Matchbox Superfast group of both boxed & unboxed models. 21b Rod Roller; 27b Lamborghini Countach; 60b Lotus Super Seven; 70b Dodge Charger Dragster and 69b Turbo Fury - condition varies from Fair play worn with bent axles to Excellent in generally Fair boxes; unboxed models include 8b Ford Mustang Wild Cat Dragster; 2 x 7b Hairy Hustler Streakers Issue; 40a Vauxhall Guildsman Streakers Issue plus others similar (see photo) along with Corgi Juniors Ford Escort Mexico Rally Car and Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino - condition varies from Fair to Excellent Plus unboxed. 8 x various original empty boxes - Poor to Good some of which are incomplete & extensively tape repaired along with Majorette Matra Le Mans Racing Car - Excellent in Fair rigid perspex case and BMW M1 Turbo - Good Plus to Excellent unboxed and Matchbox 1979/80 Catalogue - Good. (31)
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Matchbox Superfast group of late 1970's to early 1980's issue models. (1) 2d S-2 Jet "Blackburn Buccaneer" - black & yellow fuselage, light amber canopy; (2) as (1) but metallic silver-blue & white fuselage, clear canopy; (3) 36d Refuse Truck - red windows, orange plastic rear body with dark yellow hatch, silver painted base (front axle bent out of shape); (4) 43c Steam Locomotives; (5) 44c Passenger Coach twin pack issue Caboose with green lower body; (6) 54d Mobile Home with gloss black base; (7) 54e NASA Tracking vehicle with roof & side tampo print, red interior & opening door, gloss black base; (8) as (7) but roof tampo print only, matt black base; (9) 72c Bomag Road Roller; (10) 75c RAF Rescue Helicopter with dark blue windows; (11) 75d MBTV New Helicopter with light amber windows - Excellent to Near Mint but some models would benefit from further cleaning in Fair but still complete to Near Mint boxes. (11)
Matchbox 1-75 Series No.19 Lotus Racing Car, No.75 Ferrari Berlinetta, No.72 Standard Jeep, No.39 Ford Tractor, No.48 Trailer with removable sports boat, No.9 Cabin Cruiser and Trailer, all boxed, plus loose No.44 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud (x2), No.1 Aveling Barford Road Roller, No.15 Rotinoff Super Atlantic Tractor, No.8 Caterpillar, Road Roller (13)
A group of MATCHBOX Regular Wheels, comprising a No 34b Volkswagen Caravette, a No 1b Diesel Road Roller, a No 10b Scammell Mechanical Horse and a 13b Bedford Wrecker- G -some paint chips, Volkswagen Caravette with super detailing, 2 models in P boxes with missing flaps, the other 2 in G boxes (B and C Type boxes) (4)
A group of early MOKO LESNEY MATCHBOX, to comprise of - 3a Cement Mixer, 2b Muir Hill Dumper, 1b Road Roller, 4b Massey Harris Tractor, 29a Bedford Milk Float, 38a Karrier Refuse Truck, 44a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, 52a Maserati 4 CLT, 25a Bedford 12cwt Van and 11b ERF Esso Petrol Tanker - most are generally VG with minor paint chips, all are unboxed examples (10)
XIX Century Mahogany Eight Day White Dial Longcase Clock, hood with a swan neck pediment, arched door, trunk, with reeded pilasters, arched door, panelled base (no feet), (moon roller dial, Roman numerals, minute and date apertures) moulding missing to the side, wood loss to the side of base (no weights) 226cm.
