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RAMSEY ALF: (1920-1999) English Footballer and Manager of the English national football team 1963-74 with whom he won the World Cup in 1966. Signed First Day Cover commemorating England's victory in the 1966 World Cup and featuring several colour images of the Jules Rimet trophy etc. Post marked at Wembley, 1st June 1966. Signed by Ramsey in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with a First Day Cover commemorating England World Cup heroes and the winners of 1966 signed by Geoff Hurst, a member of the World Cup winning team of 1966. VG, 2

MOORE BOBBY: (1941-1993) English Footballer, Captain of the England World Cup winning team, 1966. Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 6 photograph of Moore in a three quarter length pose jubilantly holding the Jules Rimet trophy and surrounded by other members of the England football team following their victory in the 1966 World Cup final. Signed in blue ink to a clear area at the head of the image. About EX

ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A selection of signed pieces, cards, multiple signed First Day Cover, signed colour photographs etc., by various members of the England World Cup football squad of 1970 (some of them winners of the Jules Rimet trophy in 1966) comprising Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters, Alan Ball, Norman Hunter, Peter Bonetti, Alan Mullery, Terry Cooper, Brian Labone, Francis Lee and Tommy Wright. All have been matted in red and white alongside each other and with a replica white England football jersey and official printed 8vo programme for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico at the centre. Framed and glazed in a black and silver coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 43 x 33. VG

PELE: (1940- ) Brazilian Footballer. Signed First Day Cover, an official Football Association Commemorative Cover issued for the World Cup, Mexico 1970, and featuring a colour image honouring England as winners of the Jules Rimet trophy in 1966. Post marked 7th June 1970. Signed by Pele with his scarcer full signature ('Edson Pele') in blue ink to a clear area. VG

An oak and silver plated Presentation Trophy - Cambridge District - Rules and Regulations Competition - engraved with a Railway Signal 1955 to 1968 - presented by J. Bonham-Carter Trophy measures - 34 cm x 28 cm

A silver twin handle Trophy cup by Mappin and Webb - Hallmarked London 1912 -13 - Hight 20 cm - Weight approx. 16.4 troy oz - presentation and recipient engraved Condition report: Knocks, scratches, wear, tarnishing

A twin handle Trophy cup by Walker and Hall - Hallmarked Sheffiled 1913 -14 - Height 23 cm - Weight approx. 15.8 troy oz - presentation and recipient engraved Condition report: Knocks, wear, scratches and tarnishing

A silver twin handle Trophy cup - Hallmarked Sheffield 1932 - 33 - maker James, Dixon and Son - Height 16.5 cm - Weight approx 22.2 troy oz - presentation engraved Condition report: Tarnishing and scratches

Four silver Trophy cups - Total weight approx. 22.5 troy oz Condition report: One broken

An Impressive twin handled lidded silver Trophy Cup - London 1909/10 - maker B B S Ltd - engraved ACME SAFFTY AWARD - presented by Acme Flooring Ltd. with two winners 1969 and 1971 - Height 64 cm - Total weight approx. 3.85 kgs Condition report: Overall good condition, minor dent to cup

A justice sword dating: 19th Century provenance: Europe Wide, double-edged blade with round tip, the first part with a central groove, engraved with inscriptions in Latin, a wheel, the sun and floral motifs; gilt brass hilt decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs, trophy and bust; grip with brass wire binding. dimensions: length 107 cm. Start Price: €1000

A pair of navy officer`s pistolBrass, 14 mm cal. barrels of octagonal section, with rib at the lower part, marked "London" at the back, with stamps of Birmingham test bench, provided with foresight; tang with sight notches and floral engravings. Steel locks with forward spring, signed "Hoery & Co", decorated with frames, small floral engravings and trophies at the tang, provided with external safety lock with blued slider, and batteries with anti friction and sealing systems. Walnut half stocks with checkered butts, featuring a shield engraved with deer head at the neck. Brass mounts, butt-plates decorated as a relieved lion head, trigger guards with finger support, engraved with a trophy of instruments; brass-tipped wooden ramrods (one of a darker wood) with brass ring-nuts, one provided with iron cartridge extractor. Start Price: €1800

A flintlock pistol dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: England Smooth, round, twisted, 20 mm cal (!) barrel, with a silver band at the base, foresight; tang with sight, featuring a trophy; flat plate lock, outlined, decorated with small engravings, provided with anti-friction and sealing systems, signed "Mortimer"; wooden full stock with iron mounts, engraved trigger guard, checkered grip, at the back a silver shield, horn mouth, articulated iron ramrod. dimensions: length 29 cm. Start Price: €700

A small twin handled trophy cup . Hallmarked Birmingham 1923 maker Adie Bros Ltd 2" high x 3 1/4" wide (64g) CONDITION: Please Note - we do not make reference to the condition of lots within catalogue descriptions. We are however happy to provide additional information regarding the condition of items on request.

