421 |
A PAIR OF 50 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1830 with octagonal twist sighted turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved actions fitted with engraved blued side hammers, figured walnut butts rising to a central point, engraved steel trigger-guards, and vacant German silver escutcheons (surface rust) 19.2cm; 7 1/2in (2) £240-280 | Nil |
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220 |
| 422 | A 120 BORE D.B. FRENCH PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, ST ETIENNE PROOF, AND A 54 BORE BELGIAN D.B. PERCUSSION PISTOL, LIÈGE PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with separate rifled barrels joined by a small block incorporating the fore-sight at the rebated breeches, box-lock action, figured walnut butt, broad steel trigger-guard and brass-tipped steel ramrod; and the second with octagonal barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock action, figured walnut butt, engraved steel trigger-guard, and vacant shield-shaped German silver escutcheon (surface rust) the first: 20.3cm; 8in (2) £350-450 | Nil |
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| 423 | A 54 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL BY LEPAGE A PARIS, NO.884/286, MID-19TH CENTURY AND A 70 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with turn-off barrel, rifled with eight narrow grooves, engraved and gilt with linear patterns in the oriental taste, foliate engraved action signed in gold on the underside and decorated with scrolling foliage, folding trigger, and fluted ivory butt fitted with engraved steel cap; the second with blued barrel decorated with a band of gilt petals around the breech, scroll-engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, and fluted butt fitted with engraved steel cap the first: 14.4cm; 5 5/8in (2) £550-600 | Nil |
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650 |
| 424 | AN 80 BORE D.B. BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY, A 7MM D.B. CONTINENTAL PIN-FIRE POCKET PISTOL, CIRCA 1860; AND A FRENCH PIN-FIRE POCKET PISTOL, ST ETIENNE PROOF, CIRCA 1870 the first with blued twist barrels, engraved box-lock action, blued hammers figured burrwood butt and steel trigger-guard engraved with crossed fronds (surface rust); the second with barrels released by a blued rotary underlever, engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, and dark hardwood butt (surface rust); and the third with blued barrel released by an engraved rotary underlever, box-lock action engraved with trellis pattern, folding trigger, fluted ebonised butt carved with a panel of foliage on each side, and steel butt-cap 17.2cm; 6 3/4in (3) £400-500 | Nil |
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450 |
| 425 | TWO BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1830, A BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, LIÈGE PROOF CIRCA 1840, AND A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with turn-off barrel, rounded side-hammer German silver action engraved with scrolling foliage, folding trigger, ebonised butt, and the butt cap fitted with chased silver trap; the second with etched twist turn-off sighted barrel, rounded side-hammer action engraved with scrolling foliage, folding trigger, ebonised butt, and German silver butt-cap with lion mask trap; the third with etched twist barrel, scroll-engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, and figured walnut butt; and the fourth with blued turn-off barrel, octagonal breech decorated with gold pellets, box-lock action engraved with vine foliage, folding trigger, and fluted ebonised butt the first: 19.8cm; 7 3/4in (4) £400-500 | Nil |
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480 |
| 426 | A PAIR OF 80 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840 with blued twist turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions, folding triggers, bag-shaped walnut butts and vacant German silver escutcheons (surface rust) 18cm; 7in (2) £240-280 | Nil |
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220 |
| 427 | A PAIR OF 70 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY with etched twist turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions numbered '259', folding triggers, engraved tangs, bag-shaped ebony butts (one with small chips), with engraved steel caps, vacant shield-shaped German silver escutcheons, and the steel parts retaining their original gilt finish throughout 14.3cm; 5 5/8in (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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650 |
| 428 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY with blued twist octagonal barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions numbered '1' and '2' respectively, folding triggers, highly figured angular walnut butts carved with foliage behind the actions, and each numbered '24/35' and fitted with scalloped steel cap 19.5cm; 7 5/8in (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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| 429 | A PAIR OF 32 BORE ITALIAN PERCUSSION PISTOLS SIGNED GALETTO, CIRCA 1820 converted from flintlock, with swamped barrels formed with a flat, signed locks engraved with border ornament and foliage, figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end cracked), chequered butts carved with a band of acanthus around the base, silver-plated brass mounts engraved with foliage, rhomboid escutcheons engraved with the owner's initials, and original horn-tipped ramrods with steel worms (surface rust) 23.5cm; 9 1/4in (2) £450-550 | Nil |
