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Lot 267

A RARE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK GARNITURE OF FIREARMS BY IOHANN ADAM GRÄZL (1), COMPRISING A PAIR OF HOLSTER PISTOLS AND A PAIR OF 21-BORE FOWLING-PIECES, CIRCA 1730 the pistols each with lightly swamped blued barrel signed in gold on the sighting rib, decorated with an engraved gold female bust within a gold scrollwork pattern inlaid over the breech, gold-lined vent, silver fore-sight (one missing), and engraved gilt-brass back-sight straddling the breech and barrel tang, bevelled lock signed "Iohann Adam Gräzl" behind the cock and inscribed "In Wienn" between the steel-spring, cut with trophies of Victory involving a Turk`s head laid before a classical warrior on a contrasting incised matted ground, and the cock and the steel decorated with an interlace of strapwork and scrolls chiselled on a pounced matted ground, figured walnut full stock carved with raised mouldings in low relief, including elaborate scrollwork patterns about the barrel tang, the trigger-guard and the ramrod-pipe, full brass mounts fire-gilt and cast in low relief, comprising spurred pommel decorated with scrollwork patterns enclosing a pair of female busts en suite with the breech and fitted with shaped domed strapwork cap decorated en suite with the cock and the steel, side-plate pierced with an interlaced pattern of strapwork scrolls and involving a sportsman at rest with his dog, the trigger-guard and ramrod-pipes decorated with palm branches and scrolls on a matted ground, the escutcheon formed as a further bust medallion within a pierced frame of scrolls and palm foliage, fitted with horn fore-end cap, and each retaining its original horn-tipped ramrod. The fowling-pieces each with blued lightly swamped long barrel of "Spanish" form, with the maker`s copper-lined stamps set within a frame of gold scrollwork, silver "spider" fore-sight, engraved barrel tangs numbered 1 & 2 respectively, bevelled lock engraved with a boar-hunting scene involving a sportsman in contemporary dress, signed "Adam Gräzl" behind the cock and inscribed "In Wienn" between the steel-spring, and the cock and the steel decorated en suite with the pistols, figured walnut half-stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings also en suite with the pistols, with fire-gilt mounts decorated with a pattern identical to the pistols, one fitted with a pierced engraved barrel band (the other missing), engraved fire-gilt trigger-plate, and moulded horn fore-end cap (ramrods missing) the pistols: 54.6 cm; 21 ½ in, the guns: 116cm; 45 5/8 in barrels (4) Garnitures of firearms including a pair of pistols are rare outside of ancestral gunrooms and institutional collections. Gräzl`s stamps inset in the Spanish fashion on the breeches of the fowling-pieces appear to be unrecorded. The first involves his name arranged in two tiers beneath a crown, spelt GRA/TZL; the second is a leaping horse.

Lot 273

A RARE AND ELEGANTLY PROPORTIONED SMALL-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLE FOR A LADY, BUILT ON AN EARLIER BARREL MADE FOR MARIA AMALIA, LANDGRAVINE ZU HESSE-KASSEL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with swamped octagonal barrel, the breech inlaid with the silver inscription "Maria . Amalia. Landg. Zu. Hessen. 1674. Geb. V. Cvrland.", inlaid with a silver canopy of scrolls and pellets over a silver crowned device flanked by crowned lions, the latter possibly the arms of the Duchy of Courland, the breech inlaid in silver at its base with cabled lines framing an abbreviated inscription "Mi Et Av" over the letters "C A N", the muzzle decorated with a further band of silver scrollwork, rifled with six grooves and fitted with silver fore-sight and silver back-sight with chiselled finial, the barrel tang engraved with a mark, with bevelled plain lock, select quality figured walnut stock finely carved with a series of leaf and scrollwork mouldings in low relief over its rear half, the butt with raised cheek-piece decorated with trails of delicate scrolls at either end, fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved en suite, full brass mounts decorated in low relief in the Parisian taste, comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard each engraved with an interlaced scrollwork pattern and with moulded acanthus finials en suite with the stock, side-plate formed as a pierced design of scrolling leaves, monsters` heads and a grotesque mask, three faceted ramrod-pipes, escutcheon formed as a vacant cartouche, horn fore-end cap, and retaining its original iron ramrod, detached worm and sling-swivel (the rear swivel missing) 71 cm; 28 in barrel Princess Maria Amalia of Courland (1653-1711) was born in the Baltic city of Mitau (now Jelgava in Latvia) within the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. She was married to her cousin Carl I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in May 1673. The marmor fountain in the Karlsaue Park in Kassel includes a medallion depicting the Landgravine sculpted by Pierre Etienne Monnot

