512 |
A PAIR OF GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PUFFER PISTOLS, DATED 1586, PERHAPS AUGSBURG with swamped barrels formed in two stages, engraved with foliage on the medians, the date and stamped with two marks on the breeches (one possibly Augsburg, the other Neue Støckel 8447, each rubbed), flat locks fitted with internal wheels, raised wheel-covers, sliding pan-covers with button releases, safety-catches and later dogs, fruitwood full stocks profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn with scrolling ball flower tendrils inhabited by marine monsters on the fore-ends and grotesques beneath, male and female demi-figures drawn by a pair of hippocamps opposite the respective locks, the butts inlaid with grotesques about the barrel tangs and the standing figure of Eve in differing attitudes on the spines, all within segmental lines, spherical pommels decorated en suite including differing grotesque masks divided by strapwork plaques, fitted with circular plaques decorated with cavalrymen on the base, and moulded steel trigger-guards (the steel parts heavily cleaned with chemicals, the stocks with filled worm damage, heavily varnished throughout, ramrods missing) 49.8cm; 19 5/8in (2) VARIOUS OWNERS £10000-14000 | Nil |
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8000 |
| 513 | A BRESCIAN WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with tapering octagonal barrel (shortened), flat lock fitted with external wheel retained by a shaped bracket, modern full stock inlaid with modern pierced steel plaques, and modern steel mounts 48cm; 18 7/8in £700-900 | Nil |
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950 |
| 514 | A BRESCIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with two-stage polygonal barrel moulded at the muzzle and breech, flat lock stamped with a mark, the letters AL in a shield, on the inside, fitted with external wheel retained by a semi-circular bracket, modern full stock inlaid with modern pierced steel plaques, and modern steel mounts 89.3cm; 35 1/8in £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1900 |
| 515 | A 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, CIRCA 1580, PROBABLY NUREMBERG with swamped barrel formed in two stages, stamped at the breech with the barrelsmith's mark and initials 'H. R.' (Neue Støckel 5497 and 8162), flat lock fitted with internal wheel, raised wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover (bent) with button release, safety-catch, and dog with engraved spring, one lock retaining screw missing), figured fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid in staghorn over the rear portion with scrolling tendrils and ball flowers within segmental lines, above the lock with a panel of conventional foliage and a bouquet of fruit behind, and a scrollwork plaque on the fore-end (losses, the fore-end extensively chipped, the plaques about the barrel tang missing), impressed beneath the fore-end with a mark, and steel trigger-guard (ramrod missing) 54.5cm; 21 1/2in A wheel-lock pistol made for the Saxon Electoral Guard of Christian II dated 1590 was sold Sotheby's London 30th June 2004, lot 127. £7000-9000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 516 | A PAIR OF 80 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS WITH TUTENAG BARRELS AND ACTIONS BY KING, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 with turn-off cannon barrels, box-lock actions signed on scrolls on the left and inscribed London on a further scroll on the right, each surrounded by rococo scrolls and flowers, engraved tangs, highly figured swelling walnut butts profusely inlaid with silver wire scroll (one butt with a very small chip), fitted with silver grotesque mask caps, and sliding tutenag trigger-guard safety-catches engraved with expanded flowerheads 15.2cm; 6in (2) £1500-2000 | Nil |
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2400 |
| 517 | A PAIR OF 120 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY JOYNER, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1770 each with brass turn-off cannon barrel moulded at the muzzle, engraved brass box-lock action signed on an elaborate scroll surrounded by rococo flowers on the left, and inscribed 'London' on a further scroll on the right (one top-jaw replaced), figured walnut flat-sided butt finely inlaid with silver-wire rococo scrollwork enriched with pellets and flowers over the spine and on each side, and sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a diamond filled with a rococo flower 15.2cm; 6in (2) John 2 Joyner apprenticed to Charles Pickfatt in 1747, was made Free of the Gunmaker's Company in 1758, became Master in 1773 and died the following year. £1400-1800 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 518 | A PAIR OF 50 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY GALTON, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with turn-off rifled barrels engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzles, finely engraved box-lock actions signed within an elaborate series of rococo scrolls on the left and decorated with further rococo scrolls and trophies on the right, engraved tangs, fitted with folding triggers and bottom-mounted sliding safety-catches (one steel detached, one top-jaw and screw replaced), flat-sided figured walnut butts, and vacant border-engraved silver escutcheons 19.7cm; 7 3/4in (2) £1400-1800 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 519 | A PAIR OF 32 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY E. BOND, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1786 each with round barrel engraved with a band of beadwork at the muzzle, finely engraved box-lock action signed and inscribed 'London' within an oval carried by trophies-of-arms on the respective faces, engraved tang, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, and figured walnut flat-sided butt swelling towards the base, engraved steel trigger-guard decorated with an oval filled with a flower, fitted with tear-shaped silver butt-cap engraved with an expanded flowerhead in the centre, and associated horn-tipped ramrods 21.2cm; 8 3/8in (2) Edward Bond was made Free of the Gunmaker's Company in 1750, elected Assistant 1776, and Master in 1780. He is recorded at 59 Lombard Street at the Golden Blunderbuss 1771-93. £1400-1800 | Nil |
