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A FINE PRUSSIAN PRESENTATION SWORD, DATED 1912, with pipe-backed blade etched in imitation of watered steel, decorated with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage on each side enclosing the inscription '1912 von Trotha s./l. von Thun' and with the crowned Prussian eagle at the forte on one side, and '4. Garde - Feldartillerie Regiment Potsdam' and 'Eisenhauer Damastahl' on the other, signed along the back-edge at the forte 'Richard Jablokoff, Potsdam', gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast with foliage in low relief including down-turned quillon formed as a hound's head, a pair of langets decorated with crossed cannon on the outer face and with a vacant shield on the inner, and the pommel formed as a maned lion extending over the back-strap, and original fishskin- covered grip applied with enamel garde star (small chips), in its blackened steel scabbard with a pair of brass suspension rings, 84.5cm; 33 1/4in blade
A RARE .700 CALIBRE FRENCH MODEL 1816 FLINTLOCK MUSKET OF THE GARDES DU CORPS DE MONSIEUR, with 103cm barrel stamped with a fleur-de-lys mark beneath the breech and retained by three brass barrel bands, one forming a ramrod-pipe, regulation lock inscribed 'St Etienne Mfre Royale', struck with a further fleur-de-lys mark and fitted with brass drum pan-cover, walnut full stock impressed with the letters 'VDF' in a triangle and 'PLD' beneath a stylised cockerel within a rondel on the right and arsenal numerals on the left of the butt, and the name 'Prenat' opposite the lock, brass mounts of regulation type including butt-plate stamped 'C. Noailles', escutcheon decorated with a crown and the collars of the order of St Michel and St Esprit, a pair of steel sling swivels, steel ramrod, complete with an early buff leather sling and remaining in good clean condition throughout, 143cm 56 1/4in overall
A CASED 20 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH MANTON, NO. 384, CIRCA 1791, REBUILT FROM FLINTLOCK CIRCA 1830, with rebrowned sighted barrels, inscribed 'Joseph Manton Patent elevation' on the flat, engraved case-hardened breeches with platinum plugs, signed scroll-engraved breech tang grooved for sighting, signed locks engraved with scrolls and border ornament, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with pineapple finial, fitted with engraved lever safety behind, butt-plate and rear ramrod-pipe (the locks and mounts worn), silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest beneath a Viscount's coronet (refreshed), silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod: in its original mahogany case lined in green felt, the lid applied with trade label inside for circa 1795-1805, and with brass carrying handle engraved with the owner's crest beneath a Viscount's coronet on the outside, and with some accessories including a gun-sized planished powder-flask and a leather shot flask (one compartment lid missing), 79.2cm; 31 1/4in barrels, The crest is that of Hamilton.
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1760, AUSTRIAN OR BOHEMIAN, with two-stage barrel retained by an engraved gilt-brass band, lightly swamped towards the muzzle, fitted with brass fore-sight, chiselled with a moulded band at the median and the muzzle, and retaining traces of blued finish, scroll-engraved barrel tang, border-engraved polished steel lock (the top-jaw and screw expertly replaced), highly figured walnut half- stock incised with scrollwork behind the rear ramrod-pipe and beneath the lock, carved with further scrollwork about the tang, carved cheek-piece, gilt-brass mounts comprising solid side-plate cast and chased in low relief with a stag hunting scene, butt-plate decorated with a classical warrior amidst scrolling tendrils within a strapwork frame, trigger-guard decorated with Diana the huntress on the bow and with acanthus finial, scroll-engraved fore- end cap, three ramrod-pipes, crowned vacant escutcheon and gilt-brass sling swivel, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod with steel worm, perhaps the original, 101.5cm; 40in barrel, Provenance, Schloss Grafenegg, sold Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 2 May 1934, lot 202
