301 |
A VERY LARGE HORN FLASK, 18TH CENTURY of curved stained cowhorn, fitted with turned horn basal cap decorated with a pattern of concentric bands and with turned horn threaded stopper, a pair of steel sling swivels on brass washers, and retaining a leather carrying strap (nozzle missing) 68.5cm; 27in £100-150 | Nil |
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190 |
| 302 | A LARGE HORN POWDER-FLASK AND FOUR FURTHER POWDER-FLASKS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first with cowhorn body, brass basal cap with scalloped border, fitted in the centre with a threaded wooden stopper, brass nozzle with spring cut-off and with a suspension loop at each end; a brass flask by Hawksley, a leather shot flask, and two further powder-flasks (worn) the first: 41cm; 16 1/8in (5) £100-150 | Nil |
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80 |
| 303 | A TWO-WAY SHOT FLASK with an oval lid at each end secured by a spring along the back of the body and engraved in the centre with three lines 21.5cm; 8 1/2in £80-100 | Nil |
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110 |
| 304 | A LEATHER SHOT-FLASK AND A CONTINENTAL POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first with leather body embossed with the crowned Royal arms and impressed 'London' on one side and fitted with graduated brass nozzle with cut-off (spring missing); and the second with leather body and graduated brass nozzle with cut-off the first: 21.5cm; 8 1/2in (2) £100-150 | Nil |
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| 305 | A CENTRAL ITALIAN FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL CONVERTED FOR USE AS A STRIKE-A-LIGHT, BY ANTONIO CHOGI, MID-18TH CENTURY with tapering brass barrel, engraved with scrolls and signed over the breech, hinged on the left and opened by a stud of the breech tang, fitted with a spring device inside for a tip-up match-holder (missing), engraved bevelled lock decorated with bands of pellets, figured moulded walnut full stock, and brass mounds including trigger-guard with foliate finial (escutcheon missing) 22cm; 8 5/8in £300-400 | Nil |
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600 |
| 306 | AN ENGLISH BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, 19TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrel fitted with later fore-sight, cast and chased with raised astragal bands decorated with foliage, chiselled in relief with a trophy-of-arms on the chase and foliage, carrying a vacant escutcheon on the first reinforce, the latter stamped with London view and proof marks beneath, a pair of leafy dolphins on a punched ground, plain trunnions, raised vent, the base ring chiselled with foliage and drawn-out to a cascabel formed as a mulberry enclosed by acanthus leaves (pitted cleaned overall) 57cm; 22 1/2in barrel 2.5cm; 1in bore £1800-2200 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 307 | A FINELY CONSTRUCTED FRENCH MODEL CANNON BASED ON THE GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM, COMPLETE WITH ITS AMMUNITION WAGON AND LIMBERS, DATED 1826 comprising tapering multi-stage brass barrel swelling at the muzzle, chiselled with neo-classical foliage behind and a pronounced roped band, chiselled with further bands of foliage at each end of the chase, the date in a panel and a coat of arms, two fleur-de-lys divided by a tierced in bend beneath a hatched chief enclosed by a wreath of laurel foliage and surmounted by a further fleur-de-lys, over the first reinforce, plain vent field, the cascabel chiselled with foliage and a roped band en suite with the muzzle, a pair of faceted lifting handles, and a pair of plain trunnions, on its steel clad wooden carriage with provision for the barrel in service and in transport, fitted with a pair of steel-shod spoked cambered wheels, complete with its fittings including rammers and clearing rods, and iron clad ammunition box, with its limber mounted en suite, and ammunition wagon comprising a long box fitted with one lid covering four compartments, the carriage with two steel-shod spoked cambered wheels and with two additional spare wheels, complete with its limber 44.5cm; 17 1/2in barrel 2cm; 3/4in bore (4) PROVENANCE Robin Wigington EXHIBITED International Art Treasures, The Assembly Rooms, Bath, 1973, no. 332A General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715-89) was responsible for reorganising the French artillery which was effective from 1774 to 1827. For ease of manufacture all guns were cast without the characteristic decoration of earlier French guns. The system also included a lighter and more mobile series of standard gun carriages and accessories for the first time. See H. L. Blackmore 1976, p. 231. £12000-18000 | Nil |
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25000 |
| 308 | WINHOLDT, MICHEL A FINE DRAWING OF A 48 POUNDER AND A 24 POUNDER DECORATED CANNON, BOTH DATED 1646 63.5cm; 25in by 16cm; 6 1/4in and 51.5cm; 20 1/4in x 14cm; 5 1/2in respectively (2) ink on paper (each with a repaired clean tear), the 48 pounder signed and dated within a cartouche over the first reinforce and inscribed '8 lodt Eissen' [48 pounds], the 24 pounder signed and dated around the base-ring '4 lodt Eissen' [24 pounds], both framed and glazed The Weinholdt (Weinhold) family are recorded as a family of gun and bell founders originating in Danzig. Late in the 17th Century they moved to Dresden where they succeeded the Herolds as chief founders to the Electors of Saxony. The present drawings are in keeping with contemporary British 'demi-cannon' and 'whole cannon' later known as cannon of 7 and cannon of 6 respectively. See H. L. Blackmore 1976 and A. N. Kennard 1986, p. 152. £6000-8000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 309 | AN IRON CANNON, 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage barrel flaring at the muzzle, raised astragals, raised rectangular vent field for an ignition device, moulded base-ring drawn-out to a globose cascabel, breeching loop (chipped), a pair of trunnions: on a later iron carriage (pitted throughout) 119.3cm; 47 1/4in barrel 2 3/4in bore £1000-1500 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 310 | A BRONZE CANNON, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed in three stages, raised vent field, rounded base-ring drawn-out to a moulded globose cascabel, and a pair of plain trunnions (pitting, cleaned) 8.8cm; 3 3/8in bore 118.8cm; 46 3/4in barrel £1000-1500 | Nil |
