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RARE COLLECTION OF AUSTRIA NOTGELD BANKNOTES COMPLETE WITH ALBUM 100 BANKNOTES ALL DIFFERENT HIGH GRADES 1920S

A Thai bronze figure of an ascetic Buddha and a rare Rattanakosin period gilt lacquered bronze ascetic Buddha19th centuryThe first atop a base with later fitted stand, the gilt lacquered Buddha seated under a Bodhi tree, atop a stepped rockwork base. (2),.H: 5 in. (tallest)PROVENANCE:Property from a Private Philadelphia Collection, acquired from Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer, Asian Art, London, the first February 28, 2014, formerly private English collection; the second May 5, 2016, formerly private German collection.

[Incunabula] Gerson, JohannesOperaBasel: Nicolaus Kesler, March 12-21, 1489. Edited by Peter Schott and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg. Three parts, plus "Inuentarium eorum que in operibus Gersonis continentur" (index), in one volume. Folio (298 x 216 mm). Index: 46 leaves; part one: 188 leaves; part two: 230 leaves; part three: 320; complete with all blanks. 57 lines, double column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 1:180G, 2:82G, 6:64G). Initial spaces blank. Illustrated with three full-page woodcuts on verso of each title-page depicting Gerson as a pilgrim (copied from Johann Prüss' woodcut in the 1488 Strasbourg edition). Contemporary full calf over wooden boards, decoratively stamped in blind, catches and other brass hardware present, clasps and straps wanting, boards worn and blistered, scattered minor worming, upper front board corner starting, upper rear corner repaired, spine worn and blistered; minor soiling and scattered marginalia throughout text; vellum waste paper endpapers, large remnant of paper leaf from an undetermined work pasted to same; old catalogue description on front free endpaper; scattered minor worming throughout index at front; some dampstaining along bottom edge of first 10 leaves and final 20 leaves; repair on part one title-page recto; small repair in bottom corner J2; small loss at top corner kK3 just touching printed foliation; tear at top corner Pp6; minor worming to some leaves at rear. With the book-plate of the Doctor Jeremiah Zimmerman Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., on front paste-down. ISTC ig00187000; Goff G187; BMC III 767; GW 10715.A rare and complete collection of French theologian Johannes Gerson's (1363-1429) works.PROVENANCE:Rev. Dr. Jeremiah ZimmermanUnited Lutheran Seminary

A rare pair of Modoc beaded hide and basketry dolls Late 19th century With red ochre pigment heightened faces, beaded eardops, inlaid mouths, with display stand. (2).H: 14 1/2 in. and 15 in.PROVENANCE:Brant Mackley Gallery, Hershey, Pennsylvania and Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 11, 2005.A Private Family Collection.

A 1965 Austin Mini Cooper S Registration number MTC 223CChassis number C-A257--552256Engine number 9F-SA-73246RF60 & V5Almond green with a white roofFrom a Derbyshire deceased estateFour owners from newThe third owner bought the Cooper on 1/9/67 and gave it to his son as a 21st birthday present on 1/12/67 who kept the car until he passed away in 2019Garaged since 1973 and discovered by the family buried under decades of clutter in 2019MOT certificate from 1973 (expired April 1974 noting mileage 88,932 - odometer now records 91,852)A few notes/letters from the owner to DVLA from 1983 when he applied for a new-style V5 documentA rare opportunity to own and restore an iconic Cooper SVehicle Location: Near Glastonbury (removed from Derbyshire)All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions

Omega Seamaster Rare All Original Automatic 18ct Gold Gentleman's Wrist Watchcirca 1970s. Features an original Omega diamond set champagne dial, with date-just display. Omega Seamaster logo to back cover and winder. Seconds sweep. Later leather strap. Full hallmark for 750 - 18ct. All aspects of condition excellent, includes watch case, dial and movement.

A rare silver Nicolas I and Freidrich Wilhelm III ‘Grand Review of Kalisch’ of 1835, dies by L. Held, 10.93g 35mmDiam

A very rare George III Theatrical silver medal for John Philip Kendle, the reverse reading ‘Thou Last Of All The Romans Fare Thee Well’, the medals were worn at Kendle’s retirement dinner in 1817, in its original case, 38.26g 40mm

Collection of four bottles of single malt Scotch whisky: Bowmore Legend, 40% abv, in tin; Glen Moray, aged 16 years, 40% abv, in tin; Glenmorangie, 'Extremely Rare', 18 years old, 43% abv, in presentation case; Speymalt from Macallan, 1991 Vintage, 40% abv, in box (4)

A rare Worcester dessert dish, circa 1775, of lobed circular shape and painted in blue with the 'Flaming Rock' pattern, 22cm dia.

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE IMPERIAL QUALITY CHINESE BEIJING ENAMEL WINE EWER AND COVERHu, Qianlong four-character mark and of the periodOf rectangular outline and tapering form with squared handle and spout, raised on scroll-ended feet, finely painted in colours with peonies and foliage, the shoulder with scrolling foliage and further flowers, the cover with a raised finial to the centre of painted flower petals, all against a bright lemon yellow ground, the exposed metal edges finished in gilt, 8.5cm high.NOTE: TO BID ON THIS LOT YOU MUST REGISTER DIRECTLY WITH HANSONS - WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING ONLINE BIDDING ON THIS LOT - CONTACT accounts@hansonsauctioneers.co.ukProvenance:UK private collection in excess of fifty years.  Believed acquired by the owner's grandfather while stationed in the Far East during the second World War, thence by descent.Additional provenance information: The owner of the wine ewer has much military memorabilia showing his grandfather served in the Royal Army Corps during WW2 in Burma and India.  The Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C.) was a branch of the British Army which served on the Eastern Frontier of India and Burma. The Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River operations  were a series of battles fought between the British Indian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and allied forces over the successful Allied Burma Campaign on the China Burma India Theatre during WW2. Possible reasons why the Chinese wine ewer was obtained: Client remembers Grandfather mentioning The Irrawaddy River . It was surrounded by temples and his grandfather obtained the item during the Burma CampaignDuring WW2 clients grandfather also developed a special friendship with a very wealthy Indian family who traded with China. Could the object have been a gift from them is what client suggests could be other reasonFootnote:An identical wine ewer can be found in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Beijing, inscribed with a Kangxi reign mark.  The present lot compares very favourably to another example sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2010, lot 1804.  The art of enamelling on copper was still relatively new to China when this piece was produced, having been brought over from Europe during the late 17th to early 18th Century.  Gifts from visiting dignitaries and missionaries to the emperor Kangxi included enamels from Europe, such as those made at Limoges, which greatly impressed.  So much so that Kangxi introduced the art to the palace workshops in circa 1700-1715.  Clearly the art was mastered swiftly, as evidenced by this wine ewer and its twin in the National Palace Museum.Condition: Small sliver of enamel has flaked from the underside of the cover   Very small flat enamel chip near the top corner on one side.  Faint surface cracklure visible against the light - not disfiguring and barely visible. wear to corner edges of gilding on copper. Examined under UV light not obvious repairs or defects detected.  Weight 362g.NOTE: TO BID ON THIS LOT YOU MUST REGISTER DIRECTLY WITH HANSONS - WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING ONLINE BIDDING ON THIS LOT - CONTACT accounts@hansonsauctioneers.co.uk

