A Very Rare Cased 20-Bore Flintlock Walking-Stick GunBy Joseph Egg, London, Circa 1820With round sighted barrel painted in imitation of bamboo and with detachable brass ferrule with iron button tip, made to lock into an iron sleeve at the breech, the blued sleeve signed along the tapered top flat, engraved with foliage on a punched ground, and decorated with a sportsman shooting at a boar in a landscape accompanied by his two hounds, the barrel and sleeve each with platinum-lined touch-hole, signed border engraved flat lock decorated with a trophy on the tail and with rainproof pan, foliate engraved 'French' cock working on a link to the blued mainspring, the latter also forming the steel-spring with roller, chequered figured rounded butt with blued D-shaped trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, border engraved steel mount for the figured take-down skeleton butt with sprung lever catch, the top tang engraved with foliage and signed 'J. Egg London', silver escutcheon engraved with owner's monogram, a Baron's coronet above, and retaining some original finish: in contemporary relined and refitted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled body, G. & J.W. shot-flask with white-metal nozzle, turnscrew, and attachable walking-stick handle with replacement wooden grip, the inside of the lid with maker's trade label (damaged) for circa 1816-1835, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 77.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal CollectionChristie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 152Joseph Egg was at 1 Piccadilly (corner of Piccadilly and Haymarket) from 1814 to 1834. See Claude Blair, The Egg Family, Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.)', The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 306-353For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Single-Trigger Over-And-Under Pistols By John Manton, London, Nos. 4205 And 4206 For 1804With rebrowned twist octagonal scratch-rifled barrels, the top barrels each signed in gold along the top flat and with gold fore-sight, gold line at the rear and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy, foliage and with a starburst behind the large back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened flat locks each decorated with a small martial trophy on the tail, border engraved 'French' cocks, the top jaws numbered respectively with a foliate '1' and '2', semi-rainproof pans, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, flattened chequered figured butts, blued steel trigger-guards each serial numbered in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, gold escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (two compartments with minor repairs) with accessories including unusual brass-mounted three-way powder-flask with body covered in red leather, turnscrew, double-ended bone pan brush and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage) for circa 1798-1815, the exterior (some old bruising, old split along the back) with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest 20.7 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceField Marshal Sir Francis Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL. Almost certainly acquired from his friend and fellow collector W. Keith Neal Sotheby's London, Military Pictures, Medals, Arms & Militaria, 17 September 1992, lot 260LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1996, p. 81D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers: The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p.33The crest is that of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871) 10th Baronet of Column John, Tory Member of Parliament for Devon. The family had considerable estates at Holnicote and were created Baronets for their support of Charles IFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 48-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 6384 For 1815With browned twist octagonal sighted scratch-rifled barrels (some discolouration and minor surface rust patination) each with silver fore-sight and signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened recessed patent sloping breeches engraved with trophies and each with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with foliage involving a basket and a part martial trophy, border engraved case-hardened detented serial numbered flat locks each signed 'John Manton & Son' above 'PATENT' and decorated with a trophy and foliage, engraved V-shaped rainproof pans each with a slender platinum bar along the bottom, foliate engraved cocks, the top jaws engraved with a starburst, and signed patent steels each with pierced lip and acting against a roller, plain safety-catches, figured half-stocks (one fore-end with small repair) with chequered rounded butts and horn fore-end caps, blued steel mounts including serial numbered trigger-guards (one with some loss of finish) each decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with the Lowther crest, original brass-tipped ramrods, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in leather painted in imitation of turtleshell, original serial numbered bullet mould, combined mallet/cleaning rod with leather-faced head, and a pan brush, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1815-20, the exterior with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a circular brass escutcheon engraved with the Lowther crest 23.