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‘One Man One Rod, The Art of Classic Split Cane’ is a fully illustrated reference guide to the 175 coarse fishing cane rod collection which David Petty has put together over the last fifty years.

Collectors will see probably the finest range of split-cane coarse fishing rods ever assembled.

‘One Man One Rod’ photographs and design are by Dave Watson.

Rods are arranged by types of fishing and the index details rod names under Makers, enabling collectors to quickly find rods they seek or already own.

‘When people look at the book and see these rods they will start to appreciate what jewels they really are’ David Petty

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The first 200 Collector’s copies of the hardback edition carry a bookplate, individually numbered and signed by David Petty.

‘In this book, David Petty generously gives us access to his fabulous collection of historic split cane rods’. Edward Barder Two de-luxe Special Editions, leather and cloth bound, each limited to 50 copies with book plate, numbered and signed by David Petty. Each has gilded page edges and marker ribbon, inlaid rod section images on the front and comes in a gold-blocked and debossed slip case with special soft protective lining.

Size: 300 x 222mm, 208 pages, hard cover, full colour.

Contents Foreword by Edward Barder, The Rods:- All-purpose, Avons, Baitcasting and Spinning rods, Carp, Float rods for heavier tackle, Float

Leather special edition (on its slipcase)

rods for Roach, Match, Roach Poles, Specialist rods for Barbel, Ledger, Pike and Tench B. James - ‘bird-name’ rods leaflet ‘A common sense guide to cane buying’, by master rod maker Edward Barder Hardback edition £65 + P&P Cloth special edition £185 + P&P Leather special edition £295 + P&P

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John Coates has had a keen interest in antique guns from a young age. Brought up in Cardiff John and his Father regularly travelled to Bristol and its many antique shops, it was here in the late 1940’s he bought his first antique pistol. From that day forward his passion grew to include snuff boxes and fishing tackle. He was a keen trout flyfisher and wildfowler. Sadly age caught up with him and the days spent on a riverbank and out in the woods shooting came to an end.

His passion for antiques never faded his wife always said he could never attend an antique fair without buying something. A keen artist John recorded his collection in watercolours, still kept by the family they are a lovely way to remember the times spent collecting and the joy it brought him.

Order of Sale:

Japanese 1-27 Chinese and Eastern 28-93 An Oxfordshire Collection of Pistols 94-114 The John Coates Collection 119-157 Pistols and Revolvers 158-195 American Guns and Artefacts 196-234 235-267 A Single Owner Collection of Powder Flasks Accessories Part One 268-281 Longguns 282-324 Air Rifles and Pistols 325-332 Accessories Part Two 333-351 352-359 Scottish Items Armour and Early Swords 360-401 Georgian and Later Swords 402-495 Bowies and Later Daggers 496-509 Militaria and Books 510-516 Sword Sticks and Walking Canes 517-528

tel: 01635 47979 email: tony@antonycribb.com www.antonycribb.com Unit 39A Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5SJ Front Cover: Lots 405, 404, 406, 403 (left to right) Inside Front Cover: Lot 282 Inside Back Cover: Lot 95 Back Cover: Lot 3 Catalogue design and production: Dave Watson Solutions tel: 079 7494 9844 davidwatson@antique-knives.co.uk 1

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AN AIKUCHI, 27.6cm hira-zukuri Koto blade with three mekugi-ana, suguha hamon with utsuri, nashiji hada, baleen bound tsuka with silver fuchikashira engraved with leaves and signed Ikeda Takatoshi, gold dragon and Shi-shi menuki, in its finely black lacquered saya decorated with scrolling foliage in gold lacquer, silver mounts comprising koiguchi, kurikata, uragawara, kojiri and split kogai decorated en suite with the tsuka and matched kodzuka. Sold with N.T.H.K. Kanteisho paper dated 2003. £1500-2500 2

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AN AIKUCHI, 25.5cm hira-zukuri Shinto blade with hi, one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, ribbed wood tsuka with horn fuchi-kashira, the mekugi with soft metal mon, in its aogai lacquered saya, with silver kojiri and complete with stippled gilt kodzuka and kogai decorated with mon. £800-1200 3

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A WAKIZASHI, 30.1cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Masaharu saku, suguha hamon, masame hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with a cherry blossom tree and a gate in soft metals, shakudo and gilt horse menuki, iron tsuba decorated with a street musician and his monkey in soft metals and signed Yasuchika, in its red lacquered saya inlaid in Shibayama style with butterflies and other insects in mother of pearl, horn and ivory, complete with natural wood kodzuka inlaid with a mother of pearl butterfly and beetle, in silk sword bag. £900-1200 4

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A WAKIZASHI, 57cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with grass seeds in soft metals, shakudo menuki in the form of buffalo, circular iron tsuba pierced and decorated in soft metals with vine leaves, faintly signed, in its speckled green aogai lacquered saya with large silver kojiri in the form of a crayfish, complete with a gilt kodzuka and kogai decorated with figures in a landscape, in silk sword bag. Sold with N.T.H.K. paper dated Nov 2008 attributing the blade to Kashu Kiyomitsu den. £900-1200 5

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A WAKIZASHI, 45.6cm Shinto blade with hi, two mekugi-ana signed Bushu ju Shigetsugu, midare hamon, itame hada, rebound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with household implements in soft metals and signed Yagawa Toshimasa, shakudo and gilt sword and kabuto menuki, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled with chrysanthemums with gold details, in its restored black lacquered saya decorated with leaves and butterflies in gold lacquer, complete with brass kodzuka engraved with a smiling figure. £900-1200 6.

A WAKIZASHI BLADE, Shin-shinto, 45.7cm long with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, in European shira-saya. £100-200 6

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A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 65cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, chojimidare hamon, itame hada, THE WAKIZASHI, 44.7cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana, signed Mutsu no Kami Tachibama Tamayasu, midare hamon, mokume hada, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi decorated with fighting samurai in soft metals, horn kashira, soft metal floral menuki, circular iron Jakushi School tsuba chiselled and decorated in gold with landscapes, in finely ribbed black lacquered saya, the wakizashi with shakudo-nanako kodzuka decorated with silver horses. £2000-3000

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A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 71.3cm Shinshinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Kofu ju Minamoto Nobuteru, suguha-midare hamon, itame hada, THE WAKIZASHI, 49.6cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Masachika saku, midare hamon, itame hada, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with copper fuchi with snowflake pattern, horn kashira, brass mon menuki, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with leaves with gold details, the wakizashi with kodzuka and kogai decorated en suite together with kunikata, uragawara and kojiri. Wakizashi lacking kojiri. £2000-2500 8

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A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 66.1cm Showa blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, THE WAKIZASHI, 53.5cm Shinto blade with one mekugiana signed Kishu ju Yasushige, midare hamon, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchikashira decorated with rats and fruit in soft metals, dragon menuki, lobed iron sukashi tsuba, in partly ribbed black lacquered saya, the wakizashi with copper kodzuka with soft metal leaf decoration. £900-1200

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A HANDACHI, 69.7cm Shin-shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Bizen Osafune ju Yokoyama Kaga-suke Fujiwara Sukenaga, notare-midare hamon, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudonanako fuchi and kabuto-gane with gilt borders, shakudo and gilt dragon menuki, circular iron tsuba chiselled with leaves, in its roughened brown lacquered saya with mounts en suite with the tsuka. £2000-3000 9

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A KATANA, 62.7cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana signed Choshu ju Fujiwara Nobutaro saku kore, wild midare hamon with tobiyaki, fully bound tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with large cherry blossoms in gold, shakudo and gold menuki in the form of mantis, iron tsuba decorated in brass with a figure and an oxon in a landscape, in its black ishime lacquered saya with iron kojiri chiselled with clouds. £1400-1800 10

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A KATANA, 69cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Hizen no Kuni Kawachi no Kami Masahiro, choji-midare hamon, itame hada, in full military pattern mounts, the kabuto-gane applied with a silver mon. £1200-1500

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A SHOWA-TO, 61.3cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Asano Kanesane saku, midare hamon, in full military pattern mounts with black lacquered saya. £500-800

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A SHINTO KATANA, 68.7cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Hizen Mutsu no Kami Tadayoshi, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts, the kabuto-gane applied with a silver mon, complete with knot. £800-1200

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A GENDAITO, 65.6cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Sukehira and dated 2603 years from the foundation of the Empire (1945), chojimidare hamon with tobiyaki, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts with polished same saya, the kabutogane applied with a silver mon, complete with general officer’s knot. £900-1200 16.