A Rare 18-Bore Flintlock D.B. Covert GunBy John Manton, London, No. 1237 For 1790With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the rib, breeches each with gold line and engraved with a starburst between, gold-lined touch-holes, plain tang grooved for sighting, signed flat bevelled locks (one mainspring and one cock retaining screw replaced, top of one steel repaired, one cock a working replacement, probably by the maker) each with stepped tail, semi-rainproof pan and roller acting on a ramp on the steel spring, figured half-stock (old bruising and some repairs, the latter mainly around the lock cavities) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a gundog retrieving a gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, trigger-guard retaining traces of blueing and decorated with gamebirds in a landscape on the bow and with a foliate scroll on the scrolled tang, large pineapple finial, and rear ramrod-pipe with foliate finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, and later brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and light rust patination), London proof marks 43.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Previously unrecordedThe crest is that of Viscount George Ashburnham of St. Asaph (1760-1830), later 3rd Earl Ashburnham. The family home is Ashburnham Place, SussexFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Pair Of 16-Bore Forsyth Patent Roller Primer PistolsBy Forsyth Patent Gun Com.Y, London, Nos. 203 and 204, Circa 1809With sighted barrels each signed along the breech flat, case-hardened breeches each with back-sight, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed serial numbered border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with starbursts and a martial trophy on the stepped tail, engraved strikers and plain serial numbered primers, figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods (barrels with minor pitting, no. 203 retaining much of its original finish, no. 204 with some wear, stock with minor restoration), London proof marks (2)21 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, P584 and P585Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 170LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, pp. 33-34D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 16, 36, pls. 4a, b, and colour pl.1 This is the earliest pair of Forsyth pistols recordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pistols By John Manton, London, Nos. 4205 And 4206 For 1804With rebrowned twist octagonal scratch-rifled barrels, the top barrels each signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, gold line at the rear and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy, foliage and with a starburst behind the large back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with a small martial trophy on the tail, border engraved 'French' cocks, the top jaws numbered respectively with a foliate '1' and '2', semi-rainproof pans, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, flattened chequered figured butts, blued steel trigger-guards each serial numbered in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, gold escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (two compartments with minor repairs) with accessories including unusual brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with body covered in red leather, turnscrew, double-ended bone pan brush and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage) for circa 1798-1815, the exterior (some old bruising, old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular escutcheon engraved with owner's crest 20.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceField Marshal Sir Francis Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL. Almost certainly acquired from his friend and fellow collector W. Keith Neal Sotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms & Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 260LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1996, p. 81D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.33The crest is that of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871) 10th Baronet of Column John, Tory Member of Parliament for Devon. The family had considerable estates at Holnicote and were created Baronets for their support of Charles IFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Spanish Bronze 4 Pdr. Breech-Loading CannonLate 17th/Early 18th CenturyOf tapering four-stage form cast in relief with raised mouldings and with flared and turned muzzle, the second reinforce cast in relief with the crowned Spanish arms, open breech drilled with a drainage hole and formed to accept a separate mug-shaped bronze chamber (missing) originally secured by a wooden wedge, trunnions, the right one incised with the weight number '2 Qs. 15', and turned rounded base pierced with a hole for a tiller (the surface with light green patination over some wear and corrosion) 66 cm. barrel, 7.7 cm. bore, 98 cm. overall This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased .450 (52-Bore) Westley Richards Patent Breech-Loading 'Monkey-Tail' CarbineBy Westley Richards & Co., No. 2269, Dated 1864With blued sighted barrel (small areas of rust patination) rifled with bright spiral grooves and stamped 'Whitworth . Patent' at the breech, folding leaf back-sights each with central platinum line and folding adjustable long range sight calibrated to 800 yards, blued breech-lever stamped 'Westley Richards' and with triangle mark, signed flat case-hardened lock dated in a triangle on the tail, case-hardened hammer with blued safety-bolt in front, figured full stock with chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, the former with case-hardened cap, blued steel mounts (some loss of finish) comprising butt-plate, trigger-guard and fore-end cap, the first with circular hinged butt-trap cover opening to reveal cavities for cleaning tools, chequered trigger, sling mounts with original leather sling, original steel ramrod, and retaining much of its original finish: in original fitted deal case numbered to the carbine, the interior of the lid with maker's Directions labels for Loading, Cartridge and Mould, the exterior with steel mounts and remains of old paper labels, Birmingham proof marks 63.5 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare German Composite 'Maximilian' Full Armour Circa 1520With characteristic fluting between incised double line borders overall, the main edges variously roped and plain (some areas of pitting and minor patched repairs, tassets associated or later, arms not a pair, cuisses probably original but with later fluting, visor lifting-peg replaced), the breast-plate with hinged curved lance-rest, and struck with the Nuremberg mark on the front lower gorget-plate (rubbed) and on each top plate of the arms: on a wooden stand painted blackFootnotes:ProvenancePerhaps from the Radziwill Armoury at Schloss NieswiczRadford, Sotheby & Co., London, 17 January 1946, lot 340W.R. Hearst Collection, St. Donat's Castle, WalesDr. Richard Williams Collection Sotheby & Co., London, Catalogue of Arms and Armour from her Majesty's Tower of London sold by Order of The Master of the Armouries (part 2), 15 October 1974, lot 87Back-plate, Christie's London, The Harold L. Peterson Collection of Arms and Armour, 5 July 1978, lot 141Dr. Peter Parsons CollectionLiterature:Wolfgang Hermann and Ernst-Ludwig Wagner, Alte Waffen, Munich, 1979, pp. 62-63, no. 2This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased Pair Of Irish 100-Bore Percussion All-Steel Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Circa 1835With turn-off barrels each stamped respectively with Irish registration number 'WB 135'and 'WB 136' for Waterford Borough, and numbered '1' and '2' respectively on the barrel-lug, one-piece actions and butts each signed in gothic script on the left side and decorated with characteristic foliate engraving, the top of the actions with a starburst forward of a notched back-sight, foliate engraved hammers acting on three bents, and folding triggers, the butts each pierced to form a barrel-key: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and turnscrew, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with a slender parquetry border 4.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePhillips, Son & Neale, London, Arms And Armour..., 25 February 1988, lot 184W. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 157LiteratureD.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmaker's, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 75, pl. 25For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare .44 Rim-Fire Henry Early Brass Frame Model Repeating RifleNo. 1556, Circa 1860-65With reblued part octagonal barrel with integral tubular magazine beneath and stamped with manufacturer's details along the top flat in front of the folding adjustable back-sight calibrated to 900 yards, brass action and elevator-block, the former dovetailed for a back-sight on top, the left side of the lower tang with cancelled serial number and stamped with numbers '156' and '321', steel lever with blued revolving catch (probably replaced), figured butt with curved brass butt-plate, the latter numbered '321' on the inside and with hinged circular butt-trap cover, the retaining screws numbered en suite, and sling mounts 61.