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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

A Fine Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Silver-Mounted Percussion Duelling Pistols By Jover, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1777, Maker's Mark Of John King, Converted From Flintlock By William Hollis, Cheltenham, Circa 1850With browned octagonal sighted barrels each signed in script along the top flat, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with back-sight, foliate engraved tangs, signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks finely decorated with scrolling foliage and each with sliding safety-catch behind the dolphin hammer, figured full stocks each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, mounts cast and chased in low relief and comprising pierced foliate side-plates involving a scallop shell and flower-heads, escutcheons engraved with owner's crest and initials and framed by inlaid silver wire scrollwork, spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap framed by foliate strapwork, trigger-guards in the French taste each with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, silver ramrod-pipes, adjustable set triggers, horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped ramrods, one original: in the converter's fitted mahogany case lined in dark velvet with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with William Hollis's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 23.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 28 July 2005, lot 379LiteraturePeter Finer sale catalogue, 1995, no. 108Allan Kirk, 'An Intriguing Cased Pair of Duelling Pistols', Classic Arms & Militaria, vol. 10, issue no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 34-35 (illustrated)Cf. a related pair of pistols, Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 198For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Colt 1851 Model Navy Percussion Revolver With War Department MarksNo. 19621 For 1855With blued octagonal sighted barrel with London address and stamped War Department mark on the left side, cylinder with roll engraved naval engagement scene, case-hardened frame stamped 'Colt's Patent' on the left side, rammer, steel trigger-guard and back-strap, varnished figured rounded grips pierced for a lanyard, the left one stamped with War Department mark, and the bottom flat with Ordnance marks 'E6' and '16', both crowned, matching numbers, and some original finish (some wear and surface rust patination): in later lined and fitted wooden case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons flask (dented), and steel bullet mould (some pitting) stamped 'Colt's Patent', the interior of the lid with reproduction directions label, London proof marks 19 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 April 2008, lot 319One of 14,000 ordered by the Board of Ordnance for the Army in 1855, of which few surviveFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Percussion Travelling PistolsBy Henry Tatham Jun.r., Circa 1840With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened breeches each engraved with a foliate scroll on top between platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, border engraved case-hardened tangs decorated with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite and retaining nearly all their original lacquer, the former each with engraved safety-catch, highly figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, the latter each with border engraved silver cap decorated with a starburst around the retaining screw, blued steel D-shaped trigger-guards and slotted rear ramrod-pipes, the former each with pineapple-shaped finial and decorated with scrolling foliage on the bow, blued triggers, dark horn fore-end caps (one with minor repair), vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, and retaining nearly all their original finish: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in plum velvet with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (scuffed, seam open), steel bullet mould and bright steel oil bottle, the interior of the lid (slender old split along the back) with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 6 cm. barrels Footnotes:Henry Tatham Jun.r. is recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1834 and 1860, the year of his deathFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Barber & Boaler, Newark, Circa 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat forward of the breech and stamped along the bottom flat with crowned 'IS' mark and 'Stubs Twisted', case-hardened breeches each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with a martial trophy amid foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail and with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan, cocks engraved en suite including the top-jaws and screws, and blued steel-springs each with roller, the internal working parts retaining their brightly burnished finish, highly figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt including outlined pommel, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued adjustable set triggers, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm and the other with threaded powder-measure over a further worm, and retaining virtually all their original finish: in later lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (scuffed), case-hardened mainspring clamp and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with earlier illustrated trade label of Isaac Barber for circa 1773-98, the exterior with circular escutcheon, probably from the original case, incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle and both with finely beaded borders, private Birmingham proof marks 21.6 cm. barrels Footnotes:Barber & Boaler are recorded in Newark, Nottinghamshire between 1804 and 1816For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Liège 50-Bore Percussion Adams Patent 1851 Model Double-Action Five-Shot RevolverSigned Manuf.d By A. Francotte, Licensed By R. Adams & Co., London, No. 14932, Circa 1860With blued octagonal sighted barrel signed along the top-strap, blued border engraved serial numbered cylinder and frame each stamped with licensee's crowned 'AD' marks, the latter stamped with 'Adams Patent 1851' mark on one side, blued rammer, arbor-pin with spring catch, blued trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap (both with loss of finish), the latter with ring for a lanyard, chequered figured rounded butt, and most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask and blued bullet mould, the interior of