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumberland, house sale, Maple & Co. and Thomas Wyatt, F.V.A., 16 April 1947, probably part of lot 717 ('Eleven old guns and pistols', £220 to Neal)Literature W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967, p. 93, pl. 23W. Keith Neal, 'Pistols for Two', The Saturday Book, 1968, p.166 (illustrated)W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, pl. 404D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 43, pl.17Almost certainly made for William Lowther, 5th Viscount and 2nd Earl Lonsdale (1757-1844), son and heir of the Rev. Sir William Lowther Bt., of Swillington, Yorks. In 1788 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet, and in 1802 his cousin, the Earl of Lonsdale, in the Viscountcy and Barony of Lowther of Whitehaven. In 1807 he was himself created Earl of Lonsdale, and then a Knight of the Garter. He served as an MP between 1780 and 1802 and as an officer in the 8th Regiment of Foot, and was responsible, with the architect Sir Robert Smirke, for the creation of Lowther Castle in its pseudo-Gothic splendour, where he was a generous patron of artists and writers. However, his great passion was foxhunting - according to Robert Smirke, the painter, 'he keeps about fifty hunters'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Fine Pair Of Flintlock Silver-Mounted Over-and-Under Holster PistolsBy Joseph Heylin, Cornhill, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1760, Maker's Mark JAWith two-stage barrels slightly flared towards the muzzles, the border engraved octagonal breeches finely decorated with rococo foliate scrollwork involving martial trophies, the upper flats signed within foliated ribbons, tangs each secured by two screws and engraved with foliage against a cross-hatched ground, border engraved flat locks each signed on a rococo and foliate ribbon on the rounded tail, cocks decorated en suite, external main- and steel-springs each chiselled with foliage, moulded figured rounded butts (minor old defects) each carved in relief with shells around barrel tang, mounts comprising trigger-guards each engraved with a martial trophy on the bow, heavy spurred pommels cast and chased with flowering foliage in relief against a finely punched ground, the spurs engraved with foliage and graduated beadwork, large vacant escutcheons each with a border of flowering foliage en suite, and original silver-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm (iron parts with some light scattered pitting), London proof marks and Heylin's barrelsmith's mark (2)23 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceRobert-Jean Charles (1904-1979), Paris, March 1938 for FF 5,000 (according to a handwritten note in one barrel)W. Keith Neal Collection, P255Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 240 ExhibitedThe Game Fair, Longleat House, 1962The Art of the Armourer, Victoria and Albert Museum, 19 April - 5 May 1963, cat. no. 248 The Game Fair, Shuttleworth Old Warden Park, 27-29 July 2001LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmaker 1740-1790, 1975, p. 109, pls. 381-384Joseph Heylin, gunmaker and stonebow maker, was made free of the London Gunmaker's Company by redemption in 1757, was elected Assistant in 1773, Upper Warden in 1776, and Master in 1777. He was contractor to the East India Company, 1773-1777, to the Hudson's Bay Company, 1775-1777, and to the African Merchants Company in 1760. Also on the livery of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, his career was interrupted by bankruptcy in 1779 and he died in 1801Noted for his brass-barrelled blunderbuss-pistols, he is also the maker of a pair of flintlock silver-mounted holster pistols with solid silver barrels and lock-plates formerly in the collection of Norman Dixon and sold in these Rooms 18 April 2012, lot 318 (£51,650 including premium). For more information see Norman Dixon, Georgian Pistols... 