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800 |
| 311 | BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, 18TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrel, strongly moulded muzzle and astragals, stylised dolphin lifting handles on a bed of small punched stars, rounded base-ring punched with further stars on a matted ground and incorporating a scalloped vent, and finely chiselled bud-shaped cascabel: on its steel-clad wooden carriage fitted with a pair of steel-shod spoked cambered wheels 25cm; 9 7/8in barrel £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 312 | A FINE MODEL SALUTING CANNON, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with five-stage brass barrel moulded at the muzzle, raised astragals, raised rectangular vent field, globose cascabel incorporating a square panel at the top, and a pair of plain trunnions, on its brass-mounted walnut carriage, fitted with height-adjusting mechanism comprising a threaded steel worm acting on a pivot-plate attached to the cascabel, with brass turning handle (one small chip), a pair of brass clad spoked cambered wheels, and solid trail with brass fittings 46.5cm; 18 1/4in Sold with a label recording its inclusion in an exhibition at the Science Museum, South Kensington. £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 313 | A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION MODEL CANNON, LATE 19TH CENTURY with four-stage moulded brass barrel, fitted with percussion nipple at the vent, on its wooden carriage fitted with a pair of large steel-clad trucks, height adjusting mechanism, and hand operated ignition hammer, and complete with its combination spanner, nipple wrench and turnscrew 20.5cm; 8in barrel 50 bore £600-800 | Nil |
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| 314 | A PAIR OF BRONZE SALUTING CANNON in 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY each with tapering multi-stage barrel cast with raised foliate mouldings, a crowned coat-of-arms and the date 1630 over the first reinforce, a pair of dolphins, plain trunnions, and globose cascabel decorated with foliage 45.5cm; 17 7/8in barrels 2.5cm; 1in bores (2) £400-600 | Nil |
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400 |
| 315 | A BRASS CANNON IN THE STYLE OF COSIMO CENNI, MODERN after the Bargello cannon, of embossed sheet brass, decorated with a knight over the chase, the muzzle engulfed by a lion's head, decorated with a knightly figure on the chase, and the arms of the Medici on the first reinforce, and the cascabel formed as the head of St Paul 71cm; 28in barrel £500-700 | Nil |
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500 |
| 316 | TWO INDIAN LACQUERED HIDE DHALS, 19TH CENTURY the first with shallow convex body, fitted with four circular gilt-brass bosses chiselled with flowers and with pierced cusped borders, and a crescent above, the inside with its padded liner and enarmes; the second with up-turned rim, fitted with four cental bosses with pierced borders and a cresecent above, and the inside retaining a portion of its padded liner and rings for enarmes 60cm; 23 5/8in and 47.5cm; 18 3/4in diameter (2) Inv. nos. A027 & A142 £400-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 317 | TWO INDIAN LACQUERED HIDE DHALS, 19TH CENTURY the first with shallow convex body up-turned at the edge, fitted with four circular gilt-brass bosses with pierced cusped borders, a crescent and two further bosses at the top formed en suite, the inside with a portion of its padded liner and enarmes; the second of more pronounced form, with domed silver-plated bosses, and retaining its padded liner and rings for enarmes 54cm; 21 1/4in and 45cm; 17 3/4in diameter (2) Inv. nos. A026 & A139 £300-400 | Nil |
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400 |
| 318 | THREE INDIAN HIDE DHALS, 19TH CENTURY each with shallow convex body, the first near translucent (the second and third warped), fitted with three pairs of central bosses, and retaining iron rings for enarmes on the inside, the first decorated with gilt flowers on the bosses, the second with gilt bosses with fluted borders and the third with chiselled steel bosses 51.5cm; 20 1/4in; 53cm; 20 7/8in; and 42cm; 16 1/2in diameter (3) Inv. nos. A138 & A140 £200-300 | Nil |
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450 |
| 319 | A VERY RARE VIKING STIRRUP, 11TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with slightly curved tread (cracked through and chipped), arched sides of U-shaped section, rising to a loop at the top (incomplete), swelling to a characteristic boss above the tread and widening to a spatulate base, decorated over the entire outer surface in brass with a pattern of false damascened symmetrical scrollwork 23.5cm; 9 1/4in high Inv. No. 004 Literature Wilfred A. Seaby and Paul Woodfield, Viking Stirrups from England and their Background, in Medieval Archaeology 24, 1980, pp. 112-113, no. 20. The decoration and form is characteristic of English type 2Ci stirrups of which there are seven recorded examples. For a discussion of this group see the article cited above. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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11000 |