Lot 293

A FINE PAIR OF 44-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HORSEMAN`S SPORTING CARBINES BY IEAN HENERICH ALBRECHT A DARMSTAT (sic), CIRCA 1710 with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrels signed in full and rifled with seven grooves, engraved barrel tangs, rounded border-engraved locks also signed in full, rootwood full stocks with finely carved relief mouldings, including leafy scrollwork patterns about the trigger-guards and ramrod-pipes and inlaid over the rear with silver wire scrolls and pellets, full steel mounts, comprising side-plates chiselled in low relief with a pierced acanthus scrollwork pattern and involving a grotesque mask supported by a pair of grotesque half-figures, trigger-guards with pierced chiselled finials, baluster ramrod-pipes, the butt-plates each fitted with sliding extension released by a spring-catch and decorated with finely engraved beaded patterns and banded borders, with ornate pierced chiselled escutcheons each involving a coronet, and original iron-capped wooden ramrods 43.3 cm; 17 in barrels (2) Johann Heinrich Albrecht (d. 1711) was court gunmaker to the Princes von Solms-Braunfels and later to the Landgraves von Hessen-Darmstadt.

Lot 295

A .375 CALIBRE GERMAN PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY C. GREULING IN ESSLINGEN, CIRCA 1860 with blued octagonal barrel with countersunk muzzle, rifled with eight shallow grooves, signed in gold, inscribed "Guss Stahl" in gold and inlaid with a gold line in front of the breech, fitted with blued back-sight (fore-sight missing), engraved breech, the breech tang engraved en suite and fitted with adjustable aperture sight, engraved lock decorated with a stag, the hammer decorated with a marine monster, figured pale walnut full stock, the butt of so-called Schützen type with prominent cheek-piece and chequered grip, full iron mounts of characteristic type engraved en suite with both the breech tang and the lock, including side-plate and three ramrod-pipes, with three pairs of German silver ovals impaled by the barrel bolts, double set trigger, sling-swivels, horn fore-end cap, and some original finish (ramrod missing) 81.5 cm; 32 1/8 in barrel

Lot 299

A 50-BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK MÜLLER-BÜCHSE, CIRCA 1680-90 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, decorated over its entire length with a profusion of punched and engraved ornament, including gilt bands of flowers and geometric panels over the breech, over the muzzle and enclosing the back-sight, with an arrangement of large winged putti heads over the rear section, a lion and a griffin each rampant, the figure of the Roman goddess Fortuna in a chevron frame between, all on a field of flowerheads and leafy tendrils and all damascened in silver on a contrasting blued ground, blued flat lock decorated en suite, struck with maker`s mark "xKx" inside, the pan fence punched and engraved with fruit and flowers and the dog engraved with monsters and an animal, walnut full stock, fluted fore-end decorated with incised and punched bands at the base, the rear portion inlaid with clustered patterns of horn scrolls and pellets enriched with shaped mother-of-pearl plaques, fitted with sliding patch-box cover veneered in horn and inlaid with a contrasting white horn pattern, iron butt-plate and trigger-guard, and horn ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each en suite with the patch-box cover (the rear ramrod-pipe and the ramrod each missing) 80 cm; 31½ in barrel

Lot 311

AN 11-BORE BAVARIAN PRINCELY FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY PIERRE FROMENT. A. ERLANGEN- NEUSTADT, CIRCA 1710 with sighted barrel tapering to a very lightly swamped muzzle, formed with flattened sides at the rear, a full-length sighting flat interrupted towards the breech by a scroll finely chiselled in low relief, the short rear section of the flat and the tang each finely engraved, the former decorated with the figure of a sportsman in contemporary dress after Claude Simonin and the latter decorated with flower, bevelled lock signed "Froment. a. Erlang", engraved with scrolling foliage and cut with vertical flutes at the rear, the cock engraved en suite and the head of the retaining screw chiselled as a grotesque mask (the steel missing), carved moulded figured walnut full stock originally inlaid with silver wire scrolls and small silver plaques about the barrel tang and ramrod-pipe (fore-end cracked towards the muzzle, the inlay missing), full iron mounts chiselled in low relief, comprising butt-plate decorated with a serpentine monster over the tang and with a scrollwork design involving a pair of serpents and a demon mask, the side-plate pierced with scrolling leafy tendrils issuant from a demon mask and involving small grotesques and monsters` heads, the trigger-guard also cut with a demon mask and with pierced scrollwork finials, four baluster-shaped ramrod-pipes, the rear finial cut with a mask and pierced scrollwork en suite with the trigger-guard, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s coat-of-arms surmounted by a crown of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and retaining its original iron-capped wooden ramrod 118.2 cm; 46½ in barrel The arms are those of Oettingen-Oettingen, created Princes of The Holy Roman Empire in 1674. The house of Oettingen-Oettingen became extinct at the death of Prince Albert Ernst II in 1731 (born 1683); thereupon the Princely line was inherited by the house of Oettingen-Wallerstein. Pierre Froment (1690-1752) and his father Charles (1657-1722), also a gunmaker, were Huguenot immigrants from Sedan in the Ardennes. They were part of a large Huguenot settlement in the Bavarian city of Erlangen-Neustadt following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