A GENDAITO, 65.6cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Seki ju Kaneaki with Showa stamp, midare hamon, mokume hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with trailing vines in soft metals, shakudo and gilt menuki in the form of abumi and yumi, lobed iron sukashi tsuba, in its black ishume lacquered saya. £900-1200

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A GENDAITO, 64cm blade with one mekugiana signed Tsuguyoshi saku with star stamp and dated 1943, choji hamon, in full military pattern mounts. £800-1000

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A GENDAITO, 60.5cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Ichihara Nagamitsu, choji hamon with nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. £700-900

20. A GENDAITO, 67.1cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Bishu Masayasu, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts, ito damaged, complete with knot. £700-1000

A GENDAITO, 67cm blade with two mekugi19. ana, signed Nagamitsu saku, choji-midare hamon with 21.

A GENDAITO, 62.5cm blade with one nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. mekugi-ana signed Chounsai Emura saku, midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with plain iron fuchi-kashira, £700-900 soft metal menuki, circular iron tsuba, in its black lacquered saya. £700-1000

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A GENDAITO, 67.8cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Seki ju Fujiwara Kanesada saku, midare hamon, in full military mounts. £350-450

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRAYS, each decorated in semi-relief with inset glass eyes on a black ground with gilt rim, both signed and with seal, 50cm diameter. £200-300

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TWO SECOND WAR PERIOD JAPANESE SWORD KNOTS, one in tan and blue, the other tan 26.

W.M.HAWLEY, Japanese Swordsmiths, the and purple. Some fraying and losses. (2) two volume set, 1966 and 1967, together with Fujishiro Matsuo, Nihon Toko Jiten, the two volume set, in £100-150 Japanese, slip covers in poor condition, and another also in Japanese. (5) 24.

A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE JINGASA OR (not illustrated) WAR HAT, 39cm diameter lacquered papier mache £100-150 body of dished concave form drawn out to a rounded peak and decorated with stripes, scrolls and a pierced circular Mon, the interior with two lines of calligraphy.

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W.M.HAWLEY, Japanese Swordsmiths, the £100-150 two volume set, 1966 and 1967, together with Fujishiro Matsuo, Nihon Toko Jiten, one volume only, four other Japanese books on daggers, etc, and Art and the Sword, vol. 7. (8) (not illustrated) £100-150 14

28. A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXECUTIONER’S SWORD, 105cm double fullered blade, characteristic hilt with large oval dished disc guard, the underside with old label C. HEDEMANN, cord bound grip with brass mounts. The label refers to the photographer and engineer Christian Jacob Hedemann who famously photographed Hawaii and China and published his book Catalogue of the Collection of Weapons in 1928. £700-900 29. A LATE 19TH CENTURY WHITE METAL MOUNTED BURMESE DHA OR SWORD, 52.5cm clean sharp blade, white metal mounted hilt decorated with bands of filigree, cord bound grip, contained in its white metal mounted cord bound wooden scabbard. £150-250

A 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN OR 30.

BHUTANESE DAGGER, 30.5cm watered steel blade, white metal mounted hilt with faceted fishskin grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £150-200 A LATE 19TH OR VERY EARLY 20TH 31.

CENTURY VIETNAMESE KIEM OR SWORD, 61cm quadruple fullered blade, characteristic white metal hilt decorated with dragons and scrolling foliage, reeded marine ivory grip, contained in its white metal mounted wooden scabbard with mother-o’-pearl inlay. £1200-1500

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32. A 17 TH CENTURY INDIAN CUIRASS OR ARMOUR, the anatomically formed breast plate with raised medial ridge and reinforced scalloped and pierced edges, the back plate of similar anatomical form and with upright gadrooned collar, rolled hinge and pin joints, the armour bears an inscription SAKAR NIZAM ALI KHAN BAHADUR 1192. Born on the 24th of December 1778 the child was the son of Bahu Begum, the favourite and most important wife of the Nizam of Hydrabad. This earlier cuirass was probably refurbished and inscribed together with others for use by the palace guard at the funeral of the child.

Lamination and repairs. £2500-3500

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A 19TH CENTURY INDO-PERSIAN KULAH KHUD (HELMET) AND DHAL (SHIELD), the single piece domed iron skull decorated with a horned devil’s mask, the whole decorated with panels of calligraphy and wild animals, square section spike finial, adjustable nasal bar, gold koftgari highlights and trimmed and shaped camail of butted links, the associated two-piece dhal of characteristic form and 39.25cm in diameter, turned rim with broad border of mounted archers hunting birds amidst dense scrolling foliage, interspersed with calligraphy, four domed foliate bosses intersected with four panels decorated with archers and hawkers on horseback, central embossed face panel, the whole with good traces of gold koftgari highlights. (2) £800-1200

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KULAH KHUD OR HELMET, single piece gadrooned skull finely decorated in silver damascene with panels of scrolling foliage and flower heads, the top and front fitted with plume holders and a sliding nasal bar, decorated to match, short camail of butted links. £700-900

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A PAIR OF 17 TH CENTURY DECCAN INDIAN CHAR AINA OR CHEST ARMOURS, each of rectangular convex form and with turned edges, finely chiselled with borders of scrolling foliage highlighted in gold and further bands of gold koftgari 18

foliage, each quartered central panel with finely chiselled foliate corners and centre piece and later etched Koranic extracts. Each panel 30.5cm x 24cm.

(2) £2200-2600

AN 18TH CENTURY NORTH INDIAN 36.

HOOKAH, the faceted horn body with heavy brass mounts, decorated with bands of scrolling foliage with geometric borders, together with another unidentified object, not dissimilar to a prayer wheel in design but with spike foot and chain anchors. (2) £200-300 37.

A BRACE OF LATE 17 TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY INDIAN SPEAR BUTTS OR SANG, each of 18.5cm length, the first with faceted tapering collar decorated with a stylised leaf or bubri decoration, pierced castellated terminal with ring terminal and chain element, the second similar but with spirally fluted collar. (2) £200-300

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A LATE 17 TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY CENTRAL INDIAN MACE, 80cm over all length, shaped flange head with ring turned finial, ring turned haft with characteristic hilt with upturned guard and broad knuckle bow, dished disc pommel with elongated spike finial. £500-700 40.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TABAR OR AXE, 87cm over all length, the double head chiselled with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and birds, leaf-shaped finial, etched damascus haft. £100-150

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A FRAMED DISPLAY OF 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ARROWS, Jaipur, each of characteristic composition with painted wooden shafts and various different configurations of polished metal heads. £80-120

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A COLLECTION OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ARROWS, each of characteristic form, some with traces of painted or lacquered decoration, a variety of polished heads of various configurations. Some rusting and damage to hafts. (28) £280-320 19

42. A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KHANDA OR SWORD, 72cm blade broadening towards the tip and reinforced along the back and at the forte, highlighted in gold koftgari with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, characteristic hilt with upturned guard, broad knuckle bow and disc pommel with elongated spike finial, decorated to match and with velvet liner, contained in its velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. £3000-4000 43.

