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SAMPSON MORDAN & CO; a Victorian hallmarked silver hip flask of plain curved form with screw cap, London 1900, engraved 'Herbert from Florrie' to one corner, 8.5 x 9cm including cap, approx 3ozt. CONDITION REPORT: Marks slightly rubbed. Three dents to the corners/edges. Scratches throughout.
Two Italian silver rectangular photo frames, apertures 13 x 9cm and 12.5 x 8.5cm and a rectangular engine turned decorated cigarette case, 11 x 7.5cm, silver standard 800, also a Victorian hallmarked silver cream jug, height 6.5cm, Birmingham 1896, a silver hip flask, Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1908, a pair of silver handled King's pattern carving tools and a set of six electroplated horn handled coffee spoons with matching larger examples, weighable silver approx 6.1ozt.
A CASED PAIR OF 42 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS BY WOOD, YORK, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions, folding trigger-guards with traces of blued finish, finely chequered walnut butts, vacant white metal escutcheon: in associated fitted oak case (lid cracked), complete with iron bullet mould and brass flask 7.5 cm; 3 in barrels
A FRENCH CARVED BONE POWDER-FLASK, DIEPPE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with carved polished body decorated with a monstrance supported by putti on the outer face above a portrait profile, the inner face decorated with the head of Christ and a coat-of-arms, fitted with punched and chased brass basal cap and nozzle, the latter with sprung closure 23.8 cm; 9 3/8 in high
A GERMAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASK, WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER, TURNSCREW AND POWDER-MEASURE, 17TH CENTURY with triangular head formed with three spanner apertures and a turnscrew, moulded shank pierced with a series of holes engaging a sprung stud on the faceted outer cover, the latter forming the powder-measure 18.0 cm; 7 1/8 in overall
A CASED PAIR OF 80 BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY SCHNEEVOIGT IN LAHR, DATED 1836 with browned swamped octagonal rifled barrels, signed on the flats, inscribed 'I. Engl. Guss Stahl' and dated beneath, case-hardened breeches inlaid with gold lines and with engraved percussion bolsters, engraved case-hardened breech tangs fitted with adjustable blued back-sights, signed scroll-engraved case-hardened locks fitted with blued set triggers, highly figured walnut half-stocks with chequered butts, carved dark-stained scalloped fore-end caps, the butts fitted with carved ebony caps inset with a silver shield engraved with the owners arms, on an azure shield two ducks beneath a mullet (small dents), engraved blued trigger-guards with shaped finials, engraved blued trigger-plates, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, much early finish throughout and each with its tampion: in original hardwood case lined in dark green velvet, complete with its full complement of accessories including slender copper powder-flask, bullet mould, turnscrew and cap dispenser 24.5 cm; 9 ¾ in barrels Christian Frederick Schneevoigt is recorded in Schlesswig Holstein and Lahr, Baden circa 1818-78.
A CASED PAIR OF 22 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, CIRCA 1780 each with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed 'H Mortimer' in script and inscribed 'London' in italic capitals, engraved with a band of beadwork (refreshed), struck with the barrelsmith's, London Gunmakers Company view and proof marks at the breech, stepped lock engraved with foliage on the tail and beneath the pan, signed in script beneath the latter, fitted with bevelled cock decorated en suite, and steel with roller, figured walnut full stock, flat-sided butt with flattened spine, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with a flower on the bow and acorn finial, pear-shaped butt-pate decorated with a sunburst, two ramrod-pipes (later ramrods): in a contemporary fitted oak case lined in green baize, the case lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle on the outside and trade label for William Bond at 59 Lombard Street on the inside, complete with a brass three-way flask 26.0 cm; 10 1/4 in barrels Flat-sided butts, characteristically associated with Wogdon, are rarely encountered with this maker. See Munson 1992, p. 182, plate 280.
