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Four rifle scopes by BSA & Webley etc

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A West German original MOD .22calibre air rifle with green gun bag

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An Haenel German model 303 air rifle .22calibre

A SMK 19-18 air rifle with sight and green bag .22calibre

A SMK XS 36-1 .22calibre air rifle with Hawkesight and green bag

A BSA meteor .22calibre air rifle with BSA 22 special sight and brown bag

SMK19 .22 Air rifle with SMK sight and black bag

Three various rifle scopes, two boxed

A .22 Air Rifle with Telescopic Sights, (not active).

A late 19th / early 20th Century Bavarian carved oak cuckoo clock, the circular dial with Roman numerals to a weight driven movement, housed within an elaborately carved traditional case embellished with acorn leaves, hanging game, rifle and hunting bag, surmounted by a stag head cresting

Military - British army regimental books - collection of books on the British Army `The History of the Lumsden Horse 1903; The Rifle Brigade Price Consort`s Own; with a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1918; Scots Guards 1642-1934 History of the Scottish Regiment; History of the York and Lancaster Regiment; History of the King`s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (2 vols); His Majesty`s Regiments of the British Army 1949; Arms and Armour by Charles Boutel 1902; A Boy in the Peninsular War by Sturgis 1899; Army List for 1858; History of the Army Ordnance Services (2 vols) The Soldiers of London; Dress Regulations for the Army 1900; Index to British Military Costume Prints. (16)

A Davidson and Company Cincinnati Percussion Long Rifle, 19th Century. Length: 51.5 inches. Note condition: barrel cut down and restoration throughout.

A Parade Rifle, Late 19th Century, Maker unknown. Length: 43 inches. Note condition: refinished.

AN 1822 PATTERN BENGAL RIFLE OFFICER`S SWORD with pipe-backed blade etched with the regimental details, a rampant lion, and the maker`s details `C. Webb Old Bond Street, London`, steel triple-bar including crowned strung bugle, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard 82.8cm; 32 5/8in blade

AN ELIZABETH II SOUTH INDIAN RAILWAY VOLUNTEER RIFLE OFFICER`S SWORD AND A MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY TYPE SWORD, DATED 1915 the first with etched blade including the maker`s details of Hobson and Sons, London, nickel-plated regulation hilt, in its leather scabbard; the second with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, triple-bar hilt, in its leather-covered scabbard with large steel chape the first: 83cm; 32 3/4in blade (2)

A VICTORIAN OFFICER`S SWORD OF THE EDINBURGH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS BY WILLIAM MANN, GEORGE ST, EDINBURGH with slightly-curved fullered blade etched with crown, bugle-horn and regimental title, steel "Gothic" guard with bugle horn in the cartouche, in its steel scabbard 81cm; 32in blade

AN ASSORTMENT OF BADGES a KC bronze pouchbelt-badge of the Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers c.1865-88, die-struck in deep relief; a similar badge, die-cast and voided, both with screw-post fixings; a pouchbelt-plate of the same unit, the Castle on a shield within the City motto a bonnet-badge of the Queen`s Rifle Volunteer Brigade c.1888-1902, the initials RVB voided in blackened brass below the Imperial crown, complete with leather backing; an OR`s white metal glengarry-badge of the 2nd Highland Coy, 1st City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers, c.1860, St Andrew within an oval strap inscribed CLANN NA GAIDHEAL A GUALIBH CHEILE, and a similar badge with longer fixing loops for use as a sporran badge (one loop missing); a large blackened brass cap-badge, worn from 1859 by the Artisans Company of the ERV and later by the Edinburgh Police, the Arms of Edinburgh surmounted by an Anchor, with supporters and motto beneath; and a mount for an OR`s brass shoulderbelt-plate, possibly pre-1855, with devices as for Royal Scots (8)