Lot 313

A 27-BORE GERMAN PRINCELY FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, KIRCHBERG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with swamped octagonal sighted barrel inlaid over the breech with a silver silhouette bust within a silver frame of swagged scrollwork, the bore cut with seven grooves and the tang engraved with scrolls, bevelled plain lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, inscribed "Kirchberg" and retaining traces of original finish, walnut full stock, the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with a black and white horn motif and fitted with sliding patch-box cover on the right, chequered grip and fore-end, iron mounts decorated with shaped mouldings, including trigger-guard with carved walnut grip and three ramrod-pipes each decorated with a multi-faceted pattern, double set trigger, horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and silver escutcheon inscribed with the owner`s initials "L. Pz. v H" (ramrod missing) 61.9 cm; 24 3/8 in barrel

Lot 315

A 21-BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH FINELY CAST GILT-BRASS MOUNTS, VIENNA OR SALZBURG, CIRCA 1730 with etched twist barrel formed with sighting flat and stepped moulded breech, silver "spider" fore-sight, bevelled lock chiselled with a two-part boar-hunting scene in low relief on a punched matted ground, the cock, its top jaw and the steel each chiselled en rocailles, carved moulded figured walnut full stock decorated en suite with rococo ornament about the barrel tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece decorated with a star formed of inlaid contrasting wood segments, carved in relief with scrolls and acanthus flourishes at both ends and about the base of the comb, with full gilt-brass mounts finely cast in low relief with a series of elaborate rococo vignettes, comprising butt-plate decorated with the figure of a lady huntress standing in contemporary hunting dress beneath an exotic baldacchino, solid side-plate decorated with a landscape vignette involving hunting dogs and shot game within a scrollwork frame suspending a demon mask, trigger-guard finial cast in the form of a further baldaccino, involving a sportsman in contemporary dress within a vignette on the bow, decorated with a demon mask on the finger-spur, and with three faceted ramrod-pipes (one side-nail, the fore-end cap and the ramrod each missing, the stock cracked about the full area surrounding the barrel tang) 96.5 cm; 38 in barrel The etched twist barrel is a fashionable legacy of the Ottoman style of barrelmaking popularised in Austria and Southern Germany by the firearms included among the booty of the Austro-Turkish Wars of 1683-99 and 1716-18. Mounts of this high quality are characteristic of the luxury firearms produced by the leading gunmakers in Vienna and Salzburg within the first half of the 18th century. The highly elaborate portrayal on the butt-plate of the figure of a lady huntress is quite possibly a reference to the Empress Amalia, consort of the Emperor Joseph I. A contemporary account of a shoot held especially for the ladies of the Viennese Court describes the Empress finely dressed and shooting from a throne at the end of a beautiful alley in her garden; see Hayward Vol. II 1963, p.119-20.

Lot 320

A 25-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY SAMUEL CRAMER, DATED 1739 with swamped octagonal barrel signed and dated around the face of the muzzle, the entire remaining surfaces with a minutely punched matted finish, silver fore-sight, iron back-sight, the tang engraved with a stag and a demon mask, rounded lock signed on a scroll engraved beneath the pan, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of acanthus leaf mouldings in low relief about the barrel tang, the lock and the mounts, the butt carved en suite on both sides and about the base of the comb, the cheek-piece inset with a gilt-brass roundel engraved with the owner`s arms, two lions passant guardant on a mantled shield with crests, the reverse side fitted with carved sliding patch-box cover inset with a gilt-brass plaque engraved with a stag, full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate engraved with classical hunting trophies, a Diana bust and a demon mask, with side-plate formed as a pierced design of strapwork and scrolls involving a stag pursued by hounds, three faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, sling-swivels, silver escutcheon involving the crown of a ducal heir with lion supporters on a pierced scrollwork base, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the butt with a small crack on one side) 77.2 cm; 30 3/8 in barrel The maker is hitherto unrecorded but is possibly a member of the Kramer family of gunmakers of Hofgeismar in northern Hesse

Lot 330

A FINE AND VERY RARE EARLY HIGHLAND OFFICER`S SILVER HOOPED-BAR BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, LONDON 1745, MAKER`S MARK PROBABLY TB with straight blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a pair of long fullers on each face and a further short fuller on each face of the ricasso, silver hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-turned oval quillon, basket-guard of rounded bars carrying four oval hooped frameworks each filled with three moulded crosses arranged vertically, a large oval so-called rein aperture, all joined by short moulded bars, flattened bun-shaped pommel, sharkskin-covered grip bound with plaited silver wire and `Turk`s heads`, early doe-skin liner, and in untouched condition throughout 85.7 cm; 33 ¾ in blade Provenance Sir Bevil Grenville, by tradition Gratiana Knocker Captain L. C. E. Ayre, C. B. E., R. N. (1918-41) Exhibited Plymouth City Museum Swords with hilts of this form have been ascribed to a date range of circa 1760-75, based on examples shown in illustrations such as that worn by General the Hon. William Gordon in the uniform of the Queens Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders by Batoni, dated to 1760. However, hallmarked or dated hilts of this type are notably rare and the present hilt might suggest a significantly earlier date for the group. Hilts with hooped-bar basket-guards, also called `pinch-of-snuff` are discussed in detail in volume six of the forthcoming book on the history and development of the basket-hilt by Baron Earlshall.

