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Lot 304

A pair of silver café au lait pots in mid 18th century style 1910 by C.S. Harris & Co. of London

Lot 305

Six 19th century French silver table forks, seven spoons, a sauce ladle and two plated dessert forks

Lot 306

Quantity of silver flatware including a cased set of 12 fish knives, 12 fish forks, 12 forks and 6 ice cream spoons (quantity 42)

Lot 307

Silver cake stand shaped circular pierced on raised circular base Sheffield 1897

Lot 308

A pair of silver table candlesticks, tapering fluted form on oval bases Chester 1922

Lot 309

A pair of late Victorian silver table candlesticks columnular form on stepped square bases London 1893

Lot 310

Mappin & Webb silver oval sauceboat, flying scroll handle on three stepped hoof feet, Sheffield 1961 and a matching cream jug Sheffield 1961

Lot 1

A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) with curved single-edged blade with straight hamon, plain tang pierced with two mekugi-ana, straight nakago-jiri, iron tsuba pierced with a flower-shaped aperture and chiselled in imitation of wood, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip with a pair of silver menuki and the kabuto gane and fuchi each decorated with gold (losses), in its lacquered saya 71.5cm; 28 1/8in blade

Lot 31

A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with broad single-edge blade cut with a slender fuller along the back edge on each side, brass ferrule engraved and chased with traditional scrollwork, carved ivory hilt and silver cap pommel each decorated en suite with the ferrule 25.5cm; 10in

Lot 32

AN INDO-PERSIAN STEEL SHIELD (DHAL), SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY of convex form, the outer face fitted with four domed scalloped bosses decorated with gold koftgari, steel rim retaining traces of gilding, finely etched and chiselled over the outer surface with designs of scrolling foliage and flowers enriched with gold koftgari, the outer border with calligraphic panels, cartouches filled with figures in contemporary dress, and traces of silver koftgari, the inner face retaining four rings for enarmes and an early red fabric padded lining (the lining with losses) 45.5cm; 18in diameter Provenance Robin Wigington

Lot 33

AN INDO-PERSIAN STEEL SHIELD (DHAL), SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY of convex form, the outer face fitted with four domed scalloped bosses, brass rim, finely etched and chiselled over the outer surface with designs of scrolling foliage and flowers enriched with gold koftgari, the outer border with calligraphic panels and traces of silver koftgari, the inner face retaining four rings for enarmes and an early red fabric padded lining (the lining with losses) 49.5cm; 19 1/2in diameter Provenance Robin Wigington

Lot 43

A VERY FINE 22 BORE INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY INDORE with swamped multi-stage sighted barrel retained by seven chased slender silver bands, formed with a fluted vase-shaped muzzle, pronounced breech incorporating the back-sight, decorated over its full surface with encrusted gold designs of flowers on a trellis ground, bands of larger flowerheads and foliage and a brief inscription, probably Hindi, at the breech, enclosed action with gilt serpentine and trigger, the latter decorated with differing paterns of flowers on each side, wooden full stock entirely encased in silver embossed with scrolling foliage and flowers on a punched ground enclosed within foliate frames, slender slightly hooked butt en suite and incorporating a gutter-shaped recess for sighting behind the breech, a pair of silver sling swivels (pricker missing), and original iron ramrod decorated with gilt chevrons 130cm; 51 1/4in barrel A less elaborate gun with mounts decorated in a similar manner and attributed to Indore is illustrated in Egerton, 1896, p. 118, no. 544.

Lot 44

AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY with swamped sighted barrel retained by numerous silver bands of differing width including a broad engraved band at the breech and the muzzle, the latter fitted with standing back sight and pan with pivot cover, action enclosed by sheet silver set with rosettes and with beadwork border, steel serpentine, hardwood full stock, the butt applied with silver panels set with rosettes en suite with the action, bulbous butt, an iron ring for suspension, and original silver-tipped wooden ramrod 106cm; 41 3/4in barrel Provenance Robin Wigington

Lot 47

A FINE AND RARE 32 BORE CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, RUSSIAN PROVINCIAL SILVER MARKS, DATED 1854 with tapering barrel of `hog`s back` form, retained by four pierced and chased silver bands, each stamped with assay mark, fineness mark and maker`s mark, rifled with eight grooves, inlaid with slender gilt lines at the breech and muzzle and with traces of an inscription towards the median, raised `peep` sight, the tang overlaid with a piece of nielloed and gilt silver, flat lock of characteristic form stamped with a maker`s mark, figured hardwood, perhaps maple, full stock (the fore-end with a minor repair, inlaid with a pair of small plaques of bone inset with brass and hardwood on either side of the tang, ivory butt-cap retained by a pierced shaped silver bracket, the grip bound with plaited silver wire, and original iron ramrod (sling swivels missing) 108.5cm; 42 3/4in barrel

Lot 48

A 25 BORE NORTH AFRICAN (MOROCCAN) SNAPHAUNCE GUN, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel retained by five slender moulded silver bands, decorated over almost its entire surface with gold koftgari flowers and foliage (worn), white metal back-sight, flat lock of characteristic form decorated en suite with the barrel, hardwood full stock inlaid with silver wire scrolls, a brief inscription opposite the lock, butt of pronounced form, inlaid with silver wire flowers and scrollwork, large ivory butt-cap, steel trigger-guard matching the lock and barrel, ivory fore-end cap, and original iron ramrod 112.5cm; 44 1/4in barrel The inscription probably reads `Al-Hawi`

Lot 50

**A TURKISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, 19TH CENTURY with swamped barrel swelling strongly towards the muzzle, decorated over much of its surface with chiselled scrolls retaining some silver decoration, engraved lock, carved hardwood full stock, decorated with a gilt panel of hardstones behind the breech and beneath the butt, steel mounts, and simulated ramrod 49.5cm; 19 1/2in

Lot 52

A FINE OTTOMAN BALKAN PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS, 19TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel encrusted with a gold sunburst fore-sight and with scrollwork over the breech, breech tang of shaped outline encrusted with gold linear ornament and an inscription, partly enclosed side-hammer action encrusted with further designs of gold, figured walnut full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls and small pellets over its entire surface, with a further inscription beneath the butt, steel trigger-guard decorated en suite with the barrel, hinged butt-cap decorated in gold with a trophy-of-arms, the inside of the butt hollowed for a charge and flints, horn fore-end cap, and contemporary ramrod 58.5cm; 23in The transcribed inscriptions read `amal-e parzarin adam usta` [Its maker is Adam Usta of Prizren] Prizren in Southern Kosovo was part of the Ottoman Empire until the First Balkan War (1912-1913).