1971; passim'Joseph Heylin, A Georgian Gunmaker 1730-1801', The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, Vol. XVII, No. 3 (March 2002), pp.155-189; and J.F. Hayward, The Art of the Gunmaker, Vol. II 1660-1830, 1963, p.203, pl.65For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 16-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Sporting Gun For The Export Market By Alexandre Carlat A St. Etienne, Provincial Silver Marks For 1819-1838With long barrel with fore-sight centred on a gilt starburst, the breech deeply chiselled with a martial trophy against a gilt ground and engraved 'Canon. Tordu' beyond, the underside of the breech stamped 'Merley Fraysse Tordu', bright border engraved tang grooved for sighting, signed flat lock engraved with a wolf in a landscape on the tail, foliate engraved cock, top jaw and steel each engraved with branches of laurel, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, the side-flat and rear of the butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and engraved silver foliage, border engraved mounts comprising winged foliate engraved side-nail plate, butt-plate with a townscape in an oval on the foliate heel tang, scroll trigger-guard with a heron in an oval between foliage on the finial and a hound in a landscape on the bow, turned rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant gold escutcheon, baluster ramrod-pipes each on a mount engraved as a double-headed eagle, and original horn-tipped ramrod, St. Etienne proof 122 cm. barrel Footnotes:An Alex Carlat is recorded in St. Etienne between 1817 and 1825. Merley-Fraysse (Fils) is also recorded in St. Etienne between 1820 and 1825The ramrod can be removed for shipping purposesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 25-Bore Flintlock D.B. Sporting GunBy Antoine Pusset Fecit A Luneville, Dated 1720With bright barrels with muzzle-ring joined to the ribs, the upper rib with silver fore-sight and signed along the rib within borders of shaped outline, the signature between panels of symmetrical strapwork against finely punched grounds, and numbered '7' in front of the widely grooved back-sight, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with a tree and with a sporting trophy on the stepped tail, bevelled cocks and steels, the former each with foliage issuing from a sea-monster's mouth, the latter each with two archer's bows within engraved borders, moulded figured half-stock (replaced during the gun's working life) carved with rocailles and foliage along the fore-end, around the tang and back of the grip, and at the rear of the cheek-piece, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a sporting trophy on the heel tang and with chiselled foliate finial en suite, trigger-guard with chiselled finial en suite and engraved with symmetrical strapwork against a finely punched ground on the border engraved bow, faceted ramrod-pipes, the rear one with central screw retaining the barrels, crowned escutcheon pierced and engraved with owner's coat-of-arms between crowned eagle supporters, a grotesque mask below, dark horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and horn-tipped ramrod 97.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:The arms are those of Leopold Charles Dominique Agapet Hyacinthe, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1679-1729). He was the son and heir of Charles IV (1624-1690) who married Princess Charlotte daughter of Phillip III, Duke of Orleans. Duke Leopold was a direct ancestor of the Hapsburg-Lorraine dynasty, owners of lot 339 in this saleFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Bohemian .577 (25-Bore) Flintlock Ormolu-Mounted Sporting RiflesBy G.E. Peter Of Carlsbad, Early 18th CenturyWith octagonal barrels each rifled with seven grooves and retaining gilt lines and punched and gilt symmetrical foliate decoration at the muzzle and breech, brass fore-sights and gilt-brass folding leaf back-sights, the latter each with chased foliate finial, scroll engraved tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively, signed flat bevelled locks each chiselled in bas-relief with a stag hunting scene in a wooded landscape involving horsemen, bevelled cocks each with a sportsman and with a sporting trophy on the top jaw, steels each with the figure of a huntress seated in a wooded landscape, moulded figured full stocks (one expertly replaced, minor bruising and old repairs) each with cheek-piece and carved overall with foliate scrolls in low relief, mounts cast and chased in relief with hunting scenes, all framed by baroque scrollwork and against finely punched grounds, comprising shaped side-plates, butt-plates engraved with a stag amid scrolls, spur trigger-guards each with a stag on the finial and a sportsman on the bow, escutcheons each with a female profile bust in an oval surmounted by Diana the Huntress, sliding patch-box-covers (one expertly replaced) each with a boar hunting scene in a landscape, engraved ramrod-pipes, adjustable set triggers, replacement sling loops, horn fore-end caps, horn-tipped ramrods, and most of their fire-gilt finish (2)72.4 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, The Visser Collection of Fine, Rare and Important Arms, Part I, 3 July 1990, lot 189Georg Enst Peter is recorded in Carlsbad, Bohemia between 1690 and 1725For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 32-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistol, And A Liège 28-Bore Percussion Officer's PistolThe First By Dabadie A Paris, The Second