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480 |
| 430 | A PAIR OF 54 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY with etched twist ribbed turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions with folding triggers, dark-stained hardwood buts, engraved German silver mounts comprising vacant escutcheons and butt-caps with traps (surface rust) 14.2cm; 5 1/2in (2) £250-300 | Nil |
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240 |
| 431 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE SPANISH PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS BY YBARZABAL IN EIBAR, CIRCA 1820 converted from flintlock, with blued turn-off barrels engraved with a pair of lines around the muzzles and inscribed ' Del Exmo Sor Marques de Branciforte' in gold, signed long breeches, box-lock actions chiselled with foliage terminating in monsterheads on a recessed gilt ground, figured walnut butts, and steel trigger-guards chiselled and gilt en suite with the locks (surface rust) 20.2cm; 8in (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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650 |
| 432 | A PAIR OF 54 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY with turn-off barrels, numbered 82 beneath the breeches, scroll-engraved actions numbered en suite, folding triggers, and fluted ebony butts with steel pommels 15.8cm; 6 1/8in £240-280 | Nil |
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260 |
| 433 | A PAIR OF 50 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY with long turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved box-lock actions, flat-sided walnut butts, and steel trigger-guards (surface rust) 29.5cm; 11 5/8in (2) £200-300 | Nil |
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200 |
| 434 | A 50 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL AND A SMALL BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, LIEGE PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with octagonal barrel fitted with spring bayonet beneath, box-lock action engraved with trophies-of-arms, chequered walnut butt (cracked) and engraved sliding trigger-guard releasing the bayonet (surface rust); the second with blued octagonal barrel, scroll-engraved case-hardened box-lock action fitted with a hammer acting on the centre of the breech, figured walnut butt, spurred trigger-guard and steel ramrod (surface rust) the first: 21.5cm; 8 1/2in (2) £200-300 | Nil |
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260 |
| 435 | A PAIR OF 120 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION SMALL TRAVELLING PISTOLS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840 with etched twist turn-off barrels, numbered '137' beneath the breeches, box-lock actions finely engraved with neo-rococo flowers and scrollwork over their full surfaces, folding triggers, and swelling ivory butts (small cracks and chips) 23.5cm; 9 1/4in (2) £350-450 | Nil |
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350 |
| 436 | AN 80 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, CIRCA 1840 with turn-off barrels, box-lock action engraved with neo-rococo ornament, folding triggers, figured light walnut butt, and engraved German silver butt-cap with trap 14.5cm; 5 5/8in £200-250 | Nil |
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| 437 | AN 80 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER CONTINENTAL SINGLE TRIGGER PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL IN THE ENGLISH TASTE, CIRCA 1840 with short turn-off barrels, engraved box-lock action decorated with a panel of scrolling foliage incorporating a coiled serpent, folding trigger, and ebonised butt fitted with silver butt-cap with scalloped trap, and vacant gold escutcheon 15.4cm; 6 1/8in £400-500 | Nil |
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550 |
| 438 | A 28 BORE D.B. ITALIAN PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL BY CASTIGLIONI F. GRASSET, BRESCIA, CIRCA 1830 with tapering barrels signed in gold on the rib, silver bead fore-sight set on a gilt star, decorated with bands of gilt foliage at the muzzle and ahead of the breech, case-hardened breech decorated en suite and struck with the gold-lined barrelsmith's mark, signed locks sparsely engraved with exotic birds and foliage, figured walnut full stock cut with a panel of chequering on each side of the butt, engraved blued steel mounts including butt cap and broad spurred trigger-guard each decorated with trophies-of-arms and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (surface rust) 29cm; 11 3/8in £400-500 | Nil |
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530 |
| 439 | AN 80 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with turn-off cannon barrel, rounded lock (signature indistinct), figured walnut half-stock carved with scrolling foliage ahead of the ramrod-pipes and behind the tang, moulded steel mounts comprising solid side-plate, spurred pommel and trigger-guard with urn-shaped finial, and with no provision for a ramrod 17.2cm; 6 3/4in £200-300 | Nil |
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180 |
