaining much of its original finish, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (damaged), the exterior with brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks15.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceE.J. Churchill Collection, Orange Street Gunworks, LondonChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 27 October 1993, lot 313Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 24 November 1999, lot 263For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Fine Cased .450 (52-Bore) Percussion Whitworth Patent Sporting And Target RifleBy The Whitworth Patent Rifle Company, No. 271, Circa 1860With blued barrel rifled with five bright spiral grooves and engraved 'Whitworth . Patent' along the top in front of the back-sights, the latter comprising two folding leaf-sights for 100 and 200 yards respectively and each with central gold line, and folding adjustable long range sight calibrated from 300 to 1000 yards and also with central gold line, blued fore-sight, breech flat engraved with foliage at the terminal, border engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a prone stag on the flat and with platinum plug, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with scrolling foliage, case-hardened border engraved flat detented lock engraved 'Whitworth Patent' and decorated with foliate scrollwork, hammer en suite and inhabited by an eagle and serpent, a blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock (minor scratches on the side-flat) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved case-hardened steel mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and comprising butt-plate with pineapple-shaped finial, circular hinged patch-box cover engraved with a stag pursued by a hound in a landscape within a border of scrollwork, vacant silver escutcheon, engraved sling button, and retaining virtually all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment with minor damage) retaining the compartment covers each with bone knob, and with accessories including G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin, Whitworth bullet mould and hand tools, T-shaped combination tool with spare nipples, brass-mounted ramrod and japanned ammunition box, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior (minor old splits) with vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 74.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 55-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Peacock, London, Circa 1820With turn-off barrels each engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, signed rounded actions decorated with foliage and each signed beneath the rectangular pan over each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, the latter each with blued spring with rollers, blued folding triggers, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with silver cap engraved with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, and vacant silver escutcheons: in their contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask covered in black leather, the interior of the lid with Lang's trade label for circa 1827, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 4 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby & Co., London, Good Antique And Modern Firearms, Armour And Edged Weapons, 13 December 1971, lot 149The maker is almost certainly William Peacock recorded at various West End addresses between 1819 and 1824. His trade label states 'from Mr. Joseph Manton'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare And Unusually Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Rifled Turn-Off Belt Pistols With The Crest Of The Dukes Of RutlandBy Tatham & Egg, London, Early 19th Century, London Silver Hallmarks, Maker's Mark Of Michael BarnettWith barrels each with silver fore-sight, rifled with seven spiral grooves and fitted beneath with hinged lever of swelling tapering section with button terminal, signed breeches, border engraved box-lock actions each decorated with a martial trophy on the tang plate and on the left side, border engraved cocks decorated with foliage, blued external steel-springs each with roller, blued sprung trigger-guards each engraved with foliage on the bow and securing the lever, belt hooks, figured rounded butts each with silver escutcheon on the right side engraved with owner's crest above the monogram 'FMS', and finely cast silver lion and rampart butt-caps: in original lined and fitted two-tier mahogany case (minor moth damage) with accessories including later brass-mounted powder-flask, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle 7.6 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Henry Tatham & Joseph Egg, Gunmakers & Sword Cutlers to George III, are recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1801 and 1814An old handwritten label offered with the lot reads: 'Chandos Morgan's guns given to him by his father.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Fine Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Robert Wogdon, London, Circa 1780With browned swamped octagonal barrels each signed along the top flat, engraved with a transverse band of beadwork at the rear of the breech and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened foliate engraved tangs each decorated with a band of beadwork en suite in front of the back-sight, signed case-hardened flat bevelled detented locks and cocks, the former each retained by two screws and with safety-catch and blued steel-spring, the internal working parts retaining their original burnished finish, figured full stocks with swelling flat-sided butts, blued border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-caps each engraved with foliage on the tang and with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, set triggers, horn-tipped ramrods, one probably original, the other shortened, and in exceptional condition retaining nearly all their original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted oak case (slight damage on the inner right side) with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with black leather body, turnscrew and mainspring-clamp, the exterior of the lid with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks and Wogdon's barrelsmith's mark 25.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, Modern Sporting Guns and Firearms; Arms, Armour and Militaria, 8 December 1988, lot 358For related examples see John O'Sullivan & DeWitt Bailey, Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819, 2019, pp. 145-147 and 150For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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