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*Burma. An album of approx. 100 gelatin silver prints showing official events during the first two months after gaining independence of 4th January 1948, incl. views of the hoisting of the Burmese flag and lowering of the British flag, exchange of ratification of Anglo-Burmese treaty, the President's luncheon party for the foreign envoys attending independence celebrations, presentation of an Austin to the Prime Minister by the Hon. Arthur Henderson, cocktail party at the British Embassy gardens, the laying of the foundation stone of the independence Memorial, Governor and President taking the salute, a British Embassy party, plus views of the British Embassy house at Belmont, all neatly arranged with titles in white throughout, contemp. cloth, oblong folio This album appears to have been compiled by the British Ambassador's wife Elizabeth, who arrived with her husband James in Rangoon in November 1947. (1)

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*China. An album of 119 (of 120) gelatin silver prints, early 20th century, incl. images of the Temple of Heaven, the Throne Hall in the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Winter Palace, the Great Wall of China, Drum Tower street life, monuments and temples, etc., each approx. 6.5 x 11 cm, typed titles to verso, corner-mounted with printed and numbered captions beneath, contemp. cloth with tied spine, oblong narrow folio (1)

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*China. An album of black and white snapshots of China, 1st January 1927 to May 1928 (so titled and dated on upper cover), comprising approx. thirty-five gelatin silver prints, incl. pictures of HMS Argus in Shanghai, view of Bund, Shanghai, Nanking Road, racecourse, Nanking Road at night, a photograph of the Pride of Detroit (on its round-the-world flight), a biplane taking off in the Whang Poo, flying over Shanhai, a Chinese wedding band and a Chinese funeral, weighing rice, Wu Sung Fort, HMS Hawkins and an aerial view of Port Edward, some slight creasing, etc., mostly corner-mounted (some with adhesive hinges), all identified in white lettering, contemp. stiff wrappers, worn, oblong small folio (1)

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*Girl Guides. An assorted group of photos. of Girl Guides, c. 1920s and later, incl. two albums of gelatin silver prints of Girl Guide camps at Mablethorpe, Brixham, Combe Martin, Berrow, Hastings, East Runton, Robin Hood's Bay, the snapshots arranged in two albums, mostly unidentified group shots and views, plus a related album and loose photos., plus other misc. 20th-century photography interest incl. buses, dogs and entertainers, many of the latter with facs. signatures (a carton)

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*Great Britain. A group of thirty albumen print and gelatin silver print views, late 19th and early 20th c., mostly loose with some on mounts back to back, places include Brighton, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Southsea, Jersey, etc., approx. 20 x 28 cm, and smaller (30)

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*Hong Kong & Ceylon. An album of albumen print and platinum print photos. and snapshots, c. 1900, including two larger format view of Hong Kong, a Chinese junk, six views of Ceylon, plus six views of Suez and Port Said, all approx. 20 x 26 cm, corner mounted, plus fourteen platinum and gelatin silver print photos. of Shanghai and Foo-Chow, plus ten other photos. pasted-in of Hong Kong, etc., contemp. Japanese style canvas over boards, a little corner wear, oblong folio (1)

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*Iran. A large archive of gelatin silver prints of Abadan taken by W.P. Coldrick, a worker at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Ltd., c. 1947-50, incl. good quality port. photos. of tribesmen, local people and children, good quality tourist photographs of his travels around Iran, plus images connected with the oil refinery and connected institutes and workshops, a large number of photos. identified and dated in pencil to versos, incl. some duplicates, various sizes, some mounted and some partially included in albums, over 400 images in total, plus a group of approx. 40 contemp. printed pamphlets and maps, mostly relating to the A.I.O.C. (a carton)

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*Kings Norton Metal Company Limited. War Extensions (Kings Norton), so titled on upper cover, c. 1916, an album of twelve mounted gelatin silver prints of a munitions factory by H. J. Whitlock & Sons Ltd., including three exterior views of the factory and the remainder showing workers and machinery, titles in the image include 303 Case Shop, Lebel Bullet Shop, Views Shop, Lebel Cartridge Case Shop, Mill and Tool Room, images 24 x 35 cm, contemp. linen-backed card folders with manuscript title and ink library stamp to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (1)

