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Click here to subscribeA 16-Bore Flintlock New Land Pattern Service PistolEarly 19th CenturyWith plain barrel (pitting) and tang, the latter numbered '4', flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and with 'Tower' across the stepped tail, ring-neck cock and safety-catch, figured full stock, regulation brass mounts, and stirrup ramrod, small King's proof marks 22.7 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 28-Bore Flintlock 1801 Pattern Long Sea Service PistolDated 1805With bright barrel, tang and lock, the last with border engraving, 'GR' crowned and 'Tower' across the tail, border engraved ring-neck cock, figured full stock with apron around the barrel tang and stamped with the date and inspector's marks behind the lock, regulation brass mounts, and brass-tipped ramrod, King's proof marks 31 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine And Rare German 100-Bore Long Wheel-Lock Pistol Early 17th CenturyOf carbine form, with slender slightly swamped barrel incised with double lines towards the muzzle and in front of the brass fore-sight, and stamped with small crescents and dots at the raised back-sight, breech en suite and including stars, the top flat struck with unidentified barrelsmith's mark, initials 'ISI' above crossed wheel-lock pistol and sword in a shield, two ramps at the rear each notched for sighting, short tang incised with double lines, flat lock with exposed wheel retained by two shell-shaped brackets each secured by a screw, the rear bracket with tapering baluster terminal, the cock retaining bridle and cock-spring terminal en suite, and shell-shaped pan with sprung sliding pan-cover, the latter with release button, slender fruitwood full stock inlaid overall with white staghorn or bone roundels each engraved with a blackened flower-head and centred on fine symmetrical scrollwork highlighted with ball-flowers and pellets, butt of fluted 'fish-tail' form inlaid en suite on both sides of the comb, all within line engraved white staghorn or bone borders, foliate engraved trigger-plate and butt-plate, iron trigger-guard cut with two bands of line engraved mouldings and with pointed pierced finial, the curved tang of tapering circular section secured through a threaded ring-bracket and with button terminal, turned baluster trigger, white horn ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each engraved with blackened overlapping foliage, wooden ramrod with engraved bone tip, and in fine condition 54 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceEdward Hubbard Litchfield Collection Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, Arms & Armor, Mainly European XV-XIX Century, The Important Collection Formed By Edward Hubbard Litchfield..., 5 and 6 December 1951, lot 9 (illustrated)ExhibitedThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Loan Exhibition of European Arms And Armor, 3 August to 27 September 1931, p. 76, no. 298For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare German (Augsburg) 10-Bore Combined Matchlock And Wheel-Lock Gun In Fine ConditionCirca 1580With blued two-stage sighted barrel slightly swelling at the turned muzzle, long octagonal breech deeply struck with two shield-shaped barrelsmith's marks of Thomas Berger of Augsburg (Neue Støckel 4565 and 4959) behind the back-sight with single aperture folding leaf-sight, the top of the breech, mid-section and muzzle chiselled in bas-relief with parcel-gilt acanthus, lightly engraved tang with sighting groove extending along the top of the breech, flat lock with gilt line border, external wheel with gilt retaining bracket pierced and engraved with a pair of foliate monsters and retained by two screws, hinged match-holder en suite and with ring-headed screw for adjusting the match, chiselled details on the springs, bridles and sprung sliding pan-cover, and blued cock cut with pairs of diagonal lines on the jaws, ebonised full stock inlaid with white staghorn or bone panels engraved with blackened fruiting scrolls along both sides of the full stock and with two monsters opposite the lock, club-shaped butt with a winged monster on both sides of the fluted comb, panels of scrolled foliage around the barrel tang and trigger, and with a grotesque lion-mask forming a side-nail plate, all within line borders of white staghorn or bone, etched and gilt iron mounts comprising stepped trigger-guard with bell-shaped terminal and decorated with strapwork against a ground of scrolls, and two ramrod-pipes each with foliage against a dotted ground, gilt trigger, fore-end cap engraved with overlapping foliage, horn-tipped ramrod, and retaining much of its original blued and gilt finish 103.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:For other examples of combined matchlock and wheel-lock longarms see Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossen Büchsenmacher..., 1972, p. 27, no. 47; and Howard L. Blackmore, Guns and Rifles of the World, 1965, p. 24, pls. 81-84For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small Chinese bronze square censer, Qing Dynasty, supported of four feet, two sides with 'ring' handles and two sides with fruiting branches, with apocryphal Xuande mark, approximately 6.5cm x 6cm x 4m high, 172 grams清 铜"宣德款"小香炉 （克重172g)Condition Report: wear to surface Condition Report Disclaimer
Five various Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, late Qing and Republican, comprising: a blue and white snuff bottle with 'bronzed' Buddhistic lion and ring handles, apocryphal Yongzheng four character mark in underglaze blue, 6.3cm high; a white glazed bottle with rams, the base with raised wang bin rong mark, 7.7cm high and three others (5) 清晚期至民国 鼻烟壶一组共五件Condition Report: all in good condition other than underglaze red and blue and white bottle which has 2.5cm x 4mm foot rim chip Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese agate censer and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of lobed form supported on four short feet, with flower and ring handles, the stone of smokey-white tone, with the finial with brown coloured fruit, 11cm long x 6.5cm wide x 7.5cm high, with openwork carved wood fitted standProvenance: By repute formerly in the collection of the artist Cambier Guy (1923-2008) who is thought to have purchased this item either in China or Japan 1960's and 1970's 清19世纪 玛瑙香炉拍品来源：已故艺术家坎比尔·盖伊(1923-2008) 旧藏， 后由家族继承Condition Report: natural inclusion to stoneone foot missing on wood stand Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese jadeite rectangular plaque, 19th century, one side carved with a lady holding a fruiting branch and the other side incised with poem, with later silver mounting as a brooch, 5.2cm x 4.2cm; a jadeite ring, the stone 1.5cm x 0.8cm; and a jadeite pendant, 3.7cm x 1.6cm (3)19世纪翡翠子冈牌及豆荚吊装和戒指共3件Condition Report: the rectangular plaque with natural cracks to the stoneCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese jadeite vase and cover, circa Republican Period, with ring handles at the neck and with birds in vines, 27cm high Provenance: From a private Cheshire Collection formed in the mid-20th century民国 翡翠双耳花瓶拍品来源：英国Cheshire郡私人女士收藏，购自上世纪中叶Condition Report: the cover with piece of leaf and stem missing unknown if emerald green natural or later treated Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Japanese Satsuma Vases, each of cylindrical form resting on a short foot and rising to a broad neck with galleried rim, the neck moulded with shishi-head and ring handles, decorated in overglaze enamels and gilding with continuous scenes of eagles predating on sparrows by a pine tree over a stream, signed in the image "Dai Nihon Kinkozan dzu", height 32.7cms, Meiji-Taisho Era (2)Condition Report: Slight wear, particularly to the gilding.Condition Report Disclaimer
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