AN ASSORTMENT OF BADGES OF THE ROYAL SCOTS AND RELATED UNITS mainly ORs` badges, as follows: a brass valise badge, probably pre-1855 (some damage to rays of star and a hole drilled through the face of St Andrew); three white metal helmet-plates of Volunteer battalions, one to the 2nd Midlothian & Peebles Rifle Volunteers 1886-88, one of the 5th VB Royal Scots, and another, of the 2nd Edinburgh RVC 1882-88; three Pipers` plaid-brooches, two with quoits 110mm diameter, mounted with a thistle wreath, crown and figure of St Andrew, the third possibly for Pipe Major, with quoit 90mm in diameter, bearing the Star of the Thistle in cast white metal, mounted with a gilt Thistle centre on green enamel (11)

OFFICERS` SHOULDERBELT-PLATES AND OTHER ITEMS a shoulderbelt-plate of the Royal Scots 1903-31, with burnished gilt-plate mounted with the Thistle Star above a white metal scroll inscribed THE ROYAL SCOTS (gilt of backing plate rubbed); a similar plate, post 1931, with Thistle Star of modern style; a Territorial Force battalion officer`s white metal plate post-1908, by Marshall Aitken, Edinburgh, the Thistle Star in cut white metal with gilt centre on green enamel, the regimental title scroll also in gilt (minimal damage to the enamel); a white metal pouchbelt-plate of the Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers c.1863 - 1903; a shoulderbelt-plate of c.1829 - 44 pattern with cut silver star and thirteen gilt rays bearing battle honours as Parkyn Fig 75 (gilt rubbed, centre of Star missing); and a mount for a shoulderbelt-plate (possibly spurious) of the 5th Battalion post 1922, in the form of a rayed Thistle Star of Gordon Highlanders style in white metal, mounted with a gilt central circle with a thistle on red enamel ground, surmounted by a Crown and with a stringed bugle horn in gilt below (6)

VARIOUS CAP BADGES OF THE ROYAL SCOTS four officers` cap-badges of the regular battalions, and three Territorial Force officers` badges of the 4th/5th Battalion; a bronze badge of OR`s pattern and modest quality, with blade fixings; three ORs` "WW1 Economy" brass badges; an OR`s plastic badge; an OR`s badge of the 4th VB, two ORs` badges of the 5th VB and one of the 6th VB; five ORs` badges of the 4th or 5th Territorial Force Battalions c.1921; a Glengarry badge, 65mm high, of the 2nd Midlothian & Peebles Rifle Volunteers c.1880 - 86; a Volunteer Battalion badge on tartan backing; a badge on blackcock feather plume, and another blackcock feather; together with some 15 assorted ORs` cap-badges, some in white metal, some with gilding metal mounts, a few anodised (a lot)

A RIFLE VOLUNTEER OFFICER`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET CIRCA 1859-1870 a very rare grey doublet, probably of the Highland Company of the Queen`s Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots, with gauntlet cuffs and Inverness skirts, edged with grey braid and with black Russia braid loops fastened by dull white metal buttons bearing a crown over stringed bugle, massive plaited black shoulder-cords forming wings; black mohair braid edging to collar and fronts, the latter trimmed with six rows of black square cord forming eyes and drops, with olivets; massive gold-embroidered crowns to collar

KINDIG, J. Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age, York 1976; CHANDLER, R. F. & WHISKER J. B. The Kentucky Pistol, Bedford 1994; WILSON, R.L., The Peacemakers, New York 1992; HARTZLER, D. & WHISKER, J. U.S. Martial Single Shot Pistols, Pennsylvania 1997; LORD, F. Civil War Collector`s Encyclopedia, New Jersey 1963; DILLIN, J. The Kentucky Rifle, New York 1946; MADIS, G. The Winchester Book, Brownsboro 1979; and another volume (8)

