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A .600 CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK INFANTRY MUSKET, THE LOCK DATED 1856 based on the Austrian model of 1838, with two-stage sighted barrel retained by three steel bands and struck with Liège proof, regulation lock figured walnut regulation full stock, impressed 'PK' beneath the lock, and steel mounts, with its steel ramrod 94.5cm; 37 1/4in barrel £400-600 | 5% |
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480 |
| 362 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING CARBINES BY PERRET A GRATZ, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted brass barrels fitted with engraved steel back-sights of two folding leaves, one retaining some original blue colour, engraved with a band of beadwork at the breeches, steel tangs engraved '1' and '2' respectively, signed stepped bevelled locks (one top-jaw missing, the steels with small chips), double set triggers, figured walnut full stocks carved with rococo scrolls about the barrel tangs and behind the rear ramrod-pipes, the butts with carved cheek-pieces decorated en suite on the left and with patchbox with sliding fluted cover on the right, brass mounts comprising solid side-plates with bevelled borders, vacant escutcheons of shaped outline, butt-plates with pronounced heels, trigger-guard with faceted bows, and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end caps (one with small chips, the other cracked), and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods 64cm; 25 1/4in (2) This maker appears to be unrecorded. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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5000 |
| 363 | A 15 BORE FLINTLOCK COACHING CARBINE BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1765 with lightly swamped barrel fitted with silver barleycorn fore-sight, signed within a linear frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech, fitted with a moulded cup beneath the muzzle and a moulded ramrod-pipe behind, engraved grooved tang, signed border-engraved rounded lock fitted with moulded sliding safety-catch and later cock, figured walnut half-stock, skeleton butt, engraved brass mounts comprising fore-end cap, trigger-guard with a rose on the bow and early acorn finial, solid side-plate, and later horn-tipped wooden ramrod 62cm; 24 3/8in barrel Provenance William Keith Neil, sold Christie's 8th November 1995, lot 123 William Wrightson, Cusworth Hall, Doncaster Literature W. Keith Neal & D. H. L. Back, Griffin & Tow and W. Bailles, 1989, p.70, plates 20a, b. £2500-3000 | 5% |
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| 364 | A 15 BORE GERMAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1630-40 with two-stage sighted barrel struck with two pellet marks over the breech, fitted with pan, flash-guard and pivoting pan-cover, narrow rectangular lock retained by two screws, wooden full stock carved with a fluted moulding behind the barrel tang (small repairs), slender fish-tail butt, stamped on the right with the Austrian bindenschild, steel trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipe, and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 99.5cm; 39 1/8in barrel £2000-2500 | Nil |
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3200 |
| 365 | A 14 BORE GERMAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1630-40 with two-stage sighted barrel struck with two pellet marks over the breech, fitted with pan, flash-guard and pivoting pan-cover, narrow rectangular sparsely engraved lock retained by two screws, wooden full stock with slender fish-tail butt, stamped on the right with the Austrian bindenschild, steel trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipe, and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 105cm; 41 3/8in barrel £2000-2500 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 366 | A 16 BORE GERMAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1630-40 with two-stage sighted barrel, fitted with pan and flash-guard (pivot pan-cover missing), narrow rectangular sparsely engraved lock retained by two screws, wooden full stock with slender fish-tail butt, stamped on the right with the Austrian bindenschild, steel trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipe, and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 104cm; 41 in barrel £2000-2500 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 367 | A 14 BORE GERMAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1630-40 with two-stage sighted barrel struck with two pellet marks over the breech, fitted with pan, flash-guard and pivoting pan-cover, narrow rectangular lock retained by two screws, wooden full stock incised with linear ornament and carved with a fluted moulding behind the barrel tang (small repairs ahead of the trigger-guard), slender deep fish-tail butt (one small chip at the top), stamped on the right with the Austrian bindenschild, steel trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe (fore-end cap missing), and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 103cm; 40 5/8in barrel £2000-2500 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 368 | A .700 COMPOSITE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN AND A 25 BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN the first converted from flintlock, with tapering sighted military barrel, French regulation lock with Charleville arsenal inscription, hardwood half-stock, and the butt with sliding patchbox-cover (worn throughout, ramrod missing); the second with octagonal sighted barrel, associated lock signed Hebert and engraved with a hound, figured walnut full stock, carved walnut trigger-guard, and brass mounts of shaped outline (worn) the first: 85.3cm; 33 5/8in barrel (2) £180-220 | Nil |