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns..., 23 May 2019, lot 275For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 80-Bore Percussion Target Pistol With Telescopic Sight And Attachable Skeleton Butt By Robertson, Haddington, No. 442, Mid-19th CenturyWith brown twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight bright grooves, signed along the top flat and fitted with blued dovetailed mounts for the telescopic sight, border engraved case-hardened breech decorated with foliate scrollwork and with pierced platinum plug, case-hardened tang decorated en suite, signed border engraved case-hardened flat detented lock and dolphin hammer decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved safety-catch (defective), highly figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded grip, the latter with chequered steel mount for the skeleton butt, border engraved steel mounts decorated en suite with the lock and comprising blued serial numbered trigger-guard, case-hardened ovoidal butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover, and rear ramrod-pipe, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted veneered mahogany case with accessories including browned twist telescopic sight (leather eyepiece perished) signed 'Adie & Son, Edinburgh', brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter, mallet and other items, the interior of the lid housing the black leather-covered (some loss of finish) skeleton butt and with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, the whole set in fine condition, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:A J. Robertson is recorded in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland between 1840 and 1851A handwritten tag offered with the lot reads: 'This pistol is one of two made for Sir David Davidson of Morningside, Edinburgh (verified)'Sir David Davidson was born in Haddington, Perthshire in 1811 and died in Edinburgh in 1900. His citation reads 'retired Major of The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade and the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), and the monument at his burial place records that he was Bombay Army and Colonel of the Queen's Edinburgh Volunteer Brigade. His son, David Albert Davidson (born 1854), is recorded as living in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1901For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare 11-Bore Sporting Gun With Forsyth Patent Roller Primer By R. Fenton, London, No. 1951, Circa 1819Rebuilt from flintlock, with rebrowned three-stage barrel with turned and chiselled foliate girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed in elaborate gold gothic script along the top flat, gold fore-sight centred on four gold-inlaid arrows, case-hardened breech with engraved gold band and line, the former engraved with three fleur-de-lys, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with oak foliage, case-hardened flat bevelled lock engraved 'Forsyth & Co., Patent' and decorated with foliate scrollwork, stepped tail en suite and with a gamebird in a landscape, foliate engraved serial numbered roller primer stamped 'F. Patent', figured half-stock (minor old bruising and split in front of the lock) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and silver fore-end cap, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some light pitting) decorated with foliage and a pointer in a landscape, scroll trigger-guard decorated with foliage and with a heron in a landscape on the bow, a serpent in its beak, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple final, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original steel-tipped ramrod, and much original finish 82 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceWilfrid Ward Collection, probably acquired from W. Keith NealChristie's London, The Wilfrid Ward Collection of Antique Firearms, 27 October 1993, lot 24LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, p. 46D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p. 41For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 22-Bore Flintlock Pistol For The 1st Regiment Of Horse, Later The Royal Horseguards (The Blues)Late 18th CenturyWith plain barrel and tang, border engraved flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned (tail marking removed in the pistol's working life), figured moulded full stock (fore-stock with minor split on one side at the muzzle) carved in low relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, the butt stamped with Ordnance Storekeeper's mark and indistinct inspector's marks, regulation brass mounts comprising shaped bevelled side-plate, escutcheon engraved with continental 'FK', spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe of Land pattern, and steel ramrod (steel parts with some rust patination), King's proof marks 25.6 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 30 April 2014, lot 324. See also Robert Brooker, British Military Pistols..., 2016, p. 104For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Continental 60-Bore Percussion Superimposed Load Four-Shot PistolMid-19th CenturyWith octagonal barrel made in one with the rectangular block-shaped mechanism housing beneath, the latter incorporating the hammers along the right side, the hammers firing in sequence via a slender plunger with copper disc for the thumb and acting against a pivoting sprung ratchet-wheel working on a bar-spring along the bottom of the mechanism housing, and figured rounded butt (broken through and repaired at the tang) 17.8 cm. barrel Footnotes:This appears to be the only example of its type recordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare cased Flintlock Box-Lock Three-Barrelled Tap-Action Pocket Pistol Of Small Bore Unsigned, Early 19th CenturyWith turn-off barrels arranged in a vertical line and numbered respectively from '4' to '6', border engraved breeches numbered to correspond and engraved with a starburst around the tap on each side, border engraved action decorated with a martial trophy on each side, rectangular pan, engraved safety-catch also locking the steel, ring-neck cock (top jaw and screw replaced) engraved as a dolphin, folding trigger, chequered figured flattened rounded butt (minor damage on one side), and vacant silver escutcheon, London proof marks: in later brass-mounted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) relined and refitted for a pistol made as the pair, the exterior of the lid with shield-shaped vacant brass escutcheon 4.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:For a related pistol sold in these Rooms see The Richard Garrett Collection..., 28 November 2018, lot 272For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased 19-Bore Forsyth Patent Roller Primer Sporting GunBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Maker's, London, No. 410, Circa 1811With rebrowned twist barrel with silver fore-sight, signed along the top of the breech and with a short flat at the top and on each side, case-hardened patent breech with two gold lines, engraved serial numbered primer, border engraved tang decorated with a brace of pheasants amid foliage, signed case-hardened serial numbered flat bevelled lock decorated with starbursts and with gamebirds in landscapes at the stepped tail, striker decorated with foliage en suite, finely figured half-stock (minor old bruising) with chequered grip and silver fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate (some pitting) decorated with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape on the heel tang, blued trigger-guard decorated with a similar scene on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment divider loose) with numerous accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (priming-flask missing), leather shot-belt, and circular boxes, one for original grease, the interior of the lid with large illustrated trade label of second design (for 1809-11) between two smaller labels relating respectively to Priming Powder and Grease, the exterior (old splits, one along the back with three contemporary brass securing straps) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceH.H. HarrodW. Keith Neal Collection, C177. Acquired from the above in 1938Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 20ExhibitedThe Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, 28-30 July 2000Literature:W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852,, 1969, pp. 4-6, 37, pls. 13, 14, 16, 17, 57, 58, 78, and colour 2D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 17, 18, 37, pls. 6, 7, 17d, 48a-b, 59, and colour pl. IIIA typewritten note signed by the late owner and formerly with the lot describes this as 'the most perfect and complete set of an original Forsyth Gun in existence...'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 38-Bore Percussion Adams Patent 1851 Model 'Dragoon' Self-Cocking Five-Shot RevolverBy Deane, Adams & Deane, 30 King William St.t., London Bridge, No. 8923. R., Circa 1855With octagonal sighted barrel engraved with foliate scrollwork on each side at the breech, top-strap signed in full and extending along the top flat, serial numbered cylinder, border engraved frame, trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap all decorated with foliate scrollwork, the last with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a scallop shell, spring safety-stop and arbor-pin catch, and chequered figured rounded butt (some wear and light rust patination), London proof marks 18.8 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Flintlock Patent Box-Lock Blunderbuss-PistolBy John Waters & Co. Of Birmingham, No. 495, Circa 1781With brass barrel and action in one piece, the former turned and belled at the muzzle, original side-mounted horn-tipped ramrod with spring bayonet beneath, the latter with sprung locking catch on one side and release trigger within the trigger-guard, border engraved action signed in script on one side, and engraved 'Patent' above the serial number on the other, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch and border engraved ring-neck cock, and figured faceted flat-sided butt, Tower private proof marks 17.