Lot 54

A 22 BORE TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with three-stage sighted barrel chiselled with scrolls and foliage over the breech and median, rounded lock chiselled en suite, figured walnut full stock, carved with a panel of fine chequering over the fore-end and the butt (small chips), silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising two-piece silver side-plate each decorated with fruit and foliage, trigger-guard with foliate terminal (damaged), spurred pommel chiselled with a bouquet on the cap, and the fore-end carved in imitation of a ramrod 49.5cm; 19 1/2in

Lot 63

A STILETTO, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY AND A SILVER-MOUNTED HILT FOR A HUNTING SWORD the first with tapering blade of flattened-triangular section, silver hilt including a pair of vertically recurved quillons with grotesque mask terminals, and pommel formed as a rampant lion clasping a vacant shield; the second comprising a pair of recurved quillons chased with lionhead terminals, lionhead pommel chased with scene from the chase behind, and spirally carved ivory grip the first: 34.5cm; 13 5/8in (2)

Lot 84

A FINE SCOTTISH SILVER-HILTED PRESENTATION SWORD TO CAPTAIN ALEXANDER EWING BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & PRIVATES OF THE GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAVALRY, BY RAIT & SONS BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1868 with regulation type blade based on the 1845 pattern, etched over almost its entire surface with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage, a pineapple, trophies, a Royal crown, and the maker`s details on one side, and further designs of foliage, trophies, the presentation inscription and the owner`s crested coat-of-arms and motto on the other, silver half-basket hilt cast, pierced and chased in low relief on the outer surface with a ground of strapwork carrying bold scrolls of foliage, flowers and acorn fruit and foliage all within a beadwork frame, stamped with London hallmarks and the maker`s mark `DW` over `JW` in a square the back-strap rising to a cap pommel and each chiselled with a solid design en suite with the guard, banded ivory grip bound with plaited silver wire, in its silver-plated scabbard, engraved at the base, in the middle and at the top with designs of oak fruit and foliage, thistles and scrolls all on a hatched ground, and remaining in fine untouched condition throughout, together with his seal and grant of arms 87.5cm; 34 1/2in blade (2) The presentation inscription reads in full: `PRESENTED [ON HIS PROMOTION] TO CAPTAIN ALEXANDER EWING. OF A TROOP. QUEEN`S OWN ROYAL REGIMENT OF GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAVALRY, BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & PRIVATES UNDER HIS COMMAND IN TOKEN OF THEIR RESPECT & ATTACHMENT. 1868.` Alexander Ewing was descended from the Dunbartonshire family, the Ewings of Keppoch, and appears to have been associated with the Queen`s Own Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry from its inception in 1848: he is recorded as having signed the Oath of Allegiance immediately prior to the forming of the regiment. Ewing is said to have been born on 6th August 1810, the son of Alexander Ewing (d. 1858), and may have served in the ranks of the yeomanry for ten years before being commissioned cornet in the regiment on 11th November 1858. Promoted lieutenant on 24th April 1863, he was promoted captain on 16th April 1868 - when the men of his troop, `A` Troop, presented him with this silver-mounted sword. Ewing`s regiment received its Royal title in 1849, following a visit by Queen Victoria to Glasgow during which the regiment found the escort to the Queen. The regiment was deployed - reasonably peacefully - in Aid to the Civil Power against striking coalminers in 1856, participated in the Volunteer Review on Glasgow Green in 1861 and had one troop involved in the sham fight known as the `Battle of Pollok` in 1861. Ewing married Maria, daughter of Robert Macauley of Glenoak, County Antrim, on 3rd December 1840 and the couple had two sons, Robert and Alexander; Alexander was commissioned into his father`s yeomanry regiment as a sub-lieutenant on 1st March 1875. Alexander Ewing, senior, who was a Justice of the Peace for Glasgow and who may have been a senior partner in the corn factoring business of Ewing, Angus & Co., died on 13th March 1876 and his son resigned his commission the following year. Both Alexander Ewing`s sons moved to England late in the 19th century, owning properties in Hertfordshire and Kent, and the family ceased at that point to have any connection with Scotland. See Anon 1949 and Burke`s 1906.

Lot 85

A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO MAJOR ROBERT TORRENS BY THE NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, DRUMMERS AND PRIVATES OF THE ROYAL MARINES AT ANHOLT, BY HENRY TATHAM, SWORD CUTLER TO THE KING, DATED 1811 with curved blade double-edged towards the point and etched in imitation of Damascus steel, etched and gilt on one side with entwined fronds enclosing allegorical figures including Victory and with a pair of addorsed marine monsters at the base, the other side etched with scrolling foliage terminating in a fouled anchor, with the presentation inscription and further designs of scrolling foliage (worn, the gilding with extensive losses), gilt-brass hilt comprising flattened slightly down-turned quillon, cross-piece chiselled in imitation of bound cord, knuckle-guard with conventional foliage and cap pommel cast and chased with classical trophies on each face and a lion mask on top, ebony grip fitted with a gilt-brass ferrule en suite with the sides of the pommel, finely inlaid over its surface with leafy tendrils, and differing flowers, inset on each side with a silver plaque cast and chased with Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, and with a silver fasces running along the back-edge, in its original scabbard almost entirely encased in pierced and chased gilt brass, comprising spirally moulded chape with a pair of batwings at the top, openwork middle section decorated with oak fruit and foliage revealing blue velvet beneath (possibly restored), entwined serpents at the chape, the middle band and the locket, the latter two with a lion mask impaled by a Caduceus, the locket inscribed Anholt` on one side and with the maker`s details `Henry Tatham, Sword Cutler to the King, London` on the other, a pair of spirally moulded integral loops for a belt, complete with its original belt of blue velvet backed with morocco, the velvet embroidered with gilt oak foliage and fruit, with its gilt-brass fittings including entwined anchors and lion mask bosses en suite with the hilt and scabbard, and the brass parts remaining in fine condition throughout 79cm; 31 1/8in blade The inscription reads: `PRESENTED BY THE NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, DRUMMERS AND PRIVATES OF THE ROYAL MARINES IN GARRISON AT ANHOLT, TO THEIR GALLANT AND HUMANE COMMANDER MAJOR ROBERT TORRENS IN TOKEN OF THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS BRAVERY ON THE XXVII OF MARCH MDCCCXI, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS KIND CONSIDERATION OF THEIR INDIVIDIUAL COMFORT AND HAPPINESS. ` This sabre is one of two swords presented to Captain Robert Torrens, Royal Marines, in recognition of his services in the defence of the Baltic island of Anholt against Danish forces in March 1811 (Field, 1924, I, p. 231). While the sabre offered here was presented to him by the NCOs and men under his command, the other sword - of small-sword form, 100 guineas` value and mounted in silver-gilt by Richard Teed - was presented to him by his officers: it is now in the collections of the Royal Marines Museum, Eastney, Hampshire (2002.40), together with Torrens`s Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with clasp Anholt (1987.45). The existence of two swords presented to the same man for the same action clearly indicates that Torrens was a man who inspired considerable regard from his subordinates; posterity, however, has remembered him not as the Defender of Anholt but as a leading contributor to the science of Political Economy. Robert Torrens was an Ulsterman, born in about 1780. He was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Corps of Marines in February 1796 and promoted 1st lieutenant in November 1797, becoming a captain in the Royal Marines in July 1806. Prior to his being posted to Anholt in the Baltic, Torrens is said to have served on ships of the Channel Fleet and at Copenhagen in 1807 (Fetter, 1990; p. 546). The island of Anholt, in the Kattegat, had been captured from Denmark and occupied in May 1809, shortly afterwards being commissioned by the Royal Navy as a 50-gun ship, placed under the command of Captain James Wilkes Maurice R.N. (1775-1857) and allocated a garrison of Royal Marines. Strategically significant both for Britain`s pursuit of the Baltic trade and her blockade of Napoleon`s continental empire, Anholt was rapidly put into a state of defence against expected attempts by Denmark to recapture it; in August 1810 Torrens was posted to the island to command its Royal Marines garrison, comprising 350 infantry and 31 artillerymen. In the spring of 1811, Denmark assembled an assault force of gunboats and troop-transports, carrying approximately 1000 troops, and, before dawn on 27th March 1811, the first waves of this force attacked Anholt on two sides, the troops quickly establishing a beach-head on the southern shore while the gunboats fired on British positions. Outnumbered by the Danes, Maurice and Torrens withdrew the Marines to prepared fortified positions and signals were sent, requesting immediate assistance, to the Royal Navy`s ships Sheldrake, Tartar and Anholt. The Royal Marines` artillery fire and musketry caused heavy casualties among the Danes, who were caught in cross-fires in exposed positions, and the advent of Tartar and Anholt caused the Danish gunboats to retire, leaving the assault force unsupported and without hope of rescue. Royal Naval gunnery from the ships combined with that of the Royal Marine Artillery from Anholt`s forts to make the Danish position rapidly untenable and the forces on the northern and southern shores capitulated, having lost several senior officers among casualties of about 200. Maurice allowed the Danish reserve to re-embark but secured nearly 700 prisoners. Torrens was wounded during the action but continued to lead and inspire his men and was rewarded in April 1811 with the brevet rank of major, returning to England at about that time. The defence of Anholt was publicised as a major triumph for British arms and the island remained in British hands until the summer of 1813 (Fraser, 1930). Apart from participating in the attack on Antwerp in February 1814, Torrens saw no further active service but he remained in the Royal Marines until 1834, being given the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1819, spending the period 1823-30 on half-pay, being promoted major in the Marines in 1831 and selling out in 1834. In that period, he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and served as a Member of Parliament - for Ipswich 1826-27, Ashburton 1831-32 and Bolton 1832-34. In the last 30 years of his life he was active in promoting the colonisation of South Australia and New Zealand, particularly in relation to Irish immigrants. While his work and extensive writing as a political economist earned him fame and income, his political unorthodoxy, uncompromising manner and obvious personal ambition gained him few firm allies; he died in London in 1864. See F.W. Fetter, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 545-549; C. Field, 1924, Vol. I, pp. 226-231; E. Fraser & L.G. Carr-Laughton, 1930, Vol. I, pp. 164-176; and P. Moore 2004.

