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Click here to subscribeVINTAGE COLLECTABLES GROUP, some riding / hunting related, Carl Zeiss Jena DRP binoculars in leather case, Swine & Adeney leather riding crop with silver collar and antler handle, leather case containing metal sandwich box and glass flask, one other metal sandwich box, whistle with lanyard, various spurs etc.Provenance: private collection Denbighshire
An Art Deco green Bakelite Thermos flask, comprising a pillar shape, in green marbled Bakelite, with removable drinking cup, complete with cork and ceramic stopper embossed with Thermos, flask height approx 27cm, in original card box sand postage label dated 13/12/39, Further details: good all components present and intact, no visible chips or crack good condition
A collection of curios to include a pair of silver plated pewter metal horse, foal and a pony, bronze fawn and a rabbit, two silver plated boot spirit measures, a glass with metal lid canister / jar, a pepper mill, a 'R.M.S.P. Almanzora ship's napkin ring, a porcelain flask with floral design, a Ronson COMETE Briquet with leather case- circa 1965 made for the French market and a James Dixon 1 oz. hip flask. Largest measures approx. 12cm tall.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STERLING SILVER BODIED POWDER-FLASK BY SYKES, London hallmarked for 1839, with slender reverse taper 6in. body engraved with a garter inscribed 'PERSEVERE' around a Griffon's head above a recumbent crescent in turn above a wreath, hallmarked turned neck and silver plated brass top with adjustable measure and signed 'SYKES PATENT' and 'SYKES' respectively, external blued mainspring.
A GOOD CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRANTER'S 4TH MODEL REVOLVER RETAILED BY WILLIAM POWELL & SON, serial no. 10966T, circa 1863, with 6in. blued octagonal barrel, the solid top-strap signed 'WILLIAM POWELL & SON', borderline and scroll engraved blued frame, borderline engraved cylinder now in the white, probably originally colour hardened, chequered walnut semi saw-handled grip, double action mechanism and Tranter's Patent articulated rammer, retaining much original finish and complete with a green baize lined oak case (lid escutcheon replaced), Deane, Adams & Deane trade label and containing a fine condition Dixon & Sons Patent powder flask, a Tranter's Patent double cavity mould, cleaning rod, oil bottle, period cap tin, lubricating compound and wadding, the case with provision for a spare cylinder.
WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON AN EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION CASED 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 7940, for 1852, with browned laminate 30in. barrels signed on the top-rib 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON', colour hardened breech-blocks with vented platinum plugs and line, engraved rib-end, bead fore-sight, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened bar-action locks signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', engraved dolphin-headed hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with engraved and blued iron furniture, brass tipped ebony ramrod, remaining in outstanding original condition and complete with its maker's brass cornered mahogany guncase lined and compartmented in green baize, parchment trade-label inside lid, together with a good Sykes powder-flask, turn-screw, cap-tin, leather wallets (one numbered) for spare nipples and a breech-brush, shot-flask with shoulder-strap, wad-punch and oil-bottle, all also in fine order.
A GOOD CASED AND ENGRAVED 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRANTER'S 3RD MODEL REVOLVER RETAILED BY DOOLEY, LIVERPOOL, serial no. 7338T, circa 1858, with 6in. octagonal barrel, the muzzle decorated with an engraved band, dovetailed fore-sight, the top strap signed with the retailers name 'WM. DOOLEY, RANELAGH ST., LIVERPOOL', the frame with borderlines and foliate scroll decoration, engraved on the right side with the Tranter serial number, fitted with Tranter's patent 3rd type lever rammer on the left of the barrel and action, together with the pronged inverted 'Y' safety spring, the right with the Tranter 'S' shaped arbour retaining spring catch, five shot cylinder engraved with borderlines around the nipple wells and a knurled band to the cylinder's leading edge (traces of colour), Tranter double trigger self-cocking mechanism, chequered walnut grips with colour hardened domed foliate engraved butt-cap, majority of its original finish remaining, together with its original green baize lined and partitioned mahogany case, the inside of the lid with green Wm. Dooley trade label, accessories include correct Dixon steel bodied flask, double cavity Tranter mould numbered to the gun, ebony cleaning rod, oil bottle, bullet tin, cap tin, turn-screw and breech-brush.
JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 46-BORE PATCHLOCK DUELLING or TARGET PISTOLS, serial numbered 5938, for 1813 and converted by the maker from flint, with octagonal 10in. rifled barrels, colour hardened breech-blocks with platinum line and inset poincons marked 'JOSEPH MANTON, PATENT' together with a crown, applied fore-sights, prominent standing notch rear-sights to the front of the engraved top-tangs, border engraved colour hardened locks with small further engraved detail and signed 'JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON', slab-sided patchlock hammers with detachable noses and en-suite engraving, bolted safes, walnut half-stocks with chequered bag-shaped grips, blued and engraved iron furniture including domed butt-caps, vacant white metal escutcheons to wrists and barrel keys, horn fore-end tips and mahogany ramrods, strong traces of finish remaining and in their maker's mahogany case lined and compartmented in green baize (one compartment lid renewed, good facsimile trade label) and complete with a red Morocco-leather covered three-way flask, scissors ball mould, loading rod and take-down load mallet, and a selection of spare striker-noses.
A CASED 18-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED J.W. EDGE, no visible serial number, circa 1845, with laminated 30in. barrels, raised concave top-rib, the rib-end at breech engraved with the head of a dog, platinum vented plugs, fully engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks featuring hunting dogs to both locks and signed on the bars 'J.W. EDGE', the engraved slab-sided hammers engraved with scrolls, shot game and serpents, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture (stained and frosted), brass mounted ebony ramrod, in a period mahogany guncase with brass corners and reinforcement (losses to rear edge of lid) and containing a leather covered powder flask and shot-flask (minor faults) and sundry accessories.
ALEXANDER HENRY, EDINBURGH AN OAK GUNCASE FOR A DOUBLE PERCUSSION RIFLE, fitted for 32in. barrels, leather-lined interior, lid with 'ALEXANDER HENRY. GUNMAKER. 8, SOUTH ST. ANDREW STREET. EDINBURGH.' trade label and hand-inked label reading 'Regulated with 110 grains (on flask) No. 6 powder. (...) Shell bullet with wad attached see specimens', inner rear of lid with further loading information written in pencil, most partitions missing lids, central brass lock (with key), two locking brass catches, lid exterior with inlet escutcheon removed.
JAMES PURDEY, LONDON A FINE CASED 46-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED 'PEA' RIFLE, serial no. 1353, for 1828, with expertly rebrowned octagonal 26in. barrel rifled in eight grooves, the top-flat signed 'I. PURDEY, No. 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET LONDON', bead fore-sight, the muzzle also shallow dove-tailed for a tunnel protector (absent), standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, colour hardened squared breech with twin platinum lines and vented plug, border and scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'PURDEY', sliding safe behind the engraved hammer, chequered birdseye maple half-stock with raised cheek-piece, iron furniture including chequered raised finger-spur to the lower tang, gold border engraved escutcheon to the wrist and the barrel key and bun-tipped ebony ramrod, complete with its manufacturer's mahogany storage case lines and compartmented in green baize, original parchment trade label inside lid and retaining it flask, nipple pot, cleaning rod and with some extra added accessories.