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:Cf. a very similar example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 377For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Extremely Rare And Unusual 16-Bore Flintlock And Percussion Rifled Saw-Handled PistolSigned Lacy & Co. Patent, No. 101, Circa 1830With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel (retaining bolt replaced) rifled with eight grooves, serial numbered and engraved 'Twisted' along the bottom flat, recessed patent breech with rectangular gold-lined maker's mark (obscured), gold lines and foliate engraving along each side flat, raised platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved tang with back-sight, signed border engraved serial numbered lock (safety-catch incomplete), the inside engraved with crowned 'SD' (possible for Samson Davis), pivoting devolving rainproof pan and serial numbered nipple-bolster, the latter with silver plug, secured in their relevant positions by a wing-headed screw slotted for a turnscrew, foliate engraved steel with roller, figured half-stock with stepped spur and chequered rounded grip, the latter with flat ovoidal pommel set with a foliate engraved steel plate and encircled by a silver band engraved with a Greek key pattern, steel spur trigger-guard with pineapple finial and foliate engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon on the side-flat, horn fore-end cap, and original brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and areas of pitting), Birmingham proof marks 20.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenancePossibly the Nizam of HyderabadJ.G. Lacy & D.W. Witton were also known as Lacy & Co.. They are recorded at various addresses in the city of London between 1815 and 1835 The lock appears to be based on Samson Davis's British Patent No. 4648 of 12 February 1822. See Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms..., 1959, pp.54 and 81-84, pl.70For a fine d.b. gun on the same principle, by the same maker and formerly belonging to the Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover see Christie's London, Fine Modern Sporting Guns, Vintage Firearms and Antique Arms and Armour, 13 July 1977 lot 267. See also a related d.b. gun sold in these Rooms, 23 May 2018, lot 423For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased 54-Bore Rifled Target Pistol With Left-Hand LockBy James Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 1784 For 1829With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat and rifled with sixteen bright spiral grooves, case-hardened patent breech stamped '1764' and with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, tang finely engraved with a scallop shell and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock and dolphin hammer decorated with foliate scrollwork, engraved blued safety-catch, ebonised half-stock with rounded chequered butt, border engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising ovoidal pommel-cap engraved with a feathered design centred on the retaining screw engraved as a flower-head, trigger-guard with a martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial engraved with a scallop shell and fore-end cap with a starburst, adjustable set trigger, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and some old finish (minor surface pitting, mainly on the barrel): in oak case fitted and lined in red baize with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with body covered in black pigskin, loading rod and mallet, and steel bullet mould numbered '2755', the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, London proof marks 24.4 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 164LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.123, pl. 453L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys,1996, pp. 64 and 131Originally sold to Falconer Atlee Esq. of Wandsworth on 28 September 1829 as a 'best finished Pistol with Mahogany case and apparatus' for £15 plus part exchange: the case and accessories £3.13.16d.This pistol has the distinction of being the only single-barrelled Purdey pistol recorded with a left-hand lock. It is also the earliest recorded instance of a Purdey pistol with a blackened stock. Whatever the purpose of its unusual design, it was returned to Purdey, who within four months of the original sale, sold it to his son-in-law, Joseph LangFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 16-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun With Two Pairs Of BarrelsBy John Manton, London, Nos. 5903 And 5904 For 1812With rebrowned twist barrels (ribs and lug of 5904 loose) each with gold fore-sight, recessed patent breeches with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamps, gold lines and platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy, basket of foliage and a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat locks serial numbered '5903', each decorated with a hare at the square tail and with engraved 'French' cock, rainproof pan (some pitting) and large roller, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate stamped with Irish registration mark 'CW-1009' for Co. Carlow and decorated on the heel tang with two pointers in a landscape, scroll trigger-guard serial numbered '5903' in a starburst on the scroll and decorated with a sporting trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, gold escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former engraved with owner's initials, and original brass-mounted ramrods (steel parts with light rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including a pair of original spare steels, later brass-mounted powder-flask embossed with deer surmounted by a hound on each side, leather shot-belt, turnscrew (handle bruised), red leather flint wallet, shot dispensers and patch-cutter, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1798 to 1815, the exterior (some minor damage, bone keyhole escutcheon incomplete) with flush fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 79.5 cm. and 77 cm. barrels Footnotes:LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, p. 91D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 41For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 17-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun By Beckwith, London, No. 1924, Circa 1810Converted from sliding primer, with re-browned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in gold gothic script along the rib, and with two gold lines in front of each breech, breeches each with pierced platinum plug and three gold lines between, tang engraved with foliage inhabited by a game bird and a gun dog's mask, flat locks each signed in gothic script and decorated on the tail with foliage issuing from an eagle's head, all within a border of guilloche, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock (repaired during the gun's working life with an iron plate secured by screws around the trigger-plate finial) with chequered grip, border engraved russet steel butt-plate and trigger-guard each decorated with scrolling foliage, the latter retaining some original blueing on the inside, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe with finial en suite, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's monogram, and brass-tipped ramrod: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in faded navy blue velvet with some accessories including Sykes patent powder-flask with bevelled bag-shaped body and adjustable flip-top (cut-off spring incomplete), four burnished steel double-ended shot dispensers (one lid missing), and a burnished steel oil bottle, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label (stained), the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:William Andrew Beckwith was apprenticed to Wattell Clark in 1785 and was elected Master of the Gunmaker's Company in 1808, 1814, 1825 and 1840, the year before his death. He is recorded at 58 Skinner Street between 1802 and 1841. In 1811 the Rev. Alexander Forsyth took a lawsuit against Beckwith successfully claiming that the 'patent' sliding primer lock was covered by his patent of 1807, although it is thought that the lock was actually invented by Joseph Vickers, a former workman of Forsyth's. For more information see D.H.L. Back,Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 155, 176-7 and 198For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 40-Bore (.500) Percussion Porter Patent Second Model Nine-Shot Revolving Turret RifleNo. 537, Circa 1855With recoloured octagonal polygroove rifled barrel stamped 'Address P.W. Porter New York' and 'Patent 1851' on the top left flat in front of the breech, front and adjustable back-sights both off-set to the left, hinged recoloured action-cover (minor bruising) pierced with a vent on each side and with hinged locking catch, vertical turret cylinder retaining its cover secured by a screw, side-hammer cocked by the under-lever, serpentine loading-lever, replacement cylinder cover secured by a wing-headed screw, figured butt with steel butt-plate (both probably old replacements), and in refurbished condition 66 cm. barrel Footnotes:Parry W. Porter's U.S. Patent No. 8210 dates from 8 July 1851. Only about 400 second models are thought to have been producedCf. another example (no. 379) formerly in the Dr. Hans Georg Plaut Collection and sold in these Rooms, 1 April 2004, lot 111For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare .550 Percussion J.R. Cooper's Patent Breech-Loading Sporting RifleBy J.R. Cooper Of Birmingham, No. 100, Circa 1855With rebrowned twist octagonal leaf-sighted barrel rifled with four grooves, rounded browned twist breech with hinged sliding chamber pivoting down against an external spring beneath the breech and slightly bevelled at the top to accommodate a hinged lever at the back, the latter shaped around the nipple and operating the chamber against an adjustable spring on the left side, the top of the chamber engraved 'J.R. Cooper's Patent Breech Loader No. 100' within scrollwork, foliate engraved tang, signed detented lock and hammer, figured half-stock with chequered grip and dark horn fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising butt-plate, trigger-guard, and trigger-plate with pineapple shaped finial, and vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, Birmingham proof marks 67.