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Lot 279
A 19th Century Victorian lace makers pillow of cylindrical form complete with original template and associated lace together with a good collection of antique lacemakers bobbins including wooden and ivory examples, some inscribed with names including Betsy and Ann, each bobbin being threaded with glass beads.
Lot 1
‡˜A MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TACHI, MID-19TH CENTURY Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri with bo-hi, shallow koshi-zori, iori-mune; Kitae (forging pattern): Obscured by scratching; Hamon (tempering pattern): Unclear but maybe a narrow suguha; Boshi (tip): Ko-maru with kaeri; Nakago (tang) : Not available; Habaki: Double gilded; Nagasa (length from kissaki to machi): 61.8 cm; Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 1.8 cm; Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.1 cm; Overall length: 94.0 cm; Koshirae (mounting): A tachi style ivory mount with figures in traditional costume. Finley carved with rich golden patina. The mokko-gata tsuba has a floral design as do the Fuchi-kashira
Lot 10
‡˜A BURMESE SILVER-MOUNTED PRESENTATION DHA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, applied over the greater part of its length along the back of each face with a panel of copper and silver inscriptions, figures in traditional dress and scrolling leafy foliage, large silver hilt chased with foliage, including bulbous pommel, and ivory grip carved with a band at the top and bottom (loose), in its wooden scabbard entirely encased in sheet silver embossed with a vertically arranged series of niches filled with differing figures and all enclosed by leafy foliage on a punched ground and inscribed at the top 'Presented by Ludu Tobacco Co. Ltd., Rangoon (Burma)' 67.0 cm; 26 3/8 in blade
Lot 11
‡˜A FINE MALASIAN DAGGER (KRIS), LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY with blackened wavy pattern-welded blade chiselled and gilt with a mythological serpent over its length, the forte chiselled with scrolls of foliage and flowers and encrusted with gold, Garuda-type ivory grip carved with scrolling foliage (chipped), filigree mendak, in its carved wooden scabbard, the shank encased in sheet gold, chased on the outer face with scrollwork inhabited by mythological beasts and birds and the inner face decorated with a crowned magic square at the top 31.5 cm; 12 3/8 in blade
Lot 12
‡˜AN INDONESIAN DAGGER (KRIS), 19TH CENTURY with wavy blade formed with a reinforced panel on each face at the forte, carved ivory hilt of Garuda form, rising to a beaked pommel with chased silver eyes, silver mendak, silver pommel cap en suite (bent, loose), in its wooden scabbard with chased silver mounts decorated with bold scrolling foliage and flowers, the remaining surface veneered in tortoiseshell 25.7 cm; 10 1/8 in blade
Lot 122
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJARLI), LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a pair of slender converging fullers and chiselled with a reinforcing panel of foliage on each side at the forte, gilt russet iron hilt of characteristic form comprising three pairs of shaped ivory plaques retained by six gilt rivets (very small chips, the pommel slightly loose), in green velvet-covered wooden scabbard 20.0 cm; 7 7/8 in blade
Lot 149
ËœAN OTTOMAN SHORTSWORD (QAMA), 19TH CENTURY with broad single-edged blade formed with a pair of long slender fullers and a further fuller over the greater part of its length on both faces, one face etched with lengthy calligraphic inscriptions and each with a fine pattern in imitation of watering, hilt of characteristic form, fitted at the front with a shaped horn grip-scale and at the back with an ivory grip-scale, each retained by three iron rivets, the upper and lower drawn-out to a pronounced terminal at the front, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large iron locket and chape each decorated at the front with large silver stars within silver scrollwork frames (rubbed) 66.5 cm; 26 1/4 in blade
Lot 16
‡˜AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 20TH CENTURY with curved doubled-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, gold-mounted ivory hilt of characteristic form, decorated with filigree collars and rondels, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gold mounts including filigree locket set with pastes in raised settings and chased chape, complete with its embroidered belt with four gold rings 19.0 cm; 7 1/2 in blade Provenance Sotheby's, 22nd April 1980, lot 356