By Michel Berleur, Both Early 19th CenturyBoth converted from flintlock, the first with swamped part octagonal sighted barrel browned beneath and with gilt band at the muzzle and back of the breech, the latter stamped beneath with maker's mark 'D.B' in a wreath, plain tang, signed flat bevelled lock, figured full stock, butt with unusually chequered panel along each side and with ovoidal pommel, the latter with bevelled steel cap, steel spur trigger-guard with long urn-shaped finial, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set-trigger, and original ramrod with steel-capped horn tip; the second with octagonal polygroove rifled barrel inlaid with silver scrollwork on the upper flats, signed in silver along the top flat and with circular silver-lined maker's mark at the breech, foliate engraved tang with two folding leaf back-sights, flat bevelled lock with safety-catch, figured full stock (worn, old splits and slightly reduced at the muzzle) inlaid with silver wire scrollwork on the side-flat, around the barrel tang, down the back of the butt and around the ovoidal pommel, the latter with foliate engraved cap, chequered grip, border engraved steel escutcheon and trigger-guard, the former with a starburst, the latter in the French taste with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set trigger, and horn-tipped ramrod, probably original (2)22 cm. and 23.5 cm. barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss By Reddell, London, Early 19th CenturyReconverted from percussion, with plain barrel turned and belled at the muzzle and engraved 'London' at the breech, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock, figured full stock (minor old bruising), border engraved brass mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a trophy on the heel tang, vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, trigger-guard in the French fashion with pineapple finial and decorated with a flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes (one with minor damage), and later ramrod, Tower private proof marksFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock BlunderbussBy Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th CenturyWith two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'London' and stamped with Irish registration number 'D-C 1547' for Dublin City, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved rounded lock (top of cock an old replacement), figured full stock (repaired in front of the lock, patch of old bruising on one side of the butt) inlaid with silver wire scallop shell and scrollwork around the barrel tang, brass mounts comprising cast and chased trophy of arms side-plate and vacant escutcheon, border engraved butt-plate with foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with early form of acorn finial and engraved flower-head on the bow, turned brass ramrod-pipes, and later brass-mounted ramrod, private Birmingham proof marks and barrelsmith's mark, probably of Thomas Ketland 36.8 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss With Spring BayonetSigned Twigg, London, Circa 1815With two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'London' along the top flat and fitted with a folding bayonet above, border engraved tang with bayonet-catch, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock with roller, figured full stock, border engraved brass mounts comprising butt decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard (old repairs) with replaced acorn finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the bow, turned brass ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrod with iron worn, Birmingham proof marks and unidentified barrelsmith's mark 35.6 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusual Flintlock Turn-Off Blunderbuss By P. Bond, No. 45 Cornhill, London, Circa 1800With three-stage brass barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, long breech signed in full in an oval against a martial trophy on the top, integral brass tang engraved with foliage and grooved for sighting, integral border engraved brass 'lock' plate sparsely engraved with foliage on the tail and with steel safety-catch in front of the cock, brass pan, and roller, brass stock with border engraved 'side-plate' fitted with a steel belt hook and decorated with a martial trophy and a starburst, an engraved shell behind the tang, border engraved brass trigger-guard secured by screws, with acorn-shaped finial and decorated with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, and expertly replaced take-down figured wooden butt with threaded border engraved brass mount and butt-plate, the latter decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the heel tang, Tower private proof marks 16.2 cm. barrelFootnotes:Philip John Joseph Bond was free of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1781. He is recorded as Gunmaker & Sword Cutler at 45 Cornhill, London between 1794 and the year of his death in 1816This blunderbuss is one of a small group originally supplied with a turn-off pistol barrel and walking cane. For two other examples including one in the City of Hull Museum, see D.R. Baxter, Blunderbusses, 1970, p. 33, pls. 55, 56, and 57 and 58For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sergio Ramos signed 12x8 colour photo pictured lifting the European Championship trophy for Spain. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Football Alex Ferguson signed 12x8 colour photo pictured celebrating with the Premier League Trophy. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Football Tony Adams signed 12x8 colour photo pictured lifting the premier league trophy for Arsenal. Tony Alexander Adams MBE (born 10 October 1966) is an English football manager. As a player, Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both teams. In 2019 Tony Adams was named President of Rugby Football League. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Football Bryan Robson signed 12x8 colour photo pictured with Eric Cantona and the premier league trophy. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Manuel Pellegrini signed 12x8 colour photo pictured with the Premier League Trophy while manager of Manchester City. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Helton Arruda signed 12x8 colour photo pictured lifting 2011 Europa League trophy for Porto. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Alex Stepney signed 12x8 black and white photo pictured celebrating with the League championship trophy while with Manchester United. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Cricket Brian Close signed 10x8 black and white photo. Dennis Brian Close, CBE (24 February 1931 - 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles - the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Didier Drogba signed 12x8 colour photo pictured with the Champions League Trophy while with Chelsea. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Darts Gary Anderson signed 12x8 colour photo pictured holding the World Championship trophy. Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is a former BDO and WDF world number one, and a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2015 and 2016. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest darts players of all time. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
A George V hallmarked silver small twin handled trophy cup, Birmingham 1928, length 13.5cm, a similar smaller silver trophy cup, a 925 stamped hammered bowl set with turquoise coloured cabochons, a silver and velvet purse with later applied enamel decoration, and an oak card container with silver mounts inscribed 'Bridge', the two trophies and pin dish weight 5.9ozt/184g.(5).Additional InformationThe smallest trophy has a misshapen foot rim, a few surface dents and light surface scratches and is quite sprung. The larger trophy cup is in better condition with a misshapen foot rim. As detailed on the purse the enamel decoration is later, very crude and does not fit correctly. The 925 grade dish has some surface scratches to the turquoise coloured cabochons and the bridge box appears ok.
An Edward VII hallmarked silver goblet engraved 'Dunham Forest, Bernard Cassel Trophy Winner 1967', raised on a knopped stem to spreading circular foot, Birmingham 1905, height 17.25cm, approx 5ozt/156.8g.Additional InformationThe goblet has a misshapen foot so is leaning, heaving tarnishing and toning throughout, a few dents throughout as well. Hallmarks clear.
A George V hallmarked silver photograph frame with oak easel back, Birmingham 1930, height 18.5cm, and a quantity of silver plate including cutlery, a mug, shooting trophy, etc.Additional InformationThe frame easel back is slightly loose, the silver itself is rather tired, quite heavily worn, sprung throughout and of very thin gauge.
BALLROOM DANCING INTEREST; a George VI hallmarked silver Art Deco twin handled ballroom dancing trophy inscribed 'The Gwen Silvester Trophy 1939', S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Chester 1937, on black circular base, height 26.5cm, and a silver mounted cigarette box, the lid inscribed 'Maisie', William Hutton & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1901 (af) (2). Gwen Silvester and her brother Victor were well known dancers, teachers and judges performing in Blackpool amongst other venues in the mid-20th century.Additional InformationCigarette box lid sprung, does not close, heavily dented; trophy with some light scratches and general wear, base worn and tired.
JAMES WOODS & SONS; a George V hallmarked silver twin handled pedestal trophy cup inscribed 'Athy M.C & C.C' (replica) Duthie Large Cup and 'Athy 75' 1926, won by H.G. Tyrrell Smith, Birmingham 1926, height 11cm, together with three further hallmarked silver twin handled trophy cups, approx 12.3ozt/385g.Additional InformationEach heavily tarnished, scratched and with denting to each.