the lid with licensee's yellow trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, Liège proof 15.7 cm. barrelFootnotes:For a very similar example sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 251For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare White-Metal 'Courtship' Powder-Flask For Percussion Sporting GunsBy James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, Mid-19th CenturyWith bag-shaped body of copper electrotype coated in silver, made in two halves and decorated in relief over the front with a country sportsman and young woman both in medieval costume and with his gun dog scratching his ear at their feet, framed in branches of oak involving a wolf's mask and hanging game, and surmounted by a stag's head beneath a border of crossed branches, the latter inhabited by a pair of love birds between owls, the back en suite and involving a procession of children with two dogs leading the way, the threaded top stamped with maker's details and 'Quick Loading Fireproof', adjustable nozzle graduated from 2 to 2¾ Drams, sprung cut-off lever, four suspension rings (one replaced), and retaining most of its silvering (some minor wear) 18 cm. highFootnotes:For another example referred to as the 'Courtship' flask see Ray Riling, The Powder Flask Book, 1953, p. 301, fig. 519For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 25-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Travelling Or Howdah PistolBy Sam.L & C. Smith, London, Circa 1840With blued tapering flat-sided barrels made in a single block of octagonal section and engraved on each side with scrolling foliage, signed sighted top flat engraved with foliage between the nipples, nipple-bolsters each with small platinum plug, blued border engraved tang decorated with foliate scrollwork and with a starburst behind the back-sight, blued lower tang engraved en suite, signed case-hardened border engraved back-action locks each with blued safety-catch, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened hammers each with blued detachable nose for Imperial caps, chequered finely figured rounded butt with rounded pommel, blued border engraved trigger-guard decorated with scrolling foliage, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, blued under-rib and stirrup ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish (barrel-block and trigger-guard with some flaking): in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including Sykes patent cylindrical brass-mounted powder-flask in fine condition, steel bullet mould, nipple-wrenches each with flattened figured handle, and bags of lead balls, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with brass escutcheon and flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 18 cm. barrel-blockFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 17 December 2013, lot 82The Peter Dineley CollectionThe crest is that of the Earls of Liverpool (extinct 1851), almost certainly for Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851)The unusual form of the butt is believed to be intended for shooting down from an elephant howdahFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Four Accessories Relating To Antique Firearms, And A Door Lock With KeyAll 19th CenturyComprising a small brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped copper body (minor dents and staining), brass top stamped 'Dixon & Sons Patent', graduated nozzle, blued cut-off spring, and much of its lacquered finish; a brass-mounted powder-flask for pistols, the bag-shaped body with bevelled edge, one side scratch engraved with initial 'H', and brass top (cut-off spring incomplete); a mainspring clamp, the 'butterfly' grip stamped '1188'; a white-metal powder and slot measure, the adjustable measure graduated from '1' to '2¼ ' ounces of shot, and from '2½' to '5¼ ' Drams of powder, and with turned ebonised handle; the last of characteristic form (6)The first 9 cm., the last 23.5 cm. X 14.2 cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Maker's London, Nos. 2920 And 2921, Circa 1822With octagonal sighted border engraved barrels each signed in full along the length of the top flat, serial numbered border engraved actions each finely engraved with designs of symmetrical foliage, engraved hammers and safety-catches en suite, folding triggers, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with threaded border engraved silver pommel-cap decorated with a flower-head, one opening to reveal the two-piece metal ramrod, and vacant silver escutcheons: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in green velvet with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped papier-mâché(?) body, turnscrew retaining its brass pricker, and ivory priming-flask housing two spare strikers for the hammers, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark 8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C111Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 161Literature:W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, pp. 12-13, pls. 6, 30 and 31 Joseph G. Rosa and Robin May, The Pleasure of Guns. The beautiful and intricate work of famous gunsmith's, 1974, p. 75 (illustrated)D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 23 and 44, pls. 24, 25 and colour pl. IXThe small ivory priming-flask can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 40-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Travelling PistolBy Durs Egg, London, Early 19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist octagonal barrels, the sighted top barrel signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, breech with two gold lines, gold-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with a starburst behind the gold-lined semi-rainproof pan, sliding safety-catches behind each foliate engraved cock (one replaced) and also locking the steels, and rollers each bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, finely chequered figured rounded butt with reblued border engraved butt-cap decorated en suite with the tang, reblued trigger-guard in the French manner, gold escutcheon with traces of owner's crest and initials, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories comprising brass-mounted powder-flask and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 10.