Jeff Beck: An Important Graffiti Yellow Working Prototype Fender Stratocaster Guitar Made Specially For Jeff Beck by Fender and Used On Tour Between 1986-1989,1986-1990,Serial no.V016129 stamped to neckplate, contoured alder body, custom bright yellow finish, white scratchplate with one volume and two tone controls, five-way switch, body with eleven holes from a previous 60's style scratchplate, now fitted with an eight-screw 50's-style scratchplate, three Lace Sensors, two point pivot tremolo bridge, maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, headstock with Wilkinson Roller nut, Fender Stratocaster decal and Sperzel Star locking tuners, walnut skunk stripe, the heel of the neck inscribed JEFF BECK'S NECK in black ink, the neck pocket marked with a '3' in black ink, internally the bridge and neck Lace Sensors are housed in rectangular covers with label reading Patent Pending no.028046, the middle Lace Sensor housed in a rounded cover with label reading Patent no.4-809-578, original Reissue CTS pots from August 1985, with white whammy bar, guitar fitted with black guitar strap, accompanied by three packs of Ernie Ball Music Man guitar strings and housed in an original Selmer tweed rectangular hard case embellished with a piece of masking tape hand-inscribed YELLOW STRAT, 'Fragile' stickers and transit labels including one for an American Airlines flight from London Heathrow to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York printed AA 106, 20th Jan, BECK/JEFF, accompanied by a Japanese 1989 tour programme showing Jeff Beck with the guitar, a CD for 'Jeff Beck, Definitive Yokohama, 1989' in Japan on the 11th and 12th August 1989, a rare copy of the Japanese magazine 'Young Guitar' from 1989 which features Jeff Beck on the cover with the guitar, and a letter of provenance from the vendor, with CITES license no. 631153-01, Guitar 38in (96.5cm) longFootnotes:Provenance:Offered by flying instructor and long-haul pilot Suzy O'Hara who was in a relationship with Jeff Beck from 1994-1996. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ASSORTED SILVER DESK ITEMS, COMPRISING: Cartier: an American combined letter opener and magnifying glass, stamped 'Cartier', 'STERLING / 614', and trademark for Currier & Roby, New York, circa 1930, 22.5cm long; another magnifying glass with shaped handle, Charles Fox & Co. Ltd., London, 1912; a Continental 8 inch ruler, of square profile, one end concealing a pencil, import marked for Asprey & Co. Ltd., London, 1963; an American novelty combined propelling pencil and ruler, of square profile, with clip and engraved initials, extending to 12 inches, stamped 'STERLING', early 20th century; a novelty combined letter opener and penknife, the stainless steel blade concealed in the engine-turned handle, Mappin & Webb Ltd., Sheffield, 1963; a glass magnifying roller with octagonal silver terminals, J.N. Kuhn & Co., London, 1913, 25cm long; and a silver-mounted ink blotter, plain rectangular, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1940 (7)
A .650 (18-Bore) Flintlock Volunteer Rifle Of Baker Pattern By Staudenmayer, London, No. 141, Early 19th Century With rebrowned leaf-sighted barrel signed along the tapering top flat at the breech, rifled with seven spiral grooves, and with a bayonet lug beneath the recessed muzzle, the rear of the breech engraved with a line of feathering, border engraved tang en suite and decorated with foliage, signed detented flat bevelled lock engraved with a starburst behind the pan and with ring-neck cock and roller, figured three-quarter stock (minor old repairs) with check-piece, brass mounts of regulation pattern comprising hinged rectangular patch-box cover with sprung button release-catch above, butt-plate, spur trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipes, brass barrel-bolt escutcheons, sling loops, and original steel ramrod with characteristic swelling towards the pierced tip, London proof marks 76.8 cm. barrel Footnotes: Samuel Henry Staudenmeyer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is noted as a maker of rifles and repeating air weapons Cf. a very similar example in the E.J. & R. Burton Collection and sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour..., 26 November 2014, lot 439 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Brace Of 16-Bore Flintlock Pistols Of Service Type For The Bank Of England Circa 1815-20 Each with plain barrel engraved 'BANK OF ENGLAND' along the top, plain tangs, border engraved flat bevelled locks each with 'GR' crowned and roller, figured full stocks (one with minor old split at the tail of the lock and in front of the side-plate) each stamped 'R. HOLLIS' on the side-flat, brass mounts of regulation pattern, and steel ramrods, Birmingham proof marks (2) 23.3 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German .577 (25-Bore) Flintlock Sporting Rifle By V.D. Fecht. Jun: A. Berlin., Circa 1815 With browned swamped octagonal leaf-sighted barrel inlaid with gold lines and engraved gold florets at the muzzle and breech, and rifled with eight spiral grooves, the top flat at the breech signed in gold capitals within a gold line border and with gold-lined maker's oval of a stag, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved matted tang, border engraved flat detented lock in the English taste signed on a gold-inlaid oval and decorated with foliage on the stepped tail (minor pitting), foliate engraved cock and safety-catch, gold-lined rainproof pan and roller, highly figured full stock inlaid with decorative silver wire borders, butt with cheek-piece and chequered grip, the former inlaid with silver wire foliage and engraved silver flower-heads behind, the latter with shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, sliding patch-box cover with rayed silver button-catch and silver wire inlay inhabited by a running boar, foliate engraved silver side-nail plates, border engraved silver heel-plate cast and chased with a prone stag, ebonised spur trigger-guard with rear acorn finial and reinforced by a border engraved silver strap with finial cast and chased as a branch of fruiting oak, white-metal ramrod-pipes, the rear one with acorn terminal, adjustable set triggers (some old pitting), sling loops, dark horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod 70.