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2000 |
| 520 | A 40 BORE FRENCH TRAVELLING PISTOL, CIRCA 1750-60 with two-stage barrel moulded at the muzzle, chiselled with rococo scrolls and foliage on a punched gilt panel over the breech and the tang, stepped bevelled lock engraved with a putto reclining on a trophy-of-war spoils of war, decorated with foliage on the tail, the cock, the top-jaw and the steel all on a punched gilt ground en suite with the breech, highly figured walnut full stock carved with rococo scrolls and flowers about the barrel tang and ramrod-pipe, the butt decorated as a falcon's head and carved with further scrolls, steel mounts chiselled with foliage against a punched gilt ground, comprising solid side-plate, trigger-guard and a pair of ramrod-pipes, contemporary wavy steel belt hook, and original horn ramrod 18.5cm; 7 1/4in £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 521 | A PAIR OF 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY JOHN RICHARDS, CIRCA 1790 with turn-off rifled brass barrels engraved with a band of acanthus foliage about the muzzles, a further band of foliage around the breeches, and one numbered '1', brass box-lock actions signed 'John Richards' on a long scroll surrounded by trophies and foliage on the left and 'Strand London' on a further scroll on the right, engraved tangs, blued folding triggers, engraved blued sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steels, and flat-sided figured walnut butts 18.3cm; 7 1/4in John 1 Richards probably came from Birmingham and was made Free of the Gunmakers Company by redemption in 1781. £1000-1200 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 522 | A PAIR OF 50 BORE POCKET PISTOLS BY KETLAND & CO, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1790 with short moulded turn-off rifled barrels, box-lock actions signed on the left, flat-sided figured walnut butts, and vacant silver shield-shaped escutcheons 13.3cm; 5 1/4in (2) £1000-1200 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 523 | A RARE PAIR OF 50 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY TWIGG & BASS, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 with round barrels fitted with engraved detachable pans retained by a screw at the front, box-lock actions signed on a tightly curling scroll surrounded by foliage on the left and inscribed 'London' on a further scroll carried by trophies-of-arms on the right, engraved tangs (one tang screw missing), engraved top-mounted sliding safety-catches also cocking the steels, flat sided figured walnut butts, engraved trigger-guards (worn), and each with associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod 19cm; 7 1/2in (2) The detachable pan is a notably unusual feature with no function as yet apparent. It is encountered on a small group of pistols dating to circa 1770-80, the most notable being a pair of triple-barrelled silver-mounted pistols formerly the property of the Tsar of Russia. See J. Barrett 1979, pp. 393-4. John Fox Twigg was in partnership with his nephew John Bass from 1788 until his death in 1790 whereupon half the business was left to his son John. £1000-1200 | Nil |
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900 |
| 524 | A PAIR OF 54 BORE SMALL FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY H. W. MORTIMER, LONDON, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1785 with turn-off barrels engraved with a band of beadwork around the breeches and one numbered '1', box-lock actions signed in full on a pair of scrolls on each side, carried by rococo flowers on the left and further flowers and a panoply of flags on the right, blued top-jaws, steel springs, and sliding safety-catches, the latter also locking the steels, blued folding triggers, and figured walnut flat-sided butts 14.2cm; 5 5/8in (2) Harvey Walklate Mortimer became Gunmaker in Ordinary to King George III in 1783. £1000-1200 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 525 | A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY LOPE, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY each with turn-off rifled barrel, box-lock action signed on the left and inscribed 'Birmm' on the right each within an oval carried by differing trophies-of-arms, fitted with engraved sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steel, and blued folding trigger, flat-sided figured walnut butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls on each side and the spine, and the latter with vacant shield-shaped silver escutcheon 16.5cm; 6 1/2in (2) This maker appears to be unrecorded. £1200-1500 | Nil |
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900 |
| 526 | A SMALL THREE-WAY PISTOL FLASK BY J. DIXON & SON SHEFFIELD, TWO BARREL KEYS, A TURKISH FLASK AND A BULLET MOULD, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first: 8cm; 3 1/8in (5) £400-500 | Nil |
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400 |
| 527 | A PAIR OF 50 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY SMITH, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 each with turn-off barrel engraved with a band of acanthus around the muzzle and foliage around the breech, box-lock action engraved with trophies-of-arms on each side and signed on the left beneath the pan and inscribed 'London' on the right, engraved sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, highly figured walnut butt cut with fine chequering over the spine and swelling towards the base, and vacant silver escuctheon 15.8cm; 6 1/4in (2) £1000-1400 | Nil |
