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A DOG-LOCK MUSKETOON BY I. BRAZIER, CIRCA 1740 with heavy brass barrel formed in four stages, belled towards the muzzle and formed with a pronounced moulding behind, stamped with London proof marks and the barrelsmith~s mark over the breech, steel tang, signed flush-fitting lock with flat cock fitted with dog-safety-catch and faceted pan, blackened hardwood full stock (small repairs, wormed), impressed with a mark, ~R~ crowned, on the right of the butt, brass mounts comprising flush-fitting side-plate, butt-plate with short rounded tang, trigger-guard with globular finial, a single ramrod-pipe, later brass-tipped ramrod, and the middle of the stock with provision for a swivel mount (now missing) 67.8 cm; 26 3/4 in barrel

The Property of a Gentleman A FLINTLOCK MUSKETOON, WITH EARLIER 17TH CENTURY BRASS BARREL, 18TH CENTURY with brass barrel formed in four stages, flared at the muzzle with a raised moulding behind, octagonal then polygonal breech with a raised moulding incorporating the back-sight, struck with the barrelsmith~s mark, the letters ~TA~ beneath a fleur-de-lys (overstruck) and London proof marks, iron tang, border-engraved rounded regulation lock with ~GR~ crowned, Government ownership broad arrow mark beneath the pan and ~Tower~ on the tail, full stock (small cracks and minor repairs), brass mounts of regulation type including trigger-guard with moulded finial, butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, and moulded ramrod-pipe of early form (sling swivels missing), and horn-tipped wooden ramrod with iron worm 63.8 cm; 25 1/8 in barrel

A DOG-LOCK MUSKETOON BY T. BANISTER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with heavy brass barrel belled at the muzzle and formed with a raised moulding behind, struck with proof marks and the barrelsmith~s mark at the breech formed with a raised band incorporating the back-sight, iron tang, signed flat lock with bevelled tail, fitted with dog safety-catch and faceted pan, full stock (chipped about the lock, formed with a raised moulding about the tang, the butt with flattened spine, brass mounts comprising pierced scrolling side-plate, butt-plate with slender tang, and a single moulded ramrod-pipe, and iron trigger-guard and wooden ramrod 69.5 cm; 27 3/8 in barrel

The Property of a Gentleman A RARE FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 58.0 cm; 22 7/8 in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with view, proof and Ordnance marks at the breech, signed border-engraved lock engraved ~Tower~ and with Ordnance mark, figured walnut full stock, the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip missing) 99.0 cm; 39in overall Provenance Warwick Castle (inv. no. F084), sold in this room, lot 278, 26th June 2007. Four musketoons of this type from Warwick Castle and with locks by Brooks have been sold in this room: 14th December 2005, lot 145, 26th June 2007, lots 276, 277 and 278. See Blackmore 1961, p. 99.

The Property of a Gentleman A 1777 PATTERN SHORT LAND FLINTLOCK MUSKET, LATE 18TH CENTURY with rebrowned sighted barrel struck with King~s View and Proof marks at the breech, struck with the barrelsmith~s initials ~TH~ beneath a mullet (rubbed) on the left and inscribed ~P/31~, tang with traces of inspector~s mark, border-engraved lock with ~GR~ crowned, ~Tower~ and Government ownership broad arrow mark, the inside with the initials ~WG~ and inspectors mark, full stock swelling about the rear ramrod-pipe and with an apron moulding about the tang, struck with a mark on the right of the butt, full brass mounts including flat side-plate, escutcheon engraved en suite with the breech, four ramrod-pipes, two iron sling swivels, iron ramrod and with a contemporary bayonet stamped ~J.Hill~ 107.3 cm; 42 ¼ in barrel (2)