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: Johann Friedrich von der Fecht was the son of Johann Diederich. He is recorded at 18 Jerusalemer Strasse, Berlin between 1738 and the year of his death in 1821 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusual Persian 20-Bore Flintlock Pistol In The English Fashion, And A Turkish 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol Both 19th Century The first with twist octagonal sighted barrel (polished bright) with white-metal line at the breech and rifled with eight grooves, foliate engraved tang, border engraved flat bevelled lock with spurious signature and decorated with foliage at the stepped tail, pierced engraved cock, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured half-stock inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and flower-heads around the barrel tang, and with silver wire bordering the chequering on the swelling butt, border engraved steel mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate, pommel-cap with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guard with pineapple finial and foliage on the bow, fore-end cap also forming the ramrod-entry, and later wooden ramrod; the second with swamped two-stage barrel (pitted) encrusted with silver foliage between brass bands at the breech, border engraved tang, bevelled lock en suite with the breech, figured full stock inlaid with brass wire scrollwork (some losses, particularly along the fore-stock), mounts (escutcheon missing) comprising brass side-plate cast and chased with foliage, spurred pommel cast and chased with martial trophies, engraved steel trigger-guard (tang pitted), and wooden ramrod (2) 24.3 cm. and 25.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flemish Flintlock Blunderbuss-Pistol With Spring Bayonet, And A Flemish Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol The First Signed Rongé Au Palais, Circa 1800, The Second Early 19th Century The first with two-stage barrel and elliptical muzzle, turned girdle, octagonal breech and fitted with a folding bayonet above, plain tang with bayonet-catch, signed rounded lock with roller, moulded figured full stock (some old staining) carved with foliage in front of the trigger-guard and behind the barrel tang, rounded butt, steel mounts comprising shaped bevelled side-plate, rounded butt-cap, trigger-guard in French taste, turned ramrod-pipes, and steel ramrod, probably original; the second with turn-off barrel, border engraved action with foliage on each side, thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger, faceted partly chequered butt highlighted with silver pins, and octagonal steel butt-cap engraved with a starburst (both pistols with some old rust patination) (2) 17.7 cm. and 3.7 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance The first, The Larry Bravo Collection sold in these Rooms, 4 March 1998, lot 757 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 40-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistol, And A Liège 25-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistol The first Signed Boutet A Versailles, The Second Indistinctly Signed M. Peders A Liège, Both Early 19th Century The first with swamped rebrowned twist part octagonal polygroove rifled sighted barrel engraved with foliage at the muzzle and breech, the latter stamped 'F. Dombret' beneath, the top flat engraved 'Canon A Ruban' forward of an explosion, small gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang with back-sight and decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a design of foliage on the tail and with gold-lined pan and roller, foliate engraved cock and steel, figured full stock carved with a line of beadwork down the back of the butt and with a panel of unusual chequering on each side highlighted with silver pins, steel mounts comprising side-nail plates, one engraved with addorsed prone lions and the other with a profile monkey-head, ovoidal pommel-plate encircled by a silver band and engraved with a design of foliage, trigger-guard decorated en suite on the bow and with shaped foliate engraved finial, faceted ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheon and border engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, and horn-tipped ramrod, probably original (barrel-bolt missing); the second with reblued octagonal sighted barrel, signed rounded lock (cock replaced, steel refaced) with roller, figured full stock (old splits and repairs) with chequered rounded butt fluted down the spine, border engraved steel mounts comprising shaped side-plate decorated with a drape, flat octagonal butt-cap decorated with a starburst, trigger-guard with a swag on the bow and with shaped foliate engraved finial, and later horn-tipped ramrod (some wear and rust patination) (2) 19.9 cm. and 19.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: Francois Dombret is recorded between 1739 and 1806. In 1793 he proofed barrels at the Manufacture De Paris and in 1803 was an auditor at the Manufacture De Versailles For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 16-Bore Tubelock D.B. Sporting Gun By Alden & Smith From J. Manton's, London, No. 189, Circa 1826-29 With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed along the damascus twist rib (signature refreshed), recessed border engraved patent breeches decorated with a gundog's head between and each with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved flat locks each decorated with foliage and with a pheasant in a landscape, foliate engraved hammers and tube-retainers, the latter each acting against a spring roller, lacquered highly figured half-stock with chequered grip and velvet-covered cheek-pad (worn and slightly damaged), border engraved steel mounts including serial numbered trigger-guard