A twin-handled silver trophy, inscribed with monogram, Chester 1908, 6.4ozt

A small silver trophy cup, Sheffield 1927 together with a silver communion-style lidded jug, Birmingham 1907, 3.9ozt total

A silver trophy vase of elongated trumpet form, makers mark indistinct, Birmingham 1931, h. 30.5 cm, 14 ozs CONDITION REPORT: Heavily tarnished

A silver trophy of twin handled form, Birmingham 1935, 11.535toz, on a turned wooden socle, 28cm high.

A silver trophy, London 1901, by James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler, the body with three handles of foliate form, engraved with inscription 'Raynes Park Golf Club June 20th 1903' and 'Handicap Competition, 36 Holes, Winner G.H.Richardson, Gross 169, Net 147', 28.295toz, 18cm high.

CYCLING - A COLLECTION OF FORTY-SIX MEDALS awarded to Clarence John `Jack` Wicks, circa 1940s-50s, most of Reading (Berkshire) area interest, many silver and some enamelled, including also two won during the Festival of Britain. Note: Clarence Wicks was born in 1917. He won his first cycle race in 1931 and was a member of both the Reading Wheelers and Bon Amis [Reading] Cycle Clubs. His home track was at Palmer Park, in the east of the town, but he also competed regularly on grass at the Reading Aero Club and at Slough. Among his many successes was the annual club track championship which he won in 1947, 1948 and 1949, earning him the trophy outright (see the following lot).

A HALLMARKED SILVER TWIN HANDLED PRESENTATION TROPHY - BIRMINGHAM 1934, presented to the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, with ebonised plinth, approx weight 380 g, H 24 cm Cost of shipping to UK address £20.95 inc. vat.

GEORGE VI SILVER TWO HANDLED GOLFING TROPHY engraved 'Cathcart Castle Golf Club. Hornby Cup won by J. Wilson. 1940', Birmingham hallmarks for 1939, approximately 9.8cm high

COLLECTION OF VINTAGE MEDALS, BADGES AND COINS silver noted, includes Victoria Jubilee and Edward VII Coronation medals, Royal Visit Liverpool 1913, Royal Masonic silver gilt and enamel 'Steward' badges, Scottish Band of Hope Union, Buteman Shinty Trophy, two silver football medals engraved 'Glasgow SEC. Juv. Football League Championship Clydebank Ath. Runners Up 1943-44 John Gillespie' and 'L.A.C.Brown.J. Winner Kineton Cup 1942-43 R.A.F.Wellesbourne', Cowglen Golf Club, Welsh Badminton Union, and various silver coins, 1 box

VICTORIAN WALNUT AND INLAID THREE TIER WHATNOT with trophy inlay, the shaped shelves supported by turned tapering columns, standing on stout turned supports, 101cm high

A Late Victorian Silver Trophy, "Headlam Trophy, North Sea Powerboat and Sailing Association", Presented "1971 Catapult", London circa 1894, Charles Stuart Harris, of cylindrical form decorated with acanthus and foliate border, tapering gadrooned underside, stem column plinth base, flanked by acanthus scrolling handles, foot marked Waterhouse Dublin, lid unmarked. 80toz, 48cm high

CYCLING - A COLLECTION OF FORTY-SIX MEDALS awarded to Clarence John `Jack` Wicks, circa 1940s-50s, most of Reading (Berkshire) area interest, many silver and some enamelled, including also two won during the Festival of Britain. Note: Clarence Wicks was born in 1917. He won his first cycle race in 1931 and was a member of both the Reading Wheelers and Bon Amis [Reading] Cycle Clubs. His home track was at Palmer Park, in the east of the town, but he also competed regularly on grass at the Reading Aero Club and at Slough. Among his many successes was the annual club track championship which he won in 1947, 1948 and 1949, earning him the trophy outright (see the following lot).

A silver trophy of twin handled form, Birmingham 1935, 11.535toz, on a turned wooden socle, 28cm high.