A 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, LATE 17TH CENTURY, with octagonal swamped barrel rifled with seven grooves (sights removed), stamped with the brass-lined maker's mark, the letters 'IGS' above a vase, over the breech and engraved with a band of beadwork (the barrel chemically cleaned), the tang numbered '1', flat lock fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and flash-guard, the lock-plate finely engraved with an architectural landscape including, in the fore-ground, an ostrich cornered by hounds with a Turkish bowman behind and a mounted Turk with a U-shaped spear ahead, engraved dog decorated with foliage (the upper jaw with one small chip), double set trigger (the forward trigger missing), figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end, impressed 'XXXXXII' beneath the lock, the butt inlaid on the left with a large engraved staghorn plaque decorated with a couple riding a monstrous beast, and on the right with patchbox with sliding cover veneered in burrwood and engraved staghorn, the spine of the butt inlaid with further engraved staghorn plaques including the inscription 'Fortunato' and 'XIIII', engraved steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, bone butt-plate, engraved staghorn side nail washers, engraved ramrod-pipe, and engraved fore-end cap (ramrod missing, light wear), 85cm; 33 1/2in barrel, Provenance, The Jagdkammer of the Reichsgrafen R. von Kaunitz, part I sold, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 3 September 1935, lot. 114, illustrated. A double barrelled wheel-lock pistol manufactured in Nuremberg circa 1585 is stamped with a similar mark with the letters IS. See Støckel, p. 1251, nos. 3585 and 3586. See footnote to the previous lot
Property formerly in the collection of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875-1944), see introduction to lots 13 to 19 and lots 198 and 199, A FINE PAIR OF 28 BORE SILESIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, TESCHEN, CIRCA 1640-60, each with tapering barrel punched and engraved with sprays of foliage at the breech, muzzle and over the median (light surface rust and patination), stamped on the left of the breech with a proof mark, probably Suhl, slender breech tang decorated en suite, strongly bevelled lock retained by three side nails, with flush-fitting external wheel retained by a gilt-brass bracket pierced and engraved with the Imperial Double Eagle, sliding pan-cover filed with diagonal fluting at the rear, gilt-brass button release chiselled with a cherubic head, close-fitting dog with internal spring, the lower portion filed with diagonal fluting en suite with the pan-cover, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn tendrils and pellets enriched with mother-of-pearl rondels (the stocks with minor repairs, inlay with small losses), including rabbits being pursued by hounds over the fore-end, marine monsters, a cherub playing a lute opposite the lock, doghead tendrils about the tang, a scroll incorporating a bird-of-prey's head about the trigger, and a bird-of-prey on each side of the butt, all within segmental lines, the butt encircled by a slender steel band and inlaid with an expanded flowerhead in mother-of- pearl (one missing), steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with very slender terminal and a single ramrod-pipe each punched with scrolls en suite with the barrel, engraved staghorn rear ramrod-pipe (one missing), and engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 67cm; 26 3/8in, (2), These pistols are distinguished from other Teschen examples of this period by their more refined streamlined locks incorporating partly enclosed wheels and dogs, and also by the high quality of the inlays on the stocks.
A RARE DOG-LOCK MUSKETOON BY JAMES PAUL FREEMAN, CIRCA 1720, with brass barrel belled towards the muzzle and formed with a raised moulding at each end, stamped with the barrelsmith's mark and London view and proof marks at the breech, steel tang, flat lock with pointed tail and bevelled lower edge (pitted), retained by three side nails and fitted with dog safety-catch, figured walnut full stock carved with a raised moulding behind the tang, the butt with a flat comb and impressed 'W D F' on the right, steel trigger-guard with leaf-shaped terminal at each end, a single moulded brass ramrod-pipe, the fore-end reinforced with a brass band, and associated wooden ramrod, 109cm; 43in, James Paul Freeman was apprenticed to Henry Anthonison and turned over to Andrew Dolep in 1705. He was made Free of the Gunmakers Company 1716, elected assistant 1727 and became master 1732. He took over Dolep's shop in 1716. Between 1721 and 1731 he had 4872 muskets, 609 pair of pistols and 51 musketoons proved by the Gunmaker's Company. See H. L. Blackmore 1999, p. 68.