decorated with pheasants in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate engraved with a scallop shell on the pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, and brass-mounted ramrod (some wear and pitting), London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Ex Peter Bedford Collection Robert Alden and Thomas Smith were at 9 Princes Court, Westminster between 1826 and 1829, and 55 Parliament Street between 1829 and 1835 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 16-Bore Tubelock D.B. Sporting Gun By Joseph Manton, Hanover Square, London, No. 8769 For 1822 With rebrowned twist barrels with silver fore-sight, signed in full along the rib and with bright bores, recessed patent breeches engraved with foliage between and each with short platinum line, rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp (one replaced in copper) and platinum-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with foliage involving addorsed hound's heads at the top, serial numbered border engraved flat locks each decorated en suite, signed 'Joseph Manton Patent' and with square tail, hammers (one retaining screw missing) each engraved with a foliated serpent, and engraved tube-retainers (one with replaced screw) each acting against a reblued spring roller, figured half-stock with chequered grip, reblued border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks and Charles Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 74.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: Previously unrecorded For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss Circa 1780, The Lock By W. Burnett, Southampton, Circa 1830 With two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, border engraved octagonal breech engraved 'London' along the top flat, tang with traces of engraved decoration, flat bevelled lock signed in capitals and with roller, figured full stock (minor old splits on one side behind the muzzle and behind the tail of the lock) with drop-shaped moulding behind the barrel tang, border engraved brass mounts comprising pierced ribbon side-plate, vacant escutcheon, butt-plate decorated with foliage on the border engraved heel tang, trigger-guard with a flower-head on the bow and with acorn finial, turned ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm, Tower private proof marks 30.3 cm. barrel Footnotes: William Burnett is recorded at 18 St. Mary's Square, Southampton between 1823 and 1839 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Irish Flintlock Blunderbuss By Rigby, Dublin, Early 19th Century With earlier two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, the breech engraved with a band of foliage at the rear, inscribed 'DUBLIN' (worn) along the top, and stamped with Irish registration number 'MA 1337' for Co. Mayo beyond, plain tang, signed border engraved flat lock with roller, foliate engraved ring-neck cock, figured full stock (minor old worming at the barrel tang), brass mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with pineapple-shaped finial, turned ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm (tang and lock with some old pitting), private Birmingham proof marks, indistinct barrelsmith's mark 42.7 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 8-Bore Flintlock Wildfowling Gun By Staudenmayer, London, No. 1732, Circa 1820 With rebrowned twist two-stage barrel with silver fore-sight and turned girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, breech engraved 'PATENT' between platinum lines, recessed on one side and with raised platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved serial numbered flat lock decorated with foliate scrolls inhabited by a serpent on the tail, finely formed rainproof pan, and border engraved steel with roller acting on a ramp on the steel-spring, the refaced steel engraved 'Staudenmayer Patent' and with pierced recess fitting over the lip of the pan, figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts (old light rust patination) comprising butt-plate decorated en suite with the lock on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with scrolled foliage on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks and William Fullerd's barrelsmith's mark 94 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance The Dr. T. Shaun Brown Collection Literature Shaun Brown, 'Samuel Staudenmayer Gun Maker Cockspur Street, London', Arms Collecting, Vol. 40, No. 3 (August 2002), pp. 90-93 Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is a noted maker of rifles and repeating air weapons. His will was proved in 1825 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Irish 25-Bore Flintlock Travelling PistolBy McDaniel, Probably John, Circa 1820With sighted barrel indistinctly stamped 'Monaghan' within the sighting groove, engraved tang (broken), signed border engraved flat lock with roller, engraved ring-neck cock (top-jaw, screw and retaining nut replaced), figured stock (fore-end with old splits) with chequered rounded butt and silver cap, lightly engraved trigger-guard, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, and later wooden ramrod (some old wear and rust patination) 10.9 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. a pair of similar pistols by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 27 July 2006, lot 463For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Irish 18-Bore Flintlock Overcoat Or Travelling PistolBy Cole, Belfast, Early 19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel engraved 'Belfast' and stamped with Irish registration number 'D-N 12989' for Co. Down along the top flat, the rear of the breech engraved with a line of repeated foliage, border engraved tang en suite and decorated with a flower-head, border engraved flat bevelled lock signed in capitals and decorated with a starburst behind the pan and on the stepped tail, ring-neck cock, safety-catch and roller, figured full stock with rounded butt, steel trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow and with pineapple finial, slotted ramrod-pipe, and brass-tipped ramrod 10.