A silver trophy, London 1901, by James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler, the body with three handles of foliate form, engraved with inscription 'Raynes Park Golf Club June 20th 1903' and 'Handicap Competition, 36 Holes, Winner G.H.Richardson, Gross 169, Net 147', 28.295toz, 18cm high.

A Late Victorian Silver Trophy, "Headlam Trophy, North Sea Powerboat and Sailing Association", Presented "1971 Catapult", London circa 1894, Charles Stuart Harris, of cylindrical form decorated with acanthus and foliate border, tapering gadrooned underside, stem column plinth base, flanked by acanthus scrolling handles, foot marked Waterhouse Dublin, lid unmarked. 80toz, 48cm high

A lidded silver trophy, Challenge Cup Presented by F A N Newdegate MP for the Best Shot of the Territorial Force County of Warwick, 1570g, 38cm high, London 1910

Three framed pictures of Lewis Hamilton racing for Mclaren, lifting winning trophy signed with certificate of authenticity for signature verso, frame 65cm x 91cm

A pair of plated candlesticks, a coffee pot, a heavy metal tray, a trophy horn `bugle` and other plated items

A pair of large 19th Century hand decorated Staffordshire Pottery flat back Models of mounted Scottish Huntsmen, each with a trophy deer, 37cm high

A VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE POT a cut glass pot with lift off silver cover; a two handled silver trophy cup; a circular pierced silver bowl; and a silver combined cigar cutter/piercer; 248g (8 troy ozs) gross weighable

A capstan inkwell with glass liner, Chester, 1919, together with a silver coloured metal pedestal trophy with dissimilar lid, and a matching silver coloured jug.

A silver twin handled trophy cup in Art Deco style, 13oz.

A 1930's twin handle trophy presented for "The Best Heifer 1st Lactation",two coffee pots and other plate.

First World War Lusitania medallion, matchbox cover featuring Lord Kitchener, Austrian paper knife in the form of a sword, Victorian West India Regiment china plaque and a brass and oak Rifle Trophy shield (5)

A VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE POT a cut glass pot with lift off silver cover; a two handled silver trophy cup; a circular pierced silver bowl; and a silver combined cigar cutter/piercer; 248g (8 troy ozs) gross weighable

First World War Lusitania medallion, matchbox cover featuring Lord Kitchener, Austrian paper knife in the form of a sword, Victorian West India Regiment china plaque and a brass and oak Rifle Trophy shield (5)

A pair of large 19th Century hand decorated Staffordshire Pottery flat back Models of mounted Scottish Huntsmen, each with a trophy deer, 37cm high

AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF BOHEMIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY PAUL POSER IN PRAG, CIRCA 1725 with long barrels each signed in full on the sighting rib, lightly swamped towards the muzzle, decorated over its length with finely chiselled and engraved small designs of scrollwork involving an urn of acanthus leaves in relief behind the rib, the breeches each formed as a raised chiselled cartouche supported by a pair of opposing grotesque profile masks and framing two gold-lined maker`s stamps in the Madrid style (Neue Støckel 8080, 8081), gold-lined vent, silver fore-sight and the barrel tangs engraved respectively with opposing Harpies, flat locks decorated en suite with the barrels, with bevelled stepped edges, signed between the arms of the steel-springs, finely chiselled in low relief, the greater part of the chiselled decoration arranged within pounced matted recessed panels, each involving a trophy-of-war involving a Turkish captive, the figure of Victory at the rear, the cock with a cherub seated within a flourish of scrollwork issuant from a monster`s mouth and the pan with a demon mask cut in relief, figured walnut full stocks finely carved with delicate relief mouldings, including scrollwork patterns about the barrel tangs and ramrod-pipes, the latter each centring on a demon mask, inlaid over their respective lengths with scrolling designs of silver wire tendrils carrying engraved small flowerheads, the butts each inlaid with an expanded pattern suspending both a demon mask plaque and small warrior bust medallion (one warrior medallion missing), full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, en suite with the barrels and locks, comprising spurred pommels decorated with elaborate rollwerk cartouches filled with pairs of warriors all`antica , probably Heroes from Bohemian history, the figures differing between the two pistols, one pair bearing shields charged, respectively, with the Lion of Bohemia and the Eagle of Moravia, the other pair including one figure displaying a severed Turkish trophy head, with bevelled stepped solid side-plates decorated with a landscape vignette involving the mounted figures of a Turk and a soldier of the Empire in combat before a town and an encampment, trigger-guards each centring on the figure of Diana, the finial involving a grotesque mask, faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, the rearward pipe decorated with a demon mask, oval escutcheons involving demon masks and elaborate pierced frameworks surmounted by a ducal crown, putti supporters and figural trophies-of-war, and fitted with moulded horn fore-end caps (ramrods missing) 54 cm; 21¼ in (2) Paul Ignazius Poser (1) (born 1646) is ranked among the leading gunmakers in Prague in the early 18th century and his works are represented in the most important ancestral gunrooms in Southern Germany and Central Europe. These include a pair of fowling-pieces and a breech-loading rifled carbine in the collections of the Princes von und zu Liechtenstein in Schloss Vaduz, the latter made for a member of the Royal House of Savoy (inv. nos. 3871, 3885, 4102). A pair of holster pistols by Paul Poser are in the former Imperial Collection in Vienna (WS.A1691), see Schedelmann 1972, pp. 226-7. Another pair, closely comparable with the present pistols, were made by Poser for Philipp, Prince von Lobkowicz, circa 1731: sold Christie`s, 9th December 1988, lot 215. Poser`s death date is recorded as 1730 in Der Neue Støckel but the pistols made for Prince Lobkowicz could not pre-date 1731. The distinguished treatment of the barrels, the locks and the mounts is possibly the work of the Franz Matzenkopf (circa 1705-1776), a celebrated chiseller of iron, silver and bronze who supplied Poser and other Prague gunmakers. Matzenkopf was producing coin dies for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg by 1727; he left Prague to take up his appointment as coin and medal die-cutter to the Salzburg court in 1738. See Hayward 1963, pp.125-7

