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Click here to subscribeA GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with etched blade decorated with scrolls of foliage, elaborate trophies-of-hunting, chamois and a hound in pursuit of a stag, German silver hilt including a pair of straight quillons, blackened grip with German silver washers, in its leather scabbard mounted en suite 49 cm; 19 1/4 in blade
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad slightly curved blade etched in imitation of watering and formed with a clipped-back point, previously blued with a hussar figure on one face (faded), silver hilt comprising quillon-block chased with a pair of foliate quillons, flower-head pommel, and ivory grip of pistol form retained by three pairs of rivets with silver flowerhead washers 58.5 cm; 23 in blade
A QUANTITY OF SWORD SCABBARDS, LATE 17TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURIES including one for an executioner's sword or sword of justice, with leather-covered wooden body, brass mounts comprising chape engraved with a flower, locket engraved 'CR' and with provision for an accompanying knife; another with brass chape pierced with the sacred abbreviation 'IHS' and a Maltese cross, five similar scabbards and fifteen further leather scabbards mainly for hunting swords (losses, some in relic condition) (22)
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with curved flattened body numbered '94', the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer face decorated with a woodland fox hunting scene involving hounds and a figure in contemporary dress, and with iron mounts including nozzle with pivot closure, spring cut-off, belt-hook, and a ring for suspension (one ring missing, basal cap with small rust holes) 27 cm; 10 5/8 in
A LARGE GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer face decorated with a woodland boar hunting scene involving a mounted figure in contemporary dress, with a town in the background, and with iron mounts including nozzle with pivot closure, spring cut-off and belt-hook (suspension rings missing) 37 cm; 14 1/2 in
A PAIR OF 20 BORE SOUTH GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY WOLF, MERSPARG, CIRCA 1730 with octagonal sighted barrels rifled with an alternating arrangement of six rounded and six very slender groves, engraved with a garland about the muzzle face, scrollwork and foliage at the muzzle and over the breech, the latter inscribed '79' and '80' and struck with the barrelsmith's mark, OH beneath a fleur-de-lys, one tang engraved and numbered '2', bevelled locks engraved with differing hunting vignettes including the figure of Diana, signed 'Wolf' and inscribed 'Mersparg' respectively, double set triggers, figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end cracked), carved with panels of rococo scrollwork over the fore-end, about the tang and over the butt, the latter with carved raised cheek-piece involving, respectively, a wild boar and a hound on the left and each with patchbox with horn veneered sliding cover on the right, wooden trigger-guard reinforced with an engraved iron plaque, engraved iron mounts comprising two-piece side-plate, and butt-cap each en suite with the stocks (one sling mount missing), three ramrod-pipes and one retaining its horn fore-end cap (the other missing, one with later ramrod) 47.5 cm; 18 3/4 in barrels (2)
A 25 BORE SILESIAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE BY MARTIN SCHOLTZ A BRESLAU, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped barrel inscribed '91' and rifled with seven grooves, signed bevelled lock engraved with border ornament and a trophy-of-hunting on the tail (top-jaw screw incomplete, steel chipped), figured walnut full stock carved with rococo shell ornament about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the butt decorated en suite and with carved cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with carved siding cover on the right, brass mounts engraved with game vignettes comprising trigger-guard (a working replacement), butt-cap and side-plate, and three ramrod-pipes, (later ramrod, fore-end cap and sling mounts missing) 76 cm; 30 in barrel
A GERMAN LARGE HUNTING KNIFE AND TWO GERMAN HUNTING-SWORDS, THE FIRST LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE TWO OTHERS MID-19TH CENTURY the knife with heavy broad single-edged blade formed with a spear point and stamped with cutler's mark together with "Redtenbacher Shear Steel", nickel-plated iron guard, grip-scales of natural staghorn (pommel-cap missing), and in its original leather sheath with belt-loop and german silver mounts decorated with projecting oak leaves and a pierced princely crown (byknife missing); the second with robust broad straight blade double-edged towards the point, cut with shallow fullers and struck with a mark on one side, plain iron hilt engraved with linear bands, white horn grip, and in its original scabbard (byknife missing, the scabbard cracked, leather torn); and the third with straight double-edged blade, plain iron hilt, grip of natural staghorn, and in its original iron-mounted leather scabbard (byknife missing). The first, 26cm; 10 ¼ in blade (3)
A GERMAN HUNTING-SWORD, AND ANOTHER, SIMILAR, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with straight blade etched with scrollwork over its lower half, signed by the cutler "G.H. Kohl Waffenfabriant in Stuttgart" (patches of rust), silvered brass hilt cast in low relief, with shell-guard decorated with deer, recurved quillons with acorn tips, cap pommel, natural staghorn grip, and in its original leather scabbard with silvered brass mounts; the second with undecorated straight blade, silvered brass hilt cast in low relief, staghorn grip, and original scabbard (both byknives missing). 55.3cm; 21 ¾ in and 48.3cm; 19in blades (2)
A CONTINENTAL HUNTING-SWORD, CIRCA 1830-60 with straight tapering blade, both sides cut with three narrow fullers changing to a pair of fullers divided by a ridge, iron hilt with shield-shaped shell-guard and shaped crosspiece with trifurcated terminals and each engraved with a pattern of oak and holly branches, carved horn grip cut with a chequered panel on both sides and rising to a shaped pommel, and in its original leather-covered iron scabbard with iron locket and chape engraved en suite with the hilt (the pommel chipped slightly on one side). 48.4cm 19 ¼ in blade.