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms and Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 266Durs Egg, son of Leonz Egg of Oberbuchsiten, Switzerland, was born in 1748 (d. 1831) and following a short stay in Paris, came to London and worked for John Twigg in 1772. He was granted denization in 1791 and is recognised as one of the greatest London gunmakers. He was gunmaker to George IV and the Duke of York, and was granted various patents during the course of his long and distinguished career. Examples of his work are preserved in the Royal Collection, at Windsor Castle, and many other public and private collections. For full details see Claude Blair, 'The Egg Family, Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.), J.A.A.S.,, vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 305-353For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 17-Bore Flintlock Over-And-Under Travelling Or Officer's Pistol With Attachable Shoulder-StockBy Joseph Egg, London, No. 2638, Circa 1820With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (minor surface patination) signed in gold along the top flat and engraved with the address along the bottom flat, gold lines at the breeches and platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with symmetrical foliage, border engraved case-hardened flat locks each signed and decorated with foliage at the stepped rounded tail, and with a starburst behind the rainproof pan, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and steels each working on a blued external mainspring with link and roller, blued foliate engraved top jaws, finely figured chequered rounded butt with engraved steel mount for the figured take-down skeleton butt with blued sprung-lever catch and engraved locking catch, the top tang engraved 'Joseph Egg', border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-cap decorated with foliage, D-shaped trigger-guard en suite, blued triggers, tubular ramrod-clip, steel ramrod with characteristically chequered tip, and retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (some damage), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'George Drummond' and centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon 16 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C56Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 309See footnote to following lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 32-Bore Percussion Rifled D.B. Travelling PistolBy R. Anderson, 37 Cockspur St., London, No. 163, Circa 1831With brown twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and each rifled with nine grooves, case-hardened breeches engraved with a scallop shell ahead of two platinum lines and each with pierced platinum plug, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite, figured full stock (old vice marks around the lock cavities) with chequered rounded butt, border engraved steel mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and comprising trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial and fore-end cap retained by a screw at the front, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, no provision for a ramrod, and retaining some of its original finish: in later lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, the interior of the lid with trade label of Edward Whistler for 1844-75, the exterior (minor old split at the back) with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 8.9 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Robert Anderson is recorded at 31 Cockspur Street, London in 1831. He was a Journeyman working for Forsyth & Co. between 1812 and 1818 before becoming a gunmaker in his own rightFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased 54-Bore Percussion Adams Patent 1851 Model Self-Cocking Five-Shot Revolver Retailed By Hollis & Sheath, Makers To H.M.H. Board Of Ordnance, No. 30344.B., Mid-19th CenturyWith octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and signed along the top flat, serial numbered cylinder engraved around the forward edge, border engraved frame decorated with foliate scrollwork, trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap en suite, the latter with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a flower-head, safety-stop, arbor-pin and spring-catch, and chequered figured rounded butt (minor chip, wear and light pitting overall): in lined and fitted wooden case with reproduction accessories including powder-flask and bullet mould, the exterior of the case with large vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 16.2 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Fine Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Saw-Handled Flintlock Duelling Pistols By H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St.t., London, Gun-Makers To His Majesty London, No. 1324, Circa 1810With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (one fore-sight missing) each signed in full along the top flat at the breech and rifled up to an inch inside the muzzle, the latter each with platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, grooved case-hardened tangs each engraved with foliate border and incorporating a back-sight, signed case-hardened border engraved serial numbered detented locks each decorated with a martial trophy on the tail, engraved safety-catches, rainproof pans, blued steel-springs with rollers, and foliate engraved 'French' cocks, the internal working parts retaining their brightly burnished finish, figured full stocks (one fore-end with minor splits) each serial numbered in ink on the inside and with grooved spur, chequered rounded butts, oval pommels each inlaid with a border engraved oval bright steel plate, blued steel mounts comprising border engraved spur trigger-guards each engraved with the maker's address in an oval on a martial trophy, case-hardened trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, blued adjustable set triggers, blued turned ramrod-pipes, original horn-tipped ramrods, and most of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with full accessories including later brass-mounted three-way flask, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label for circa 1806-1813, the exterior with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, and with an old paper label pasted on printed 'H. Everard, 29th Regt.', London proof marks and Mortimer's barrelsmith's mark 24.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 11 May 1983, lot 146Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour..., 22 April 2009, lot 344LiteratureH. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, p. 288. For an example of the trade label see p. 276 and for an account of 'secret' rifling see p. 186, pl. 287Harvey Walklate 2 Mortimer was apprenticed to his father in 1791. He was in partnership with his father and uncle as H.W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer between 1800 and 1806, with his father as H. W. Mortimer & Son from 1806 to 1813 and on his own account as a gunmaker at 89 Fleet Street from 1814 to 1816, the year of his retirement to Algar House, Fersfield, NorfolkFor an exceptional pair of very similar pistols (serial no. 1423) by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, see Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 29 July 2004, lot 539For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Side-By-Side Tap-Action PistolsBy Whateley, Probably For John Or Henry Whateley Of Birmingham, Circa 1800With turn-off barrels each engraved around the muzzle and numbered respectively from nothing to '3', border engraved part octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved actions each signed against a martial trophy on one side and decorated with a further martial trophy on the other, large rectangular pairs, thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, trigger-guards each with an engraved flower-head on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts: in their lined and fitted oak case with accessories including three-way powder-flask with leather-covered body, turnscrew retaining its brass pricker, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with trade label of William Bond, 59 Lombard Street, London for circa 1810-1846, the exterior of the lid with reeded edges and flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 6.6 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C72Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 299LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.133, pl. 499For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased .500 Percussion Presentation Sporting RifleUnsigned, Circa 1854With browned twist octagonal sighted barrel (light scattered surface patination) engraved with recipient's name 'J.H. Thornhill Esquire' along the top flat at the breech and rifled with four bright spiral grooves, three blued folding leaf back-sights each with central platinum line, case-hardened breech with two gold lines and engraved with foliate scrollwork on top, pierced platinum plug, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with foliate scrollwork, case-hardened flat detented lock and hammer decorated en suite, highly figured half-stock (minor damage) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved blued steel mounts all decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising butt-plate, spur trigger-guard, case-hardened trigger-plate with shaped finial, blued set trigger, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, sling mounts, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining virtually all its original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (lock mechanism missing) with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask embossed with a scallop shell on each side, brass bullet-mould, patch-cutter and leather sling, the exterior of the lid (old split) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 75.3 cm. barrelFootnotes:A newspaper cutting hand dated April 1854 and pasted to the inside of the lid reads: 'On Tuesday the 18th instant, a handsome case, containing a very superior got up rifle piece, &c, was presented to J.H. Thornhill. Esq., Surgeon, Darlaston by Mr James Wilkes, at the Vine Inn, of the same place, as a mark of gratitude for the kind attention paid to him by that gentleman during his late illness; a circumstance which the medical profession seldom have the opportunity of boasting of.'A James Wilkes is recorded working in Darlaston, Staffordshire between 1854 and 1872For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Irish 31-Bore Percussion Rifled Over-And-Under Single-Trigger PistolBy Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin, Circa 1840With etched twist octagonal sighted barrels each rifled with fifteen grooves, the top barrel engraved with the address within an unetched panel, foliate engraved case-hardened breech-block with pierced platinum plugs, signed border engraved case-hardened back-action locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and with blued safety-catch, dolphin hammers decorated en suite (the right one a working replacement), chequered figured rounded butt, blued border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising shaped butt-cap and trigger-guard, and retaining much of its original finish: in later lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted Sykes powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete) retaining some of its original finish, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon 10.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 161For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Very Rare Cased 38-Bore (.500) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle With Telescopic SightBy John Dickson & Son, 63 Princes Street, Edinburgh, No. 1406 For 1850With browned damascus twist barrels signed along the sighting rib at the breech and each rifled with eleven bright spiral grooves, blued folding leaf back-sights (one missing) from 60 to 180 yards and each with central gold line, and mounts for the original hand-detachable telescopic sight, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with engraved platinum plug and decorated with an eagle on the flat between, border engraved tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed case-hardened flat detented locks and dolphin hammers each decorated en suite within borders of ropework, the former serial numbered on the inside and stamped with initials 'IB' for Joseph Brazier, the latter with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate decorated with scrolling foliage and a roe buck in a landscape on the border engraved heel tang, case-hardened grip-cap engraved with scrolling foliage, trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and decorated with a stag and a hind in a landscape amid scrolling foliage on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with long finial decorated with foliate scrollwork, rear ramrod-pipe with pineapple-shaped finial en suite, circular case-hardened patch-box cover engraved with a prone male lion in a landscape within a foliate scroll border, foliate scroll engraved sling button with knurled edge, grooved forward trigger, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and elaborate monogram, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish: in original brass-mounted oak case fitted and lined in tooled pigskin (minor old marks) with accessories including browned twist telescopic sight signed in full along the top and with leather-mounted eyepiece, brass-mounted powder-flask, circular brass percussion cap dispenser, serial numbered steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter, patch-cutter, lift-out tray fitted for turnscrews, cleaning tools (two replaced, one blade missing) and T-shaped combination tool, mallet, the head faced in leather, and turned circular wooden boxes, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'R.H. Broughton Esq.r' and centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 70 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureDonald Dallas, John Dickson & Son, The Round Action Gunmaker, 2014, pp. 37-39, colour plates. Recorded as 'order dated 27th November 1850 from Robert H. Broughton, 21 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Colt 1849 Model Pocket Percussion RevolverNo. 