Property from an Important Private Collection AN IMPORTANT 54 BORE SOUTH GERMAN BREECH-LOADING SELF-SPANNING WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, AUGSBURG, MID-16TH CENTURY with swamped barrel formed in two stages, the forward section round, chiselled with a grotesque foliate mask incorporating a low brass fore-sight at the muzzle, a further band of bold foliage at the median, and etched with a symmetrical design of bold strapwork enclosing delicate tendrils between, the rear section octagonal, stamped with Augsburg town mark towards the breech, and decorated with alternating bands of running foliage and delicate strapwork with scrolls, hinged breech decorated en suite with the muzzle and the median, released by a sprung gilt folding catch on the tang also forming the back-sight, removable iron cartridge incorporating the pan with associated hinged cover, blued flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by an engraved circular bracket pierced on the front with two slender S-scrolls, the edge gilt and pierced beneath as a drain, sliding secondary pan-cover etched with a green man mask and operated by a button release, sprung safety-catch with delicately filed details including monsterhead terminals, pivoting dog formed as a monsterhead with an issuant foliate mask beneath, fitted at its base with a hinged lever acting on an axle corresponding with a chain on the inside, the latter rotating the wheel and withdrawing the pan-cover when turned (the tip of the dog spur expertly restored), mainspring retained by an elaborately etched iron plaque decorated with a tusked marine monster, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn with an open design of foliage and differing flowers between segmental lines, with strapwork cartouches enclosing differing scenes of rabbits pursued by hounds and foxes on each side of the fore-end, a staghunting scene including a mounted huntsman accompanied by hounds and a falcon opposite the lock, strapwork cartouches forming the side nail washers, the underside inlaid en suite and involving an espagnolette, trigger-plate formed of a scrollwork plaque with a mask top and bottom, the butt decorated en suite with further strapwork cartouches about the tang, inscribed with the date, perhaps 1562, behind and a monsterhead suspended beneath, the spine decorated with three birds including an owl, a marine monster on the left, and faceted pommel decorated with an alternating arrangement of espagnolettes, fruit and foliage between corresponding segmental lines, iron trigger-guard, engraved staghorn fore-end cap and engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe (small losses, minor replacements, small repairs at the fore-end and opposite the lock, later ramrod) 55.6 cm; 21 7/8 in barrel Provenance The Lord Astor of Hever, sold Sotheby~s, London, 5th May 1983, lot 61 Exhibited Welt im Umbruch 1980, no. 885, p. 493-4, illustrated. As stated in the Hever catalogue, this pistol displays exceptional technical innovation for the period. It can be loaded at the breech with a removable cartridge that is complete with a pan, thus allowing the user to insert a pre-loaded and primed cartridge into the chamber. Furthermore it can be used as a self-spanning wheel-lock or primed with a key. No other pistol of this early date displays so many refinements. The breech-loading system is related to that of a slightly earlier pistol of circa 1545-50, probably made in Augsburg, preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. nr. A603. See Schedelmann 1972, p. 4 and Gamber & Beaufort 1990, p. 66. The option for self-spanning or hand spanning is notably early. Two examples made around a century later, formerly preserved in the ancestral armoury of the Princes Hohenlohe-Langenburg at Schloss Langenburg were sold in this room, lot 286, 3rd December 2015 and lot 538, 24th June 2015.

A RARE EARLY FLINTLOCK WENDER PISTOL, DUTCH OR NORTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1655-60 with turn-over barrels formed in two stages, one with a mark struck on the breech (traces only), fitted with a raised iron figure-of-eight ring over the muzzles and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, bevelled flat lock struck with maker~s mark behind its chamfered leading edge, tapering to a rear finial chiselled as a stylised monster~s head, and fitted with ring-necked straight cock engaging a dog safety, ebonised wooden butt fluted about the upper breech tang (expertly repaired beneath the lock), globular pommel inlaid with contrasting delicate brass lines and with a brass collar (expertly restored), inset with iron button finial, deeply fluted ebonised fore-end formed of two halves, iron ramrod-pipe (expertly restored) and iron trigger-guard (later ramrod) 64 cm; 25 3/8 in Provenance The Armoury of the Princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, (inv. no. 334), removed from Schloss Langenburg, sold in this room, 3rd December 2014, lot 231. The maker~s mark on the lock is apparently unrecorded (the initials MH above a hand). A closely comparable pistol, unmarked but possibly from the same workshop, was in the collection of the late H.L.Visser; see Puype 1996, Volume I, Part 3, cat. no. 507, pp. 38-9. See also the early Wender gun originating from the same armoury, also sold in this room, lot 275.

