391 |
A 14 BORE PERCUSSION OVER-AND-UNDER HOWDAH PISTOL BY STAUDENMAYER, LONDON, NO. 1245, CIRCA 1810
converted from flintlock, with tapering sighted barrels, signed on the upper flat and inlaid with a platinum line engraved breech tang fitted with standing back-sight, signed border and foliate engraved bolted locks, figured walnut half-stock with chequered hook-shaped butt, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms, blued vestigial butt-cap decorated with foliage and ramrod-pipe with a retaining spring, and vacant silver escutcheon (swivel ramrod missing)
36.5cm; 14 3/8in
Estimate: 2000-2500 |
Nil |
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392 |
A 22 BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL BY P. BOND, CORNHILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
converted from flintlock, with signed octagonal brass barrel fitted with iron percussion drum at the breech, signed stepped brass lock (hammer missing, incomplete), figured walnut full stock (cracks and losses), and engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial
32.4cm; 12 3/4in
Estimate: 200-300 |
Nil |
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200 |
393 |
AN UNUSUAL 28 BORE CASED PERCUSSION PISTOL BY ROBERTSON, HADDINGTON, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25 BORE RIFLED BARREL AND SHOULDER STOCK, BIRMINGHAM VIEW MARK, CIRCA 1840
with heavy octagonal browned twist sighted barrel inscribed 'Haddington', scroll-engraved case-hardened breech, engraved case-hardened tang incorporating back-sight and flash-guard, signed scroll-engraved case-hardened bolted lock, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved blued spurred trigger-guard, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, scroll-engraved slotted aperture for the shoulder stock, horn fore-end cap, original brass-tipped ramrod, and retaining much finish throughout: in a lined and fitted mahogany case, complete with its figured walnut shoulder-stock, with engraved blued-steel butt-cap, and rifle barrel, in the white, and rifled with nine grooves
40.5cm; 16in
J. Robertson is recorded in Haddington, East Lothian Co., Scotland circa 1840-50. He is recorded exhibiting at the 1851 Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. his son John, was propietor of Boss & Co.
Estimate: 4000-5000 |
Nil |
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394 |
A 32 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL SIGNED GURNEY, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840
with signed octagonal barrel (fore-sight removed), engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, engraved side-hammer action, walnut butt cut with fine chequering, engraved steel trigger-guard, vacant escutcheon and stirrup ramrod
23.8cm; 9 3/8in
Estimate: 200-250 |
Nil |
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200 |
395 |
A 60 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY AND TWO POWDER-FLASKS, 19TH CENTURY
the first with turn-off barrel, box-lock action, and hardwood butt; the second by G. & J.W Hawksley, with embossed copper body and nozzle with cut-off (incomplete), and the third with copper body, patent brass graduated nozzle, and spring cut-off (spring incomplete)
17cm; 6 3/4in
(3)
Estimate: 60-80 |
Nil |
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90 |
396 |
A CASED PAIR OF 54 BORE IRISH POCKET PISTOLS BY MARK & JN PATTISON, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1840
each with etched twist sighted barrel inscribed 'Dublin', engraved case-hardened breech inlaid with two gold lines and incorporating the back-sight, engraved case-hardened side-hammer action decorated throughout with characteristic scrollwork, and signed on the left, slender walnut fishtail butt cut with fine chequering, engraved trigger-guard, swivel ramrod retained by a blued spring clip, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest enclosed by the motto 'Fortis et Fidelis' above the initials 'E.S.M.', and engraved silver butt-cap: in their original fitted mahogany case lined in plum velvet, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon, complete with case-hardened bullet-mould, and copper flask
15.5cm; 6 1/8in
Mark and John Pattison are recorded at 17 Crampton Court, Dublin during the second quarter of the 19th century. See R. J. Garrett 2008, p.40.
The crest is that of May of Ireland.
Estimate: 3500-4500 |
Nil |
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3500 |
397 |
A CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY ROBERT WOGDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1779, MAKER'S MARK IK
converted from flintlock, with octagonal swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights and signed in gold capitals, engraved with a band of beadwork at the breeches and fitted with percussion bolsters with platinum plugs, engraved tangs with standing back-sights, bevelled locks signed in gold ovals beneath a rococo canopy, engraved with trophies on the tails, fitted with engraved hammers and blued bolt safety-catches (the steel parts with patches of rust throughout), figured walnut full stocks, characteristic flat sided butts (areas of bruising), full silver mounts finely cast and chased with rococo ornament, comprising side-plates pierced with a scrollwork design incorporating a sword, trigger-guards engraved with a central bouquet on the bows and with acorn finials, pommel caps chased with the seated figure of Brittania in a scrollwork frame, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest above the initials 'WR', engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and one retaining an early horn-tipped ramrod (the other replaced): in a mahogany case of circa 1775-85, lined in green baize (areas of wear), the lid with brass carrying handle, with a leather powder-flask and turnscrew
37cm; 14 1/2in
The crest is probably that of Radcliffe.