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| 369 | AN UNUSUAL 25 BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY P. BOND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with strongly swamped barrel in the Indian taste, chiselled with a fine scale pattern in imitation of 'damascus' steel, the muzzle and breech each decorated by a wavy pattern carrying small flowerheads, the former with bead fore-sight and the latter with raised grooved back-sight, engraved tang decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage, signed stepped border-engraved lock, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, four engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons each flanked by a pineapple motif on either side, and horn fore-end cap (the steel parts with surface rust and wear, ramrod missing) 133cm; 52 1/4in barrel £350-450 | Nil |
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350 |
| 370 | A .451 CALIBRE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 'MONKEY TAIL' CARBINE, NO. 15950, DATED 1875 with blued Whitworth barrel, signed dated lock, regulation steel mounts, with its steel clearing rod 63.5cm; 25in barrel £300-500 | Nil |
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380 |
| 371 | A .50 CALIBRE RIMFIRE SPENCER CIVIL WAR MODEL REPEATING CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 59711, CIRCA 1863-5 of standard production specifications, the barrel rifled with six grooves, and the stock fitted with a saddle bar with ring and a steel sling swivel (the steel parts pitted and cleaned, the maker's inscription worn) 56cm; 22in barrel £350-450 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 372 | A .577 CALIBRE SNIDER-ENFIELD TWO BAND RIFLE, DATED 1874 of regulation specifications, with folding back-sight, the lock stamped with the date, a crown and 'Tower', with its steel ramrod (the steel parts pitted) 83.5cm; 32 3/4in barrel £250-300 | Nil |
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320 |
| 373 | A .577 CALIBRE SNIDER-ENFIELD TWO BAND RIFLE BY B.S.A. CO, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, DATED 1871 of regulation specifications, with folding back-sight calibrated to 800 yrds, the lock stamped with the date and VR crowned (stock cut-down to three-quarter length, ramrod missing) 83.5cm; 32 3/4in barrel £150-200 | Nil |
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300 |
| 374 | A 32 BORE CALIBRE IRISH PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY W. & J. RIGBY, NO. 8490, CIRCA 1839 with etched twist octagonal sighted barrel retaining traces of the maker's signature over the breech and fitted with folding leaf back-sight, numbered breech inlaid with a slender platinum line and with pierced platinum plug, signed scroll-engraved back-action lock, figured walnut half-stock (one small crack opposite the lock), chequered grip, engraved steel mounts including patchbox cover, trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe (one missing) and a pair of steel sling swivels, and silver escutcheon with later initials (later ramrod, fore-end cap missing, worn) 78.5cm; 30 7/8in barrel The Rigby records include serial number 8490 'second best rifle.......made for G. Bury.' See D. H. L. Back 1992, p.85. £400-600 | 5% |
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1200 |
| 375 | A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, 17TH CENTURY converted for use as a trap or alarm gun, with cut-down octagonal barrel stamped with the barrelsmith's marks at the breech, flat lock engraved with a pair of cavalry officers in contemporary dress before a city, later hardwood full stock, and later steel mounts of rudimentary construction 33cm; 13in £400-500 | Nil |
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850 |
| 376 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOLS, MID-17TH CENTURY with two-stage barrels, one retaining traces of a 'P' mark over the breech, slender tapering tangs, flat lock-plates with bevelled rear edges, fitted with external wheels, sliding pan-covers and dogs (one trigger missing), figured hardwood full stocks (small cracks and minor repairs), oval pommels encircled by a narrow steel band, plain steel mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, and associated steel-tipped ramrods; together with a contemporary combined wheel-lock key and turnscrew 60cm; 23 5/8in (3) £3000-4000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 377 | A RARE PAIR OF VIENNESE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR PISTOLS BY JOH FRUWIRTH A WIEN, CIRCA 1810 each with blued octagonal sighted barrel rifled with twelve grooves, signed in silver and inlaid with silver bouquets on each side, inlaid with a further silver bouquet over the breech, fitted on the right with blued steel tubular ball magazine and sliding transverse feed-block at the rear, standing back-sight, brass action-cover engraved with a floral trophy and leafy border ornament, fitting with cocking indicator on the left, border-engraved lock decorated en suite and with a panoply of flags, engraved spurred cocking lever, figured walnut fore-end carved with scrolls and foliage beneath the lock, engraved side-plate decorated with a sunburst and with blued button safety-catch, blued steel trigger-plate, engraved brass trigger decorated en suite with the action and with bouquet finial, and steel butt reservoir with its original painted finish in imitation of tortoiseshell (small losses), and retaining some original blued finish throughout 30.5cm; 12in (2) A number of Viennese makers copied the Girandoni system in the early 19th Century. Another pistol of this type by the same maker is preserved in the Museo di Artiglieria, Turin (inv. no. N.261). See A. Hoff 1972, pp.71-72. A further pair of air pistols also with faux tortoiseshell butt reservoirs, and with similar actions, by Josef Lowenz are preserved in the National Museum, Prague (inv.no. II1408 & 1409). £5000-7000 | 5% |