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 28-Bore Flintlock Travelling Or Overcoat Pistol By S. Wallis, Circa 1820 With rebrowned twist sighted barrel (old light pitting), foliate engraved tang, signed border engraved flat lock with safety-catch and roller (cock retaining screw, top jaw and screw replaced), figured full stock with rounded pineapple chequered butt, recoloured trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon, slotted ramrod-pipe, and horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 12 cm. barrel Footnotes: A Stephen Wallis is recorded in Birmingham between 1807 and 1826. For a very similar pistol almost certainly by the same maker and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour..., 29 November 2017, lot 273 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Irish 14-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistol, And A 32-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket Pistol The First Early 19th Century, The Second Signed Fenton, London, Mid-19th Century The first with octagonal sighted barrel, engraved tang (broken), flat bevelled lock with roller, figured full stock (bruised beneath the lock) with swelling rounded butt, brass mounts comprising butt-cap engraved with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head on the bow and with pineapple finial, brass fore-end cap, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (steel parts pitted); the second with turn-off barrel retaining some blueing, signed action engraved with foliage, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, blued folding trigger, figured flat-sided butt, and vacant white-metal diamond-shaped escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks (2) 23.3 cm. and 4.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 16-Bore Flintlock Duelling Or Officer's Pistol By Calverts, Leeds, Circa 1800 With rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel (two narrow flaws towards the muzzle) engraved 'LEEDS' on the top flat and punched with a row of small stars between lines at the rear of the breech, border engraved tang decorated with a foliate swag, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock with roller, figured full stock with rounded flat-sided butt, blued steel trigger-guard with large pineapple finial and engraved with a flower-head and foliage on the bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped ramrod, Tower private proof marks 21.9 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flintlock Pistol Of Musket Bore With Spring Bayonet Signed Cuff, Probably John, London, Circa 1820 With octagonal barrel stamped 'London' and fitted with folding bayonet above, silver touch-hole, engraved tang incorporating the bayonet release-catch, signed flat bevelled lock with engraved stepped tail, safety-catch and roller, the cock engraved with a martial trophy, figured full stock with rounded butt, steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon, and steel ramrod with worm, probably original, Birmingham proof marks 20.7 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance Sold in these Rooms The John Wilmot Collection, 25 July 2007, lot 409 John Cuff is recorded as a 'Goldsmith, Jeweller & Dealer in Firearms' at 131 New Bond Street, London between 1818 and 1824, and at 106 Regent Street, London between 1825 and 1827. He also retailed cased crossbows For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flintlock Blunderbuss-Pistol Signed H. Nock, London, Early 19th Century With two-stage brass barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'LONDON' on the top flat, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a vertical line of foliage at the stepped tail, engraved cock and roller, figured full stock with rounded butt, brass trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head on the bow and with pineapple finial, shaped side-nail plate, vacant brass escutcheon and ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped ramrod, Birmingham proof marks and unidentified mark 18 cm. barrel Footnotes: For a related pistol by Dust and sold in these Rooms see The Daniel Williams Collection..., 28 November 2018, lot 122 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Duelling Or Officer's Pistols By Wilbraham, Probably George, London, Circa 1820 With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved 'London' in gothic script along the top flat, case-hardened breeches each with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp, gold line and platinum-lined touch-hole, case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and engraved with a part martial trophy and foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in gothic script and decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with foliage at the stepped tail, cocks decorated en suite, engraved safety-catches and blued roller springs, figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt and silver fore-end cap, blued steel mounts including spur trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow and with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, and in fine condition: in their lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete), the exterior of the lid with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 21.