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Lot 62
A selection of mostly late 19th/early 20th century silver-plate to include: a large coffee pot, a circular salver engraved with Vitruvian scrolls and Aesthetic style leaf and tendril decoration; an early 19th century Sheffield plated salver with pie crust edge and ?? shield engraved with armorial; one small teapot; an early 20th century brandy warmer; a two-handled trophy cup with vacant cartouches; a 3 light silver-plated candelabra (modern); a pair of 19th century silver-plated wine bottle coasters with turned wooden bases; early 20th century Jersey cream jug; a heavy silver-plated baluster-shaped tankard; other associated items.
Lot 65
Tennis interest: a George V silver trophy - H. J. Cooper & Co. Ltd., Birmingham 1933, with presentation inscription to the 'T.C.C. Lawn Tennis Club' from 'The Board of Directors of the Telegraph Condensor Co. Ltd.', 1937, weight 309g, on a bakelite base, overall height 21.5cm, the trophy with dents and creasing.
Lot 385
A George V silver twin handled trophy cup with presentation inscription "Oldham & District Golf Championship Scratch Cup Won By Frank Bamford Crompton & Royton 1933", maker William Adams Ltd, Birmingham, 1932, together with one other George VI silver trophy cup on an ebonised plith, 16.1oz. (2)
Lot 387
A Victorian silver trophy goblet with presentation inscription "Beckenham C.C. 1866-1966 Presented by The Golden Beach Golf Club", maker Mappin & Webb (John Newton Mappin & George Webb), London, 1876, together with two Norwood Golf Club twin handled trophy cups, each with presentation inscription, 12oz. (3)
Lot 4384
An Edwardian mahogany inlaid side table, demi lune and inlaid with a musical trophy and an urn, the frieze with a drawer and on square tapered legs with an undertier, H76cm x W81cm x D40cmCondition Report: In good but houseworn condition overall. There is some movement to the joints which would need some attention. The centre of the inlaid musical trophy is a little raised. The outer side of the right rear leg has some veneer loss and lifting, 5cm up from its end. The edges of the legs are worn and nicked in places. The top is level.
Lot 245
Morecambe & Wise - Legendary English Comedy Double-Act - an original 'Auntie's All Time Greats' award trophy for 'Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - Favourite Light Entertainment Performers', presented to Ernie Wise in 1996 as part of the BBC Television 60th Anniversary 1936-1996. The appearance at the awards marked Wise's final TV appearance. The trophy featuring a bronze effect figure, with a ring of fire. An engraved plaque features to the front. As owned by Ernie Wise. Generally in excellent original condition. Measures 34cm tall.
Lot 342
ASSORTED SILVER & PLATE, including large Walker & Hall silver trophy goblet, 22.5cms h on plinth, two other small silver trophies, large and small plated oval biscuit boxes, 19.5 & 17.5cms wide, plated salt and mustard, two pewter tankards (one with 'The last Drop' engraved glass base), two plated tankards, plated gobletProvenance: private collection MonmouthshireComments: general wear, some dents
Lot 171
A Greek bronze Corinthian helmet with inscriptions Circa 7th Century B.C.21cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6th October 1983, lot 383.Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired at the above sale.With a punched inscription: ΓΕΛΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΡΕΥΣ, on the cheekpieces, giving the name of the owner: 'Geliou (of Gelios) Megareos': Gelios the Megarian. For the type, see an example formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, sold at Christie's in London on 28 April 2004 (lot 68).The main reason for inscriptions on helmets are trophy related. Some Corinthian helmets were seized as spoils of war, and were then inscribed as a record of victories before being dedicated in sanctuaries such as Olympia. For an example of this, see a Corinthian helmet in the British Museum, acc. no. 1824,0407.32, which records that the people of Argos won the helmet in battle from the Corinthians and dedicated it to Zeus in his sanctuary. See also a Corinthian helmet fragment in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 01.7479, inscribed in retrograde in Laconian script 'of Olympian Zeus'. As only wealthy citizens could afford the cost of hoplite armour it would have been a symbol of the status and wealth of its owner, hence it seems natural that helmets may sometimes have have been inscribed with the owners name.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 252
George V silver twin-handled trophy cup with engraved presentation inscription 'Shanghai Volunteer Fire Brigade Prize, Presented by the Municipal Council for the Best Attendance at Fires For the Year Ending 31st July 1911, Deluge Co (No4), Won by A.Piercy', sponsor's mark of Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London 1911, 28cm high, 495g approx
Lot 646
Chinese hardwood (probably hongmu) altar table, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, the cleated rectangular top over scroll-pierced frieze raised on conforming end supports with curved X frame decoration, 152cm x 45cm x 99cm highConsigned by the same vendor as the Shanghai Fire Brigade silver trophy cup.
