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A VERY RARE PRUSSIAN HUSSAR SABRE MADE FOR A BOY, mid-18th century, with leather covered wooden grip, brass stirrup hilt and curved 21in. single-edged blade, the forte engraved with stars and men-in-the-moon symbols, in its brass-mounted wooden scabbard, the scabbard mounts and hilt decorated with rococo scrolls and foliage (the back-strap and scabbard covering missing). Footnote: This two-thirds scale sabre may have been made for the son of a Hussar Officer in the Army of Frederick the Great or for a cadet at a military school. Its form is characteristic of sabres carried by Prussian Hussars in the Seven Years war and the rococo decoration is in keeping with Prussian court fashion. Frederick's place at Sans Souci was decorated in the high rococo style.
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A RARE 20-BORE PERCUSSION HARPOON GUN, no visible maker's mark or serial number, with 20in. Birmingham black powder proof barrel with bolstered breech and bead foresight, round action with brass trigger-guard, retaining traces of original finish, 13 1/4in. figured stock including 3/4in. rubber recoil pad, in its canvas case with two brass barrel keys, Sykes patent powder flask, assorted percussion caps (one tin with spare nipples), a cloth bag of 'Eleys' Best Felt Wadding', nipple wrench and 3 harpoons; one solid brass tip, one with arrow-head tip and two fold-out barbs the third with sprung folding spear point. Footnote: The vendor informs us that the gun was originally purchased by the family from Hardy Bros. in Alnwick. The vendor informs us that his only experience of seeing the gun in action was in his youth, on a small yacht. As it resulted in the firer being thrown overboard by the unexpected recoil, it has remained unused ever since.
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A RARE PAIR OF FRENCH 40-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF BARREL RIFLED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY THURAINE ET LE HOLLANDOIS A PARIS, third quarter of the 17th century, 21in. overall, each with three-stage barrel with slightly flared muzzle, the central section polygonal, engraved octagonal breech engraved 'TRULOCKE LONDINY', engraved tang, rounded engraved lock signed on the tail, each lock with part of the signature, figured stock with raised apron behind the barrel tang (one with some repairs, each with filled screw-hole in front of trigger-guard), and iron mounts including spurred pommel retaining traces of engraving (iron parts with some pitting and wear). Footnote: The filled screw-holes on the stocks were probably for a stirrup linking the barrel to the stock for reloading on horse back.
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A RARE G.H. DAW 14-BORE 'PATENT CENTRAL FIRE' PUSH-FORWARD UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 474, 29 1/2in. nitro reproved damascus barrels, rib engraved 'GEORGE H. DAW'S PATENT CENTRAL FIRE, 57 THREADNEEDLE ST. LONDON. NO.474.', Daw patent snap-action, patent no. 1594 of 1862, use number 474, carved percussion fences, non-rebounding back-action locks, permanently-attached fore-end, best bold acanthus scrollwork with feathered borders, 14in. highly-figured stock with heel and toe plates (spare extractor and firing pins retained behind heel-plate), weight 6lb. 12oz., in its two-tiered oak and leather case
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A RARE FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' 8-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER SHOT-AND-BALL RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, serial no. 15319, 26in. black powder only barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON. "PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', matt sight rib with open sights, bead foresight with flip-up moon-sight, rifled chokes (good), Jones patent rotary-underlever with engraving, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, elongated top-strap, border engraving, action engraved 'CHARGE 8 TO 10 DRAMS. 3 1/2 INCH CASE', retaining some original colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. pistolgrip stock with cheek-piece, horn pistolgrip-cap, sling swivels and 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, weight 15lb. 10oz. The concept of the 'Paradox' rifled choke was conceived by Colonel G. Vincent Fosbery, V.C., and was subsequently patented by Holland & Holland in 1885.