WALKER & HALL; a George V hallmarked silver twin handled trophy cup and cover with twin loop handles and reeded circular foot, Sheffield 1931, height 15.5cm, approx 5.15ozt/160g, mounted on an associated ebonised plinth.Additional InformationThe handles have been pushed in and compressed, the finial is slightly leaning. Heavily tarnished and toned throughout. It has an inscription 'Buxton Union Club the West Cup 1947'. It does not quite stand correctly on the base, so the base is certainly associated to the cup.
A George V hallmarked silver twin handled trophy cup with Gothic inspired decoration on spreading circular foot, the base engraved 'W. Batty & Sons Ltd. Manchester', the main body is also engraved 'Maurice Blank Trophy', London 1922, height 18cm, approx 13ozt/405.8g.Additional InformationHandle slightly misshapen although it stands true, a couple of small dents to the main body and there is a very little give to the body, surface scratches, tarnishing throughout.
REID & SON; a George V hallmarked silver twin handled pedestal trophy cup with cast hippocampus handles and engraved inscription ‘President Trophy, presented by K. Neve Esquire 1946’, London 1922, height 12.5cm, approx 9.43ozt/293g (af).Additional InformationThe trophy has been dropped and has been dented to the foot rim, also the piece has pierced around the foot rim and splits to the top rim.
SIX POWDER-FLASKS FOR SPORTNG GUNS AND TWO FOR PISTOLS, 19TH CENTURY the first of plain Britannia metal, with Dixon & Sons patent graduated nozzle and spring cut-off; the second with copper body embossed with a symmetrical design of foliage and Heath patent graduated nozzle with spring cut-off; the third with brass body embossed with a petal on each face, and Sykes patent graduated pivoting nozzle with spring cut-off; the fourth with copper body embossed with oak and vine foliage and a trophy-of-game and G. & J. W. Hawksley nozzle; the fifth with copper body embossed with a hunter taking aim and G. & J. W. Hawksley nozzle; the sixth with brass body embossed with foliage and James Dixon & Sons improved patent nozzle; the seventh smaller and matching the mast; the eighth French, embossed with a stag enclosure and the initials 'P.Q.F. Paris' and brass nozzle with spring cut-off; and the last 20th century, embossed with an American eagle the first: 18.0 cm; 7 1/8 in high (8)
AN AMERICAN PRESENTATION CIVIL WAR SWORD BY W. H. HORSTMANN & SONS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1865-70 with pipe-backed blade etched with laurel foliage, a tent, the motto 'E.Pluribus Unum', an American eagle, a US shield on a trophy-of-arms and oak foliage above the maker's details on one face and similar designs including a native American warrior on the reverse, the back-edge etched 'Iron Proof' (very small chips, patches of staining and light pitting), brass hilt comprising a pair of scrolling frontal bars joining the knuckle-guard, the latter rising to a cap pommel, decorated throughout with foliage in low relief and retaining traces of gilding, vertically fluted nickel grip, in its original steel scabbard with brass mounts boldly engraved with foliage on the front, the locket and middle-band fitted with a ring for suspension, and the latter with presentation inscription (the scabbard with areas of light pitting and patinated overall) 89.5 cm; 35 1/4 in blade The presentation inscription reads: 'Presented to Col. Geo. Gray by the Officers of the Mich. 6th Cavalry'. On 12th December 1862 the Michigan Cavalry Brigade was formed in Washington D.C. with Colonel George Gray commanding the 6th Regiment. In July the following year Gray fought with Brigadier General George A. Custer at the Battle of Gettysburg. Custer recalls the ability of Colonel Gray and the men of the 6th Cavalry in his action report: 'The 6th Michigan Cavalry rendered very good service by guarding both my right and left flank: also by supporting Battery 'M' under a very hot fire from the enemy's battery. Colonel Gray, commanding the regiment, was constantly seen wherever his presence was most needed and is deserving of special mention.'