A.V. LEBEDA, PRAGUE A MAGNIFICENT CASED PAIR OF DELUXE 14mm PERCUSSION CONTINENTAL TARGET PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers, circa 1845, with blued octagonal 9 1/2in. rifled barrels, blind narrow flutes to the angles of the flats, the top-flats signed in gilt script 'A.V. LEBEDA A PRAGUE', fully engraved breech-blocks 'in the white', moulded nipple-bosses, dove-tailed bead fore-sights, adjustable notch rear-sights, the engraved top-tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively, rococo scroll engraved hump-backed locks with dipped tails signed 'LEBEDA' to pistol No.1 and 'A. PRAGUE' to No.2 and also featuring engravings of lyre-players and nymphs, the detail accentuated in gold, en-suite hammers, walnut half-stocks finely relief-carved with raised rococo scroll-work to the grips and fore-end tips, the grips also with central finely chequered panels, engraved domed butt-caps with central spires, spurred trigger guard bows engraved with the figure of Dionysus holding the staff Thyrsus with a leopard draped over his lap, engraved oval barrel-key escutcheons, both pistols in fine order with much finish remaining and in their maker's presentation mahogany veneered case (some mild lifting and repairs), the case lined and compartmented in the Continental manner in green baize and retaining the complex-shaped ebony lidded compartments with turned bone handles and a full suite of original accessories including horn loading mallet and handled tools, powder flask, Boche, Paris snail capper, mould and loading rods, the exterior with moulded and carved hook close and central lock (with key).
A CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION PARKER, FIELD & SONS PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, serial no. 9285, circa 1850, with fully fluted six-shot 3 1/4in. barrel-group, London proofs, rounded paktong bar-hammer action with open scroll engraving and integral nipple-guard, the sides of the hammer marked on the left 'PARKER, FIELD & SONS', the right '233 HOLBORN, LONDON' (traces of colour), borderline and scroll engraved back-strap with central oval panel engraved with the serial number, rounded smooth walnut bag-shaped grips and blued trigger guard bow, strong amount of finish remaining and complete with its maker's mahogany storage case, parchment trade-label inside lid and compartmented and lined in dark blue velvet and together with a mould, flask, loading rod, oil-bottle cap-tin and wad-punch, all apparently original to the set.
JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON A FINE 22-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN IN A JOHN DICKSON, EDINBURGH, CASE, serial no. 9724, for 1828, with browned laminated 28in. barrels, raised top-rib signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET' and engraved with a celtic garter to the rib-end at breech, colour hardened breech-blocks with engraved borders around the nipple-wells and vented platinum plugs, colour hardened borderline and foliate engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar action locks, the scrolls inhabited by serpents and signed centrally 'JOHN MANTON & SON' over 'PATENT', engraved and colour hardened swept-forwards dolphin-headed hammers, the sidenail of the locks also passing through the breech-hooks, figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, blued iron furniture except white metal barrel key escutcheons, crested oval escutcheon to underside of butt and colour hardened ramrod throat, remaining in fine condition and retaining much period finish and together with a John Dickson, Edinburgh oak case, lined and compartmented in green baize apparently for this shotgun, and complete with a fine James Dixon powder-flask, a small-size leather shot flask and other sundry tools.
A GOOD CASED AND ENGRAVED 54-BORE PERCUSSION BEAUMONT ADAMS PATENT REVOLVER, serial no. 26198R, circa 1858, with 5 5/8in. blued octagonal barrel, the flats engraved with borderlines and with scrolls at throat, engraved band at muzzle, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to the borderline engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved blued solid frame also marked 'B10535' above the patent and serial number, borderline engraved plain cylinder with engraved band to leading edge (cylinder an older London re-blue), double action only mechanism with polished spurred hammer, blued trigger and sliding safe, recoloured frame screws, chequered walnut semi saw-handled grip with engraved iron heel-cap, retaining much original finish except where noted and complete with its oak storage case lined and compartmented in green baize, together with a Dixon flask, Adams mould (un-numbered), labelled bag of Adams caps, ebony cleaning rod and nipple key, oil bottle and other period sundry accessories, probably as supplied, the inside of lid with possibly correct James Bryce of Edinburgh trade label.