PETERSON, H. L. The Book of The Gun, London 1962; BAILEY, D. W., HOGG, I., BOOTHROYD, G. & WILKINSON, F. Guns and Gun Collecting, London 1972; HOGG, I. V. An Illustrated History of Firearms, London 1980; RILING, R. The Powder Flask Book, New York 1953; GARDNER, R. E. Small Arms Makers, New York 1963; HELD, R. The Age of Firearms, a Pictorial History, London 1957; WILKINSON, F. Antique Firearms, Enfield 1977; WESLEY, L. Air-Guns and Air-Pistols, London 1971, SWENSON, G.W.P. Pictorial History of the Rifle, London 1971; BAXTER, D. R. Blunderbusses, Harrisburg 1970; BOOTHROYD, G. Gun Collecting, London 1961; BOSTON, N. Old Guns and Pistols, London 1958; WILKINSON, F. The World`s Great Guns, London 1977; ROSA, J. G. & MAY, R. The Pleasure of Guns, London 1974; AKEHURST, R. The World of Guns, London 1972; HERMANN, W. & WAGNER, E. L. Battenberg Antiquitäten-Kataloge Alte Waffen, Munich 1979; JACKSON, H. J. European Hand Firearms of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, London 1959 (16)

WILSON, R.L. The Colt Heritage, London 1979; SUTHERLAND, R. & WILSON, R. The Book of Colt Firearms, Kansas City 1971; HAVEN, C. & BELDEN, F. A History of The Colt Revolver, New York 1940; SERVEN, J. Colt Firearms from 1836, Santa Ana 1954; KENTUCKY RIFLE ASSOCIATION, The Kentucky Rifle, Washington 1985; LINDERT, A. Gunmakers of Indiana, U.S.A 1968; FRITH, J. & ANDREWS, R. Antique Pistol Collecting, London 1960; ROSA, J. Guns of the American West, London 1985; BROWN, M. Firearms in Colonial America, Washington 1980; SAIGN, R. S., DONALDSON R. & FIET, F. The Stagecoach Museum, Minneapolis 1978; BRADLEY, W. The Civil War, New York 1990; CAREY, A. American Firearms Makers, New York 1953; KARR, C.L & KARR,C. R. Remington Handguns, New York 1960; SWORD, W. Firepower from Abroad, Rhode Island 1986; FULLER, C. & STEUART, R. Firearms of the Confederacy, Huntington 1944; GLUCKMAN, A. United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers, Buffalo 1944; SELLERS, F. The William M. Locke Collection, Dallas 1973 (17)

AN ALBINI CENTRE-FIRE BREECH-LOADING MILITARY RIFLE, DATED 1867 with tapering sighted barrel, hinged breech, back-action lock, regulation walnut full stock, impressed `D`Ancion Fils 1867` on the left of the butt, steel mounts (the steel parts pitted), steel clearing rod, and complete with its bayonet 88cm; 34 5/8in barrel

A RARE .690 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MILITARY RIFLE BY JOHN PROBIN, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790-95 with swamped octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves and stamped with the maker`s mark, IP within a rectangle, fitted with white metal fore-sight (the back-sight replaced), flat border-engraved lock stamped with the crown mark and signed on the tail, figured walnut full stock swelling about the rear ramrod-pipe, the butt boldly impressed `2` over `13` and with a broad arrow mark feintly impressed on the left of the comb (the stock with slight shrinkage about the lock, minor filled repairs), full brass mounts of regulation type, a pair of sling swivels, and steel ramrod 77.1cm; 30 3/8in barrelLiterature De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840, Rhode Island, 2002, pp.189-190, illustrated.In April 1776 Heneage Finch, Lord Guernsey, later Fourth Earl of Aylesford, recommended that John Probin be allowed to make rifle barrels for the Board of Ordnance. The Board requested that one of Probin`s barrels be sent to the Tower for testing. There are no further references after this. However, there are a number of other very similar rifles to the present one known, some of which have unit markings on the brasswork suggesting that they were issued. Another is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See C. J. Ffoulkes 1916, p.350, no.150. For a discussion of these rifles see D.W.Bailey 2002, pp.189-190.