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*Man (Felix H., 1893-1985). Paul Nash, Oxford, c. 1944, vintage gelatin silver print of Nash in his studio holding one of his landscape posters, unfurled, photographer's signature, ink stamp and pencil notes to verso, 19.5 x 23.5 cm (1)

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*Man (Felix H., 1893-1985). Oskar Kokoschka in Vienna, 1930, vintage gelatin silver print showing Kokoschka standing full length in check suit adjusting an oil painting on an easel, slight horizontal crease, author's signature, title and date (in black felt tip), and inkstamp and monograms to verso, 21 x 16 cm (1)

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*Man (Felix H., 1893-1985). Graham Sutherland viewing his "Northampton Crucifixion" through a Claude mirror, 1946, vintage gelatin silver print pasted on card with photographer's autograph identification and inkstamps to verso, a little surface rubbing and three small brown spots to photo. surface, 20 x 25 cm (1)

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*Man (Felix H., 1893-1985). Marc Chagall and Graham Sutherland in conversation, 1949 & 1950, two gelatin silver prints, the earlier showing Sutherland with right hand raising smoking and talking to Chagall, Man's autograph identification to verso, copyright stamp, a few minor surface marks, 12.5 x 19.5 cm, the later showing Chagall smiling and with hands raised talking to Sutherland in sunglasses, photographer's signature and identification with inkstamp and monogram to verso, 12.5 x 18 cm (2)

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*Man (Felix H., 1893-1985). Le Corbusier in his Paris office, 1949, vintage gelatin silver print showing Le Corbusier seated with an angle-poise table lamp shining on the "Modulor" on his wall, photographer's autographs and title plus inkstamp to verso, 25 x 17 cm (1)

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*Maritime. An album of maritime photographs and cuttings, including three gelatin silver photos. of the Schooner yachts 'Westward' and 'Cicely' by Beken of Cowes, and another of 'Westward' by Kirk of Cowes, each approx. 285 x 235 mm, plus a quantity of others including original and published photos. of various sailing vessels and crews, all contained in cloth covered album (1)

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*Misc. Photography. An assorted collection of albumen prints, gelatin silver prints, etc., late 19th and 20th c., including cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, portraits, views, church interiors, etc. (a carton)

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*Misc. photography. A large assorted group of thirty photo. albums, c. 1910s/50s, all comprising amateur gelatin silver and other roll film prints, mostly British views and families, some with captions, various bindings and sizes (approx. 30)

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*Paris Exhibition 1900. An album containing approx. sixty good quality gelatin silver prints, of views of the Paris Exhibition, 1900, together with approx. 150 misc. similar quality, but mostly later, gelatin silver prints of Netherlands, Edinburgh, London, Scotland, etc., all neatly arranged but wholly unidentified throughout, mostly postcard size or similar, old cloth, oblong folio (1)

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*Galsworthy (John, 1867-1933). A group of four autograph letters signed, 13th December 1907, to 28th July 1910, the first two to St. John Hankin and the last two to Mrs. Hankin, the first thanking them for their offer, 'But we are off next week to the South of France for a month's quiet, in a little untouched place, where I hope to be able to work. You shall have the new play to read when I come back, on condition that you [?] to my comments on your new play. I will not suffer you to be immune', initialled, two pages, 8vo, the second thanking him 'for standing up for "the silver box" in the Academy in so delightful a mood', continuing by defending the fact that he has seen a lot of contemporary British drama and regretting that he has not seen a play of his, giving his reasons for doing so and hoping to be at the first night of 'The Prodigal', signed John Galsworthy, three pages, 8vo, the last two also signed in full, one page, 4to (4)

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*Stamps. A small pocket album of various loosely inserted stamps, including a Cape of Good Hope 1855 triangular, printed in mauve, three groups of four unused 1934 Australia stamps (3d, 9d 1/-), and a 1935 George V Silver Jubilee 2/- unused Australian stamp, two Maltese over-printed self-Government stamps (2/6 & 5/-), some 1960s and 70s unused British definitives and anniversary issues, etc. (1)

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Henry Moore Foundation. Henry Moore Bibliography, 1898-1991, 5 vols., 1992-4, num. b & w illusts, orig. navy cloth lettered in silver, folio. As new (5)