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900 |
| 528 | A PAIR OF 54 BORE TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY T. RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1760 each with turn-off cannon barrel, moulded breech engraved with a spray of foliage, engraved tang, signed rounded lock with engraved border, figured walnut half-stock carved with a raised incised moulding about the barrel tang and swelling towards the butt (small cracks and repairs), engraved brass mounts comprising scrolling foliate side-plate, butt-cap decorated with foliage and border ornament, trigger-guard decorated with leaf finial and with a star on the bow, and vacant escutcheon, and with no provision for a ramrod 19cm; 7 1/2in (2) £1000-1500 | Nil |
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| 529 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY FISHENDEN, TONBRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 each with tapering sighted barrel inscribed 'Tonbridge', engraved with a band of foliage and inlaid with a platinum line at the breech, platinum plug, engraved breech tang decorated with foliage and trophies, signed stepped bevelled lock fitted with bolt safety and roller, highly figured walnut full stock, cheqered butt, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guards decorated with trophies-of-war on the bows and with pineapple finials, a pair of ramrod-pipes, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant silver escutcheons, and one original brass-tipped ramrod (the other replaced) 20.2cm; 8in (2) Richard Fishenden is recorded at 38 High Street, Tunbridge, circa 1823-39. £1000-1200 | Nil |
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2600 |
| 530 | AN 80 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK GUN, 19TH CENTURY with octagonal tapering barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle and inlaid with a silver band behind, signed beneath the breech, standing back-sight, integral pan with brass pivot-cover, brass action of characteristic form, including brass serpentine and mainspring, figured cherrywood full stock inlaid with engraved brass plaques with a brass monster on the right of the butt, cloud ornament over the spine, and chrysanthemum washers for the barrel bolts, and brass-tipped steel ramrod 79cm; 31 1/8in barrel £600-800 | 5% |
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650 |
| 531 | A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK GUN, 19TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted unsigned barrel moulded at the muzzle, inlaid over the breech in soft metal with running beasts, flowers and foliage, pan with steel pivot-cover retaining traces of gilding, brass-bordered steel action with steel serpentine also retaining some gilding and internal spring (trigger incomplete), dark-stained cherrywood faceted full stock, wooden ramrod, and with no provision for barrel pins 86cm; 33 7/8in barrel £500-600 | 5% |
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500 |
| 532 | A 25 BORE MIQUELET-LOCK TURKISH MUSKET, 18TH CENTURY with etched octagonal swamped sighted barrel retained by five engraved shaped brass bands (one broken), chiselled with a raised moulding over the breech and behind the muzzle, inlaid with this initials 'D.C.K.' over the breech (small losses), stamped with a Turkish mark and fitted with standing back-sight pierced with two apertures, flat lock applied with engraved silver plaques on the bridle and the cock (small losses), steel button trigger, figured hardwood full stock (fore-end chipped), faceted butt applied with an engraved brass plaque about the barrel tang and further pierced engraved plaques behind (butt-cap missing), green-stained horn barrel bolt escutcheons and fore-end cap (chipped), a single brass sling swivel, and steel ramrod 82.5cm; 32 1/2in barrel £800-1000 | 5% |
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800 |
| 533 | A 28 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel retained by four slender brass bands and a single steel band enclosing the back-sight at the breech (fore-sight missing), the action enclosed on each side by a shaped steel plaque etched with an 'orange peel' design, pierced serpentine, pierced shaped trigger, and fitted on the right with a pricker, figured hardwood full stock fluted behind the breech, and the butt-cap formed of contrasting layers of bone and horn, and original steel ramrod 125cm; 49 1/4in barrel £250-400 | 5% |
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250 |
| 534 | A 25 BORE INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel retained by five slender silver bands, chiselled with a raised panel at the muzzle and over the breech, each decorated with gold-encrusted foliage and boteh, and the muzzle formed as a gaping monster, gold-encrusted tang decorated with a brief inscription and fitted with gold-encrusted standing back-sight, the action enclosed on each side by a shaped silver plaque, pierced steel serpentine and trigger (pricker missing), figured hardwood full stock decorated with a pair of pierced foliate washers behind the breech, and with shaped silver butt-cap, and original steel ramrod decorated with gold at the tip 122.2cm; 48 1/8in barrel £700-900 | 5% |
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6000 |
| 535 | A 22 BORE INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY with octagonal barrel decorated with a panel of gold foliage at the breech and muzzle and retained by three shaped slender bands, the rear band enclosing the back-sight (fore-sight missing), the action enclosed on each side by a shaped silver plaque, pierced serpentine decorated with gold, pierced shaped brass trigger, figured hardwood full stock fluted behind the breech, a pair of silver sling swivels, and original steel ramrod 127.5cm; 50 1/4in barrel £400-600 | 5% |