Lot 331

A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 with colichemarde blade etched with scrolls and an infantryman (rubbed), iron hilt cast and chiselled in low relief, comprising double shell-guard pierced with trophies-of-arms and differing classical warriors, quillon with grotesque mask terminal, knuckle-guard and pommel each decorated en suite with the guard, all highlighted with gold, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband 81 cm; 32 in blade

Lot 337

A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PARIS, CIRCA1809-19, 950 STANDARD, IN AN ENGLISH SILVER SCABBARD, LONDON, 1842, MAKER`S MARK OF JOHN JAMES KEITH with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief with berried laurel within a framework of faceted beads, comprising oval dish-guard, quillon with disc-shaped terminal, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel and integral grip, the scabbard with globular terminal and a pair of raised ribbed mouldings at the top, one fitted with a silver loop for suspension 83.3 cm; 32 3/4 in blade

Lot 338

A FRENCH OFFICER`S SMALL-SWORD, PARIS 1819-38, 950 FINENESS with tapering double-edged blade (ground), silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising down-turned shell-guard, including the Royal Arms, quillon with hounds head terminal, knuckle-guard and angular pommel, and wooden grip (grip veneers missing), in its silver-mounted leather scabbard 83.4 cm; 32 7/8 in blade

Lot 340

AN ITALIAN HUNTING DAGGER, LATE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a long central fuller on each face framed by two further fullers, fluted horn hilt (losses) encased in panels of German silver engraved with scrolls of foliage, and foliate cap pommel 20 cm; 7 7/8 in blade

Lot 342

AN ITALIAN HUNTING DAGGER, LATE 18TH CENTURY with sharply tapering blade double-edged towards the point, reinforced and notched along the back-edge, tapering horn grip reinforced with embossed silver ribs, silver foliate pommel cap and matching ferrule 24.5 cm; 9 3/4 in blade

Lot 353

A SCANDINAVIAN HUNTING DAGGER AND ANOTHER DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY the first cut-down from a hunting sword, with tapering blade, brass cross-piece, spirally-carved wooden grip bound with plaited wire, and decorated brass pommel, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard; and the second with tapering blade cut with a slender central fuller, straight iron cross-piece with slanting terminals, spirally carved ivory grip, and German silver pommel formed as a philosopher 20.2 cm; 8 in blade (2)

Lot 368

A GEORGIAN OFFICER`S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A SCOTTISH RIFLE OFFICER with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a broad long fuller on each face, etched with bold scrolls of foliage, flowers and a trophy-of-arms on one face and with the crowned Royal cypher on the other, gilt-brass hilt comprising boatshell guard, stirrup knuckle-bow and the grip bound with plaited silver wire 76 cm; 30 in blade

Lot 374

AN IRISH CAVALRY OFFICER`S SWORD BY J. READ, COLLEGE GREEN, DUBLIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade etched with a series of overlapping crescents on each face over half of its length and retaining minute traces of blued and gilt finish (worn, small chips, pitted), regulation brass stirrup hilt (quillon chipped), including langets with lion mask bosses, lionshead pommel, and leather-covered grip (small losses) bound with plaited silver wire, in its leather scabbard with large brass mounts including middle band with the later engraved inscription `From the Field after a Charge by the Union Brigade near Ohain Road 1815` 72.3 cm; 28 1/2 in blade

Lot 377

A SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED SKEAN DHU BY BROOK & SON, 87 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH, 1941, AND ANOTHER, WITH SILVER-PLATED MOUNTS the first with tapering blade formed with a scalloped back-edge and traces of etching including the Royal cypher (worn), silver hilt, basket-weave grip enriched with silver nails and applied with the openwork addorsed letters C beneath a coronet, in its scabbard; the second in its scabbard the first: 10.5 cm; 4 1/8 in blade (2)

Lot 381

A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH DIRK OF THE ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS BY MARSHALL & SONS, 87 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1870 with polished blade formed with two differing fullers and a notched back-edge, etched with foliage, the crowned Royal cypher, regimental and makers details, silver-plated hilt including ferrule with Regimental title, pommel set with a foil backed paste, and rootwood grip carved with basket-weave designs enriched with silvered nails, in its leather scabbard with silver-plated mounts each marked with P.O.D.R. lozenge for 1864, comprising locket with the Royal initials divided by a saltire, middle band with the regimental number `XCI` and chape, and complete with accompanying pieces including knife stamped G. Newbould` 26.5 cm; 10 1/2in blade

Lot 398

AN EDWARDIAN INDIAN ARMY SILVER BELT POUCH AND CROSS BELT, LONDON 1911 the pouch with silver lid applied with the crowned Imperial cypher, red leather belt with gold embroidered bands, complete with its buckle, whistle and chain