Lot 168
ËœA 16 BORE CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel retained by three broad nielloed silver bands and engraved with stars at the breech, long iron tang cut with a brief inscription and inlaid with silver, characteristic iron lock with a brass-lined maker's mark and a leather pad at the rear, leather-covered full stock, large bulbous marine ivory pommel, nielloed silver mounts including side-plate, a medallion-shaped panel with a lengthy inscription ahead of the trigger, trigger-plate and fore-end cap, silver bud-shaped trigger and iron ramrod with silver tip 42.0 cm; 16 ½ in barrel
Lot 19
‡˜AN OTTOMAN SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, DATED 1237 A.H./1821 AD with slightly curved single-edged blade, decorated with gold koftgari, on one face with the date, two panels of calligraphy and hatched ornament and on the other with a foliate panel, gilt copper hilt extending over the forte, set on each side with a red paste and over the back-strap with seven fluted corals in raised settings, a pair of large marine ivory grip-scales rising to an eared pommel (age cracks), in its wooden scabbard with large silver mounts repousée with scrolls and foliage and the chape terminal formed as a monsterhead 57.0 cm; 22 1/2 in blade
Lot 2
‡˜A LARGE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TACHI, MID-19TH CENTURY Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, and chu-kissaki with an exaggerated koshi-zori; Kitae (forging pattern): Details obscured by rubbing and corrosion; Hamon (tempering pattern): unavailable; Nagasa (length from kissaki to machi): 68.7 cm; Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.2 cm; Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.2 cm; Koshirae (mounting): The finely carved saya and tsuka depict street entertainers, including a monkey-showman, drummers and flute players, the oval tsuba shows water dragons Overall length: 111.0 cm; 43 3/4 in
Lot 22
‡˜A VERY FINE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN GOLD INLAID AND IVORY-MOUNTED PRESENTATION CAUCASIAN SABRE (SHASQA), KUBACHI, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with three long fullers, encrusted in gold with Arabic couplets on each face (very small areas of very light pitting), blued iron hilt (the bluing largely oxidised to brown), inlaid with engraved gold designs of scrolling leafy foliage within beadwork frames, characteristic eared pommel set on each face with a panel of ivory inlaid with chased gold en suite with the hilt, in its original blued iron scabbard inlaid with engraved gold designs of scrolling leafy foliage within beadwork frames including a cartouche enclosed by foliage with the maker's signature at the top, in translation "Work of 'Abdullah", the outer face formed of an iron framework with locket, chape and two bands all inlaid in engraved gold with a more dense pattern of scrolling leafy foliage, the two bands each set with a polychrome enamel oval decorated with flowers and divided by two large ivory plaques inlaid with engraved gold en suite with the pommel, and a further panel of ivory at the top with the Imperial cypher of Nicholas II, with two gold inlaid iron rings for suspension, and complete with its bullion belt with matching gold inlaid ivory mounts, in a modern lined and fitted Asprey & Co case 78.7 cm; 31 in blade The couplets read "zada dawlat sahib hadha al-sayf wa 'umrahu / wa qadrahu wa baraka fi 'iyalihi w'anala maqsadahu", ("May the fortune and life of the owner of this sword increase / And his stature, and [God] bless his family and grant him his desire.") and "fi'l-'fizz wa'l-ghalba wa anala allah / ila muradihi bi-rahmat allah" ("In glory and in conquest, and may God grant / His desire, through God's mercy.") The town of Kubachi in Dagestan has a long history of arms production, the name roughly translating as 'mail master'. The inhabitants apparently supplied Tamerlane with mail and other weapons in the 15th Century though the town is now best known for the deluxe weapons produced there during the second half of the 19th century such as the present example. Sword makers were skilled at imitating decoration found elsewhere such as the gold-encrusted Arabic inscriptions frequently encountered on sword blades. See Miller 2000, pp. 256-266.