Lot 88

A FINE AND VERY RARE GRENADIER`S CAP, HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, CIRCA 1714 the body of crimson cotton velvet formed of four panels, each backed with hessian; the front panel bearing the Arms of the Honourable Artillery Company beneath a monarchical crown and above sprays of Union flowers, all in gold and silver wire embroidery, sequins and coloured threads, the three rear panels embroidered with foliate arabesques in gold wire and a Tudor rose in gold wire and coloured threads, the `little peak`, the turn-up, and the edges of the front and rear panels all edged with gold galloon, the `little peak` embroidered in gold wire with the Royal cypher of Queen Anne, monogrammed as a letter A between two letters R, with that on the dexter side reversed, the turn-up embroidered with a flaming grenade flanked by sprays of Union flowers, all in gold wire and coloured threads, the front panel and the junctions between the three rear panels internally stiffened, lacking its lining and one sequin from the portcullis in the Company`s Arms, with a tuft of gold wire formed as a flaming grenade (now separated) 30.5cm; 12in high; 25.5cm; 10in wide (around base of front panel) On 28th May 1714, a Court of the Honourable Artillery Company decided that, `for the honour and grandiour of the Artillery Company`, 24 of its members should be dressed and accoutred as grenadiers in order that they might, thus dressed, lead the Company on its `general marches` (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 232; Raikes, 1878, p. 251; Goold Walker, 1926, p. 118). This having been decided, appropriate caps, pouches and other accoutrements were ordered to be obtained for the new grenadiers and it is probable that this cap is one of those commissioned on that date. The Company had had members dressed as grenadiers since at least October 1686 (Raikes, 1878, p. 219) and a Major Seeley was chosen to be captain of grenadiers in June 1702 (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 107): it may be that the two other caps of this form that are recorded, in the National Army Museum and at Armoury House - the Headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company - both of which are taller than the example offered here, date from earlier in the reign of Queen Anne (reigned 1702-14). Ownership of the earlier caps and accoutrements of the Company`s grenadiers had been disputed in the years 1710-11 between the Company and the Lieutenancy of the City of London (HAC Court Minute Book C, pp. 193, 195, 201 and 203) and so it appears that the resolution of May 1714 was as a result of this and in order that the Company should have complete control of a stock of equipment for its grenadiers. It is recorded (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 237) that Major Shorey - who had been captain of grenadiers in 1709 - paid£50 to the Company`s Clerk so that a Mr Lambert could be given that sum towards the cost of the new grenadier caps on 7th July 1714; Mr Lambert was subsequently paid a further£58 `in full for Granadiers Caps` on 11th November 1714 (HAC Cash Book B, p. 27). By the time that the final payment was made for the caps, however, Queen Anne had died - on 1st August 1714 - and been succeeded by George I. While, theoretically, the death of the queen would have made the new caps obsolete - since they bore her Royal cypher - it is implied that the Queen Anne caps continued in use until at least 1722, albeit on rare occasions: Raikes recorded, quoting from a Court Minute of 1st June 1722, an order for the dress of the grenadiers at a review of the Company by King George I in June that year, as follows, `...the Grenadiers to wear the caps belonging to the Company, or the new ones lately made.` (Raikes, 1878, p. 268). `The new ones lately made` is probably a reference to caps made with the Royal cypher of King George, an example of which survives in the collections of the Honourable Artillery Company today, whereas `the caps belonging to the Company` probably refers to those commissioned in 1714, of which the example offered here is probably one. Its remarkably fine condition reflects the fact that it would only very rarely have been worn after 1714.

Lot 93

AN OFFICER`S HELMET, 1ST SUFFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1820-28 the skull of blackened jacked leather, in two parts sewn longitudinally, and fitted with a silver-plated metal crest of `Roman` style pierced at top-front for a plume and embossed with a Gorgon`s head at the front; the turban and rear pad of (faded) dark velvet with white metal chains, white metal peak-edging, side-strips and label embossed with the title 1ST REGT. SUFFOLK YEON. CAVALRY; white metal quatrefoil chin-scale bosses and overlapping chin-scales backed onto buff velvet and with silk ties at ends; rear tassel of fine twisted gold wire; with white metal plate at centre front, die-struck in the form of an eight-pointed star upon which is superimposed the Royal cypher GR within the Garter; the peak lined with black Russia leather; sweatband of glazed white cotton, 5 inches deep 28cm; 11in high; 28cm; 11in front-to-back This appears, like all other recorded helmets of this regiment and this type, to be a contemporary modification of the `Tarleton` helmets worn by the regiment from its formation in 1793/94 - the original bearskin crests of the earlier helmets having been removed and substituted by the `Roman` crests manifest in this and other examples circa 1820 in order to bring the regiment`s helmets up-to-date. Helmets of this form were presumably worn until the disbandment of the regiment in 1828. Carman, W.Y., Headdresses of the British Army: Yeomanry, Sutton, Surrey, 1970, p. 70; Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. LXII (1984), p. 58 and plate B.

