A RARE EARLY FLINTLOCK WENDER PISTOL, DUTCH OR NORTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1655-60 with turn-over barrels formed in two stages, one with a mark struck on the breech (traces only), fitted with a raised iron figure-of-eight ring over the muzzles and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, bevelled flat lock struck with maker~s mark behind its chamfered leading edge, tapering to a rear finial chiselled as a stylised monster~s head, and fitted with ring-necked straight cock engaging a dog safety, ebonised wooden butt fluted about the upper breech tang (expertly repaired beneath the lock), globular pommel inlaid with contrasting delicate brass lines and with a brass collar (expertly restored), inset with iron button finial, deeply fluted ebonised fore-end formed of two halves, iron ramrod-pipe (expertly restored) and iron trigger-guard (later ramrod) 64 cm; 25 3/8 in Provenance The Armoury of the Princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, (inv. no. 334), removed from Schloss Langenburg, sold in this room, 3rd December 2014, lot 231. The maker~s mark on the lock is apparently unrecorded (the initials MH above a hand). A closely comparable pistol, unmarked but possibly from the same workshop, was in the collection of the late H.L.Visser; see Puype 1996, Volume I, Part 3, cat. no. 507, pp. 38-9. See also the early Wender gun originating from the same armoury, also sold in this room, lot 275.
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ǂAN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF 120 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS WITH SILVER BARRELS, ACTIONS AND MOUNTS, SIGNED MORTIMER, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1774, MARK OF CHARLES FREETH with turn-off cannon barrels formed in two stages divided by raised mouldings, engraved with a band of foliage at the breeches and one numbered ~1~ beneath, engraved actions decorated with border ornament, signed ~Mortimer~ on a scroll carried by a ground of rococo scrolls on the left and inscribed ~London~ on a scroll carried by trophies-of-arms and rococo designs on the right, fitted with border-engraved iron steels and ring-neck cocks, engraved tangs decorated with rococo flowers, highly figured rounded walnut butts profusely inlaid with silver wire and engraved silver plaques forming a design of scrolling tendrils, flowers and rococo shells within a wrigglework frame enriched with minute silver pellets (small pieces of wire lifting), silver mounts comprising, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches with moulded borders and each engraved with a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, vacant silver escutcheons, and grotesque mask butt-caps with engraved borders 3.5 cm; 1 3/8 in barrels (2) Provenance Clay P. Bedford Collection (inv. no. 1512), one pistol Christie~s, London, 18th July 2002, lot 339, one pistol Bonhams, London, 30th November 2011, lot 391, the pair The Estate of Howard Lee Munson (1940-2019) Exhibited Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971, cat. no. 197 Literature Clay P. Bedford and Stephen V. Grancsay, Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, exhibition catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971, pp. 174 and 177 H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, pp. 151-152, pl. 234. This pair of pistols are probably unique and, as Munson states, among the earliest known examples of H.W. Mortimer~s work.
A PAIR OF 50 BORE FLINTLOCK OVER-AND-UNDER TAP-ACTION PISTOL BY WILLIAMS, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1780 with turn-off barrels numbered 1-3 and the fourth blank, border-engraved breeches numbered en suite, box-lock actions engraved with garlands, signed on the left and inscribed ~London~ on the right, fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steels, tap-levers on the left and ring-neck cocks (one top-jaw and screw replaced, small repairs), flat-sided figured walnut butts inlaid with large engraved silver plaques of stylised pineapple foliage on each side, the edges inlaid with silver wire lines enriched with pellets (losses), and further engraved silver plaques on the spines, and engraved iron trigger-guards 7.5 cm; 3 in barrels
A FINE OTTOMAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of finely watered steel, decorated in gold koftgari with calligraphic panels joined by flowers and scrolling foliage along the back-edge and on each face of the forte (small losses), silver-gilt hilt cast and chased with elaborate bouquets of flowers and foliage against a delicately punched ground, comprising a pair of recurved quillons with scrolling terminals, a pair of langets, back-strap, a pair of foliate washers on each side of the pommel and original gilt knuckle-chain, figured horn grip retained by brass rivets, in its black leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver-gilt mounts cast and chased en suite with further trophies-of-arms, bouquets and trophies-of-hunting, comprising locket with terminal matching the quillons, middle-band and chape each with a ring for suspension 79.5 cm; 31 1/4 in blade A Turkish shamshir with hilt and scabbard decorated in a very similar manner is preserved in the Stibbet Museum, Florence (inv. 6433). See Robinson 1973, illus. 54b, and p. 209 no. 137.
