389 |
A VICTORIAN LEATHER BELT POUCH OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS with black leather body, applied with the Royal Arms, Regimental mottos 'Ubique' and 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt', and a gilt brass loop on each side for attaching to a belt (worn, restorations) 17.5cm; 6P in £60-80 | Nil |
|
60 |
| 390 | A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF BRITISH CAP BADGES, CIRCA 1945-60 together with shoulder tags (some restrikes) (approx 70) £200-300 | Nil |
|
110 |
| 391 | A COLLECTION OF MAINLY SCOTTISH GLENGARY, SHALCO, AND CAP BADGES FOR BLACKWATCH, ROYAL SCOTS, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS, KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS, CAMERONIAN AND H.L.I. (some restrikes) (21) £700-1000 | Nil |
|
|
| 392 | A RARE WALLACE PATENT MILITARY SPADE BY LUCAS & SON, SHEFFIELD, DATED 1837 with iron bound grip incorporating a spike and a pick, and the blade stamped with War Department arrow and makers details (steel parts pitted, the handle with extensive fire damage and losses) 58cm; 22 7/8in overall £100-150 | Nil |
|
|
| 393 | A 'SAM BROWN' BELT complete with holster, sword frog, and bullet pouch; and another, with silvered buckle applied with the figure of St Andrew; and a pair of spurs (3) £50-80 | Nil |
|
50 |
| 394 | WILLIAM JONES & COMPANY: WHOLESALE ARMY.NAVY & VOLUNTEER HELMET, CAP & ACCOUTREMENT MAKERS, GOLD LACE MANUFACTURERS & EMBROIDERERS, CONTRACTORS TO H.M.GOVERNMENT, WAREHOUSEMEN BUTTON & MILITARY ORNAMENT MAKERS, SWORD CUTLERS, GOLD, SILVER & MOHAIR TRIMMINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NO 236 REGENT STREET, LONDON, twenty eight colour plates, bound with blue boards (worn), with gold lettering, the cover page inscribed 'James Smith & Co. Drury Lane Works, Derby, 1st September 1891' Approx: 39.2cm; 15 1/2in by 50cm; 19 3/4in £2000-3000 | Nil |
|
|
| 395 | SCRAPBOOK ABOUT W.H.PENNINGTON SURVIVOR OF THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND WRITINGS, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Private William Henry Pennington (1833-1923) served in the Mercantile Marine for several years, enlisted 29th January 1854 Portobello Barracks and was wounded at the Charge of the Light Brigade 25th October 1854. He was hospitalised at Scutari in 1855 where he later became camp cook. He was invalided to England the following year. £150-250 | Nil |
|
|
| 396 | DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO THE FORCES, LONDON 1868 with engraved book plate of Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley of Wolseley County of Stafford, Baron Wolseley of Cairo, and inscribed 'H.R.H. The Filed Marshal Commanding in Chief' £150-250 | Nil |
|
|
| 397 | A W.W.I. PERIOD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM including formal photographs of the 11th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, Abscon, Lourches and Valencienns following the bombing campaigns, and a series of photographs captured from a German Aerodrome 1918 (wear, many now loose) £80-100 | Nil |
|
150 |
| 398 | P.H.SMITHERMAN: Uniforms of the Scottish Regiments (1963); D.N.ANDERSON: Scots in Uniform (1972); VARIOUS AUTHOURS: The Highlanders of Scotland (1986); J. CASSIN-SCOTT & J.FABB: Military Bands and their Uniforms (1978); A.MACKIE: Scottish Pageantry (1967, proof copy); C.FFOULKES & E.C.HOPKINSON, Sword, Lance & Bayonet (1968); five further volumes and two coloured prints of Scottish Regiments (13) £100-150 | Nil |
|
100 |
| 399 | A SCOTTISH COWHORN FLASK with silver-plated mounts, 19th century with curved flattened stained body, silver-plated mounts including finial formed as a thistle flower and basal cap formed of a band of thistle foliage, each set with a foil backed piece of glass in imitation of citrine, the centre set with an additional plaque engraved with the owner's initials, and complete with its suspension chain 34.5cm; 123 5/8in £400-500 | Nil |
|
1200 |
| 400 | A GERMAN ENGRAVED COW HORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY With curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer face decorated with a mounted cavalryman and a warrior in contemporary dress, iron mounts including nozzle with pivot closure and two suspension rings (basal cap loose) 35.5cm; 14in £500-600 | Nil |
|
280 |
| 401 | A GERMAN ENGRAVED HORN DRINKING CUP decorated in the renaissance style, with Hermes and Apollo within an architectural frame, and engraved with a fleur-delys on the base 13cm; 5D in high £150-200 | Nil |
