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Lot 200

A Rare Liège All-Metal Over-And-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol Of Small BoreBy Devillers Of Liège, Mid-18th CenturyWith replacement turn-off cannon barrels, part octagonal breeches chiselled with foliage, and each with applied foliate engraved pan and steel chiselled with foliage, bevelled tang engraved with overlapping foliage and secured by a screw, border engraved action signed along the right side and with a stud safety-catch behind each cock, the latter (one restored) chiselled with foliage, swelling border engraved silver butt decorated with foliage on either side of the tang, chased with a panel of foliage against a finely punched ground on both sides of the pommel, and along the spine with further foliage issuing from a grotesque mask against a finely punched ground, and with exposed triggers 3.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 26 May 2021, lot 176LiteraturePeter Hawkins, The Price Guide to Antique Guns & Pistols, 1973, p. 180Cf. a related example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms,Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 31 July 2013, lot 586For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 207

A 12-Bore D.B. Pin-Fire Sporting Gun By H. Holland, 98 New Bond St., London, No. 929, Circa 1865With rebrowned finely twist sighted barrels (off the face, bores with some pitting) signed in full in capitals along the rib (signature worn), foliate scroll engraved action and under-lever, the former with borders of guilloche, long tapering tang en suite, border engraved back-action locks each signed in capitals, decorated with foliate scrollwork and engraved 'W. Brazier' on the inside, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers, figured butt with rechequered grip and detachable fore-end, border engraved steel trigger-guard and butt-plate, and vacant silver escutcheon, London view marks 76.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:Harris John Holland is recorded as 'Tobacconist' at 5 King Street, Holborn, London between 1835 and 1840. He was at 98 New Bond Street, London between 1859 and 1876. In partnership with his nephew Henry William Holland they became Holland & Holland in 1876For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 210

A 15-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy Williams & Powell, 25 South Castle Street, Liverpool, No. 3573, Mid-19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full in capitals along the rib (engraving refreshed), breeches each with platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tang, border engraved flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, the left lock with blackcock in a landscape, and the right with pheasants, foliate scroll engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, steel mounts (worn and pitted) with traces of engraved decoration, trigger-plate with long finial engraved with flower-heads, shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, and brass-mounted wooden ramrod (old wear and pitting overall), London proof marks 74.5 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 211

A 22-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun By W. Hole, Bristol, No. 3589, Circa 1840With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in gold gothic script along the rib, breeches each with pierced platinum plug and engraved with a lioness mask above a gold line on the rib between, foliate scroll engraved tang, border engraved flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite (hammer-noses repaired), figured half-stock with chequered grip, steel mounts (worn and pitted) comprising butt-plate decorated with a pheasant in a landscape on the border engraved heel tang, trigger-guard with patent grip-safety and gamebird in a landscape on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon, and original steel-tipped ramrod, Birmingham proof marks 71.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:William Hole is recorded at various addresses in Bristol between 1811 and 1844For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 212

A Cased 18-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy Joseph Manton, Hanover Square, London, No. 8405 For 1819Converted from tubelock, with rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full in capitals along the rib, breeches each with pierced platinum plug and engraved with symmetrical foliage on the rib between, border engraved tang engraved with symmetrical foliage involving a monster-head on either side at the nipple-shield, border engraved flat locks each inscribed 'JOSEPH MANTON PATENT' and decorated with two elaborately foliated grotesques, foliated scroll engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stock (some old bruising, old repair beneath the front of each lock) with chequered grip, reblued border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with a differing martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod (some engraving refreshed): in original lined and fitted mahogany case (some baize loose) with circular white-metal cap dispenser stamped 'Sykes' and old leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (stained) for 1819-20, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks and Charles Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 74 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Previously unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 213

A Cased 20-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 10703 For 1831With rebrowned twist sighted barrels (some minor pitting beneath towards the breeches) signed in script along the rib, breeches each with platinum plug and engraved with foliate scrollwork on the rib between, foliate scroll engraved tang, border engraved flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrolls, hammers en suite (one nose repaired), lightly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with foliage on the border engraved heel tang, trigger-guard and grip-safety decorated en suite, the former retaining some blueing on the inside, trigger-plate with engraved pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe finial en suite, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrod (some old rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask with bag-shaped body and much original finish, circular brass cap-dispenser, a T-shaped combination tool, and three brass double-ended shot-chargers, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (stained and damaged), the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and motto centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 79.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:The crest and motto is that of Sir William Proctor Beauchamp (1781-1861), 3rd Baronet of Langley Park, Norfolk Previously unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 223

A 16-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting Gun Signed Hetherington, Nottingham, Circa 1815With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels engraved 'NOTTINGHAM' along the rib, recessed breeches each with two platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, the rib between engraved with a martial trophy, foliate engraved tang, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with a gamebird in a landscape in front of the stepped tail, foliate engraved cocks, and blued replacement rollers, figured half-stock (chipped behind the tail of the right lock, repaired around the rear ramrod-pipe finial) with cheekpiece and chequered grip, russet steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a martial trophy on the scroll and on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver eschutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and associated brass-mounted ramrod, Birmingham proof marks 75.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:John Hetherington is recorded at Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham between 1817 and 1844For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 224