Lot 130
A Rococo style French mustard pot and pepper millMaison CardeilhacParis, late 19th/ early 20th century Of baluster form, each raised on a circular foot, the pepper (maker's mark Amelie Cardeilhac) with scroll handle and the mustard (maker's mark Ernest Cardeilhac) with flower finial, approx. 12 and 11cm high, together with a pair of pierced Dutch 'snowdrop' design salts with blue glass liners, Dutch axe marks, approx. 2cm high; a set of four small George V silver trophy cups, London, 1919, Charles Stuart Harris, with plain bodies and twin handles, approx. 6.5cm high (inc. handles); a hexagonal pepper and mustard, Birmingham, 1947 and 1957, Henry Clifford Davis, with spoons by the same maker, dates different, liner to mustard deficient; a Dutch openwork salt cellar with blue glass liner, sword mark; and two silver plated condiment spoons, total weighable weight approx. 13.4ozt (a lot) Condition Report: weight excludes liners, pepper mill and silver plated spoons
Lot 21
A Victorian hallmarked silver goblet trophy. The goblet having a circular plinth base with baluster form stem and an etched and repousse floral design. The goblet being inscribed as a trophy 'Highgate School, 1/2 Mile open, 1939 W.J Brighton.' Hallmarked for London 1868. Makers mark JB partially rubbed. Weight approx 248g. Measures approx 18.2cm x 8.5cm.
Lot 29
A Victorian hallmarked silver tankard and later dish. The Victorian tankard having a beaded border rising to an etched design to the body with central monogrammed cartouche and beaded rim with scrolled handle. Hallmarked for London, 1863. Makers mark CB for Charles Boyton. Stamped to base 'Kemp Bros, Union St Bristol.' The trinket dish inscribed 'The RNR Trophy for single handed cruisers presented by Captain A.L Franklin VRD.RNR 1965' Hallmarked for London, 1964. Makers mark RC. Combined weight approx 215g. Measures approx 9.5cm x 9cm / 8cm diameter.
Lot 42
Hallmarked silver napkin rings and trophy. The lot to include a pair of Edward VII silver napkin rings with foliate repousse design and central monogrammed cartouche. Hallmarked for London, 1902. Makers mark GJDF for Josiah Williams & Co (George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton). A hallmarked silver miniature trophy and further napkin ring. Combined weight approx 130g. Measures approx 5cm x 3.2cm/ 7cm x 5cm.
Lot 84
George V hallmarked silver trophy cup. The cup having a circular stepped plinth base raising to a bulbous form with scrolled handle. Inscription to the body 'John Henry Vine Hall. July 4 1911. Ronald Stanley Pile "1.6.52'. Hallmarked for Sheffield, 1933. Makers mark only partially legible. Weight approx 146g. Measures approx 9.8cm x 10.5cm x 7cm.