Lot 24
‡˜AN IVORY MOUNTED COSSAK SWORD (SHASQA), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with broad curved single-edged blade formed with three long fullers on each face, etched with scrolling foliage, the crowned Imperial eagle and an inscription on one face at the forte, marine ivory hilt of characteristic form, the inner face of the grip inlaid with a panel of silver scrolling foliage within a linear frame (losses, ivory with age cracks), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with ivory locket, chape (repaired cracks) and two suspensions bands (one chipped) 77.0 cm; 30 3/8 in blade Provenance Sotheby's, 22nd April 1980, lot 360
Lot 243
ËœA FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with broad fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with scrollwork, a wild boar and an exotic bird and with traces of gilding at the forte, silver cross-piece chased with trophies and foliage, ferrule decorated with a flower, and carved ivory 'pistol' grip, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard (small losses, repaired) with silver mounts chased with scrolls and flowers en suite 55.0 cm; 21 5/8 in blade
Lot 273
‡˜A SILVER-MOUNTED MAMELUKE-HILTED PRESENTATION SWORD TO MAJOR GENERAL SIR N.R.STEWART, FROM THE OFFICERS WHO SERVED UNDER HIS COMMAND IN THE INDIAN ARMY 1897, NO. 34932, LONDON, 1897, MARK OF JOHN FRANCIS LATHAM FOR THE WILKINSON SWORD COMPANY with curved single-edged blade etched with the presentation inscription, foliage, and strapwork on one face and further strapwork, foliage and the maker's details on the other, silver-gilt hilt comprising a pair of langets decorated with a central bouquet, quillons with foliate terminals and one struck with silver marks, back-strap decorated with a running pattern of olive foliage, and a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by rivets with gilt flowerhead caps, complete with its bullion knot, in its silver scabbard with large gilt locket, chape and middle band, all cast and chased with openwork designs of foliage within beadwork frames, the locket mouth decorated with a border of plaited silver gilt, the middle band and locket each decorated with the owner's crested coat-of-arms and motto and with the presentation inscription, each fitted with a plaited silver gilt ring for suspension, and in very good to fine condition throughout, in its lined and fitted mahogany case, the lid later fitted with glass for display purposes 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade Major General Sir Norman Stewart was the second and only surviving son of Field Marshall Donald Stewart who was at the siege of Lucknow and later served with distinction in the Abyssinian and Afghan campaigns. His mother was Marina Catherine, daughter of Commander T.Dabine R.N.. He was born in India, entered the army in 1871, served in the Afghan war of 1876-80, was present at the engagements at Ahmed Kheyl and Urzu near Ghuzni, being mentioned in dispatches and receiving a brevet and clasp to the medal. In the Nile Expedition of 1884-5 he was with the Indian Contingent, being present at the engagements at Hasheen and the Tofrek zariba and at the destruction of Tamai. For these services he was again mentioned in dispatches and received his brevet to Lieutenant Colonel with two clasps to the medal and the Khedive's star. In the China expeditionary force in 1900 he commanded the first infantry brigade and was again mentioned and created CB. On the death of his father in 1900 he succeeded to the Baronetcy and in 1909 he published 'My Service Days', a book of reminiscences. He died in Ealing, London aged 75. Abridged from 'The Times', 11th November 1926. John Francis Latham is recorded trading as The Wilkinson Sword Company Limited from 1897 and was appointed sword cutler to Queen Victoria. See Southwick 2001, pp. 257-258.
Lot 285
A PRESENTATION CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD TO MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL SEDDON, BY OSBORN, DATED 1803 of regulation type, with curved fullered blade of etched and gilt with the owner's crested arms and motto, trophies-of-arms and presentation inscription including ".....for the defence of their country 25th October 1803 and foliage on one face and with further designs including the maker's details and the crowned Royal arms on the other (areas of staining, light pitting, decoration and inscription obscured in places), gilt-brass stirrup hilt with short scrolling quillon, a pair of lion mask langets, and the back-strap and pommel formed as a finely detailed maned bridled horsehead, and finely chequered ivory grip (one small chip and age cracks), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (worn, now in two pieces), with large gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two with a ring for suspension 74.5 cm; 29 3/8 in blade Lieutenant General Daniel Seddon began his military career as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Militia in 1778. He served in the 96th and 100th regiments of foot and was posted to India in 1781 serving in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. There he was wounded, captured, and became a prisoner-of-war until 1784 when he returned to Britain on half pay returning to India in 1788. Subsequently he served in Ireland as an officer in the 22nd Dragoons where he was again wounded. Seddon then served in Egypt in 1801 and 1802. Seddon was Inspecting Field Officer for the large Militia and volunteer forces raised to repel the threat of a French Invasion under Napoleon in 1803. When the latter invaded the Peninsular in 1808 Seddon was asked by the Duke of Wellington to join him as Brigadier commanding the Portuguese cavalry. Seddon was promoted to the rank of Major General in the British Army in 1813 and Lieutenant General in 1825.