A 16-Bore Flintlock D.B. Covert GunBy John Manton, London, No. 4650 For 1806With rebrowned twist sighted barrels, case-hardened recessed patent breeches engraved with a starburst between and each with gold line, rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp of fourth type, and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang decorated with a small martial trophy and foliage, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, border engraved serial numbered flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with a gamebird in a landscape on the tail, rainproof pan, border engraved 'French' cock and roller (one steel an old replacement), figured half-stock with chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a gundog and gamebird in flight on the heel tang, trigger-guard with large pineapple finial, decorated with a similar scene on the border engraved bow, and serial numbered within a starburst on the scroll, rear ramrod-pipe with pineapple finial, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod (some old rust patination), London proof marks 63 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Richards (Liverpool) Ltd.LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, p. 83D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 35For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 227

A Cased Percussion Six-Shot Pepperbox RevolverBy E. Akrill, Beverley, Circa 1850With fluted barrel-block engraved around the muzzles and numbered from '1' to '6' at the breeches, foliate scroll engraved action (defective) signed in capitals on a scroll on one side, and decorated with a band of repeated foliage around the nipple-shield, bar-hammer engraved en suite, trigger-guard decorated with scrolling foliage on the border engraved bow, chequered figured rounded butt, and vacant silver escutcheon: in later oak case fitted and lined in blue velvet with embossed powder-flask and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with reproduction maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, deeply struck London proof marks 6.3 cm. barrelFootnotes:Esau Akrill is recorded at Market Place, Beverley, Yorkshire between 1833 and 1858For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 233

An 18-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Belt Pistol, A 50-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, And An 18-Bore Percussion Travelling Pistol The First Signed Whitehead, Preston, The Second Signed Smith, London, All Mid-19th CenturyThe first with twist octagonal sighted barrel signed along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved action (hammer spur repaired, safety-catch replaced), trigger-guard retaining some blueing, rounded butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover, finely chequered figured rounded butt, and vacant silver escutcheon (under-rib and stirrup ramrod missing, some old patination), Birmingham proof marks; the second with turn-off barrel, bright action signed in capitals over each side and engraved with foliage, folding trigger, finely chequered figured rounded butt, and vacant white-metal escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks; the last with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel, foliate engraved back-action lock and trigger-guard, figured full stock (minor old spits) with chequered rounded butt, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (pitted, some wear overall), Birmingham proof marks (3) 12.3 cm., 4.5 cm., and 13.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Whitehead of Preston appears to be unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 234

A Small Pair Of 120-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Lang, 7 Haymarket, London, Mid-19th CenturyWith blued turn-off octagonal barrels each engraved around the muzzle, blued actions (one defective) each signed in capitals over both sides and decorated with foliate scrollwork, engraved hammers and thumbpiece safety-catches, blued folding triggers, figured rounded butts each profusely inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and engraved silver foliage, engraved silver butt-caps, and border engraved vacant silver escutcheons, London proof marks (2) 3.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:Joseph 1 Lang is recorded at 7 Haymarket, London between 1825 and 1852. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851, and died in 1869For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 236

A Rare Cased Pair Of 60-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Purdey, London, Circa 1851With case-hardened turn-off barrels each engraved with double lines around the muzzle, case-hardened border engraved rounded actions each signed in capitals over each side, case-hardened hammers and thumbpiece safety-catches, blued folding triggers and border engraved rounded butt-caps, the latter each with hinged circular butt-trap cover, finely chequered figured rounded butts, vacant silver escutcheons, and some original finish (one pistol with some old bruising): in original mahogany case fitted and lined in blue baize with accessories including miniature powder-flask retaining most of its lacquered finish, steel barrel-wrench and bullet-mould, nipple-key and turnscrew, the exterior of the lid with circular brass escutcheon engraved 'R. F. W. CHILDERS. S.F. GUARDS', indistinctly struck London proof marks 3.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe L. Patrick Unsworth CollectionLiteratureL. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, pp. 76-77, pls. 43 and 44. Sold to Rowland Childers on 2 June 1851 at a cost of £7.4.0Rowland Francis Wallbanke Childers attained his commission in the 2nd Battalion, Scots Fusiliers Guards on 22 February 1850For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 241

A 40-Bore Percussion Over-And-Under Box-Lock PistolBy D. Gass, 42 Oxford St., London, Circa 1835With sighted octagonal barrel-block signed in full in capitals along the top flat, pierced platinum plugs, border engraved action, dolphin hammers and trigger-guard all decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved safety-catches, chequered figured rounded butt (old repair behind the action on the left side) with flat ovoidal pommel (old bruising) encircled by an engraved foliate white-metal band and with vacant silver escutcheon, a further vacant silver escutcheon on the back of the butt, and replacement stirrup ramrod engraved with a flower-head on each tip (some old rust patination), London proof marks 9 cm. barrels Footnotes:David Gass is recorded as 'Goldsmith, Silversmith, Gun & Pistol Depository' at 42-3 Oxford Street, London between 1808 and 1835For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 242

A 40-Bore Percussion D.B. Box-Lock Pistol With Spring BayonetSigned Venables, Oxford, Mid-19th CenturyWith octagonal barrels engraved around the muzzles, signed along the rib in capitals and fitted with a folding bayonet above, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened action and dolphin hammers, the tang carrying the engraved bayonet-catch, foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard, finely chequered figured rounded butt, vacant silver escutcheon, triggers and under rib retaining traces of original blueing, and stirrup ramrod engraved with a flower-head on the tip, Birmingham proof marks 9.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 24 November 2014, lot 547For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 247