Lot 75
An Austrian carved walnut pipe case and clay pipe, circa 1754The foot with the Austrian eagle on the top and a martial trophy on the underside and dated '1754', the shaft with three sections depicting animals against stylised foliage, the foot with a hinged cover, the long-stemmed clay pipe with a crowned S stamp underneath the bowl, the case: 31cmFootnotes:Provenance:Acquired in 1980Literature:D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 31;S. Fellner, Die lasterhafte Panazee (1992), no. II/63Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988;Vienna, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, Die lasterhafte Panazee 500 Jahre Tabakkultur in Europa, 11 June-4 October 1992For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 34
A rare Saint-Cloud ormolu-mounted tobacco jar and cover with gold Paillon decoration, circa 1710-30Of cylindrical form with a domed cover, each moulded with flowering prunus branches and applied with fine die-stamped gold appliqués, the jar with a military trophy flanked by two landscape vignettes with classical figures and birds in flight, all between bands of foliate scrollwork motifs alternating with flowerheads, the cover with three vignettes with a putto and scattered flowers and a bird, the mounts finely tooled with birds in a scroll- and strapwork border, 14cm high (some crazing to glaze surface)Footnotes:Provenance:With Georges Lévy-Lacaze, Paris (applied paper label);Private Collection, France;Acquired in 2003 from Manuela Finaz de Villaine, ParisOnly two similarly decorated Saint-Cloud tobacco jars are recorded by (E. Manners, Gold Decoration on French, German, and Oriental Porcelain in the early 18th Century, in The French Porcelain Society Journal IV (2011), figs. 11 and 12). The first is in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; the second also has similar mounts and moulded flower sprigs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 207
A FINE FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD, PARIS, 1753 with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched and gilt with foliage, strapwork, a trophy-of-arms, a female allegory of France on a blued panel at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief against a finely matted ground with a series of spiralling panels filled with foliage, flowers and mulberry fruit, comprising shell-guard struck with Paris Maison Commune mark on the inside and a further mark, quillon with globular terminal, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard, globular pommel and solid grip decorated en suite, 82.2 cm blade
Lot 380
TWO SILVER BUTT-PLATES AND TWO SILVER TRIGGER-GUARDS FOR SPORTING GUNS, LONDON 1815, MAKER’S MARK OF MICHAEL BARNETT the first engraved with a hound putting up a game-bird on the tang; the second decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the tang, the owner’s crest, a unicorn bust erased, and the motto ‘Erectus non Elatus’ on the heel (not identified) above ‘No. 2’; the third decorated with a Britannia trophy on the bow; and the fourth decorated with a hound on the bow and with a pillar terminal at the front, the first 12.5 cm high (4) For an account Michael Barnett’s work and the attribution of his marks, see Dickens 1999, pp. 86 – 117.
Lot 390
TWO DETACHED FLINTLOCKS, THE FIRST BY H. W. MORTIMER, CIRCA 1800 the first with stepped bevelled main plate signed in block capitals beneath the pan, fitted with bevelled cock and sliding bolt safety-catch; the second for the left hand side, with flat lock plate, engraved border, the tail decorated with a trophy-of-music, signed beneath the pan (refreshed), fitted with ‘French’ cock (restored), rainproof pan and bolt safety-catch; together with a small quantity of lock elements including three steels bearing inscription ‘Manton & Son patent’, the first: 8.5 cm (qty)
Lot 394
A FINE AND RARE 10-BORE FLINTLOCK DUCK GUN BY JAMES BARBAR, LONDON, CIRCA 1755, ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE FOR WILLIAM CONSTABLE (1721-91) OF BURTON CONSTABLE with heavy swamped browned barrel retained by four sliding bolts, signed on a raised top flat drawn-out to a loop over the breech and decorated with engraved border and foliage, struck on the left with the barrelsmith's mark and London proof marks, fitted with silver fore-sight and gold-lined vent, shaped bright steel tang finely engraved with foliage, rounded lock signed in capitals beneath the pan, the interior retaining some early polish and without detent, moulded figured walnut full stock swelling and carved with rococo shell ornament behind the rear ramrod-pipe, further shells and asymmetrical foliage about the tang, finely engraved and chiselled steel mounts, comprising butt-plate engraved on the tang with a classical trophy of arms and a rococo scroll, pierced side-plate involving a scallop-shell and a baldachin carried by foliage, engraved trigger-guard with chiselled foliate finial, large chiselled vacant escutcheon surmounted by a scallop-shell, four ramrod-pipes, original horn-tipped wooden ramrod with worm, and in very good, probably unfired, condition throughout, 120.6 cm barrel ProvenanceWilliam Constable (1721-91), Burton ConstableWilliam Keith Neal Collection sold Bonhams 10th November 2005, lot 35 LiteratureW. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, pp. 88-89, 91-92, plates 246-249, described as "a magnificent example, perhaps the finest to survive, of a 1755 period best large-bore steel-mounted gun". An invoice from James Barbar of 1755/56 survives for three ‘very large bore steel mounted’ William Constable guns at £8.13.0 each. Though they are described as having a 'bolt lock' it seems likely this gun is one of them.
