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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MONKEY ORCHESTRA: Conductor, Height 5.5", AF, female Singer, Height 3.75", two identical Flautists, Height 4", one AF, two identical Clarinetists, Height 4", one AF, two identical Cellists, both AF, Height 3.75", and a Horn Player, Height 4.75". Unmarked. (9).
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Group of items: cased pair of silver bladed fish servers with ivoride handles; cased manicure set with filled silver handles; cased button hook and shoe horn; matching pair of clothes brushes, hand mirror and hair brush, button hook and shoe horn, paper knife, five decagonal bottles with linear and fleur de lis decoration, Birmingham 1909; silver vestas case.
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A rare late 18th/early 19th century French walking-stick watch, circa 1800, the verge oblong movement with a fusee and chain, Egyptian pillars, foliate pierced bridge cock, and silvered regulation dial, the motion work driven from a fusee arbor, the white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and brass hands, and mounted on a steel dial backplate indistinctly engraved 'Joseph (??) in ??Botr??', the lacquered stick with a gilded brass handle, silvered rotating dust ring to reveal the winding aperture and a horn cover with a glass aperture, the back plate and dial approx. 30mm diameter, the movement plates approx. 60mm long (slightly tapering) x 20mm wide x 10mm deep, (the horn cover cracked)
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A VICTORIAN HIP FLASK With silver mounts and detachable silver cup, by George William Adams, 1867, 15.5cm.; a smaller hip flask with a coloured glass stopper, by J. Davis and Son, Sheffield, 1927, 9.5cm.; a horn beaker with unmarked metal mounts (probably silver); and a cased set of six graduated plated beakers (a lot)
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A tortoiseshell dressing table set, each piece applied with gold initials 'E H ', comprising; a rectangular box, a round jar and cover, a pair of heart shaped dishes, a hand mirror, four brushes, a glove stretcher, a shoe horn, a buttonhook, and a nail buffer, and two similar cut glass square section scent bottles, with tortoiseshell covers (some damage)
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A Turkish kilig,18th Century with curved watered blade double-edged towards the point and reinforced along the back-edge, damascened in gold with a series of calligraphic cartouches and panels and applied with a damascened iron plaque on each side at the base, engraved brass cross-piece with conical quillon terminals, horn grip rising to a globular pommel (one side damaged), in associated leather-covered wooden scabbard with engraved white metal mounts and iron chape decorated with gold koftgari 79 cm; 31 in blade
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An unusual silver-mounted sword, Burmese or Malaysian, 19th Century with finely watered curved single-edged blade, engraved silver cross-piece formed of a pair of straight quillons with flattened globular terminals, engraved silver pommel cap, finely carved ivory grip formed as a pair of demons, and silver knuckle-chain, in its original velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts pierced and chased with flowers and foliage inhabited by birds and fish; a Persian shamshir, 19th Century, with curved single-edged watered blade retaining traces of a calligraphic cartouche (areas of pitting), steel cross-piece, and horn grip-scales, in associated scabbard; another, 18th Century, with curved watered blade, iron cross-piece decorated with a calligraphic cartouche, and ivory grip-scales; another, 19th Century, similar; and two middle Eastern swords, 19th Century, each in its scabbard the first: 81.2 cm 32 in blade (6)
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An Arab jambiya with curved blade of characteristic type, horn hilt applied with a large silver plaque on each side, silver collar with repousee scrolling foliage, in its wooden scabbard decorated with gold thread over the lower portion, fitted with silver repousee locket en suite, and retaining its suspension belt embroidered with gold thread; another Arab jambiya, with modern hilt applied with decorative gold foil roundels, in its wooden scabbard almost entirely encased in silver decorated with beadwork and inscriptions 24.7cm; 9.75iin (2)
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An Arab saif, 19th Century with curved fullered blade, iron hilt of characteristic form, horn grip, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard; a Turkish Yataghan, 19th Century, with horn grip-scales (chipped); a Japanese Kris, in its scabbard; a Japanese Tanto, the blade retaining traces of a wavey hamon, in its scabbard; a Japanese Katana, with pierced tsuba; an axe, probably African; an African dagger; five socket bayonets; and three futher bayonets the first: 89.5 cm ; 35.25in blade (15)
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A Daghestani kindjal, second half of the 19th Century with slender blade tapering to a sharp point, cut with an off-set fuller on each face, silver hilt chased and nielloed with flowers and inset with a small ivory plaque inlaid with gold foliage, in its wooden scabbard, the outer face encased in silver chased and nielloed and inset with three ivory plaques all en suite with the hilt (the blade now a loose fit), together with a contemporary belt with chased silver mounts; an Arab Jambiya, late 19th/20th Century, with horn hilt fitted with a band of gold repousee foliage at the base and a plain silver plaque at the front, in its original scabbard decorated with silver and gold thread, fitted with locket and chape en suite with the hilt and retaining a portion of its original suspension belt; another, late 19th/20th Century, with ivory hilt applied with four gold rondels and silver scabbard; another, early 20th Century, with silver hilt and pommel each decorated with beadwork, in its scabbard decorated en suite; and three Indo-Persian arrows, 18th/19th Century (one broken) the first: 46.2 cm ; 18.25in (7)
