482 |
DOUBLE DAGGER TWO 20 BORE COSSAK REGULATION RIFLED PERCUSSION PISTOLS, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY each with tapering barrel rifled with four wide grooves, struck with Liège proof mark at the breech and retained by three slender steel bands (one missing from one pistol), the tang extending to form the spine of the butt, plain back-action lock, figured hardwood full stock, compressed spherical pommel fitted with a ring for suspension, and with no provision for a ramrod 44cm; 17 3/8in (2) £500-700 | 5% |
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1000 |
| 483 | A .650 CALIBRE BELGIAN RIFLED PERCUSSION PISTOL, LIÈGE PROOF, DATED 1863 with tapering sighted barrel cut with multi-groove rifling and retained by a single steel band, flush-fitting back-action lock, figured walnut three-quarter stock, and regulation steel mounts including butt-cap stamped with the date, and associated steel ramrod 26cm; 10 1/4in £300-400 | Nil |
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| 484 | A PAIR OF 20 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY REUHL, STRASBOURG, MID-18TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with two-stage barrels fitted with silver fore-sights, engraved and punched with flowers and foliage, retaining traces of gilt over the breeches, rounded locks signed 'Reuhl' and 'Strasbourg' respectively, figured walnut full stocks with 'birds head' butts (fore-ends cracked and repaired), moulded brass mounts including solid side-plates, trigger-guards with baluster terminals and butt-caps, and horn fore-end caps (later ramrods) 33cm; 13in (2) Two maker's of this name are recorded in Strasbourg at this date, Heinrich Adam originating from Kronberg, Hessen Cassel and his nephew Johann Georg. £500-700 | Nil |
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480 |
| 485 | A 15 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOL, CIRCA 1830 with browned twist sighted barrel, blued tang fitted with back-sight, border-engraved blued lock, figured walnut three-quarter stock, chequered butt, brass mounts comprising domed butt-cap, trigger-guard and fore-end cap and steel ramrod, perhaps the original; and a copy of a Dutch mid-19th Century percussion target pistol, early 20th Century, the barrel signed Le Hey à Haerlem the first: 36cm; 14 1/4in (2) £300-350 | Nil |
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| 486 | A 20 BORE CONTINENTAL RIFLED PERCUSSION PISTOL SIGNED BARTIER À LIMOGES, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1820 converted from flintlock, with swamped octagonal sighted barrel cut with multi-groove rifling, tang of shaped outline fitted with standing back-sight, signed lock, figured walnut three-quarter stock, chequered butt, and steel mounts including small engraved side-plate, trigger-guard and engraved domed butt-cap (cleaned throughout, later ramrod) 28cm; 11in £250-300 | Nil |
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220 |
| 487 | A CONTINENTAL RIFLED PERCUSSION PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY with turn-off barrel, scroll-engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, angular fluted butt, and steel butt-cap fitted with a lanyard ring 23.5cm; 9 1/4in £80-100 | Nil |
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90 |
| 488 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal brass barrels strongly moulded at the muzzles and stamped with the numbers '196' beneath the breeches, box-lock actions engraved with scrolling foliage, engraved tangs, flattened bag-shaped butts cut with chequering, and engraved steel trigger-guards (worn) 18cm; 7 1/8in (2) £200-300 | Nil |
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380 |
| 489 | A PAIR OF GERMAN RIFLED PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS BY CARL SCHMIDT IN KÜHNDORF B. SUHL, MID-19TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrels rifled with eight grooves, rebated muzzles for loading, signed in silver and decorated with a pattern of delicate silver scrollwork above the inscription 'Guss Stahl' at the breeches, engraved breeches numbered '1' and '2' respectively, scroll-and border-engraved breech tangs fitted with adjustable back-sights, scroll-and border-engraved locks with small stepped tails (one hammer spur chipped, the other hammer missing), set triggers, highly figured walnut half-stocks, fluted butts, engraved steel mounts comprising very small scrolling side-plates, spurred trigger-guards, engraved butt-caps secured by screw-in burred finials, German silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and with no provision for a ramrod: in a later veneered case complete with some original accessories including combined hammer and precision loading tool and bullet mould 39.3cm; 15 1/2in £1800-2200 | Nil |
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1900 |
| 490 | A 20 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL BY FISHER, MID-19TH CENTURY AND A BRASS POWDER-FLASK, 19TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrel, signed lock (hammer replaced), figured walnut full stock (worn), engraved steel trigger-guard and vacant white metal escutcheon (worn ramrod missing); the second with embossed brass body decorated with foliage and a scrollwork panel, and brass sprung nozzle the first: 26.5cm; 10 3/8in (2) £100-150 | Nil |
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120 |
