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A RARE CASED IRISH FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL AND TRAVELLING PISTOL BY RIGBY, DUBLIN CIRCA 1800-10 with browned twist sighted barrels inscribed 'Dublin' over the breeches, fitted with stirrup ramrod beneath and with blued spring bayonets on the left released by blued sliding catches, signed stepped engraved locks, fitted with 'French' cocks, rollers, and blued bolt safety-catches, figured walnut full stocks with characteristic slender chequered butts, the Officer's pistol with brass mounts of regulation type including small butt-cap, trigger-guard of shaped outline and fore-end cap, the travelling pistol with engraved blued mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and ramrod-pipe: in their original mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, applied with trade label for No.19 Suffolk Street on the inside (small tears, the lining with areas of minor wear), and complete with a bullet mould for each pistol and Dixon & Sons three-way flask 31.5cm; 12Gin and 21cm; 8Din

A PAIR OF PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY REDFERN, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 each with rebrowned octagonal twist sighted barrel signed in gold (refreshed), engraved case-hardened breech inlaid with a pair of platinum lines, scroll-engraved back-action locks, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved reblued trigger-guards, white metal fore-end caps and vacant escutcheons, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrods (one ramrod missing its worm and cover, one ramrod-pipe detached): in a contemporary fitted mahogany case with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, lined in green baize and with Lang trade label of No.7 Haymarket for circa 1821-52 (small holes, lining replaced) 36.8cm; 14Iin

**A JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, LATE EDO PERIOD with octagonal sighted barrel strongly moulded vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with raised silver lines, brass-lined iron pan fitted with brass cover and fence, brass lock and match-holder, cherrywood full stock overlaid with a large brass plaque formed as a pair of bamboos under the lock, a pair of engraved brass birds and a further plaque beneath the ramrod-pipe, the butt applied with engraved brass flowers and a mounted warrior on each side, brass trigger-guard, button trigger, and later wooden ramrod 100cm; 39Gin barrel See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.400 fig. 285a.

A RARE EBONY PIPE CASE FORMED AS A FLINTLOCK PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY INDIAN with long sliding lid formed as the upper portion of the barrel, carved over its length with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolling foliage and fruit, the rear section incised in imitation of a barrel tang, carved with an imitation flintlock mechanism, and the lower half formed as a full stock carved with scrolling flowers and foliage on a finely chequered ground, with bulbous butt and complete with imitation ramrod 52.8cm; 20Nin

A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE (MsLLERBsCHSE) BY MICHAEL WAGNER IN CRONACH, DATED 1714 with signed dated octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith's mark over the breech (Neue Stockel 1129), engraved lock decorated with a mounted hunter and a stag set upon by a hound in a wooded landscape (the upper portion of the top-jaw screw missing), fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover and flash-guard, set trigger (incomplete), figured walnut full stock carved with scrolling tendrils about the rear ramrod-pipe (small chips), raised cheek-piece carved with scrollwork, fluted patchbox-cover, steel mounts comprising trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, butt-plate with pronounced heel, three moulded ramrod-pipes, fore-end cap, and original steel-tipped wooden ramrod 88.8cm; 34Pin barrel

A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANNES WILL A HANAU, CIRCA 1680 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, signed lock, engraved with scrolling foliage and garlands of flowers, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and the dog engraved as a lion's head, set trigger, full stock, burrwood butt carved with a small panel of flowers on the cheek-piece, inlaid with a bone panel pierced and engraved with issuant flowers opposite the lock (the fore-end replaced, the butt extended in its working life), horn butt-plate, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers and steel ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing) 63cm; 23Nin barrel

A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 63cm; 24N in flared iron barrel struck with Ordnance view and proof marks, signed border-engraved lock stamped '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 103.2cm; 40Kin Provenance: Warwick Castle, inv. no. F031. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.

A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY I.C. IAHN A WERNIGERODE, CIRCA 1750 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, signed lock, figured walnut full stock carved with rococo scrollwork about the breech tang and the rear ramrod-pipe, raised cheek-piece carved with scrolls and a scallop moulding, sliding patchbox-cover, brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, including solid side-plate decorated with rococo scrolls and scalloped ornament, trigger-guard and butt-plate each chased with rococo shells and scrolls on the finial and engraved en suite, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod 59cm; 23Din barrel Joh. Christian Jahn is recorded in Wernigerode, Saxony as an airgun maker in 1750.