Lot 404
A 48 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN FOR A BOY OR A LADY BY DURS EGG, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1785-90 with rebrowned barrel formed in two-stages, fitted with silver ‘spider’ fore-sight, signed in gold letters over the breech, inlaid with two gold lines, gold lined vent and stamped with private proof marks beneath, engraved grooved tang, stepped bevelled lock engraved with flowers on the tail, signed in script beneath the gold-lined pan, fitted with engraved bevelled cock (top-jaw replaced), bolt safety-catch, semi-rainproof pan and steel spring with roller, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a Britannia trophy on the tang, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, trigger-guard with a pillar at the front and engraved with a hound on the bow, two ramrod-pipes, fore-end-cap and two sling swivels, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped ramrod with brass terminal, probably the original, 81.2 cm barrel See footnote to Lot 403.
Lot 405
A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK WILDFOWLING GUN BY DURS EGG, NO. 212, CIRCA 1800-5 with browned twist sighted barrel signed in gold letters over the breech and engraved with a star, struck beneath with London proof marks, case-hardened patent breech inlaid with two gold lines, gold-lined vent, engraved case-hardened tang decorated with foliage, engraved case-hardened flush-fitting lock decorated with border ornament, a trophy-of-music on the tail and signed in script, fitted with engraved bolt safety-catch, ‘French’ cock, gold-lined rainproof pan, patent steel with safety vent and inscribed ‘Egg Patent’, blued steel spring with roller, and the inside with much early finish, highly figured walnut half-stock, finely chequered grip, engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising butt-plate with a retrieving hound on the tang, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, blued trigger-guard with pillar forward terminal and a hound on the bow, blued fore-end cap, vacant gold escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrod with worm, probably the original, and much early finish throughout, 99.5 cm barrel ProvenanceLord Home of the HirselChristie’s South Kensington, 15th July 1994, lot 104 See footnote to Lot 403.
Lot 406
A ROYAL 22 BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOHN PROBIN, LONDON PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1809-11 with rebrowned sighted barrels signed ‘Maker to His Majesty the Prince of Wales’ in gold letters on the rib, struck with proof marks beneath, ‘narrow twisted’ and ‘Nephew to the late IP’, case-hardened breeches inlaid with a thick and thin gold line at the top and bottom and struck with the gold-lined barrelsmith’s stamps, engraved case-hardened tang decorated with foliage and a sunburst, engraved flush-fitting locks decorated with border ornament and a hound putting up a game bird on the tails, gold-lined maker’s stamps, fitted with ‘French’ cocks and gold-lined rainproof pans, figured walnut half-stock, finely chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left, engraved steel mounts retaining some early colour, comprising butt-plate decorated with a hound putting up a game bird, trigger-plate with Prince of Wales’ ostrich feather terminal, trigger-guard with a Brittania trophy on the bow, and two ramrods-pipes, silver escutcheon engraved with the Prince of Wales’ feathers issuant from a crown and motto ‘Ich Dien’, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and silver-tipped ramrod with silvered worm,, 82.4 cm barrels ProvenancePeter Dyson & Son, 1994 John Probin, nephew of the gunmaker of the same name, is recorded working in Birmingham circa 1802-17. He is recorded as an apprentice circa 1809 and by 1816 he was insolvent, a debtor in Fleet prison. For an account of the Probin Gunmaking Dynasty see Godwin, Evans and Williams 2016, pp. 14-23. The engraving is perhaps from the workshop of William Palmer.