Lot 3
‡˜A LARGE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TACHI Sugata (configuration): Hira-zukuri with low iori-mune and tori-zori; Kitae (forging pattern): Condition prevents appraisal; Hamon (tempering pattern): Not visible; Nakago (tang) : Not available; Nagasa (length from kissaki to machi): 60.0 cm; Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 1.5 cm; Moto-haba (width at the machi): 2.8 cm; Koshirae (mounting): Finely carved with warriors in full armour, many with drawn swords and polearms in battle. The tsuba is mokko-gata with a floral design
Lot 30
‡˜A FINE 15 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel retained by three broad shaped brass bands, vase-shaped muzzle chiselled with broad leaves of foliage, the remaining surface of the gun chiselled over its entire surface with a symmetrical arrangement of flowers and foliage against a punched ground within a framework of tendrils, inscribed 'S.K.2' over the breech and with integral pan (pivot-cover missing), chiselled openwork trigger, iron serpentine, figured full stock carved with chevrons beneath the breech and fluted behind the tang, fitted with eight pairs of large ivory rondels, a further rondel beneath the fore-end (restorations, one small chip), and two further slender plaques forming the butt-cap (later ramrod) 124.2 cm; 48 7/8 in barrel
Lot 303
ËœAN IVORY-MOUNTED SWORD CANE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering single-edged blade etched and gilt with scrolling foliage on a blued panel at the forte on each face, cane grip pierced for a thong, with a horn washer on each side, and the pommel formed as a finely carved ivory bust of Admiral Horatio Nelson in the round, in its cane scabbard with iron tip 69.0 cm; 27 1/4 in blade
Lot 31
‡˜A 32 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TORADOR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with slender swamped sighted barrel of 'hog's back' form retained by two slender iron bands, decorated over its entire surface with symmetrical bouquets of flowers in gold and silver koftgari (light wear), the breech incorporating a pan with pivot-cover, the action encased in a large iron plate on each side decorated en suite with the barrel and two further matching iron plates behind the tang, iron trigger decorated with a silver koftgari fish, wooden full stock (fore-end repaired), slender faceted butt inlaid in horn with a stylised fish and a rosette, the butt with iron panels with further designs in silver and gold koftgari, butt-plate formed of alternating horn and ivory fillets, and iron ramrod 130.0 cm; 51 1/8 in barrel
Lot 315
ËœA FINELY CARVED FRENCH HIPPOPOTAMUS IVORY POWDER-FLASK, DIEPPE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved body, flattened inner face carved with a classical portrait profile in a wreath of laurel and the crowned French Royal arms, curved outer face decorated with a stag hunting scene involving two mounted hunters in a woodland, the nozzle carved as a wolf's head in the round, and two loops for suspension 22.0 cm; 8 5/8 in
Lot 32
‡˜A 20 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, LATE 18TH CENTURY with slender etched twist barrel swelling to a monsterhead muzzle, decorated with bands of gold koftgari flowers at the breech, the median and the muzzle, and with bordering panels of gold koftgari along the remaining length on both sides, breech with integral pan with pivot-cover, the action enclosed by large shaped brass plaques incorporating rosette washers and fitted on the right with pricker and chain, slender wooden full stock, carved ahead of the action and applied with ivory plaques about the tang, brass butt-cap, pierced brass trigger, brass sling swivel and iron ramrod 118.8 cm; 46 3/4 in barrel
Lot 34
‡˜A 14 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TORADOR), 19TH CENTURY AND LATER with tapering barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle and decorated with pair of spiralling lines over its length, retained by four white metal bands, the breech incorporating the back-sight, an integral pan and cut with Hyderabad arsenal inscription, slender full stock entirely encased in shaped ivory plaques including three pairs of rosettes over the butt, and iron ramrod 113.5 cm; 44 3/4 in barrel Provenance Sotheby's, 13th April 1988, lot 212
Lot 39
‡˜A 25 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN (SHISHANA), FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with earlier Italian barrel stamped 'Lazari Cominaz' over the breech, inlaid with a small brass panel cut with an Ottoman maker's inscription and retained by three pierced chased silver-gilt bands (areas of rust), iron lock faced with silver panels engraved with a scale pattern and inset with coral beads over the spring bridal, wooden stock almost entirely encased in silver-gilt panels embossed and chased with cartouches of scrolls, flowers and foliage in low relief on a contrasting punched ground, overlaid with ivory panels about the barrel tang, faceted butt en suite, partially covered with silver embroidered fabric and with a large ivory rondel on the left and the right a pair of iron sling swivels, and iron ramrod 72.7 cm; 28 5/8 in barrel