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:This rifle incorporates Joseph Rock Cooper's British Patent No. 131 of 19 January 1853 for 'Improvements in firearms. Breech-loaders'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare And Unusually Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Rifled Turn-Off Belt Pistols With The Crest Of The Dukes Of RutlandBy Tatham & Egg, London, Early 19th Century, London Silver Hallmarks, Maker's Mark Of Michael BarnettWith barrels each with silver fore-sight, rifled with seven spiral grooves and fitted beneath with hinged lever of swelling tapering section with button terminal, signed breeches, border engraved box-lock actions each decorated with a martial trophy on the tang plate and on the left side, border engraved cocks decorated with foliage, blued external steel-springs each with roller, blued sprung trigger-guards each engraved with foliage on the bow and securing the lever, belt hooks, figured rounded butts each with silver escutcheon on the right side engraved with owner's crest above the monogram 'FMS', and finely cast silver lion and rampart butt-caps: in original lined and fitted two-tier mahogany case (minor moth damage) with accessories including later brass-mounted powder-flask, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle 7.6 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Henry Tatham & Joseph Egg, Gunmakers & Sword Cutlers to George III, are recorded at 37 Charing Cross, London between 1801 and 1814An old handwritten label offered with the lot reads: 'Chandos Morgan's guns given to him by his father.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare White-Metal 'Courtship' Powder-Flask For Percussion Sporting GunsBy James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, Mid-19th CenturyWith bag-shaped body of copper electrotype coated in silver, made in two halves and decorated in relief over the front with a country sportsman and young woman both in medieval costume and with his gun dog scratching his ear at their feet, framed in branches of oak involving a wolf's mask and hanging game, and surmounted by a stag's head beneath a border of crossed branches, the latter inhabited by a pair of love birds between owls, the back en suite and involving a procession of children with two dogs leading the way, the threaded top stamped with maker's details and 'Quick Loading Fireproof', adjustable nozzle graduated from 2 to 2¾ Drams, sprung cut-off lever, four suspension rings (one replaced), and retaining most of its silvering (some minor wear) 18 cm. highFootnotes:For another example referred to as the 'Courtship' flask see Ray Riling, The Powder Flask Book, 1953, p. 301, fig. 519For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 25-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Travelling Or Howdah PistolBy Sam.L & C. Smith, London, Circa 1840With blued tapering flat-sided barrels made in a single block of octagonal section and engraved on each side with scrolling foliage, signed sighted top flat engraved with foliage between the nipples, nipple-bolsters each with small platinum plug, blued border engraved tang decorated with foliate scrollwork and with a starburst behind the back-sight, blued lower tang engraved en suite, signed case-hardened border engraved back-action locks each with blued safety-catch, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened hammers each with blued detachable nose for Imperial caps, chequered finely figured rounded butt with rounded pommel, blued border engraved trigger-guard decorated with scrolling foliage, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, blued under-rib and stirrup ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish (barrel-block and trigger-guard with some flaking): in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including Sykes patent cylindrical brass-mounted powder-flask in fine condition, steel bullet mould, nipple-wrenches each with flattened figured handle, and bags of lead balls, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with brass escutcheon and flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 18 cm. barrel-blockFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 17 December 2013, lot 82The Peter Dineley CollectionThe crest is that of the Earls of Liverpool (extinct 1851), almost certainly for Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851)The unusual form of the butt is believed to be intended for shooting down from an elephant howdahFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare .350 Percussion Prince's Patent Breech-Loading Rifled CarbineBy Reilly, New Oxford Street, London, No. 10738, Circa 1855With browned twist two-stage sighted barrel sliding forwards for loading and rifled with five bright grooves, the rear section signed along the top, fitted with two folding leaf back-sights each with central platinum line, and engraved 'X44' at the rear, border engraved case-hardened breech engraved 'Prince's Patent' on the top flat, border engraved case-hardened tang, signed back-action lock and hammer, the lock numbered 10438 on the inside, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with blued sliding catch on the bow for securing the detachable bolt, the latter operating within a blued guide-plate, blued fore-end cap also forming a barrel-band, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and much original finish 63.8 cm. barrelFootnotes:Joseph Reilly is recorded at 502 Oxford Street, London between 1848 and 1858For a fine example of the type sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 221For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 40-Bore (.500) Percussion Porter Patent Second Model Nine-Shot Revolving Turret RifleNo. 355, Circa 1855With octagonal polygroove rifled barrel stamped 'Address P.W. Porter New-York' and 'P.W. Porter's Patent 1851' on the top right flat in front of the breech, front and adjustable back-sights both off-set to the left, hinged action-cover pierced with three circular vents on each side and with hinged locking catch, vertical turret cylinder retaining its cover secured by a screw, side-hammer cocked by the bright under-lever, serpentine loading-lever (cylinder cover and wing-headed securing screw missing), figured butt with curved steel butt-plate, and in refurbished condition (some scattered light pitting)Footnotes:See footnote to the following lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased Pair Of 18-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Officer's PistolsBy Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Makers, London, Nos. 1153 And 1154, Circa 1816With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum line, border engraved case-hardened tangs each fitted with a back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened bevelled locks each with safety-catch and rounded stepped tail, signed domed first-model sliding primers each with two rollers under the carrier, figured full stocks, chequered rounded butts, border engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including two copper and brass powder-flasks, one of them cylindrical, two small ivory priming-flasks, and combination turnscrew/pricker and wrench for removing the primer-bars and primer tops, the interior of the lid with large illustrated trade label of the third design (for 1811-16), the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 19 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceGreener CollectionW. Keith Neal CollectionSold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 10 November 2005, lot 73Literature:Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms..., 1959, p.29, pl.4 W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, pp. 8-9, 43, pls. 20, 21 and colour pl. 3Idem, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1980, p. 106, pl. 363D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 19-20, and 39-40, pls. 12, 13 and pp. 5The small ivory priming-flasks can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Forsyth & Co., Patent Gun Maker's London, Nos. 2920 And 2921, Circa 1822With octagonal sighted border engraved barrels each signed in full along the length of the top flat, serial numbered border engraved actions each finely engraved with designs of symmetrical foliage, engraved hammers and safety-catches en suite, folding triggers, finely chequered figured rounded butts each with threaded border engraved silver pommel-cap decorated with a flower-head, one opening to reveal the two-piece metal ramrod, and vacant silver escutcheons: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in green velvet with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped papier-mâché(?) body, turnscrew retaining its brass pricker, and ivory