A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS SIGNED BOTESONT, FINELY CHISELLED IN THE PARISIAN FASHION, DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1710 with sighted barrels formed with tapering flats terminating in chiselled demon masks, raised turned mouldings about the muzzles, raised beaded bands of acanthus leaves chiselled over the breeches, each decorated towards the rear with a chiselled vertical arrangement of emblems involving the figure of a Roman warrior standing on a mask and the mounted figure of a Roman Caesar triumphant within a contemporary trophy-of-war, a stag brought down by hounds beneath and signed "P. Bodesocq" in miniscules concealed on the lower sides of the breeches, plain barrel tangs, chiselled flat locks signed "Botesont" within the bevel about the edges, decorated with the figure of Cupid riding a Lion in relief below the pan, chiselled cocks (one broken) and the steels each chiselled with a demon mask, carved moulded figured walnut full stocks carved with scrollwork in low relief about the barrel tangs and about the swell behind the ramrod-pipes (one fore-end incomplete towards the muzzle), full iron mounts elaborately chiselled in low relief, comprising spurred pommels decorated on each side with small classical warrior busts in medallions supported by putti and within a trophy suspending a Medusa mask, each fitted with demon mask cap within an acanthus frame chiselled en suite with the mouldings at the breeches, side-plates pierced with delicate scrolling tendrils carrying leaf ornament and monsters` heads, involving fantastic beasts emerging from flowers and centring on a classical warrior figure seated in triumph amid a trophy, trigger-guards each cut with three further demon masks and drawn out to a pierced scrollwork finial, pairs of strongly moulded faceted ramrod-pipes, and the escutcheons formed as pierced trophies involving draped flags and captive figures enclosing warrior bust medallions, a crowned double eagle perched above (ramrods missing) 52.7 cm; 20¾ in The signature "Botesont" is probably a Francophonic corruption of the maker`s name "Bodesocq", intended presumably to accord with the strongly Parisian character of these pistols. Der Neue Støckel records a Peter Botsont, with further reference to a Peter Bonsing, said to be Dutch and active circa 1700. The Paris-inspired chiselled decoration is unusually imaginative and of exceptional quality, in these respects the chiselling recalls the work of the celebrated Armande Bongarde of Düsseldorf The decoration is concentrated on classical allusions to Victory and Fame. A comparable design for a side-plate is recorded by Lenk on the gun, destroyed in 1934, made in the Parisian fashion for Augustus "The Strong" by Andreas Erttel of Dresden; see Lenk 1965 (London), pls. 83-84 The warrior medallions on the pommels are, on one pistol, surmounted by the heraldic crown of a German Fürst or Herzog, this detail is omitted on the other pistol