Lot 408
A RARE D.B. 20 BORE SINGLE TRIGGER FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY CHARLES GRIERSON, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, LONDON, NO. 92, CIRCA 1800-10 with rebrowned sighted barrels signed in gold capitals on the rib, cased hardened patent breeches stamped ‘Grierson Patent’ and inlaid with gold lines, stamped with the serial number beneath, gold-lined vents, engraved grooved breech tang decorated with dense foliage, engraved flush-fitting locks decorated with a hound on the tails, sunbursts and signed in block capitals, fitted with semi-rainproof gold-lined pans and engraved ‘French’ cocks (top-jaws replaced), border-engraved steels (now separate, currently fitted with working replacements) figured half-stock, chequered grip (rubbed), the butt with raised cheek-piece, engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate, trigger-plate with pineapple terminal trigger-guard decorated with a trophy on the bow, three ramrod-pipes, two sling mounts, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 77.2 cm barrels ProvenanceDouglas B. (“Bunny”) Tubbs, 1996 The single trigger fires the left barrel first. Charles Grierson, a former workman of John Manton, is recorded at 10 New Bond Street, 1793-1841. He was Gunmaker to George III and granted English Patent No. 2566 in 1801 for his ‘Improved Taper Breech’.
Lot 414
A .300 CALIBRE NORTH AMERICAN FLINTLOCK PLAINS RIFLE, THE BARREL BY WILLIAM GARDNER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with heavy octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with silver blade fore-sight, standing back-sight, stamped with the gold-lined barrelsmith’s mark ‘William Gardner’ at the breech and inlaid with two gold lines, gold-lined vent, engraved grooved breech tang, stepped bevelled lock signed ‘Squire & Co.’ in block capitals, engraved with border ornament, a trophy-of-music on the tail, and a sunburst, fitted with engraved cock, rainproof pan, engraved steel and steel spring with roller, the inside stamped ‘WA’, close-grained figured full stock with take-down fore-end, finely chequered grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left enriched with an inlaid silver star above and a pierced silver panel beneath, and, on the right, with patch box with hinged brass cover on a skeleton mount, the cover operated by a button beneath, brass mounts comprising curved butt-plate with faceted tang (the upper terminal slightly bent, trigger-guard with faceted terminal four ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, silver vestigial side-plate, silver diamond-shaped barrel bolt escutcheons vacant silver escutcheon, some original finish, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 103.7 cm barrel
Lot 418
A FINE SMALL 90 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY PETER BARBER, NEWARK, CIRCA 1750 with turn-off cannon barrel engraved at the breech end, rounded breech numbered ‘1’ and struck with London proof marks and the maker’s mark beneath, engraved box-lock action signed within rococo scrolls carried by martial trophies on the right, with a further trophy and inscribed ‘Newark’ on the left, engraved sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, swelling figured walnut butt profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls, chased silver butt-cap decorated with a grotesque mask, engraved steel trigger-guard, and in fine condition throughout 3.0 cm, barrel ProvenanceBonhams Knightsbridge, 20th April 2011, lot 383 Peter Barber (circa 1716-67) married Sarah Marfleet, his second wife, in 1748. Their son Isaac was christened 14th September 1750 and also worked as a gunmaker in Newark.