priming-flask housing two spare strikers for the hammers, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark 8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C111Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 161Literature:W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, pp. 12-13, pls. 6, 30 and 31 Joseph G. Rosa and Robin May, The Pleasure of Guns. The beautiful and intricate work of famous gunsmith's, 1974, p. 75 (illustrated)D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 23 and 44, pls. 24, 25 and colour pl. IXThe small ivory priming-flask can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased 40-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Travelling PistolBy Durs Egg, London, Early 19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist octagonal barrels, the sighted top barrel signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, breech with two gold lines, gold-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with a starburst behind the gold-lined semi-rainproof pan, sliding safety-catches behind each foliate engraved cock (one replaced) and also locking the steels, and rollers each bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, finely chequered figured rounded butt with reblued border engraved butt-cap decorated en suite with the tang, reblued trigger-guard in the French manner, gold escutcheon with traces of owner's crest and initials, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod: in lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories comprising brass-mounted powder-flask and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 10.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms and Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 266Durs Egg, son of Leonz Egg of Oberbuchsiten, Switzerland, was born in 1748 (d. 1831) and following a short stay in Paris, came to London and worked for John Twigg in 1772. He was granted denization in 1791 and is recognised as one of the greatest London gunmakers. He was gunmaker to George IV and the Duke of York, and was granted various patents during the course of his long and distinguished career. Examples of his work are preserved in the Royal Collection, at Windsor Castle, and many other public and private collections. For full details see Claude Blair, 'The Egg Family, Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.), J.A.A.S.,, vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 305-353For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Saxon 18-Bore Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol (Puffer) Of The Trabantan Bodyguard Of The Elector Christian I (Reg. 1560-1591)Dated 1590With swamped two-stage barrel with slender turned lines, octagonal breech dated on the top flat and stamped at the rear with maker's initials 'GO' (Neue Støckel 2687), plain tang, flat lock stamped with the same maker's mark and with pointed tail and flat wheel-cover, the latter with slender concentric circles, incised safety-catch with button and acting against a chiselled spring, cock acting on a chiselled spring, and sprung sliding pan-cover with release-button chased with foliage, blackened full stock stamped in imitation of natural staghorn and sparsely inlaid with scroll and foliate engraved white staghorn or bone plaques, and with a panel either side of the tang with a profile head between scrolls, ball pommel inlaid with white staghorn or bone roundel engraved with the arms of Saxony and the Hereditary Archmarshalship of the Holy Roman Empire, collar engraved with ropework, circular side-nail washers with flower-heads, foliate engraved trigger-plate, rear ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each with overlapping foliage, iron trigger-guard, and original ramrod with tip en suite with the fore-end cap 32.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Saxon Royal Armouries, DresdenCf. similar examples sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 27 November 2013, lot 276, and another from the D.H.L. Back Collection, 24 November 2010, lot 441For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 17-Bore Flintlock Over-And-Under Travelling Or Officer's Pistol With Attachable Shoulder-StockBy Joseph Egg, London, No. 2638, Circa 1820With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (minor surface patination) signed in gold along the top flat and engraved with the address along the bottom flat, gold lines at the breeches and platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved case-hardened tang decorated with symmetrical foliage, border engraved case-hardened flat locks each signed and decorated with foliage at the stepped rounded tail, and with a starburst behind the rainproof pan, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and steels each working on a blued external mainspring with link and roller, blued foliate engraved top jaws, finely figured chequered rounded butt with engraved steel mount for the figured take-down skeleton butt with blued sprung-lever catch and engraved locking catch, the top tang engraved 'Joseph Egg', border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-cap decorated with foliage, D-shaped trigger-guard en suite, blued triggers, tubular ramrod-clip, steel ramrod with characteristically chequered tip, and retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (some damage), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'George Drummond' and centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon 16 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C56Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 309See footnote to following lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Customised F-S Fighting Knife, And Another Of Standard IssueBoth WWII PeriodThe first with blackened tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, blackened ovoidal guard, swelling leather-covered grip secured by thin cord bindings, and leather Turk's head pommel with suspension thong, in its original leather scabbard with copper chape and leather suspension tabs; the second of characteristic form, the pommel stamped '3' on one side, in its leather scabbard (some wear, leather retaining clip replaced) with copper chape and leather suspension tabs (2)17.1 cm. and 17.6 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Italian BrandestocMid-17th CenturyOf iron, with waisted octagonal hammer-head engraved with a lion rampant on the flat face, and balanced by a beak-shaped fluke of diamond section incised with foliage, a rounded mount between incised with bands of foliage en suite (lid missing), a waved double-edged blade emerging between a pair of sprung spikes (one an old replacement) each of slender triangular section, and seamed tubular haft (probably shortened) reinforced at the bottom with an iron tube (some old rust patination overall) 51 cm. extended Footnotes:For a related example see Lionello G. Boccia and Eduardo T. Colelho, Armi Bianchi Italiane, 1975, p. 401, nos. 596-600For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Turkish Silver-Mounted DaggerReign Of Mehmed IV (1648-87), Circa 1680With slightly curved double-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel with reinforced point of diamond section, darkly figured hardwood two-piece grip of waisted octagonal section set with sixteen silver florets (thirteen expertly replaced) each chased with a cobweb design, and replacement silver grip-strap nielloed with repeated leaves against slender lines, in original wood-lined scabbard encased in parcel-gilt silver, the outer side (two repairs) faceted and lightly embossed and chased with running arabesques and small flower-heads between bands of nielloed scrolling foliage, and with pierced basal mount en suite, the inner side finely chased with scrolling nielloed foliage and struck with a tughra to the right of the suspension loop, locket and spherical terminal decorated en suite, the former with upper border of two plaited silver bands, and retaining some original gilding 20 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg, Sotheby's Olympia, 10 July 2002, lot 194Almost certainly captured from the Turks at the time of the Siege of Vienna in 1683Cf. a very similar dagger, Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 July 1997, lot 10See also Holger Schuckelt, Die Türekische Cammer, Sammlung orientalisher Kunst in der kurtfürstlich-sächsischen Rüstkammer, 2010, pp. 260-261, figs. 234 and 235For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare 28-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistol With Gold-Inlaid DecorationBy S. Brunn, 55 Charing Cross, London, Circa 1800With long turn-off barrel finely inlaid with engraved gold swags and martial trophies, the latter suspended from four ribbons, the muzzle and breech each encircled by a band of engraved gold triangles, the breech, action, ring-neck cock and steel all decorated en suite, the action signed on a gold oval over each side, gold-lined pan, gold-inlaid thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, later rounded ebony butt (gold-inlaid tangs replaced) with cast silver grotesque mask cap, and retaining traces of original blueing (some scattered pitting), gold-lined London proof marks17.