A Pair Of Irish 40-Bore Percussion Travelling Pistols By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, Dublin, Nos. 13 And 14, Mid-19th CenturyWith twist sighted barrels (some light surface patination) each retaining most of the original browning along the bottom and engraved 'DUBLIN' within the sighting groove, case-hardened breeches each with platinum line engraved with a starburst in the sighting groove and with pierced platinum plug, foliate engraved case-hardened tangs each grooved for sighting, engraved rounded back-action locks each with three bents, signed in capitals and decorated with foliage, hammers decorated en suite, figured full stocks each with chequered butt and flattened ovoidal pommel, brass mounts comprising border engraved butt-caps each with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods (one swivel broken) (2) 7 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 248

A Very Rare Pair Of 16-Bore Forsyth Patent Roller Primer PistolsBy Forsyth Patent Gun Com.Y, London, Nos. 203 and 204, Circa 1809With sighted barrels each signed along the breech flat, case-hardened breeches each with back-sight, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed serial numbered border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with starbursts and a martial trophy on the stepped tail, engraved strikers and plain serial numbered primers, figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods (barrels with minor pitting, no. 203 retaining much of its original finish, no. 204 with some wear, stock with minor restoration), London proof marks (2)21 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, P584 and P585Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 170One pistol, Clay P. Bedford Collection, 1107 Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 23 September 2020, lot 312ExhibitedOne pistol, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971, cat. no. 171LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, pp. 33-34D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1995, pp. 16, 36, pls. 4a, b, and colour pl.1Clay 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. 158 and 159, no. 171 (illustrated)This is the earliest pair of Forsyth pistols recordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 249

A Fine And Rare Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Pellet-Lock Silver-Mounted Travelling PistolsBy C. Moore, London, No. 948, London Silver Hallmarks For 1824, Maker's Mark Of Elizabeth BarnettWith browned twist very slightly swamped octagonal barrels each with silver fore-sight centred on an engraved silver-gilt starburst, and inlaid with an elaborate design of engraved symmetrical gold foliage in front of the breech, case-hardened breeches each with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp between gold lines, platinum plugs, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with symmetrical foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered flat locks each decorated with foliage, safety-catches each engaging with the back of the hammer, the latter engraved en suite with the lock and with detachable striker retained by a blued spring, foliate engraved pivoting cap-retainers each with platinum-lined head and operating against the toe of the hammer and a roller on a blued external spring, figured full stocks each with dark horn cap and chequered rounded butt, mounts comprising plain butt-caps, serial numbered trigger-guards (one set of hallmarks rubbed) each engraved with foliage on the border engraved bow, blued steel trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, turned silver ramrod-pipes, original brass-mounted ramrods, one with threaded cap over the worm, and in fine condition retaining much of their original finish: in their highly figured hardwood case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including Sykes three-way retaining most of its original finish, rare copper dispenser for pellets, the toothed wheel stamped 'C. MOORE' and '795', steel two-piece nipple-wrench, and steel bullet mould, the outside of the lid (minor damage) inlaid with symmetrical brass foliage within brass line borders (incomplete), Charles Moore's barrelsmith's mark 8.3 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceOlympia Auctions, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30 July 2020, lot 277LiteratureLeslie Southwick, 'The Maker's Mark Of Michael Barnett Struck On Georgian Silver Gun Furniture And Silver Hilts And His London Workshop', J.A.A.S., Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (September 2023), pp. 241-242, fig. 20aCharles 2 Moore was at 34 Regent Street, Waterloo Place or Regent Circus, London between 1823 and 1825, and was appointed Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to William IV in 1836. His pellet-lock was based on Westley Richards' British Patent No. 4611 of 1821For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 250

A 60-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, And Another of 50-BoreThe First Signed Wheeler, London, Circa 1800, The Second Signed Anderson, Circa 1815-20The first with turn-off barrel, border engraved action signed within a foliate oval over each side, one side suspended from a garland, ring-neck cock (top jaw and screw replaced), folding trigger, and flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles (minor losses, some old rust patination), unproved; the second with reblued turnoff barrel, action signed in an oval on one side and engraved with a flower-head on the other, thumbpiece safety-catch, trigger-guard engraved with a bow, flat-sided butt, and diamond-shaped escutcheon (some wear and rust patination), Birmingham proof marks (2) 6.3cm. and 4.3 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 254

A 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol By Ketland & Co. Of Birmingham, Circa 1780With turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved action (top jaw and screw replaced, and comb of cock incomplete), signed in capitals on a foliate rococo scroll on one side and decorated with a foliate rocaille on the other, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch with traces of engraving on the bow, figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, and border engraved vacant silver escutcheon (some old wear), London proof marks 6 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 255