|
|
| 402 | A FINE AND RARE SOUTH GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW SIGNED BY THE MASTER BE, DATED 1589 with curved steel bow painted with a pair of alternating panels of early blue and red paint on the inside on either side of the tiller, fitted with later string and retained by later cords, wooden tiller swelling towards the nut, cut with a single aperture for a rod to set the trigger mechanism, veneered over the upper and lower surfaces with white staghorn, engraved with bouquets of fruit, Biblical scenes including Daniel in the Lion's Den on the cheek-piece, and mythological figures along its full length, the sides each inlaid with a long marquetry panel of scrolling fruit and foliage in coloured fruitwood (minor losses), fitted with iron stirrup for a cranequin, original iron trigger with bulbous brass terminal, iron trigger-plate engraved with the date and the maker's initials in miniscules (worn), and set trigger (nut and basal cap missing) 61cm; 24in tiller The decoration of this crossbow is notably rare. A crossbow inlaid in a related manner is preserved in the Deutsches Jagd Museum, Munich. £3000-4000 | 5% |
|
6500 |
| 403 | A NORTH EUROPEAN TARGET SHOOTING CROSSBOW, 19TH CENTURY With slender steel bow retaining its string of bound cord, figured hardwood tiller of gun-stock form incorporating a rest carved with chevron pattern beneath the bow, long horn bolt channel, the grip carved with chevron and a grotesque mask in the round, long brass lever trigger, twopiece vestigial brass butt-plate, iron stirrup, a pair of iron lugs, and vacant mother-of-pearl escutcheon 94cm; 37in tiller £600-800 | Nil |
|
600 |
| 404 | A GERMAN GOTHIC CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY with clawed ratchet bar engraved with a series of crescents over its upper half, gearbox with slightly bevelled cover, stamped with a latten-lined mark, in a shield the gothic letter P beneath a pair of mullets, slender winding bar, turned wooden handle, and complete with an early cord loop (worn, now detached) 33cm; 13in long £800-1000 | 5% |
|
1400 |
| 405 | A SHELL, 19TH CENTURY in excavated condition, cast in two halves, of spherical form, and pierced with a single hole approx 9cm; 3 1/2in diameter £50-60 | Nil |
|
|
| 406 | A PAIR OF BRASS SIGNAL CANNON 18TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrels, moulded at the muzzles, with a raised bands, plain vent fields, drawn out to a globous cascable and a pair of plain trunnions, each on a 1i8th Century carved wooden carriage with hardwood trucks, the cheeks carved with foliage and fitted with brass cap-squares (one cheek cracked) 75.5cm 291/4in £2000-2500 | Nil |
|
4200 |
| 407 | A SCALE MODEL OF A 30.5CM SKODAWERKE A.G. COASTAL EMPLACEMENT MORTAR well detailed, on a marble base with naturalistic finish, applied with an inscribed plaque 28cm; 11in x 12cm; 4N in base £700-900 | Nil |
|
|
| 408 | A RARE VICTORIAN BRONZE RIFLED HOWITZER, DATED 1859 with five stage barrel formed with a strongly moulded foresight at the muzzle, lightly raised mouldings, engraved with the initials 'S.H.' surrounded by the motto 'Ung Je Serviray' on the chase, stamped with the serial number 5742 and broad arrow on the second reinforce, the crowned Royal cipher and motto on the first reinforce, and retaining traces of an inscription '....WILMOT' (rubbed) around the base ring, globose cascable incorporating a breeching loop (chipped), the vent field with provision for an ignition device, and a pair of trunnions engraved with the foundry number CMLXXXII on the right and the date on the left, on a modern wooden stepped carriage 114.3cm; 45in barrel The inscription around the base ring is for Colonel F.M.Eardley-Wilmot, Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich 1855-59. The motto and initials are those of Sidney Herbert, First Baron Herbert of Lea (1810-1861). Herbert became Secretary for War in 1859, on Lord Palmerston's return to power. He was responsible for the reorganistaion of the War Office, most particularly to work out the transfer of the Indian Army to the crown, to deal with the necessity for adopting rifled ordnance and to develop the Volunteer movement. The strain of this was considerable resulting in a bout of ill health and his death two years later. A statue of him by J.H.Foley RA was unveiled in front of the Old War Office in 1867, being moved to the new War Office in Whitehall in 1907. A pair of similar howitzers are preserved in the Royal Armouries collection and are on loan to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. See H.L.Blackmore 1976, p.88. £5000-7000 | Nil |