Lot 421
˜ A FINE CASED PAIR OF 36 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY DURS EGG, NO. 1 PALL MALL COLONNADE, LONDON, NO. 823, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1816-20 each with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in gold capitals, case-hardened patent breech inlaid with a pair of gold lines and platinum-lined vent, struck beneath with the serial number and London proof marks, breech hook stamped en suite, engraved case-hardened tang incorporating back-sight, engraved flush-fitting flat lock engraved with a Britannia trophy on the tail, border ornament and a sunburst, signed in script beneath the rainproof pan, each fitted with engraved blued bolt safety-catch also locking the steel, engraved bevelled ‘French’ cock, patent steel with safety vent and blued steel spring with roller, the inside fitted with detent and numbered en suite, blued triggers, highly figured walnut half-stock, small rounded chequered butt, finely engraved blued iron mounts comprising trigger-plate with elaborate pineapple finial, trigger-guard applied with a spur and engraved with a Britannia trophy, fore-end cap decorated with a sunburst, vacant gold escutcheon engraved with the owner’s crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrod, and much original finish throughout: in original lined and fitted mahogany case, the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and escutcheon engraved with the owner’s initials ‘F.C.’, the interior with trade label and lined in green baize (small areas of wear), complete with early accessories including red leather-covered three-way flask, bullet mould and rammer, 26.0 cm barrels ProvenanceFrederick Cass (1787-1861) of Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore Hill, Edmonton, second son of William Cass (1743-1819), who inherited on the death of his childless elder brother, Charles, in 1825. William Keith Neal, no. C51. sold Christie’s, King Street, 5th November 1995, lot 325 LiteratureWilliam Keith Neal & David H. L. Back, British Gunmakers, Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment, 1760 – 1860, plate 346, pp..42-3, plate 116. A manuscript note in the case reads 'Mem: Dec.r 15th 1826. Mr. Durs Egg, told me that these Pistols loaded with the small charge of Powder, would carry a ball 50 yds. & upwards, sufficiently strong to kill, & if loaded with two full charges of Powder, would do execution at 200 yds. & if more powder was used 300 yds. When shot is used instead of Ball put in about the weight of a Ball & a half to the usual charge of powder.'
Lot 422
˜ A FINE CASED PAIR OF 32 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY DURS EGG, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790 with browned twist octagonal swamped sighted barrels signed in script along the top flats, breeches fitted with back-sights and engraved with a band of foliage behind, gold-lined vents, stamped beneath with proof marks, German silver fore-sights, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliage, engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks decorated with border ornament, a Brittania trophy on the tail, and signed in scripted beneath the pans, fitted with engraved blued safety-catches, engraved bevelled cocks and blued steel springs, the interiors fitted with detents and retaining much early blued and burnished finish, blued adjustable set triggers, highly figured walnut stocks, 'pineapple' chequered butts (light bruising), engraved blued steel mounts comprising pear-shaped butt-caps engraved with a flowerhead, trigger-plates with pineapple finials, large trigger-guards with a Britannia trophy on the bows, horn fore-end caps, early horn-tipped ramrods, one with steel worm, probably the original, much original finish throughout, perhaps unused: in contemporary fitted mahogany case, the lid exterior with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, the interior with trade label for 1827-31, lined in green baize (some old repairs, one compartment lid replaced, ring handles missing), 25.2 cm barrels ProvenanceDr. Robert Rabett, sold Bonhams Knightsbridge, 30th November 2011, lot 554 ExhibitedThe Craft Of The Gunmaker 1640-1870 (cat. no. 28) Durs Egg, the son of the gunmaker Leonz, was born in Switzerland in 1748. After a short stay in Paris he came to London and worked for John Twigg at 132 Strand. He was gunmaker to George IV and the Duke of York. He became blind in 1822 and died in 1831. A silver-mounted breech-loading Ferguson rifle by this maker is preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. A pair of silver-mounted flintlock sporting guns by Durs Egg, marked for 1789 and made for Frederick, Prince of Baden (1756-1817) were sold in this room, 4th December 2012, lot 415. For a full account of the Egg family see Blair 1973, pp. 266-299 and 305-353.