A 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolBy Heylin, Cornhill, London, Circa 1770With turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved action signed in capitals over each side and decorated with rocailles and foliage involving a part martial trophy on one side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with an oval motif on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, Tower private proof marks and Heylin's barrelsmith's mark 5.4 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, P480Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 225Heylin, gunmaker and stonebow maker, was made free of the London Gunmakers' Company by redemption in 1757, was elected Assistant in 1773, Upper Warden in 1776, and Master in 1777. He was contractor to the East India Company, 1773-1777, to the Hudson's Bay Company, 1775-1777, and to the African Merchants Company in 1760. Also on the livery of the Worshipful Company of Vinters, his career was interrupted by bankruptcy in 1779 and he died in 1801. See Norman Dixon, 'Joseph Heylin, A Georgian Gunmaker', J.A.A.S., Vol. XVII, No.3 (March 2002), pp. 155-189For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 256

A 50-Bore Flintlock D.B. Box-Lock Pistol By Taylor, Circa 1775With turn-off canon barrels punched with two and three dots respectively to correspond with the breeches, border engraved action decorated with foliage and signed within a rocaille against a part martial trophy on one side, ring-neck cock (top jaw and screw replaced), engraved cut-off lever on the left side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with an oval motif on the bow, figured rounded butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork flower-heads and part martial trophies (some losses), vacant silver escutcheon with cast borders, and silver grotesque mask butt-cap (some wear and rust patination), Birmingham private proof marks 9.4 cm. barrels Footnotes:An Edward Taylor is recorded in Birmingham between 1766 and 1772For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 257

A 25-Bore Flintlock Travelling Pistol Signed Rawson, London, Circa 1820With browned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in capitals along the top flat, case-hardened breech with two slender gold lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, tang with back-sight and engraved with a basket of foliage, border engraved flat bevelled lock signed in capitals, decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with foliage on the stepped tail, engraved safety-catch and roller, figured stock with silver fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, reblued trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a half martial trophy and foliage on the bow, engraved silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrod with steel worm and threaded brass cap, Birmingham proof marks 13.8 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 258

A Pair of 25-Bore Flintlock Pistols By Grierson Of London, Early 19th CenturyWith earlier barrels each with tapering sighting flat along the breech engraved with a drop-shaped terminal, engraved tangs grooved for sighting, rounded locks each signed in capitals, figured half-stocks each with horn fore-end cap and partly chequered wooded butt, border engraved blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrods, one with steel worm, London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark of John Tow (2) 20.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:Charles Grierson, former workman of John Manton, was successor to John Tow and Gun Maker to George III. He is recorded at 10 New Bond Street, London between 1793 and 1841For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 262

A Cased Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols Late 18th/Early 19th CenturyWith slightly swamped rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each with gold lines at the muzzle and breech (the latter incomplete) and now inscribed 'Innes & Wallace Makers To His Majesty, Edin.b.', gold-lined touch-holes, tangs each with back-sight and engraved with a Britannia shield and foliage, associated flat bevelled locks (signatures illegible, one cock an old replacement) with rollers, figured half-stocks (old bruising) with chequered flat-sided rounded butts, the flats left plain, silver spur trigger-guards (repaired) each engraved with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, rear ramrod-pipes en suite, vacant silver escutcheons, barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end caps, adjustable set triggers, and later horn-tipped ramrods (some wear overall): in modern relined and refitted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) with brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and steel bullet mould (both in poor condition), the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on an original flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved 'The Hon.ble. A.G.C. Chichester, 71st. Light Infantry', London proof marks 23 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Paul Murray Collection sold in these Rooms, 30 November 2017, lot 621For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 264

A Cased Pair Of 18-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy H.W. Mortimer Of London, Circa 1780-85With long slightly swamped rebrowned twist Spanish barrels in two stages, each chiselled with a band of acanthus at the turned girdle and with octagonal breech, the breeches each struck on the top flat with two gold-lined marks of Francisco Massari (Neue Støckel 7875), the flat in front and on either side with further silver-inlaid ornament, border engraved tangs each with a line of beadwork in front of the back-sight and decorated with foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and lightly decorated at the stepped tail, cocks each engraved with banners, and rollers each bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured full stocks and curved pineapple chequered rounded butts, the pommels (some old bruising) each carved as a flower-head, steel trigger-guards each with finial engraved as a flaming urn and decorated with foliage on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm: in later lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, London proof marks 29.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceIan Glendenning, Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms, 19 February 1975, lot 133A.B. Harvey & Son Ltd.Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 3 July 1991, lot 229Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 November 2011, lot 33LiteratureIan Glendenning, British Pistols and Guns 1640-1840, 1951, pp. 68-71H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753 to 1923, 1992, pp. 166-167, pl. 257 (one of the pair) Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He was at 89 Fleet Street, London, between 1782 and 1700 and was Contractor to the East India Company from 1796 until 1806. He retired in 1811 and died in 1819For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 274

A 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolBy Wogdon, London, Circa 1780With rebrowned twist slightly swamped octagonal barrel with bent bore and silver fore-sight, signed along the top flat at the breech and engraved with a line of shaded beadwork at the rear, gold-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved tang with a further line of beadwork in front of the back-sight, border engraved flat bevelled detented lock signed in script and with safety-catch, figured full stock (broken through at the forward ramrod-pipe, old split behind the tail of the lock) with swelling flat-sided butt, steel mounts comprising border engraved butt-cap decorated with foliage at the rear and with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guard with acorn finial, decorated with a flower-head on the bow and retaining some blueing on the inside, turned ramrod-pipes, and original ramrod with threaded brass powder-measure and steel worm, London proof marks and Wogdon's barrelsmith's mark 25.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 276