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A RARE HOLLAND & HOLLAND .577 DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER HOWDAH PISTOL, serial no. 4766, 11 1/2in. overall, with blued barrels with raised sighting rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND ST. LONDON.', bead fore-sight, rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves, foliate engraved case-hardened percussion fences and action, signed scroll engraved case-hardened rebounding sidelocks, walnut grip and fore-end, iron mounts comprising engraved trigger-guard retaining traces of blued finish, and case-hardened pommel with lanyard ring, and horn fore-end cap, London black powder proof marks, in brown leather flap holster.
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** A VERY RARE FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' 12–BORE 'ROYAL EJECTOR' TOPLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER EJECTOR SHOT-AND-BALL RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, serial no. 15889, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON. "NITRO-PARADOX", matt sight rib with open leaf sights for 50, 100 and 150 yards, bead foresight, rib engraved 'MADE EXPRESSLY FOR WALTER LOCKE. CALCUTTA & LAHORE.' rifled chokes (good), 2 1/2in. chambers, carved percussion fences with side-clips, broad action with cut-away flats, stamped 'HOLLAND'S PATENT', removeable striker bars, rebounding back-action locks, elongated top-strap, best bold border and scroll engraving, the maker's name within a cartouche (some exterior pitting to locks and hammers), blued finish, 14 3/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock with horn buttplate, weight 8lb.4oz. The maker's have kindly confirmed that this Paradox was ordered on Tuesday 18th January 1910 (order no. 9369) as a double hammer ejector with a long top-strap, and half-pistolgrip stock. The order was placed by Mssrs Lancelot Dent & Co. 118 Cannon Street. E.C. (at the request of Walter Locke) and the gun was finished on 23rd July 1910 at a cost of 78 pounds and 9 shillings. It appears to be the last of just four examples made of its precise type, and the penultimate hammergun made by the Holland and Holland. Please note VAT at 17.5% is applicable on the hammer price and buyers premium.
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A RARE HOLLAND & HOLLAND ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE (2IN.) 'CENTENARY' BADMINTON HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 34186, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET. LONDON', rib engraved 'FOR 2 INCH CASES ONLY ‘CENTENARY’', 2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, slender action, hand-detachable lockplates, bold acanthus scroll engraving, bright finish overall, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock, weight 5lb. 7oz.
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A RARE 12-BORE 1889-PATENT 'W.P. JONES PATENT ADJUSTABLE TRY GUN', serial no. 16256, 28in. nitro barrels, tubes engraved 'W.P. JONES'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE TRY GUN. SPECIALLY MADE FOR S.W. MORGAN. FROM PURDEY'S.FIRBECK. NOTTS.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, treble-grip action with plain finish, floorplate engraved 'W.P. JONES PATENT ADJUSTABLE TRY GUN', retaining much original colour-hardening and finish, fully-articulated stock (with key) retaining much original finish, unchequered bolstered fore-end, weight 7lb. 4oz. Footnote: The gun was completed circa 1937. William Palmer Jones (Birmingham) is perhaps best known for his try-gun patent no. 1157 of 1889 and its subsequent improved patent no. 5372 of 1889. Whilst rudimentary try guns were in existence, Jones's patent was the first to provide comprehensive stock information and was later to become widely used amongst the gun trade as the most effective method of obtaining accurate measurements. Initially his patent was used exclusively under licence by Holland & Holland (London) and Trulock and Harris (Dublin) and with Jones himself holding the exclusive right to use the try gun in Birmingham.