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14000 |
| 378 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS, CIRCA 1830, PROBABLY SWISS with blued octagonal barrels fitted with silver fore-sights and rifled with seven grooves, numbered '1' and '2' over the respective breeches and decorated with a band of gilt beadwork, the tangs fitted with standing back-sights, burnished steel locks fitted with blued bolt safety-catches, rainproof pans and rollers, blued double set triggers, highly figured walnut full stocks carved with leafy mouldings behind the rear ramrod-pipes and a further moulding centring on a diamond behind the tangs, chequered butts enriched with silver wire and pellets, engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plates decorated with scrolls around the borders and foliage, oval pommels and trigger-guards decorated en suite, vacant mother-of-pearl escutcheons, a pair of ramrod-pipes, engraved bone fore-end caps, and bone-tipped baleen ramrods 34.5cm; 13 5/8in (2) £3500-4500 | 5% |
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4000 |
| 379 | A FINE PAIR OF 28 BORE BOHEMIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY WISTALLER, OLMITZ, CIRCA 1750 with etched twist swamped barrels in the Turkish manner fitted with silver fore-sights, encrusted with silver over much of their surface comprising scrolls and a band of beadwork around the muzzle, scrolling foliage over the median, and the breech decorated with rondels and scrolls incorporated within a linear framework enclosing a pseudo Turkish gold inscription and set with a garnet behind, gold-lined vents, engraved barrel tangs decorated with a rococo scallop and numbered '1' and '2' respectively, rounded locks signed 'Wistaler' and 'a Olmitz' (one top-jaw and screw missing), blued triggers, figured walnut full stocks moulded over the fore-ends, carved with rococo ornament behind the rear ramrod-pipe and about the barrel tang, full silver mounts engraved with rococo ornament, comprising solid side-plate, trigger-guards, butt-caps, vacant escutcheons, a pair of ramrod-pipes, and silver fore-end caps, and each with its original silver-tipped wooden ramrod 46cm; 18 1/8in (2) Georg Wisthaler (active 1718-50) apprenticed in Vienna and later worked for the Bishop of Olmütz, present day Oloumec, in Moravia. A pair of pistols by Matthé a Mannheim with barrels decorated in the same manner were sold Christie's, 8th November 1995, lot 175. A gun barrel from the same group was sold Herman Historica 19th May 2001, lot 91. £4000-5000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 380 | A PAIR OF 20 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, MID-18TH CENTURY with etched twist swamped barrels fitted with brass fore-sights, engraved tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively, bevelled locks chiselled with mounted cavalrymen and rococo scrolls (one top-jaw and screw missing), figured walnut full stocks carved with rococo scrolls over the fore-ends and about the barrel tangs (small cracks and repairs), brass mounts cast and chased in low relief against a matted ground, comprising solid side-plates decorated with cavalrymen in combat within a wooded landscape, trigger-guards with trophies-of-arms and portrait medallions on the bows and acanthus finials, butt-plates with further cavalrymen and trophies, crowned escutcheons filled with profile busts, a pair of ramrod-pipes, and fore-end caps, and each with its original brass-tipped wooden ramrod (one incomplete) 47.5cm;18 3/4in (2) £3000-3500 | Nil |
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3200 |
| 381 | A PAIR OF 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1740 with etched twist swamped barrels formed with long flats fitted with moulded fore-sights (one replaced), etched tangs, rounded locks chiselled with foliage on the tails (the top-jaws and screws replaced), blued pans and steel springs, blued triggers and trigger-plates, figured walnut full stocks moulded over the fore-ends (one cracked, the other repaired), carved with foliage about the barrel tangs, burnished steel mounts comprising slender spurred pommels, trigger-guards with finials of shaped outline, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped ramrods, perhaps the original 45cm; 17 3/4in (2) £1800-2200 | 5% |
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| 382 | A 40 BORE CENTRAL ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE BELT PISTOL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel fluted over the breech stamped 'Lazzari Cominaz', engraved rounded lock of characteristic form fitted with sliding pan-cover and chiselled warrior masks and a herm, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end (small cracks and repairs), applied with an engraved and chiselled brass plaque about the barrel tang and over the fore-end, decorated with the figure of Perseus and a profile mask amidst scrolling foliage respectively, full brass mounts comprising solid side-plate decorated with scrolling foliage and a serpent centring on a profile medallion, spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard with moulded finial and a grotesque on the bow, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, fore-end cap and slender steel belt hook (later ramrod) 47.8cm; 18 3/4in £2500-3500 | Nil |