An Extremely Rare 33-Bore Flintlock Breech-Loading Repeating Magazine Pistol On The Lorenzoni Principle By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Circa 1790With swamped octagonal barrel (old patch of pitting) signed in full in capitals along the top flat and engraved with a slender band of repeated foliage at the breech, pivoting fore-sight, border engraved rounded action and bevelled back-action lock, the former finely decorated with a starburst around the upper gas-escape and with a flower-head around the lower suspended from a ribbon, a garland beneath entwined around the trigger-guard, the latter signed on a ribbon held in the mouth of a lion in a landscape, a prone lioness nearby, replacement cock automatically cocked via a flat bar on the inside engaging with a circular breech-block and operated by a curved side-lever of tapering circular section with button terminal, hinged primer magazine cover (replaced) with spring-catch and engraved with a flower, border engraved tang plate decorated with a classical trophy of arms, hinged magazine cover for balls on the left engraved with a garland suspended from two ribbons against crossed palms, the tail behind engraved 'GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY' in an oval against an Eastern trophy and foliage, trigger-guard engraved en suite on the bow, chequered rounded butt carved with spirally-fluted pommel and flower-head shaped cap, and border engraved vacant silver escutcheon (old light rust patination) 25.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's East, Fine Antique And Modern Firearms From the Estate of Dr. Jack Strassman, 21 May 1986, lot 346H. Lee Munson CollectionOlympia Auctions, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4 December 2019, lot 394LiteratureH. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, pp. 237-238A similar example by the same maker and built for Vice Admiral Lord Nelson is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 35.81.3). See also the only known example in its original case in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. XII. 4750). Howard L. Blackmore, English Pistols, 1985, p. 25, figs. 45 and 46For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 280

A Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster PistolsBy J. Hawkins, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1771, Indistinct Maker's MarkWith swamped two-stage barrels (some old wear and light surface pitting), octagonal breeches each indistinctly signed in capitals along the top flat, foliate engraved tangs, signed border engraved rounded locks lightly decorated with foliage, cocks en suite, moulded figured full stocks (one with minor chip on the right side of the pommel and slight split at the muzzle) each carved in low relief with foliage around the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate scroll side-plates, foliate escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest, border engraved spurred pommels each decorated with foliage on both sides and with grotesque mask butt-cap, foliate engraved trigger-guards each with foliate finial, baluster ramrod-pipes, and brass-capped wooden ramrods, one possibly original, London proof marks and indistinct barrelsmiths mark (2) 23.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:John 2 Hawkins was apprenticed to John Silke, free of the Gunmaker's Company in 1682 and elected Master in 1711 and 1722. He was Gunmaker to Ordnance between 1686 and 1716, and to the Hudson's Bay Company between 1695 and 1726, the year before his deathFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 283

A Rare Pair Of 32-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted PistolsBy Twigg, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1770, Maker's Mark Of Joseph KeaysWith two-stage sighted barrels (old surface pitting) each polygonal and slightly flared towards the muzzle, turned at the girdle and signed along the top flat of the octagonal breech (engraving refreshed), a band of beadwork engraved at the rear, border engraved tangs each decorated with flower-head and foliage, detented flat bevelled locks each retained by two side-nails (two replaced) and with moulded border, second form of signature, stepped tail and characteristic cusp behind the pan, and two linked rollers working on a divided steel spring, the border engraved steels each with pan safety-cover released by a sprung stud, figured full stocks (one with repaired splits at the muzzle and minor repairs around the lock) each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, border engraved mounts comprising spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guards each with second pattern acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, scroll triggers, and horn-tipped ramrods, possibly original, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark (2) 25.3 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 tradeFor a full account of Joseph Keays, see Leslie Southwick, 'The Makers' Marks', 'I.K', 'JA' and 'M.B', Struck On London 18th Century Georgian Silver Gun Furniture...', J.A.A.S., Vol. XXIV, No. 2 (September 2022), pp. 136-185 Cf. a related pair of pistols formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection and sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 23 September 2020, lot 351For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 285

A Pair Of Scottish 22-Bore Flintlock All-Metal Belt Pistols By John Murdoch, Doun (sic), Mid-18th CenturyWith four-stage barrels engraved at the flared octagonal muzzles and with symmetrical scrolling foliage at the mid-sections, fluted breeches each with notched back-sight at the rear, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliage on the tail, cocks en suite (one expertly replaced), faceted line engraved steels, three-quarter stocks engraved with foliate line ornament and characteristic foliage, the undersides each with three foliate engraved silver lines, foliate engraved ram's horn butts with interlace inlaid with silver along the back and each with vacant oval silver escutcheon on both sides, silver button triggers and threaded prickers (one replaced) each engraved as a flower-head, slender partly fluted belt hooks each with pierced and engraved terminal, and original slender steel ramrods each with baluster tip engraved with a flower-head (some old light pitting) (2) 18.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:Cf. a very similar pair of pistols sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 23 September 2020, lot 348Little is known of John Murdoch, however a note in the Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. XX, 1798, p. 86 suggests that he was apprenticed to one of the Cadells and goes on to note 'The trade is now carried on by John Murdoch, also famous for his ingenuity in the craft and who has likewise furnished pistols to the first nobility of Europe. These pistols were sold from 4 to 24 guineas a pair... when Mr. Murdoch gives over business, the trade, in all probability, will become extinct'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 33