Lot 42
‡˜A 20 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET (SHISHANA), TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel of 'hog's back' form, struck with a gold-lined barrelsmith's mark, encrusted with gold scrolls at the breech and muzzle and retained by five shaped silver bands, flat lock struck with a mark on the bridle (indistinct), full stock inlaid with green-stained horn and brass rondels beneath the fore-end, faceted butt decorated en suite and enriched with shaped ivory and tortoiseshell plaques, rondels en suite with the fore-end and large domed silver nails, faceted bud-shaped silver trigger, two silver sling swivels and iron ramrod 92.8 cm; 36 1/2 in barrel
Lot 43
‡˜A 22 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN (SHISHANA), TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel retained by three chased silver bands (areas of rust), standing back-sight pierced with two apertures, engraved lock chiselled with foliage and with traces of silver-encrusted decoration, full stock applied with a large silver plaque over the forward portion of the fore-end, faceted butt applied with pierced engraved brass plaques, further large brass plaques about the trigger cut with a brief inscription, large faceted ivory butt-cap and two iron sling swivels (ramrod missing) 84.0 cm; 33 in barrel Provenance Christie's, 15th February 1978, lot 74
Lot 44
‡˜A 28 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with octagonal barrel encrusted with gold foliage at the breech and muzzle and retained by five engraved silver bands, engraved tang, iron lock encrusted with matching gold foliage (areas of rust), figured full stock overlaid with pierced engraved silver plaques beneath the fore-end, the lock and about the tang, rounded butt overlaid with further engraved silver plaques en suite with the fore-end, the silver parts struck with tughra throughout, large ivory butt-cap, and bone ramrod with horn tip 71.3 cm; 28 1/8 in barrel
Lot 45
‡˜A 25 BORE NORTH AFRICAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET (MUKHALA), MOROCCO, 19TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrel decorated over the greater part of its surface with silver koftgari scrolls and retained by three brass bands, struck with a barrelsmith's mark over the breech, engraved lock overlaid with sheet silver (small losses), full stock and characteristically pronounced butt, the rear half inlaid in silver wire with scrolls, flowers and foliage, ivory butt-plate, iron trigger-guard decorated with silver koftgari, and wooden ramrod 115.5 cm; 45 1/2 in barrel
Lot 461
‡˜A 20 BORE SPANISH MADRID-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE BY FRANCISCO TAGARONA, MADRID, DATED 1788 with two-stage barrel retained by two slender iron bands (areas of rust), fitted with gold 'spider' fore-sight, chiselled and gilt girdle, signed and dated in gold over the breech and with the gold-lined barrelsmith's marks (Neue Støckel 1076 and 1077), engraved tang, bevelled lock signed and dated within panels and engraved with scrolls en rocaille, full stock (fore-end repaired), fluted butt, engraved iron mounts including signed trigger-guard en suite with the lock and butt-plate, and ivory-tipped wooden ramrod 63.0 cm; 24 3/4 in barrel Provenance Sotheby's, 14th March 1978, lot 196. Francisco Targarona (active 1773-1808) was court gunmaker to Carlos IV, King of Spain (1748-1819).
Lot 468
‡˜A GERMAN 32 BORE WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, MID-17TH CENTURY, WITH FINELY DECORATED STOCK, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel octagonal over the breech, bevelled lock fitted with external wheel (the lock and barrel each with areas of rust), full stock veneered in engraved ivory plaques, decorated over the right hand side of the fore-end with an infantry and cavalry engagement involving figures in 17th century dress, the left side with Turkish and European cavalrymen in combat in front of a walled town and a farmstead, the butt decorated with a military encampment on the left hand side and fitted with cheek-piece with later sliding cover on the right, the underside with an elaborately engraved trophy-of-arms and foliage over the fore-end, and iron trigger-guard with curled rear finial (later ramrod) 43.0 cm; 17 in barrel The decoration of the stock is closely related, and perhaps by the same maker, to that on a wheel-lock sporting rifle and a pair of wheel-lock pistols formerly in the Karsten Klingbeil Collection, Berlin, sold Brussels 13th December 2011, lots 145 and 155. A crossbow with a tiller in the same manner and formerly in the collection of Henk Visser was sold Sotheby's London, 3rd July 1990, Lot 197. A wheel-lock rifle with related decoration dated 1591 is preserved in the Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen, inv. no. B291, though it is clearly by another hand. See Smith 1938, p. 156, cat. no. 315.