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3900 |
| 383 | A 32 BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY IOHANN IACOB KUCHENREUTER, CIRCA 1750 with swamped barrel signed on the flat, fitted with silver fore-sight, inlaid with silver scrollwork over the breech, numbered '1', and stamped with three gold-lined barrelsmith's marks over the breech (Neue Støckel 7719 and 654), plain bevelled lock with rounded tail, figured walnut full stock carved with scrollwork behind the rear ramrod-pipe and about the breech, brass mounts of shaped outline, comprising side-plate, spurred faceted pommel, trigger-guard, two ramrod-pipes and vacant escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, and with its horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 51cm; 20in Johann Jakob Kuchenreuter (1709-83) was Hofbüchsenmacher to the Princes von Thurn und Taxis. £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1900 |
| 384 | A 17 BORE EAST INDIA COMPANY FLINTLOCK CAVALRY PISTOL, CIRCA 1819-39 the barrel stamped with London view and proof marks, a crowned '9' and a further mark, the lock with East India mark and a crowned '3', regulation full stock, regulation brass mounts, steel lanyard ring and steel swivel rammer 39cm; 15 1/4in See D. Harding 1997, vol. II, pp. 296-297. £250-350 | Nil |
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480 |
| 385 | A .650 CALIBRE 1756 PATTERN LIGHT DRAGOON PISTOL AND A FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1800 the first with 9in barrel, regulation lock (top-jaw missing), walnut full stock with ordnance stamp, regulation brass mounts including pommel engraved 'SG' and '24'; the second with tapering barrel struck with London proof marks at the breech, engraved flat lock, figured walnut full stock, and later brass trigger-guard engraved with a bouquet (both with surface rust and later ramrods) the first: 38.5cm; 15 1/8in (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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650 |
| 386 | A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY WILKES, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1777, MAKER'S MARK CF with two-stage swamped barrels lightly engraved with foliage on the breeches and stamped with Irish census marks, engraved tangs, stepped bolted locks signed on scrolls (the steel parts worn), figured walnut full stocks inlaid with silver wire scrollwork behind the locks, the side-plates and about the barrel tangs (the fore-ends repaired) full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trophy-of-arms side-plates, butt-caps with grotesque masks, trigger-guards engraved with flowerheads on the bows and with trophy finials (one restored), a pair of silver ramrod-pipes and vacant escutcheons (later ramrods) 34.5cm; 13 1/2in (2) £1500-2000 | Nil |
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2600 |
| 387 | A PAIR OF SILVER MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED I. PENDRILL, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1730 each with moulded cannon barrel, engraved breech and tang, signed rounded lock engraved with foliage and border ornament, figured walnut half-stock, full silver mounts comprising side-plate pierced with a design of foliage including a monsterhead terminal, trigger-guard with acanthus finial and a flowerhead on the bow, spurred pommel engraved with sprays of foliage and fitted with grotesque mask cap, vacant escutcheon, and a pair of scrolling plaques on each side of the tang (the steel parts with some pitting, the mounts rubbed) 31.5cm; 12 3/8in (2) £1500-2000 | Nil |
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2600 |
| 388 | A CASED PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY RICHARD KING, LONDON, CIRCA 1740 converted from flintlock, with turn-off cannon barrels, engraved breeches stamped with London proof marks and the maker's mark beneath (worn), engraved breech tangs, border-engraved rounded actions signed beneath the percussion drums, figured walnut butts carved with a scallop moulding about the tangs (one butt repaired), silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising side-plates pierced with rococo foliage and scrolls, vacant escutcheons and grotesque mask butt-caps, and steel trigger-guards: in an oak case for a mid-19th Century percussion revolver with later lining 27.3cm; 10 3/4in (2) £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 389 | A PAIR OF 80 BORE FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION PISTOLS BY TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 with turn-off barrels cut for a barrel key at the muzzles, numbered '1' to '3' at the breeches, brass actions numbered en suite with the barrels, signed in an oval on a trophy-of-arms on the left and fitted with tap-lever, inscribed 'London' in a further oval on a trophy on the right, sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steels, flat-sided walnut butts, engraved steel trigger-guards decorated with a rococo flowerheads (areas of wear throughout) 15.5cm; 6in (2) £700-900 | Nil |
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950 |
| 390 | A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with turn-off barrel, engraved action decorated with stylised trophies-of-arms (top-jaw and screw replaced), sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, flat-sided walnut butt (worn), and steel trigger-guards engraved with a star 23.5cm; 9 1/4in £250-300 | 5% |
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320 |