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD OR TEGHA, 84cm curved blade, broadening and double edged towards the tip, rounded, and inlaid with traces of gold decoration at the forte and tip, 6.75cm at the widest point, characteristic sheet hilt with upturned guard and broad knuckle bow, disc pommel with spherical pommel, coloured cloth grip covering. £400-600

characteristic hilt with scrolling knuckle guard with Tiger’s head finial, dished disc pommel, together with a copper hilted 19th century example with 73.5cm curved double fullered blade, characteristic copper hilt with foliate decoration, disc pommel, loose, leather wrapped wooden scabbard. (2) £350-450 45. A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR OR KIRACH, 75cm double fullered straight European broadsword blade, characteristic hilt decorated with panels of flowers and foliage within geometric borders in silver koftgari, characteristic dished disc pommel decorated to match. £300-400

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A LARGE 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN RIDING CROP, 72.5cm rhinoceros horn switch, the white metal mounted wooden grip chiselled with scrolling foliage, owner’s initials and panels of calligraphy, the pommel decorated with a mosque.

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A LATE 18 CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR £800-1000 OR SWORD, 76cm curved triple fullered blade, 20

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A LATE 18TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR, 72cm quadruple fullered etched damascus blade with Solingen maker’s marks in the fullers, characteristic chiselled hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads highlighted in gilt, inverted dished disc pommel decorated to match. £1000-1500

A LATE 18TH CENTURY MUGHAL 49.

INDIAN TULWAR, 75.5cm sharply curved damascus blade, characteristic steel hilt with scrolling knuckle guard, dished disc pommel, traces of foliate decoration in silver koftgari. £500-700

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AN UNUSUAL LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY NEPALESE KORA BLADED TULWAR, 48.

A LATE 18 OR EARLY 19 CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR, 72cm pattern welded blade, 51cm curved fullered blade with shaped head serrated to the edge and scalloped on the back, decorated with a stylized flower in red enamels to characteristic steel hilt with incised scale decoration to either side, characteristic steel hilt with scrolling knuckle simulate snake skin, traces of silvered decoration, dished guard and dished disc pommel. disc pommel. £400-600 £600-700 TH

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A LATE 18TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN TULWAR, 75cm curved blade struck with a mark at the forte, characteristic brass hilt with reeded grip and dished disc pommel, contained in its foliate pierced gilt mounted velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. The hilt probably later. £200-300 52.

A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR, 78.5cm clean curved blade stamped with three characters on the back edge, characteristic steel hilt with traces of original silvered finish, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Scabbard with insect damage. £150-200 53.

A BRACE OF 18TH CENTURY NAIR KERALA SHORT SWORDS OR CHOPPERS, the first with 63cm curved fullered blade, characteristic hilt with linear decorated tapering knuckle guard, multistage stepped pommel, wooden grip, together with another with 39cm sharply curved heavy set blade with hammer tip, two-piece wooden grip with stepped cast 22

brass foliate pommel. (2) £500-600 54.

A BRACE OF 18TH CENTURY COORG AYDA KATTI OR CHOPPER, the first with 58cm sharply curved heavy section blade, some lamination, stepped castellated forte, characteristic two-piece wooden grip with elongated drawn out pommel, traces of gold coloured paint to the top, the second, shorter with 38 cm blade and dark wooden hilt. (2) £400-500 55.

AN 16TH CENTURY TANJORE CHILLUM OR DAGGER, 25.5cm recurved blade with two short broad fullers to either side, armour piercing tip, reinforced forte, pierced oval shell guard, characteristic iron hilt with scroll guard, spherical pommel and traces of silvered finish. Some lamination and perforation to the blade. £500-700

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AN 18TH CENTURY KHANJARLI OR DAGGER, 20cm recurved multi-fullered blade, good traces of gold koftagri foliate decoration at the forte, characteristic stained horn three-piece riveted horn grip. £400-500 57.

A 19TH CENTURY NAGA DAGGER OR KNIFE, 26cm wavy blade with raised medial ridge, shaped brass crossguard, turned wooden grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £180-220

58. AN 18TH CENTURY INDIAN BICHWA OR DAGGER, 22cm recurved triple fullered blade with characteristic looping hilt with faceted guard and bud form terminal, together with a 19th Century Kerala dagger, 19.5cm broad curving blade, characteristic beaked hilt with wooden grip, contained in its later carved wooden sheath. (2) £300-400 59. A 17 TH CENTURY TANJORE KATAR OR DAGGER, 32.5cm double fullered blade, heavily reinforced forted decorated with scrolling vines, characteristic hilt with pierced wrist braces decorated with long stemmed buds, dual grip decorated to match. £300-400

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A LATE 17 TH CENTURY TANJORE INDIA HOODED KATAR, 38cm multifullered tapering blade with swollen tip, characteristic hooded hilt decorated with scrolling foliage within borders of geometric designs, contained in its white metal mounted red leather covered wooden scabbard, decorated with piercings and scrolling foliage. £1200-1400 61.

AN UNUSUAL 18TH CENTURY INDIAN KATAR, 16cm leaf shaped waisted damascus blade with raised medial ridge and armour piercing tip, characteristic chiselled steel hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads overlaid with good traces of original silvered finish, contained in its cloth wrapped wooden scabbard. £500-700

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KATAR OR DAGGER, 20.5cm multi fullered damascus blade with armour piercing tip, plain steel hilt with dual grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £200-300

63. A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN JAMBIYA, 29cm curved fullered blade inlaid in gold with a panel of geometric designs and calligraphy, characteristic carved wooden hilt with filigree pommel cap and two large domed filigree rivets, contained in its red velvet wrapped wooden scabbard with white metal mounts decorated to match. £250-350 64.

A LATE 19 H CENTURY BALKAN JAMBIYA, 22cm curved blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic horn hilt, the single rivet with domed copper coin washers, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard with tooled decoration. £60-80 T

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY BALKAN JAMBIYA, 23.5cm curved blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic horn hilt with copper coin rivet washers, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard with tooled decoration, horn finial. Minor chips and piercings to hilt. £60-80 66.

A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH JAMBIYA, 25cm curved patinated blade, characteristic white metal mounted wooden hilt decorated with filigree and geometric designs, contained in a brass wrapped wooden scabbard embossed with geometric designs, terminal lacking. £60-80

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A KURDISH JAMBIYA, 29.5cm curved blade with raised medial ridge, decorated with a small panel of calligraphy in gold koftgari at the forte, characteristic steel hilt decorated with traces of gold koftgari, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £300-400 68.

A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY CAUCASIAN FILIGREE DECORATED KINDJAL, 34cm flattened diamond section blade with deep offset fuller to either side, characteristic white metal hilt decorated to the front with panels of scrolling filigree within geometric borders, three domed filigree rivets, contained in its white metal wrapped wooden scabbard decorated to match. £250-350

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69. A SILVER NIELLO MOUNTED CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 24cm double fullered blade with traces of scrolling etched decoration, tip chipped, characteristic hilt with two-piece horn grips secured with silver niello domed rivets, contained in its green velvet wrapped wooden scabbard with silver niello mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and traces of gold wash. £200-300 70.

A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY LARGE SIZE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 53cm blade with deep offset fuller to either side, characteristic hilt with two-piece riveted ivory grips, white metal mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard with bullion seam. £250-350

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A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN OR CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 33cm multi-fullered blade, struck with a crescent and flower maker’s marks, characteristic ivory hilt with reeded fan pommel. £200-300 72.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN KHAJAR OR DAGGER, 36.5cm wootz damascus blade chiselled with elongated panels of stylised foliage, characteristic walrus hilt with embossed foliate mounts, contained in a white metal mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £1200-1400

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A LARGE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 51cm heavy flattened diamond section blade with offset fullers, characteristic horn hilt secured by two large iron rivets, contained in its white metal mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Throat lacking. £150-250 75.