AN AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH STOCKL, NEUSTADT, CIRCA 1770 with faux Turkish etched twist barrel retained by a single engraved brass band, formed with a long tapering sighting flat, encrusted with silver scrollwork at the muzzle, over the median and the breech, the latter chiselled with acanthus mouldings, chiselled breech tang decorated with a horned bust, signed lock engraved with mythological figures, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrollwork about the breech tang (stock rubbed), behind the rear ramrod-pipe and over the butt, carved cheek-piece, engraved brass mounts including solid side-plate and butt-plate each of shaped outline and decorated with mythological figures within rococo frames (rubbed), wooden trigger-guard overlaid with an engraved brass plaque, vacant rococo escutcheon, engraved brass fore-end cap, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod 100.2cm; 39Iin barrel

A FINE SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY YBARZABAL EN EIBAR, DATED 1815 with blued two-stage swamped barrel fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight, chiselled with a band of acanthus on a gilt ground at the girdle, stamped with gold-lined barrelsmith's marks, further decorative marks, and an inscription including the date over the breech, engraved polished steel breech tang incorporating a moulded back-sight, lightly engraved polished steel lock with gold-lined maker's mark, figured walnut half-stock carved with raised mouldings and simple flowers behind the barrel tang and the rear ramrod-pipe, fluted butt, chequered grip and fore-end, polished steel mounts including trigger-guard with acanthus finial and vestigial butt-plate, and original baleen ramrod (the stock with very minor scratches and chips) 88.7cm; 34Pin barrel

Five to Act. Ch. Sto. G Williams, Royal Navy, comprising: QSA (HMS Powerful), 1914-15 Star, BWM & Victory Medals, LSGC (HMS Hecla), mint; a 1914 Christmas tin and full contents, including bullet form pencil; South Africa 1900 tin; George V Coronation tin; a pipe; roll call scroll to recipient (HMS Hampshire); photograph of recipient (HMS Forte); and a framed needlework to Pte Reeves Tie ntsin Defence Forces 1936 with central photograph, (22).

A collection of pipes, including three Japanese, two moulded blackamoor bowls and a devil; a Japanese novelty treen tobacco box and pipe holder and a Japanese brass mounted pipecase.

A GOOD QUALITY SAXON CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABRE, by Weyersberg and Kirschbaum, Solingen, with 32 1/2in. curved pipe-back blade with spear-point, the forte etched and gilded with foliage, royal monogram and Saxon arms, and brass hilt with lion-head pommel, foliate decorated knuckle-bow and one langet decorated with lances, swords and carbines, wire-bound shagreen-covered grip, with its original sword-knot (damaged), in its black lacquered steel scabbard (scabbard relacquered).

A vintage ladies pipe

A late 19th Century Native American Western Plains beaded hide pipe bag, the lower section with geometric beaded decoration to both sides in blue, red, yellow and green, all above plaited fringing, height 49cm (excluding fringing)

Fritz Muller-Half length portrait of an elderly bearded gentleman with opium pipe, oil on board, signed upper right, 22.5cm x 16.5cm.

An early 20th Century cased Bezique card set with markers, together with a silver mounted pipe. (2).

Two Beswick 'Dancing Days' plates, a shorter vase, Tony Wood 'William' novelty teapot, Cornishware Pepper-corn pot, lacks cover, Avon novelty bottle formed as a dogs pipe, a Sylvac teabag pot and cover

A 9 carat gold three colour bracelet, of organ pipe links in rose, yellow and white 9 carat textured gold, hallmarked Birmingham 1966, gross weight 34.1 grammes

A late 18th century Derby figural candlestick, depicting a shepherdess, holding flowers in her apron, with a sheep at her feet and bocage behind, on a scroll base; a similar late 18th century Derby figural candlestick of a young man playing a pipe with a dog at his feet and bocage behind, on a scroll base; and a figural candlestick of a cherub and dog, possibly Bow, the cherub reaching for a bird in amongst bocage, on an open scroll base (3)

A very rare near pair of pipe smoking Staffordshire spaniels circa 1850, each seated with separately moulded front legs, with russet patched decoration, black muzzle and gilt collar and holding a pipe in its mouth, each raised on blue painted, scroll moulded, oval plinth base 8.25" high (2). These models were inspired by the prints of Sir Edwin Landseer, notably his 1840 print entitled "A Quiet Pipe" showing a hound enjoying a clay pipe of tobacco

A Japanese ivory okimono group modelled as a family aboard a raft one man pushing the mother and child selling apples the elder seated with pipe signed to underside L 10cm

Adolphe Birkenruth 19 1/4in. x 13 3/4in. (49 x 35cm) Narcissus gazing at his image in a pool; and A young man in a broad-brimmed hat accompanied by an older man lighting a pipe Signed and dated '06. (a pair)

A 20th century German porcelain figural group of boy and girl with sheep, he playing pipe, she with a bird in her hand (a/f), on oval base, 19cm high.