A Fine Scottish Volunteer's GorgetCirca 1801-1814With applied silver mounts, and in fine condition retaining virtually all its original gildingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 34

An Officer's Gorget Of The Royal East India Company VolunteersLondon Silver Hallmarks for 1800, Maker's Mark GTOf silver gilt, numbered '16' below the arms, and retaining its leather liner and traces of original gildingFootnotes:ProvenanceThomas Del Mar Ltd In association with Sotheby's, Olympia, 30 June 2010, lot 256For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 36

An Officer's Full Dress Cavalry Pouch Birmingham Silver Hallmarks for 1859, Indistinct Maker's MarkWith gilt mount, and in fine conditionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 38

An Officer's Full Dress Pouch Of The Hertfordshire Yeomanry CavalryBirmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1896, Maker's Mark J. & Co.With pierced and engraved gilt mount, and in fine conditionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 39

An Officer's Pouch Of The 2nd West York Yeomanry Indistinct London silver hallmarks, Circa 1870-93For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 40

A Fine Officer's Full Dress PouchCirca 1870-1901Of gilt-metal with silver mount, and in fine condition retaining virtually all its original gildingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 42

An Officer's Full Dress Pouch Of The 2nd Bombay Light CavalryLondon Silver Hallmarks for 1851, Maker's Mark HSWith brass mount retaining some of its original gildingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 43

A Rare Officer's Full Dress Pouch Of The Deoli Irregular ForceCirca 1876-1901Of red cloth embroidered in silver-gilt threadsFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour..., 24 April 2013, lot 101For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 45

An Officer's Pouch Of The 11th Prince Albert's Own HussarsCirca 1840-1901With silver mounts, and retaining some of its original gilding (worn)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 46

An Officer's Pouch Of The 11th Prince Albert's Own HussarsCirca 1840-1901With silver mounts, and retaining much of its original gilding (some wear)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 47

An Officer's Pouch Of The 11th Prince Albert's Own HussarsCirca 1840-1901With silver mounts, and retaining virtually all its original gildingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 51

An Officer's Pouch Of The Cumberland Artillery VolunteersCirca 1860-1901Of blue cloth embroidered in silver threadsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 55

The Grand Cross Mantle Star Of The Most Distinguished Order Of St. Michael And St. George Worn At Investitures By George IV And William IV And Presented By Admiral Sir George Seymour To His Excellency Lt. General Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, Governor of Malta in 1860Circa 1820Of polychrome enamelled silver-gilt, the central medallion finely painted with St. Michael vanquishing Satan (dark blue motto enamel with some old repairs and later minor damage, red enamel with areas of minor damage), and centred on the bright-cut parcel-gilt star: mounted beneath a domed glass frame of hexagonal form covered in burgundy velvet with gilt-metal mounts, the outer border pierced and engraved with foliage, and surmounted by an applied elaborately pierced and engraved 'VR' monogram centred on a crown, the reverse with central gilt medallion engraved 'THIS STAR OF THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER ST. MICHAEL & ST. GEORGE WAS WORN AT INVESTITURES BY THEIR MAJESTIES GEORGE IVTH AND WILLIAM IVTH AND WAS PRESENTED BY ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR, G.C.B. TO HIS EXCELLENCY LT. GENERAL SIR GASPARD LE MARCHANT GOVERNOR OF MALTA. 1860', hinged and pierced gilt-metal stand, and three rings for suspension The order 24 cm. wide, the frame 36.6 cm. wide X 50 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceLanglois Ltd. Auction, Guernsey C.I., according to an old label attached of the back of the frameAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour, GCB, GCH, PC (1787-1870) joined the Royal Navy in 1797 and was assigned to the Royal yacht HMY Princess Augusta. In March 1798 he was transferred to HMS Sans Pareil and to HMS Prince of Wales in the West Indies later the same year. He was present at the surrender of Suriname in August 1799, and on promotion to midshipman he transferred to HMS Acasta in early 1800. During 1802 Seymour served aboard HMS Endymion and HMS Victory, flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1804, he took part in the pursuit of the French Fleet, and was present at the capture of the Spanish Rayo (100 guns) in October 1805. Promoted to Commander in 1806 Seymour served as commanding officer of HMS Northumberland in 1806 and fought at the Battle of San Domingo under Sir John Duckworth where he was wounded. He took part in the blockade of Rochefort, and was promoted to Captain in July 1806. In 1808 he was given command of HMS Pallas and fought at the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809. During the War of 1812 he captured the privateer USS Paul Jones in May 1813 whilst in command of HMS Leonidas. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1815, he became Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords in 1818. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1831 and was knighted later the same year. In 1834 he was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order. In June 1837 he attended the funeral of William IV, his last act as Master of the Robes to the King. Appointed Third Naval Lord in September 1841 and soon promoted to Rear Admiral, he became Commander-in-Chief Pacific Station in May 1844. His tactful handling of the 'Pritchard Affair' during the Franco-Tahitian War that same year avoided a confrontation with the French Government. Promoted to Vice-Admiral in March 1850, he became Commander-in-Chief North America and West Indies Station in January 1851. In 1856 he was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and was promoted to Full Admiral in May 1857. Appointed Rear-Admiral in 1863, Vice-Admiral in 1856, he became an Admiral of the Fleet in November 1866. Following his death in 1870 his body was placed in a tomb on which rests a recumbent marble sculpture of him by Victor Gleichen, at Holy Trinity Church, Arrow, near the family seat at Ragley Hall in WarwickshireLieutenant General Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, GCMG, KCB (1803-1874) was the son of Major-General John Le Marchant, founder of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and designer of the 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry sabre. In 1820 he was commissioned into the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment as ensign. In 1821 he transferred to the 57th Foot as Lieutenant and later into the 98th Foot with the rank Major. In 1835 he became Adjutant-General of the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain in support of Queen Isabella II in the First Carlist War. He transferred to the 20th Foot in 1837 and was appointed a Knight of the Order of Charles III by Isabella II the same year, being given permission to use his Spanish knighthood in Britain. He transferred to the 99th Foot as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1839, and to the 85th Foot in 1845. In 1847 he reluctantly accepted the governorship of Newfoundland, and served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia between 1852-58, before becoming Governor of Malta until 1864. In 1865 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army and retired in 1868. His memorial stone is in Town Church, GuernseyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 57