Lot 424
A 20 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED LONG FLINTLOCK PRESENTATION PISTOL BY H.W. MORTIMER, LONDON, MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1803, MAKER'S MARK OF JOSEPH BUNNEY with three-stage barrel inlaid with a spiralling design of two alternating patterns of foliage over its forward half, a series of celestial motifs enclosing a scroll inscribed 'London, Gunmaker to His Majesty' at the median, an elaborate spray of silver flowers over the full length of the breech, (rubbed), fitted with silver 'spider' foresight, gold-lined vent and much blued finish, stepped bevelled lock inlaid with silver, decorated en suite with the barrel and incorporating the maker's signature on a scroll, fitted with bolt safety-catch, gold-lined pan, and steel spring with roller, figured walnut full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire and chased silver plaques, involving an elaborate design of scrolling tendrils filled with cornucopiae, celestial motifs and pierced trophies-of-music (the inlay with expert restorations), chased full silver mounts comprising spurred pommel with chased spiral cap of characteristic form and engraved with the owner’s name in Arabic, solid side-plate decorated with a Britannia trophy, trigger-guard with pineapple finial and a Britannia trophy on the bow, two engraved ramrod-pipes, and vacant shield-shaped escutcheon (light wear throughout, ramrod replaced), 37.7 cm barrel ProvenanceW. Graham Lewis, formerly on loan to the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (1971-2001)Sold Sotheby’s Olympia, 7th December 2001, lot 265 Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) specialised in repeating pistols and gold-mounted guns for the Eastern market. The Morning Herald of 20th August 1784 advertised “For the Inspection of the Curious, just finished, Three Pair of Elegant Pistols, mounted in solid gold value 547£ intended as a present to a foreign Prince”. In 1801-2 he made gold mounted firearms set with diamonds for U.S. Government as presents for Bey of Tunis. The auction of stock by Harvey Walklate Junior in 1816 included ‘2 cases of grand ornamented pistols with their stocks, locks and barrels richly inlaid with gold and silver ornaments’. The Arabic inscription reads ‘S. Hussein’.
Lot 425
A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK OVER-AND-UNDER OFFICER’S PISTOL WITH DETACHABLE SKELETON SHOULDER STOCK BY STAUDENMAYER, LONDON, NO. 1224, CIRCA 1810 with browned tapering sighted barrels signed on the upper flat and engraved with a band of foliage at the breeches, platinum-lined vents, engraved breech tang fitted with standing back-sight and decorated with a trophy-of-music, stepped bevelled locks engraved with foliage on the tails and a sunburst, fitted with sliding bolt safety-catches, 'French' cocks decorated en suite (top-jaws and screws replaced), semi-rainproof pans, and steel springs with rollers, highly figured walnut half-stock with finely chequered butt, engraved blued spurred trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-music on the bow, vacant silver escutcheon, engraved steel escutcheon for the shoulder stock, and swivel ramrod, together with figured walnut skeleton stock, with engraved blued spring-catch and mount, signed on the top ' Staudenmayer, London', 20.0 cm barrels ProvenanceWilliam Keith Neal, sold Christie's 8th November, 1995, lot 264. The Christie's catalogue records an accompanying note by Neal that states 'this pistol belonged to Richard Preston, K.C. (1769-1852 ) of Leigh House, Chulmleigh, Devon , through the Cole family to an A. Cole from whom the pistols was purchased for £9'. LiteratureRichard Akehurst, The World of Guns, 1972, p. 21.Shaun Brown, Samuel Staudenmayer, Gun Maker, Cockspur Street, London, in, The Canadian Society of Arms Collecting, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2002, p. 92 Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, Gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and Duke of York, apprenticed to John Manton and is recorded at Cockspur Street circa 1802-25.