Charles M Jones STUDY OF A CARD PLAYER WITH A MAN SMOKING A PIPE Oil on board, and another by the same artist, both gilt framed

A Meerschaum Pipe, carved in the form of a claw with metal mounts, within fitted case and two other Meerschaum pipes in cases

A Small Meerschaum Pipe, carved with the figure of a dog, within fitted case

Antique vesta cases, rectangular, approx. 40 x 30, both patterned, both monogrammed & with slight dents & pipe cleaning implement, h/m Birmingham 1906 & 1907 (1.52oz) (3)

A Staffordshire creamware novelty pipe the bowl modelled with a bearded face the spiralling pipe decorated with yellow and black dots divided by brown lines. Some restoration. 19th century 20.5cm.

A Haida-Queen Charlotte Islands argillite and marine ivory pipe carved with two figures seated upon a masked stem 7.75 ins.

A Royal Doulton Kingsware tobacco jar relief-moulded and painted with a gent. smoking church-warden pipe complete with plated cover 5.5in.

A 19th century KPM oval porcelain plaque finely painted after F.Miesis of a pipe smoking gentleman seated at a card table stamped verso 9ins

A Victorian Silver Tea Pot, the bulbous shape body decorated with floral and leaf motifs with scrolling, inscription and coat of arms rubbed, raised on four scroll feet with pheonix and mask shaped spout with leaf scroll handle, the hinged lid with knop fashioned as oriental gentleman seated holding a pipe, Sheffield 1859-60, Martin Hall & Co, 20.5 cm high

Italian School oil on board Fisherman lighting a pipe 9 x 6.5 ins. and a similar oil on canvas of an elderly man 10 x 6.5 ins.

VLADIMIROV IVAN 1869-1947 Smoking a Pipe Before the Battle signed and dated 1892 oil on canvas 23 by 30 cm. Stamped with the stamp of the Royal Art Academy in St. Petersburg dated 25 January 1892.

A Pair of Continental Porcelain Painted Oval Plaques, circa 1880], one depicting a young shepherd boy wearing a green broad rimmed conical hat, white shirt and animal fur over garment, playing a reed pipe in a hilly landscape, the other of a pretty young girl, similarly portrayed, each 22cm by 16.5cm, in floral gilt and gesso moulded frames

A Chinese Export Watercolour, 19th century], depicting eight boys partaking in a street parade, one plays a pipe, two hold a large banner, the remainder attend a palanquin with god and food offerings, in typical vivid colours, 20cm by 32cm; [Another], depicting six courtesans in a heavily draped interior beneath a dragon curtain, 19. 5cm by 31.5cm; [An Ornithological Picture], depicting two long tailed black headed birds amongst flowering prunus, 14.5cm by 24.5cm; and [Three Small Figural Studies], two depicting a young maiden with paint brush and dwarf shrub, the smallest 11.5cm by 7.5cm (6)

Edwin Thomas Roberts (1840-1917) "A Welcome Drink", Gentleman Seated at a Table Pouring a Drink from an Earthenware Jug, Clay Pipe and Other Objects Nearby] Signed, also inscribed on various labels verso, oil on canvas, 61cm by 50.5cm (24in by 20in) *Provenance. With E. Stacey-Marks Ltd, 120-122 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, stock no. 22489/R49

A Tapestry Cushion, the front panel Aubusson, circa 1850], worked with a putto playing a pipe and tambourine, in a landscape with figures within rococo scroll border, tasselled edge and cut floral silk back and feather filled, 40cm square approx

A Beswick figure of a monkey smoking a pipe, impressed Beswick No 1049, 12cm (4.75") high

Meerschaum pipe, the bowl in the form of a cavalier with hat, 19cm long, cased

Two 19th century lead tobacco boxes inner and outer lids one with traces of floral painting in ochre and red the cover finial a hand holding a pipe 16.5cm wide and the other with man’s head cover finial and traces of blue and green painting 15cm wide (6)

A late 19th century meerschaum pipe carved with a nude lady decoratively posed below the bowl in leather case 10.5cm wide