A GOOD CASED PAIR OF LE-PAGE RETAILED 14mm PERCUSSION CONTINENTAL TARGET- PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial numbers, circa 1845, with blued octagonal 10in. rifled barrels, the top-flats marked in gilt 'ACIER', engraved breech-blocks 'in the white' marked '1' and '2' respectively, moulded nipple-bosses, dove-tailed blade fore-sights, adjustable notch rear-sights, borderline and scroll engraved hump-backed locks with dipped tails, en-suite hammers, walnut half-stocks relief-carved with raised floral scroll-work to the grips and fore-end tips, the grips also with longitudinal flutes, engraved and moulded butt-caps with central spires, spurred trigger guard bows, white metal oval barrel-key escutcheons, both pistols in fine order with much finish remaining and in a Le-Page Freres ebonised wood case lined and compartmented in the Continental manner in red velvet (some fading), retaining the lidded corner compartments with turned wood handles and a full suite of original accessories including a teak loading mallet and handled tools, powder flask, mould and loading rods, the exterior with central lock (no key).
A CASED .31 PERCUSSION COLT 1849 POCKET REVOLVER, serial no. 157703, for 1859, with 4in. reblued octagonal barrel signed on the top-flat on two lines, well recoloured open iron frame, reblued cylinder scrubbed of scene, brass grip-straps and trigger guard (much plate remaining to back-strap) and smooth walnut flared grip, in a probable original US market mahogany casing for the same revolver, the interior lined and compartmented in pale plum velvet and complete with a period flask depicting a raised embossing of a Colt revolver, signed brass bullet mould, Joyce cap-tin and a later nipple-key, the inside of lid with probable facsimile parchment Colt instruction label.
JAMES PURDEY, LONDON A SCARCE CASED PAIR OF 50-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS, serial no. 2078 / 9, for 1832, with browned damascus 9 1/2in. octagonal sighted barrels each with multi-groove rifling and signed 'J. PURDEY. 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET. LONDON' and numbered '1' and '2' respectively at breech, dove-tailed bead fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights, colour hardened patent squared breeches each with engraved pierced platinum plug and line, scroll engraved tangs also numbered '1' and '2' respectively, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed 'PURDEY', scroll engraved hammers with detachable noses and rear-mounted bolted safes, figured walnut half-stocks each with swept chequered grips, iron pommels with raised flanges each engraved with scrollwork, single set triggers, scroll engraved trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and possibly later applied finger-spurs, silver escutcheons engraved with griffons and oval barrel-bolt escutcheons, starburst engraved moulded iron fore-end caps with no provision for a ramrod and some original faded finish throughout, London proof marks, in their maker's fitted walnut case lined and compartmented in green baize, the inside of lid with parchment trade label, with some accessories including a Britannia metal three-way powder-flask by James Dixon, a turnscrew, nipple-key, ebony nipple pot and a later loading rod.
JOSEPH MANTON & SON, LONDON A FINE CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUNS, serial no. 10627 / 8, circa 1837, with browned 30in. laminated barrels, each with reinforced breech section extending to within 20 3/4in. from the muzzle, the raised top-ribs signed 'JOSEPH MANTON & SON. PATENT, 6 HOLLES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON', white metal bead fore-sights, colour-hardened patent breeches with vented platinum plugs and foliage engraved to the rib-end, fully border and scroll engraved colour hardened top-tangs, flat border and scroll engraved colour hardened bar-action locks signed 'JOSEPH MANTON & SON PATENTEES', en-suite hammers, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered wrists with initialled border engraved rectangular white metal escutcheons, blued and engraved iron furniture and brass mounted ebony ramrods, both guns remaining in fine condition with much finish and colour, complete with their makers two-tier mahogany storage case (lid lining renewed but original label retained) and including a good leather covered Dixon flask, a shot bandolier, a shot flask, numbered nipple-wallet, cranked nipple key, oil-bottle and cleaning sundries.
A CASED 54-BORE BEAUMONT ADAMS DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER RETAILED BY E. M. REILLY, serial no. 40201, circa 1862, with 5 3/4in. London proofed octagonal sighted barrel, the top flat inscribed with the retailers name 'E. M. REILLY & CO. NEW OXFORD ST. LONDON', Kerr's patent loading lever, borderline engraved frame bearing the legend 'ADAMS PATENT NO 40201', sliding safety bolt, five shot cylinder with matching serial number, one piece chequered walnut grips, retaining a strong amount of original blued finish, contained in its correct green baize lined and partitioned oak case the lid with E. M. Reilly's trade label, accessories include a 54 bore double cavity mould, copper bodied Dixon pistol flask (missing mainspring), oil bottle, loading rod, cap tin and a later quality turn-screw, case lock escutcheon absent.
JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON A CASED 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN WITH GILDED DECORATION, serial no. 10883, for 1834, with 30 1/2in. twist barrels, the raised top rib signed in gilt script 'JOHN MANTON & SON LONDON' and flanked by gilt arabesques, gilded acanthus scrolls to the breech-ends of both barrels and the top-rib, the gilding continuing around the engraved platinum vented plugs, further gilded border and acanthus scroll-work to the top-tang on a blued ground, the decoration repeated on the bar-action locks, each lock signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON on gilt banners, gilded decoration to the hammer breasts and noses, birdseye maple unchequered half-stock (extensively inlet repaired at wrist and behind locks, well executed), plain iron furniture except yellow gold rectangular escutcheon engraved with a coronet at wrist and oval yellow gold escutcheons for the barrel key, working replacement ramrod, in a period mahogany storage case with brass corners, lined and compartmented in coarse green baize, original John Manton & Son parchment trade label inside lid, together with a Barlow patent flask.
A CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION FRANCOTTE 1851 ADAMS PATENT REVOLVER, serial no. 10163 circa 1854 and being a licenced copy of the Adams, with octagonal 6 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to the rear of the solid top-strap, borderline and scroll engraved frame, double action only mechanism with spur-less hammer, Kerr patent rammer and chequered walnut one-piece grip, in its continental market case lined and compartmented in the continental manner in red velvet (some fading and loose blocking) and complete with a full suite of accessories including mould, flask, loading rod, nipple-key, turn-screw and oil bottle.
JOHN MANTON & SON, LONDON A FINE CASED 20-BORE FLINTLOCK DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 7959, for 1821, with browned laminated 29 3/4in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET', white-metal bead fore-sight, flambé needles engraved to the rib-end, squared patent breech-block (traces of colour) with platinum line and vents, fully engraved top-tang incorporating a trophy of globe, shield and drum, border engraved bevel-edged bar-action locks with stepped and clipped tails, numbered on the top-edge and signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON, PATENT', musical trophies engraved to the tails, border and scroll engraved 'C' shaped cocks with sunbursts to the top-jaws, patent 'V' shaped rain-proof pans with inlet white-metal dividers, large rollers to the frizzen-springs, the front of both frizzens signed 'JNO MANTON & SON, PATENT' (slight traces of colour throughout), figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron heel-plate engraved with acanthus scrolls around the screws and scrolls and a further trophy to the top-spur (all rubbed), border and trophy engraved trigger-guard tang and bow, engraved pineapple finial, en-suite ramrod throat, plain thimbles and original brass mounted mahogany ramrod, together with its maker's mahogany storage case with separate compartments for the locks, flush-fitting circular ring-handle to outside of lid, replacement original small parchment John Manton label to inside of lid, the interior compartmented and lined in green baize (possibly renewed in antiquity) and containing a powder flask signed Dixon, a turn-screw of unusual form, wad punch, powder measure and scoop and a leather shot bandolier.
JOHN MANTON, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 46-BORE PERCUSSION SCRATCH-RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS OF DUELLING STYLE, serial numbered 10913, for between 1840-44, with octagonal 10in. scratch-rifled barrels signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON DOVER STREET LONDON', scroll engraved colour hardened breech-blocks with hexagonal based nipples, applied fore-sights, shallow standing notch rear-sights to the front of the engraved top-tangs, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened locks with extensions above moulding to the sides of the standing breech and signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON PATENT', slab-sided hammers with dolphin engraved noses mirroring the nipple-wells and en-suite engraving, bolted safes, walnut half-stocks with chequered bag-shaped grips, blued and engraved iron furniture including domed butt-caps, single set triggers, white metal escutcheons to wrists engraved with a hippocampus below a crown, escutcheoned barrel keys, horn fore-end tips and mahogany ramrods, traces of finish remaining and in their maker's mahogany case lined and compartmented in green baize, good No.6 Dover Street trade label inside lid and complete with a three-way flask, matching number scissors ball mould, loading rod, turn-screw, cap-tin and a wad-punch, the same armorial as the pistols appearing on the lid escutcheon of case.