˜A COMPOSITE GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SHORTSWORD, 19TH CENTURY with earlier robust curved blade double-edged at the point, inscribed with the spurious date '1414' and engraved with scrolls on each face at the forte, gilt-brass hilt comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons decorated with foliage and with monsterhead terminals, down-turned shell-guard decorated with a grotesque mask issuant with foliage and fruit, and finely carved ivory grip decorated with a crowned hound mask on a ground of rococo shells, a trophy-of-hunting above and a stag set upon by a hound, in its leather-covered scabbard with brass mounts 35.5 cm; 14 in blade
A FINE GERMAN ETCHED PART ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, DATED 1580, NUREMBURG comprising burgonet with one-piece skull rising to a high roped comb (showing slight delamination at its apex) and boxed to either side of it, fitted at its nape with tapering plume-holder and neck-guard of one lame at its the front with a pointed peak (cracked at its tip), struck at its left with the Nuremburg town mark and an armourer's mark, a crested close helmet in profile, and fitted at its left side with a single hinged cheek-piece (that of the right missing), collar formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest, opening at the right and hinged at the left, the lowest front plate struck with two marks en suite with those of the burgonet, fitted with an integral spaudler of six lames at the right and two (originally six) at the left; and backplate formed of a mainplate, well shaped to the shoulders and boxed at each side, stamped with two marks en suite with those of the burgonet, fitted at its lower edge with a waist lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of a single lame; decorated throughout at its main edges throughout with finely-roped inward turns and accompanying recessed borders, etched with two differing classical battle scenes on each side of the burgonet's comb, with detailed trophies-of-arms and trophies-of-hunting, cornucopia and foliage in a panel to either side of the comb, three diverging bands on the collar and the backplate and a single central band on the spaudlers, the rear plate of the collar and the backplate each including a dated scrollwork panel surmounted by an elaborate trophy-of-arms, further designs of trophies-of-arms and foliage in the borders at the main edges, the secondary edges decorated with panels of conventional foliage, all against a finely stippled previously blackened ground, and accompanied throughout by delicately engrailed borders (areas of light pitting) the burgonet 31.0 cm; 12 1/8 in high (3) The same mark appears, along with the Nuremburg town mark, on a morion acquired in Eisenach in 1889, now preserved at Hallwyl House, Stockholm. See Claudelin 1928, pp. 14-15 no. F3.
˜A COMPOSITE GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade etched and gilt on a blued panel (faded) over the lower portion with a figure beneath a canopy, a sun-in-splendour and a trophy-of-arms, the forte with Solingen 'extra fin' inscription, gilt brass hilt with down-turned shell decorated with the three fleur-de-lys within a wreath carried by a trophy-of-arms and carved ivory grip formed as a warrior head, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, locket and middle-band, the latter two each with a ring for suspension 52.7 cm; 20 3/4 in blade
CESAR: (1921-1998) César Baldaccini. French Sculptor. A leading figure of the Nouveau Réalisme movement. He is the creator of the ''César de Cinema'' trophy, which is awarded to the best in French cinema. An unusual and very attractive printed program, with the form of a drawn profile breast and pink printed covers, and to the inside, seven red printed pages with the presentation of his exhibition at the Konstmuseum, Goteborg, January-February 1969. Signed and inscribed cover, `A Flemming, Amicalement a vous, Cesar´. VG
SCULPTORS: CESAR (1921-1998) César Baldaccini. French Sculptor. A leading figure of the Nouveau Réalisme movement. He is the creator of the ''César de Cinema'' trophy, which is awarded to the best in French cinema. A boldly signed and inscribed 12mo page, `A Flemming, Amicalement, Cesar´, also dated 1969 in his hand; & HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) English Sculptor and Artist. Signed 4.5 x 3.5 card, being Moore´s personal printed visiting card. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone. VG, 2
A Victorian silver twin handled trophy cup by Edward & John Barnard, London 1862, for the 'Leamington Horticultural Society Challenge' of 1943, heavily embossed with foliage and flowers, c scroll cartouches, twin handles with masks, on a stem with lion heads and a lobed base with acanthus leaf detail, 29 cm high, weight 1225 g
A Worcester King of Prussia bulbous jug, printed in monochrome with an engraving after Robert Hancock, with half-length portrait of the King of Prussia, above Cupid with laurel wreath, trophy of arms, of drums, pikes, muskets, cannon and Fame, blowing a trumpet and three flags, inscribed with the Kings nine battle victories, marked R .H. Worcester and Josiah Holdship Anchor Rebus, 14cm high, c.1760
Football programmes, Dulwich Hamlet, a collection of approx. 500 home & away, 1980/81 onwards, many complete or near complete seasons, Isthmian League, Diadora League, Vauxhall-Opel League, London Senior Cup, F.A. Trophy, Surrey Senior Cup, F.A. Cup, some Friendly games and many other minor competitions. Approx. 150+ different opponents. (mostly vg with team changes and scores) (500 approx.)