A CASED PAIR OF 50 BORE FRENCH BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY GASTINNE-RENETTE, PARIS, NOS. 3495 AND 3496, DATED 1885 AND 1886 with browned octagonal rifled barrels, signed 'Inv Gastinne-Renette A Paris', numbered '1' and '2' respectively, fitted with blued fore-sights, struck with the dates and numbered beneath the breeches, scroll-engraved blued tangs incorporating the back-sights, scroll-engraved case-hardened stepped flush-fitting locks signed in small letters along the bottom, blued triggers, highly figured walnut half-stocks with finely chequered butts, iron mounts comprising engraved blued spurred trigger-guards also forming the barrel levers, decorated with the owner's crest, a boar's head, above the motto 'Vi Aut Virtute', scroll-engraved case-hardened pommel caps, vestigial side-plates and barrel bolt escutcheons, and much original finish throughout: in their original brass-bound fitted mahogany case lined in blued velvet (cracked on the reverse), the lid with brass escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest and motto on the outside and the maker's name in gilt letters on the interior, complete with accessories including powder-flask by Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, burnished bullet mould, nipple-wrench and turn-screw 25.4 cm; 10 in barrels The firm of Gastinne-Renette was one of the leading target and duelling pistol makers in Paris during the 19th century. They won medals at the Paris exhibitions of 1839 and 1844, as well as holding appointments to Napoleon III and the King of Spain. Duelling lessons were still available at the firm's premises in the Champs-Elysées until the outbreak of the First World War, where it is still represented to this day. The champion shot, Walter Winans devotes a chapter to "Gastinne-Renette's gallery in Paris", in The art of Revolver Shooting (1911), where he concludes "in regard to galleries where one can get pistol practice, that of Gastinne-Renette in Paris stands easily first, and not only is it lit up in the best style for all sorts of shooting, but the weapons supplied are the best in the world"
A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE BAVARIAN PERCUSSON RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY JOH. ANDRE KUCHENREITER IN REGENSBURG, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal swamped sighted multi-groove rifled barrels inlaid with platinum lines at the breeches and muzzles, scroll-engraved breeches, scroll-engraved breech tangs fitted with adjustable blued back-sights, scroll-and border-engraved locks signed and inscribed 'In Regensburg' respectively, walnut half-stocks, the butts cut with a panel of chequering on each side, scroll-engraved iron mounts including spurred trigger-guards and butt-caps, vacant white metal escutcheons, and much original finish: in their original fitted case lined in padded green velvet, the lid impressed with the maker's details in gilt letters on the interior (the exterior worn), with accessories including bullet mould, powder-flask 25.2 cm; 10 in barrels
A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS BY ROBERTSON, GLASGOW, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal sighted barrels signed on the top flats, scroll-engraved brass actions with engraved side-hammers (one nipple missing), finely chequered walnut butts, engraved iron trigger-guards, and vacant German silver escutcheons: in a fitted oak case with brass flask and powder measure 8.0 cm; 3 1/8 in barrels
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body numbered '184', the inner face decorated with two ropework panels, the outer surface decorated with a niched figure in contemporary dress, with iron mounts including nozzle with spring-closure and cut-off, basal cap, belt-hook and two rings for suspension (one screw missing) 35.0 cm; 13 3/4 in
A CASED 120 BORE BEAUMONT-ADAMS FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER BY ROBERT ADAMS, 76 KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON, NO. 35,882R, AND B20133, CIRCA 1858 with blued sighted barrel signed on the flat, stamped with proof marks and L.A.C. for London Armoury Company on the left, border-engraved blued frame inscribed and numbered on the right, fitted with blued safety-catch, blued rammer numbered 2051, blued numbered cylinder, finely chequered walnut butt, iron trigger-guard and butt-cap, and some original finish (areas of wear, small dents and scratches): in a fitted mahogany case relined in green baize, with later bullet mould and powder-flask 11.0 cm; 4 3/8 in barrel
A FITTED MAHOGANY CASE FOR A PAIR OF PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN (1) BLANCH, 29 GRACE CHURCH STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1826-48 lined in green baize, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the outside and trade label inside, complete with turnscrew, bullet mould, rammer and powder-flask 28.0 cm; 11 in x 17.5 cm; 6 7/8 in
AN ITALIAN POWDER-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF IRON, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering body of hemi-spherical section, the outer face fluted and decorated with beadwork and engraved foliage, the inner face engraved with ropework and scrolls, fitted with hinged cover (screw missing) with tapering fluted nozzle with spring cut-off, four mounts for suspension and belt hook (areas of pitting) 19.0 cm; 7 1/2 in high
A CASED PAIR OF 15 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY TWIGG, CIRCA 1790 each with browned twist sighted barrel inscribed 'London' in block capitals on the top flat, stamped with private proof marks on the left of the breech and stamped 'ITH STUBBS' beneath, engraved tangs incorporating the back-sight, stepped lock signed in script beneath the pan, fitted with bolt safety-catch, associated bevelled cock and roller on the steel spring, figured walnut half-stock, finely chequered butt, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with bouquets on the bow and with pineapple finial, two ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, vacant shield-shaped silver escutcheon, and each with associated horn-tipped ramrod, one with iron worm (refinished throughout): in a contemporary fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, with associated bullet mould and powder-flask 22.7 cm; 8 7/8 in barrels
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body numbered '177', the inner face engraved with foliate borders (chipped), the outer surface decorated with a musketeer in contemporary dress, and with iron mounts including nozzle with spring closure and cut-off, belt-hook, basal cap and a ring for suspension (one ring missing) 30.5 cm; 12 in
A SMALL PRIMING FLASK FOR THE 9TH BATTALION OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, CIRCA 1790-1815 of polished horn, with brass nozzle with spring cut-off, brass basal cap engraved '9RAB.6.1', and two loops for suspension 21.0 cm; 8 ¼ in These flasks were in use circa 1790-1815. Other examples are preserved at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson. See Blackmore 1976, p. 182, no. 270.