AN 18 BORE LIÈGOIS FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL SIGNED LECOMTE A LIEGE, CIRCA 1760, with two- stage sighted barrel engraved with foliage over the breech and stamped 'PA' beneath, engraved tang fitted with brass standing back-sight, signed rounded lock engraved with foliage (top-jaw and screw replaced), stamped with the letters 'ES' inside, moulded figured walnut full stock carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang (the butt repaired), gilt-brass mounts comprising solid side-plate and pommel each engraved with foliage, moulded trigger-guard and a pair of ramrod-pipes (gilding worn), and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 50.8cm; 20in
An Imperial German Porcelain Pipe, the bowl decorated with military vignettes, with plated hinged cover, cherry wood stem and horn mouthpiece; a similar Pipe, the porcelain bowl decorated with a sailor and his sweetheart, with elaborate wrythen carved horn and antler stem and horn mouthpiece; two similar smaller pipes; a wooden pipe; a meerschaum cheroot holder, carved with a huntsman and his dog, cased. (6)
A George V 1854 Pattern Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword, the single edge fullered steel blade etched with the royal cypher and foliage, nickel plated gothic hilt pierced with a crowned strung bugle, with wire bound fish skin grip and leather scabbard; a Prussian Infantry Sword, the single edge pipe back steel blade stamped Weyersberg & Co., Solingen, the steel hilt pierced with a Prussian eagle, the ribbed wood grip with finger rest, with steel scabbard (2)
A Baoule, Ivory Coast Bronze Container for Gold Weights, of two handled cylindrical form, the lift-off cover worked with a king and attendants playing a game of Warri, the handles as figures climbing ladders, on a pierced domed cage like base, 20cm; a similar Bronze Gold Weight Container, the domed cover with elephant knop, the body set with three figures, smoking a pipe, holding a gun and holding a snake, on a ring pierced splayed foot, 17.5cm (2)
A Late 18th Century French Percussion Cap Pistol, converted from a flintlock, the 20.5cm octagonal steel barrel with fixed sight and St Etienne proof mark, the walnut half stock with silver martial trophy sideplate and escutcheon behind the barrel tang, silver ramrod pipe, and flattened butt cap, the trigger guard with acorn finial and hallmarks for Birmingham 1783
A 19th Century Percussion Cap Belt Pistol by E Baker & Son, London, with signed 12.5cm browned steel barrel, foliate engraved dolphin hammer and signed lock plate, with slide safety, walnut full stock with brass trigger guard with acanthus bud finial and brass ramrod pipe, with steel belt hook and swivel ramrod, in a mahogany case with copper flask, steel bullet mould, brass cap box, oil bottle and three rosewood handled tools.
A rare meerschaum pipe gadget cane late-19th century, with screw-off wooden & silver plated grip forming the pipe bowl, revealing the silver plated, wooden & celluloid pipe stem concealed within the shaft, the malacca shaft painted to simulate burr wood, with a silver plated mount and iron tip, 35.25in. (89.5cm.) long.
A rare blowpipe gadget cane early 20th century, the pull-off domed mahogany knop with slotted brass stem beneath to hold darts, revealing a polished rosewood mouthpiece above a polished bamboo shaft with brass lined pipe to the centre, exiting from beneath the screw-off brass ferrule, 35.5in. (90cm.) long.
An Edwardian silver mounted pipe with a folding hinged lid, London 1907, detailed 'Weingott, London', a silver and mother-of-pearl rectangular hinge lidded box, circa 1800, a brass octagonal hinge lidded box, a mother-of- pearl folding pocket knife, and seven Oriental mother-of-pearl fish shaped counters.
An unusual erotic subject pipe, late 19th Century, the bowl relief moulded with a lady having her shoes cleaned by a young boy kneeling on the stem of the pipe which is relief moulded with the inscription 'It's a shame to take the money', to the reverse side the mark 'Holland', length approx 13cm. Note: This subject is more well known as a fairing.

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