88067 For 1854With blued octagonal sighted barrel with two line New York City address, blued cylinder with roll engraved stagecoach hold-up scene, case-hardened frame stamped 'Colts Patent' on the left side, rammer, silvered brass trigger-guard and back-strap (some loss of silvering), figured rounded grips (the right one with minor chip at the toe), matching numbers, and retaining much of its original dulled finish: in original mahogany case (exterior of the lid with minor slender splits and damaged at the left hinge) fitted and lined in burgundy velvet with some accessories including brass bullet and reproduction American eagle and crossed revolvers flask 10.2 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, Modern Sporting Guns and Firearms; Arms, Armour and Militaria, 8 December 1988, lot 396For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased .400 (70-Bore) Percussion Seven-Barrelled Goose RifleBy H. Nock, Gun Maker To His Majesty, No. 4518, Circa 1709-95Converted from flintlock, with twist leaf-sighted barrels, signed along the rib between the two top barrels, each barrel cut with seven spiral grooves, case-hardened breech-block with gold line and engraved with a starburst on top, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and a Britannia shield, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed serial numbered flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (rust patinated) decorated with hanging game on the blued heel tang, trigger-guard (loss of finish on the tang) with a recumbent stag in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (one partition loose) with accessories including rare brass charger, gang mould for fourteen balls, three wooden ball holders, brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled elongated body, and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (minor damage and old stains) for circa 1789-1804, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 49.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePiers Mostyn, Bt. (sold in the sale contents of Bredfield Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk in about 1944)W. Keith Neal Collection, C204Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 37LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, p. 110Idem, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p. 119, pl. 435Richard Akehurst, Game Guns and Rifles, 1969, p.18, pl. 22Originally sold in 1995 with two manuscript notes (now missing) by W. Keith Neal, one listing the contents of the case, the other giving instructions for the use of the rifle, including a recommendation to 'pick up the birds quick', confirming that it was intended for geese. Also in the case was a manuscript letter from H. Nock's shop about the rifle, written by Nock's clerk James Wilkinson, who later set up in business on his own as James Wilkinson, gunmakers, a firm that survived until recently as Wilkinson Sword Ltd.Seven-barrel rifles were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour through France (1805), where he described their use on roe deer as well as birds. Thornton even commissioned a fourteen-barrel example, preserved today in the Musée d'Armes in LiègeFor further information on rifles of this type see W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, pp. 109-110For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Percussion Travelling PistolsBy Cartmell Of Doncaster, Circa 1820Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned sighted barrels each engraved with foliage on a ledge in front of the sighting flat, breeches each with three platinum lines, foliate engraved tangs each with back-sight, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage and retaining some case-hardening, hammers en suite and with detachable striker retained by a blued spring, figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, reblued steel trigger-guards and slotted ramrod-pipes, the former each with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrods: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case (some compartments loose) with brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and loading rod, the exterior of the lid with shaped escutcheon and flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'T. Walkden', Birmingham proof marks 9 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 24 November 1999, lot 244Thomas Cartmell is recorded in Manchester, Lancashire between 1817 and 1822For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased .650 (16-Bore) Tubelock Sporting Rifle And 8-Bore Wildfowling Gun By Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 703 and 704, Circa 1830With heavy rebrowned twist octagonal barrel signed along the top flat, leaf-sighted from 150 to 250 yards and rifled with nine spiral grooves, case-hardened recessed patent breech with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and raised platinum-lined touch-hole, the rebrowned twist sighted wildfowling barrel in three-stages, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, and patent breech en suite with the rifle barrel, border engraved tang decorated with a stag's head and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with scrolling foliage, hammer and tube-retainer en suite, the former with engraved safety-catch, the latter acting on an external spring with roller, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip and dark horn fore-end cap, butt with cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts (some rust patination) comprising butt-plate (pitting) decorated with a running stag in a landscape and foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a pointer in a landscape on the bow and with pheasants in a landscape on the tang, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, and associated brass-mounted ramrods: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case with some accessories including Sykes patent brass-mounted powder-flask retaining much of its original lacquered finish, steel bullet and G. & J.W. Hawksley pewter oil bottle, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage), the exterior of the lid (minor chips and old bruising) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 74.2 cm. and 86.