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: George Wilbraham is recorded as a viewer of finished arms to the East India Company between 1807 and 1818, and as a Gunmaker & Sword Cutler at 26 Goulston Square, London between 1819 and 1830. He was at 123 Leadenhall Street, London between 1826 and 1836 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine And Rare Pair Of 11-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster Pistols Of Presentation Quality By Knubley, Charing Cross, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1784, Maker's Mark Of Michael Barnett With reblued three-stage barrels (some old scattered pitting) each with silver spider fore-sight and engraved gold band at the chiselled mid-sections and at the rear of the breech, breeches becoming polygonal, engraved with garlands on the flats and each signed on an inlaid gold oval within engraved foliage on the top flat, the left flat each with Hyderabad inventory number, gold-lined touch-holes, bright tangs grooved for sighting and each engraved with foliage, flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals on a gold oval centred on a part martial trophy and engraved with foliage on the stepped tail, cocks deeply engraved with foliage, engraved safety-catches also locking the steels, gold-lined pans and steels, the latter each with roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, and internal bridles each pierced and engraved with foliage, figured full stocks (minor chips, one butt with old slender split), mounts cast and chased in relief and comprising pierced trophy of arms side-plates and vacant escutcheons, grotesque mask caps, trigger-guards each with a classical helmet and falchion against foliage on the foliate engraved bow, and with finial formed as a martial trophy, foliate engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, border engraved fore-end band beneath each muzzle, turned ramrod-pipes, and original silver-tipped ramrods, London and Tower private proof marks (2) 26.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance The armoury of the Nizam of Hyderabad John Knubley is recorded as a gunmaker in Otley, Yorkshire in 1771. He was at 11 Charing Cross in London between 1784 and 1793 and was Gunmaker to the Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Prince Edward. From 1793 he was at 7 Charing Cross until his death in 1794. The business was carried on by Samuel Brunn under the Knubley name until 1797 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased 90-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Over-And-Under Pocket Pistol By Smith, London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1820, Maker's Mark Of Freeth & Jones With flat-sided barrels made in a single block of octagonal section, retaining some original blueing and engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzles, signed on an engraved gold scroll amid gold foliage along the top flats, and with silver fore-sight, platinum-lined touch-holes, tang with back-sight and engraved with foliage, border engraved flat locks each decorated with foliage, engraved safety-catches, rain-proof pans, and external mainsprings each linked to a replacement border engraved cock, steels each with internal roller, chequered figured rounded butt (old split on either side above the locks), silver trigger-guard decorated with a Britannia shield centred on foliage along the border engraved bow, silver border engraved ovoidal butt-cap with a flower-head centred on the threaded steel ramrod with brass-capped worm, and vacant silver escutcheon: in original mahogany case fitted and lined in navy blue velvet with some accessories including Sykes patent white-metal three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with reproduction maker's trade label, the exterior with vacant brass escutcheon plate incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 8 cm. barrels Footnotes: The maker is almost certainly William 9 Smith, father of the famous Samuel and Charles, who is recorded at 59 Princes Street, Leicester Square, London between 1817 and 1820, and at 64 Princes Street between 1821 and 1824. He was appointed Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to the Prince Regent in 1817 and to George IV in 1820 Cf. a very similar pistol by Westley Richards and sold in these Rooms, The Richard Garrett Collection..., 28 November 2018, lot 281 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Flintlock Travelling Or Overcoat Pistols By J. Thompson, Princes St., Edinburgh, Circa 1825 With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved 'Princes St., Edinburgh' in script along the top flat and with a silver line at the breech, platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with a starburst and foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled case-hardened locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail, engraved cocks and safety-catches, and blued steel-springs each with roller, figured full stocks (some minor old bruising on the side-flats) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, blued trigger-guards (one with some loss of finish) each with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods, one with threaded brass cap over the worm, and in fine condition retaining much of their original finish: in their lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment lid split and repaired, both tabs missing, interior of lid with minor damage) with some accessories including powder-flask with wedge-shaped body and retaining most of its original finish, the exterior of the lid with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and motto, and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle engraved 'THO.S OGILVY FOTHERINGHAM ESQ.R OF POWRIE', Birmingham proof marks and unidentified mark 15.