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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY DURS EGG, CIRCA 1790 with rebrowned twist barrels, fitted with silver fore-sight, signed in gold and inlaid with a pair of gold lines at the breech, engraved case-hardened breech tang with groove back-sight, signed engraved stepped locks fitted with small rollers, figured walnut half-stock carved with a raised moulding interrupted by a bouquet behind the breech tang, cut with a pattern of trellis chequering over the grip, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard decorated with a hound in pursuit of water fowl, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (the steel parts patinated) 85.8cm; 33Nin barrels

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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY MORTIMER & SON, ST JAMES'S ST, LONDON, CIRCA 1815 with rebrowned twist barrels fitted with silver fore-sight, engraved case-hardened patent breeches stamped with platinum-lined maker's stamp and inlaid with platinum lines, platinum lined vents, finely engraved case-hardened breech tang, signed engraved case-hardened locks decorated with border ornament and partridge on the tails, engraved 'French' cocks, rainproof pans and rollers (the steels with removable modern faces), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip (one side with a repaired crack), engraved blued trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and with pineapple finial, engraved rear ramrod-pipe en suite, engraved reblued butt-plate, vacant silver escutcheon, and associated brass-tipped wooden ramrod 76.4cm; 30Bin barrels

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A FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN SIGNED BISSELL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1825 with rebrowned sighted three-stage barrel, case-hardened breech inlaid with a pair of gold-lines, platinum-lined vent, signed stepped lock engraved with scrollwork, fitted with rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, carved cheek-piece, engraved trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms, vacant silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (butt-plate patinated) 82.2cm; 31Gin barrel

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A FLINTLOCK LARGE BORE SPORTING RIFLE, SIGNED MORTIMER BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with rebrowned octagonal twist sighted barrel rifled with nine narrow grooves, signed stepped lock fitted with roller, engraved with water fowl on the tail, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial, engraved steel butt-plate decorated en suite with the lock, horn fore-end cap, vacant silver escutcheon, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod 68.5cm; 27in barrel

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AN AMERICAN PERCUSSION PLAINS RIFLE, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight on a brass bed, inscribed 'Wm Seaton' over the breech and fitted with drum percussion bolster, plain slender breech tang, border-engraved back-action lock engraved with game birds (hammer associated), double set trigger, figured hardwood half-stock, applied with numerous engraved silver plaques, including moon masks, a sunburst, a Federal Eagle, a fish and a tomahawk, the butt fitted with later so-called 'coffee-grinder' for black powder on the right, brass mounts comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheon, and silver -fore-end cap (later ramrod) 95.4cm; 37Kin barrel

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AN AMERICAN PERCUSSION PLAINS RIFLE, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with octagonal barrel rifled with seven narrow grooves and lightly inscribed with a pair of initials over the breech (perhaps JH, now rubbed), imported lock stamped 'Warranted' and engraved with a turkey, highly figured full stock applied with shaped silver plaques, engraved brass skeleton patchbox-cover, small scrolling side-plate, moulded brass trigger-guard, butt-plate and ramrod-pipes, plain brass fore-end cap, and associated brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the barrel and lock worn, the stock with minor bruising and scratches) 102.2cm; 40Din barrel

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A PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY BURNAND, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, CIRCA 1850with signed sighted twist barrel formed with a very short flat, engraved case-hardened breech and breech tang, signed scroll-engraved lock, figured walnut half-stock with chequered fore-end and grip, engraved steel trigger-guard and butt-plate, vacant silver escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the stock with light bruising) 76cm; 29Pin barrel