A 19TH CENTURY GREEK YATAGHAN, 39.5cm curved fullered blade with plain brass reinforced forte, decorated with a panel of scrolling foliage to one side, characteristic short-eared polished bone hilt, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. One ear chipped. £200-300

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A 19TH CENTURY CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 42.5cm flattened diamond section blade with offset fullers, profusely decorated with panels of scrolling foliage to one side, characteristic hilt with two-piece bone and horn grips secured by large foliate rivets decorated with gold koftgari, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard decorated to match. One grip scale cracked. £350-450 27

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A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY LARGE WAHABITE JAMBIYA, 51.5cm curved blade with raised medial ridge, chiselled with a geometric design at the forte, characteristic white metal hilt decorated with scrolling foliage, geometric designs and filigree, contained in its white metal wrapped wooden scabbard, decorated to match. £250-350 77.

A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN JAMBIYA, 29.5cm sharply curved wootz damascus blade with sharply raised medial ridge, characteristic walrus hilt carved with panels of courtly figures and calligraphy. £1000-1500 78.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY MOROCCAN JANWI OR SHORT SWORD, 32.5cm double fullered blade, characteristic brass mounted hilt with flaring horn grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard with brass mounts decorated with geometric designs. £300-400 28

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AN INTERESTING LATE 18TH CENTURY MOROCCAN NIMCHA OR SWORD, 84cm curved fullered blade etched with the inscription NO ME SAQUES SIN RAZON, SO ME ENBAINES SIN HONOR, characteristic hilt with downturned quillons and D-shaped knuckle guard, decorated with gold koftgari, shaped rhinoceros horn hilt, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. £800-1200 80.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY MOROCCAN NIMCHA OR SWORD, 80.5cm slightly curved fullered blade, characteristic hilt with drooping quillons, decorated with a small panel of silver koftgari to either side, D-shaped knuckle guard, rhinoceros horn grip, contained in its red cloth wrapped wooden scabbard. £600-800

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A LATE 18TH CENTURY MOROCCAN NIMCHA OR SWORD, 76.5cm triple fullered blade, characteristic hilt with drooping quillons, D-shaped knuckle guard and shaped rhinoceros horn hilt. £300-400 A 19TH CENTURY MOROCCAN WHITE 82.

METAL MOUNTED NIMCHA OR SWORD, 78cm curved blade chiselled with scrolling foliage at the forte, characteristic hilt with drooping quillons, D-shaped knuckle guard, embossed white metal hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, contained in its white metal scabbard profusely decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads. £2000-2500

84.

A LARGE WAHHABITE JAMBIYA, 39cm sharply curved fullered blade, characteristic white metal mounted hilt decorated with bands of geometric designs, contained in its brass and white metal mounted wooden scabbard decorated to match, complete with its finely embroidered suspension belt decorated with panels of scrolling foliage and flowerheads. £300-400 THREE VARIOUS 18TH CENTURY 85.

WAHHABITE JAMBIYA, each contained in their brass or white metal wrapped wooden scabbards. Generally worn, two seized in scabbards. (3) £150-250

83.

A 19TH CENTURY OMANI JAMBIYA, 18cm sharply curved blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic white metal hilt decorated with geometric designs, contained in an associated white metal scabbard decorated with panels of geometric designs £150-250 29

86.

A 14-BORE FLINTLOCK JEZAIL, 46.5inch sighted barrel with chiselled and flared muzzle, the lock decorated with a stylized East India Company motif, full stock profusely inlaid with mother-o’-pearl plaquettes within brass borders, together with another similar. (2) £300-500 87.

AN INDIAN MOTHER-O’-PEARL POWDER FLASK, of characteristic snail form, the top decorated to resemble a stylized flower, the body profusely decorated with geometric designs and flowerheads, turned wooden nozzle and stopper, iron ring suspension mount. £700-900 88.

A RARE 19TH CENTURY MALAYAN SHORT SWORD, 64.5cm watered steel blade curving towards the tip, turned ivory hilt with yellow and white metal filigree collar, the pommel with overlaid 30

white metal filigree cap decorated with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and calligraphy. £1000-1500 89.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY IVORY MOUNTED MALAYAN DAGGER, 21cm watered steel blade, characteristic carved ivory hilt, contained in its ivory and white metal mounted wooden scabbard, together with a piha kaetta, 19th Century, with carved ivory grip, contained in its white metal mounted reeded wooden scabbard and four further worn piha kaetta. (6) £400-600 90.

A COLLECTION OF SINHALESE PIHA KAETTA, each with carved bone or horn handles, generally worn and with damage, together with a large quantity of crude tribal implements and knives, nut boxes and powder horns. (Parcel) £300-500

91.

A DECORATIVE CARVED WOODEN KRIS, 44cm multi-fullered watered steel blade with raised medial ridge, pared back at the forte, characteristic carved wooden hilt in the form of a God, contained in its carved wooden scabbard decorated with scrolling foliage and a mask. £250-350

92. A 19TH CENTURY POLYNESIAN TRIBAL CLUB, the spherical head with drawn out nose and indented sides, characteristic wooden haft with slightly flared foot. Probably Fijian. £200-300 AN AFRICAN TRIBAL DAGGER OR 93.

SHORT SWORD, together with four Masai short swords or daggers, an arm dagger, a North African dagger, a further selection of native weapons to include mandau, Burmese dha and a quantity of tribal daggers and knives, generally worn or damaged. (Parcel) £300-500

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94.

A CASED PAIR OF IRISH 16-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY CLARKE, 10.25inch sighted octagonal swamped barrels signed Clarke Dublin in script and further marked with an Irish Registration stamps W-X 5122 and W-X 5123, border engraved stepped locks with roller frizzens, signed 32

Clarke, three-quarters stocked with brass mounts, the trigger guards with acorn terminals and engraved with foliate sprays, white metal escutcheons engraved SM, horn topped quill ramrods, contained in a blue velvet lined pine case with commensurate accessories. £4000-6000

95.

A CASED PAIR OF .650 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOLS BY HEWSON, 8inch sighted browned damascus barrels engraved LONDON on the sighting flats in Gothic script, border and scroll engraved stepped and bolted signed locks, one cock a replacement, full stocked with border and

scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered wooden butts, vacant oval white metal escutcheons, swivel ramrods, contained in a green baize lined mahogany case with various accessories to include a three-way flask. The case probably associated and with repairs. £2500-3500 33

96.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 18-BORE SILVER MOUNTED BRASS BARRELLED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER OR COACHING PISTOLS

BY WILSON, 8inch sighted swamped barrels engraved LONDON, border engraved bevelled signed locks, full stocks with silver mounts, foliate engraved trigger guards, one with repair and bearing hallmarks for London 1764 and the maker’s mark J.A, acanthus urn finials, hallmarked silver butt caps decorated with scrolling foliage and a lion emerging from a castle base 34

surmounting a stand of arms, pierced silver stand of arms side plates, horn fore-end caps, silver ramrod pipes, horn topped wooden ramrods. Richard Wilson I (1703-1766). One pistol with repair to fore-end and stock under lock, the other cracked through the wrist and repaired. (2) £2500-3500

97.

A 14-BORE SILVER MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER OR COACHING PISTOL

BY GRIFFIN & TOW, 9.25inch two-stage barrel engraved LONDON and dated 1775, border engraved signed bevelled lock, full stocked with silver mounts, the trigger guard hallmarked for Birmingham 1775 and maker’s mark for Charles Freeth, grotesque mask butt cap, vacant foliate escutcheon, acanthus pierced side plate, silver ramrod pipes, later horn topped wooden ramrod. Griffin & Tow, Joseph Griffin and John Tow, 10 New Bond Street, 1772-1782. Splits to fore-end. £1500-2500 35

A 32-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING 98.