A FINE PAIR OF CARLSBAD GOLD-DAMASCENED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY FRANZ BREITENFELDER, CIRCA 1725-40 with lightly swamped sighted barrels cut with faceted mouldings over the base of the breeches, decorated with lightly damascened bands of delicate gold scrolling foliage and flowers engraved and punched over the sighting flats, towards the breeches, at the median and about the muzzles, the breeches each additionally damascened with a warrior standing amid a trophy-of-war and the tangs damascened with flowers, with bevelled locks damascened en suite, each signed in gold letters within a frame supported by a female herm, decorated with trophies at the rear, the cocks decorated with a leaping stag and the steels chiselled with leaf ornament in low relief, highly figured rootwood full stocks carved with raised mouldings involving scrollwork flourishes about the barrel tangs and ramrod-pipes (the fore-ends each cracked towards the muzzle), full iron mounts, the pommels, the trigger-guards, the trigger-plates and the ramrod-pipes all damascened en suite with the barrels and locks, the pommels and trigger-guards decorated with further trophies-of-war, the trigger-guards also decorated with the Roman Goddess Abundantia within an enclosure of scrolls and flowers and the trigger-guard finials chiselled with pierced scrolling foliage in low relief, the side-plates also chiselled with pierced designs of scrollwork and involving pairs of female herms and monsters` heads, with escutcheons formed as elaborate cartouches capped by a coronet and damascened en suite with the predominant pattern, and each pistol retaining its original ramrod; the barrels, the locks and the mounts all originally blued, some of which remains (the pommels rubbed),and the greater part of the gold damascening preserved in fine condition 50.3 cm; 19¾ in Franz Breitenfelder enrolled as an apprentice gunmaker in Vienna in 1716 and rose to prominence in the Bohemian spa town of Carlsbad in the second quarter of the 18th century. These pistols are excellent examples of the abundant use of contrasting gold, blued steel and red rootwood for which the Carlsbad school of gunmaking is best known within this period. A pair of flintlock holster pistols by Breitenfelder is preserved in the former Imperial collection in Vienna (WS. G292); further examples of his works are represented in many of the surviving gunrooms of noble families throughout the former Hapsburg empire and Southern Germany. See Hayward Volume I 1963, pp.128-32. Also see Schedelmann 1972, p.231

A FINE PAIR OF BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY LEOPOLD BECHER, CIRCA 1730 with sighted barrels lightly swamped towards the muzzles, signed on the ribs, the respective breeches decorated with opposing classical warrior busts chiselled in low relief within pounced recessed cartouches, together with maker`s stamps lined in gilt-copper in the Madrid style and set within raised shaped panels at the rear (Neue Støckel 38, together with a second unrecorded stamp, a dog), the barrel tangs engraved correspondingly with a further opposing pair of classical warrior busts, with bevelled locks chiselled in low relief, principally within a series of recessed panels, each decorated with a recumbent figure within a trophy-of-war and with a boar`s head hunting trophy at the rear, figured walnut full stocks carved in low relief over their lengths, decorated with complex interlaced scrollwork mouldings about the barrel tangs and behind the ramrod-pipes, full gilt-bronze mounts finely cast in relief, comprising spurred pommels decorated with figural trophies-of-war en suite with the locks, also involving pairs of demon masks and each with demon mask cap cast prominently in relief, solid side-plates decorated with landscape vignettes involving combatant horsemen in early 18th century dress, trigger-guards centring on cartouches filled with warrior busts, pairs of faceted ramrod-pipes, one pair carrying its original ramrod with gilt-bronze cap (the other ramrod associated), and escutcheons formed as rollwerk cartouches each filled with the figure of Diana the Huntress 52.1 cm; 20½ in (2) Leopold Becher, active circa 1725-50, ranks foremost among the Carlsbad school of makers of luxurious firearms and his works equal those of the best gunmakers in Vienna and Prague within the second quarter of the 18th century. In 1726 Becher was appointed court gunmaker to General Prince Johann Georg Christian Lobkowicz at Schloss Raudnitz (Roudnice). Firearms by Leopold Becher are today represented in the former Imperial Collection in Vienna, in the Danish Royal Collection and in the majority of the surviving princely and noble gunrooms of Central Europe. The inventory of the former Pfalz-Zweibrücken Gewehrkammer lists eleven pieces by Becher. See Hayward Vol 1 1963, pp.129-131; also see Schedelmann 1972, p. 220 for a listing of known works, colour plate XXIV.