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:Samuel Brunn took over John Knubley's business at 7 Charing Cross on his death in 1795 and continued the business in his name until 1797. He is recorded under his own name as Sword Cutler & Gunmaker at 55 Charing Cross between 1798 and 1804 and was at 56 Charing Cross between 1805 and 1820. He was appointed Sword Cutler and Gunmaker to the Prince of Wales, 1800-11; the Prince Regent, 1812-1820; and Contractor to Ordnance, 1797-1809. For more details see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, pp. 58-59Samuel Brunn is the maker of the pair of elaborate silver-mounted neoclassical pistols of 1800, probably made for the Prince Regent, and now in the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York (inv. nos. 1992.330.1,2)Cf. a pair of flintlock pocket pistols by the same maker and with related gold-inlaid decoration, formerly in the A.R. Dufty Collection and sold Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 26 October 1994, lot 236For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Spanish Bronze 4 Pdr. Breech-Loading CannonLate 17th/Early 18th CenturySimilar to the last, the left trunnion incised with the weight '2 Qs. 17' 66 cm. barrel, 7.7 cm. bore, 98 cm. overall This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Scottish 22-Bore Flintlock All-Metal Heart-Butt Belt PistolLate 17th CenturyWith five-stage sighted barrel octagonal at the breech and at the flared muzzle, and formed with raised mouldings each overlaid with an engraved silver band (two incomplete, three replaced), inlaid in brass with a waved line on each side of the forward section, and with slotted ramp at the rear of the breech, rounded lock (perhaps adapted from snaphaunce) with engraved rounded cock, associated faceted steel, iron three-quarter stock decorated with pairs of incised lines, two raised silver-overlaid mouldings on the underside below the lock, and a further one at the top of the pommel, the trigger and later pricker each with bun-shaped head pierced with four circular holes, flattened linear engraved belt hook diagonally fluted at its centre, single diagonally slashed ramrod-pipe, and later ramrod with long turned tip (surface pitted overall) 30.4 cm barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A., sold in these Rooms 23 July 2015, lot 125For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 18-Bore Flintlock Turn-Over Sporting GunBy Bunney, London, Circa 1775With two-stage re-browned barrels (possibly shortened) each with silver fore-sight, long octagonal breeches each signed along the top flat, border engraved pan-plates and steels, the latter each with roller bearing on the external steel-spring, breech-plates each engraved with a border of spheres, border engraved tang, back-action lock and cock all decorated with foliage, the lock signed within rocailles and foliage, figured full stock with three pairs of barrel-retaining bolts along one side, and moulded butt carved with a scallop shell behind the barrel tang, steel mounts engraved en suite with the lock and comprising bevelled side-plate and butt-plate, sprung trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel on the bow and also forming the barrel-release, turned ramrod-pipes, and border engraved vacant silver escutcheon, Tower private proof marks 84.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceHolt's Norfolk and Hammersmith, 22 June 2006, lot 352The maker is Joseph Bunney recorded working in Birmingham between 1765 and 1814. He is known to have marked his firearms 'London'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 25-Bore Percussion 1856 Pattern Rifled Service Pistol Dated 1857With blackened leaf-sighted barrel rifled with five wide grooves, blackened tang, dated border engraved case-hardened flat lock stamped 'Tower' and with 'V.R.' crowned on the tail, figured full stock with circular Pimlico arsenal mark dated 1866 and numbered '2' on one side of the butt, and with supplier's name 'J. Pain' on the side-flat, regulation brass mounts including butt-cap stamped 'V.L.' and numbered '2' and '4' on the tang, lanyard swivel, and stirrup ramrod, Ordnance view and proof marks 25.4 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 25 November 2015, lot 258For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Side-By-Side Tap-Action PistolsBy Whateley, Probably For John Or Henry Whateley Of Birmingham, Circa 1800With turn-off barrels each engraved around the muzzle and numbered respectively from nothing to '3', border engraved part octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved actions each signed against a martial trophy on one side and decorated with a further martial trophy on the other, large rectangular pairs, thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, trigger-guards each with an engraved flower-head on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts: in their lined and fitted oak case with accessories including three-way powder-flask with leather-covered body, turnscrew retaining its brass pricker, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with trade label of William Bond, 59 Lombard Street, London for circa 1810-1846, the exterior of the lid with reeded edges and flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 6.6 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C72Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 299LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p.133, pl. 499For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Very Rare Cased 38-Bore (.500) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle With Telescopic SightBy John Dickson & Son, 63 Princes Street, Edinburgh, No. 1406 For 1850With browned damascus twist barrels signed along the sighting rib at the breech and each rifled with eleven bright spiral grooves, blued folding leaf back-sights (one missing) from 60 to 180 yards and each with central gold line, and mounts for the original hand-detachable telescopic sight, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with engraved platinum plug and decorated with an eagle on the flat between, border engraved tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed case-hardened flat detented locks and dolphin hammers each decorated en suite within borders of ropework, the former serial numbered on the inside and stamped with initials 'IB' for Joseph Brazier, the latter with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate decorated with scrolling foliage and a roe buck in a landscape on the border engraved heel tang, case-hardened grip-cap engraved with scrolling foliage, trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and decorated with a stag and a hind in a landscape amid scrolling foliage on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with long finial decorated with foliate scrollwork, rear ramrod-pipe with pineapple-shaped finial en suite, circular case-hardened patch-box cover engraved with a prone male lion in a landscape within a foliate scroll border, foliate scroll engraved sling button with knurled edge, grooved forward trigger, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and elaborate monogram, original brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish: in original brass-mounted oak case fitted and lined in tooled pigskin (minor old marks) with accessories including browned twist telescopic sight signed in full along the top and with leather-mounted eyepiece, brass-mounted powder-flask, circular brass percussion cap dispenser, serial numbered steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter, patch-cutter, lift-out tray fitted for turnscrews, cleaning tools (two replaced, one blade missing) and T-shaped combination tool, mallet, the head faced in leather, and turned circular wooden boxes, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved with owner's name 'R.H. Broughton Esq.r' and centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 70 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureDonald Dallas, John Dickson & Son, The Round Action Gunmaker, 2014, pp. 37-39, colour plates. Recorded as 'order dated 27th November 1850 from Robert H. Broughton, 21 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare German Or North Italian Combined Flintlock Pocket Pistol, Pipe, Knife And ForkEarly 18th CenturyWith slender tapering two-stage barrel, octagonal breech, external mechanism on the left, brass pan with line engraved steel-spring beneath, spherical brass butt made in two parts soldered together, trigger with button-shaped iron and brass terminal operating through the brass trigger-guard, and threaded over the barrel at the breech a brass-mounted turned steel pipe with compressed rectangular bowl, and tapering stem with spiral turns, the end of the stem threaded to take the faceted tapering brass knife-handle, the back with decoratively pierced and chased brass mount over a blued spring forming a locking-catch for the hinged blade and a mount for the threaded two-pronged fork which screws over the pipe-stem 20 cm. assembledFootnotes:A small old handwritten label attached reads 'Brescian 18th Century'For related examples see F. Theodore Dexter, Half Century Scrapbook Of Vari-Type Firearms, 1960, p. 104, pl. 47, nos. 1026 and 435; and Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 20 February 1991, lot 221For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Rare Cased .400 (70-Bore) Percussion Seven-Barrelled Goose RifleBy H. Nock, Gun Maker To His Majesty, No. 4518, Circa 1709-95Converted from flintlock, with twist leaf-sighted barrels, signed along the rib between the two top barrels, each barrel cut with seven spiral grooves, case-hardened breech-block with gold line and engraved with a starburst on top, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and a Britannia shield, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed serial numbered flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (rust patinated) decorated with hanging game on the blued heel tang, trigger-guard (loss of finish on the tang) with a recumbent stag in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (one partition loose) with accessories including rare brass charger, gang mould for fourteen balls, three wooden ball holders, brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled elongated body, and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (minor damage and old stains) for circa 1789-1804, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 49.