PISTOL BY BATE, 9inch sighted two-stage barrel engraved BATE LONDON on the top flat, border engraved stepped and signed lock, gold lined pan and touch hole full stocked with steel mounts, acorn trigger guard finial, chequered slab-sided butt, horn topped wooden ramrod. Edward Bate Gunmaker, Brownlow Street, Long Acre 1763-78, Contractor to Ordnance 1779-83 and in Partnership with William Jover 1801810. Salt and pepper pitting. £800-1200

100.

A RARE 20-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 9inch sighted damascus barrel set with a gold maker’s tablet at the breech, platinum touch hole, border and scroll engraved bolted signed lock with rainproof pan - chipped, decorated with a stand of arms at the tail, cock replaced, half stocked with white metal foreend, steel mounts, spur trigger guard marked with the number 525, chequered wooden grip, the butt set with an Indian made white metal lanyard ring, later wooden ramrod. Cock replaced and wood with knocks and dings, rubbed chequering. £800-1000

A 28-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING 99.

PISTOL BY EAMES, 10-inch sighted octagonal swamped barrel engraved Eames Dublin on the top flat, border and scroll engraved stepped and signed lock, roller frizzen, full stocked with border and foliate engraved spur trigger guard with acorn finial, slab-sided wooden butt, horn topped wooden ramrod. James Eames, 57 King Street, Dublin, circa 1790. Full cock only. £1000-1500

101.

A CASED PAIR OF 54-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS, 1.5inch barrels with scallop engraved muzzles, border and scroll engraved bronze actions, sliding safeties, folding trigger’s, contained in a mahogany case with commensurate accessories, the lid with trade label for JOHN BURCON, lower tray withdraws and contains a candle stick with provision to mount it. The casing is typical of those created during the Victorian and later eras. £800-1200

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102.

A50-BORE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK BAYONET TRAVELLING PISTOL, 4inch octagonal damascus barrel fitted with an under-sprung bayonet, released by the sliding trigger guard, border and scroll engraved action, sliding safety, bevelled slab-sided wooden butt inlaid with scrolling silver wire. £350-450

103.

A 40-BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING OR OFFICER’S PISTOL BY DURS EGG, 7inch sighted damascus barrel decorated with a stand of arms to the breech and tang, border engraved stepped and signed lock converted from flintlock, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, characteristic chequered wooden grip, gold oval escutcheon decorated with an eagle crest and the initials WH, horn topped wooden ramrod. Set trigger faulty. £350-450

104.

A .577 CALIBRE IRISH PERCUSSION OFFICER’S PISTOL BY MCKNIGHT, 5.5inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved MCKNIGHT DUBLIN, border and scroll engraved stepped breech with platinum vent, border and scroll engraved bolted lock, full stocked with border and scroll engraved mounts, chequered wooden grip, the butt with trap, vacant white metal escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, swivel ramrod. Retains good traces of blue to the trigger guard, colour to the butt and varnish to the stock.

Possibly George McKnight, 14 Wood Street Dublin, recorded as early as 1815. £380-420

105.

A 20-BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING OR OFFICER’S PISTOL BY BOND, 6.5inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved W. BOND 50 LOMBARD STREET LONDON, border and scroll engraved signed bolted lock, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, chequered wooden butt, vacant white metal escutcheon, horn topped wooden ramrod. £350-450

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A 15-BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION 106.

OFFICER’S PISTOL, 7.5inch sighted two-stage barrel, border and scroll engraved lock signed G & W PIS.....

SCHMALKALDEN, pivoting nipple safety shroud, full stocked with chequered grip, border and scroll engraved white metal mounts, horn topped wooden ramrod. £380-420

A .700 CALIBRE FRENCH PERCUSSION 107.

OFFICER’S PISTOL, 7.5inch sighted damascus rifled barrel, the plain back action lock signed ZAOUE A MARSEILLES, half walnut stocked with plain steel mounts, acanthus carved horn butt cap, steel ramrod.

Some refinishing. £350-450

A .650 CALIBRE PERCUSSION 108.

TRAVELLING OR OFFICER’S BELT PISTOL BY WAINHOUSE, 5inch sighted octagonal damascus barrel engraved WAINHOUSE HALIFAX, border and scroll engraved rounded bolted action, belt hook mounted on the left side, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered wooden grip, the butt with scroll engraved trap, vacant white metal escutcheon, swivel ramrod. Full cock only. £350-450 38

109.

A 120-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK TURNOVER POCKET PISTOL BY COOK, 2inch turn-off barrels engraved at the muzzles and breeches, border and scroll engraved rounded action, signed COOK LONDON on the action tang, folding trigger, bag shaped wooden butt with vacant white metal escutcheon. Probably John Thomas Cook (1839-1849). £250-350

A .32 RIMFIRE UNWIN & RODGERS 110.

KNIFE PISTOL, 3inch sighted white metal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details to one side and NON * XLL, fitted with two pivoting blades, the main blade of clipped back form and 9cm in length etched with scrolling foliage and the motto SELF PROTECTOR, the forte of each blade stamped with the manufacturer’s details, folding trigger, chequered horn grip scales, the butt with trap. £400-600

A 130-BORE CRISP SIX-SHOT 111.

PERCUSSION TRANSITIONAL REVOLVER BY HETHERINGTON, 4inch sighted octagonal blued barrel engraved HETHERINGTON NOTTINGHAM, border and scroll engraved case colour hardened rounded action and frame, bar hammer, chequered wooden grip, vacant white metal escutcheon. £350-450

114.

AN 11MM SIX-SHOT PINFIRE BAYONET REVOLVER, 5.75inch sighted octagonal barrel, plain 112.

A CASED IRISH 80-BORE FIVE-SHOT cylinder with Belgian proofs, plain frame, polished PERCUSSION REVOLVER BY KAVANAGH & SON, hammer, fitted with a pivoting bayonet beneath the 4.75inch sighted octagonal blued barrel engraved barrel, stamped DELHAXE, two-piece ebonised grips, KAVANAGH & SON, DUBLIN, border engraved blued the butt with lanyard ring, contained in its leather cylinder, border engraved frame marked LONDON holster.

PATENT 39948, blued spring safety catch mounted £300-400 on the left side, chequered wooden grips, contained in its green baize lined mahogany case, the lid with trade label for Dame Street, complete with commensurate accessories. Mould is 54-bore. £800-1200

113.

A CASED .30 RIMFIRE FOUR BARRELLED SHARPS PISTOL RETAILED BY REILLY, 3inch sighted blued barrels engraved with the retailer’s name and address, plated frame, stamped SHARPS’ PATENT in a semi-circle, the upper part over engraved with chevrons, sheath trigger, two-piece hardened rubber grips decorated with scrolling foliage, serial number 870, contained in an E.M. REILLY & CO. red baize lined leather revolver case, complete with cleaning rod, turnscrew and oil bottle. Some mothing to interior of case. £400-600

115.

A .430 OBSOLETE CALIBRE SIX-SHOT DEVISME REVOLVER, 5.75inch two-stage barrel, the latter rotating to unlock the pivoting frame, plain cylinder, frame and mounts, extended chequered wooden grips, small loss, the butt with lanyard ring, contained in a later leather holster. £800-1200

116.

AN INTERESTING CONTINENTAL 120BORE SIX-SHOT PINFIRE RIFLED REVOLVER, 2.5inch smooth bore removable barrel, 2inch fluted cylinder with rifled chambers, the whole inlaid with yellow metal strapwork and polished studs, serial no.

6445, folding trigger, wooden grips. £450-550

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117.