A 26-BORE WALLOON FLINTLOCK WENDER CARBINE BY GILLE DE SELIER, CIRCA 1705-10, RESTOCKED IN GERMANY IN 1799 with turn-over smooth-bored barrels released by backward pressure on the front of the trigger-guard, each signed on the long sighting flat, finely engraved and chiselled over the rear section with small leaf designs and a monster, with differing classical triumphant warrior figures chiselled in low relief upon vacant cartouches festooned with laurel, the breeches raised, flattened over the top and the sides, engraved with further leaf ornament and struck three times with the maker`s brass-lined stamp (Neue Støckel 8241), the plates fitted respectively over the faces of the breeches and the action each engraved with bands of acanthus leaves encircling their sides, the action tang engraved with leaf ornament and a Minerva bust , the plates carrying the pans each decorated with engraved beaded and acanthus borders, and the steels each chiselled with a flower in low relief, with signed bevelled lock with matching engraved borders and decorated in relief at the rear with a putto figure seated within a festooned scrollwork finial (the cock missing, one steel-spring broken), figured walnut butt profusely decorated with carved relief scrollwork patterns involving flowers and bouquets, the base of the cheek-piece signed by the German stockmaker "J.A. Körner 1799", the fore-end carved en suite and inset with three engraved iron scrollwork plaques opposite the ramrod-pipes and fitted with engraved iron cap, retaining the original iron butt-plate, side-plate, trigger-guard and ramrod-pipes, the butt-plate finely chiselled and engraved and involving a trophy of classical armour with captive figures, garlands and a mask all in low relief upon the upper tang, the side-plate pierced and chiselled with scrolls and involving a further trophy supported by putti, the trigger-guard decorated with a grotesque mask chiselled in low relief and with an engraved female bust, perhaps Flora, a pair of baluster ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (one ramrod-pipe missing) 73 cm; 28¾ in barrels Gille de Sellier was a member of a dynastic family of gunmakers; he is recorded working in Liège circa 1680-1710, in 1693 de Selier supplied 30 carbines and 40 pairs of pistols to the Hanoverian army

A VERY RARE 11-BORE GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE IN THE MADRID FASHION, BY JOHANN WILHELM BONGARDE, DÜSSELDORF, BUILT ON AN EARLIER BARREL AND LOCK BY HERMANN (ARMAND) BONGARDE, CIRCA 1725-30 the barrel and the lock circa 1700, each finely decorated with minutely detailed chiselled classical ornament characteristic of this maker, the barrel formed with a short flat drawn forwards over the breech to a chiselled small design of monsters` head scrolls, progressing to a chiselled elaborate tiered trophy formed of a pair of putti supporting a swagged pedestal bearing the figure of Mars, the putti perched above monsters` heads and a mask each issuant from a tulip head, the latter framed by festooned monsters` head scrolls and the base formed of an arrangement of classical armour and weapons, with a small chiselled design of symmetrical scrollwork at the median, and with large gold-lined vent and silver fore-sight, the lock rounded, signed "Bongarde a Dusseldorp" (sic) and chiselled with trumpet-blowing putti seated within scrollwork below the pan and at the rear, the lip of the pan cut with a grotesque mask in miniscule, and the cock and the steel decorated with scrollwork en suite with the barrel (the upper part of the cock repaired), figured walnut half-stock decorated with finely carved mouldings and acanthus leaf ornament in low relief, Madrid-style fluted butt, the underside of the fore-end inset with a silver plaque pierced and engraved with an elaborate design of scrolling foliage heightened with silver pellets, decorated en suite behind the barrel tang and over the base of the comb, with silver butt-plate engraved with the quartered arms of the owner with supporters and crests, silver trigger-guard finely cast in relief with acanthus ornament, silver trigger-plate pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, silver baluster ramrod-pipe, silver fore-end cap, and original ramrod with moulded silver cap 122 cm; 48 in barrel Further contemporaneous examples of sporting guns built by Johann Wilhelm Bongarde in the Madrid fashion, then popular in Germany, are preserved in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich: see Hayward 1963 Volume II, p.102. Also see Schalkhauser 1988, cat. nos. 121-2, 124,127,129 and 133, pp.134-5, 137-140, 142-3. A further pair of Bongarde guns with carved stocks closely comparable with that of the present example, attributed perhaps incorrectly to the elder Hermann (Armand) Bongarde, were formerly in the collection of W.Keith Neal (Christies, 8 November 1995, lot 99). The present gun is the more unusual in being either a collaborative work involving father and son, or evidence at least of an early work by Johann Wilhelm built on stock-in-hand from his father`s workshop and presumably following his death in 1727. Hermann (Armand) Bongarde was the pre-eminent German gunmaker and iron chiseller of his age; he worked in the Classical Paris style closely linked to that of the court of Louis XIV, and his works frequently surpassed those of his contemporaries in Paris. Bongarde is first recorded in 1678, then in 1690 as armourer and court gunmaker to Johann Wilhelm of Neuburg, Elector Palatine and Duke of Jülich-Berg, which appointment he held until his death. Hermann Bongarde also made a magnificent garniture firearms for Karl-Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, now preserved in the Hofjagd-und Rüstkammer, Vienna (inv. nos. A 1636-38).