A Rare Pair Of Officer's Undress Shoulder-Scales Of The 3rd Bengal Light CavalryCirca 1840-57Of silver-plate with blue-cloth linings, the scales embossed with leaf decoration, the shells each embossed with military trophies, and the finial buttons each with a central '3' and the honours 'Delhi' and 'Leswaree' (2)Footnotes:The 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry regiment was the first cavalry regiment to mutiny in 1857For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 58

A Fine Pair Of Officer's Full Dress Boxed Epaulettes Of The Arundel And Bramber Sussex YeomanryCirca 1831-48Of silver lace with red edging to the strap and dark blue velvet linings, the finial buttons each with crown over 'ABY' (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams Oxford, Antique Arms & Militaria, 24 April 2012, lot 248The Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry was raised in 1831 to assist the Civil Power during the Swing Riots, and were disbanded in 1848For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 59

A Fine Cased Pair Of Officer's Full Dress Epaulettes Of The West Meath Militia By Jennens & Co., London, Circa 1830-1855Of silver lace with red morocco leather and silk linings, silver-plated crescents and loose silver fringe bullions, the silver-plated finial buttons with the precedence number '6' and 'WESTMEATH REGT': in their japanned metal carrying case lined in burgundy velvetFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 60

A Fine Cased Pair Of Officer's Full Dress Epaulettes Of The Northumberland & Newcastle Volunteer CavalryBy Smith, Lacemen & Accoutrement Manufacturer, Piccadilly, London, Circa 1830-55Of silver-plate lined in red leather and crimson silk (slight damage), the former stamped with maker's details in gilt letters, straps each of overlapping scales, silver-plated crescents and boxed bullions, the finial buttons each with crown over 'NNVC' and all within a scalloped rim, together with two silver lace bullion fringes: in their japanned metal carrying tinFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams Oxford, Antique Arms & Militaria, 24 April 2012, lot 251The bullion fringes possibly intended for use on an earlier undress jacket of circa 1819-30For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 66

An Officer's Full Dress Tunic Of The Staffordshire Yeomanry CavalryCirca 1890-1914Of navy blue cloth with red facings, full silver cord decoration including major's cord epaulettes, one with unit button (silver cord and lining with some damage); together with an officer's mess dress waistcoat, of red cloth with four silver-plated unit buttons; an unidentified Victorian yeomanry officer's shell jacket, of red cloth with full silver cord decoration and plain silver-plated buttons; and a pair of navy blue cloth overalls with double red outer stripe (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 67

A Lt. Colonel's Full Dress Tunic Of The Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)Circa 1881-1904Of red cloth with green facings, gold lace decoration and gold cord epaulettes, complete complement of gilt unit buttons for 1881-1901, and collar badges in silver, gilt and blue enamel bearing Imperial crown but to the Derbyshire regiment (1901-1904); together with a pair of navy blue cloth overalls with narrow red outer stripes, and a gold and red leather levee pattern sash; and an officer's full dress tunic of the Cheshire Regiment, circa 1881-1914, of red cloth with buff facings, gold lace decoration and gold cord epaulettes (rank badges missing), and complete complement of gilt unit buttons (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 70

An Officer's Full Dress Tunic Of The 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Berkshire RegimentCirca 1885-1908Of red cloth with navy blue facings, silver lace decoration, epaulettes, and complete complement of Victorian silver-plated unit buttons (collar badges missing, lining with some wear); together with an officer's levee pattern waist belt and shoulder sash (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 72

An Officer's Full Dress Coatee Of The Royal 1st Devon YeomanryCirca 1820-40Of scarlet cloth with navy blue facings, silver lace and complete complement of silver ball unit buttons; together with a pair of buff-coloured cloth fall-front breeches (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 74

An Officer's Full Dress Coatee Of The Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry Circa 1843-49Of scarlet cloth with navy blue facings, silver lace and complete complement of silver-plated unit buttons (minor moth damage and old staining); together with a pair of silver-plated and bullion wire box epaulettes with plain finial buttons (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceThomas Del Mar Ltd In association with Sotheby's, Olympia 8 December 2010, lot 96For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 75