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A FINE PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY BY BOUTET DIRECTEUR ARTISTE A VERSAILLES NO. 51, ROUEN SILVER MARKS FOR 1798-1808, MAKERS MARK, IN A DIAMOND THE INITIALS IM BENEATH A FIVE-POINTED STAR with sighted barrels formed in two stages and cut with micro-groove rifled bores, struck with the mark of Jean Nicolas Leclerc (Neue Stockel 3741) and a further mark beneath the breeches, and with the maker's name 'Boutet' within a rectangle on each side of the sighting flat above, decorated at the muzzles with a band of gold foliage carrying fouled anchors, and over the breeches with a large panel filled with martial trophies, the sterns of two ships, a globe, cresents, a trident, garlands and palmette, all in gold against a finely matted ground (the barrels rebrowned, the gold with losses), engraved case-hardened breech tangs decorated with neo-classical foliage and incorporating the back-sight, bevelled locks signed 'Boutet Directeur Artiste' and 'Manufre ... Versailles' respectively (the cocks expertly replaced), gold-lined pans, set triggers, figured walnut half-stocks, finely chequered butts carved with a band of scale ornament and a demi-flower at the base on each side (small bruises), full silver mounts cast and chased in high relief, comprising trigger-guards decorated with the stern of a ship on the bow, the finial formed as a neoclassical urn with an anchor at the base and filled with a bouquet of sea-shells, butt-caps decorated with a fouled anchor issuant from a laurel wreath fore and aft, decorated with a pair of addorsed marine monsters on each side, all against a finely punched 'fish-roe' ground, two-piece scalloped side-plates, retaining much gilt wash throughout, and with no provision for a ramrod44.7cm; 17Kin (2) The use of Naval and Maritime subjects on the barrel and mounts and the high quality of these pistols would suggest that these were made for presentation to a Senior Naval Officer. A pair of pistols by the same maker, with similarly decorated barrels and with very similar silver mounts struck with Paris silver marks and the same maker's mark as the present pistols were presented by Napoleon to Captain Coronado in 1802. A further pair of pistols by Boutet also with similar barrels and very similar silver mounts struck with Rouen mark for the same period were sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 1st April, 2004 lot 258 (£28,680).

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A PAIR OF IRISH FLINTLOCK OFFICERS PISTOLS BY GEORGE TURNER, 154 CAPEL STREET, DUBLIN circa 1820 with browned twist sighted barrels signed in full on a long flat, stamped with Dublin census marks, case-hardened breeches inlaid with two pairs of gold lines, platinum vents, finely engraved case-hardened breech tangs fitted with standing back-sights, signed engraved stepped case-hardened locks with rainproof pans, rollers, and engraved pierced cocks (the top-jaws and screws each replaced), figured walnut half-stocks (one fore-end cracked), saw-handled chequered butts, engraved blued steel mounts including spurred trigger-guards with pineapple finials, silver fore-end caps, vacant silver escutcheons, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods (the ramrod-pipes each repaired): in their original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (the case lid with minor cracks, small chips and losses, the lining with areas of moth and wear) 35.5cm; 14in

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A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY PETER 2 GANDON, LONDON, CIRCA 1750 each with swamped two-stage barrel inscribed 'London' over the breech and engraved with a band of foliage, engraved breech tang, signed engraved lock (one steel, top-jaw and screw missing, one steel detached), figured walnut full stock carved with a raised moulding about the barrel tang (one fore-end extensively chipped, the other stock with a small chip behind the lock), iron trigger-guard with acanthus finial, silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, including scrolling side-plate and grotesque mask butt-cap, and iron-capped wooden ramrod (the iron parts patinated, one ramrod replaced) 31cm; 12Din (2)Peter 2 Gandon was made Free of the Gunmaker's company 1736 and registered his mark in 1742. He is recorded as a gunmaker on Bond Street 1742-45 and became bankrupt in 1754.

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A FLINTLOCK MUFF PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with turn-off barrel, box-lock action engraved with trophies, fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, chequered walnut butt fitted with engraved silver cap (chipped), and border-engraved trigger-guard (the steel parts reblued) 11.8cm; 4Kin

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A FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL, SIGNED G. SMART, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 with turn-off barrel, engraved box-lock action signed on trophies-of-arms, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel (top-jaw and screw replaced), folding trigger, flat-sided walnut butt, and vacant silver escutcheon 15.5cm; 6Bin

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A SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with three-stage barrel formed with a slightly flared muzzle, fluted breech, engraved with a symmetrical pattern of foliage over the median (the muzzle worn), rounded lock signed 'IO:Shiels' and engraved with wrigglework around the border, the cock engraved en suite and formed with a pierced rosette behind the comb, silver 'button' trigger, steel full stock engraved with wrigglework and foliage, ram's horn butt inset with an oval silver plaque on each side, one engraved with the owner's initials, slender iron belt hook with pierced bracket, and silver pricker en suite with the trigger (ramrod missing, engraving worn throughout) 31.5cm; 12Gin