| 491 | A PAIR OF 15 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS by W. PARKER, HOLBORN, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1810 converted from flintlock, each with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel engraved with a band at the breech, signed engraved stepped bolted lock, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, engraved steel mounts including belt hook, and trigger-guard, and vacant silver escutcheon, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods 27.5cm; 10 3/4in (2) £700-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 492 | A 15 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL BY R. WATMOUGH, MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1854-60 with signed octagonal turn-off barrel fitted with spring bayonet, engraved breech tang fitted with bayonet release, scroll-engraved side-hammer action (hammer spur chipped), chequered walnut butt, engraved steel mounts, and vacant escutcheon (patinated throughout); A PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY, (worn); A LEATHER SHOT-FLASK, with brass Sykes patent nozzle; A COPPER POWDER-FLASK, with Battie patent nozzle; and TWO FURTHER FLASKS the first: 21cm; 8 1/4in (6) £350-450 | Nil |
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350 |
| 493 | A 32 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL BY DURS EGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1810 converted from flintlock, with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel signed in gold and inlaid with a gold line at the breech, border-engraved tang decorated with a trophy-of-arms, signed stepped engraved bolted lock engraved over the breech, figured walnut full stock cut with pineapple chequering over the butt (fore-end cracked), engraved steel mounts including blued trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod (tip chipped) 27.5cm; 10 7/8in £450-550 | Nil |
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600 |
| 494 | A CASED PAIR OF 54 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions (one hammer replaced, one sear inoperative), flat-sided walnut butts, and engraved steel trigger-guards: in a later lined and fitted case complete with an associated combined barrel key and nipple wrench, and later powder flask and two powder measures 15cm; 5 77/8in (2) £350-450 | Nil |
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350 |
| 495 | A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION OVER-AND-UNDER SINGLE TRIGGER POCKET PISTOL BY JOSEPH EGG, NO.1 PICCADILY, LONDON, NO. 2657, CIRCA 1825 with blued barrels inlaid with two gold lines at the breeches, the upper signed in gold and fitted with silver fore-sight, the lower inscribed with the maker's address, percussion bolsters engraved with lightening bolts and clouds, engraved breech tang decorated with fern foliage and incorporating the back-sight, flush-fitted flat locks profusely engraved with dense foliage involving a serpent, signed on the right and inscribed 'London' on the left, later external mainsprings, figured walnut butt cut with chequering (small scratches and dents), silver mounts comprising vacant diamond-shaped escutcheon, square-backed trigger-guard decorated with foliage inhabited by a pair of exotic birds (hallmarks worn, no longer visible) and spurred pommel fitted with a vacant gold plaque on the base, blued steel ramrod-pipe on the left, retaining some original colour throughout (ramrod missing, the steel parts with very small spots of light pitting) 15cm; 6in PROVENANCE Presented to the current owner's grandfather by the Duke of Connaught in 1908. £2500-3000 | Nil |
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3200 |
| 496 | A CASED PAIR OF 16 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY JOSEPH LANG, HAYMARKET, LONDON, NOS. 1396 & 1397, CIRCA 1845 each with browned twist barrels signed on the rib and fitted with bead fore-sight, scroll-engraved breech tang with sighting groove, case-hardened breeches fitted with platinum plugs and nipple shields, signed border-engraved back-action locks decorated with scrolling foliage and fitted with sliding bolt safety-catches, highly figured walnut full stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guards, and case-hardened butt-caps fitted with engraved caps, engraved swivel ramrods and ramrod-pipes, silver plated barrel bolt, silver plated escutcheons engraved with the owner's crest and initials 'H. G. C.', and in untouched condition throughout (the steel parts with very light surface rust and patination): in their original fitted mahogany case lined with green baize, the lid fitted with brass escutcheon engraved with the owner's crest and initials, and with engraved trade label inside (small tears), complete with some accessories including three-way flask covered with red morocco (spring missing), nipple key, and bullet mould (case lid with one small crack, one compartment lid damaged, the lining with minor wear) 32.4cm; 12 3/4in £4000-5000 | Nil |
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4800 |
| 497 | A 14 BORE BELGIAN FLINTLOCK REGULATION PISTOL FOR EXPORT, LIÈGE PROOF, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel, rounded lock, walnut full stock, regulation brass mounts, and no provision for a ramrod 38.7cm; 15 1/4in £200-300 | Nil |
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550 |
| 498 | A 14 BORE BELGIAN FLINTLOCK REGULATION PISTOL FOR THE EASTERN MARKET, LIÈGE PROOF, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel, rounded lock stamped with Arabic numerals, walnut full stock, regulation brass mounts, and no provision for a ramrod 38.7cm; 15 1/4in £200-300 | Nil |
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280 |