An Officer's Full Dress Coatee Of The Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry Circa 1803-28Of scarlet cloth with green facings, full silver cord decoration and full complement of silver-plated ball buttons each bearing a crown only (lining distressed), together with its original full dress epaulettes each in silver wire with bullion fringe (white silk linings worn)Footnotes:ProvenanceThomas Del Mar Ltd In association with Sotheby's, Olympia, 8 December 2010, lot 94By repute this coatee belonged to Captain John Spottiswoode (1780-1866) who became Captain of the 3rd or 'Eagle' troop of the Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1803. His father, also John Spottiswoode (c. 1742-1805), had raised the 3rd troop in 1801 and was appointed the regiment's Major in 1803, whereupon his son was appointed Captain. The 3rd troop was closely identified with the Spottiswoode family, its appellation 'Eagle' troop coming from its badges as worn on the troop's 'Tarleton' helmets which replicated the Spottiswoode family crest of an eagle rising. The troop which disbanded in 1828 was noted for the magnificence of its uniforms. In 1803 it is recorded that it was the wish of the whole troop to have the lace on its jackets like that of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster. This necessitated the use of 28 yards of lace which was regarded as 'extravagant in the extreme'. See A.V.B. Norman, 'Notes for a History of the Dress of the Scottish Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry up to 1850', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XLI (1963), pp. 113-137; and B.F.M. Freeman, 'Historical Records of the Border Yeomanry Regiments: No. 3.- The Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1797-1828', Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society, 1915, pp. 53-64For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 77

A Rare Imperial German Grenadier's Full Dress Mitre CapLate 19th/Early 20th CenturyWith red woollen body with silver lace trim, full embossed silver-plated mounts (tarnished) including large ornate frontal plate with the cypher of Frederick the Great, leather-lined graded silver-plated chinstraps, knob-shaped plume of silvered cord, complete with its linings, and in fine conditionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 85

A Very Rare Imperial Russian Coronation Herald's Sabretache Livery Yard Workshops Of The Imperial Court, St. Petersburg, 1896The body of red morocco leather faced in yellow silk woven with silver threads, central black appliqué embroidered with the Imperial Standard of the Emperor of Russia enriched with silver spangles, and with applied gilt-metal embossed and cold enamelled collar and order of St. Andrew The First Called, the embossed crowns above each against cold enamelled red grounds, the flap with crowned cypher of Nicholas II en suite between branches of oak embroidered in green threads, all bordered by silver, silver-gilt and black braid, backed in red cloth, and retaining its bullion tassel (detached, some old staining, minor losses and wear); together with a Russian silver-gilt thread and spangled helmet plume (some spangles missing) (2) The first 49 cm. high x 40 cm. wideFootnotes:Four other examples are in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (inv. nos. ЗУП-1529, ЗУП-1531, ЗУП-1532, and ЗУП-1533)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 87

A Fine And Extremely Rare Russian Russian Garde Du Corps Full Dress Officer's Helmet Reign Of Empress Maria Feodorovna (1881-1894)With gilt-metal skull, silver trim and rivets, eight-pointed silver star frontal plate with central polychrome enamelled imperial badge centred on the gilt inscription 'FOR FAITH AND LOYALTY' in Cyrillic, surmounted by a silver-plated double-headed Imperial eagle (tarnished), leather-lined graded brass chinscales, single cockade on the right side, buff-leather sweatband and red fabric lining, the front and back peaks lined with red and green velvet respectively, and in fine condition retaining much of its original gildingFootnotes:Cf. another example in The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (inv. no. ЭРТ-18786)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 88

A Fine And Extremely Rare Imperial Russian Garde Du Corps Full Dress Officer's HelmetCirca 1900With gilt-metal skull, silver trim and white-metal rivets, the latter on the extended rear peak, eight-pointed silver star frontal plate with central polychrome enamelled Imperial badge centred on an applied gilt metal mount pierced 'FOR FAITH AND LOYALTY' in Cyrillic, surmounted by a silver-plated double-headed Imperial eagle, leather-lined graded gilt-brass chinscales, the right with single cockade, buff-leather sweatband and brown silk lining, the front and back peaks lined with red and green velvet respectively, and retaining nearly all of its original finishFootnotes:See footnote to proceeding lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 91

Four Bicorne Hats19th Century And LaterComprising a post-1901 Irish Deputy Lieutenant's hat: in its japanned carrying tin with brass plate engraved 'Major A. Colin McLean'; another, with silver lace trim and silver-plated buttons: in its carrying tin; another, with silver cord decoration and post 1901-plated button: in its carrying tin; and another of folding pattern, with gold lace trim and Victorian gilt button, and black feather crest (carrying tin missing) (7)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 95

An Officer's 1871 Pattern Helmet Of The 6th Inniskilling DragoonsWith silver-plated skull and full gilt-brass fittings, leather-lined brass chinchain (one rosette support missing), brown fabric liner, falling white horsehair plume, and in fine conditionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 96

A Very Fine Officer's 1871 Pattern Full Dress Helmet Of The King's Dragoon Guards The gilt-metal skull with all fittings including frontal plate in silver-gilt and enamels with central 'VR' cypher, a tri-part scroll below embossed 'KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS', leather-lined (leather damaged) incorrect pattern chinchain with rosette supports, red falling horsehair plume, and complete with its liners, in fine condition and retaining virtually all its original gildingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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