Lot 94

AN OFFICER`S LEVEE DRESS COATEE AND EPAULETTES, BERWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1803-28 of scarlet wool, faced green and decorated overall with silver gimp forming closely packed loops on the front, quatrefoils at the slashed cuffs, edging the collar and bordering and embellishing the tails and turn-backs, with narrow silver gimp providing delicate tracery on the collar, cuffs and tails; the front bearing three lines of white metal ball-buttons, each struck centrally with a monarchical crown and by Bushby London, closing with 24 buttons and either side decorated with 23 (the top one on the left side a smaller replacement of the same style); two similar buttons at centre back; white false turn-backs edged with green and with ornaments in the form of double-sheaves of wheat in silver wire, sequins and green thread on a scarlet ground; the collar 2¾ inches high, closing with three hooks-and-eyes; epaulettes lined with white silk and with plain silver lace straps, edged with silver purl, terminating in purl-and-sequin crescents with two layers of loose silver wire bullions and with ball buttons; lined with white silk (damaged and incomplete) and with two deep pockets in the tails This coatee is reputed to have originally belonged to Captain John Spottiswoode, younger son of John Spottiswoode, Berwickshire (1780-1866), who became captain of the 3rd, or `Eagle` troop of 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 - the younger John - was appointed captain of the troop. The 3rd troop was closely identified with the Spottiswoode family, its appellation `Eagle troop` coming from its troop-specific badges - worn on the troop`s `Tarleton` helmets - which replicated the Spottiswoode family`s crest of an `eagle rising`. The troop remained in existence from 1803 until the disbandment of the regiment in 1828 and was noted for the magnificence of its uniforms and general appearance: it was noted in 1803 that the wish of the whole troop was to have the lace on its jackets like that of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, a move that necessitated the use of 28 yards of lace and which was regarded as `extravagant in the extreme` (Norman, 1963, p. 117) Literature: Norman, A.V.B., `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. Freeman, B.F.M., `Historical Records of the Border Yeomanry Regiments: No. 3. - The Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1797-1828`, Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society 1915, pp. 53-64.

Lot 96

AN OFFICER`S FULL-DRESS COATEE AND EPAULETTES, NORFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1843-49 the coatee of scarlet cloth, faced dark blue, with an upright collar 3 inches high, closing with 15 hooks-and-eyes at the front and 3 at the collar; 9 silver-plated half-domed buttons at front, with a flat brass button at waist, the half-domed buttons - by Hamburger & Co., King Street, Covent Garden - embossed with a strap-and-buckle containing the title PRINCE ALBERT`S OWN, enclosing the initials NYC and surmounted by the coronet of the Prince Consort; the plastron front formed of 9 quilted loops of ¾ inch silver lace; the cuffs bearing 3 chevrons of similar quilted lace, each centred by a regimental button, and closing with a plain button and hook-and-eye; the collar bearing 2 loops of similar quilted lace; the tails with false turn-backs of dark blue, bordered with ½ inch silver lace and with ornaments of the Prince Consort`s coronet in silver wire and crimson velvet; a white metal belt hook and two regimental buttons at centre back; the body lined in quilted light buff silk with a band of brown doeskin at the waist, the tails lined in white Melton cloth with two deep white cotton pockets, the collar lined in black silk; the epaulette straps formed of overlapping white metal scallop-cut plates lined in crimson silk and terminating in white metal crescents, with boxed bullion in silver wire, and secured by plain half-ball buttons and cloth straps faced with ½ inch silver lace; some moth and staining and some wear to the lining.

Lot 97

AN OFFICER`S POUCH AND POUCH-BELT, SABRETACHE AND WAIST-BELT WITH SABRETACHE SLINGS, NORFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1837-44 the white metal body of the pouch, 2¼ inches x 5? inches x 1 inch, covered with crimson Russia leather, the outer flap lined with crimson Russia leather, with a crimson Russia leather tongue and white metal button and covered in crimson velvet, edged with 5/8 inch silver oak-leaf lace enclosing a wreath of oak-leaves and acorns in silver wire embroidery containing the Royal cypher VR in silver wire embroidery beneath the coronet of the Prince Consort in silver and gold wire embroidery and coloured threads, with two white metal rings for attachment to the pouch belt, 2¼ inches wide, lined with crimson Russia leather, edged with crimson velvet and faced with silver oak-leaf lace, fitted with a white metal buckle, tip and slider, with one leather tongued loop for attachment to the pouch (and one absent); the sabretache pouch of crimson Russia leather lined with white buckram and with a crimson Russia leather tongue and white metal button , the flap lined with crimson Russia leather and covered in crimson velvet, edged with 2½ inch silver oak-leaf lace enclosing a wreath of oak-leaves and acorns in silver wire embroidery containing the Royal cypher VR in silver wire embroidery beneath the coronet of the Prince Consort in silver and gold wire embroidery and coloured threads; the waist-belt of crimson Russia leather 2½ inches wide, faced with silver oak-leaf lace, fitted with an gilt metal loop and oblong clasp, 2½ inches x 3 inches, the clasp having a burnished border and matted ground on which is mounted in silver the Royal cypher VR beneath a monarchical crown, above the Royal motto DIEU ET MON DROIT and flanked by sprays of oak-leaves and acorns, the belt with two white metal rings, from which depend the three sabretache slings, each 5/8 inch wide and faced with silver oak-leaf lace, adjusted with white metal buckles and terminating in leather loops; together with a metal tin for the sabretache bearing a brass plate engraved with the name: J. Brereton Esqre. Norfolk Yeoy. John Brereton of Brinton, Norfolk, (1813-61) was commissioned lieutenant in the Holt troop of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, raised and commanded by his father - William John Brereton (1787-1851) - in 1835 and remained a lieutenant in the same troop of the regiment until 1844: Harvey, J.R., Records of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry...from 1780 to 1908, London, 1908, pp. 263-293.

Lot 98

AN OFFICER`S SHAKO AND PLUME, 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1860-62 the shako body of felted beaver fur, of slight bell-top form; the top, peak and headband of patent leather; the crown encircled by a band of silver lace 2 inches wide, on which is mounted at centre front a black cord boss itself mounting a white metal ball-button embossed with a rose encircled by the title 1 WEST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY; white metal chinscale bosses in the form of roses and white metal chinscales backed onto black velvet; the white metal badge in the form of a rose, 3 inches in diameter; cap lines of gold round-cord terminating in gold acorns; interior lined in crimson silk stamped with the retailer`s name Hawkes & Co, 14 Piccadilly; buff leather sweatband, 2½ inches deep; some marking to patent leather and wear to felt. The plume of black drooping horsehair with a black horsehair tuft at its base and a white metal plume holder formed of four laurel leaves emanating from a globose corded boss 17.2cm; 6¾in high at front; 20.3cm; 8in high at back; diameter of crown 23.5cm; 9¼in Provenance Mr Gerald Shapiro A similar shako is shown in a portrait of an unidentified officer of the regiment, c.1845, facing page 222 in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XLIV (1966) and described in an article in the same journal pp. 234-236 as well as in another article in the JSAHR Vol. XVII (1938), p. 47. This shako is dated c.1860-62 on the basis that Messrs. Hawkes & Co. adopted the title given above in 1860 and the regiment is said to have adopted a bearskin cap in c.1862: Carman, W.Y., Headdresses of the British Army: Yeomanry, Sutton, Surrey, 1970, p. 80

