A FINE CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE FRENCH RIFLED PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS BY GASTINNE-RENETTE ARQUEBUSIER DE L`EMPEREUR À PARIS, NO.2406 AND 2407, DATED 1865 with engraved three-stage octagonal reblued barrels rifled with ten grooves, decorated with bouquets of oak foliage and acorns behind the muzzles and over the breeches, fluted wasted medians signed in full on the flats, engraved breeches decorated en suite, numbered `1` and `2` on top and stamped `88` and `87` on the back respectively, struck with the barrelsmith`s mark beneath, engraved numbered breech tangs fitted with adjustable back-sights and decorated with oak bouquets on a matted ground, flush-fitting stepped locks decorated en suite with the tangs and signed on scrolls beneath the hammers, ebony half-stocks carved with oak foliage and acorns behind the tangs and above the pommels, the butts cut with a finely chequered panel, engraved steel mounts comprising vestigial side-plates, spurred trigger-guards, and pommels, all decorated with oak foliage and acorns on a matted ground, the latter incorporating an acorn finial, engraved steel fore-end caps, and engraved steel barrel bolt escutcheons: in a contemporary case veneered in rosewood, the lid inlaid in German silver with a vacant central scrollwork panel and with bands around the borders (cracked, the key escutcheon replaced), the interior lined and fitted in green baize (restorations) complete with a number of contemporary accessories, including bullet-mould, mallet and copper Dixon powder-flask 40cm; 15 3/4in The firm Gastinne-Rennette are recorded in Paris from 1839. They made pistols for the Emperor Napoleon III and the King of Spain and were awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Nationale of 1839.
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A GERMAN POWDER-FLASK AND AN AUSTRIAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASK AND WHEEL-LOCK KEY, THE SECOND EARLY 18TH CENTURY the first with polished stag horn body, left natural on the inner face, the outer engraved over the greater part of its surface with the date `1511` in Roman numerals and a female figure in contemporary dress within an architectural framework, brass mounts including nozzle with spring cut-off and a pair of loops for suspension; the second with body of flattened cow horn, fitted with a pierced engraved brass bracket at the base with three apertures for a wheel-lock spindle, and moulded brass nozzle (basal cap missing) the first: 17.8cm; 7in high (2)
CASED PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY OFFICER`S PISTOLS INNES, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1780 the engraved locks with safety slides signed Innes, spurred trigger guards with acorn finials, the re-browned octagonal barrels engraved (refreshed) EDINBURGH, plain walnut full stocks with some repairs to both stocks, in associated oak case lined with blue velvet and with a copper pistol flask with container on top for ball and at the base for patches or flints, replacement ramrods 14inches (35.56cm) overall
A hallmarked silver glass and leather-bound hip flask, engraved inscription, "Presented to Jack Kerse by the Members of the Gosforth Glee Society and Friends, 11th October 1910", James Dixon & Son, Sheffield 1902, a hallmarked silver rectangular cigarette case, 110grms and a carved snuff box, with cattle, (3).
TWO SILVER NAPKIN RINGS of plain design with display hallmarks, Britannia standard, London 1977 and another Glasgow assay, an engine turned decorated SILVER CIGARETTE CASE with original gilded interior, a SILVER ARMADA PATTERN PIN DISH, London 1977 and the BASE OF AN ASPREYS SILVER SPIRIT FLASK with rolled rim, mixed dates
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