Lot 469
‡˜A 140 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION MUFF PISTOL BY LEPAGE A PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY with etched twist barrel inlaid in gold with an arrow on top and a gold band at the breech and the muzzle, scroll-engraved box-lock action signed within a gold oval on the right and inscribed 'A Paris' on the left, folding trigger, and ivory butt (age cracks) 3.5 cm; 1 3/8 in barrel
Lot 47
‡˜A 25 BORE NORTH AFRICAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET (MUKHALA), MOROCCO, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel faceted at the muzzle and retained by three chased silver bands, decorated over its surface with silver koftgari scrolls, the tang decorated en suite, flat lock applied with sheets of engraved brass and silver, full stock with fishtail butt, the rear half inlaid in silver wire with scrolls, flowers and foliage, ivory butt-plate, engraved iron trigger-guard, and wooden ramrod 115.0 cm; 45 1/4 in barrel
Lot 470
‡˜A BELGIAN MARIETTE PATENT EIGHT-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, LIÈGE PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY with turn-off barrels arranged as a single cluster, rounded action inlaid with silver scrollwork, iron back-strap with signature (worn) including 'Arquebusier.....Roi' and ivory grips (age cracks, iron patinated) 9.0 cm; 3 1/2 in barrels
Lot 472
‡˜A CASED PAIR OF 120 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY with etched twist turn-off barrels numbered beneath the breeches, scroll-engraved actions with scroll-engraved folding triggers and tangs, and ivory butts (cracks): in fitted Vizagapatam case lined in green velvet and veneered in engraved ivory decorated with borders of scrollwork highlighted in black stain on the outside (lifting in places), complete with some accessories including bullet mould and ivory flask 5.2 cm; 5 1/ 8 in barrels Provenance Christie's, 7th March 1979, lot 169
Lot 478
‡˜A PAIR OF 15 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS FOR THE EASTERN MARKET, ST ETIENNE, 1809-19 with tapering barrels formed in two stages, swelling towards the muzzles, engraved and gilt with celestial motifs over the forward section, chiselled with crescents-in-splendour above elaborate trophies-of-arms and scrolls over the breeches and struck with a mark, 'M' crowned on the left, chiselled tangs en suite, chiselled and gilt locks decorated with elaborate trophies-of-arms on the tails, inscribed 'St Etienne' beneath the steel springs and with traces of a maker's signature within a scrollwork cartouche, fitted with cocks and steels each decorated en suite with the breeches, rainproof pans, figured walnut full stocks profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolling tendrils over the fore-ends, further scrollwork, and baskets issuant with bouquets behind the tangs, full silver mounts cast and chased with trophies-of-arms in low relief and retaining some early gilt finish, including solid side-plates, escutcheons, a pair of ramrod-pipes, trigger-guards and spurred pommels each with fineness and guarantee marks and the maker's mark 'CC' in a diamond, and each with ivory-tipped whalebone ramrod 31.5 cm; 12 3/8 in barrels (2)
Lot 50
‡˜A VERY FINE PAIR OF 25 BORE CAUCASIAN GOLD, SILVER AND IVORY-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOLS, DATED 1273 AH/1856 AD, PROBABLY CIRCASSIAN with tapering russet iron barrels of 'hog's back' form flaring at the muzzles and with raised mouldings over the breeches, encrusted in gold with a pattern of tight scrolls over most of their surface, retained by three nielloed and gilt broad silver bands chased with traditional scrollwork on a finely matted ground, the breeches covered with a differing pattern of scrolling gold foliage and struck with the barrelsmith's mark, probably Sheik Mustafa, gold-encrusted locks decorated en suite with the barrels, with a brief inscription beneath the mainsprings (very small losses) iron triggers decorated with gold foliage, full stocks covered with leather, applied with nielloed silver gilt plaques en suite with the barrel bands over the fore-ends, about the locks, the triggers and over the butts, the latter incorporating a further panel including the date behind the tang, marine ivory pommels inlaid with a panel of chased silver foliage, fitted with large chased silver gilt and niello caps and fitted with silver rings, matching fore-end caps, and in fine condition throughout, in a modern padded case by Asprey & Co 30.0 cm; 11 3/4 in barrels (2) Provenance Christie's, 20th June 1979, lot 4 A closely related pistol, dated 1835-40 and attributed to Circassia, is preserved in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. See Miller 2000, p. 202, ill. 121.