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A RARE BROWNING 20-BORE (3IN) SINGLE-TRIGGER ROUNDED-BAR SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 60735, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels with matt game rib, tubes engraved 'ARMES ARTISANALES DE GRAND LUXE. LIEGE. BELGIUM.', 3in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, non-selective single-trigger, manual safety, removable disc strikers, carved leaf fences, rounded bar and lockplates finely engraved with foliate scrollwork with gold line and leaf bordering, surrounding finely engraved scenes of pheasant being flushed by a spaniel and duck in flight, the underside with a fine portrait of a spaniel retrieving woodcock, the triggerplate signed 'R. CAPECE', 15in. highly-figured stock, weight 6lb. 5oz., in a universal case
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A FINE AND RARE 16-BORE THEOPHILE BRITTE 1931 PATENT 'SUPERBRITTE' DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDE-OPENING OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 230, 29 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels with wooden side-fillets (one comprising the fore-end) and broad matt top-rib, under barrel at eighteen thousandths of an inch, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 3/4 choke, hold-open sidelever, manual safety, Britte patent sidelever cocking action, removable striker discs, best bold acanthus scroll engraving on a matt background, bright finish overall, 13 3/4in. highly-figured roach-belly stock, weight 6lb. 1oz. Footnote: Approx. 250 'Superbritte' guns were produced by Etablissementes Britte between 1930 and 1936 (when the company ceased production). A later run of about two dozen were subsequently built by Britte S.A. when the company was taken over in 1949 by Louis Dessart, the grandson of Theophile Britte.
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A fine and rare pair of ormolu mounted glass candlesticks the facet cut blue glass pedestals probably decorated in the atelier of James Giles with gilded scenes of birds and musical instruments the drip pans hung with lustres above faceted knops c.1775-80 31cm. (2) For a similar pair of table lustres but with opaque white glass bases Cf. Gilding the Lily Delomosne & Son Ltd.
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A rare pair of Svres white biscuit porcelain busts of the Comte DArtois (later Charles X of France) and his daughter in law the Duchesse de Berri each crisply modelled and raised on circular socle bases he with an impressed Svres mark and incised 29-Nov-SZ she inscribed Mas 14 x bu.SZ (Mas for Mascret). His plinth cracked and repaired. c.1816 38cm. (2) Jean Mascret was a sculpteur rŽpareur at Svres from 1810-1848. The Comte DArtois later Charles X King of France and Navarre was born at the palace of Versailles. He was the Grandson of Louis XV and the son of Louis dauphin de France who never reigned and his German wife Marie-Josephe of Saxony. He was crowned king of France in 1824 in the cathedral of Reims and reigned until the French revolution of 1830. He was the last king of the senior Bourbon line to reign over France. Marie-Caroline Bourbon the Duchesse de Berri was the daughter of Francois I King of the Two-Sicilies. She married Charles Duc de Berri (the second son of Charles X) who was assassinted by Louvel in 1820. At the time of the assassination she was pregnant with the Comte de Chambourd (Henri V) who was the last descendant of the ancient branch of the House of Bourbon.
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A rare gilt bronze automaton clock by J F Houdin, 1836, surmounted by a Chinese magician in formal dress standing behind his star draped magic table and lifting alternate cups to reveal balls and dice. The silvered dial inscribed J F Houdin, Paris, within ornate mounts cast with dolphins, mythical birds and beasts and foliage. The automaton movement engraved Invente et Execute a la Fabrique DHorlogerie, J F Houdin Rue Vielle de Temple No. 78 A Paris, 1836, 45cm high x 31.5cm wide
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RARE ROBERT 'MOUSEMAN' THOMPSON OAK READING CHAIR, c.1920-30, with adjustable back and loose cushioned seat flanked by flattened arms terminating in scrolls, the sides with open slats resting on arched stretchers connecting massive block feet, fitted with an adjustable reading slide, carved with a mouse, adzed throughout. NOTE: This early design has several unusual features including open slats, reminiscent of the work of contemporary avant garde designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright.
