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Lot 21
A RARE TIBETAN POWDER-FLASK (RDZAS KHUG), 19TH CENTURY with brass-bound leather body, soft leather neck, tapering steel nozzle, the reverse fitted with a brass ring and complete with its leather suspension 8cm; 3 1/8in highG. C. Stone identifies this type as `Hmam skuk`, probably a phonetic rendition of `sman khug`. `Rdzas Khug`, literally translated `gunpowder-flask`, appears to be the more usual term. See D. Larocca 2006, p.211.
Lot 57
A 28 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage swamped sighted barrel retained by seven slender silver bands, strongly fluted over the breech section and at the muzzle, the former stamped with a previously gold-lined mark and two further marks, cord-bound iron action including shaped serpentine, pierced steel trigger, hardwood full stock applied with sheet brass over the fore-end, slender hooked butt with faceted spine, a pair of tapering brass match-holders, and wooden ramrod, together with a contemporary engraved brass shot-measure and hide powder-flask 104cm; 41in barrel
Lot 77
A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED PRIMING FLASK, 19TH CENTURY with curved body of flattened horn, fitted with silver nozzle and basal band (cap missing) each decorated with nielloed scrollwork about a central rondel, the reverse decorated with border ornament, spring cut-off decorated with further niello designs, and a single brass loop for suspension 13cm; 5 1/4in
Lot 79
A RARE OTTOMAN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with carved hardwood body, the inner face decorated with a pattern of raised ribs centring on a carved oval panel including a stylised inscription, the outer face carved with further stylised inscriptions and profusely applied with brass ribband and minute nails, fitted with an iron suspension ring on the inner face for suspension, and later stopper 22cm; 8 3/4in high
Lot 375
PETERSON, H. L. The Book of The Gun, London 1962; BAILEY, D. W., HOGG, I., BOOTHROYD, G. & WILKINSON, F. Guns and Gun Collecting, London 1972; HOGG, I. V. An Illustrated History of Firearms, London 1980; RILING, R. The Powder Flask Book, New York 1953; GARDNER, R. E. Small Arms Makers, New York 1963; HELD, R. The Age of Firearms, a Pictorial History, London 1957; WILKINSON, F. Antique Firearms, Enfield 1977; WESLEY, L. Air-Guns and Air-Pistols, London 1971, SWENSON, G.W.P. Pictorial History of the Rifle, London 1971; BAXTER, D. R. Blunderbusses, Harrisburg 1970; BOOTHROYD, G. Gun Collecting, London 1961; BOSTON, N. Old Guns and Pistols, London 1958; WILKINSON, F. The World`s Great Guns, London 1977; ROSA, J. G. & MAY, R. The Pleasure of Guns, London 1974; AKEHURST, R. The World of Guns, London 1972; HERMANN, W. & WAGNER, E. L. Battenberg Antiquitäten-Kataloge Alte Waffen, Munich 1979; JACKSON, H. J. European Hand Firearms of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, London 1959 (16)
Lot 410
AN ENGRAVED FLASK IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE of bifurcated horn, the outer face decorated with Apollo, Ceres and a snail, the inner with bold scrolls of foliage and a central cartouche, fitted with two steel basal caps, one incorporating a spring cut-off, later brass nozzle, and four later small rings for suspension (belt hook missing) 23.5cm; 9 1/4in high
Lot 411
A GROUP OF HORN, LEATHER AND BRASS POWDER AND SHOT FLASKS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES comprising a flask of flattened horn, with brass nozzle, spring cut-off and two loops for suspension; another, with wooden stopper; another, with brass-bound horn body; another, its body stained in imitation of tortoiseshell; another, of natural form, with brass nozzle, and two iron loops for suspension; another, with pigskin body and brass nozzle by G. & J. Hawksley; two with embossed brass body, and a leather shot flask the first: 23cm; 9in (9)
Lot 413
A QUANTITY OF POWDER-FLASKS; A SHOT-MEASURE; TWO BULLET MOULDS; AND TWO RELOADING TOOLS FOR PIN-FIRE CARTRIDGES, 19TH CENTURY including three leather shot-flasks; four embossed flasks; a bandolier; an engraved horn flask; a bullet mould for 120 bore balls; another bullet mould, with turned wooden handles; and the shot-measure with graduated brass head (qty)
Lot 415
A DECORATED HORN FLASK; FIVE FURTHER FLASKS; AND TWO TOOLS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first of flattened cow horn engraved on one side with a stag and a rabbit and on the other with an amorous couple, and fitted with ivory stopper; three small horn flasks, of natural form; two leather shot pouches; and a shot measure the first: 21.5cm; 8 1/2in (8)
Lot 437
A CASED 120 BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1845 with fluted barrel group, scroll-engraved bar hammer action with engraved back-strap, a pair of finely chequered grips, and engraved steel trigger-guard (areas of wear and light pitting): in a fitted mahogany case (lid cracked), lined in purple velvet, complete with a full complement of accessories comprising copper flask by Sykes, oil bottle, wad cutter, wrench and turnscrew, with an extract from the Police Gazette of 1824 marked The Chief Constable, Rowley Regis and inscribed in ink `George Taylor 1824`, and a further card inscribed `The contents of this box belonged to.....George Taylor.....Chief Constable of Rowley Regis in 1824` 20cm; 8in
Lot 442