Lot 503
ËœA PAIR OF 40 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY FALISSE & TRAPMANN À LIÉGE, LIÈGE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with etched twist turn-off rifled barrels formed with a series of full-length slender ribs, engraved rounded side-hammer actions fitted with back-sights, signed in gold letters on the left, decorated with neo-rococo ornament and with folding triggers beneath, and rounded ivory butts (cracks) 12.0 cm; 4 ¾ in
Lot 51
‡˜A FINE 20 BORE CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL WITH MARINE IVORY STOCK, DATED 1291 AH/1874 AD with tapering russet iron barrel decorated with gold koftgari scrollwork over the greater part of its surface and retained by three nielloed silver bands, iron lock decorated en suite with the barrel and struck with a maker's mark (trigger missing), full ivory stock (the fore-end chipped, cracked beneath the lock), inlaid with scrolls and foliage in gold and base metal previously covered with gold (losses), the butt applied with a nielloed silver plaque with an inscription including the date at the top, and bulbous pommel en suite 29.2 cm; 11 1/2 in barrel
Lot 515
ËœTHE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR AN IMPORTANT FRENCH ROYAL 60 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOL MADE FOR LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUC D'ORLÉANS (1793-1830), KING OF FRANCE (1830-48), BY HENRY LEPAGE, DATED 1837 with octagonal barrel formed in two stages, inlaid in gold with a running band of fleur-de-lys around the muzzle face, finely chiselled and blued against a gilt fishroe ground with grotesque mask bosses around the muzzle, addorsed herms, scrolling monsterheads issuant from winged scaly monsters, espagnolette masks, the standing personifications of the Four Cardinal Virtues and further espagnolette masks over the median, an armoured crossbowman winding his windlass flanked by two armoured knights over the breech and vine fruit, foliage and further classical motifs, percussion bolster chiselled with a rabbit running through foliage and fitted with pierced platinum plug, the tang chiselled and gilt with the figure of Victory and fitted with gold back-sight, chiselled and gilt lock en suite with the barrel, decorated with a reclining female, perhaps Fortitude, a plumed helmet at her side and a shield charged with a per bend on her lap, fitted with chiselled hammer formed as a scaly monster, the lower portion enriched with gold and silver lines, hippopotamus ivory half-stock, carved with the crowned Royal cypher above a winged figure beneath the fore-end, engraved with panels of hatched ornament filled with fighting lions and lionesses, foliage and exotic birds on the right and with a dragon confronted by hounds on the left, the area opposite the lock engraved with the reclining figure of Fame with a further lion, fluted butt carved with monsters about the tang and foliage over the spine, its remaining surface vertically divided by slender ribs enclosing four tall vertical panels filled with differing medieval battle scenes (small age cracks, areas of staining), spurred iron trigger-guard chiselled and gilt en suite with the barrel, decorated with an armoured warrior with a hound at his feet on the outside, the trigger plate signed in gold 'Henricus.Lepage.Regius.Faber Lutetia.P.A.Lapret Sequanus.Fecit', chiselled and gilt butt-cap decorated with pair of winged monsters, barrel bolt escutcheon chiselled and gilt with a pair of monsterheads, no provision for a ramrod, and remaining in fine condition throughout 24.5 cm; 9 ¾ in barrel Provenance Louis Philippe, Duc d' Orléans (1793-1830), King of France (1830-48), the garniture (see note below) Gustav Diederich Clarence Mackay Exhibited L'Exposition Universelle Internationale Paris, 1900, cased with the remainder of the garniture Literature Musée Rétrospectif de la Classe 51, Armes de chasse (matériel, proceeds et produits), de 1900 a Paris, 1900, pp. 13-14 The present pistol was originally cased along with its pair, a superimposed load four-shot carbine, a small-sword, a hunting sword, two flasks and further accoutrements and exhibited at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900. The group was subsequently split up, the carbine and one flask were sold by Sotheby's Zurich (6th November 1992, lot 259) and Sotheby's New York (24th May 1994, lot 484) respectively. Both now reside in a private collection in the United States. The cased garniture formed a spectacularly lavish display with references to mythology and the chase. The use of hippopotamus ivory, an exceptionally tough material to work, is notably unusual and perhaps alluded to in the carving of the lid where a hunter confronts an aquatic beast. Jean André Prosper Lepage, known as Henri Lepage (1792-1854), was the son of the Royal gunmaker Jean Lepage. He was court gunmaker to Louis XVIII, Charles X and Louis Philippe. From 1825 he was a member of the Conseil Général des Manufactures and won silver medals at the Industrial Exhibitions of 1823, 1827, 1834 and 1839. He was also a restorer and dealer of antique weapons and armour.