Lot 410

AN ARMOURED WAR-SADDLE, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY; AND A PAIR OF OF OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED SADDLE-CLOTHS WITH ASSOCIATED STRAPS, LATE 17TH CENTURY formed of a canvas-covered wooden tree with H-shaped base (its anterior arms slightly shortened) and upstanding front and rear arcons, the base overlain with a pair of large rectangular panels of thick brown leather covered, like the arcons, with crimson velvet (now extensively worn) quilted on its upper surface with transverse tow-filled panels and fitted behind the thighs with similarly filled rolls, the main edges of the saddle decorated with twisted silver-gilt wire braid and crimson silk fringes, and the outer ends of the front arcon faced with steels secured in each case by three screws and decorated with bands and borders of etched and gilt arabesque interlace on a stippled and blackened ground, and the underside of the tree fitted with iron hasps and leather straps; and the second of crimson satin with later canvas linings, embroidered with foliate scrolls of silver and silver-gilt wire (extensively worn), together with three straps of which two are covered with brow velvet decorated with alternating silver roundels (several missing) and fleurs-de-lis of embroidered silver wire Saddle with Fabric: Length 55.0 cm; 21 5/8 in Height 60.0 cm; 23 5/8 in Provenance Fenton and Sons Ltd, London The John Woodman Higgins Armory Museum, Massachusetts, Inv. No. 406

Lot 418

AN AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE BY M. PRICE, SAN FRANCISCO, CIRCA 1870 with robust blade double-edged for its upper third, rectangular ricasso struck with the maker`s name `M. Price` above `San Francisco`, oval iron cross-piece, shaped tang with beaked finial at the pommel, fitted with a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by three brass rivets with German silver washers (light wear), in a leather sheath, perhaps the original, pierced with two belt apertures at the top 20.8 cm; 8 ¼ in blade Michael Price, the celebrated knifemaker, was born in Limerick, Ireland and arrived in San Francisco in the mid 1850s. He displayed his knives at the third San Franciso Mechanics` Institute Industrial Fair in 1860 and rose to prominence in the years that followed. For a discussion of this maker see Levine 1977, pp. 95-136.

Lot 437

THE CASED 54 BORE TRANTERS PATENT THIRD MODEL DOUBLE TRIGGER FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER OF CAPTAIN B. VANDELEUR, 5TH LANCERS, RETAILED BY GEORGE WILLIAM BALES, CORNHILL IPSWICH AND 150 HIGH STREET COLCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 16263T, CIRCA 1860 with blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved with scrollwork at the breech, scroll-engraved numbered blued frame, fitted with engraved patent rammer on the left, plain cylinder, patent trigger, chequered butt, engraved steel butt-cap, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s crest above his initials `B.V`, and some original finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with engraved brass escutcheon on the outside with the owner`s crest and name, the interior with retailer`s label, and complete with accessories including brass powder-flask by James Dixon & Sons, patent bullet mould, turn screw and nipple wrench 15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in barrel Literature Wolfgang Berk, William Tranter, 2008, p. 58. Captain Boyle Vandeleur of Kilrush, County Clare, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Irish Lancers, 26th July 1881. George William Bales is recorded at 15 Cornhill, Ipswich and 150 High Street, Colchester, circa 1845-78 and 1850-70 respectively.

Lot 449

A 25 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY BUHOT A ROUEN, CIRCA 1790 with tapering sighted barrel (shortened), engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed border-engraved lock decorated with scrolls of foliage, fitted with roller and semi rainproof pan, figured walnut three-quarter stock (fore-end shortened), carved with panels of chequering over the fore-end and the grip, the latter terminating in a grotesque mask, the butt fitted with an early green velvet cheek-rest (butt extended), and engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with urn finial, foliate `bat-wing` side-plate, silver escutcheon engraved with an eagle displayed, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, two sling swivels, and later ramrod 62.7 cm; 24 3/4 in barrel Buhot is recorded in Rouen, Seine Maritime, as arquebusier circa 1780.

Lot 450

A FINE PAIR OF 50 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 314 ½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON, NO. 1840 AND 1841 FOR 1830 one with browned twist octagonal lightly swamped sighted barrel rifled with twelve grooves, signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened breech inlaid with platinum lines, pierced platinum plug and incorporating the back-sight, stamped with the serial number beneath and with the barrelsmith`s initials `JP`, the other barrel 19th Century signed and refurbished to match, scroll-engraved case-hardened tangs, signed bolted scroll-engraved case-hardened locks decorated en suite with the breeches, blued set triggers, ebonised half-stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel mounts including blued trigger-guards decorated with trophies-of-arms on the bows, case-hardened trigger-plates with scallop shell finials, case-hardened butt-caps decorated with scrolls, blued fore-end caps decorated with a sunburst, silver escutcheons engraved with the owners crest (not identified) above the initials `PLP`, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and with much early finish throughout 25.4cm; 10in barrels (2) Literature L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p.132., stated as `....Ordered with `black stock` for £52 10s

Lot 454

A CASED PAIR OF 140 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS BY VENABLES, OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1850 with turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions signed on the tangs, folding triggers, finely chequered walnut butts, and vacant German silver escutcheons, in a later fitted case lined in plum fabric, with later bullet mould and flask 3.5 cm; 1 3/8 in barrels John Venables is recorded in Oxford from 1846.