A 26 BORE BOHEMIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY HEINRICH REIMER, CIRCA 1630-40 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, decorated with a punched band, stamped with the maker`s mark (probably Neue Støckel 917) and name over the breech, flat lock engraved with a garland of Eger-style flowers around the spindle, and an exotic bird on the left, fitted with engraved flash-guard, sliding pan-cover, internal wheel and engraved pierced dog decorated with a flowerhead and a serpent, double set trigger, figured hardwood full stock moulded over the fore-end, the butt with carved cheek-piece inlaid with an engraved staghorn plaque decorated with a woodland scene included a doe and a stag on the left, patchbox with sliding cover decorated with engraved staghorn plaques on the right, and inlaid with a further plaque on the spine, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, a pair of engraved staghorn flowerhead washers opposite the lock, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe, horn butt-cap, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved staghorn cap 88cm; 34 3/4in barrelHeinrich Reimer is recorded in Olmütz, Bohemia circa 1607-10.

AN 18 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1630-40 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, engraved with a band at the breech and over the muzzle, the former stamped with Augsburg town mark and the maker`s mark incorporating a tankard, flat lock stamped with the maker`s mark en suite with the breech on the inside, fitted with external wheel retained by a pierced engraved brass bracket decorated with monsters, blued flash-guard, blued-steel sliding pan-cover with engraved brass button release, engraved pierced dog with blued top-jaw, the dog-spring retained by an engraved brass bridle, double set trigger, figured hardwood full stock moulded over the fore-end, the butt with carved cheek-piece inlaid with an engraved staghorn plaque decorated with a vase of flowers on the left, and patchbox with sliding cover on the right, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers and engraved with an early inventory number `no. 23`, a pair of engraved staghorn washers opposite the lock, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, and steel-tipped ramrod with staghorn cap, perhaps the original 75cm; 29 1/2in barrel

A COMPOSITE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with six slender grooves, flat lock stamped with a mark, fitted with external wheel retained by a low flat cover, fitted with sliding pan-cover with button release and shaped dog, figured fruit wood full stock (repairs), profusely inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques decorated with scrolling marine monsters within segmental lines, a further large monster opposite the lock, carved cheek-piece inset with a scrollwork cartouche (restorations, trigger missing, patchbox cover replaced), engraved fore-end cap, and later steel trigger-guard 90.5cm; 35 3/4in barrel

AN 18 BORE DANISH FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY VALENTIN MARR, COPENHAGEN, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal blued swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, decorated with silver scrollwork at the breech and the muzzle, the former with gold-lined vent (back-sight missing), engraved tang numbered `2`, rounded lock signed on a scroll with foliage above and below, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end (cracked through, the butt with worm damage), carved with foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with fluting sliding cover on the right (chipped), brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, including pierced side-plate decorated with rococo ornament, butt-plate with scrolls and foliage enclosing a profile head, trigger-guard with acanthus finial and three moulded ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap (chipped) and horn-tipped ramrod 67.5cm; 26 5/8in barrelValentin Marr is recorded circa 1696-1786. He worked with David Bars in Stockholm around 1729. He returned to Copenhagen circa 1733 where he made a number of pieces for the Royal family, many of which are still preserved in the Tøjhusmuseet and Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen. He is considered one of Denmark`s finest gunmakers. See F. Askgaard 1988, p. 320.