| 499 | A 120 BORE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, SIGNED SEGLAS, LONDON with tapering barrel, box-lock action signed on the right and inscribed London on the left (sear inoperative), and engraved bag-shaped butt swelling towards the base, and engraved sliding trigger-guard operating a safety-catch also locking the steel (engraving worn throughout) 14cm; 5 1/2in £250-350 | Nil |
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400 |
| 500 | A FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY HENRY HADLEY, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1760 with turn-off barrel (now reversed and fixed at the breech), signed box-lock action, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, flat-sided walnut butt fitted with silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials (worn throughout) 20.5cm; 8in £80-100 | Nil |
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60 |
| 501 | A GERMAN FLINTLOCK TARGET PISTOL IN THE FRENCH TASTE, CIRCA 1810 with two-stage sighted barrel, engraved rounded lock, figured walnut full stock (chipped, crude repairs), chequered grip, and engraved German silver mounts (ramrod missing) 30cm; 11 7/8in £100-200 | Nil |
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110 |
| 502 | A FINE GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY IOHANN IACOB KUCHENREUTER, CIRCA 1760 with swamped barrel signed in silver on the flat, fitted with brass fore-sight surrounded by silver scrolls, chiselled and gilt with a stag vignette within a panel of scrolling foliage en rocaille over the breech and stamped with the barrelsmith's marks (Neue Støckel 7719 and 7720), gold-lined vent, chiselled and gilt tang with folding leaf back-sight, rounded lock chiselled and gilt with rococo ornament including a stag en suite with the breech, set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with scrollwork and shell ornament in relief about the barrel tang and behind the rear ramrod-pipe, spurred steel trigger-guard (an early working replacement), silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising solid side-plate decorated with scrolls and shells surrounding a a pair of does and a stag feeding within a landscape, butt-cap decorated with stag and a doe within a woodland, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, escutcheon with a reclining doe, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod 46cm; 18in By family tradition this pistol belonged to President Madison. Johann Jakob Kuchenreuter was gunmaker to the Princes von Thurn und Taxis. CHECK IMPORT STATUS##################### £3000-4000 | 5% |
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4000 |
| 503 | A 28 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY VIGNIAT À ST ETIENNE, CIRCA 1780 with two-stage sighted barrel, signed rounded lock (defective, cock replaced), figured walnut moulded full stock, brass mounts comprising solid side-plate, spurred pommel and baluster trigger-guard (later ramrod, extensively cleaned throughout) 25cm; 9 7/8in £180-220 | Nil |
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250 |
| 504 | A 12 BORE SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel moulded at the muzzle, inlaid with a series of decorative brass-lined marks and the barrelsmith's mark at the breech, flat lock of shaped outline with engraved cock and bridle, the steel signed 'Vanet' at the base, figured walnut full stock carved with a rococo scroll in low relief behind the tang and applied with an engraved brass plaque in the catalan style (small repairs), brass mounts including engraved solid side-plate, spurred pommel fitted with engraved silver cap, escutcheon en suite with the pommel, engraved trigger-guard, and steel belt hook (ramrod missing) 34.5cm; 13 1/2in £400-500 | Nil |
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650 |
| 505 | AN 18 BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, BY COSTER, UTRECHT, LATE 17TH CENTURY with three-stage sighted barrel, signed lock engraved with scrolling foliage within linear panels (worn), walnut full stock carved with foliage about the barrel tang and behind the ramrod-pipe, and brass mounts including solid side-plate, moulded trigger-guard with baluster finial, and fluted butt-cap (the steel parts cleaned, stock extensively repaired, later ramrod) 43.2cm; 17in The mounts have apparently been replaced during the second quarter of the 18th Century. £250-350 | Nil |
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500 |
| 506 | A PAIR OF 22 BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS SIGNED DELEAUX A UTRECHT, CIRCA 1780 each with two-stage barrel fitted with silver fore-sight and struck with Utrecht control mark over the breech, engraved lock fitted with standing back-sight, signed rounded lock (cocks replaced, engraving refreshed), figured walnut full stock carved with a rococo bouquet behind the breech (small cracks and repairs), inlaid with silver scrollwork behind the rear ramrod-pipe and over the spine, full silver mounts comprising solid side-plate with moulded borders, trigger-guard with urn finial and chiselled with conventional foliage at the front of the bow, spurred pommels decorated with a stylised sun-in, and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes (later ramrods) 38.7cm; 15 1/4in (2) £800-1000 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 507 | A 22 BORE COMPOSITE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY I. SHIMEL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND A 14 BORE COMPOSITE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 18TH CENTURY the first with three-stage barrel, signed rounded lock engraved with strawberry foliage, later figured walnut full stock, and brass mounts including pierced scrolling side-plate and spurred pommel (worn throughout); the second with tapering barrel stamped with an anchor mark at the breech, flat lock, walnut full stock, and brass mounts (worn throughout) the first: 39.4cm; 15 1/2in (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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300 |