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles Lancaster, barrel maker to Joseph Manton, is recorded at 151 New Bond Street between 1829 and the year of his death in 1847For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Brace of 18-Bore Flintlock Commercial Heavy Cavalry Pistols Of 1796 PatternBy Brander & Potts, 70 Minories, London, Early 19th CenturyEach with browned barrel and tang (some old surface patination), flat bevelled lock and ring-neck cock, the former each stamped with maker's details, figured full stock with flattened rounded butt, one stamped with supplier's initials 'B&P' on the side-flat, and 'GW' on the other, regulation brass mounts, and original steel ramrod: in their contemporary lined and fitted deal case (minor moth damage) with earlier three-way powder-flask, steel bullet mould, ramrod and cleaning rod, London proof marks 23.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Martin Brander and Thomas Potts are recorded at 70 Minories and Goodman's Yard between 1802 and 1827. They were Contractors to Ordnance between 1815 and 1820For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 60-Bore Percussion Webley Patent Second Model 'Longspur' Single-Action Five-Shot RevolverRetailed By Henry Hook, Tenterden, Kent, No. 629, Circa 1855With hinged tip-down blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved with foliage around the muzzle, with retailer's details along the top flat, and rifled with three grooves, case-hardened cylinder numbered from '1' to '5' and engraved around the forward edge, blued foliate scroll engraved frame, case-hardened hammer with chequered spur, trigger-guard and butt, the former engraved 'Webley's Patent' on one side, the latter with swivel for suspension and engraved with the serial number and 'By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent' along the back, hinged case-hardened rammer secured by a blued spring-catch on the right side of the action, chequered figured rounded grips, and most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (minor relining) with accessories including wedge-shaped powder-flask retaining much of its original finish, bullet mould and zinc bullet box, the interior of the lid with Webley's illustrated Directions for Cleaning and Loading label, the exterior with vacant shield-shaped brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 12.6 cm. barrelFootnotes:LiteratureA.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith, The Revolver 1818-1865, 1968, p. 254This revolver incorporates James Webley's British Patent No. 743 of 1853. For more information see A.W.F. Taylerson, 'James Webley Single Action Revolvers', J.A.A.S., vol. II (1956-58), pp. 145-157Henry Hook is recorded in Tenterden, Kent between 1850 and 1866For a closely related example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour..., 26 November 2008, lot 384For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 90-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pocket PistolBy Joseph Egg Of London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1814With blued octagonal barrels each signed in gold along the top flat, gold fore-sight, border engraved breech with platinum line, platinum-lined touch-holes, blued border engraved tang inlaid with engraved gold martial trophies, signed border engraved case-hardened locks each decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan and decorated with foliage at the tail, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and steels (one an old replacement and fractured) each working on a blued external mainspring (one with some loss of finish) with roller, chequered figured rounded butt, border engraved mounts comprising pommel decorated with foliage on each spur and with a foliate border around the gilt butt-cap, the latter engraved with owner's crest and motto, D-shaped trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, gold escutcheon engraved with monogram 'GB', steel ramrod with characteristically chequered tip, and retaining some of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including original brass-mounted four-way powder-flask covered in red leather, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle 6.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceMajor Noel Corry CollectionChristie's London, Important Firearms, Side Arms, Arms and Armour, 22 November 1965, lot 152 Joseph Egg was at 1 Piccadilly (corner of Piccadilly and Haymarket) from 1814 to 1834. See Claude Blair, 'The Egg Family, Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.)', J.A.A.S., vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 306-353Cf. two other examples sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2011, lot 401, and Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2016, lot 354The arms are those of Francis Maude (1768-1842) of Hatfield Hall, Wakefield. He was a barrister-at-law and recorder at DoncasterFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Colt 1851 Model Navy Percussion Revolver, And A .41 Rim-Fire Deringer Of Colt First Model TypeThe First No. 195126 For 1866The first with octagonal sighted barrel with New-York address, cylinder originally with naval engagement scene and with faint traces of serial number (hammer replaced), brass trigger-guard and back-strap originally silvered, rounded grips, and matching numbers apart from the rammer (worn and pitted overall); the second with reblued barrel, silvered rounded action with integral spur trigger and rounded butt (some bruising, release stud replaced): in reblued and refitted brass-mounted surgical instrument case with some modern accessories and an original James Dixon & Sons 'Colts Navy Flask' (cut-off spring incomplete) with long nozzle and split-ring for suspension 19 cm. and 6.4 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased .650 (16-Bore) Percussion Oval-Bore D.B. Sporting RifleBy Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 2852, Mid-19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist barrels with bright bores and matted rib, the latter with folding leaf back-sights (forward one removed) calibrated for 100, 150 and 200 yards, the barrels engraved beneath respectively with maker's details and 'Patent Smooth Bored Rifle', case-hardened breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, and engraved with symmetrical foliage