| 320 | AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1680-90 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped with a King's head mark on one side, cast and chiselled brass hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior head terminals, matching pommel, and turned hardwood grip 44cm; 17 1/4in Similar plug bayonets were used during this period by the Guard of the Royal Household £700-900 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 321 | AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1680-90 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped with a King's head mark on one side, cast and chiselled brass hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior head terminals (one slightly bent), matching pommel, and turned hardwood grip 42cm; 16 1/2in Inv. No. E024 £700-900 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 322 | AN ENGLISH MORTUARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip (areas of pitting), stamped on each side at the forte with a running wolf mark and a cross mark, each retaining some copper inlay, steel hilt including scrolling quillon, a pair of langets, guard chiselled with a symmetrical arrangement of three grotesque faces and foliage on each side of the blade, drawn-up at the front to an additional frontal bar, knuckle-guard with a pair of scrolling bars at the front and a single bar behind, thumb-loop, and chiselled pommel (later grip) 79.5cm; 31 1/4in blade Inv. no. E031 A similar sword is preserved in York Castle Museum (inv. no. CA 730), See C. Mazansky 2005 p. 263. £1000-1400 | Nil |
|
1700 |
| 323 | AN ENGLISH MORTUARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a slender fuller along the back edge and stamped with a mark on each side, symmetrical steel hilt chiselled with foliage and grotesque masks (worn), comprising solid guard with scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard joined to the frontal guard by a pair of curved bars, a further bar joining the frontal guard towards the quillon, and spherical pommel, and with an early wire-bound fishskin-covered grip 85.7cm; 33 3/4in blade Inv. no. E032 A Scottish sword stamped with the same mark on the blade is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See A. R. Dufty 1975, pl. 108, no. 53a. £1000-1400 | Nil |
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1900 |
| 324 | AN ENGLISH MORTUARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a pair of slender fullers along the back-edge on each side, symmetrical steel hilt chiselled with foliage and grotesque masks on the underside of the guard, drawn-up at the rear to form the knuckle-guard, fitted with an additional vertical bar with bifurcated scrolling bases front and back, each joined to the knuckle-guard by a pair of moulded bars, a pair of short pointed langets, vestigial quillon, and chiselled pommel (later grip) 78.5cm; 30 7/8in blade Inv. no. E213 £1000-1400 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 325 | A ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740, AND ANOTHER, MID-18TH the first with hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt chiselled throughout with scalloped patterns within moulded frames, including double shell-guard, knuckle-guard interrupted by a moulding, and matching pommel (later grip); the second with hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt pierced with a pattern of scrolling flowers and foliage enclosing a trellis framework, including shell-guard (the rear portion missing), knuckle-guard, and pierced pommel, and retaining an early grip of plaited silver wire and ribband the first: 80.7cm; 31 7/8in blade (2) Inv. nos E191, E321 £250-350 | Nil |
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550 |
| 326 | AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH BLUED STEEL HILT, CIRCA 1790 with hollow-triangular blade etched with scrolls and foliage over the forte, blued steel hilt engraved with bands of beadwork and foliage, including oval dish-guard, small globular quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel, and with some blued finish throughout (areas of oxidation, later grip) 83.5cm; 32 7/8in blade Inv. no E192 £150-200 | Nil |
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260 |
| 327 | AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with hollow-triangular blade etched with scrolling foliage at the forte (worn), steel hilt including double-shell-guard pierced and chiselled with a trellis pattern of foliage, quillon-block and ovoid pommel each pierced en suite and knuckle-guard decorated with foliage (later grip) 76.5cm; 30 1/8in blade Inv. no E012 £150-200 | Nil |
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550 |
| 328 | TEN SMALL SWORD BLADES, MID-18TH CENTURY one of colichemarde type and etched with a panel of scrollwork at the forte, the remaining nine of hollow-triangular section, and two retaining their tangs 83cm; 32 5/8in average blade Inv. nos E264, E267, E271, E273 & E274 £150-200 | Nil |
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570 |
| 329 | SEVEN SOCKET BAYONETS, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY comprising four with 4in sockets, each stamped with a crown and one stamped 'Makin', and three with 3in sockets, one inscribed '12' on the socket and 'Harper & Co' on the forte, one inscribed '4' on the socket and two in their leather scabbards 33cm; 13in to 43cm; 17in blades (7) Inv. nos. F065, F068, F070, F072, F076, F318 & F320 £250-350 | Nil |
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850 |
| 330 | NINE SOCKET BAYONETS, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY comprising eight with 4in sockets and plain blades of hollow triangular section and one with 3in socket inscribed '6' and with hollow triangular blade 40cm; 15 3/4in blade, average (9) Inv. nos. E331-339 £350-450 | Nil |
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550 |