Lot 99

AN OFFICER`S JACKET AND UNDRESS OVERALLS, 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1845-50 the jacket of dark blue cloth decorated overall with silver gimp forming loops and whorls on the front and back, Austrian knots on the cuffs and back and tracery around and on the collar; the front and collar closing with 15 hooks and eyes; with 24 white metal ball buttons at centre front, 24 half-domed buttons at each side of the front and 2 half-domed buttons to fasten the silver gimp shoulder-cords, all embossed with a rose encircled by the title 1 WEST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY; lined in quilted light buff silk with a 2½ inch band of white doe-skin at the waist, the collar lined with black silk and the sleeves with striped cream silk; one internal pocket in the left breast; each cuff closing with a single cloth-covered button; single moth hole at rear waist. The trousers of heavy Oxford mixture wool, with a trap fly, cut to flare from the knee and with reinforced cuffs and inside leg of double-thickness material, the cuffs 5? inches deep and the inside leg 3¼ inches wide at the cuff and 5 inches wide at the seat; the cuffs slashed 2 inches deep and fitted inside with four pairs of brass buttons for instep-straps (absent); with double scarlet stripes each 1? inches wide with ¼ inch between; 2 cotton waist-ties at centre-back and with brass buttons for braces at waist; the waist lined with white cotton and with two interior white cotton pockets; very slight moth; together with a pair of officer`s black leather Wellington boots, the green tops cut, by Bartley and Sons, 493 Oxford Street, London, circa 1920. A similar jacket is shown in a portrait of an unidentified officer of the regiment, c.1845, facing page 222 in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XLIV (1966) and described in an article in the same journal pp. 234-236 as well as in another article in the JSAHR Vol. XVII (1938), p. 47.

Lot 100

AN OFFICER`S POUCH AND POUCH-BELT, SABRETACHE, WAIST-BELT WITH SWORD AND SABRETACHE SLINGS AND A BARREL SASH, 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1821-60 the wooden body of the pouch, 2 inches x 4¾ inches x 1 inch, covered and lined with red Russia leather, with a red Russia leather internal flap and applied with a paper label of Hawkes Moseley & Co. (without address), the outer flap lined with red Russia leather and covered in scarlet cloth, edged with ¾ inch silver lace and applied with a white metal rose, 1¾ inches diameter, beneath a monarchical crown in gold and silver wire and coloured threads, with two white metal rings for attachment to the pouch belt, 2 inches wide, lined with scarlet cloth and faced with 1¾ inch silver lace, fitted with a white metal buckle, tip and slider and applied with a white metal boss, chains, pickers and picker-plate, with two leather tongued loops for attachment to the pouch, one button replaced; the sabretache pouch of crimson Russia leather lined with white buckram and applied inside with the paper label of Hawkes Moseley & Co., 14 Piccadilly, the flap, 13 inches x 11½ inches (base) and 8½ inches (top), covered in scarlet cloth, edged with 1? inch silver lace and applied with a white metal rose, 4 inches diameter, beneath a monarchical crown in gold and silver wire and coloured threads; the waist-belt of crimson Russia leather 1 inch wide, faced with ¾ inch silver lace, fitted with a white metal clasp formed of lions` masks linked by an S-shaped snake and with two white metal rings, 2? inches diameter, from which depend the two sword slings, each 1 inch wide and faced with ¾ inch silver lace, adjusted with white metal buckles and terminating in polished steel snap-clips, and the three sabretache slings, each 5/8 inch wide and faced with 5/8 inch silver lace, terminating in leather loops and white metal buckles; the barrel sash of crimson round cord and plaited cords and woven silver wire, the silver wire forming three groups of four barrels and one group of two, with five sliders, two acorn terminals and a toggle terminal A similar barrel sash is shown in a portrait of an unidentified officer of the regiment, c.1845, facing page 222 in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XLIV (1966) and described in an article in the same journal pp. 234-236 as well as in another article in the JSAHR Vol. XVII (1938), p. 47.

Lot 101

AN OFFICER`S JACKET, BALLYGARTH CAVALRY, CO. MEATH, CIRCA 1796-1810 of dark blue wool, faced scarlet and decorated overall with silver gimp forming loops and edging pockets on the front, tracery on the cuffs and collar and Austrian knots and tracery on the back; the front bearing three lines of white metal, half-domed, open-backed buttons, by Murphy Dublin, embossed with the Royal cypher GR beneath a monarchical crown, the front closing with 21 buttons and either side decorated with 18 (one missing from left side); shoulder cords of plaited silver gimp fastening to single buttons at the collar; single buttons closing each cuff; a pleat at centre back probably representing a contemporary reduction in size; lined in cream cotton and slightly quilted over the shoulders Provenance Mr Terence Read The Ballygarth Cavalry was raised on 31st October 1796 and commanded by Captain George Pepper, second son of Thomas Pepper MP of Ballygarth Castle (1733-1800); this jacket is ascribed by provenance to his ownership. Captain George Pepper (1775-1860) owned the estate of Mosney, Julianstown, Co. Meath, was High Sheriff of the county in 1813 and succeeded his elder brother at Ballygarth Castle in 1857. Two lieutenants were appointed to the Ballygarth Cavalry in 1803 and the regiment, which was probably never larger than a single troop, is assumed to have been disbanded by circa 1810

Lot 104

A GEORGIAN OFFICER`S SHOULDER BELT PLATE OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS a battalion company officer`s superb gilt oval plate by JOHNSON 68 St JAMES`S St, as Parkyn Figure 65, with beaded edge and mounted with the Garter Star in bright-cut white metal, the strap, also in silver, incised with the motto on blue enamel. Within the strap, St George`s Cross in red and white enamel (minimal damage to the blue enamel)

Lot 123

A SHOULDER BELT PLATE AND OTHER BADGES OF THE ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS a frosted gilt plate by Brook & Son, 87 George St, Edinburgh, mounted with St Andrew`s Cross bearing a thistle within a KC crowned oval inscribed with the Company title, the plate with four stud fixings to reverse; together with a collection of other badges including a gilt KC Field Dress bonnet-badge on green silk rosette; an identical badge, without rosette; a badge of the same style, but in white metal and with pre-1901 QVC; a large gilt metal thistle; two smaller gilt metal thistles; two gold embroidered thistles; and a green cloth shoulder-strap, with crimson velvet edging, embroidered with St Andrew`s Cross in silver, gold thistles in the angles of the cross, and QVC in the centre (a lot)

Lot 124

AN ASSORTMENT OF MILITARIA a Thistle Star, generally as Parkyn Figure 70 but with plain silver-plated rays, with gilt centre incised on a green enamel painted ground (the motto on a circlet rather than a strap as shown by Parkyn), now attached by bent wires to a plate somewhat in the style of a Waterloo shako-plate; an attractive gilt 18-flame grenade with a GR monogram within a beaded circle on the ball, now fitted to a flat brass plate; an unusual gilt brass plate, possibly for a fur cap, struck with GR monogram flanked by a trophy of arms and surmounted by a crown generally of Scottish style; 11 pairs of stitching holes for attachment; a reproduction shoulder belt plate of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, struck with devices of the 18th Regiment as Parkyn Figure 183; a replica of a soldier`s post-1908 bronze cap-badge of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry as KK 1435; and a replica of a Waterloo shako plate (6)