A FINE 38-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED RAGUIN A FKL, CIRCA 1725 with heavy swamped octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with brass fore-sight, and engraved blued three-leaf back-sight, engraved breech decorated with panels of scrolling foliage inhabited by animals on a hatched ground and cut with decorative bands at the rear, plain tang, signed flat bevelled lock engraved with reclining Classical figures, scrollwork, and trophies-of-arms, blued pan, steel-spring, top-jaw and top-jaw screw, double set trigger, moulded figured walnut full stock, carved with foliage in low relief about the rear ramrod-pipe, the tang and the mounts, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece with a monsterhead scroll on the left and patchbox with sliding fluted cover on the right, inlaid with silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets over the grip (small losses), cast and chiselled brass mounts, decorated in the French taste with trophies-of-hunting, including sideplate decorated with a boar, circular silver escutcheon chased with a profile bust of an armoured man, the flat of the butt-plate engraved `No: 19` and with a man smoking a pipe, blued-steel sling swivels, engraved brass fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved brass tip 84.8cm; 33 1/8in barrelProvenance Jagdschloß KranichsteinW.Keith Neal, sold Christie`s King Street, 9th November 2000, lot 137

AN UNUSUAL 54 BORE BALTIC PERCUSSION BIRDING RIFLE, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with heavy swamped barrel rifled with eight narrow grooves, cut with a raised panel set with moulded silver fore-sight at the muzzle, adjustable rear-sight and grooved at the breech, angular tang, curved blued bevelled lock, set trigger, carved walnut full stock of early form, cut with linear patterns, moulded over the fore-end and about the mounts, angular butt, carved with a scroll and recessed for the cheek on the left, fitted with patch-box with blued steel-mounted sliding cover on the right, blued steel mounts comprising trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, moulded ramrod-pipes and butt-plate 95.5cm; 37 5/8in barrelIt appears that this gun was fitted with a precision barrel at the same it was converted to percussion, circa 1830-50.

A 14 BORE SWEDISH PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY MEIDINGER, STOCKHOLM, CIRCA 1750 converted from flintlock, with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves and chiselled with a band of beadwork at the breech, signed stepped bevelled lock engraved with border ornament and sprays of foliage, figured walnut full stock (small chips), moulded over the fore-end, carved with foliage about barrel tang, raised cheek-piece carved with foliage on the left of the butt and patchbox with carved sliding cover decorated en suite on the right, moulded steel mounts (rear ramrod-pipe missing), including trigger-guard with finial of shaped outline and butt-plate with pronounced heel, solid side-plate engraved with foliage and shell ornament, faceted ramrod-pipe, a single sling swivel (the other missing) and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 71cm; 28in barrelJohan Frantz Medinger was born in Germany in 1720 where he apprenticed to Moritz Friederich Nussbaum circa 1750. He returned to Sweden where he was appointed gunmaker to the King Adolph Frederick (1710-1771) on 4th September 1759. A number of firearms by him, including a gun with gold inlaid mounts, are preserved in the Livrustkammeren, Stockholm. See K. Wennberg 1979, p.38 and N Drejholt, 1996, p. 255.

A 25 BORE SWEDISH PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY A. GERHARD, STOCKHOLM, CIRCA 1740-50 converted from flintlock, with swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, punched with the letters `C.G.L..` and a further series of small letters and numbers over the breech, the tang inscribed with the inventory number `No. 4`, signed strongly bevelled lock, figured walnut full stock, moulded over the fore-end, carved with foliage about the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with carved sliding cover on the right, steel mounts comprising moulded bevelled side-plate, butt-plate with pronounced heel and tang of shaped outline, strongly bevelled trigger-guard, and a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, the base of the butt inset with an early inventory tag, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod 82cm; 32 1/4in barrelAdam Anthon Gerhardt, the son of a goldsmith, was born in Darmstadt in 1705. He worked with David Bars and married his only daughter in 1736. He was described as one of the best living gunmakers and received his Royal appointment in 1748.