A CASED PAIR OF 40-BORE CRISP PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS

BY DEVISME, 3.25inch reeded blued rifled barrels, border and finely scroll engraved actions and hammers, folding triggers, reeded ebonised wooden butts with castellated butts, serial no. 813 to each, contained in 40

their green velvet lined close fitted ebonised case, the lid with gold stamped trade label, two turned wooden accessories and a combination barrel key, nipple key and bullet mould, serial numbered to the guns. A very crisp and clean pair of guns. Two holes to the lid lining. £800-1200

118.

A 150-BORE TRIPLE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK TAP-ACTION POCKET PISTOL BY SMITH, 1.25inch turn-off re-blued barrels, numbered 3, 4 and 5, border and scroll engraved brass action and breech, decorated with stands of arms and signed SMITH, LONDON, sliding safety, ring-necked cock, the tap mounted on the left side, scrolling silver wire inlaid flared wooden butt, Birmingham hallmarked silver grotesque mask butt cap, with maker’s stamp of Charles Freeth. £1500-2500 41

119.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 15-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S HOLSTER PISTOLS, 8.75inch swamped barrels with flared muzzles engraved LONDON on the sighting flat, border engraved bevelled bolted locks, full stocked with ornate plated mounts, the pierced side plates decorated with stands of arms, lions and unicorns, the long eared butt caps with grotesque masks, the vacant escutcheons decorated with swags and a Green Man amidst foliage and flowerheads, wooden ramrods. (2) £1500-2500

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120.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY TURVEY, 7.75inch barrels engraved W. TURVEY LONDON, border engraved bevelled locks signed W. TURVEY, full stocked with brass mounts, the long eared butt caps decorated with a rose heads, the escutcheons decorated with a dolphin pierced with an arrow, later wooden ramrods. One with small crack at sideplate and old filled worm holes. (2) £800-1200

121.

AN 18TH CENTURY 16-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY NICHOLES, 9inch sighted three-stage barrel, border and scroll engraved bevelled lock signed I NICHOLES OXON, full stocked with steel mounts, the long eared butt cap decorated with strapwork, horn topped wooden ramrod. Light salt and pepper pitting to the barrel and mounts. Repair to wrist. £600-800

122.

AN 18TH CENTURY 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY MOORE, 8.5inch two-stage barrel signed D MOORE LONDON, white metal starburst fore sight, border and scroll engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, full stocked with tiger stripe grain, border and scroll engraved mounts, Continental form side plate, long eared butt cap, the rococo escutcheon with rubbed initials JW?, horn topped wooden ramrod. £600-800

AN 18TH CENTURY 20-BORE FLINTLOCK 123.

HOLSTER PISTOL BY RICHARDS, 8inch two-stage barrel decorated with flowerheads, border engraved stepped and bolted lock signed T. RICHARDS, roller frizzen, full stocked with border and scroll engraved mounts to include pierced rococo side plate, the long eared butt cap decorated with stands of arms, steel topped wooden ramrod. Cracks to fore-end and wrist now restored. £400-600 43

124. AN 18TH CENTURY 22-BORE FLINTLOCK QUEEN ANNE PISTOL BY COLLUMBELL, 5.5inch three-stage turn-off cannon barrel engraved with a stand of arms to the top of the breech and signed to the underside, border engraved rounded action, sliding trigger guard safety, the flared wooden butt carved about the barrel tang, white metal mounts to include stand of arms side plate, stand of arms rococo escutcheon, grotesque mask butt cap. Some pitting to barrel. £800-1200

AN 18TH CENTURY 18-BORE FLINTLOCK 125.

HOLSTER PISTOL BY GRIFFIN, 8inch barrel engraved BOND STREET LONDON at the breech, border engraved signed bevelled lock, full stocked with brass mounts, the escutcheon with a crest of a ram emerging from a coronet, the long eared butt cap decorated with a rose, brass topped wooden ramrod. £350-450

126.

AN 18TH CENTURY 20-BORE FLINTLOCK QUEEN ANNE PISTOL BY SMITH, 5.5inch twostage turn-off cannon barrel engraved LONDON on the top of the breech and ISAAC SMITH underneath, border engraved rounded action, the flared wooden 44

butt with plated brass mounts to include pierced rococo side plate, rococo escutcheon, and grotesque mask butt cap. £600-800

AN 18TH CENTURY 25-BORE FLINTLOCK 127.

BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED TRAVELLING PISTOL BY WILLMORE, 5.75inch three-stage turnoff barrel, border and scroll engraved signed rounded action, sliding trigger guard safety, the flared wooden butt with scrolling silver wire inlay, hallmarked silver grotesque mask butt cap Birmingham 1782. Trigger guard with movement. £350-450

128.

AN 18TH CENTURY 25-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED TRAVELLING PISTOL BY KETLAND, 5.25inch three-stage turnoff barrel, border and scroll engraved signed rounded action, sliding trigger guard safety, flared wooden butt with scrolling silver wire inlay, hallmarked silver grotesque mask butt cap Birmingham 1778. Cock spur restored, losses to wire inlay. £350-450

AN 18TH CENTURY 22-BORE FLINTLOCK 129.

BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED TRAVELLING PISTOL BY THOMAS, 5.5inch turn-off barrel, border and scroll engraved signed action, slab sided wooden butt. £300-400

AN 18TH CENTURY 28-BORE BRASS 130.

FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED TRAVELLING PISTOL BY BARBAR, 6.75inch threestage barrel, signed action, slider trigger guard safety, slab sided wooden butt with scrolling silver wire inlay. £350-450

131.

AN 18TH CENTURY 50-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK OVER AND UNDER TAP ACTION POCKET PISTOL BY WILSON, 2.75inch turn-off barrels, border and scroll engraved signed action, sliding safety, the tap mounted on the left side, slab sided wooden butt with scrolling silver wire inlay. Some pitting to action and loss to inlay. £300-400

132.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 54-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED POCKET PISTOLS BY HORTON, 2.25inch turn-off barrels, border and scroll engraved signed rounded actions, sliding trigger guard safeties, flared wooden butts with scrolling silver wire inlay about the tangs, white metal grotesque mask butt caps. One pistol - full cock only, contained in a modern box with various later accessories. (2) £500-700

133.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 56-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK CANNON BARRELLED POCKET PISTOLS BY KETLAND & CO., 3.5inch turn-off barrels, border and scroll engraved signed actions, slab sided wooden butts with vacant oval white metal escutcheons and scrolling silver wire inlay. (2) £500-700

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A 16-BORE IRISH FLINTLOCK DUELLING 134.

OR OFFICER’S PISTOL BY MC DERMOTT, 9.5inch sighted damascus barrel, the tang decorated with a stand of arms, platinum lined touch hole, border engraved signed and bolted lock, French cock, half stocked with border engraved steel mounts, the spur trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, white metal fore-end, vacant oval white metal escutcheon, the chequered wooden butt cut for a shoulder stock.

While not marked Dublin, the characteristics of this pistol conform with other examples by Mc Dermott of Dublin. £600-800

135. A .650 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOL BY WILKINSON & SON, 9inch barrel engraved LONDON, pitting, border engraved stepped and signed lock, full stocked with brass mounts, the trigger guard tang engraved 337, swivel ramrod.

Physically an officer’s pistol but the rack number would perhaps suggest Police, Royal, Mail, Coaching or Livery. £300-400

136. A 32-BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL BY CLARK, 4inch damascus barrel engraved LONDON in the sighting rib, border engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, chequered butt, horn topped wooden ramrod. £180-220

A 50-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK 137.

RIFLED BAYONET BELT PISTOL BY KNUBLEY, 3.25inch turn-off barrel, border engraved action decorated with stands of arms to both sides, bayonet mounted on the right side, belt hook to the left, sliding safety, folding trigger, chequered wooden butt. £180-220

A 40 BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK 138.