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A Staffordshire blue printed jug and two bowls: the jug with strainer spout, printed in blue with scattered birds and flower sprays, 22cm high; one bowl printed in blue with Spode's rare Love Chase pattern, 15cm diameter (rim chip); the other bowl naively painted with panels of flags in a black ground, 17cm diameter; all unmarked, early- to mid-19th century See Coysh & Henrywood, 'The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery', volume 1, page 228, for information on the Love Chase pattern
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"A George III mahogany bracket clock, with repeat, the twin fusee movement with a verge escapement and striking on a bell, to an engraved backplate, the arched 'Battersea' enamel dial inscribed 'Marmke Storr, LONDON,' with subsidiary Strike/Silent dial, to painted decoration, the bell top case with a brass carrying handle, pierced fret sides, the base base moulding on pads, 20in (50.8cm) h, 11.5in (29.2cm) w,7.5in (19cm) d. Baillie states; Marmaduke Storr, Lombard Street, London, was active from 1724 - 1775. See Barder, Richard C.R. The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714 - 1830, for a similar example by James Upjohn. This rare enamel dial is thought to be the work of a former Battersea enamel worker, Anthony Tregent. Who on leaving the enamel factory set up his own business in Denmark Street. There are a handful of both longcase and bracket clocks with these type of dials. Anthony's brother, James was a well known London clockmaker."
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A Yongsheng period rare large yellow ground Cranes bowl decorated with eight black and white cranes each carrying one of the ba-jixiang in its beak as it flies amongst the clouds over a band of waves crashing against rocks the interior with two cranes circling a shou character the emblems and cranes picked out in famille-rose enamels and the clouds and waves in green on an egg-yolk yellow ground six character mark of the period Yongzheng period 1723-1735 Only a few bowls of this type have been recorded very rare in both size and decoration Chinese Porcelain The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection pl.101 O.C.S. Exhibition of the Arts of the Ching Dynasty London 1964 catalogue no.189 Christies 15th November 1983 263 Christies 28th April 2003 (Hong Kong) 578
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1831 Coronation: an unusual pearlware cylindrical measure applied with a cartouche moulded 'Imperial Standard' surmounted by the GR monogram and crown printed in black with a named military portrait of William and a rare three-quarter length named portrait of Adelaide, 128mm high, chips to foot
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Beresford Charles & H. W. Wilson Nelson and His Times London by Her MajestyÕs PrintersÕ Pictorial Library Eyre & Spottiswoode 1897 large 12mo (340mm x 250mm.) ten original parts as issued part ten with index illustrations and maps throughout lacking frontispiece to part 4 (Nelson landing at Copenhagen) original pictorial paper wrappers marked in places Rare in its original parts and a very useful reference
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A rare early 19th century Queen Caroline commemorative lustre jug, the front transfer printed with portrait of 'Her Majesty Caroline Queen of England', the back printed with verse 'May Royal George and Caroline agree to rule our nation and peaece(sic) and happiness combine in every rank and station', height 12cm
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Golden Cockerel Press. The Golden Carpet by Somerset de Chair, 1943, b & w photo. frontis., t.e.g. remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, sl. faded to spine, 8vo, limited edition 490/500, together with The Pilgrim Fathers, A Journal of their Coming in the Mayflower to New England and their Life and Adventures There, ed. Theodore Besterman, engs. by Geoffrey Wales, Reprinted from the Rare 1622. Edition, 1939, b & w letterpress engs., t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, orig. qtr. morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper return a little mottled, board edges sl. darkened, 8vo, limited edition 97/300. copies, plus Ana the Runner, A Treatise for Princes & Generals Attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul by Patrick Miller, engs. by Clifford Webb, 1937, full page b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, cloth sides faintly foxed, 8vo, limited edition 83/150. copies signed by Patrick Miller, plus another copy (unlimited ed.) and one other Golden Cockerel item with engs. by Clifford Webb (5)
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A rare tinplate clockwork Tipp & Co 4-4-4 carpet locomotive of the early 1900’s, 13½" overall with approx 1 gauge wheel spacing, boiler, smokebox and cab in maroon/black and yellow litho print detailing, towhook for tender, fixed key to clockwork for operation. GC for age (minor wear, some frosting to brassed steel hand rails and fittings) See front cover
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A rare Shackleton toys David Brown trackmaster 30 tractor, clockwork powered with rubber tracks finished in all over red; constructional heavy tinplate and diecast, together with a Frog Mark V single seat fighter boxed, some wear and oil staining, with instructions. AF to QGC (tractor bonnet detached, exhaust missing, some damage to paint finish, Frog some body damage and overall wear, no keys to either item)
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A rare Britains Bluebird Land Speed Record Car (No 1400): two piece model, Campbell blue body lifts off to reveal detailed unpainted (except driver’s seat in brown) chassis. Twin rear wheels with rubber tyres. One front tyre twice flattened. Boxed, with detailed picture label. Minor marking. Model VGC to Mint together with a lead model of Golden Arrow, approx 5" long, Seagrave’s Land Speed record car-Daytona March 11th 1929. VGC for age, needs cleaning.