Lot 126

A FINE AND RARE VENETIAN PARADE SHIELD MADE FOR THE BODYGUARD OF WOLF DIETRICH VON RAITENAU, PRINCE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY of convex near circular form, constructed of two-ply wood covered with leather decorated on its front face, within an outer border of foliate chevrons and engrailing and an inner border of running foliage and flower-heads, with a pattern of foliate interlace and flowerheads all tooled and lacquered gold over silver, the ground of the main field additionally covered with translucent red lacquer, and the detail picked out throughout with red and green lacquer, the rear retaining traces of yellow-painted decoration, and fitted with a quilted leather arm-pad, a forward enarme and the remains of a rear enarme, the outer edge fitted with a screw and hook for suspension, (the leather covering showing some cracking and worm on both faces, as well as peripheral losses, the lacquering with areas of wear) 56.5cm; 22 1/4in wide This shield is one of a series made in the time of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, who ruled as Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, 1587-1612. An inventory of 1669, now in the archives of the Städtisches Museum, Salzburg, mentions 398 gilded and painted shields. Some seventy of these shields are still to be found in the Carolina-Augusteum Museum, Salzburg. When Salzburg was occupied by the Bavarian troops in 1809 a number of these shields were transferred to the main Zeughaus at Munich, and sold from there after the First World War. Other examples of this distinctive group of shields are to be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. No. 29.158.586) the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute, of Chicago, the Wallace Collection, London, the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Inv. No. N1), and Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein (cat. no. 871 & 881). Another was in the collection of Lord Astor of Hever (sold Sotheby`s, London, 5 May 1983, Lot 29). The fashion for Turkish-style arms is recorded in Europe as early as the middle years of the 16th Century. King Philip II had a `Turkish` bodyguard for his entry into Milan in 1548. The influence of Turkish taste is evident in both the style and technique of decoration of the Salzburg shields which has its origins in Turkish bookbindings of the period. During the 16th Century Venice had its own leatherworkers guild and many bookbindings as well as helmets, shields and quivers were made in this manner. For a contemporary discussion on the Venetian technique of varnishing and gilding see Leonardo Fioravanti, Compendio de` Secreti Nationali, Venice 1562 and Tommaso Garzoni, La Piazza universale di tutte le professioni del mondo, Nuovamente ristampata, posta in luce da Thomaso Garzoni da Bagnacauallo, con l`aggiunta d`alcune bellissime annotationi a discorso per discorso, Venice 1589. See E.J. Grube, 2007, pp. 231-251. Related shields of this type, but not part of the Salzburg contract are preserved in the armoury of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice (See U. Franzoi 1990, pp. 82-3). Another, set with a late 15th Century besagew in the centre and perhaps related to a group in the Correr Museum, Venice, was sold Sotheby`s, Milan, 14th October 2009, lot 1217, €17,500 (including premium).

Lot 201

A FINE SILVER GILT DAGGER, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN with tapering reinforced blade of hollow-diamond section, hollowed for the thumb on one side at the forte, silver-gilt hilt comprising a pair of slightly forward-canted compressed globular quillons chiselled with scrolling foliage and flowers, the quillon-block with a green man mask on each side, globular pommel chiselled on the front and back with a herm issuant with foliage, and on the sides with scrolling leafy tendrils and differing flowers, wire-bound grip with `Turk`s heads`, in its original scabbard covered with red fabric and with gilt locket and chape each decorated with openwork enclosed by filigree frames 44.5cm; 17 1/2in

Lot 206

A TURKISH YATAGHAN PRESENTED TO LE COMTE ALEXANDER ESTERHAZY MAJOR, MID-19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade cut with a long slender fuller along the back-edge, decorated with gold koftgari on each side including a rectangular panel filled with calligraphy, gilt beadwork hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade and continuing to around the grips (lifting), a pair of horn grip-scales rising to an eared pommel, the latter set with a single piece of coral in its original green velvet covered wooden scabbard with silver chape, and silver locket inscribed with the owner`s name 55.2cm; 21 3/4in blade Count Alexander Esterhazy was a major in the Austrian Hussar Regiment No 2, commanded by Ernst August, King of Hanover from 1847-52.

Lot 219

A PAIR OF 15 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS MADE FOR GEORGE IV, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING OF HANOVER (1762-1830), BY C.D. TANNER, KONIGL HOF RUSTMEISTER IN HANOVER, NOS. 807 & 808, CIRCA 1820 with very minor differences, with browned twist sighted barrels (pitted), inlaid with gold lines and signed in gold script on the breeches and along the rib (one with small losses and detached barrel bolt lug), engraved case-hardened breeches decorated with a hound, fitted with gold foliate plugs and numbered beneath, engraved breech tangs, engraved locks with gravity stops, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered grips, engraved steel mounts including numbered butt-plates, a pair of sling swivels, silver escutcheons engraved with the crowned Royal cypher `GRIV`, original brass-tipped ramrods (one gun with areas of pitting on the locks and mounts), and one retaining an early leather sling 80cm; 31 1/2in barrels (2)

Lot 220

AN 18 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR GEORGE IV, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING OF HANOVER (1762-1830), BY TANNER IN HANOVER, THE BARREL SIGNED STOERMER HOFRUSTMEISTER, CIRCA 1820 with browned twist octagonal barrel signed in gold over the breech and rifled with eight grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight and blued folding back-sight (pitted), case-hardened breech inlaid with gold lines and incorporating an engraved percussion bolster, engraved breech tang decorated with scrolls and flowers, engraved stepped bevelled lock signed in gold and fitted with gravity stop, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock, finely chequered grip inlaid with an engraved silver rondel, carved cheek-piece retaining its original padded velvet rest trimmed with plaited silver-gilt thread, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with pineapple finial (pitted), blued butt-plate decorated with a hound numbered `no.14`, three ramrod-pipes (pitted), silver barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, gold escutcheon engraved with the crowned Royal cypher `GRIV`, and original horn-tipped ramrod 77cm 30 1/4in barrel

Lot 223

A 16 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN MADE FOR A PRINCE OR A ROYAL DUKE, BY STÖRMER, HERZBERG, CIRCA 1830 with browned twist sighted barrels (pitted), engraved case-hardened breeches decorated with sunbursts beneath the bolsters, engraved grooved breech tang, signed engraved case-hardened locks decorated with game birds, foliage and border ornament, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved case-hardened steel mounts (areas of pitting), including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and butt-plate inscribed `no. 52`, silver escutcheon engraved with the crest of a blood Royal, and original horn-tipped ramrod 80cm; 31 1/2in barrels

Lot 224

A 25 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR A PRINCE OR A ROYAL DUKE BY TANNER IN HANOVER, CIRCA 1820 with tapering barrel rifled with eight grooves (pitted), fitted with moulded silver fore-sight and folding back-sight retained by a slender barrel band, engraved breech, engraved breech tang, signed scroll and border-engraved lock, double set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, carved cheek-piece, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard decorated with a doe on the bow and with pineapple finial (one ramrod-pipe detached), butt-plate, silver escutcheon engraved with the crest of a blood Royal, and original brass-tipped ramrod 78.7cm; 31in barrel