A good Vic 1822 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword to the 45th Regiment, broad pipe back blade 31½” x 1-3/8" at the forte, by Lamprey, Dublin, etched with foliage, trophy of arms, crossed standards, battle honours in scrolls, Royal cypher, and crown over “45th Regt”, with regulation pattern gilt brass hilt with folding guard, in its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard. GC, the hilt retaining most original gilt (scabbard mounts gilt worn, leather worn and very weak just above the chape). Plate 5 £400-450
Figürliche Pendule Frankreich, um 1810/20 Auf rechteckigem Sockel und Podest mit Trophäenbündel quaderförmiges Uhrengehäuse, bekrönt von Feldherrenattributen, daneben stehende, antikisierend gekleidete männliche Figur; Emailzifferblatt mit römischen Stundenzahlen, Halbstundenschlagwerk aus Glocke, rückseitige Glasabdeckung. Bronze vergoldet. Auf Zifferblatt bez. "Lepaute a Paris". 46 x 32 x 13 cm. - Gehfähigkeit nicht überprüft. Figurenuhr, Kaminuhr, Kommodenuhr, Uhr Figurative pendule France, around 1810/20 On a rectangular base and pedestal with a trophy bundle cuboid watch case, crowned by commander's attributes, standing next to it an antique-clad male figure; enamel dial with Roman hour-markers, half-hour strike mechanism with bell, glass cover on the back. Gilded bronze. Dial marked ''Lepaute a Paris''. 46 x 32 x 13 cm. - Walking ability not tested. figure clock, mantle clock, mantle clock, watch
A SMALL JEWELLERY BOX & CONTENTS, containing; a silver heraldic badge, a silver bowling trophy, silver lockets, a silver bangle, a white metal bangle inset yellow metal leaves & blooms etc. Condition report – Thinner boxed silver bangle; a little difficult to open, a few dents, possible repairs to the edge. Round brooch dents on the back. Yellow bird, enamel in good condition, missing pin on the back, one faux pearl earring missing, butterfly wing pendant dented on the back, silver locket shield cartouche; good, floral locket; good, other locket not on chain; dented, locket on chain; good (no glass inside), bowling award; good, pierced bird badge; dented back, armorial shield badge; good, yellow metal locket; worn, pair of Maltese cross earrings; okay, basket of flowers brooch; missing part of the clasp.
MANCHESTER CITY 1966, football autographed 12 x 8 photo, a superb image depicting Manchester City's Second Division winning squad posing with their trophy during a photo-shoot at Maine Road in 1966, signed by BELL, BOOK and SUMMERBEE using a fine blue marker. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
MAN UNITED 1977, football autographed 12 x 8 photo, a superb image depicting the 1977 FA Cup winners posing with their trophy during a photo-shoot after a memorable 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley, signed by HILL, PEARSON and NICHOLL using a black marker. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
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