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A FINE PAIR OF GERMAN PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY J. ADAM KUCHENREUTER IN REGENSBURG, CIRCA 1850 with etched twist octagonal sighted barrels signed in gold script surrounded by silver scrollwork and stamped with silver-lined maker's mark, scroll-engraved breeches and breech tangs, the latter each fitted with adjustable back-sight, scroll-engraved locks each fitted with gravity-stops, decorated with trophies-of-war and differing scenes of cavalrymen, the hammers each engraved with a J"ger vignette, set triggers, highly figured walnut half-stocks carved with scrollwork about the tangs and over the fore-ends, fluted butts carved en suite (one cracked through and repaired), scroll-engraved steel mounts en suite with the breech tangs, comprising flush-fitting side-plates of shaped outline, spurred trigger-guards, and butt-caps, and vacant white metal escutcheons: in original fitted case lined in plum velvet, and retaining almost their entire compliment of original accessories including mainspring clamp, nipple key and cut-glass oil bottle (powder-flask and turnscrew missing) 40cm; 15Nin Johann Adam Kuchenreuter (1794-1869) was gunmaker to the Princes von Thurn und Taxis.

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**A PAIR OF PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS BY EDWARD LONDON, 51 LONDON WALL, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels with swivel ramrods, engraved case-hardened breeches with platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened breech tangs fitted with adjustable back-sights, scroll-engraved case-hardened bolted side-hammer actions, finely chequered figured walnut butts, engraved case-hardened steel mounts including butt-caps with traps, and trigger-guards, blued steel belt hooks, and vacant silver escutcheons: in their original oak fitted case lined in green baize, the lid with trade label for 1828-1872, and complete with bullet mould, three-way flask and wad cutter 26.5cm; 10Gin

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A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOL, LIEGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal sighted barrel inscribed 'Canon ... Rubans' in a gold frame (worn), border-engraved back-action lock inscribed '... Paris' in gold, set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, the grip carved with a series of flowerheads, engraved white metal spurred trigger-guard, German silver fore-end cap and pommel cap each cast and chased in high relief with a lion's mask and a grotesque respectively, and with no provision for a ramrod 40.5cm; 16in

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A D.B. OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION PISTOL BY SAMUEL NOCK, LONDON, NO. 7518, CIRCA 1835 with sighted barrels, the upper inscribed 'London' and the lower carrying a swivel ramrod beneath, signed scroll-engraved breech tang fitted with standing back-sight, scroll-engraved box-lock action fitted with bolt safety-catches on each side, scroll-engraved hammers, finely chequered figured walnut butt fitted with scroll-engraved steel butt-cap with trap, vacant silver escutcheon, and scroll-engraved trigger-guard 21.5cm; 8Iin Samuel Nock was Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.

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A COLT MODEL 1849 NEW YORK PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 97561 FOR 1854 of standard production specifications, with 4in barrel, matching numbers throughout, and the back-strap and trigger-guard each retaining traces of original silver-plated finish (worn) 22.2cm; 8Nin

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A .31 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON PERCUSSION POCKET REVOLVER PRESENTED 'BY THE INVENTOR TO SAMUEL WEAKLEY' NO. 6170 FOR 1855, DATED 1859 with 5in blued barrel with two line London address, engraved blued cylinder, case-hardened frame, silver-plated brass back-strap inscribed 'Samuel Weakley from The Inventor 1859', silver-plated brass trigger-guard, figured walnut grips, with matching numbers, and retaining some original finish and silver-plating throughout: in its fitted oak case lined in blue velvet, the lid applied with loading instructions and complete with blued nipple wrench and copper flask by James Dixon & Sons (lid escutcheon missing)24.7cm; 9Nin