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePiers Mostyn, Bt. (sold in the sale contents of Bredfield Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk in about 1944)W. Keith Neal Collection, C204Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 37LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, p. 110Idem, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p. 119, pl. 435Richard Akehurst, Game Guns and Rifles, 1969, p.18, pl. 22Originally sold in 1995 with two manuscript notes (now missing) by W. Keith Neal, one listing the contents of the case, the other giving instructions for the use of the rifle, including a recommendation to 'pick up the birds quick', confirming that it was intended for geese. Also in the case was a manuscript letter from H. Nock's shop about the rifle, written by Nock's clerk James Wilkinson, who later set up in business on his own as James Wilkinson, gunmakers, a firm that survived until recently as Wilkinson Sword Ltd.Seven-barrel rifles were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour through France (1805), where he described their use on roe deer as well as birds. Thornton even commissioned a fourteen-barrel example, preserved today in the Musée d'Armes in LiègeFor further information on rifles of this type see W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, pp. 109-110For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare 16-Bore Percussion Chillingham Yeomanry Rifled Musket, No. 12 By James Purdey Of London, Circa 1833With browned twist sighted barrel rifled with ten grooves, octagonal at the breech and with two folding leaf-sights to 200 yards, each leaf with central platinum line, numbered case-hardened patent breech and tang, the former with pierced platinum plug and oval steel protective shield, signed case-hardened flat lock, figured three-quarter stock (minor bruising) with cheek-piece, plain brass mounts including spur trigger-guard and fore-end cap, original brass-tipped ramrod with horn terminal, and most of its original finish (sling mounts missing), Birmingham proof marks 85 cm. barrelFootnotes:This is one of a unique stand-of-arms consisting of thirty-five weapons commissioned by the Earl of Tankerville of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, complete with bayonets and other accessories to arm a body of yeomanry. Purdey completed the order between February 1832 and June 1833. The first thirty-three weapons are virtually identical and were supplied at a cost of £10 each including bayonets. Numbers 34 and 35 were of higher quality priced at £15 15s each, and were intended for use by Lord Tankerville and his son, Lord Ossulston. See L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdey's, 1996, pp. 106-107, pls. 92-93 For No. 10 from the above stand-of-arms and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 167For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Saxon EstocLate 16th CenturyWith bright sharply tapering double-edged blade robustly formed with a slender medial ridge over its entire length on both sides, the outer side towards the forte with two latten-inlaid saltire marks, the base of the blade with elliptical iron mount fitting over the mouth of the scabbard and engraved in wrigglework on one side with two florets above a raised roped lower edge, iron hilt retaining traces of original blacking and comprising guard with slightly arched quillons with flattened triangular terminals, outer side-rings and inner diagonal bar en suite, arms, fig-shaped pommel of octagonal section incised with pairs of lines along the angles, compressed button finial, and blackened shagreen-covered grip with line engraved cusped foliate ferrules and slender longitudinal reinforcing bars 108.2 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Saxon Electoral Armouries, DresdenChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms And Armour..., 24 May 2006, lot 1A very similar estoc was included in the sale Parzellane und Waffen aus der Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden held by Rudolph Lepke Kunst-auctions, Berlin, 7-8 October 1919, lot 553 Cf. another example in the Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, no. 351This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Cased .650 (16-Bore) Tubelock Sporting Rifle And 8-Bore Wildfowling Gun By Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond St., London, No. 703 and 704, Circa 1830With heavy rebrowned twist octagonal barrel signed along the top flat, leaf-sighted from 150 to 250 yards and rifled with nine spiral grooves, case-hardened recessed patent breech with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and raised platinum-lined touch-hole, the rebrowned twist sighted wildfowling barrel in three-stages, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, and patent breech en suite with the rifle barrel, border engraved tang decorated with a stag's head and scrolling foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with scrolling foliage, hammer and tube-retainer en suite, the former with engraved safety-catch, the latter acting on an external spring with roller, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip and dark horn fore-end cap, butt with cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts (some rust patination) comprising butt-plate (pitting) decorated with a running stag in a landscape and foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a pointer in a landscape on the bow and with pheasants in a landscape on the tang, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, and associated brass-mounted ramrods: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case with some accessories including Sykes patent brass-mounted powder-flask retaining much of its original lacquered finish, steel bullet and G. & J.W. Hawksley pewter oil bottle, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage), the exterior of the lid (minor chips and old bruising) with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks and Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 74.2 cm. and 86.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles Lancaster, barrel maker to Joseph Manton, is recorded at 151 New Bond Street between 1829 and the year of his death in 1847For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Fine And Rare Cased 60-Bore Percussion Webley Patent Second Model 'Longspur' Single-Action Five-Shot RevolverRetailed By Henry Hook, Tenterden, Kent, No. 629, Circa 1855With hinged tip-down blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved with foliage around the muzzle, with retailer's details along the top flat, and rifled with three grooves, case-hardened cylinder numbered from '1' to '5' and engraved around the forward edge, blued foliate scroll engraved frame, case-hardened hammer with chequered spur, trigger-guard and butt, the former engraved 'Webley's Patent' on one side, the latter with swivel for suspension and engraved with the serial number and 'By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent' along the back, hinged case-hardened rammer secured by a blued spring-catch on the right side of the action, chequered figured rounded grips, and most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (minor relining) with accessories including wedge-shaped powder-flask retaining much of its original finish, bullet mould and zinc bullet box, the interior of the lid with Webley's illustrated Directions for Cleaning and Loading label, the exterior with vacant shield-shaped brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 12.6 cm. barrelFootnotes:LiteratureA.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith, The Revolver 1818-1865, 1968, p. 254This revolver incorporates James Webley's British Patent No. 743 of 1853. For more information see A.W.F. Taylerson, 'James Webley Single Action Revolvers', J.A.A.S., vol. II (1956-58), pp. 145-157Henry Hook is recorded in Tenterden, Kent between 1850 and 1866For a closely related example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour..., 26 November 2008, lot 384For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Officer's Embroidered Flap Pouch To The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Circa 1830-52(Top with old splits in velvet)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com