AN OTTOMAN DECORATED HOLSTER, TURKEY, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the interior lined in green velvet, the exterior of red velvet embroidered with flowers and foliage in gold thread, the flap secured by a turning copper ring, on a matching belt with brass buckle 17.8 cm; 7 in high, the holster exterior
A GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section swelling towards the tip and formed with a short serrated edge, rectangular ricasso engraved with wavy lines and punched dots, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight flat quillons swelling towards the terminals, formed with a pair of lugs above and beneath and incised with pairs of lines, inner and outer ring-guards each swelling towards the centre, incised with a pair of lines and filled with a plate, later globular pommel and later turned wooden grip 113 cm; 44 1/2 in blade Provenance The Hanoverian Royal Collections, Schloss Marienburg, Lower Saxony, sold in this room 29th June 2011, lot 275.
Property from a Central European Collection A RARE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, LATE 16TH CENTURY, FRENCH OR NORTH ITALIAN with slender blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso struck with the bladesmith~s mark, a Maltese cross, on each side, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-turned slightly forward-canted quillon with swollen tip, engraved quillon-block chiselled with hairy circular mouldings at the joins with the arms, drawn-out at the base to a scrolling écusson on each side, knuckle-guard with recurved tip chiselled as a gaping hairy monster, upper and lower ring-guards each swelling slightly in the centre, the upper joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar and at the base to a pair of arms, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel decorated at the base en suite with the quillon-block (small areas of pitting) , and early grip of plaited wire and ~Turks~ heads~ 102.3 cm; 40 3/8 in blade Provenance Sold in this room, 7th December 2006, lot 170 The hilt conforms to Norman type 57.
A COMPOSITE ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with a series of letters within a short fuller framed by lines on each face at the forte, grooved ricasso signed ~Antonio~ and Piccinino~ on the respective faces, symmetrical iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising inner and outer ring-guards of seven concentric bars each swelling slightly in the centre, fitted with a pierced and engraved figure-of-eight shaped plate at the base, a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckle-guard with an additional bar front and rear, associated pommel from a Pappenheim rapier, and later grip bound with wire between ~Turk~s Heads~ 106.0 cm; 41 3/4 in blade
A RARE NORTH EUROPEAN ~PAPPENHEIM~ RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section, cut with a short fuller on each face and with traces of an inscription on one side, plain rectangular ricasso, steel hilt of moulded bars, comprising straight quillons swelling at the terminals, knuckle-guard with a swollen moulding in the centre, inner and outer ring-guards of three bars of increasing size from the base, each en suite with the knuckle-guard and the lower two fitted with sprung-in plate finely pierced with a series of stars and circles, the upper ring joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional matching bar, ovoid pommel, and early grip of plaited wire with ~Turk~s heads~ 115.5cm; 45 1/2in blade The construction of the hilt is notable in the adoption of two as opposed to one pair of pierced sprung-in plates. This highly unusual feature was no doubt designed both for protection and additional blade-catching potential. Provenance Sold in this room, 28th June 2006, lot 296
Property from the Estate of Patrick Kelly A RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a short fuller, iron hilt of rounded bars including a pair of straight quillons, outer ring-guard, knuckle-guard, trifurcated inner-guard and barrel-shaped pommel, and spirally-bound grip of plaited wire 109.5 cm; 43 1/8 in blade
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched over three-quarters of its length with foliage within a broad shallow fuller on each face (lightly cleaned with chemicals), gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, comprising a pair of quillons with scrollwork terminals, pierced outer ring-guard decorated en rocaille with scrolls and shells, solid grip formed as a stag~s limb rising to a hoof-shaped pommel, decorated at the top and bottom with rococo scrolls and shell ornament en suite with the guard, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with matching brass mounts, complete with its accompanying knife and fork each en suite with the hilt 55.5 cm; 21 7/8 in blade
ËœA FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with hounds in pursuit of a boar and a stag on the respective faces and each within a framework of strapwork and foliage, silver hilt cast and chased with strapwork and fluting, comprising a pair quillons with globular terminals, outer ring-guard decorated with strapwork and tapering ivory grip of flattened oval section swelling towards the pommel, in its silver-mounted leather scabbard with silver locket and chape, and complete with its accompanying knife and fork, each with ivory grip en suite 35.8 cm; 14 1/8 in blade