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A rare kit of the 1947 Alta 1½/2 litre grand prix car: manufactured by Scale Model Equipment Co Ltd (SMEC), No 3 in a series, consisting of a partially formed wooden body, metal axles, wheels, exhaust, steering wheel and trim parts, transfers etc. In original box with construction plan and detached instruction leaflet. Some age wear to box, contents GC for age.
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28 rare Frog aircraft kits: including Hawker Sea Fury, Gloster Gladiator, Mitsubishi Zero, Hawker Tempest, Curtiss Kittyhawk, Macchi MC202 (2), Dewoitine D520C (2), Chance Vought Corsair, Morane Saulnier 406, Bleriot XI, Fairey Firefly Mk 1, Spitfire Mk 1a/5a, de Havilland Vampire FB Mk 5/50, Fokker D21 etc. All, except 2, in sealed sellophane packs with colour picture header. Minor/some wear to packaging
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26 rare Frog 72 scale aircraft kits: including B17 Flying Fortress, Shackleton Anti submarine aircraft, Whitley Bomber, Heinkel HEIII, de Havilland DH110, Canberra, Meteor, Blenheim, Lockheed Lightning, Lysander, Fairey Swordfish, Dornier, Vickers Vimy and a Seafury, etc. All boxed, minor/some wear. Kits unmade, probably complete
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A rare tinplate clockwork early 20th century open style escape fire engine by Distler of Germany, finished litho red with yellow 2 piece fixed tilting escape ladder with tilt mechanism and locking lever, ladder winch (no string), 3 seated firemen, setable front wheel steering and automatic bell. GC for age (needs cleaning, frosting to finish, cab bell missing, minor body distortion)
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A rare Third Reich Naval Landing Forces officer’s dirk, with plain plated blade, by Eickhorn, in its plated steel sheath, identical to the regular pattern naval dirk but with straight flat topped crosspiece with down turned ends, and with eagle and swastika on rectangular central panel. GC (sheath plating worn, some corrosion to pommel, grip wire lacking).
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SIR ALFRED JOHN MUNNINGS, PRA, AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF LETTERS, SKETCHBOOK, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS, RARE GRAMOPHONE RECORDING, PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA, including a sketchbook with preparatory sketches for the following paintings: ‘Gypsy Life’, ‘Epsom Downs’, ‘City and Suburban Day’, ‘The Departure of the Hop-Pickers’ and ‘Gypsies on Epsom Downs – Derby Week’ (completed circa 1913-1920), a pencil sketch initialled A J of Maurice Codner, pencil sketch of figure on horseback inscribed A J Munnings, RA, after E Lutyens, a double sided sketch page, one inscribed ‘Kersey, 31’ (views of Kersey Church, Suffolk) with over drawn sketch of a horse, the other side depicting a seated figure A large collection of letters from Alfred Munnings to his friend and fellow artist Maurice Codner including two that start ‘Dear’ then a drawing of a cod fish and then ‘ner’ to follow, (approximately 50+ autographed items),
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