|
6000 |
| 409 | A BRASS MODEL CANNON, MODERN with multi-stage barrel decorated with a lengthy inscription, the spurious date 1782, and a ship at sea, complete with its finely constructed wooden field carriage and limber 20.3cm; 8in barrel £200-250 | Nil |
|
|
| 410 | A 4-BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN BY GEORGE GIBBS, 20 CORN STREET, BRISTOL, CIRCA 1860 with signed browned three-stage sighted barrel, blued patent breech, signed border-engraved lock, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip blued trigger-guard of shaped outline, the butt fitted with rubber extension, vacant white metal escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, and original brasstipped wooden ramrod (refinished throughout) 95.2cm; 37 1/2in barrel £500-600 | Nil |
|
1100 |
| 411 | A D.B. PERCUSSION SHOTGUN BY BLISSET, MAKER TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX CIRCA 1850 with sighted barrels signed on the rib, the breech with gold lines and plugs, signed border-engraved locks (one hammer and two hammer screws each missing), figured walnut half-stock, and engraved steel mounts (ramrod missing, worn throughout) 78cm; 30N in barrels £200-300 | Nil |
|
200 |
| 412 | A PERCUSSION WILFOWLING GUN BY WILLIAM FOX, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1850 with rebrowned sighted barrel formed in two stages, engraved breech and breech tang, signed engraved back action lock decorated with a hound putting up a snipe, figured walnut half-stock stained in imitation of burrwood, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts, white metal foreend cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the steel parts pitted) 79.5cm; 31D in barrel £200-300 | Nil |
|
|
| 413 | A PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY HENRY NOCK, CIRCA 1800 converted from flintlock, with two-stage sighted barrel stamped with gold-lined barrelsmith's mark at the breech, stepped lock stamped with gold-lined maker's mark, figured walnut half-stock, and iron mounts (worn throughout, ramrod replaced) 68cm; 26N in barrel £150-200 | Nil |
|
|
| 414 | A .750 CALIBRE BRUNSWICK SECOND MODEL PERCUSSION RIFLE, DATED 1857 with rebrowned barrel rifled for belted bore, struck with Ordnance view and proof mark for circa 1841, fitted with bead fore-sight, folding leaf back-sight, and with a bayonet bar on the right, border-engraved dated lock engraved with crowned VR, figured walnut full stock, regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard and large patchbox-cover, a pair of steel sling swivels and associated steel ramrod 765cm; 30Bin barrel £700-900 | Nil |
|
700 |
| 415 | AN INDIAN PERCUSSION TWO-BAND CARBINE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with sighted barrel punched with an inscription, plain lock, hardwood full stock, regulation brass mounts, and steel swivel ramrod; and an Indian percussion pistol, with hardwood stock inlaid with mother of pearl and brass mounts the first: 56cm; 22in barrel (2) £200-300 | Nil |
|
200 |
| 416 | A .750 CALIBRE BRUNSWICK SECOND MODEL PERCUSSION RIFLE, DATED 1861 with refinished barrel rifled for belted bore, struck with Ordnance view and proof mark, fitted with bead fore-sight, folding leaf back-sight, and with a bayonet bar on the right, border-engraved dated lock engraved with crowned VR, and stamped with a further mark, figured walnut full stock (fore-end with a small chip), stamped with Tower War Office mark and dated 1865, regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard and large patchbox-cover, one steel sling swivel (one barrel bolt and sling swivel missing), original steel ramrod), and complete with a contemporary Brunswick bayonet (spring catch missing) 765cm; 30Bin barrel £700-900 | Nil |
|
|
| 417 | AN INDIAN THREE BAND PERCUSSION MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY stamped with Indian Arsenal markings on the barrel, complete with its ramrod; and an Indian percussion musket, 19th Century the first:838cm; 33in barrel (2) £100-150 | Nil |
|
|
| 418 | AN AUSTRIAN MODEL 1851 PERCUSSION RIFLED CAVARY CARBINE of regulation type, with 14 1/2in barrel retained by a single band, plain lock rebuilt from a flintlock plate, figured walnut three-quarter stock, regulation steel mounts including saddle ring, and with no provision for a ramrod 2cm; 30in overall £400-600 | Nil |
|