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**A SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER BY GEO. & JNO.DEANE, 30 KING WILLIAM ST, LONDON, CIRCA 1846-51 with scroll-engraved case-hardened fluted barrel group, case-hardened self-cocking action signed within a frame of scrollwork on the left, and finely engraved with a panel of scrollwork on the right, engraved case-hardened bar-hammer, engraved sliding safety-catch, engraved trigger-guard, finely chequered walnut butt fitted with scroll-engraved butt-cap with trap, vacant silver escutcheon, and retaining traces of original finish throughout: in its original brass bound mahogany fitted case lined in green baize, the lid applied with trade label for 30 King William Street (one small tear), and complete with copper Sykes patent flask and nipple key 22.5cm; 8Pin George and John Deane were appointed gunmakers to Prince Albert in 1848 and exhibited an electroplated silver revolving pistol at the Great Exhibition in 1851. They were succeeded at the same address by Deane Adams & Deane. See H.L. Blackmore 1986, p.80. ++ `

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**A FINE TURKISH JADE-HILTED KARD, 18TH CENTURY with single-edged watered blade (the point chipped), moulded copper-gilt ferrule, mottled green jade grip set with a red garnet in a raised silver moulding on the pommel, and in its original velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large gold mounts, comprising chape with bud-shaped finial and locket with a single loop for suspension 34.5cm; 13Kin See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.306, fig.225, p.167, fig.117

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AN INDIAN AXE, 18TH CENTURY with engraved brass head, the forward portion pierced with foliage and fitted with crescentic axe-blade, the rear portion formed as a pair of adorsed tiger heads, iron leaf-shaped central spike, iron haft formed in three stages, retaining traces of silver foliage, engraved brass basal cap incorporating a concealed stiletto 57.5cm; 22Nin Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour.

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**A JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, LATE EDO PERIOD with octagonal sighted barrel strongly moulded vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with raised silver lines, brass-lined iron pan fitted with brass cover and fence, brass lock and match-holder, cherrywood full stock overlaid with a large brass plaque formed as a pair of bamboos under the lock, a pair of engraved brass birds and a further plaque beneath the ramrod-pipe, the butt applied with engraved brass flowers and a mounted warrior on each side, brass trigger-guard, button trigger, and later wooden ramrod 100cm; 39Gin barrel See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.400 fig. 285a.

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**A JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, LATE EDO PERIODwith octagonal russet-iron barrel formed with a moulded muzzle decorated with raised silver lines, standing fore-sight and back-sight, decorated with engraved silver scenes from traditional pastoral life incorporating a crane and a turtle at the median and the breech inlaid with a silver moon, the pan with brass fence and pivot-cover, plain brass lock, cherrywood full stock decorated with brass chrysanthemum plaques at the barrel pins, and the butt inset with further copper and brass plaques (fore-end cracked on one side, five plaques and ramrod all missing) 103.2cm; 40Kin barrel

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AN INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN, 18TH CENTURY with tapering sighted russet iron barrel decorated in gold with panels of flowerheads and cartouches filled with exotic animals over its surface and retained by four silver wire bands (replaced), iron pan with pivot-cover, gold-encrusted trigger en suite with the breech and muzzle, figured hardwood full stock inlaid with bone panels over the butt, and applied with a finely chiselled scaley fish in silver on each side of the action (ramrod missing) 116.5cm; 45Pin barrel

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AN ALGERIAN SILVER-MOUNTED TOE-LOCK MUSKET, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with engraved barrel retained by five silver bands repous,e with scrollwork, fitted with silver back-sight and with a further band of silver over the breech, iron lock inset with chased silver panels, cut with a brief numeric inscription beneath the cock (possibly including the date 1259 A.H. for circa 1843/44), retaining its embroidered silk hand-guard, figured hardwood three-quarter stock inlaid with a running pattern of silver foliage enriched with coral leaves over its full surface, three engraved silver flowerhead side-nail washers, engraved brass butt-plate inlaid with coral en suite, and wooden ramrod with large silver tip matching the barrel bands 92.4cm; 36Gin barrel

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**A TOE-LOCK MUSKET, TUNISIAN OR ALGERIAN, 19TH CENTURY with sighted long slender octagonal barrel profusely decorated over its entire length with panels of silver koftgari ornament and retained by four brass bands embossed with bouquets, engraved iron lock faced with brass and fitted with toe safety-catch, full stock entirely encased in panels of sheet brass embossed and chased with elaborate patterns of scrolling flowers over their full surface, iron ramrod, and no provision for a trigger-guard 132cm; 52in barrel