A FINE FRENCH BRONZE MOUNTAIN HOWITZER," L`ACCUEIL", OBUSIER DE 12CM VALÉE, MODÈLE 1828, STRASBOURG, DATED 23 FEV. 1850, ON ITS ORIGINAL CARRIAGE with smooth-bore barrel cast with raised flat muzzle ring and base ring each grooved for sighting, cast with the individual name of the gun, "L`Accueil", on a stippled scroll towards the muzzle, with foundry mark between the trunnions, a cursive "C", the ends of the trunnions marked with the weight "101K" and "No.2" respectively, with the motto of the Second Republic, "Liberte Egalite Fraternite" surmounting the cipher of the Republic towards the base, recessed broad vent field, the base ring cast with a pair of stippled panels, one marked "Strasbourg" and other "23 Fev. 1850", with button cascable, and in fine condition throughout : on its original regulation grey-painted wooden carriage, "modèle de montagne", for pack transport, with two-piece trail bedded for a quoin only and with no provision for fitting a limber pintle, with lightly cambered iron-shod spoked wheels, together with its original elevating quoin and combined brush staff and ramrod stamped with the calibre designation "12" (two pins for a cap-square and other small carriage mounts missing) 95 cm; 37½ in barrel This gun was intended to fire a 4kg. explosive round. The Système Valée was developed by Sylvian-Charles, comte Valée, as an improvement on the Gribeauval ordnance system and was adopted in 1828. Further examples, each also individually named, are preserved in the Musée de l`Armée, Paris. Surviving carriages are understandably rare; this example, constructed for the Mountain Howitzer and distinct from a field carriage, is possibly now unique. Though then obsolete, the present gun and its carriage were almost certainly a trophy of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

A HIGHLY DECORATED MOMENTO MORI DAGGER, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, etched and gilt with a trophy-of-arms above a skull and crossed bones on one face and with foliage on the other (the tip very slightly chipped), white metal hilt set with coloured pastes (small losses), including scrolling cross-piece formed as a bejewelled serpent, wasted grip chased with scrolls and foliage, and the pommel surmounted by a skull and crossed bones in the round, in its wooden scabbard with matching chape and locket 12.5 cm; 5 in blade

A GEORGIAN OFFICER`S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A SCOTTISH RIFLE OFFICER with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a broad long fuller on each face, etched with bold scrolls of foliage, flowers and a trophy-of-arms on one face and with the crowned Royal cypher on the other, gilt-brass hilt comprising boatshell guard, stirrup knuckle-bow and the grip bound with plaited silver wire 76 cm; 30 in blade

A DANISH OFFICER`S SWORD, CIRCA 1808-39 with curved blade of regulation type, formed with a long fuller on each face, etched and gilt with trophies, the crowned Royal cypher of Frederick VI on one side, the crowned Danish Arms enclosed by the Order of the Elephant on the other and with traces of blued finish, brass stirrup hilt comprising a pair of langets, the outer cast with a lion mask in low relief, knuckle-bow decorated with a trophy-of-arms at the top, and the back-strap rising to form a maned lionshead pommel, and spirally carved horn grip (small chips) in its brass scabbard 80 cm; 31 1/2 in blade

A DECORATED BACKPLATE AND SHIELD IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first formed in one piece, the lower edge scalloped and the borders studded with flat-headed rivets, etched over its surface with bold scrolls of foliage; and the second of medially ridged kite-shaped form, etched over its surface with a central trophy-of-arms surrounded by foliage inhabited by mythical beasts the first: 46.5 cm; 18 3/8 in high (2)