Property from an Important Private Collection A GERMAN (SAXON) SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, BY F.CARLSON A DRESDEN, CIRCA 1710-19 with swamped barrel formed with a long slender flat signed ~F. Carlson a Dresden~ and fitted with silver fore-sight on a bed of engraved scrolls, the breech chiselled against a finely gilt matted ground with a trophy-of-arms incorporating a foliate mask beneath a canopy ahead of a band of beadwork, scroll-and border-engraved breech tang, signed border-engraved bevelled lock chiselled and gilt with a trophy-of-arms en suite on the tail, engraved with the reclining figure of Diana and signed beneath the faceted pan, fitted with chiselled and gilt cock and steel, the former involving an issuant serpent, top-jaw with a further foliate mask and the latter with foliage en suite, figured walnut full stock carved with sprays of foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the breech tang (expertly repaired), full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief against a finely gilt matted ground, comprising openwork sideplate involving scrolling foliage, an issuant serpent and a female portrait profile, trigger-guard with a grotesque mask on the bow and foliate terminal, butt-cap with a large green man mask and a bold design of symmetrical scrolls and foliage, and escutcheon decorated with a pair of bound prisoners carrying a portrait medallion on a trophy-of-arms beneath a count~s coronet, and a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes (later ramrod) 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in barrel Friedrich Carlsohn was born in Liebau, Kurland in present day Latvia. In 1700 he made a masterpiece with Andreas Erttel who is credited with the introduction of the ~French manner~ to the Saxon Court. In 1701 he became a master of the Dresden Guild and a burgher in 1705. In 1716 he was reprimanded for employing six lockmakers and four gunmakers at the same time. In 1719 he died in his house on the Schiessgraben. The former Saxon Electoral Armoury, now incorporated within the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, includes a wheel-lock rifle, two flintlock rifles, and three pairs of pistols by this maker. The design of the mounts is taken from earlier French pattern books including those of Simonin and Guérard. Johann Christoph Weigel published a facsimile of the latter ~presented under the skillful guidance~ (vorgestellet unter anleitung der geschickteseten) of the Parisian Gunmakers in Nuremburg, some time before 1725. See Hayward 1963, pp. 110-111, Schaal 1975, p. 90 and Grancsay 1970, p. 14 and p. 86.

AN 18 BORE LIÈGOIS FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOL BY LECOMTE A LIÈGE, CIRCA 1730 with swamped sighted barrel formed in two stages, octagonal breech sparsely engraved with foliage, engraved tang decorated with border ornament and foliage, signed rounded lock engraved with scrolls of foliage, full stock moulded over the fore-end, carved in low relief with foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang (small repairs around the butt), and gilt-brass mounts comprising solid side-plate en suite with the lock, spurred pommel, a pair of ramrod-pipes and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (cleaned) 34.0 cm; 13 3/8 in barrel

A 40 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOL BY JOSEPH CHARLES REILLY, 316 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WITH CONCEALED RIFLING, CIRCA 1835-47 with heavy browned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full on the top flat, the bore rifled for approximately the rear three quarters, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with scrolls and inlaid with two platinum lines, engraved tang decorated with scrolling foliage and a sunburst, signed flush-fitting lock engraved with scrolls of foliage and fitted with bolt safety-catch, set trigger, figured walnut half-stock with chequered butt (areas of light bruising, dented beneath the lock), engraved steel mounts comprising spurred trigger-guard with foliate terminal, pear-shaped butt-cap, and, moulded ramrod-pipe, horn fore-end cap, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and early brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm enclosed in a brass cover 25.2 cm; 10 in barrel

A GOOD MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP OF A YOUNG BOY AND GIRL, the boy playing a pipe, the girl seated with a goat. Cross swords mark in blue. Incised No. G93. 6ins high.

A VIENNA STYLE COLD PAINTED BRONZE OF A MAN SMOKING A PIPE. 2.25ins high.

An Aubusson 'seaport' genre tapestry, in the manner of designs by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), second half 18th century, depicting a Levantine man holding a pipe to another man's mouth, beside further seated figures, the maritime background with a ship and a turret, within a picture frame border, 217cm high, 171cm wideFor two Aubusson panels with similar compositions after Vernet's 'Marines', please see Sotheby's New York, 27 April 2007, lot 55Condition Report: The darker blues, ochres and reds are relatively bright and well-preserved, though the skin tones and sky are somewhat more faded.The border was likely adapted and restored, and there is colour variegation there. The top border has some ruffling, perhaps also reduced or adjusted. The field has areas of tearing and slackening of the weave commensurate with age, and there are small areas of stitch and weave restoration overall, particularly to the ruin backdrop, of which parts are rewoven. Small patches of different thread have discoloured slightly, such as to the washerwomen's costumes.The backing is stable though a little frayed at the edges.Condition Report Disclaimer

Early 19th Century Light Dragoon Flintlock Pistol 25 bore, 9 1/2 inch barrel. The breech with proof stamps. Steel lock plate with line edge engraving. Swan neck flint cock. Steel frizzen and spring. Polished, full stock woodwork. Brass trigger guard, side plate and single ramrod pipe. Wooden ramrod with brass cap. Small working repairs.

Imperial German Seitengewehr M1898 Shortened Bayonet 8 3/4 inch, single edged, pipe back blade. Narrow fuller running through the point. Forte with maker “V C Schilling Suhl”. Back edge dated “06”. Steel, turn up quillon crossguard. Steel pommel with Inspection stamps. Wooden slab grips with 9 cross grooves. Complete in its officially shortened leather scabbard with steel mounts.