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An Arab Wahabite jambiya, 19th Century with flat curved blade, wooden hilt of characteristic form encased over much of its surface with silver plaques, in its scabbard with large brass and silver mounts; an Arab Jambiya, 19th/20th Century, the hilt and scabbard each decorated with silver filigree and nails,and retaining its embroidered suspension belt; an Arab Jambiya, 19th/20th Century, the hilt encased in silver, fitted with large faceted rivets and with bifuracted finial, in its wooden scabbard entirelty encased in silver and including a strongly formed pommel; a Jambiya, 19th Century, with slightly curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, carved horn hilt encased with a band of engraved silver, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and chape each engraved with a flower; two Arab Jambiyas, 19th/20th Century, each with silver mounts and embroidered suspension belt; six further Jambiyas, late 19th/20th Century, each in its scabbard; an African dagger, 20th Century, in its scabbard; and an Indo-Persian spearhead, 19th Century, etched with an inscription on each face the first: 42.8 cm ; 16.875in (14)
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An Indian Top, late 18th/19th Century with shallow ribbed skull, fitted with a pair of plume-holders at the front, sliding nasal bar, forked central finial, decorated over its surface with lozenges of gold scrollwork on a ground of silver scrolling foliage, and retaining its mail neck-defence; an Indo-Persian Dhal, 19th Century, chiselled over its outer surface with flowers and scrollwork highlighted with gilding; a large Indo-Persian Dhal, 19th Century, etched with calligraphic panels around its circumference; another Dhal, 19th Century, with fabric-covered wicker body; two Indo-Persian painted Bazu bands, 19th Century, one painted with figures in contemporary dress; another Bazu band, 19th Century, decorated with a large openwork panel and gold koftgari; an Indian powder-flask, 19th Century, of curved horn fitted with a bone nozzle, an Indo-Persian hide powder-flask, 19th Century, painted with a tiger devouring a cow; and an axe head, 19th Century the first: 16.5 cm ; 6.5in high (10)
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An Indian powder-flask, circa 1830 with leather-covered body of flattened spherical form, studded over its surface with numerous iron nails, fitted with a contemporary East India Company brass shako-plate at the front, iron nozzle, and horn cut-off; an English manufactured Indian talwar by Mole, Birmingham, 19th Century, of characteristic form, the blade stamped 'Mole Birmn', and the hilt fitted with an integral loop for a suspension belt; and an Indian etched steel parade helmet, 19th Century, with one-piece skull rising to a point, fitted with a brow plate embossed with an elephant, two-piece neck-guard, with a short spike on each side at the temple, and etched throughout with panels of scrolling foliage the first: 24.8 cm ; 9.75iin (3)
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A rare German engraved horn powder-flask recording scenes from the Saxon Electoral Court Stag-Hunt, circa 1730 with cowhorn body of flattened triangular form fitted with a carved horn baluster nozzle inset with eye-like mother-of-pearl roundels, the body engraved with a German rhyming couplet on each face and with highly detailed representations of the organistation and formal process of shooting driven game in an enclosure, involving beaters, hunters and sportsmen in contemporary dress, one face illustrating a wood inhabited by deer and being enclosed in preparation, the canvas enclosure wall being unloaded from a cart bearing the monogrammed initials CA for Churfurst August, the wall itself bearing banners monogramnmed en suite, the reverse centring on the sportsmen shooting stags driven past their pavillion, another courtly figure holding a boar at bay with a spear, and all within an incised linear frame 26.6cm; 10.5in
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a german wheel-lock belt pistol,nuremburg, circa 1575-80 with two-stage barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with Nuremburg mark, flat lock struck with maker's mark of Hans Stopler ( Neue Stockel 1056), the lock-plate incorporating a projecting slender bar carrying the dog-spring, the latter formed with arms of distinctly unequal length, and fitted with flat wheel-cover, safety-catch and sliding pan-cover ( release mechanism missing), with ebonised full stock inlaid withengraved horn plaques set within horn segmental lines, the butt decorated with a bold pattern of leaves and differing flowerheads on scrolling tendrils, involving smaller ball-flowers along the spine and a grotesque mask cartouche about the barrel tang (some inlay missing, the fore-end extensively cracked), compressed spherical pommel inlaid with symmetrical arrangements of bold flowerhead ornament alternating between slightly raised cabled horn lines and with a grotesque mask rondel cap of engraved horn ( chipped), and fitted with steel trigger-guard and belt hook ( ramrod-pipe and ramrod missing) 53.4cm., 21in. The configuration of the lock-plate together with its distinctive incorporation of an anachronistic type of dog-spring is unusual; the latter being normally associated with wheel-locks dating from circa 1540-50. A pistol with a very similar lock, by the same maker, is in the Stibbert museum, Florence.
