A 21-BORE FLEMISH FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, IN THE SPANISH TASTE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel with turned girdle, swamped muzzle, brass "spider" fore-sight, a brass-filled stamp, a dog or lion, retaining traces of original blue and the tang sheathed in brass and finely engraved with acanthus ornament, brass lock with bevelled edges, engraved with a monster coiled within scrolling acanthus, the lower half of the cock also sheathed in brass, engraved with scrolls and retained by a screw with domed head cast as an expanded flowerhead, the steel chiselled in low relief and its spring enclosed by a brass fence engraved en suite with the lock, well-figured walnut half-stock carved with acanthus mouldings in low relief, the butt fluted in the so-called Madrid fashion and fitted with brass plate engraved en suite with the barrel tang, the remaining mounts also of brass and cast in low relief, with side-plate decorated with a pierced design of acanthus scrollwork involving a pair of half-putti supporting a vacant oval, trigger-guard with pierced acanthus finial involving a pair of monsters' heads and cast with a demon mask on the bow, two faceted ramrod-pipes, escutcheon formed as an elaborate armorial cartouche with coronet, and fitted with fore-end cap of engraved brass (ramrod missing). 101.6cm; 40 7/8 in barrel
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A 29-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, CIRCA 1760 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel with maker's gold-lined stamp of Leonhard Riegel of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, decorated with a chiselled band of beadwork over the breech, rifled with seven grooves and fitted with chiselled folding back-sight, plain rounded lock, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of rococo scrollwork mouldings in low relief, including an elaborate motif about the barrel tang and the butt decorated with related designs to the rear of the cheek-piece and about the base of the comb, fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved with a flattened moulding en suite with the underside of the butt, plain gilt-brass mounts predominantly faceted and terminating in lateral fluted mouldings, solid side-plate with bevelled edges, horn fore-end cap, one sling-swivel, and iron ramrod. 63.8cm; 25 1/8 in barrel
A 21-BORE WALLOON FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE WITH EARLIER VIENNESE BARREL AND LOCK BY IACOB KOCH, CIRCA 1730 the barrel and the lock each circa 1700, the barrel formed in two stages with turned girdle, swamped muzzle with engraved gilt-brass sight and the octagonal rear section with the maker's oval stamp lined in silver (Cf. Neue Støckel 7705 and 3421 for very similar stamps), rounded lock engraved with designs of scrolling foliage inhabited by exotic birds, signed "Iacob" at the rear, "Koch" about the breast of the cock and "In Wienn" beneath the pan, the cock decorated with a monster chiselled in low relief, carved moulded figured walnut half-stock (chipped extensively above the lock), full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate including masks and figures duelling with swords, the side-plate decorated with a matching figure seated within a pierced design of monsters' head scrollwork, the trigger-guard decorated with acanthus finials and a further scrollwork design involving a monster's head, three strongly shaped faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, escutcheon cast with a classical warrior bust with mask and coronet, and horn fore-end cap (the barrel and the lock with modern blued finish, the ramrod missing). 117.5cm; 46 ¼ in barrel
A 35-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN WOLF PETER, ÖTTINGEN, CIRCA 1725-30 with heavy swamped octagonal sighted barrel cut with the maker's brass-lined stamp, JP crowned, signed "Pierre a Oetting", cut with narrow wavy linear bands over the breech, the muzzle and the tang, numbered 1, and the bore rifled with eight narrow grooves, bevelled lock engraved with border ornament en suite with the barrel and framing engraved small motifs including an architectural landscape, carved moulded figured walnut full stock, the butt flattened along its underside, with raised cheek-piece and fitted with carved moulded cover for the patch-box, full brass mounts, the butt-plate and trigger-guard each engraved with Laub und Bandelwerk ornament, the latter with chiselled acanthus finials, the side-plate decorated in a similar fashion, pierced, cast in low relief and involving a pair of griffins supporting a cartouche, three faceted ramrod-pipes, vacant escutcheon with coronet, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the stock repaired through the grip and cracked in front of the lock, the forward trigger-guard finial cracked in two places). 71.7cm; 28 ¼ in barrel
A 23-BORE SOUTH GERMAN PERCUSSION FOWLING-PIECE, CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, SIGNED L.M. NEBER A GERABRON, CIRCA 1730 with two-stage barrel signed on the breech (maker's stamp missing), turned girdle and lightly swamped barrel with brass "spider" sight, bevelled plain lock, figured walnut half-stock carved with a series of elaborate rococo scrollwork mouldings in low relief, full brass mounts of plain faceted form terminating in raised moulded bands, including three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod. 93.7cm; 36 7/8 in barrel Gerabron is the neighbouring village to Langenburg; the maker is possibly unrecorded.