Lot 456

A PAIR OF 84 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED T. KETLAND, LONDON with short turn-off barrels, box-lock actions signed beneath swags, folding triggers, sliding thumb-piece safety-catches, and flat-sided walnut butts (one repaired), with vacant German silver escutcheons 2.8 cm; 1 1/8 in barrels (2)

Lot 10

ELEVEN JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS (TSUBA), EDO PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first of iron, decorated with gilt foliage; the second of iron, decorated with panels of lacquer and a woven design; the third of iron, decorated with two rondels inset with a dragon and a flower respectively; the fourth of iron, decorated with a hatched design and inset with soft metals; the fifth backed in silver and decorated with gilt foliage on a lacquered ground; and six further various tsuba (11)

Lot 21

THREE ORIENTAL SWORDS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a Burmese Dha, with curved fullered blade widening towards the tip, silver hilt comprising ferrule and pommel each incorporating a band of beadwork, and ivory grip, in its silver-mounted bamboo scabbard; the second Bhutanese, with broad hatchet-like blade, brass hilt chased with traditional figures and flowers, and conical pommel, and the third Bhutanese, with single-edged blade, dha-style hilt, in its openwork scabbard the first:55.8 cm; 22 in blade (3)

Lot 23

AN INDO-CHINESE SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade engraved with scrolls on each face at the tip and forte, copper hilt comprising quillon and knuckle-bow chased with traditional scrolls enriched with silver, silver pommel formed as a monsterhead, and ivory grip carved with foliage and fruit, in its hardwood scabbard inlaid with patterns of foliage inhabited by butterflies, and with silver locket, chape and middle band all chased with traditional foliage 65 cm; 25 5/8 in blade

Lot 28

A CHINESE GLAIVE, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY with broad iron hatchet blade (pitted) issuant from a bronze socket formed as a dragon`s head, and copper ferrule with raised silver bands, on a wooden haft 65 cm; 25 1/2 in head

Lot 30

A BURMESE SWORD (DHA), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with curved fullered single-edged blade decorated with a silver scroll on each face at the forte, white metal hilt decorated with foliage and wooden grip, in its white metal-mounted wooden scabbard 66.5 cm; 26 1/4 in blade

Lot 38

A CHINESE QUIVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY formed of two fabric-covered shaped panels, the outer face with reinforced studded border, a pierced brass basal panel and applied with a series of pierced and chased gilt-brass bosses including the traditional treasures, and the inner face fitted with two additional pouches joined by a pair of silver hinges 28 cm; 11 in high

Lot 45

TWO SOUTH EAST ASIAN SHORTSWORDS (KRIS), LATE 19TH CENTURY the first Madura, with pattern-welded straight blade, silver selut set with pastes, characteristic carved ivory grip involving a naive eagle displayed, in scabbard with embossed silver pendok; the second probably Madura, with selut set with coloured pastes, and carved ivory grip involving flowers and a monsterhead pommel, in its scabbard with silver pendok and pronounced wrangka the first: 35.5 cm; 14 in blade (2)

Lot 47

A SOUTH EAST ASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SARAWAK with curved single-edged blade decorated with very short gold scrolls at the forte on each face, faceted silver ferrule and cap pommel, and faceted hardwood grip, in its silver-mounted satinwood scabbard with very large horn clip for suspension (small losses) 26.7 cm; 10 1/2 in blade

Lot 48

FIVE SOUTH EAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES comprising a Malaysian dagger, with angular hilt, in its scabbard, a Sumatran kris, in its scabbard, a modern Katar, a claw dagger, in its silver-mounted scabbard and a kris blade (5)

Lot 50

A SOUTH EAST ASIAN SHORTSWORD (KRIS), SULAWESI, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with pattern-welded blade fitted with a pair of silver loops at the base, the grip bound with silver wire, ribband and a pierced silver collar, and characteristic carved ivory pommel, in its silver-mounted wooden scabbard 38.5 cm; 15 1/8 in blade

Lot 57

A MALAYSIAN DAGGER (BADE BADE), AN EAST INDIAN AXE AND TWO MINIATURE DAGGERS (KRIS), LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES the first with slender blade, carved horn foliate hilt, in its silver-mounted hardwood scabbard with carved horn top mount; the second with pierced figurative head inlaid with silver lines, tapering ferrule, and short wooden haft, the third and fourth with wavy blades, figurative hilts and wooden scabbards the first: 19.5 cm; 7 3/4 in blade (4)