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a german wheel-lock holster pistol, circa 1585 with two-stage barrel formed with an acutely flared muzzle and struck with Nuremburg mark and maker's initials P and D, with traces of a stamped device between, long tang extending over the length of the butt, flat lock struck with two marks, one a berry ( the other rubbed), with external wheel retained by a flat plate faced with a pierced fillet ( slightly damaged), sliding pan-cover ( release missing), fruitwood stock profusely inlaid with engraved horn plaques within a field of ball-flower scrolls, including animals and grotesque masks and all set within horn segmental lines and stringing ( fore-end incomplete, inlay missing), the pommel inset with a gilt-bronze rondel centering on a Herculean mask cast in high relief, and fitted with safety-catch opposite the lock ( incomplete, the trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe and ramrod all missing) 47cm., 18.5in
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A fine Scottish flintlock belt pistol made entirely of steel, by Alex R. Campbell, Duni Fecit, mid-18th Century with three-stage barrel formed with a flared octagonal muzzle cut with alternating panels of neo-Celtic scrollwork, fluted breech, and engraved with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolling foliage over the length of the median, bevelled lock signed in full, engraved en suite with the barrel and the steel cut with faceted ornament ( top jaw rusted), profusely engraved stock finely decorated with characteristic patterns of interlace and scrollwork enriched with silver inlay throughout, ram's horn butt with vacant silver ovals left and right, engraved steel belt hook with pierced finial, silver button trigger and pricker each engraved and pricked as a flowerhead (the pricker an early working replacement), and original moulded steel ramrod. 30.5cm., 12in
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A Scottish flintlock belt pistol made entirely of steel, by John Campbell (2), third quarter of the 18th Century with sighted barrel formed in three stages, with engraved flared octagonal muzzle, fluted breech and engraved median, signed engraved bevelled lock, profusely engraved stock inlaid with three engraved silver bands below the lock, ram's horn butt decorated with inlaid silver interlace over the length of the spine, inset with a silver oval left and right, the latter engraved with the owner's coat-of-arms, fitted with engraved belt hook, and pricked and engraved silver button trigger and pricker ( the latter seized and dented, ramrod missing) 30.5cm., 12in
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A Scottish flintlock belt pistol made entirely of steel, by Ias. Sutherland, third quarter of the 18th Century with two-stage barrel formed with raised mouldings at the breech, the median and the muzzle, signed engraved bevelled lock with punched linear borders (mainspring defective, cock retaining screw replaced), and the cock formed with a pierced rosette behind the comb, with plain stock, ram's horn butt decorated en suite with the lock, plain steel belt hook, and pierced faceted button trigger ( the engraving on the butt heavily worn, light pitting throughout, ramrod-pipe, ramrod and pricker all missing) 34.3cm., 13.5in
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A German percussion sporting gun signed J.Moser in Munchen, circa 1830 with earlier Spanish barrel (shortened) stamped with the barrelsmith's marks of Juan Santos (Neue Stockel 982, 983), engraved case-hardened breech and breech tang, signed border-engraved lock, figured walnut full stock carved in high relief with foliage about the tang, an eagle above the escutcheon, and a goose attacked by a fox behind the cheek-piece, chequered fore-end and grip, incised and stained in imitation of horn inlay, with scrollwork about the rear ramrod-pipe, opposite the lock, in front of the trigger-guard and the spine of the butt, wooden trigger-guard, sliding patch-box cover, horn fore-end cap, original horn-tipped wooden ramrod, and original leather sling; a German percussion sporting rifle, circa 1825-35, rebuilt from flintlock, with two-stage blued rifled barrel struck with the gold-lined barrelsmith's mark of C.I.Frey (Neue St¿ckel 397), chiselled lock signed 'I.A.Kuchenreuter', hardwood full stock, gilt-brass mounts, almost certainly from the Kuchenreuter workshop, decorated with rococo scrollwork and involving female figures in mid-18th Century dress, all finely cast in low relief, horn fore-end cap, and associated horn-tipped ramrod; and a German percussion sporting gun signed Heinr:
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A Bavarian airgun of 'bellows' type, by J.M.Dobner in Erding, circa 1780 with blued octagonal sighted tip-up barrel, lined with a brass sleeve, signed in silver, inlaid with brass scrolls and lines at the breech, and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock, the butt carved with scrolling foliage about the comb and cheek-piece, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting on the right, full plain brass mounts of shaped outline, double set trigger, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (tang-sight missing, the stock with small cracks and chips); another, early 19th Century, with octagonal sighted tip-up barrel sleeved in brass and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock (cracks) inlaid with pierced shaped brass plaques, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting from a faux patch-box cover on the right of the butt, brass mounts of shaped outline including robustly formed trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod; and a Tyrolean back-striking flintlock sporting rifle by Ambrosy Fux [sic] in Kitzpuhl, circa 1780,