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**A TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLED CARBINE, 18TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrel retained by a single slender engraved silver band, bud-shaped muzzle, chiselled with a cartouche moulding behind the muzzle and over the breech, the latter incorporating a standing back-sight, the tang overlaid with a large engraved silver plaque, iron lock applied with an engraved silver plaque on the bridle, the steel inlaid with a crescent in silver (worn, losses), figured hardwood full stock, faceted butt decorated with shaped bone plaques and enriched with brass rondels and nails, bone fore-end cap, and associated iron ramrod; ANOTHER, LATE 18TH CENTURY, with etched twist octagonal sighted barrel retained by two brass bands, rifled with seven narrow grooves, chiselled with a cartouche overlaid with silver behind the muzzle and over the breech, the latter stamped with two marks and incorporating a standing back-sight, plain tang surrounded by an engraved brass plaque, iron lock overlaid with silver and struck with a mark, ebonised full stock, carved faceted butt, overlaid under the lock and over the butt with pierced brass plaques engraved with foliage, and horn fore-end cap (ramrod replaced) the first: 61cm; 24in barrel (2) See A.C. Tirri 2003, pp.115-116, figs. 68 & 68a.

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**A TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with etched twist barrel rifled with seven narrow grooves, encrusted with gold foliage and scrollwork over the muzzle and breech, gold-encrusted standing back-sight and retained by numerous pierced repouss,e silver bands, gold-encrusted iron lock, hardwood full stock, the fore-end almost entirely covered with silver-gilt repouss,e plaques, faceted butt covered with fabric, and iron ramrod 89.5cm; 35Din barrel

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**A NORTH AFRICAN (KABYLE) SNAPHAUNCE GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering multi-staged barrel moulded at the muzzle and retained by numerous chased silver bands, iron lock, wooden full stock, the butt overlaid with a large chased nielloed plaque on each side and enriched with silver beadwork set with a large coloured paste opposite the lock, and original iron ramrod 126.4cm; 49Nin See A.C. Tirr 2003, p.22, fig. 5.

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**A TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel, the muzzle encased with a repous,e silver sheath, engraved rounded stock, applied with a large silver beadwork plaque over the spine of the butt and incorporating nielloed panels, spurred silver pommel cast with foliage in high relief on a nielloed ground, iron trigger-guard and iron ramrod 51cm; 20in See A.C.Tirri 2003, p.125, fig.78.

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A RARE GERMAN HUNTING SWORD INCORPORATING A TURKISH 17TH CENTURY BLADE AND MOUNTS, MID-18TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged at the point, etched with an inscription within a shallow fuller on one side, silver ferrule decorated with a scrolled cartouche on a stippled ground, finely carved ivory hilt decorated with rococo scalloped ornament in high relief, rising to a pierced pommel formed of a series of scrolls and scrolling tendrils (small age cracks), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard complete with large Turkish 17th Century silver chape chased with a pattern of flowers and foliage on a punched ground, and German locket complete with a scallop-shaped button for suspension 52.6cm; 20N in bladeThe inscriptions on the blade are from the Qur'an, Surah al-Ikhlas (CXII) and Surah al-Saff (LXI), parts of 13. The relatively crude style of the inscription are commensurate with an early date of manufacture.

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A SILVER-MOUNTED SCABBARD FOR A HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1750 of brown leather, with silver chape, middle-band and locket each chased with foliage, the latter decorated with a phoenix within a frame of scrolls, and with a pair of suspension rings, and two further scabbards for hunting swords, each 18th century (one missing its chape) the first: 61.2cm; 24Bin

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A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET CIRCA 1760 with European colichemarde blade retaining traces of engraved scrollwork at the forte, iron hilt including boatshell-guard, a pair of straight quillons with globular terminals, kunckle-guard, and globular pommel, decorated throughout with gold inlaid flowers and foliage, the guard incorporating two stylised palaces on the outer face, retaining traces of its original blued finish, and original grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband (the gold with losses) 85cm; 33Iin bladeThe hilt belongs to a well-known group made by an unidentified workshop in North India for export to Europe. See A.V. B. Norman 1980, p.348.