Lot 8
‡˜A MEJI PERIOD IVORY AIKUCHI TANTO Sugata (configuration): This blade appears to be simply a metal tsunagi designed to hold the koshirae together Koshirae (mounting): This shows well carved court nobles, both men and women, many in armour. The large iron kashira is with a shakudo anchor and various sea creatures in both gold and shakudo above breaking waves in silver 18.5cm; 7 1/4 in blade
Lot 9
‡˜A MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TANTO Sugata (configuration): Hira-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; Kitae (forging pattern): Ko-mokume-hada; Hamon (tempering pattern): An indistinct suguha; Habaki: Gilded copper; oshi (tip): Ko-maru; Nakago (tang) : not available; Koshirae (mounting): An ivory mounted tanto, deeply carved with children playing under leafy trees and with an elephant. The tsuka is formed of a dragon's head, deeply scaled on the throat and with an open mouth showing teeth. The round tsuba has a floral design Overall length: 54.0 cm; 21 1/4 in
Lot 94
TWO BURMESE DAGGERS (DHA), 19TH CENTURY the first with slightly curved broad single-edged blade, ivory hilt pierced and carved with scrolling foliage inhabited by a demonic leonine figure, large silver ferrule chased with beadwork, in its silver-mounted bamboo scabbard; the second similar, smaller, with ivory hilt fitted with a chased silver ferrule, in its silver-covered ivory scabbard decorated with silver filigree panels inhabited by butterflies and a fish the first: 27.3 cm; 10 3/4 in blade (2)
Lot 95
A BURMESE DAGGER (DHA) AND ANOTHER, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with slightly curved broad single-edged blade, cylindrical ivory hilt fitted at its base with a large chased silver collar decorated with beadwork, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver chased with scrolling beadwork; the second of similar form, smaller, the hilt with a faceted silver collar at its base, in its silver-encased scabbard and retaining an early red cord 31.0 cm; 12 1/4 in blade (2)
Lot 224
STALKER (JOHN) AND GEORGE PARKERA Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing, Being a Compleat Discovery in Those Arts... The Method of Guilding, Burnishing, and Lackering, with the Art of Guilding... Also Rules for Counterfeiting Tortoise-shell, and Marble, and for Staining or Dying Wood, Ivory, and Horn, FIRST EDITION, issue with errata/contents leaf, 24 engraved plates plants, animals, architecture and people (plate 17 with one corner slightly torn away, plate 19 with small hole in blank area, plate 21 sprinkled with 6 small gilt spots, a few small marginal tears), contemporary calf, rubbed [ESTC R187178; Wing 5187D], folio (375 x 240mm.), Oxford, Printed for, and Sold by the Authors, John Stalker, at the Golden Ball... ; or by George Stalker, at Mr. Richard Woods House over against the Theater in Oxford, 1688This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Lot 100
Two Persian rugs: The first: Kashan rug, west Persia, circa 1920s-30s 6ft. 9in. X 4ft. 3in. 2.05m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear; slight loss to ends; few 'nicks' to selvedges. Classic Kashan design, light red cartouche-shaped field with indigo centre medallion and ivory inner medallion; ivory and pale blue spandrels; all over flowers and foliage; dark blue scrolling floral main border; ivory and mid-blue guards. The second: Tabriz pictorial rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 5in. X 2ft. 9in. 1.35m. X 0.84m. Small spots of old moth damage lower end; slight loss to ends. Pale cream field with central vignette of deer with a ewer and flowers with a pond in the foreground with a duck and fish; flowering tree of life in the field with a pair of birds in the upper branches; dark blue floral main border. Soft palette. (2)
Lot 101
Two rugs, the first: Malayer rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 4ft. 8in. X 3ft. 7in. 1.42m. X 1.09m. Small areas of old moth damage to borders lower end and to field top end. Slight loss to ends. Dark blue field with pale blue flowerhead centre; scrolling flowers and floral sprays; red floral main border and ivory guards. Lustrous wool; soft handle. The second: Lilihan rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 3ft. 6in. X 2ft. 9in. 1.07m. X 0.84m. Slight loss to ends. Light rose field with all over flowers and foliage; narrow blue/black floral main border and pink and pale yellow floral guards. Soft palette; robust handle. (2)
Lot 102
Two Persian rugs: Saraband rug, north west Persia, circa 1930-s-40s, 5ft. 1in. X 3ft. 6in. 1.55m. X 1.07m. Slight wear in places; tape to both ends verso. Dark blue field with all over small boteh; terracotta floral spandrels; ivory boteh and floral main border; pale blue and dark blue guards. The second: Saraband rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 10in. X 3ft. 3in. 1.47m. X 1m. Slight wear in places and slight loss to ends. Camel diamond-shape field filled with small boteh motifs; ivory floral spandrels with quarter medallions in the corners; ivory trailing floral main border and blue/black boteh guards. (2)
Lot 107
Kurdish long rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 8ft. 4in. X 3ft. At top end to 3ft. 7in. At lower end. 2.54m. X 0.91m. At top end to 1.09m. At lower end. Overall wear with borders missing at the lower end; fabric tape to both ends verso. Dark blue field with all over shrubs within triple floral borders in terracotta, ivory and pale yellow.
Lot 108
Bijar rug of mina khani design, north west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. X 4ft. 2in. 2.13m. X 1.27m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark browns; small repairs; losses to ends; tape to top end verso. Terracotta field with all over mina khani design; dark brown floral main border; ivory floral guards.
Lot 117
Tabriz rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 6ft. 3in. X 4ft. 5in. 1.91m. X 1.35m. Overall even wear; slight loss and small repairs to ends; fabric tape both ends verso. Pale terracotta field with ivory centre medallion and spandrels, closely filled with all over small herati design; dark blue palmette and floral main border, pale green and pale blue floral guards.
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