A FINE PAIR OF 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY SIGNED BLANCH, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 with three-stage sighted barrels engraved with trophies-of-arms, foliage, sun bursts and signed within a decorative framework over the breeches, struck with Birmingham proof marks beneath, engraved tangs retaining traces of gilding and incorporating the back-sights, signed engraved stepped locks retaining traces of gilding, fitted with pierced cocks, bolt safety-catches, rollers and semi-rainproof pans, figured walnut full stocks profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls carrying engraved silver cornucopia, trophy-of-arms and trophy-of-hunting plaques, the tangs, locks and pommels all partially enclosed by further silver lines sown with minute pellets, gilt-copper alloy mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising solid side-plates decorated with classical trophies, spurred pommels decorated with further trophies and cornucopia, trigger-guards en suite, trophy-of-arms escutcheons, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, original ramrods, and the mounts retaining much original gilding 30.5 cm; 12 in barrels (2)

Made In China ME611 Battery Operated Crazy Action World Cup News Car with three soft plastic figures, one holding a trophy in open top car in metallic red with Olympic and World Cup emblems 16``, 41cm (E box G-E) together with Bburago Porsche 356 Polizei (E box E) (2)

Phil May - Three Limited Edition Schneider Trophy Signed Prints (i) Chesapeake Bay 1925 (ii) Calshot 1931 (iii) Aeronautica Machchi 1934, all Numbered 1 of 25 produced 14x18``, 36x46cm (glazed and framed)

A silver twin handled trophy cup on ebonized wooden stand form the Huntercombe Golf Club

Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Vespasian - Denarii Group [5]69-79 AD, group comprising: denarii with reverses of sacrificial implements; captured Jewish female seated right by trophy; Jupiter standing by altar; Mars standing left and Pax seated left. RIC 42; Sear 2281; RSC 42/RIC 1316/RIC 849; Sear 2295; RSC 222/RIC 938; Sear 2288; RSC 126/RIC 772; Sear 2301; RSC 366 18.24 grams total. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelopes or ticket. Walter Steinberg has been a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter has had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he has now retired to New York and decided that the time has come to pass on the antiquities and coins he has collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing many lovely examples, also contains many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter hopes that the items he collected will now find new homes with the next generation of collectors. [5, No Reserve]Good fine.

Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Trajan - Dupondii Group [4]98-117 AD, group comprising: dupondii with reverses of Abundantia, Trajan between two trophies, Felicitas with caduceus and cornucopia and Victory erecting a trophy. RIC 382; Cohen 595/RIC 676; Sear 3219; Cohen 356/RIC 626; Sear 3216/RIC 525; Cohen 448. Last, see Wildwinds.com (this coin). 56.66 grams total. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelopes or ticket. Walter Steinberg has been a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter has had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he has now retired to New York and decided that the time has come to pass on the antiquities and coins he has collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing many lovely examples, also contains many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter hopes that the items he collected will now find new homes with the next generation of collectors. [4, No Reserve]Fine to very fine.

Ancient Roman Republican Coins - Cnaeus Cornelius Lentulus - Victory Quinarius88 BC. Obv: laureate head of Jupiter right. Rev: Victory standing right, crowning trophy, C N LENT in exergue. Cornelia 51; Crawford 345/2; Sydenham 703; Sear 255. 1.62 grams. This issue commemorates the victories of M Claudius M.f.M.n. Marcellus over Hannibal during the second Punic War and the capture of Syracuse in 212 BC. [No Reserve]Good very fine; toned.

Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Constantius I and Constantine I - Large Folles Group [3]305-306 AD, Constantius I, Carthage mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTIVS PF AVG legend with laureate head right. Rev: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART legend with Carthage standing facing, head left, in long robe, holding fruit in both hands; H in left field, officina letter A in exergue. 306 AD, Constantine as Caesar, Carthage mint. Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES legend with laureate head right. Rev: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART legend with Carthage standing facing, head left, in long robe, holding fruit in both hands; H in left field, officina letter gamma in exergue. 306-307 AD, Constantine as Caesar, Aquileia mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES leged with laureate head right. Rev: VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN legend with Mars, naked, helmeted, walking right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over shoulder in left; mintmark AQ gamma in exergue. RIC VI Carthage 39a; Sear 14190/RIC VI Carthage 51c; Sear 15551/RIC VI Aquileia 92b; Sear 15555. Last, see Wildwinds.com (this coin). 10.68, 10.46, 9.89 grams. [3, No Reserve]Extremely fine. Last scarce.