Lot 426
A 21 BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK CARRIAGE PISTOL BY JACKSON MORTIMER & SON, CIRCA 1813-16 with browned twist sighted barrels signed in gothic script on the rib, engraved breech decorated with a sunburst, inlaid with gold lines, platinum vents and struck beneath with proof marks, engraved breech tang decorated with a further starburst, foliage and grooved for sighting, flush-fitting flat locks engraved with foliage, border ornament and signed in script, fitted with rainproof pans, bevelled ‘French’ cocks decorated en suite, sliding bolt safety-catches, and steel springs with rollers, figured walnut half stock, chequered butt, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-plate with pineapple finial, trigger-guard decorated with a Brittania trophy on the bow, and ramrod-pipe, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and some early finish (later ramrod), 20.6 cm barrels ProvenancePrivately acquired from the estate of the late John Hoath, June 2009. LiteratureH. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers·1753 – 1923, 1998, p. 79 and pl. 116. Jackson Mortimer (1762-1834) used the marking ‘Mortimer & Son, St. James’s Street’ circa 1811-22. He was appointed Gunmaker Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales, on 8th July 1811 though he seems to have failed to take advantage of the appointment’s full commercial potential as reference to it on extant firearms is apparently unrecorded. See Munson 1998, p. 149, 152.
Lot 450
A CASED PAIR OF 15-BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS BY HAMPTON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1815-20 with re-browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, engraved tangs decorated with foliage, signed engraved stepped bevelled locks decorated with border ornament, foliage on the tail and a sunburst behind the semi-rainproof pans, steel springs with rollers (one cock replaced one top-jaw missing), figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts (minor bruising), steel mounts comprising trigger-guards with pineapple finials and engraved bows decorated with scrollwork, belt hooks, moulded ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrods with iron worms, probably original (steel parts with areas of wear and pitting): in a later lined and fitted case with a modern copper flask embossed with a trophy-of-arms, 20.6 cm barrels (2) Probably by Thomas Hampton (active 1807, died 1824) recorded in Birmingham at Love Street (1807-17) and Legge Street (1818-24) as 'Manufacture of arms to His Majesty's Honourable Board of Ordnance, and of all kinds of fine fowling pieces, guns & pistols for exportation'.
Lot 477
AN 18 BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL BY ISAAC SMITH, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1750 converted from flintlock, with brass barrel formed in two stages, signed in a frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech and struck with proof marks on the left, signed border-engraved rounded lock, full stock (cracked through and repaired), brass mounts including spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trophy-of-arms side-plate, trigger-guard with acorn finial of early form, vacant escutcheon, and a pair of moulded ramrod pipes, 20.4 cm barrel
Lot 214
A 19th Century Percussion Single Barrel Big Game Rifle by William Powell & Son, Birmingham, .52 calibre, numbered 6427, the 77cm octagonal russet steel barrel with signed 'Trophy Rib' set with seven graduated hinged leaf sights centred by platinum lines and marked from '2' to '8', and forward of them are gold one inch calibration marks from '9' to '20', with Birmingham proof marks, blued steel breech block with platinum plug, foliate engraved and signed blued steel lock plate, hammer, slide safety, adapted trigger guard with exaggerated angle, the figured walnut half stock (restocked) with finely chequered fore-end, semi-pistol grip, two sling rings, and foliate engraved blued steel butt plate, 119cm, in a brass bound mahogany case, the hinged cover with inset brass ring carrying handle centred by the engraved monogram WP, the green baize lined interior fitted with accessories including a copper powder flask by G & J W Hawksley with embossed netting decoration, a brass powder measure with lignum vitae handle, a horn encased nipple pricker, a turnscrew, a japanned cap tin and a brass tipped wood ramrod, together with a letter from William Powell & Son dated September 7th 1984, regarding its restorationFootnote: - It is thought that Powells know of only one other example of this rifle made by them, and is believed to be in the USA Action works strongly, holds at full and half cock. Restocked, and with a later commissioned blued steel trigger guard. There are small nicks to the extremities on the barrel with areas of minor pitting. The hinged cover of the case has a horizontal split.There is some moth damage to the baize lining.
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