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Ex W. Keith Neal Collection Offered with a handwritten note signed by W. Keith Neal, dated 13/1/62 and reading : 'Thomas Ogilvy Fotheringham - Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards eldest son of Alexander Ogilvy Fotheringham also Colonel of Scots Fusilier Guards - Thomas Ogilvy Fotheringham died unmarried in 1830 - There was a Thomas Fotheringham of Powrie in 1412.' A John Thompson is recorded of 14 Princes Street, Edinburgh between 1823 and 1827 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Twigg, London, Circa 1775 With rebrowned twist slightly swamped octagonal sighted barrels (some wear and old pitting) each signed along the top flat, engraved with a line of beadwork at the rear and stamped '1' and '2' respectively at a later date in front of the back sight, gold-lined touch-holes, tangs each finely engraved with a rocaille and foliage, flat bevelled locks (cocks expertly replaced) each cusped behind the pan and with second form of signature, safety-catches also locking the steels, the latter each with small roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured half-stocks (some old bruising and splits in the fore-ends) each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered rounded flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond and carved with characteristic step behind each lock and side-flat, steel trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel in the border engraved bow, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest and initials 'GM', turned ramrod-pipes, and later horn-tipped ramrods: in later relined and refitted mahogany case with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body re-covered in dark brown leather, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 35.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: John Fox Twigg was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1732. He is recorded at various addresses in London between 1755 and the year of his death in 1790. Durs Egg worked for him on his arrival in London in 1772 and John Manton served as his foreman. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the English gun making trade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 15-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By John Manton, London, No. 3048 For 1798 Expertly reconverted from percussion drum and nipple, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels (some old scattered pitting) each signed in gold capitals along the top flat, silver fore-sights, breeches each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each finely engraved with a martial trophy, starburst and foliage, flat bevelled detented flat locks each signed in capitals and with a small roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured full stocks (fore-ends with minor old splits and repairs) each with chequered rounded butt apart from the pommel and a plain strip along each side, reblued trigger-guards each with large pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's initial 'P', baron's coronet above, faulty set triggers, and original horn-tipped ramrods: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case (two old splits through the bottom) with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body covered in red leather (minor piece missing at the base), the interior of the lid with reproduction John Manton & Son trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrels Footnotes: Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, p. 42 D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, pp. 26-27 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Joseph Manton, London, No. 6090 For 1813 With heavy twist octagonal sighted scratch-rifled barrels (one with small patch of pitting on one flat) each retaining some original browning on the bottom flats at the breech, silver fore-sights, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with large back-sight and decorated with foliage, case-hardened border engraved detented locks each signed in capitals and decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan with foliage, engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved cocks, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, the steels engraved 'JOSEPH MANTON PATENT' and numbered respectively '5839' and '5840', figured half-stocks each with dark horn cap and chequered rounded butt (one with old slender split), border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-caps each with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with serial number in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest and initials 'HS', horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and retaining most of their original case-hardened and blued finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (compartment lids repaired, one knob incomplete) with some accessories including James Dixon & Sons Britannia metal three-way powder-flask, one side of the body engraved with a gothic 'H' within a garter, brass powder-measure, and brass and wooden loading and cleaning rods, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (two small areas of damage), the exterior (scratches and small old repair) with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, William Fullered's barrelsmith's mark 24 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Olympia Auctions, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30 June 2021, lot 165 Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, p. 239 D.H.L. Back Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 104 The crest appears to be that of Henry Sansom For 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 1804 With rebrowned twist octagonal scratch-rifled barrels, the top barrels each signed in gold capitals 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 brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest 20.7 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Field 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 260 Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns & Exceptional Firearms, 3 December 2020, lot 358 Literature W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1996, p. 81 D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.33 The crest is that of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871), 10th Baronet of Column John, and Tory Member of Parliament for Devon. The family had considerable estates at Holnicote and were created Baronets for their support of Charles I For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mamod. Live steam Steam Roller No. SR1a, excellent in excellent box (stamped with Brierley Hill address) with inner packing pieces, appears to have never been fired, including Solid Fuel tablet pack, steering rod, plastic funnel and range leaflet. Contents appear complete but unchecked. Viewing highly recommended.