Lot 225

A 20 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR WILLIAM IV, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING OF HANOVER (1765-1837), BY C.D.TANNER IN HANOVER, DATED 1833 with browned twist swamped octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves, signed in gold script surrounded by scrolls of foliage over the breech and punched with the date beneath (pitted), fitted with silver fore-sight on a bed of gold inlaid thunderbolts, fully adjustable back-sight, punched with the date beneath the breech, case-hardened breech inlaid with gold scrolls, gold vent, engraved breech tang, signed engraved detented lock decorated with deer in a wooded landscape, fitted with waterproof pan and roller, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock, chequered grip, the butt with patchbox fitted with chequered sliding cover on the right and raised cheek-piece on the left, engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and butt-plate engraved `No.15` (areas of pitting), gold escutcheon engraved with the crowned Royal cypher `WIV`, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and original brass-tipped ramrod 89cm; 34 in barrel

Lot 229

A PAIR OF 16 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS WITH PATENT WATERPROOF TRIGGER LOCKS MADE FOR ERNST AUGUST, PRINCE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND TEVIOTDALE, KING OF HANOVER, BY HENRY TATHAM JUNR, 24 PALL MALL, LONDON, CIRCA 1840 each with browned twist sighted barrels signed on the flat (pitted), stamped with London proof marks beneath the breech, engraved case-hardened breeches inlaid with two platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened patent locks incorporating the trigger-guards and trigger-plates, the latter signed on elaborate scrolls, scroll-engraved hammers bedded on a slender plate reinforced with a German silver border, figured walnut half-stock cut with a panel of chequering over the fore-end, chequered `pistol` grip inlaid with a silver rondel engraved with an expanded flowerhead, raised cheek-piece, steel mounts comprising trigger-guards, butt-plates and a pair of ramrod-pipes (the rear sling swivels removed), engraved silver fore-end caps, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, gilt-brass escutcheons engraved with the crowned Royal cypher EA, and each with its original brass-tipped ramrod 76.2cm; 30in barrels (2) It would appear that this patent was not officially registered.

Lot 230

A 120 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN AIR GUN OF STRIKE-PUMP TYPE MADE FOR ERNST AUGUST, PRINCE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND TEVIOTDALE, KING OF HANOVER, BY H. L. CHEVALLIER À HANNOVER, CIRCA 1840 with two-stage sighted barrel (pitted) signed in gold letters, rounded air chamber inlaid with silver lightning bolts on top, engraved action with provision for the winder on the right, decorated with scrolls and border ornament, and inlaid with the cypher `EA` in gold beneath a chiselled crown on top, figured walnut full stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved steel trigger-guard reinforced with a piece of horn behind (small chips), engraved steel butt-plate, three pairs of white metal barrel bolt escutcheons (the steel parts pitted), horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod, and complete with its original steel crank with engraved brass knob 96cm; 37 3/4in overall

Lot 231

A FINE 20 BORE ROYAL HANOVERIAN PERCUSSION CAPE RIFLE MADE FOR ERNST AUGUST, PRINCE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND TEVIOTDALE, KING OF HANOVER, WITH PATENT ACTION BY KLAWITTER, HERZBERG, CIRCA 1830 with rebrowned twist barrels the left rifled with eight grooves and the right cut with a series of straight grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight bedded on a gold arrow, inscribed in gold `E. Angerstein Jun: a Clausthal` and `Klawitter in Herzberg`, inlaid with gold lines and a spray of foliage ahead of the breech, stamped `C.K.H.` beneath, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a fox, platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened patent box-lock action, signed in gold `Klawitter Herzberg Inv. Fec.` on the cover and decorated with the crowned Royal cypher on the tang, fitted with engraved case-hardened hammers formed as monsters with gold details, gravity stops decorated with serpents, set right trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, the latter fitted with an engraved silver foliate rondel, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox on the right fitted with engraved case-hardened trap decorated with a stag set upon by hounds, engraved blued trigger-guard decorated with a boar hunting scene, engraved butt-plate numbered `no.1234`, and decorated with foliage inhabited by a bird, a pair of blued steel sling swivels, engraved silver fore-end cap, barrel bolt escutcheons and a vacant oval escutcheon on either side of the action, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod 81cm; 32in barrels

Lot 233

A PAIR OF 18 BORE HANOVERIAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS BY C. D. TANNER, KONIGL HOFRUSTMEISTER IN HANOVER, CIRCA 1840 with twist sighted barrels signed in gold script (pitted), engraved case-hardened breeches, engraved slender breech tangs, border-engraved locks decorated with differing game vignettes, fitted with gravity stops and engraved hammers with gold details, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered grips, raised cheek-pieces, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards with pineapple finials, butt-plates numbered `no. 1227` and `no.1228` respectively, silver escutcheons engraved with a Ducal crown, a pair of ramrod-pipes (sling swivels incomplete), and each with its original wooden ramrod with German silver tip 80cm; 31 1/2in barrels (2)

Lot 237

FIVE 13 BORE D.B. BOHEMIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY LEBEDA, PRAGUE, CIRCA 1840 from a larger garniture, with twist barrels (pitted), stamped with serial numbers `4374`, `4380`, `5632`, `4394` and `4395` beneath the breeches, and with Liège proof marks, recessed percussion bolsters with drains, engraved tangs encrusted with gold bouquets and numbered `2` to `6` respectively, engraved locks fitted with gravity stops and decorated with gold en suite with the tangs (one hammer missing its upper portion), articulated front triggers, figured walnut half-stocks in the English taste moulded over the fore-ends and cut with chequering around the grips, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards engraved with the serial number and enriched with gold linear frames enclosing a standing hunter (rusted), silver escutcheons cast and chased with the crowned Ducal arms of Brunswick, and brass-tipped wooden ramrods 80cm; 31 1/2in barrels

Lot 238

A GERMAN 28 BORE NEEDLE-FIRE SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY H. BARILLA KONIGLICH. BUCHSEN. IN MAGDEBURG, CIRCA 1860 with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves (pitted), signed in silver over the breech, scroll-engraved action with rotary underlever fitted with horn knob for opening the breech, engraved action tang decorated en suite, incorporating a cocking indicator and with a brass escutcheon engraved with the owner`s monogram `W` beneath a crown, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and with patchbox on the right, the latter fitted with hinged steel cover engraved with a stag in a wooded landscape, engraved steel trigger-guard decorated with a hunter in contemporary costume, the rear portion reinforced by a piece of scrolling horn, a pair of steel sling swivels, and retaining an early leather sling 72.8cm; 28 5/8in barrel

Lot 239

A 22 BORE HANOVERIAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY STOERMER IN HERZBERG, CIRCA 1825 rebuilt from flintlock by the same maker, with browned twist sighted barrels (pitted), recessed breech inlaid with gold lines at the breech and stamped with the gold-lined maker`s mark, engraved grooved breech tang, stepped bevelled locks engraved with foliage, signed by the maker en suite with the breeches, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip (cracked and chipped ahead of the lock on the right), raised cheek-piece, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with a `W` crowned, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod 78.8cm; 31in barrels

Lot 240

AN 18 BORE D.B. NORTH GERMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY G.D. RASCH, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1830 with sighted barrels each rifled with twelve grooves (pitted), signed in a recessed panel filled with gold on the flat, engraved breeches inlaid with gold lines, engraved tang incorporating an engraved raised panel continuing from the flat, signed engraved locks decorated with foliage and game animals, fitted with gravity stops, set triggers, figured walnut half-stock carved with a hound`s head set with white shell for the eyes at the fore-end, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, patchbox with sliding cover en suite with the fore-end, horn mount comprising robust trigger-guard, and butt-plate, a pair of steel ramrod-pipes and sling swivels, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s initial `W` crowned, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod 85.7cm; 33 3/4in barrels