A 24-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHANN WOLF PETER, ÖTTINGEN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY built on an earlier heavy swamped octagonal sighted barrel with brass-lined stamp of Friedrich Bickel (Neue Støckel 57) , the bore cut with seven grooves, bevelled lock signed "Pierre a Öttingen" and engraved with wavy linear borders (the top jaw and screw associated), carved moulded figured walnut full stock (the fore-end cracked in front of the rear ramrod-pipe), the butt with patch-box fitted with sliding cover, full iron mounts, the butt-plate tang formed as an engraved serpent, the side-plate pierced and engraved with bevelled and chamfered scrolls, the trigger-guard decorated with chiselled acanthus finials, with three faceted baluster-shaped ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod. 79.4cm; 31 ¼ in barrel
A 29-BORE BOHEMIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, built on an earlier swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with nine grooves and bearing the brass-lined maker's stamp of Adam Schnepf (Neue Støckel 1016), bevelled plain lock, walnut full stock, the grip cut with patterned chequering, the cheek-piece and the patch-box cover each inset with a small shaped plaque of contrasting horn segments, plain iron butt-plate, iron trigger-guard engraved with scrolls and a monster's head, three moulded ramrod-pipes, double set trigger, white metal escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, and original mounts for a sling (the fore-sight, nipple-protector and ramrod each missing, the stock cracked opposite the lock, the set trigger incomplete). 64.5cm; 25 3/8 in. barrel
A 24-BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY re-built from flintlock, with earlier faceted sighted barrel, the breech section and the muzzle each octagonal, rifled with four shallow grooves and the breech with brass-lined maker's stamp of J.C. Lins and inscribed "A Zeitlofs" in silver letters, plain rounded lock (the nipple-guard incomplete), figured pale walnut full stock, the butt with chequered grip and raised cheek-piece carved with an expanded flowerhead at the rear, patch-box with sliding chequered cover, plain iron mounts of shaped outline, including three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod (the fore-end with a small heavily scored area on one side, one sling-swivel missing). 73.5cm; 28 7/8 in barrel J.C. Lins is recorded working in the town of Zeitlofs in Hessen, circa 1760-1800; his stamp, a Hessen ducal crown surmounting the tiered signature J*C / Lins is not recorded by Støckel.