An Edwardian pipe rack celebrating the entente cordiale with tricolore and union flags 32cm wide together with six pipes to include a corn on the cob pipe clay and briar pipes (7)

An early 20th century oak pipe rack and five pipes the former of diamond shape and initialled HD 40.5cm wide the pipes to include: three meerschaum a briar and a clay pipe modelled as 'Satan’ (6)

A late 19th century Guardsman briar pipe the moustachioed soldier wearing a busby trimmed by a plume the carved bowl 7cm high

Pipes-A Boer briar pipe the tall bowl carved 'Zuid- Afrik-Repub / 1899 1900 1901 / Bethulie / C. Colony' around a coat of arms with a pierced metal cover and a vulcanite mouth-piece.

Pipes-An R.A.O.B. wooden pipe the bowl carved as a buffalo's head with inset plastic eyes and horns; a novelty painted clay pipe the bowl modelled as a jovial character with grapes and vine leaves in place of hair; and a novelty lignum vitae pipe the bowl carved as a cauldron (3).

Pipes-A 19th century meerschaum pipe the bowl cupped by a carved lady's hand extending from a buttoned cuff with an amber mouth-piece in original leather case; two similar smaller examples (one cased); and three other meerschaum pipes all cased (6).

Pipes-A 19th century meerschaum cheroot holder the figural bowl carved as a ladies head her hair tied back in a bunch with an amber mouth-piece in original leather case; a meerschaum cheroot holder the bowl clutched by an eagle's talons with an amber mouth-piece cased; a meerschaum cheroot holder the stem surmounted by a pair of spaniels with an amber mouth-piece cased; another meerschaum cheroot holder and a meerschaum pipe both cased (5).

Pipes-Fourteen European briar pipes including a G.B.D. 'Speciale Standard' a GBD 'Magellan' A GBD 'New Standard' a GBD 'Brunette' a Stanwell 'Danish Star' a Wally Frank 'Golden Ring' a Butz Choquin 'Camargue' a Weler 'Royal Band' a Dr Grabow 'Free Hand' and a Nat Sherman; with a glazed wall-mountable pipe case; an oak combined tobacco box and pipe rack; and a bakelite tobacco box (repaired) (17).

Pipes-A 19th century meerschaum pipe the bowl carved as a skull on crossed bones in original leather case; a moulded clay pipe modelled as a skull impressed 'C Crop (?) / London'; and a meerschaum cheroot holder carved as a skull with an associated stem (3).

Pipes-A late 19th or early 20th century European porcelain pipe the bowl transfer printed and polychrome painted with three grazing deer with a silver metal lid; another porcelain pipe the bowl transfer printed in colour with a fox in a snowy landscape; and four other porcelain pipes decorated with images of game (6).

Pipes-A late 19th or early 20th century European porcelain pipe the bowl transfer printed and polychrome painted with two women with a gilt metal lid; another porcelain pipe the bowl transfer printed in colour with an Alpine courting couple; and five other porcelain pipes (7).

Pipes-A 19th century French clay pipe the figural bowl modelled as Jacob inscribed 'Je Suis le Vrai Jacob' 'Gambier / A Paris' and '998' with polychrome enamel colouring; a 19th century yellow glazed clay pipe modelled as an 0-6-0 steam locomotive inscribed 'Monterbau' and 'Paris' (fire-box door replaced); a large clay pipe the bowl terminating in a foot kicking a football; a novelty German clay pipe the stem surmounted by four figures and a dog impressed 'The Whole Dam Family' boxed; and three other clay pipes (7).

Pipes-An early 20th century German porcelain pipe the bowl transfer printed and polychrome painted with a soldier of the 31st Infantry Regiment inscribed above 'Heinrich Albrecht' and flanked by applied acorns and oak leaves the reverse with an alphabetical list of 58 names dated 1904-06 and with a metal lid modelled as a pickelhaube the long knopped stem with antler bone and horn embellishments and inscribed '31 Inf. Reg. / 3 Comp. / 1904/06' 91cm long.

Pipes-A 19th century meerschaum pipe the carved bowl clutched by an eagle's talons with a knopped amber stem and an amber mouth-piece; and a similar larger example the bowl with a silver metal mounted amber lid and with an amber mouth-piece both uncased (2).

A 1920's oak smokers compendium containing fitted drawers, a terracotta tobacco jar and pipe (damaged)

A pipe bender

A late Victorian clear wrythen glass trumpet shaped bubble pipe terminating in flaring bowl. Length 14.5".