RIFLED POCKET PISTOL BY RYAN & WATSON, 3inch turn-off barrel, border engraved signed lock, sliding safety, folding trigger, slab sided wooden butt. £150-250

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A 54-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK 139.

POCKET PISTOL BY WALLIS, 2.5inch turn-off barrel, border and flag engraved signed action, sliding safety, slab sided wooden butt, vice marks at breech, together with a 54-bore percussion pocket pistol with sliding safety, folding trigger and rounded brass action, both contained in a wooden trinket box. (2) £200-300

A PAIR OF 25-BORE PERCUSSION 140.

DUELLING PISTOLS BY CLARK, 9.5inch sighted barrels engraved CLARK HOLBORN LONDON, border engraved stepped and bolted locks converted from flintlock on the drum and nipple principle, full stocked with border and foliate engraved mounts, horn topped wooden ramrods, contained in a surgical instruments box with various modern accessories.

Various splits and repairs to stocks. (2) £800-1000

141.

A 25-BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING OR TARGET PISTOL BY BAKER & SON, 9inch sighted damascus barrel faintly engraved GUNMAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY, the breech set with a gold maker’s tablet, border and scroll engraved signed lock, set trigger, half stocked with border and scroll engraved steel trigger guard, hallmarked silver butt cap brass topped wooden ramrod. £400-600

AN 18-BORE PERCUSSION HOLSTER 142.

PISTOL BY PATRICK, 9inch two-stage barrel faintly engraved LIVERPOOL, border engraved stepped lock converted from flintlock on the drum and nipple principle, full stocked with brass mounts, later brass topped wooden ramrod. Some wood filler, butt cap screw replaced. £180-220

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143.

A 22-BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOL BY KNUBLEY, 9.25inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved CHARING CROSS LONDON, border engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, set trigger, shortened three quarter stock, border and foliate engraved trigger guard, chequered wooden butt, later steel topped wooden ramrod. Split to stock at side plate area. £180-220

144.

AN 18-BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOL

BY EGG & SONS, 5inch sighted damascus barrel engraved LONDON on the sighting flat, border and scroll engraved signed lock, full stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, belt hook mounted on the left side, chequered wooden grip, swivel ramrod. Fine crack at ramrod pipe. £180-220

146.

A 120-BORE PERCUSSION POCKET OR MUFF PISTOL BY MANTON, 1.5inch octagonal barrel, border and scroll engraved signed action, sliding safety, scroll engraved trigger guard, slab sided wooden butt with foliate white metal butt cap. Vice marks at breech. £200-300

147.

A 120-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET OR MUFF PISTOL BY LANG, 1.25inch octagonal barrel signed on the top flat, border and scroll engraved rounded action, sliding safety, folding trigger, chequered bag shaped wooden butt with white metal cap, contained in an associated mahogany case with a flask. £250-350

145.

AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OVER POCKET PISTOL, 2.5inch turn-off barrels, border and scroll engraved rounded action, chequered wooden 148.

A 50-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK butt.

POCKET PISTOL BY SIMMONS, 4inch sighted £180-220 octagonal barrel, border and scroll engraved signed action, chequered wooden butt, swivel ramrod. £100-150 48

149.

AN 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY KING, 15.75inch four-stage cannon barrel engraved LONDON at the breech, border and scroll engraved bevelled lock signed R. KING, full stocked, border and scroll engraved brass mounts, later horn topped wooden ramrod. Richard King apprentice to Richard Maskell 1720, free of the Gunmaker’s Company 1735. Circa 1740. £1400-1800 150.

A 20-BORE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK MUSKETOON, 12inch sighted brass barrel chiselled with foliage at the breech, stepped lock engraved with scrolling foliage, full stocked with ornate brass mounts, the side plate decorated with a cavalry scene, later brass topped wooden ramrod. Probably cut down from a sporting gun, this appears to be the original fore-end now secured with a modern screw. £350-450

151.

AN 18TH CENTURY 18-BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING PIECE BY VERNCOMB OF BRISTOL, 51.5inch barrel chiselled at the breech with a foliate sighting rib and engraved with the owner’s name John B Dowell, signed bevelled lock, quarter stocked with plain bevelled brass mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £300-400 152. SPORTING GUN BY WRIGHT, 39.5inch sighted barrel, pitted, border engraved bevelled signed lock, pitted, full stocked with border engraved brass mounts, inlaid with scrolling silver wire about the shell carved tang, the wrist with copper escutcheon engraved Charles Winter 1737, later wooden ramrod.

Generally worn. £200-300

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153.

A 15-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY TURVEY, 26.5inch sighted damascus barrel, shortened, border engraved signed bevelled lock, full stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, steel ramrod. £200-300 AN 11-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING 154.

GUN BY DRAKE, 37inch sighted two-stage barrel, border and foliate engraved stepped signed lock, half stocked, some repairs, border and foliate engraved brass mounts, chequered wrist, horn topped wooden ramrod. Chip to stock at tail of lock exposing spring. £200-300 AN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING 155.

GUN, 35inch sighted two-stage barrel with gold lined breech, border engraved stepped lock, half stocked with chequered wrist, border engraved steel mounts, later ramrod. Some splits and repairs to stock. £200-300

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A 20-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING 156.

GUN BY BLISSETT & SON, 27.25inch sighted damascus barrel engraved with the maker’s details, border and scroll engraved signed lock, half stocked with chequered fore-send and wrist, border engraved steel mounts, serial no. 1506, brass topped wooden ramrod. £150-250 A 12-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED 157.

PINFIRE SPORTING GUN BY DENYER, 30inch sighted damascus barrels signed in the sighting rib, border and scroll engraved signed locks, rotary underlever action, half stocked with chequered foreend and wrist, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, serial no. 677, white metal escutcheon with rubbed crest and initials. £200-300

158.

A 20-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S HOLSTER PISTOL BY NOCK, 7inch sighted damascus barrels engraved H. NOCK LONDON on the sighting rib, border engraved stepped and bolted signed locks, full stocked with chequered wooden butt, curved back trigger guard, swivel ramrod. £1500-2500

159.

A 16-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK COACHING PISTOL BY MONCK, 5inch sighted damascus barrels with gold lined breeches, border engraved stepped and bolted signed locks decorated with stands of arms at the tails, French cocks, full stocked with border engraved mounts, the trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, chequered wooden butt, swivel ramrod. Probably Thomas Monck of Stamford, Lincolnshire 1797-1828. £1500-2500

160.

AN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK QUEEN ANNE PISTOL BY FREEMAN, 5.5inch turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved and rounded signed action, flared wooden butt with silver grotesque mask butt cap, pierced foliate silver side plate and rococo escutcheon engraved with a rubbed crest. Circa 1725. James Paul Freeman was admitted to the Gunmakers Company on 5 July 1716. £800-1200

161.

A SCARCE PAIR OF 80-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK TRIPLE BARRELLED TAPACTION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY THOMAS, 2.5inch turn-off barrels, border engraved actions decorated with stands of arms and signed Thomas, taps mounted on the left side, sliding safeties, slabsided wooden butts, vacant shield-shaped white metal escutcheons. Circa 1790. £1800-2200

162.

AN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOL BY SMITH, 8inch sighted octagonal damascus barrel, border and scroll engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, vacant white metal escutcheon, chequered grip, swivel ramrod. £800-1000

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163.

A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK BAYONET BLUNDERBUSS COACHING PISTOL BY WILSON, 6inch three-stage cannon barrel, mounted with a top sprung bayonet, border engraved brass lock signed WILSON, full stocked with brass mounts, later brass topped wooden ramrod. £1000-1500 164.