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A COMPOSITE SILVER-HILTED SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1723 MAKER'S MARK GW with curved fullered blade of regulation type double-edged towards the tip, silver small-sword hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard of unequal size, near rectangular knuckle-guard, and globular pommel, decorated throughout with panels of conventional flowers and foliage, and retaining its original grip bound with silver wire 74.5cm; 29Gin blade

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THE BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD OF CAPTAIN COLIN MACKAY OF BIGHOUSE, COMMANDER OF THE GRENADIER COMPANY OF THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE 78TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, BY R. JOHNSTON, 68 ST JAMES'S ST, LONDON, CIRCA 1805 with double-edged German blade stamped 'Gebruder Fabrikanten in Solingen' within a very slender near full-length fuller on each side, gilt-brass basket-hilt formed in two halves, comprising flattened bars carrying an alternating arrangement of rectangular and square panels, short scrolling quillon, the forward panel applied with a flaming grenade in silver, fluted bun-shaped pommel (gilding worn, polished), original wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its original leather scabbard with engraved gilt-brass mounts, the locket inscribed with the maker's details, and retaining much gilding throughout 81cm; 31Pin blade On loan to the National War Museum of Scotland 1932-2005, inv. no. L1932-150. Literature Brian Robson, Swords of the British Army, the Regulation Patterns, 1788-1914, London 1996, pp.178-9, illustrated. The maker is recorded at this address circa 1798-1838.

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THE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHAMSHIR PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN COLIN MACKAY OF BIGHOUSE BY MOHAMMED ALI PASHA OF EGYPT IN 1807 FOLLOWING HIS COMMAND OF THE GRENADIER COMPANY OF THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE 78TH REGIMENT OF FOOT AT EL HAMET IN 1807 with curved watered blade double-edged over the last third, encrusted with a gold cyrillic inscription along the back-edge, and further inscriptions within a rectangular panel and a cartouche on one side, stamped with the bladesmith's signature towards the hilt and inlaid with gold linear ornament, silver cross-piece engraved with a flowerhead in the centre, formed with a pair of straight quillons with bud-shaped terminals, moulded silver back-strap, and a pair of horn grip-scales (small cracks), in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts including locket and chape each engraved with flowers and border ornament en suite with the hilt, the latter stamped with a silver mark (rubbed), and the silver parts retaining traces of gilding throughout 82cm; 32D8in bladeOn loan to the National War Museum of Scotland 1932-2005, inv. no. L1932-151. The inscriptions include Qur'an, Surah al-Talaq (LXV), parts of 3; Surah Hud (XI), parts of 56 and Surah al-Naml (XXVII), 30.

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A FIELD OFFICER'S SCARLET COAT, CIRCA 1770-75 with blue facings, silver lace and epaulettes (bullions missing, in relic condition throughout), together with matching buff white waistcoat (worn) (3)

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A SCOTTISH COW HORN POWDER-FLASK MOUNTED IN UNMARKED SILVER COLOURED METAL, 19TH CENTURY with natural body, silver mounts comprising hinged moulded trap at the base with a raised band of thistle foliage framing a large quartz plaque stained in imitation of agate, tapering nozzle with cutt-off, a slender band incised with stylised foliage and carrying a suspension ring, and the basal cap fitted with a further suspension ring (cap missing, mounts rubbed) 29.2cm; 11Iin

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A RARE GERMAN BUTT RESERVOIR AIRGUN BY JOHAN ADAM STRAUB A BIBRICH, DATED 1757 with two-stage barrel fitted with silver fore-sight formed as a crouching bird, chiselled girdle inlaid with gold tassels, octagonal breech signed 'ES*HAT*MICH*GE*MACHT*JOHAN* ADAM*STRAUB*' and inlaid with a reclining classical figure, perhaps Fidelity, ahead of the back-sight, the breech overlaid with an engraved brass panel decorated with a further classical figure, breech tang overlaid with an engraved brass panel, dated lock inscribed 'a Bibrich' and fitted with dummy flintlock mechanism, moulded figured walnut half-stock carved with foliage about the barrel tang, engraved gilt-brass mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a hunting scene, trigger-guard engraved with a crowned scrolling serpent and butt-plate incorporating a trap-cover for the reservoir, horn fore-end cap, and original wooden ramrod (the stock worn, the ramrod tip missing) 104.8cm; 41Din barrel

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