Wilesco. Old Smokey Steam Roller No. D36, appears not to have been fired, excellent in good plus box (some wear to corners, price label residue and small hole to one side) and inner packing piece, with solid fuel pellets bag, plastic funnel, metal spanner and instruction leaflet (creased and folded). Contents appear complete but unchecked and viewing recommended.
Model kits. 1970s onwards unmade collection, generally excellent in excellent boxes, with Bandai 1/16th scale Steam Road Roller No. 35360, Airfix 1/600th scale Naval Destroyers of WWII kits in sealed bags No. 05204 and ready-made 1/32nd scale Cromwell Tank including unused decal sheet in good box (some tears to flaps, light crushing and cellophane repair) No. 1837. Contents appear complete but unchecked and viewing recommended. Qty 3 (2B)
Renamed and Defective Medals (12), India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891, naming crudely erased, fair; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (10 Pte. J. Hn, North Stafford Regt.) planchet only, naming mostly erased, fine; India General Service 1908-35 (2) (542557. A.C.1. D. Beaman. R.A.F.; Langri Karam Hussain. Kurram Militia) planchet only on first, otherwise nearly very fine, the second polished, with loose suspension and ribbon roller missing; Naval General Service 1915-62 (D/KX833645 H. J. Hole. Sto. R.N.) suspension slightly damaged, remains of clasp lug on ribbon roller, otherwise very fine; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., (CEY/18042453 Pte. D. Hettiarachchi P.P.C.) digit on regimental number double struck, suspension broken with added ring, plated, otherwise nearly very fine; Ceylon Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (2910 Sgt. Perera) planchet only, naming partially erased, fair; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, suspension missing, regimentally impressed on reverse ‘288’, nearly very fine; U.N. Korea 1950-54, British issue (2), bar broken on first, bar missing on second with damaged suspender, fine; U.N. Medal, suspension ring missing, very fine; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, ring suspender missing, very fine (12) £180-£220 --- Denis Beaman served as a Sergeant with 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War and was reported missing on 4 April 1941 when Blenheim L6667 was involved in an aircraft accident, reportedly losing control and crashing into the sea some 6 km east of Changi, Singapore. All three crew members were killed. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
With a heavy 70.5cm octagonal barrel with folding rear sight, and ramrod mounted below the barrel. With Flintlock action with roller frission bearing, signed 'J. Evans' to the side plate, with decorative German silver trigger guard and mount with engraved floral decoration, fitted with a sliding patchbox, the cover carved with a wild boar being pursued by a hound. The stock with decorative cross hatched and star decoration, with conforming 'German silver' butt plate. 110cm overall *Condition: Areas of repair to timber beneath barrel and sometime refinished. Slight pitting to barrel and surfaces.
Half Plate Brass & Mahogany Sanderson Camera Outfit With Provenance, English, c.1900, the camera signed 'The Sanderson H. Ltd, London' and 'Regular Model' of standard Sanderson Field Camera form with double extending base board via rack and pinion, Thornton Pickard roller shutter, along with several lenses including a brass-bound lens engraved WATSON & SONS LONDON, SET No4 HOLOSTIGMATSEIESE COMBINED No.444, with interchangeable lens in a leather case, a lens engraved 7x15 rapid rectilinear, in a leather case, a lens engraved Carl Zeiss, Jena, Anastigmat, a lens engraved Zeiss Convertable Anastigmat, a brass-bound lens engraved Cooke Primoplane 4inch, f/6.5 along with 6 DDs, two tripods and other accessories in a leather suitcase stamped B.E.H. Blanche Elizabeth Edith Henrey (1906–1983) was an English botanical writer and bibliographer, described in her Times obituary as "one of the most eminent among botanical bibliographers", she wrote several books on botany and flowers including Flower Portraits and Trees & Shrubs which are included in this sale, along with a letter from the Royal Horticultural society giving permission to photograph at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley
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