A GERMAN PRINCELY DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION SILVER-MOUNTED BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with burnished blade etched on both sides with an ornate panel of foliage filled with boar-and deer-hunting scenes (surface rust) and struck with cutler's marks, German silver hilt cast in high relief, with shell-guard cast with the arms of a German prince, the crosspiece decorated with boars' heads and with quillons formed as an opposing pair of fetlocks with hoof terminals, boar's head pommel, natural staghorn grip, original leather scabbard with German-silver mounts engraved with foliage, and suspended from a modern leather baldrick decorated with the original period mounts cast in German silver, in the neo-rococo style, and with a sterling silver shield cast with the crowned arms of a German prince and suspended from a German silver boss cast in the round as a stag's head (byknife missing). 44.5cm; 17 ½ in blade (2)
A GERMAN HUNTING-SWORD, AND THREE OTHERS, THE FIRST THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, THE REMAINDER 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first with curved blade with clipped double-edged point and etched on both sides with a hussar figure beneath the inscription "Vivat Pandur", brass hilt cast in relief with rococo ornament, fitted with down-turned outer guard formed as a bird-of-prey, knuckle-guard, and the pommel cast in the form of a deer's hoof, in its mounted leather scabbard (scabbard broken in two halves, byknife and fork missing); the second with fullered straight blade etched and gilt with hunting trophies on a blued panel on both sides at the forte (oxidised), brass hilt including fluted shell-guard and fluted horn grip studded with domed nails; and two further German hunting-swords, each incomplete, each with staghorn grip, one in its scabbard. The first, 50.5 cm; 19 7/8 in blade (4)
AN OFFICER'S SPADROON AND A GERMAN OFFICER'S SMALL-SWORD (DEGEN), THE FIRST CIRCA 1790-1800, THE SECOND LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first fitted with straight hunting-sword blade double-edged towards the point, the forte etched with hounds in pursuit of game on both sides at the forte and etched with a bandwork panel enclosing celestial motifs on both sides below the hilt, the hilt of stirrup type, in the English fashion, with pierced outer-guard, flat knuckle-guard, cap pommel and fluted white horn grip, in its original scabbard (the chape and the middle-band each missing); the second with slender blade etched below the hilt, brass hilt cast in low relief, including double shell-guard, tall drop-shaped pommel and original wire-bound grip (the hilt loose, the knuckle-guard missing). 59cm; 23 ¼ in and 81.9cm; 32 ¼ in blades (2)
A RARE 13-BORE SAXON HEAVY FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHAN HEINRICH FRANCK OF FRANKENHAUSEN, CIRCA 1730 of massive proportions throughout, with swamped octagonal sighted barrel engraved with a band of leaf ornament over the breech, the muzzle face engraved with a wreath and the bore cut with eight grooves, bevelled lock signed "Jh Heinrich Franck" about the base of the pan, engraved with a two-part hunting-scene involving a mounted sportsman shooting a stag with a pistol, and the cock and the steel each chiselled with scrollwork designs on a contrasting pounced fish-roe ground, figured walnut full stock carved with acanthus leaf mouldings in low relief, the butt with carved cheek-piece inlaid with a star formed of contrasting segments of black and white horn (two pieces missing), the toe of the butt inset with a gilt-brass plaque cast in relief with acanthus scrolls, en suite with both the patch-box cover and the upper tang of the butt-plate, the latter two pieces each additionally cast with a trophy-of-arms, the butt-plate also involving the figure of a Turk supported by a mask, the trigger-guard decorated en suite, with gilt-brass side-plate formed as a large scrolling dragon cast in relief, three faceted moulded ramrod-pipes also of gilt-brass, the rear pipe decorated with a demon mask, decorated escutcheon cast with a bust and a grotesque mask, moulded faceted gilt-brass fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, probably the original (the barrel and the lock each lightly cleaned with acid, the top jaw possibly associated). 104.2cm; 41 in barrel