Lot 64

AN INDIAN (COORG) SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped back point and punched with a series of crescents along the back-edge, ivory pistol-grip swelling towards the terminal, inlaid with brass panels on the tang, the pommel with an engraved silver cap, and a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by four pairs of rivets, the uppermost fitted with a large foliate silver washer on each side, in its brass mounted hardwood scabbard with large silver locket and chape, the former with a pierced eye for a suspension chain and the latter with fluted bud-shaped terminal 19.5 cm; 7 3/4 in blade

Lot 65

TWO CEYLONESE DAGGERS (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY each of characteristic form, the first applied with a panel of silver scrollwork and foliage terminating in a stylised dragon on each face of the blade, and finely carved hardwood grip with silver ferrule each decorated with traditional scrollwork; the second decorated with brass, with carved ivory grip with silver pommel cap the first: 14 cm; 5 1/2 in blade (2)

Lot 66

A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH CENTURY with single-edged blade formed with a shallow fuller filled with silver engraved with traditional scrollwork along the back-edge on each face, a further panel of chiselled foliage, engraved and chiselled brass ferrule, and characteristic carved horn grip (extensive chips); together with a large iron two-pronged fork with chiselled stem decorated with foliage inhabited by animals the first: 15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in blade (2)

Lot 69

A RARE PHILIPPINES SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with long straight slender blade double-edged for the upper two thirds and formed with a sharply angled point, stamped with numerous shaped marks on each face of the forte, iron hilt with up-turned guard, short quillon, and c-shaped pommel, the grip shaped for the fingers, formed of layers of horn between brass fillets, the outside applied with tortoiseshell and set with numerous silver rondels 82.8 cm; 32 5/8 in blade Another sword from this group was sold in these rooms 27 June 2012, lot 30.

Lot 74

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with earlier curved single-edged blade of watered steel, incised with a calligraphic cartouche retaining traces of inlay on one face (small areas of pitting), iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of short bulbous quillons, integral grip and large disc pommel, decorated over the greater part of its surface with silver foliage and gold flowers, in a green fabric-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape (the chape detached) 81 cm; 31 7/8 in blade Provenance Robin Wigington, Poets Arbour, Stratford-upon-Avon

Lot 77

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) FOR A BOY AND TWO FURTHER INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY the first with curved blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with shaped terminals, quillons with bulbous finial, recurved knuckle-guard and disc-shaped pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape (chemically cleaned); the second with curved blade tapering sharply at the point, and iron hilt with traces of silver decoration; and the third with wavy blade formed with a snake`s head point, and iron hilt including recurved knuckle-guard the first:56.7 cm; 22 3/8 in blade (3)

Lot 79

AN INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with very broad polished blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt of khanda form, comprising a pair of langets, quillons chiselled with monster heads, figure-of-eight shaped guard, broad knuckle-guard and pommel with attenuated button, decorated throughout with gold damascened flowers and foliage (losses), and wooden grip retaining a portion of its silver thread and cord binding 68.5 cm; 27 in blade

Lot 82

AN INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA) 17TH/18TH CENTURY AND THREE FURTHER INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt including a pair of shaped langets enclosing the forte, cross-piece formed as a pair of addorsed bird`s heads, disc-shaped pommel, and integral grip, in a later scabbard; the second with curved blade retaining traces of a magic square on one face at the forte, and iron hilt including knuckle-guard with recurved terminal in its scabbard; the third similar, in its scabbard; and the fourth with a punched arsenal inscription on the blade and brass hilt retaining traces of silver plating the first: 91.3 cm; 36 in blade (4)

Lot 86

FOUR INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SPEARS, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first two with pattern welded leaf-shaped heads, long silver collars finely chased with foliage, and wooden hafts lightly carved at the base; the third similar, complete with a matching scabbard; the fourth similar, on a long wooden haft encased with silver with pronounced mouldings over the upper portion (small holes) the first: 29.5 cm; 11 5/8 in head (4)

Lot 90

THREE INDIAN DAGGERS (KATAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first with sharply tapering fullered blade formed with a reinforced point and integral iron hilt with two grip bars and traces of silver decoration; the second with long sharply tapering fullered blade formed with a reinforced point, naively decorated on each face with animals in brass, integral iron hilt with two grip bars, decorated throughout with further animals en suite with the forte; and the third a folding katar decorated with characteristic silver koftgari the first: 37 cm; 14 1/2 in overall (3)

Lot 93

A LARGE INDIAN ELEPHANT GOAD (ANCUS), 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, with heavy iron head incorporating a central spike and hook, each incised with scrolls, fixed to its turned wooden haft by three rivets on silver washers, and with an iron loop 54.5 cm; 21 1/2 in overall

Lot 97

AN OTTOMAN SWORD, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with broad slightly curved blade cut with three long fullers along the back edge on each side, chiselled with scrolls over the forte, iron cross-guard retaining traces of silver border ornament, horn grip-scales studded with iron pellets, bound at the base with plaited copper wire, and engraved copper cap pommel 79 cm ; 31 1/8 in blade