A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1660 with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with six grooves and the breech and muzzle each decorated with a gilded panel drawn-out at three points, flat lock engraved with a unicorn and bull engaged in combat, flat wheel-cover engraved with a serpent within a laurel wreath, pierced engraved dog, set trigger, figured walnut full stock, the butt inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques, including a grazing stag and a pair of birds-of-prey on the cheek-piece, enriched with small geometric plaques of both horn and mother-of-pearl, inlaid with marquetry banding along the comb and fitted with sliding patch-box cover veneered in engraved horn, the fore-end inlaid with further marquetry banding over its length and with later plain geometric mother-of-pearl plaques (some inlay replaced), horn butt-plate, moulded brass trigger-guard and engraved bone fore-end cap (the ramrod-pipes and ramrod replaced) 78.8cm; 31in barrelProvenance Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg, sold Sotheby`s, Olympia 10th July 2002, lot 260

A 32 BORE AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1730 with blued swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with six grooves, signed `J.B.` over the breech and incised with a band of simple foliage, the tang pierced for a later peep-sight, engraved flat lock decorated with a stag hunting scene, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and dog decorated en suite with the lock plate (cleaned), double-set trigger, figured walnut full stock, moulded over the fore-end, carved with rococo scrolls about the tang and beneath the lock, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece inlaid at the base with contrasting panels of horn, and patchbox with sliding cover decorated en suite, gilt-brass mounts comprising solid side-plate engraved with a reclining huntress next to an enclosure, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, trigger-plate butt-plate engraved with scrolls, recessed thumb-plate, three scroll-engraved ramrod-pipes, and fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 75cm; 29 1/2in barrels

A FINE 54 BORE ALSATIAN PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY J. G. ZELLER, ARNHEM, CIRCA 1852-70 with three-stage barrel, formed with a series of recessed elongated panels divided by slender ribs over the forward section and octagonal over the breech, the latter signed in gold letters, fitted with German silver fore-sight, blued adjustable back-sight, engraved with tightly scrolling foliage over the breech, chiselled with foliage inhabited by a reclining hound on the tang and fitted with fully adjustable peep-sight, chiselled flush-fitting lock decorated with a resting stag and a wild boar, chiselled hammer, figured walnut full stock carved with chequering and neo-rococo scrolls over the fore-end and the grip, the latter including a wildman mask (cracked through and expertly repaired), the left of the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with silver wire scrolls along the base, the rear carved in high relief with a felled stag, and a hound seeing off a wolf, the right of the butt carved with further scrolls inhabited by a crossbowman and a putto in renaissance dress, engraved and chiselled steel mounts comprising small side-plate decorated with a coiled monster, butt-plate formed with a pair of elongated prongs, the tang engraved with the French crowned Royal Arms and the inscription `J.G. Zeller, Geoctrooljeerd Joor Arms Z. M. Den Keijzer Det Franzchen`, trigger-guard chiselled with a hound and three ramrod-pipes, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and a pair of sling swivels, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 80.5cm; 31 3/4in barrelThis maker is recorded circa 1840-70.

A 28 BORE GERMAN MIQUELET-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1750 with heavy octagonal sighted barrel rifled with nine grooves, engraved about the fore-sight and the back-sight, signed `M.D. in U`, bevelled lock stamped with a maker`s mark, figured walnut full stock, carved with scrolls and flowers (chips and small cracks), the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with associated sliding cover on the right, brass mounts including pierced side-plate of shaped outline and trigger-guard 63.8cm; 25 1/8in barrel

A RARE .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING DOUBLE RIFLE BY THOMAS BOSS, 73 ST JAMES`S STREET, LONDON, NO. 1119 FOR 1851 with tapering twist barrels cut with multi-groove rifling, fitted with blade fore-sight on a matted ground, folding leaf back-sight to 150 yards, signed in full towards the breech, stamped with the barrelsmith`s initials of Thomas Parkin beneath, engraved case-hardened breech with pierced platinum plugs, scroll-engraved tang incorporating a flash-guard on each side, signed scroll and border-engraved case-hardened bolted locks, highly figured walnut half-stock with chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and fitted with patchbox with engraved case-hardened steel cover decorated with a stag on the right, engraved steel mounts including blued numbered steel trigger-guard, blued butt-plate decorated with a stag and cut with chequering, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s initials `RA` beneath a coronet of a Baron, a pair of steel sling swivels, and original brass-tipped ramrod 78.8cm; 31in barrelsThis is one of only 31 double rifles produced by Thomas Boss. See D. Dallas 1995, p.316.