on the flat between, case-hardened border engraved tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed flat case-hardened detented locks and dolphin hammers decorated en suite, the former each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, reblued steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate engraved with a wolfhound and scrolling foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with rutting stags in a landscape on the bow and with chequered spur, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe with finial en suite, circular case-hardened patch-box cover (spring broken) decorated with a stag in a mountainous landscape within a border of foliage, silver escutcheon with later Indian inscription, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original case-hardened finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case (some termite damage) with full accessories mostly numbered in Indian and comprising powder-flask with suspension chain (leather damaged), two steel bullet moulds, sprue-cutter, patch-cutter, case-hardened mainspring clamp, combination tool in its leather wallet, brass powder-measure, a pair of spare burnished mainsprings, oil bottle, spare ramrod and turnscrews, the interior of the lid (minor moth damage) with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular escutcheon with Indian inscription, the front of the case carved with later Indian inscriptions, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles William Lancaster, son of Charles (see following lot), is recorded at 151 New Bond Street, London between 1847 and 1854For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 13-Bore Percussion Officer's PistolsSigned Reeves & Co., London, Mid-19th CenturyWith browned twist sighted barrels each engraved 'London' on the sighting flat, case-hardened breeches each engraved with foliage on the flat and with platinum plug, foliate engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each with engraved safety-catch and decorated with foliated scrollwork, hammers en suite, figured full stocks (one with small nicks along the bottom edge of the side-flat) each with chequered rounded butt, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest, dark horn fore-end caps, stirrup ramrods, and most of their original finish (barrels and trigger-guards with some surface patination): in original brass-mounted lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including mainspring clamp and Sykes brass-mounted powder-flask, the latter with bevelled wedge-shaped body and retaining most of its lacquered finish, the exterior of the lid with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 18.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Reeves & Co. are most probably Reeves & Greaves of Birmingham who are recorded between 1829 and 1839, and are known to have marked their firearms 'London'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine Cased Pair Of 54-Bore Percussion Rifled Target Or Duelling PistolsBy James Purdey, No. 314½, Oxford Street, London, Nos. 2039 And 2040 For 1831With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each rifled with twelve grooves and signed in full along the top flat (one barrel with old rebrowned finish, probably by the maker), blued front and back-sights, case-hardened patent breeches each with engraved borders, platinum line and pierced platinum plug, case-hardened foliate scroll engraved tangs, border engraved dolphin hammers and signed detented flat locks, the last each with engraved safety-catch, ebonised half-stocks with chequered rounded butts, border engraved steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each engraved with a feathered design centred on the retaining screw engraved with a flower-head, blued trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, case-hardened trigger-plates with scallop shell engraved pineapple-shaped finial, and fore-end caps each engraved with a starburst, blued set triggers, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with full accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, a bullet mould serial numbered to the pistols, turnscrew with pricker, and nipple-key engraved with initials 'CHC', the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior (minor old splits) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Dr. Robert Rabett Collection sold in these Rooms, 30 November 2011, lot 531 ExhibitedThe Craft Of The Gunmaker 1640-1870, The Guildhall Museum, Rochester-Upon-Medway, August 1991 - January 1992, cat. no. 33 (illustrated)LiteratureL. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p. 132. Recorded as sold on 15 July 1831 for £52.10.0. to Lord Cranstoun of Sandridge Park, Totnes, DevonFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 28-Bore Flintlock D.B. Travelling Pistol With Attachable Shoulder-Stock By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1800With browned twist barrels signed in gold along the rib, gold fore-sight, breeches with gold lines and gold-lined touch-holes, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with foliage and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail and with palm leaves behind the gold-lined semi-rainproof pan, foliate engraved cocks (one an old replacement), engraved safety-catches also locking the steels, the latter each with roller working on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, highly figured half-stock, rounded butt cut with characteristic chequering and with engraved steel mount for the figured boot-shaped take-down shoulder-stock, the border engraved case-hardened mount decorated with foliage and starbursts, the tang along the top engraved 'Egg Patent Butt' and with blued trigger-shaped sprung catch, border engraved blued steel mounts decorated with martial trophies and foliage, comprising butt-cap, trigger-guard in the French manner and with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, and fore-end cap decorated with a starburst, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original blued steel ramrod with characteristically chequered tip, and retaining much original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (some old moth damage) for a pair of pistols and with accessories comprising unusual brass-mounted two-way powder-flask covered in red leather (minor loss of surface), leather flint wallet, steel bullet mould, extra horn-tipped ramrod, and cleaning rod, the interior of the lid (old damage and repairs) with maker's illustrated trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 25.2 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceMrs. F.C. Perryn Christie's