Imperial German Seitengewehr M1898 Regimental Marked Bayonet 20 1/2 inch, single edged, pipe back, quill point blade with narrow fuller. Forte with maker “V C Schilling Suhl”. Back edge dated “14”. Steel, turn up quillon. Steel pommel. Wooden slab grips. One side with alloy, inlaid panel marked “244. J Danzig”. Crossguard marked “244.R.7.65” Contained in its leather scabbard with steel mounts. Complete with leather frog.

Imperial German Seitengewehr M1898 Regimental Marked Bayonet 20 3/4 inch, single edged, pipe back, quill point blade. Narrow fuller. Forte with maker “Alex Coppel Solingen”. Back edge dated “05”. Steel, turn up quillon and pommel. Grooved, wooden slab grips. Crossguard marked “49 R.7.222”. Contained in its blackened steel scabbard.

Imperial German Seitengewehr M1898 Bayonet 20 1/2 inch, single edged, pipe back, quill point blade. Narrow fuller. Forte with maker “Simson & Co Suhl”. Back edge dated “02”. Steel, turn up quillon and pommel. Wooden, grooved slab grips. Crossguard marked “104.R.2.137”. Contained in its leather scabbard with steel mounts. Throat marked “76.R.3.29”.

Small Selection of Badges Including African consisting brass Natal Scottish 1940 bonnet badge with tartan backing ... Matching pair of collar badges ... Pair brass NS titles on orange felt bands ... White metal Cape Town Highlanders on tartan backing ... Facing pair, white metal thistle collars ... Bi-metal, 2 part, 4th South African Scottish Pipe Band sporran badge ... White metal VR Bombay title ... Vic crown, gilt, VR cypher pouch badge (screw post fixing). 11 items.

* Doll. An 18th century miniature wooden doll, with carved hair, articulated arms and legs and wearing boots, 5cm high, a 19th century coconut shell panel with classical female carved in relief, one arm raised looking out over water with land in the distance, 6cm long, a George III brass pipe tamper, a 19th century Bilston enamel box, the lid decorated with a bird on a lozenge within foliate border, 5cm wide, an 18th century miniature coffin with hinged lid enclosing an ivory skeleton, 4cm long and other itemsQty: (10)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.

* Pipe tampers. An 18th century ivory pipe tamper, carved as a boy on a barrel the chequered base stained red, 8cm long, together with another 18th century ivory pipe tamper carved as a greyhound catching a rabbit, the silver base with faint engraved markings and possibly dated 1740, approximately 7cm longQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.

* Pipes. A collection of Victorian and later pipes, including a carved wood skull pipe, 14cm long, another carved a female wearing an elaborate hat, 13.5cm long, a calabash pipe, cheroot holders and other itemsQty: (10)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.

A bag of collectable items including horn beaker, Victorian Royal Navy tin, pitch pipe, etc.

A late 19th Century leather cased finely cast brass pipe tamper modelled as Pan

LLADRO; a figurine depicting a seated lumberjack holding a pipe, height 37cm, printed factory marks to base.Additional InformationVery minor glaze chips to the edge of the axe, remains of glue to the tip of the axe, otherwise good.

An early 20th century Arts & Crafts oak smoker's cabinet, the twin hinged doors enclosing part fitted interior including pipe rack above under tier, on square section supports, 101.5 x 63 x 31.8cm.Additional InformationScuffs, scrapes and knocks throughout.

A mixed lot of collectors' items, including a Meerschaum pipe with Swedish silver mount, height 10cm, a Victorian hand warmer with swing handle, modelled in the form of a grenade, length 14cm, a hallmarked silver propelling pencil and further snap-top pencil, assorted silver and silver plated flatware, etc.Additional InformationGeneral wear throughout, the Meerschaum pipe has a large crack running arounf the body, the hand warmer with denting to the body, general wear throughout.

A hallmarked silver watch chain with T-bar, overall length 46cm, a Smiths chrome pocket watch, a Cornish serpentine vase, height 7cm, a carved clay pipe modelled in the form of a boot and football, length 13cm, etc.Additional InformationGeneral wear throughout, rubbed marks on the watch chain.

A collection of 19th century and later Black Forest and other carved wooden figurines and bottle stoppers to include a gnome, a boy playing a pipe, height 20cm, etc (33).Additional InformationGeneral surface wear, minor chipping/losses throughout, general wear.

A Victorian cranberry glass pipe with milk glass trailed decoration, height 50cm, a Black Forest photo frame carved with a stag and game, a Gothic style oak book stand, and an Art Nouveau brass desk stand with impressed marks GESCH (5).Additional InformationThe photo frame has damage and the stag is missing its horns, general wear throughout. The pipe with general wear, very minor nibbles/chips tot he top of the bowl.