A RARE 40 BORE CASED AIR RIFLE COMPLETE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 32 BORE BARREL FOR SHOT BY SAMUEL HENRY STAUDENMAYER, NO. 1084, CIRCA 1800 with browned twist octagonal sighted rifle barrel cut with seven grooves, case-hardened breech signed in a gold-lined recess, inlaid with a platinum line and numbered beneath, the shot barrel formed in three sections with matching breech also numbered beneath, each fitted with figured walnut fore-end with engraved silver caps and silver barrel bolt escutcheons, signed numbered action, finely engraved with border ornament throughout, a rococo garland on top, a sunburst on the right and a trophy-of-arms with the personification of wind on the left, fitted with engraved cocking lever on the right, indicator and safety-catch on the left, border-engraved trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms, two rayskin-covered signed steel butt reservoirs each with internally threaded collar, and brass tipped wooden ramrods, almost certainly the original: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with trade label for 32 Cockspur Street on the inside, and with brass carrying handle (the exterior with scratches and bruising, the interior with areas of wear), and complete with numbered accessories including bullet mould, pump, and wrenches, and with two spare blued springs 73cm; 28 3/4in rifle barrel, 71cm; 28in shot barrelSamuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is the maker of a Girandoni-system air rifle in the Royal Collection at Windsor (inv. no. L 409). Two air weapons by this maker are recorded in the Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, one of which was sold Sotheby`s, Hanover, October 2005, lot 868.

A .400 CALIBRE NEEDLE-FIRE ROOK RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY with octagonal twist sighted rifled barrel, fitted with folding leaf back-sight, case-hardened action fitted with rotary screw-in breech lever on the right, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, steel trigger-guard and butt-plate, and horn fore-end cap 64.8cm; 25 1/2in barrel

A .22 CALIBRE BSA AIR RIFLE, NO. S15650; AND THREE FURTHER AIR RIFLES (losses) (4)

AN UNUSUAL 28 BORE CASED PERCUSSION PISTOL BY ROBERTSON, HADDINGTON, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 BORE RIFLED BARREL AND SHOULDER STOCK, BIRMINGHAM VIEW MARK, CIRCA 1840 with heavy octagonal browned twist sighted barrel inscribed `Haddington`, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech, engraved case-hardened tang incorporating back-sight and flash-guard, signed scroll-engraved case-hardened bolted lock, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved blued spurred trigger-guard, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, scroll-engraved slotted aperture for the shoulder stock, horn fore-end cap, original brass-tipped ramrod, and retaining much finish throughout: in a lined and fitted mahogany case, complete with its figured walnut shoulder-stock, with engraved blued-steel butt-cap, and rifle barrel, in the white, and rifled with nine grooves 40.5cm; 16inJ. Robertson is recorded in Haddington, East Lothian Co., Scotland circa 1840-50. He is recorded exhibiting at the 1851 Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. His son John, was proprietor of Boss & Co. See D. Dallas 2005.

A post 1902 other ranks oval shoulder belt plate, detailed Post Office XXIV Middlesex Rifle Regiment, Saint Martin`s Le Grand, the original four posts from the back removed and with two replacement slide fittings.

XIXth Century Rifle Bayonet

AN EARLY CRIMEA PERIOD ENFIELD PERCUSSION RIFLE MARKED WITH VR CROWN. TOWER 1852. STACK MARKED I.C.R., OVERALL LENGTH 107CM

TWO ANTIQUE DECORATIVE PERCUSSION MUSKETS, ONE TURKISH THE OTHER MADE FROM THE STOCK OF AN ENFIELD WITH THE LONG BARREL OF A TURKISH RIFLE, DATED 1859

Ten Britains sets: 157 Band of the Life Guards; 2 x 8808 Royal Marines Light Infantry; 2 x 8802 Worcestershire Regiment; 8822 King`s Royal Rifle Corps; 8809 Gloucestershire Regiment; 8800 Coldstream Guards; 8810 Grenadier Guards; 8827 Queen`s Westminsters. Overall VG.