London, Fine European Firearms, Swords and Pewter, 7 July 1964, lot 204See footnote to preceding lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Mahogany Case For A Pair Of Joseph Manton Percussion Duelling PistolsCirca 1830Retaining its green baize lining (compartments missing, upper edge with some damage), and containing some contemporary accessories comprising a brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, the body covered in red leather (stained, minor damage), a turnscrew with swelling wooden handle of octagonal section and retaining its brass pricker, a leather flint wallet, a pan brush, and a steel patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with original Joseph Manton trade label (minor damage, upper lock mechanism missing), the exterior of the lid with folding brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon 46 cm. X 22.5 cm. handleFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased 54-Bore Percussion Adams Patent Self-Cocking Five-Shot Revolver With Tranter Patent Double-Trigger By Deane, Adams & Deane, 30 King William St.t, London Bridge, No. 15, 590.R., Circa 1855With blued octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top strap, serial numbered cylinder, border engraved frame, blued sprung safety-stop, arbor pin and catch, trigger-guard and stepped ovoidal butt-cap, patent double-trigger numbered '1053' on one side and '149' on the other, rare patent detachable rammer, chequered rounded grip, and much original blueing: in lined and fitted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons powder-flask with split-ring for suspension and much original finish, brass bullet mould and other items, the interior of the lid with maker's yellow trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 16.5 cm barrel Footnotes:See Ron Stewart, The Firearms of William Tranter, 2007For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 38-Bore Percussion Adams Patent 1851 Model 'Dragoon' Self-Cocking Five-Shot Revolver By Deane, Adams & Deane (Makers To H.R.H. Prince Albert), 30 King William St.t, London Bridge, No. 417, Circa 1846-51With blued octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top-strap, cylinder with traces of case-hardening, blued border engraved frame decorated with foliate scrollwork and engraved with owner's name 'W.R. Annesley, 97th Reg.t.', blued safety-stop and arbor pin spring-catch, blued trigger-guard and case-hardened ovoidal butt-cap en suite with the frame, the latter with circular hinged cover decorated with a scallop shell, chequered rounded butt, and much original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons powder-flask in fine condition retaining nearly all its original finish, brass bullet mould and other items, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior (old split) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel Footnotes:The owner is William Richard Annesley whose military career is recorded as '10 December, Ensign; 6 December 1850, Lieutenant; 29 December 1854, Captain; 3 March 1869, Brevet Major; 9 September 1874, Lt. Colonel; 9 September 1879, Colonel'. He served in the Crimea (medal with clasp for Sebastopol), in India during the suppression of the Mutiny, and commanded two companies of the 95th in operations in Bundlecund and at the surprise night attack at Kala Nuddy on 5 November 1859For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Percussion Saw-Handled Duelling Or Target PistolsSigned T. Bolton & CO., London, No. 460, Mid-19th CenturyWith etched damascus twist octagonal sighted barrels, foliate engraved breeches each engraved 'London' in gothic script on the top flat, border engraved tangs and back-action locks decorated with foliage, the latter each signed in gothic script, foliate engraved dolphin hammers (one nose chipped), figured half-stocks (one fore-end with old internal split) each with rounded spur and chequered butt, the latter each with flat ovoidal pommel set with a vacant white-metal escutcheon, shaped vacant white-metal escutcheon opposite each lock, white-metal barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end caps, spur trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, decorated with scrolling foliage on the border engraved bow and retaining some blueing, adjustable set triggers, and later brass-tipped ramrods: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in plum velvet with a few accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask, the exterior of the lid (old split, one corner chipped) with shaped brass escutcheon engraved 'N.P. Tyson Balto' and incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 24.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:T. Bolton & Co. appear to be unrecordedThis 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 13-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy Joseph Manton, London, No. 7113 For 1816Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned twist sighted barrels engraved 'Joseph Manton's New Improvements By His Majesty's Patent' along the rib (partly loose) and each with rectangular silver-lined maker's stamp and silver line at the breech, border engraved breeches each with short platinum line, pierced platinum plug and engraved with a Herculean club and foliage between, tang engraved with a starburst, a martial trophy and foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with foliage and with a trophy on the tail, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock with chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts decorated with martial trophies and comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard (both with some loss of finish), trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, and brass-mounted ramrod: in later relined and refitted mahogany case with some accessories including embossed powder-flask, leather shot-flask, circular brass percussion cap dispenser, nipple-key and Sykes patent shot dispenser, the interior of the lid with reproduction trade label, the exterior with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 75 cm. barrels Footnotes:Previously unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A SILVER PLATED AND GLASS HIP FLASK

Four German K98 bayonets, blades 9 3/4 in. steel hilts with wooden grips and flask guards, steel scabbards; together with a Siamese Type 45 bayonet, with steel scabbard. [5]

A German stag horn powder flask, the outer face carved with a depiction of Judith and her maidservant placing the head of Holofernes in a sack, inner face left natural; iron top mount and suspension loops, bifurcated base capped in brass.

A moon flask and other ceramics