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2000 |
| 536 | AN INDIAN FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, THE LOCK DATED 1817 with etched barrel strongly flaring at the muzzle and retained by three leather bands, East Indian Company lock struck with the rampant lion, lock inspector's mark and the date, hardwood full stock inlaid with bone on the butt, and brass mounts 94cm; 37in £300-500 | 5% |
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| 537 | AN AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1720 with associated smooth-bored two-stage sighted barrel with bayonet fitting, finely engraved lock fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, flash-guard and dog, decorated over its surface with a landscape enclosed by scrollwork, inhabited by Diana and Acteon, a pair of cupid figures tethering a stag, and a stag being shot by a pair of hunters in a boat in the background, the dog decorated with an allegorical figure, double set trigger (incomplete), figured walnut full stock carved with scrolls in relief about the barrel tang and the rear ramrod-pipe, the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with engraved brass plaques on the left, and patchbox with sliding cover inlaid with brass engraved en suite with the lock on the right, brass mounts including pierced engraved side-plate, shaped trigger-guard engraved with scrollwork enclosing a reclining female figure, three faceted ramrod-pipes, and engraved butt-plate (late ramrod) £2000-3000 | 5% |
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2700 |
| 538 | A 54 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN, SIGNED BY THE STOCKMAKER GM, DATED 1662 with swamped octagonal barrel fitted with standing back-sight and stamped with a mark over the breech (rubbed, fore-sight missing), flat lock fitted with wheel with raised brass cover engraved with flowers and a bird-of-prey, sliding pan-cover with later button release, flash-guard, pierced engraved dog fitted with a chased gilt-bronze mask on the bridle, double set trigger, figured hardwood full stock moulded over the fore-end, inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including the date and the stockmaker's initials 'G. M.' ahead of a fruit, a woodland scene involving an owl and two birds-of-prey on the cheek-piece, the right-hand side of the butt with patchbox, engraved above with an incised panel of scrolling foliage and fruit, and sliding cover engraved en suite with the cheek-piece, horn butt-cap, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, steel sling swivel, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (one sling swivel and the trigger-guard missing) 90.6cm; 35 3/4in barrel £1500-2000 | 5% |
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2500 |
| 539 | A54 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1660 AND LATER with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with six grooves and engraved with a band of beadwork at the breech, flat lock stamped with the maker's initials 'GFT', engraved with a stag hunting scene and a pair of unicorn, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, flash-guard, and pierced dog engraved with Diana and a cupid, double set trigger, figured fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including a rabbit pursued by a hound over the fore-end, large flowers and a scrolling tendril with monsterhead terminal opposite the lock, and a mounted King in pursuit of a hare on the cheek-piece, the latter inset with a dark horn oval engraved with the stockmaker's initials J. C. K., patchbox with sliding cover of engraved staghorn, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, a pair of engraved bone ramrod-pipes, and engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped ramrod 99cm; 39in barrel £2000-3000 | 5% |
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2400 |
| 540 | A RARE 10 BORE GERMAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel moulded over the median, fitted with standing back-sight, sweated-on pan with pivot-cover and flash-guard, long rectangular lock retained by two screws and stamped with Suhl control mark (rubbed), curved serpentine with engraved match-holder fitted with thumb-screw, figured walnut full stock with large fishtail butt (repairs, small areas of worm damage), profusely inlaid over its entire surface in staghorn with ball flower tendrils and further engraved staghorn plaquettes including foliate ovals over the fore-end, an exotic bird and an expanded flowerhead opposite the lock and a garland of fruit beneath, and marine monsters and hounds on each side of the butt (restorations), steel trigger-guard with scrolling rear terminal and steel butt-plate (the top chipped, fore-end cap missing later ramrod) 116cm; 45 3/4in barrel £750-1000 | 5% |
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2400 |
| 541 | A 25 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1680 with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves and incised with a series of numbers and letters over the breech (rubbed, extended), flat lock engraved with scrolls enclosing a deer in a landscape, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, flash-guard and engraved dog, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end (small repairs), the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with a chamois between a pair of fronds on the left, and patchbox with sliding cover inlaid with engraved staghorn on the right, a pair of engraved staghorn ramrod-pipes, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, horn butt-cap, associated ramrod and with a wheel-lock key 66.2cm; 26 1/8in barrel £800-1000 | 5% |
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1500 |