| 508 | AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF 32 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK RIFLED PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY, MOUNTED IN TWO COLOURS OF GOLD, BY FATOU A PARIS, DATED 1818 with swamped sighted multi-groove rifled barrels, the breeches chiselled with anthemion and palm fronds enclosing a bouquet against a finely punched recessed gold ground and stamped with the mark of Jean Nicolas Leclerc (Neue Støckel 179 and 182), the forward sections damascened with neoclassical foliage enclosing a shield inscribed with the maker's name and 'a Paris' respectively (rubbed, small losses), chiselled breech tangs fitted with folding leaf back-sights and chiselled with a bouquet of flowers en suite with the breeches, rounded detented locks signed and dated around the steel springs, chiselled with elaborate bouquets and cornucopia over their surfaces and on the cocks, top-jaws and steels, engraved set triggers, engraved steel trigger-plates, highly figured walnut full stocks profusely inlaid with a running pattern of vine foliage and fruit in red gold over their surfaces, the locks enclosed a twisted pattern of gold, each numbered on a flowerhead behind the side-plates, the spines of the butts each inlaid with an engraved gold neoclassical trophy-of-arms and inset with a band of ebony carved with acanthus at the base, full gold mounts chiselled with neoclassical bouquets and garlands against a finely punched ground comprising two-piece side-plates, trigger-guards, butt-caps incorporating bands of red gold, ramrod-pipes, fore-end caps and escutcheons (the mounts and inlays with restorations), and associated brass-tipped ramrods 38.5cm; 15 1/8in (2) EXHIBITED Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris 1988, cat. no. 77. These pistols were commissioned during the reign of Louis XVIII (reigned 1814-24). The absence of specific Eastern motifs would suggest that these were made for presentation to a potentate from Tunis or Algiers, as opposed to the more commonly encountered luxury pistols made for the Eastern market. Gold mounted pistols are notably rare. £25000-35000 | Nil |
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25000 |
| 509 | A SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY HEYLIN, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1770, MAKER'S MARK I.K. FOR JOHN KING with swamped brass barrel inscribed 'Cornhill, London' within a linear frame over the breech, engraved reblued tang, signed stepped bolted lock engraved with a trophy on the tail, reblued cock (the upper portion missing), figured walnut full stock cut with chequering filled with minute silver stars over the grip and the fore-end, inlaid with a design of silver wire ropework, stars and a gold gold tassel behind the tang, full silver mounts comprising pierced rococo scrolling side-plate (cracked) engraved with the owner's initials beneath a Continental Baron's coronet, trigger-guard engraved with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and with rococo terminal, spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, vacant escutcheon, and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and whalebone ramrod, perhaps the original (tip missing) 36cm; 14 1/8in It would appear that this pistol was enriched with further silver inlay during its working life when the owner's initials were added. For a discussion of this maker's work see N. Dixon 2002, pp. 155-189. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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2100 |
| 510 | A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL BY KNUBLEY, CIRCA 1790, A 120 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL BY BATEMAN, THIRSK, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1840 AND A 40 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL SIGNED EGG,LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 the first with turn-off barrel, engraved action signed on ovals carried by trophies, folding trigger (steel replaced), sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, and flat-sided walnut butt (screw loose, the steel parts cleaned); the second with blued turn-off barrel, signed action engraved with foliage, flat-sided walnut butt and steel trigger-guard engraved with a star; and the third with turn-off barrel, signed engraved box-lock action with blued folding trigger, and flat-sided walnut butt the first: 17.5cm; 6 7/8in (3) £400-500 | Nil |
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600 |
| 511 | A PAIR OF 16 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS OF LIVERY TYPE BY JOSEPH EGG, LONDON, LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 with tapering sighted barrels signed at the breeches, stamped with London and Birmingham view and proof marks and a further mark, IR crowned, plain tangs numbered '1' and '2', signed stepped bolted locks, figured walnut full stocks, brass mounts including flush-fitting scrolling side-plates, plain trigger-guards with bud-shaped finials, grotesque mask butt-caps, vacant oval escutcheons and steel belt hooks and associated brass-tipped wooden ramrods 31.5cm; 12 3/8in (2) It would appear that the belt hooks were added during the pistols early working life, probably when they were resubmitted for proof in Birmingham. £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1600 |