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A Continental flintlock target rifle, Liege proof, circa 1800 reconverted from percussion, with heavy octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight shallow grooves, fitted with adjustable tang-sight, engraved lock, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock (small cracks and repairs), engraved steel trigger-guard, butt-plate, small side-plate, and rear ramrod-pipe, horn fore-end cap, and original steel ramrod 95 cm; 37.375in
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An unusual 16-bore big game rifle by Garratt, London, circa 1829-34 with heavy octagonal sighted barrel signed in gold, stamped with the barrelsmith's name 'Fullerd' under the breech, parcel-gilt and engraved with foliage, a fox and scrollwork over the lower half and behind the muzzle, the breech decorated with a boar and a stag's head in gold, scroll-engraved breech tang inscribed with the owner's initials in gold, signed scroll-engraved bolted lock, double set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts, silver fore-end cap and escutcheon, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the barrel and mounts uniformly pitted, back-sight missing, stock bruised) 79cm; 31.125in barrel
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a german wheel-lock sporting carbine, dated 1659 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel signed in stamped miniscules 'Georg Kalb', dated 1652 and inscribed with the early inventory number 'No.87', plain lock with pierced low wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover and pierced engraved dog, fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved horn plaques and ball-flower tendrils within horn segmental lines over its entire length, including scenes from the chase over the fore-end and patch-box cover, a bear-hunting scene on the cheek-piece, a rustic figure squatting behind the trigger-guard, and a small plaque behind the barrel tang dated 1659 and inscribed with the stockmaker's initials 'HA.S', with a horn plaque fitted over the ramrod aperture engraved with a squirrel eating fruit from a basket, plain horn butt-plate, engraved steel trigger-guard, engraved horn fore-end cap, set trigger, and horn-tipped ramrod 55.3cm., 21.75in barrel
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A pair of percussion target pistols by Westley Richards, 170 New Bond Street, London, Birmingham proof marks, no 513, circa 1830 with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened patent breeches engraved with a scallop shell and inlaid with a pair of platinum lines, platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened breech tangs fitted with back-sights, signed engraved case-hardened bolted locks, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved blued trigger-guards decorated with opposing figures duelling with pistols, engraved blued butt-caps, silver escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, with no provision for a ramrod, and retaining some original finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case lined with green baize, the lid with trade label for 170 New Bond Street and retaining a contemporary rammer 90.6 cm; 35.75in
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A pair of German flintlock holster pistols by Ioh. And.Kuchenreuter, circa 1770 each with signed swamped reblued barrel fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight, decorated with silver scrollwork enclosing the fore-sight, the signature, and breech, the latter with silver-lined barrelsmith's mark (Neue Stockel 630), signed bevelled lock with rounded tail, set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with characteristic scrollwork about the barrel tang and behind the rear ramrod-pipe, brass mounts of shaped outline including side-plate, trigger-guard with later spur, butt-cap and escutcheon, horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (one replaced, the barrels each with small patches of pitting) 40.6 cm ; 16 in (2)
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A pair of flintlock travelling pistols by H.W.Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet Street, London, Gunmakers to His Majesty, no.1295, circa 1810 with signed rebrowned octagonal twist sighted barrels, engraved breech tangs fitted with back-sights, signed border-engraved bolted locks fitted with rollers, 'French' cocks, figured walnut full stocks, the butts and pommels each cut with characteristic pineapple chequering and linear ornament respectively, engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guards inscribed '89 Fleet Stt' and with pineapple finials, vacant silver escutcheons, and horn-tipped wooden ramrods (one replaced): in a 19th Century lined and fitted oak case (one compartment lid replaced) 20.5cm; 8.125in
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An Irish flintlock travelling pistol by McDermott, Dublin, circa 1800 with sighted twist large bore barrel inscribed 'Dublin' within a full length groove, engraved bolted lock fitted with roller (the cock and safety-catch replaced), figured walnut full stock, pineapple chequered butt, engraved steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod; and a silver-mounted percussion turn-off pistol by Lewis Barbar, circa 1740, converted from flintlock, with cannon barrel, the breech engraved with a band of foliage and signed beneath the percussion drum, engraved bolted action, figured walnut butt carved with a scalloped moulding about the tang, pierced and chased silver side-plate, and silver grotesque mask butt-cap the first: 26.7 cm ; 10.5in (2)
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