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, DATED 1615 with curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric rings, the outer face decorated with a central rondel filled with a sun-in-splendour flanked by two warriors in contemporary dress, iron mounts comprising belt hook, basal cap and top mount each fitted with a ring for suspension and the latter with spring closure and cut-off 36.5 cm; 14 3/8 in
A CASED 16 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION GUN BY WILLIAM ROCHESTER PAPE, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with rebrowned twist sighted barrels, breeches with engraved platinum plugs, signed scroll-engraved locks, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard, butt-plate and rear ramrod-pipe, gilt escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest and associated brass-tipped ramrod: in relined fitted mahogany case with facsimile trade label, brass powder-flask and leather shot-flask 78.0cm; 30 3/4 in barrels
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with curved flattened body numbered '135', the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer face decorated with a pair of figures in contemporary dress baiting a fox with spiked shields in an enclosure, and with iron mounts including cap with spring cut-off, belt-hook, basal cap and two rings for suspension (nozzle missing) 27.0 cm; 10 5/8 in
A RARE GERMAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASK, WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND RAMROD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed entirely of iron, the powder-flask of flattened heart-shaped form, fitted with spring lever and closure, a loop for suspension, the front with three spanner apertures, the base with long ramrod threaded at its base for a pricker 58.5 cm; 23 in overall A very similar example is preserved in the Wallace Collection, inv. no. A1307.
A CASED PAIR OF 22 BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY CLARK, CIRCA 1820 with browned twist sighted barrels inscribed 'London' in script on the flats at the breeches and struck beneath with London proof marks, scroll-and border-engraved tangs incorporating the back-sights and decorated with union ovals, stepped locks signed in script, engraved with trophies on the tails and sunbursts ahead, fitted with engraved cocks, semi-rainproof pans, rollers on the blued steel springs, blued bolt safety-catches, highly figured walnut three-quarter stocks, chequered butts, engraved iron mounts comprising blued trigger-guards with pineapple finials and decorated with trophies, foliage and border ornament on the bows, ramrod-pipes, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant silver escutcheons, and some early finish: in original mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, the interior with trade label of Gass at 42 & 43 Oxford Street (small tears), complete with fireproof three-way flask by 'G. & J. W. H', regulation bullet mould, and rammer (compartment lids replaced, areas of wear, key escutcheon missing) 15.2 cm; 6 in barrels David Gass is recorded having his gun and pistol repository at 42-3 Oxford Street circa 1808-35.
AN ITALIAN POWDER-FLASK, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering leather-covered wooden body of hemi-spherical section, fitted with iron bounds comprising basal-cap, nozzle with cut-off, reinforces, four rings for suspension, and applied with the owner's arms, beneath a coronet, per fess: in chief, a quatrefoil; in base, three bendlets (Sotto una coroncina, bandato; sul capo uno quadrifoglio), at the front 22.0 cm; 8 3/4 in high The arms are those of Orsini or Sortino.
A CASED 120 BORE TRANTER PATENT FIRST MODEL SELF-COCKING FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 8368T, CIRCA 1855 with sighted barrel engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzle, border-and scroll-engraved action numbered on the right, fitted with safety-catch, arbor pin and patent rammer, bright cylinder, bright patent double trigger, and chequered butt with scroll-engraved iron butt-cap: in lined and fitted mahogany case with 120 bore bullet mould, Dixon & Sons powder-flask, turnscrew, wrench and a combined bullet mould with cleaning jag and pricker 10.0 cm; 4 in barrel
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer surface decorated with a running lion surrounded by foliage, and with iron mounts including nozzle with spring closure and cut-off, basal cap and a ring for suspension (belt hook and one ring missing) 34.5 cm; 13 5/8 in
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