Two hand blown opium pipes with internal lace decoration, length of largest example is 15cm, with a horn pipe with yellow metal feral, a clay pipe modelled in a form of a football boot, glass cheroot holders, Japanese ivory cheroot holder carved with a stalking tiger, length 7.5cm.Additional InformationGeneral surface wear, staining throughout, minor nibbles to glass cheroot holders, minor crack to ivory cheroot holder.

A collection of assorted treen to include vizagapatam style boxes, carved hardwood storage boxes, jewellery caskets, a novelty pipe modelled in the form a bull marked made in France etc.Additional InformationGeneral wear throughout, minor chips/scratches, chipping to the veneer and inlay throughout.

A Japanese brass opium pipe, character marks to base. Height 38cm.

A 19th century Dieppe ivory pipe tamper or seal, modelled as fisherwoman, height 8cm, together with a similar figure of a fisherman and four assorted chess figures (6).

Three small silver items comprising a pipe tamper by George Edwin Walton & Co Ltd, hallmarked Birmingham, 1902, a vesta case and a rattle/pendant modelled as a wishbone and a bird, gross weight of lot approximately 29.9g

A mahogany folding tea table, raised on pentagonal supports, together with an oak 'smoker's' table with single cupboard door and pipe rack to side, a small two tier carved oak table and an Italian marquetry tripod table

A LARGE CHINESE METAL AND GILT OPIUM PIPE, with gilt decoration through the cental section 47cm.

Masonic interest: A carved wood pipe in the form of a buffalo (horns lacking) marked 'RAOB' and nine other English and Continental wood pipes.

Box smoking items including lighters, two large cigars, pipe, corkscrews and sundries

Assorted brassware and metalware, including a brass urn, Indian and Egyptian items, and other items to include two clocks, a carved pipe rack, etc

Stuart boiler and water tank (from a steam engine) Condition Reportits 26 cm long, 40.5 cm high up to the top of the pipe, 25cm up to the dial and 16.5 cm wide.

Royal Doulton figure 'The Hornpipe'  and anther 'The Pied Piper' (2)Condition ReportPied piper - SLight fading to the end of pipe and to the pied pipers toe. Hornpiper - good

A Carved Meerschaum Maiden's Head Cheroot Holder in Case Together with Meerschaum Style Pipe, Continental Pipe and Oak Pipe Rack

An etched bone and metal pipe

A CHINESE CRAB SHAPED TRINKET POT AND COVER, having six character marks and a double circle to the interior, width 17cm x depth 14cm x height 10cm (crack to cover), with three elders, two recumbant pipe smokers, a snuff bottle on matching stand, and a snuff bottle on hardwood stand (stopper missing)

A quantity of decorative items to include scent bottle, ring stand, pipe, Bakelite shoe stretchers, Poole otter, lead farm animals etc.

A Meerschaum elephant head pipe

Ten Capo Di Monte and similar figures and figure group including Men with Guns x2, Men on Benches x4, Man Drinking, Boy with Dog, Boy smoking Pipe and Men playing Cards

***COMPANY DIRECT***Pallet of Hempel hard racing white 76300 approx 10 tins and flexible duct pipe (green) x4

Meerschaum pipe & Preimer branded similar item(2):

A giant Devonmoor Pottery toby jug, dressed in blue jacket, with black hat, yellow waistcoat & stockings, clutching a foaming tankard of ale and a pipe, on white canted rectangular base, raised factory marks to underside and black painted 'DRH' (Daisy Rees-Hill), 24" high.

Early 20th century Dunhill Silver Plated Table Lighter with engine turned decoration, 8cms high (a/f) together with a Dunhill Pocket Knife / Pipe Cleaner

Early 20th century Oak Pipe Cabinet and a Pipe Rack in the form of a Gate together with a Pipe Case, Nine Pipes and Three Pipe Heads

A pictorial silkwork of a pipe player charming the faries - frame size 36cm x 48cm

A late 19th/early 20th century silver mounted cased pipe. 20 cm long.

A small Meerschaum pipe formed as a hoof. 6.5 cm long.

A Victorian Meerschaum pipe, a belt buckle and a quantity of pen knives

Bag pipe chanter t/w wade whimsies, tokens etc

Meerschaum Pipe as a ladies head, in original case that is in 2 pieces. 7" long x 3" high. No cracks but blackening to the top of the head.

A large collection of pipes, five pipe racks and stands and a cased Meerschaum pipe, a/f