| 440 | A 20 BORE ITALIAN OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION WENDER PISTOL, CIRCA 1870 with tapering barrels released by the trigger-guard, plain steel tang, and the action incorporated within a slender walnut butt carved with a panel of chequering on each side (surface rust) 20cm; 7 7/8in £200-250 | Nil |
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320 |
| 441 | A PAIR OF 40 BORE ITALIAN OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS SIGNED G. COTTINI, BRESCIA, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal twist barrels joined by a German silver panel along the left and carrying a German silver ramrod-pipe on the right, engraved breeches and tangs, signed locks engraved with rococo scrolls and shell ornament, engraved hammers, figured walnut half-stocks with fluted butts, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards and butt caps en suite with the locks, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrods with steel worms (surface rust) 23.2cm; 9 1/8in (2) £700-800 | Nil |
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750 |
| 442 | A PAIR OF 60 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION PISTOLS SIGNED LEPAGE A PARIS, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1830 with turn-off barrels, cut with micro-groove rifling, flush-fitting side-hammer actions engraved with scrolling foliage (one hammer loose, the retaining screw head detached), engraved action tangs, engraved folding triggers and highly figured bag-shaped walnut butts (light surface rust) 18in; 1/16in (2) £600-700 | Nil |
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650 |
| 443 | A 120 BORE BELGIAN MARIETTE PATENT FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1845 AND AN AMERICAN ALLEN AND WHEELOCK FOUR-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, CIRCA 1857-60 the first with turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved rounded action, ring trigger, back-strap stamped Mariette Bte and figured walnut butt (reblued, surface rust); and the second of standard production specifications (surface rust, trigger-guard missing) the first: 18cm; 7 1/8in (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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400 |
| 444 | AN 80 BORE BELGIAN MARIETTE PATENT FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1845 with consecutively numbered turn-off barrels, scroll-engraved rounded patent action, ring trigger, engraved back-strap stamped Mariette Bréveté, and a hardwood butt formed of a pair of ebonised panels 26.8cm; 10 1/2in £350-450 | Nil |
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350 |
| 445 | AN 80 BORE BELGIAN SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1845 with turn-off barrels, rounded action engraved with scrolling foliage, engraved back-strap en suite and stamped Mariette Bréveté on the top, ring trigger, and ivory butt 19.8cm; 7 3/4in £400-500 | Nil |
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400 |
| 446 | AN 80 BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER SIGNED WILKINSON & SON, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1845 with blued fluted barrel group, signed rounded German silver action engraved with scrolls of foliage and border ornament, engraved blued bar hammer, blued trigger, figured walnut butt, and engraved blued trigger-guard (surface rust, pitting) 21cm; 8 1/4in £500-600 | Nil |
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600 |
| 447 | A RARE 7MM FRENCH SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH ENCLOSED HAMMER BY DEVISME A PARIS, CIRCA 1860 with octagonal rifled sighted barrel signed on the top-strap (indistinct) and released by a lever on the left of the lug, plain cylinder fitted with partitioned nipples the chambers with pillar breech of Thouvenin type, chequered walnut butt, steel trigger-guard and butt-cap, the latter stamped Devisme Bte (surface rust, worn) L. F. Devisme was granted a number of patents for his revolvers during the years 1855-66, including one for metal cartridges. See A. W. F. Taylerson and C. Blair (ed.) 1983, p.234 and figs. 231 & 232. £350-450 | Nil |
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600 |
| 448 | A .41 CALIBRE U.S. MOORE'S PATENT NO. 1 DERINGER, CIRCA 1860-65 of standard production specifications, the barrel inscribed 'D. Moore Patented Feb 19 1861', (the hammer spur chipped), inscribed 'de Covarsi Badoajoz' on the left of the butt, and retaining some early silver plating and gilding throughout 12.5cm; 4 7/8in £350-450 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 449 | AN AMERICAN .41 CALIBRE RIM-FIRE REMINGTON DOUBLE DERINGER, CIRCA 1870-80 of standard production specifications, the breech fitted with extractor, fitted with later bone grips (one cracked), and with later nickel-plating throughout 12.8cm; 5in £300-400 | Nil |
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450 |
| 450 | A BELGIAN 10MM COLETTE SYSTEM PISTOL, NO. VC161, LIÈGE PROOF CIRCA 1860 with blued octagonal rifled barrel, fitted with tubular magazine above incorporating a sight at each end, scroll-engraved action, sliding thumb-piece blued steel safety-catch, fluted walnut butt with a central panel of foliage on each side, and engraved steel mounts including spurred trigger-guard and butt-cap (surface rust) 36cm; 14 1/8in Victor Colette of Liège designed his system for repeating firearms in 1855. £600-800 | Nil |
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1300 |