Property from an Important Private Collection A RARE GERMAN COMBINED HALBERD AND 80 BORE WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged terminal blade engraved with linear ornament, flowers and stamped, on one face, ~HR~, moulded at the base and fitted with a transverse axe-head (the tip of the upper prong chipped) and down-curved rear fluke, tapering socket moulded at the top and fitted with a ring for attaching to the pistol muzzle, the pistol with tapering barrel formed in two stages and retained by a slender iron band (a working replacement, the peg for fixing the head and stock later), faceted breech with a raised brass band at each end and decorated over its outer surface with a small punched design of numerous wave-shaped panels, flat lock retained by two side nails, sparsely engraved on the tail, fitted with external wheel with domed cover, safety-catch, sliding pan-cover with button release and moulded dog, fruitwood stock inlaid with engraved staghorn segmental lines surrounding staghorn plaques decorated with a bird opposite the lock, a pair of figures about the tang and further geometric designs, all enriched with delicate brass wire tendrils, staghorn pellets and engraved mother-of-pearl rondels, fitted beneath the rear of the lock with a shaped horn panel, perhaps a thumb rest (inlay with small losses and repairs), the stock extending to form the haft (shortened), fitted at the top with a turned horn collar and, in the centre, with iron baluster trigger on an engraved staghorn trigger-plate, and inlaid with four slender plaques en suite with the stock over its upper half 116.0 cm; 45 3/4 in, the pistol and haft overall Provenance The Lord Astor of Hever, sold Sotheby~s, London, 5th May 1983, lot 161
A GERMAN DECORATIVE IRON HATCHET, 20TH CENTURY, A CONTINENTAL INFANTRY SWORD AND A MACHETE the first perhaps an apprentice piece, with broad single-edged blade struck with the bladesmith~s mark, an anvil charged with the letter ~B~, on one face, writhen iron hilt incorporating a scrolling guard and a large ring for suspension; the second with slightly curved blade (now seized in its scabbard) and brass stirrup hilt with integral banded grip, in its scabbard (worn); the third with robust broad blade, brass guard and blackened grip, in its scabbard; and a Spanish commemorative sword, Bareclona, dated 1992, and with the Olympics motif at the forte the first: 23.5 cm; 9 1/4 in blade (4)
AN UNUSUAL NAVAL OFFICER~S DIRK WITH ENAMELLED SCABBARD, MID-19TH CENTURY with straight blade from a regulation sword formed with a clipped-back point, brass hilt comprising pierced slotted double shell-guard, lionhead pommel, fishskin-covered wooden grip set with a fouled anchor involving a pair of addorsed dragons all within a frame of twisted silver wire and foliage beneath a crown, brass back-strap with the later inscription ~Nemesis 1841-42~, in its copper scabbard decorated with cloisonné enamel comprising polychrome flowers and foliage (small losses), and the inner face with two loops and a ring for suspension 46.5 cm; 18 1/4 in blade
ËœA NAVAL OFFICER~S DIRK BY P. & S. FIRMIN, 153 STRAND, LONDON, CIRCA 1839-49 with tapering double-edged blade etched with scrolling foliage, trophies-of-arms and the maker~s details (areas of pitting), gilt-brass hilt comprising foliate cross-guard, lion mask pommel, and turned ivory grip (small cracks), in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with a ring for suspension and the locket with the maker~s details 22.5 cm; 8 7/8 in blade
A RARE EUROPEAN MAIL CAPE OR PISAIN, PROBABLY GERMAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY composed entirely of riveted iron rings, those at the upstanding neck-opening and base of the throat densely arranged in alternating rows of rectangular and half-round-section wire, the remainder of rectangular section wire, well-shaped to the shoulders, extending downwards to an obtuse points at both the front and rear of the waist, and formed with a central opening at the front (small losses) Mail capes such as this, referred to by modern collectors as ~bishops~ mantles~, were known at the time of their use as ~pisains~. Two similar examples are in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Inv. Nos. III. 13 & 14, in one case fitted with a Nuremberg-inscribed brass ring. Another, also opening at the front and now mounted on a so-called ~Landsknecht armour~ is preserved in the Stibbert Museum, Florence. Others of an early fashion were formerly in the collections of Sir Guy Laking and Felix Joubert. See Laking 1920, Vol. II, figs 530-1). Another example, formerly in the collection of Baron Armand van Zeulen (1838-96) and sold Sotheby~s, London (1st April 1980, lot 81) was sold in this room 26th June 2007, lot 283.
White gold oval emerald and round brilliant cut diamond ring, stamped 750, emerald approx 2.80 carat, diamond total weight approx 1.50 carat[image code: 1mc] Condition Report Approx 4.7gm, size M-N, overall head size 17mm x 15mm Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
White gold cushion cut diamond, calibre cut sapphire ad diamond diamond panel ring, stamped 18K, the central diamond approx 0.90 carat Condition Report Approx 4.2gm, size M-N, overall head size = 14mm x 9mm Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Platinum old cut diamond and calibre cut emerald target ring, with diamond set shoulders, central diamond approx 0.65 carat[image code: 1mc] Condition Report Tested as platinum, approx 4.7gm, size M, head diameter = 16mm Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Gold three stone diamond ring and one other diamond ring, both stamped 18ct and Victorian gold diamond brooch stamped 9ct Condition Report 18ct approx 4.2gm, a diamond loose in one, sizes M-N & O-P, bar brooch approx 2gm, no back pinClick here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Gold 'mum' ring, gold necklaces and gold stone set ring, all 9ct, silver stone and crystal set jewellery, all hallmarked or stamped and collection of vintage and later costume jewellery Condition Report gold (including stone set) approx 4.5gmClick here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

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