Lot 241

AN 18 BORE NORTH GERMAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY G. L. RASCH, CIRCA 1830 with exceptionally long twist barrels fitted with bead fore-sight (pitted), engraved breech, engraved grooved breech tang, signed engraved locks fitted with gravity stops (one hammer missing), decorated with border ornament and scrolls, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved steel mounts (rusted), including border-engraved trigger-guard, a pair of ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheon engraved with the crowned initial W, and associated brass-tipped ramrod 116.5cm; 45 7/8in barrels

Lot 242

AN 18 BORE NORTH GERMAN D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG AND DUKE IN BRUNSWICK BEVERN (1806-84) BY G. L. RASCH, CIRCA 1830 with exceptionally long twist barrels fitted with bead fore-sight (pitted), engraved breech, engraved grooved breech tang, signed engraved locks fitted with gravity stops, decorated with border ornament and scrolls, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved steel mounts (rusted), including trigger-guard decorated with a rabbit pursued by a hound (ramrod and one ramrod-pipe missing), and silver escutcheon engraved with the crowned initial `W` 114.2cm; 45in barrels Georg Ludwig Rasch is recorded in Brunswick circa 1792-1867. The gunroom of Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick included six pairs of pistols, six sporting guns and three rifles by this maker.

Lot 248

A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AND THREE SMALL GERMAN DAGGERS with straight single-edged blade cut with a broad fuller on one side, case-hardened steel hilt comprising a pair of short quillons and cap pommel, and natural staghorn grip, in its leather scabbard with a loop for suspension and complete with its accompanying knife; the second with broad single-edged blade stamped with an asterisk mark, German silver hilt stamped with the maker`s mark, the pommel formed as the Bavarian lion, and polished horn grips inset with pierced German silver plaques, in its scabbard; the third stamped `Wemmer` on the blade, steel cross-piece, and chequered horn grip, in its brass-mounted scabbard; and the fourth with slightly curved folding blade stamped with an asterisk mark, fluted German silver ferrule, and horn grip 30.5cm; 12in blade (4)

Lot 251

A .650 CALIBRE BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY REIBICHLER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1841-43 with etched twist octagonal sighted barrel in the Turkish manner, rifled with seven grooves and encrusted with silver foliage and arabesque cartouches at the breech and muzzle, the latter stamped with a silver-lined mark, engraved lock signed in a gold-lined oval recess (the upper portion of the hammer missing), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock, chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece, engraved steel bat`s wing side-plate, vestigial butt-plate, wooden trigger-guard with engraved steel finial, and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 68.5cm; 27in barrel

Lot 252

A .650 CALIBRE STYRIAN PERCUSSION COMBINED RIFLE AND BALL GUN BY DASCH A GRATZ, MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrels signed in gold over the breech, cut with seven rifle grooves and six straight grooves respectively, inlaid with gold lines at the breech, engraved tang inscribed `Gratz` in gold and with the owner`s initials `AG` beneath a Count`s coronet, fitted with folding peep-sight, signed engraved back-action locks decorated with game vignettes, the rifle barrel with set trigger, figured walnut half-stock carved with a stag in the round on the underside of the butt, engraved steel mounts, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped ramrod (the steel parts cleaned) 73.5cm; 29in barrels

Lot 253

A .550 CALIBRE BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY FACKLER IN AICHACH, MID-19TH CENTURY with signed octagonal twist sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, scroll-engraved breech tang with provision for a peep-sight, flush-fitting lock engraved with scrolling foliage (hammer spur missing), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock, chequered fore-end and grip, cheek-piece carved with a pair of chamois in a mountain landscape on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right, three-piece German silver side-plate, wooden trigger-guard with engraved steel terminal, engraved steel butt-plate, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn fore-end cap 70cm; 27 1/2in barrel

Lot 254

A .650 CALIBRE GERMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY W. OVERLACK, ESSEN, CIRCA 1770 converted from flintlock, with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the brass-lined barrelsmith`s marks, including a lion passant holding a sword, over the breech and with some silver foliage (losses, cleaned), engraved tang, signed stepped lock (rubbed), double set trigger, carved figured walnut full stock, chequered fore-end and grip each studded with brass studs, brass mounts (trigger-guard and ramrod missing) 72cm; 28 1/2in barrel

Lot 256

A .376 CALIBRE BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1850 with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in silver and decorated with linear strapwork and Greek key patterns over the breech, fitted with precision loading muzzle, scroll-engraved breech, chiselled breech tang decorated with a wolf in a gold scrolling frame and with adjustable peep-sight, chiselled lock decorated with scrolling foliage inhabited by woodland beasts and enriched with gold, the hammer en suite, double set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, carved in relief with scrolling foliage at the fore-end and the grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece carved with a doe in a wooded landscape behind on the left and patch box with chiselled steel cover decorated with a stag, chiselled steel mounts comprising side-plate with a boar confronted by a hound, butt-plate number `3853`, scrolling wooden trigger-guard with chiselled steel terminal, a pair of ramrod-pipes, a pair of sling swivels, and original brass-tipped ramrod 74.2cm; 29 1/4in barrel

Lot 258

AN 16 BORE D.B. BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1840 with etched twist sighted Liège barrels signed in gold within a silver frame, decorated with a scroll of silver foliage and key ornament at the breech, the former inhabited by a gold bird, engraved tang en suite with the breech, engraved locks fitted with gravity stops, decorated with scrolling foliage inhabited by serpents highlighted in gold and with silver birds on the tails, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, raised cheek-piece carved with foliage inhabited by a bird behind, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard decorated with a silver bird on the finial and the bow, butt-plate numbered `2940` and decorated with a silver fox, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrod 80cm; 31 1/2in barrels

Lot 260

AN 18 BORE D.B. BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1840 with sighted Liège barrels signed in silver within a linear frame, decorated with scrolls of silver foliage and key ornament at the breech, engraved breech tang, engraved locks fitted with gravity stops, figured walnut half stock, chequered grip and fore-end, raised cheek-piece carved with foliage behind, scrolling wooden trigger-guard with engraved steel finial, engraved steel butt-plate numbered `3025`, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped ramrod (sling swivels missing) 78cm; 30 3/4in barrels

Lot 261

A PAIR OF .500 CALIBRE BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUNS FOR BALL BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1835 with heavy barrels inscribed `Canon à Ruban` on the flat and fitted with German silver fore-sights (one rebrowned, the other white), engraved breeches with pierced platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened breech tangs, signed engraved locks, figured walnut half-stocks carved with foliage about the tangs, chequered fore-ends and grips, the butts with cheek-pieces carved with flowers and foliage behind on the left and patch-boxes with sliding covers on the right, scrolling wooden trigger-guards with engraved steel terminals, engraved steel butt-plates numbered `1` and `4` respectively, vacant German silver escutcheons, German barrel bolt escutcheons, and one with its brass-tipped ramrod (the other missing) 73cm; 28 3/4in barrels (2)

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