A RARE CASED 54 BORE BEAUMONT-ADAMS PATENT FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH SHOULDER STOCK, NO., 30796, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1860-65 with blued octagonal sighted barrel fitted with loading lever on the left (small dents on the right), border-engraved blued frame signed `Adams patent` and numbered on the right, blued numbered cylinder, chequered walnut butt, blued trigger-guard and butt-cap, the latter fitted with a pierced eye for a lanyard, and with some early finish throughout (oxidised to brown in areas), skeleton shoulder stock with finely chequered butt, fitted with a knurled press-stud, and numbered en suite: in original fitted oak case (lid repaired), lined in green baize, and complete with some accessories including R. Adams patent brass bullet mould, powder-flask by G & J. W Hawksley and nickel-topped glass Young`s oil bottle 62cm; 24 1/2 including stock
Lot 499
A CASED PAIR OF 60 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION RIFLED TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY DEVISME À PARIS, NO. 1235, DATED 1854 with signed blued octagonal rifled sighted barrels inlaid with a silver band at each end, stamped with the date, the serial numbers and the maker`s name beneath the breeches, scroll-engraved tangs fitted with standing back-sights, highly figured walnut half-stock, angular finely chequered grips, scroll-engraved steel mounts comprising numbered trigger-guards and oval butt-caps, and retaining some original finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case, the exterior with vacant escutcheon, the interior lined in purple velvet (small areas of damage and fading), complete with its original accessories comprising combined nipple-wrench and bullet mould with sprue-cutter, powder-flask, and ramrod 15cm; 6in
Lot 540
A RARE CASED SET OF FOUR PERCUSSION PISTOLS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF 28 BORE D.B. IRISH PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY TRULOCK & SON, 9 DAWSON STREET, DUBLIN AND A PAIR OF 28 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY THOMAS K. BAKER, LONDON, NO. 283, MID-19TH CENTURY the first pair each with etched twist sighted barrels inscribed with the maker`s address on the rib, engraved case-hardened breeches, engraved case-hardened tang, signed engraved flush-fitting bolted locks decorated with border ornament and scrolls, engraved hammers decorated en suite, highly figured walnut half-stock, slender butt cut with a panel of chequering on each side, engraved blued-steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial, engraved blued butt-cap, blued stirrup ramrod, vacant silver escutcheon, and silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and retaining some original finish throughout; the second pair each with sighted barrels engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzles, fitted with a screw-in plug at the breeches, scroll-engraved side-hammer bolted action signed on the top (one safety-catch and three nipples expertly replaced), finely chequered numbered walnut butts, engraved steel trigger-guard and butt-cap, the latter fitted with a circular trap, vacant silver escutcheon, and with traces of finish throughout: in contemporary mahogany case with brass carrying handle (key escutcheon detached), the first pair contained in the top layer and the second within a drawer operated by a dummy vertically-sliding shank lock, and complete with some accessories including blued bullet mould, turnscrew, Sykes nickel flask, nipple wrench and brass cap tin the first: 23.5cm; 9 1/4in and the second 20.5cm; 8inProvenance: Christie`s King Street, 18th May 1994, lot 190
Lot 566
A CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY ROBERT WOGDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1779, MAKER`S MARK IK converted from flintlock, with octagonal swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights and signed in gold capitals, engraved with a band of beadwork at the breeches and fitted with percussion bolsters with platinum plugs, engraved tangs with standing back-sights, bevelled locks signed in gold ovals beneath a rococo canopy, engraved with trophies on the tails, fitted with engraved hammers and blued bolt safety-catches (the steel parts with patches of rust throughout), figured walnut full stocks, characteristic flat sided butts (areas of bruising), full silver mounts finely cast and chased with rococo ornament, comprising side-plates pierced with a scrollwork design incorporating a sword, trigger-guards engraved with a central bouquet on the bows and with acorn finials, pommel caps chased with the seated figure of Brittania in a scrollwork frame, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, escutcheon engraved with the owner`s crest above the initials `WR`, engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and one retaining an early horn-tipped ramrod (the other replaced): in a mahogany case of circa 1775-85, lined in green baize (areas of wear), the lid with brass carrying handle, with a leather powder-flask and turnscrew 37cm; 14 1/2inThe crest is probably that of Radcliffe.
Lot 1294
Three Victorian silver mounted horn beakers, London 1879, a pair of plated fish servers, a set of three glass toilet bottles with a case, an oval spirit flask, a silver mounted leather wallet, a mother of pearl rectangular box, a circular trinket box, two pairs of glove stretchers, a paper knife, a button hook and a small seal.
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