Lot 98

TWO ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGERS (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY each with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, characteristic hilt decorated with beadwork, in its wooden scabbard applied with sheet silver en suite with the hilt, and each retaining its patterned fabric belt 17.7 cm; 7 in and 18.5 cm; 7 1/4 in blades (2)

Lot 108

A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHASQA), CIRCA 1894-1917 with curved fullered blade of regulation type, etched on one face with foliage, the crowned Imperial cypher of Tsar Nicholas II, a short cyrillic inscription and the owner`s initials `AO` in gold, the other face with scrolls of foliage, the inscription `Mon Dieu Mon Roi Ma Dâme` towards the tip, a shore-side scene involving a standing figure ahead of an assembly of cavalrymen and a further short inscription towards the forte, silver hilt of characteristic form, chased with scrolls of foliage and flowers enriched with niello and contained within beadwork frames, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with four silver mounts decorated en suite with the hilt 77.5 cm; 30 ½ in blade The owner`s name appears to be Fuzunov.

Lot 109

A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHASQA), DATED 1287 AH (CIRCA 1870/1) with broad fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with portrait rondels at the forte (worn), nielloed silver hilt of characteristic form, decorated with scrolls of foliage within beadwork frames, eared pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with four silver mounts, the outer faces decorated en suite with the hilt, the inner faces with further designs including a tughra, the date, a serpent and a fowl 80 cm; 31 1/2 in blade

Lot 110

A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHASQA), LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with three slender fullers on each face, silver hilt of characteristic form retained by three rivets with pairs of silver domed heads (one pair missing), decorated over its surface with scrolls, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and middle band (chape missing, areas of wear) 72 cm; 28 3/8 in blade

Lot 111

A CAUCASIAN SHORTSWORD (KINDJAL), LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade formed with a long off-set fuller on each face and sharply tapering towards the point, horn grip of characteristic form, the lower portion encased by nielloed silver decorated with traditional scrolls within beadwork borders, retained by two rivets with low domed heads, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket and chape, each en suite with the hilt and the former incorporating a loop for suspension 44.3 cm; 17 3/8 in blade

Lot 113

A FINE 25 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, TURKEY, CIRCA 1780 with octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, retained by four chased silver bands, encrusted with gold scrolls and flowers at the muzzle and the breech, the middle section with three gold-encrusted inscriptions and further sprays of gold foliage, struck with the barrelsmith`s mark on the left of the breech and fitted with standing back-sight also encrusted with gold, the tang overlaid with an engraved silver plaque, characteristic lock encrusted with gold scrolls of foliage within a beadwork frame, matching cock and steel, steel button trigger, figured hardwood full stock applied with a large openwork silver plaque beneath the lock, faceted butt formed of dark hardwood bands filled with panels of coloured bone inlays forming stars framed by green and white bone fillets and a band of engraved silver, profusely applied with further elaborate openwork silver plaques, a large engraved silver plaque about the barrel tang, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, green-stained horn fore-end cap inlaid with brass pellets, and iron ramrod 83.2 cm; 32 ¾ in barrel

Lot 114

A 16 BORE GREEK FLINTLOCK GUN (KARIOPHILI), 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY IOANNINA with swamped sighted barrel retained by six nielloed silver bands, the rearmost band incorporating a chased back-sight, scroll-engraved stepped lock fitted with roller, figured walnut full stock almost entirely encased in silver nielloed and chased with scrolls and foliage inhabited by exotic birds, the butt embossed with further birds and a pair of rampant lions supporting an urn on each face, trigger-guard decorated en suite with the stock, fitted with a pair of white metal sling swivels, and iron ramrod 120.5 cm; 47 1/2 in barrel For a discussion of this group see Elgood 2009, p. 240-245.

Lot 115

AN 11 BORE SARDINIAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN, 18TH CENTURY cut-down to carbine length, with associated sighted barrel, chiselled lock decorated with scrollwork, wooden full stock almost entirely covered in iron plaques pierced and chased with elaborate arrangements of scrolling foliage, and the fore-end fitted with a panel of silver, probably Caucasian, chased with beadwork 53.7 cm; 21 1/8 in barrel

Lot 120

A FINE PAIR OF 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY SIGNED BLANCH, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 with three-stage sighted barrels engraved with trophies-of-arms, foliage, sun bursts and signed within a decorative framework over the breeches, struck with Birmingham proof marks beneath, engraved tangs retaining traces of gilding and incorporating the back-sights, signed engraved stepped locks retaining traces of gilding, fitted with pierced cocks, bolt safety-catches, rollers and semi-rainproof pans, figured walnut full stocks profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls carrying engraved silver cornucopia, trophy-of-arms and trophy-of-hunting plaques, the tangs, locks and pommels all partially enclosed by further silver lines sown with minute pellets, gilt-copper alloy mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising solid side-plates decorated with classical trophies, spurred pommels decorated with further trophies and cornucopia, trigger-guards en suite, trophy-of-arms escutcheons, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, original ramrods, and the mounts retaining much original gilding 30.5 cm; 12 in barrels (2)

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