Estimate: 6500-7500 |
Nil |
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398 |
A CASED PAIR OF 16 BORE PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY ROSS, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 173, CIRCA 1820
with browned twist sighted barrels signed on the flat and fitted with blued swivel ramrods beneath, engraved case-hardened recessed breeches with platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened tangs incorporating the back-sights, engraved case-hardened locks fitted with sliding bolt safety-catches, decorated with scrolls and signed in script, blued trigger-guards, highly figured polished walnut half stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising numbered blued spurred trigger-guards decorated with scrollwork and a tiger's head, case-hardened butt-caps decorated with a sunburst, a pair of ramrod pipes, silver fore-end caps, vacant silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons (one cracked), and retaining much early finish throughout: in a contemporary fitted oak case lined in green baize, the lid with brass escutcheon engraved with the owner's name 'George Hathorn Esq.', interior with trade label of Parker Field and Sons, and with some accessories including powder-flask with red morocco cover and bullet mould
34.2cm; 13 1/2in
Daniel Ross is recorded as a gunmaker at 64 Pleasance, Edinburgh circa 1815.
Estimate: 5000-6000 |
Nil |
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4500 |
399 |
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 54 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 314 ½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON, NOS. 1902 AND 1903 FOR 1830
each with browned twist octagonal lightly swamped sighted barrel rifled with twelve grooves, signed in full along the top flat, case-hardened breech inlaid with platinum lines, pierced platinum plug and incorporating the back-sight, scroll-engraved case-hardened tang, signed bolted scroll-engraved case-hardened lock decorated en suite with the breech (one hammer replaced), blued set trigger, highly figured walnut half-stock, finely chequered butt, engraved steel mounts including blued trigger-guard decorated with trophies-of-arms on the bow, blued trigger-plate with scallop shell finial, case-hardened butt-cap decorated with scrolls, and blued fore-end cap decorated with a sunburst, silver escutcheon engraved with the owners crest, silver barrel bolt escutcheon, and with much early finish throughout: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment relined), the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, and the interior with maker's trade label and inscribed with the owner's name 'Captain Nicholson 10th Hussars', complete with accessories including wad cutter and case-hardened breech wrench
25.4cm; 10in barrels
Literature
L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p.132., stated as '…….sold to Joseph Lang, but the account was not traced'
Christopher Hampden Nicholson was the second son of Christopher Armytage Nicholson DL JP MA (1768-1849) of Banrath Burry, Co. Meath, and his wife Catharine, daughter of Dr William Newcome, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland; he was born on 10th March 1803.
Nicholson purchased a cornet's commission in 10th (or The Prince of Wales's own) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) on 3rd March 1825, at which date the regiment was just preparing to leave Ireland for England. In January 1826, Nicholson bought a lieutenant's commission on the Unattached List and then promptly exchanged it with the 10th's paymaster in order to return to the regiment as a lieutenant. The 10th was deployed in English locations 1825-27 before sending a sizeable detachment to Portugal, under temporary threat from Spain, during 1827-28. On its return to England, the 10th was stationed in changing locations in England before moving to Ireland in 1831. Nicholson purchased promotion to captain on 5th July 1831 but left the 10th in June 1833 to become - through a complicated three-way exchange of commissions - a lieutenant and captain in the 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards. He remained with the Grenadiers - as a lieutenant in the regiment but captain in the Army - until going onto Half Pay on 9th April 1841. He remained on the Half Pay Unattached List for the next twenty years, acquiring the back-dated brevet ranks of major (1846) and lieutenant-colonel (1854) in 1861 before retiring by the sale of his captain's commission in May 1861. Nicholson never married and died at his house at 16 Lower Grosvenor Street, Hanover Square, London, on 21st February 1866.
Estimate: 15000-20000 |
Nil |
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15250 |
400 |
A FINE PAIR OF 11 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY JOSEPH KEMP, 31 DUKE ST, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, NOS. 5007 AND 5008, CIRCA 1846-49
with browned twist barrels of musket bore, signed on a broad full length flat, fitted with blued bead fore-sights and blued blade back-sights, engraved patent case-hardened breeches and breech tangs decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved bolsters with platinum plugs, signed bolted engraved case-hardened locks decorated with scrolls and border ornament, highly figured polished walnut full stocks, chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guards, plain case-hardened trigger-plates, case-hardened butt-caps with traps, moulded ramrod-pipes, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant German silver escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, blued-steel stirrup ramrods, and retaining some original finish throughout: in their original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle and applied with trade label for 31 Duke Street, and complete with three-way flask by James Dixon & sons, rammer, nipple wrench and turnscrew (lining with very light wear and minor fading)
35.2cm; 13 7/8in
Estimate: 7000-9000 |
Nil |
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401 |
A FINE CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY J. LANG, 7 HAYMARKET, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
each with engraved case-hardened barrels decorated with a band around the muzzles, fitted with silver bead fore-sight, signed on the flat and with a scroll over the breech, case-hardened percussion bolsters with screw-in plugs, scroll-engraved case-hardened tang incorporating the back-sight, scroll-engraved case-hardened side hammer action, scroll-engraved case-hardened hammers, case-hardened trigger-plates, blued triggers, finely chequered walnut butts inset with vacant silver escutcheons, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guards decorated with scrollwork, case-hardened butt-caps with traps, and blued swivel ramrods, and retaining almost all of their original finish including the unfired barrel interiors showing much case-hardening colour: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with circular brass escutcheon (the lining with areas of light wear, trade label removed), and retaining some accessories including Sykes patent three-way copper flask
22.5cm; 8 7/8in
Joseph Lang is recorded at this address 1825-52.
Estimate: 6000-8000 |
Nil |
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5400 |