A 22-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1730 with octagonal twist barrel swamped at the muzzle, inlaid with a silver Bandelwerk design over the breech, with further small silver inlays enclosing the chiselled back-sight and the bore cut with seven grooves, bevelled lock with engraved subsidiary borders and finely engraved with trophies-of-war, the cock and the steel each cut with scrollwork designs on a recessed darkened ground, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of mouldings in low relief over its rear half, including an elaborate scrollwork design about the ramrod-pipe, further scrollwork motifs about the barrel tang, the trigger-guard and the butt carved about both the base of the comb and the cheek-piece, the butt flattened over the length of its underside, with patch-box fitted with sliding cover carved en suite with scrollwork and moving on a button release enclosed by a brass garland cast in low relief, full brass mounts cast in low relief, comprising butt-plate cast and engraved with Laub und Bandelwerk ornament characteristic of the period, solid side-plate cast with figures and animals in an idyllic hunting scene in low relief on a matted ground, the trigger-guard and three faceted ramrod-pipes decorated en suite with the butt-plate, ornate escutcheon involving lion supporters, a bust and a coronet, horn fore-end cap, sling-swivels, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the fore-end crack in two places on both sides). 76cm; 30 in barrel
A 23-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY ELFERDING, ONOLZBACH (ANSBACH), CIRCA 1725-30 with blued barrel of Spanish form with three gilt lily marks and the maker's gilt stamp, a paschal lamb with the letters "EL", bevelled lock signed about the base of the pan, engraved with hunting trophies and scrolls and with a grotesque figure before a town, carved moulded figured walnut full stock, full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate and the trigger-guard each engraved and each with chiselled acanthus finial, side-plate pierced with a scrollwork design, three engraved faceted ramrod-pipes, shield-shaped escutcheon, original ramrod, and the barrel retaining the greater part of an old re-blued finish (the lock acid-cleaned, the stock repaired opposite the lock). 112.4cm; 44 ¼ in barrel The maker's stamps are not previously recorded.
AN INDIAN MUGHAL TYPE GOUACHE with gold and white highlights on ivorine in a Vizagapatam mosaic frame, scene in the manner of a 16th Century Safavid dynasty miniature, depicting Persian courtiers on horseback playing polo and people on a passing camel train in the foreground, 17 x 12cm and a Mughal gouache, hunting party, 14 x 12cm (2)
‡SNAFFLES (Charles Johnson Payne) (1884-1967) ’The Huntsman, the ‘oss loves the ‘ound but I love both’ signed in pencil, with Snaffles blind stamp printed and hand coloured 16 1/2 x 14 1/2in; a signed colour reproduction after Lionel Edwards depicting huntsman and hounds from the Essex Hunt; and two colour Prints after Lionel Edwards (Hunting Type Series) titles ‘Old Mr Barley Corn’ and ‘The Dealer Man’; four (4)
'Portions of the Russian Empire in Eastern & Western Asia', framed bookplate map, 'The Aral Sea according to Khanikoff' and 'Kamtchatka according to A. Erman', drawn by Augustus Petermann F.R.G.S., engraved by G.H. Swanston, the maps surrounded by illustrations including 'Kirghiz hunting with the falcon' and 'Post converyance Kamtchatka', probably from The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography, Fullarton & co., c1850, 46 x 31cm approx.
A gentleman's silver cased, keyless wind, half hunting cased pocket watch, with a jeweled lever movement, detailed Cyma, Swiss Made, silver inner case, the signed enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and with blued steel hands, the case back monogram engraved, a gold mounted paste set rotating pendant fob, with a box and a receipt.
A rare 19th century Indian Bowie (hunting) knife with turned ivory handle and silver mounts by Arnachellum, Salem in original brown leather sheath, the silver pommel engraved ' Presented to the Zemindar of Suptour by Captain Burne SFG, May 1870'. Active in the mid to late 1800's in the city of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, Arnachellum was considered a top producer of knives for the Indian market as well as overseas travellers. The ivory on this knife shows some signs of wear commensurate with its age and use but is of the finest quality.
Five coloured Etchings including four being hunting scenes - ''Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting and other Sport'', ''I have an idea that this fence is either too high or that my horse is too short'', ''I say my good woman have you any idea how they manage here to get a horse out of a brook'', etc. 5 1/4'' x 6 1/2'' and another of Racehorses, 6 1/2'' x 4 3/4''
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