Nine Britains sets: 8855 Royal Marines (one gun bent); 8826 Royal Marine Artillery; 8822 King`s Royal Rifle Corps; 8802 Worcestershire Regiment; 157 Band of the Life Guards; 8801 Essex Regiment; 8851 Confederate; 8827 Queen`s Westminsters; 8808 Royal Marine Light Infantry. Overall VG, all boxed.

Galoob The A-Team: 8516 Combat Attack Gyrocopter (G/F, appears complete, in F box with damage to window, no leaflet); 8454 Combat Headquarters Set (may be a couple of small pieces missing but appears mostly complete, G and in F box with damaged window and bend in card). Together with Arco A-Team M-24 Assault Rifle Target Game Set (G/F, unboxed and some parts missing).

Nine boxed Hasbro Transformers: Autobot Warrior Sunstreaker (contains model, two fists, two rockets, instructions, tech specs decoder); Heroic Dinobot Grimlock (contains model, label sheet, Energo sword, stunner lasers, tech specs decoder, instructions); Autobot Commander Optimus Prime (contains model- trailer and car-, two fists, nozzle, laser blaster, instructions, tech specs decoder, polystrene inner, box missing end flap); Dinobot Desert Warrior Snarl (contains model, Energo sword, 2 rockets on sprue, Electron cannon, label sheet, tech specs decoder, leaflet); Autobot Agent Jazz (contains model, missile launcher, one missile, photon rifle, leaflet); Triple Changer Octane (contains model in box inner, tail rudder, label sheet, tech specs decoder, flame thrower, leaflet); Heroic Autobot Hot Rod (contains model in box packing piece, 2 photon lasers, label sheet, leaflet); Decepticon Leader Megatron (contains 3-piece silencer, telescopic sight, stock, walther P-38 Megatron, high density infrared laser cannon, tech specs decoder, label sheet, leaflet, polystyrene inner); Jumpstarter Topspin (contains model, particle beam rifle, leaflet). Together with a selection of loose accessories, leaflets, nine loose miniature transformers and 4 x Ladybird Transformers books with tapes.

A Copy of a US Civil War Leather Ammunition Bag, the inner pouch flap stamped E Gaylord, Chicopee, Mass., with metal liners; a US Webbing Bandolier, with brass fittings; a US Canvas Rifle Muzzle Cover, stencilled U.S. Victory Mfg.Inc. 1944; a British Canvas Map Holder, dated 1941 (4)

A Collection of Buttons, in brass, horn and staybrite and including Army, Navy and Air Force, British Railways and GPO, mounted on a crimson plush display board and loose; Militaria, including an adapted Kukri `bayonet`, a folder of The Great British Regiments cap badges, a booklet - Badges of H.M. Services, a cased silver teaspoon in the form of a Lee Metford rifle, a cased set of six plated coronation teaspoons, a cased presentation bottle opener/measure, clothing ration books etc

A Victorian 1845 Pattern Rifle Brigade Sword, the 82.5cm single edge epee steel blade etched Firmin & Sons Limited, the steel Gothic hilt pierced and cast with a crowned strung bugle, with wire bound fishskin grip and steel scabbard

A Rare British Issue No5 Knife Bayonet, to fit the Jungle carbine or the Sterling Submachine gun, with steel scabbard; a Butt Plate for a Lee Enfield No.5 Mk.I Jungle Carbine, with a hard rubber pad insert and a sling bar; a Picatana Scope Rail, one piece, for a Lee Enfield no.4/5 rifle (2)