Coin and Stamp Covers, The Royal Family (18 including one Silver); Presentation Packs and Covers, Ordinary Issue £5 Crowns (5), £2 (3), 50p (2), Britain's New Coinage 2004; Marshall Islands The World at War 4 coin set; Silver 5oz medallion, 2006 90th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme; Monnaie de Paris, 100Fr 1994, Winston Churchill, 1Fr 1993; Alderney Concorde £5; Guernsey Silver Proof £1 1995 (unboxed); others various
Reggie Kray, a series of handwritten personal letters to Mick Archer (*25) and envelopes (7), 1990-91, from Gartree and postmarked Market Harborough, all signed Reg, or Reg Kray and in Kray's distinctive handwriting, the content advising Archer, a former fellow inmate to 'keep positive', and thanking him for his friendship and assistance (Archer is mentioned at length in Kary's 'Born Fighter' and is described as one of Kray's two best friends in Gartree) ; one letter with H.M. Prison Gartree stamps; als Carol Clerk referring to £100 sent to Archer 'with the compliments of Reg Kray'; als with prison stamp 5 May 1989 signed by Ron Kray, the rest in another's hand [lot]
Coins, Great Britain, Royal Mint, Proof Silver £5, Olympics, 2009 (4), 2010 (18 including Piedfort Countdown £5); 2012 Diamond Jubilee Gilt Silver Proof £5, boxed; Silver Proof 50p Olympics, in card holders (8); Channel Islands etc, silver proof crowns and crown sized silver medallions and silver stamp/coin covers (17); other silver Piedfort (1); Silver Proof Crowns, Revolution to Restoration (13); VE Day 0.925 silver medallion 2010 *156gm; Silver Proof Crowns, Lifetime of Service (8); Great Britain, 2001 Proof Set in plastic case as issued, no outer case; 2010 Deluxe black leather proof set; base metal commemorative crowns (*50); 2002 Queen's Golden Jubilee, coin First Day Cover album; Royal Wedding 2011 Silver Proof £5 FDC in folder no.17; USA Gold Dollar 1862, with certificate of authenticity; Miniature Gold Coins, Cook Islands $1 2008, 2009, other gold miniatures (2); Three Kings 15ct gold medallion; GB base metal £5, mostly in card as issued (10); mostly with associated Certificates; other base metal coins, medallions, covers etc [qty]
Stamps, GB+ a mixed collection of GB & channel islands with various items of world, comprising; 6 albums of covers including pre-decimal First Day Covers, definitive FDCs, Benham silks from GB, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, a collection of 40 1974 UPU anniversary covers and various other world covers; together with a loose-leaf stamp album containing world used. (good) (parcel)
Stamps GB a collection of First Day Covers; 31 Greetings stamp cover from 1989 through to 1997 including postmark varieties and some Benham silks; set of 4 Prama Label FDC bearing different postmarks; Christmas Smiler stamps 2000 on FDC postmarked for Bethlehem, Wales; together with a SS Great Britain Commemorative cover. (36 covers)
Stamps, GB a collection of 52 1st Class stamp booklets, each one being commemorative issue, the majority 4 1st class plume commorative pane or 4 standard 1st class and 2 commorative 1st class - most designs appearing in pair - 1 with cylinder number and 1 without, equating to 280 1st Class stamps, face value £176.40. (excellent) (52 booklets)
‡SNAFFLES (Charles Johnson Payne) (1884-1967) ’The Huntsman, the ‘oss loves the ‘ound but I love both’ signed in pencil, with Snaffles blind stamp printed and hand coloured 16 1/2 x 14 1/2in; a signed colour reproduction after Lionel Edwards depicting huntsman and hounds from the Essex Hunt; and two colour Prints after Lionel Edwards (Hunting Type Series) titles ‘Old Mr Barley Corn’ and ‘The Dealer Man’; four (4)
RICHARD JOSEY (1840-1906) (after James Abbott Macneil Whistler) Arrangement in Grey and Black (the artist’s mother) mezzotint engraving by Richard Josey pencil signed by both artist and engraver published by Henry Graves, July 7th 1879 with blind stamp of the FLN Print Sellers Association in lower margin Pl. 12 1/2 x 13 1/2in (31.7 x 34.3cm) A label on the reverse states that this print was presented to Mrs Swift by Frederick Warre on Thursday May 24 1888.
A Tunbridgeware rectangular stamp box, A Tunbridgeware rectangular stamp box, the lid decorated with a recumbent dog, together with another stamp box, the lid depicting a Victorian stamp, a rectangular nib box, a Tunbridgeware magnifying glass, a stickware seal and a Tunbridgeware tesserae pen (6)
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