SAMUEL NOCK, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION SAW-HANDLED DUELLING or TARGET PISTOLS, serial numbered 7328, circa 1830, with octagonal 10in. smoothbore barrels signed 'S. NOCK LONDON' on the top-flats, colour hardened breech-blocks with engraved band, dove-tailed fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights to the front of the engraved top-tangs, borderline and acanthus scroll engraved colour hardened locks signed 'SAML. NOCK, LONDON', slab-sided dolphin-headed hammers engraved en-suite, bolted safes, walnut half-stocks with finely chequered saw-handle grips, flat based pommels inlet with engraved colour hardened heel-plates, blued and engraved iron furniture including square-backed trigger guards, single set triggers, white metal rectangular escutcheons to barrel keys, white metal fore-end tips and brass-tipped ebony ramrods, strong traces of finish remaining and in their maker's mahogany case lined and compartmented in green baize, original parchment trade-label inside lid and complete with a three-way flask, scissors ball mould, loading rod, oil bottle, cap-tin, bone nipple-pot and a cranked nipple-key.
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 20-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS SIGNED WALLACE, DUBLIN, no visible serial numbers, circa 1785, with well rebrowned and slightly swamped 10in. octagonal barrels with maker's mark for Samuel Wallace, the top-flats signed 'WALLACE, DUBLIN' (refreshed), bead fore-sights and broad notch rear-sights, engraved top-tangs, slightly curved bevel-edged locks with stepped engraved tails, pointed tips and signed 'WALLACE' below the pans, roller frizzen springs, swan-necked cocks, walnut full-stocks with semi slab-sided and strongly curved grips fitted with oval escutcheons engraved with griffin heads above wreaths, further monogrammed escutcheons to the backs of the wrists, iron furniture including rolled edge trigger guard bows and acorn finials, turned ramrod pipes and wood ramrods (one replaced), in an expertly reconstructed walnut case lined and compartmented in coarse green baize and complete with a period lozenge flask, loading rod, ball mould and turn-screw, the outer of case with brass reinforcing.
A CASED PAIR OF 28-BORE RIFLED PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS SIGNED MANTON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers, circa 1840, with rebrowned laminate octagonal 6in. barrels with multi-groove rifling and signed on the top-flats in script 'MANTON LONDON', bead fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights, scroll engraved side-hammer boxlock action with radiused corners, blued belt-hooks to the left side, chequered walnut bag-shaped butts with cast white-metal lion-mask pommel-caps, guarded triggers and captive iron under-barrel ramrods, in a period, probably original to the pistols, brass cornered mahogany storage case compartmented and lined in green baize and complete with a bag-shaped flask, turn-screw, loading-rod, cap-tin and scissors mould, the inside of lid with reproduction 'John Manton' trade label.
A RARE 18TH CENTURY POWDER FLASK WITH INTEGRAL WHEELOCK SPANNING KEY, circa 1720, the curved flat lanthorn body carved with borderlines terminating in a dolphin mouth at nozzle and leading into a turned brass spout with ring for a detachable cover (cover absent), the heel with a probable replacement horn plate, the right side of flask with a complex pierced and engraved brass mount encompassing a triple-socket spanning key of carved trefoil shape with foliate terminals.
This outstanding French gun powder flask (poire a poudre de chasse) is made in copper incised on both sides with hunting trophies and bladed weapons. They include hares, wild boars, pheasants, hunting horns, axes, arrows, nets, knives and a tree for background. The spout closes remarkably well. Two brass rings hold a knotted leather torsade to carry the flask. Certificate of Authenticity included. Issued: c. 1840Dimensions: 3.50"L x 1.75"W x 7.25"HCountry of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
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