A 40-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK PAKTONG BELT PISTOL BY MANTON, 5.25inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved in Gothic script Manton Patent London, scroll engraved action, Paktong stock and mounts, scroll engraved spur trigger guard, scroll engraved grip and butt plate, swivel ramrod, 52

contained in a later green baize lined case with mould, flask, turnscrew and cap tin. £1000-1500 165.

AN UNUSUAL 10-BORE FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY COLLICOTT, 8inch heavy barrel with flared muzzle engraved BRISTOL at the breech, border and scroll engraved bevelled lock signed H. COLLICOTT, full stocked with silver wire inlay, border engraved brass mounts, Rococo side plate, grotesque mask butt cap, brass topped wooden ramrod. Henry Collicott, 1750-1780, shop in Bristol. £1000-1500

A 32-BORE PERCUSSION HOLSTER OR 166.

OFFICER’S DOUBLE BARRELLED PISTOL, 8inch sighted damascus barrel with foliate engraved barrel tang, border and scroll engraved bolted back action locks, dolphin hammers, half stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered grip, the butt with white metal trap, steel topped wooden ramrod.

Nipples squashed. £600-800

A 40-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED 167.

DUELLING OR TARGET PISTOL BY LEPAGE, 9.5inch sighted octagonal barrel, engraved 1 at the breech and on the tang, border and scroll engraved signed back action lock, set trigger, half stocked with shell carved fore-end, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered wooden grip with stepped butt.

Jean Andre Prosper Lepage 1792-1854. £1000-1500

A 40-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED 168.

DUELLING OR TARGET PISTOL BY BOUTET, 9inch sighted flared damascus barrel with micro-groove rifling, stepped lock signed Manufacture A Versailles, half stocked with steel mounts, chequered wooden grip. Nicolas Boutet 1761-1833, the leading French gunmaker of the Napoleonic era. £800-1000

169.

A 32-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED HOLSTER PISTOL BY KUCHENREUTER, 9inch sighted octagonal barrel signed CHR. KUCHENREUTER A REGENSBURG in silver, the breech with maker’s stamp, border engraved bevelled lock, full stocked with steel mounts, chequered wooden fish-tail butt. The South German Kuchenreuter gun making dynasty existed between 1690-1869. £650-850

AN 80-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK 170.

OVER AND UNDER TAP-ACTION POCKET PISTOL BY P. BOND OF LONDON, 1.75inch turnoff barrels with scallop engraved muzzles, border engraved action finely engraved with a stand of arms, laurel swags and signed P. BOND LONDON, recurved tap mounted on the left side, sliding safety, slab-sided wooden butt. Philip Bond, purveyor of fine quality guns, shop at 45 Cornhill London, 1794-1816. £500-600

A 14-BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION 171.

HOLSTER PISTOL, 11inch sighted swamped barrel, border engraved stepped lock, converted from flintlock and signed Symeone Sauvade, full stocked with border engraved steel mounts, chequered fish tail butt, steel ramrod. Marie Simeon (Symeone) and Sauvard were based in St. Etienne circa 1760. £450-550 53

172.

A 50-BORE SILVER MOUNTED FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY BOND, 2inch turn-off barrel, border engraved signed action decorated with stands of arms, sliding safety, flared wooden butt with hallmarked silver butt cap, Charles Freeth Birmingham 1788. Edward Bond, Master of the Gunmakers Company 1780. £450-550

173.

A 40-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY BECKWITH, 1.75inch barrel engraved with chevrons at the muzzle and breech, border engraved signed rounded action decorated with stands of arms, sliding safety, folding trigger, chequered bag-shaped wooden butt. William Beckwith, Master of the Gunmakers Company 1808. £380-420

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174.

A 54-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY TWIGG, 1.5inch turn-off barrel, border engraved action signed Twigg and London, sliding safety, slab-sided wooden butt. John Twigg trained with the Mantons and Newtons, shops at Angel Court, The Strand and Tower Hill. £350-450

175.

A 54-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY BUTLER, 1.5inch turn-off barrel, border engraved signed action decorated with stands of arms, folding trigger, slab-sided wooden butt with vacant white metal escutcheon. Thomas Butler, shop in Barnstaple, Devon, 1810-1824. £220-240

176.

AN 18TH CENTURY PRUSSIAN FLINTLOCK TINDER LIGHTER BY KLETT, characteristic steel body with border and scroll engraved decoration, the action signed KLETT POTSDAM, mounted with a candle holder to the right front side and bipod underneath, bag-shaped wooden butt. £450-550

178.

A 120-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK TURNOVER POCKET PISTOL BY SMITH OF BRAINTREE, 1.5inch turn-off barrels with scallop engraved muzzles, border and scroll engraved rounded action signed SMITH BRAINTREE, sliding safety, folding trigger, chequered bag-shaped wooden butt with oval white metal escutcheon stamped with the Irish Registration BY 398. John Smith, General Gunsmith, shop in Bank Street, 1835-1859. £450-550

177.

LARGE SIZE FLINTLOCK EPROUVETTE OR POWDER TESTER OF MANTON TYPE, border engraved brass boxlock action decorated with stands of arms, notched test wheel engraved from 0 through A 54-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK 179. to 16, slab-sided wooden butt. Chip to steel.

POCKET PISTOL, 2.5inch turn-off barrel, border £400-600 engraved action decorated with stands of arms and indistinctly signed KETLAND (?), Lombard Street, London, tang lacking, slab-sided wooden butt, together with another percussion boxlock pocket pistol lacking butt. (2) £150-200

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180.

A .650 CALIBRE EXPERIMENTAL FLINTLOCK LIGHT DRAGOON SERVICE PISTOL, 9inch sighted barrel, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over GR and TOWER across the tail, full stocked, cut for a shoulder stock, regulation brass mounts. Very few examples of these pistols, cut for a shoulder stock still exist. Minor repairs to stock, main spring soft. £1000-1500

182.

A PAIR OF 20-BORE FLINTLOCK COACHING PISTOLS BY BOUILLIET, 5inch twostage barrels decorated with scrolling foliage and geometric designs highlighted in gilt, border engraved bevelled locks signed BOUILLIET A MONT LUCON, full stocked with chiselled steel mounts, chequered wooden butts, horn topped wooden ramrods, contained in a brass mounted oak case. (2) £1000-1500

181.

A PAIR OF 80-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY BENTLEY, 2.25inch octagonal barrels with good traces of original blued finish, border and scroll engraved brass actions signed in Gothic script Bentley London on the side of the breeches, blued dolphin hammers, sliding safeties, blued folding triggers, chequered bag-shaped wooden butts with vacant white metal escutcheons, contained in a later green baize lined case, complete with flask, mould, cleaning rod and cap tin. (2) £500-600 56

183.

A .650 CALIBRE DUBLIN CASTLE FLINTLOCK LIGHT DRAGOON SERVICE PISTOL, 9inch sighted barrel, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over GR and DUBLIN CASTLE across the tail, full stocked, regulation brass mounts. Some splitting and loss to left side of stock. £1000-1500

185.

A .700 CALIBRE FRENCH FLINTLOCK AN XIII SERVICE PISTOL, 8inch barrel dated 1810 at the breech, bevelled lock stamped with the manufacturer’s details, half stocked with regulation brass mounts, steel ramrod. Pitting to barrel, split at side plate area. £350-450

184.

A .650 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK NEW LAND PATTERN SERVICE PISTOL, 9inch barrel, flat lock stamped with a crown over GR and TOWER across the tail, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, the trigger guard engraved S H Y over D 2, swivel ramrod.

Splits to stock at ramrod entrance and patch of filler to side plate area. £450-550

186.

A CLEAN .550 CALIBRE PERCUSSION COASTGUARD BELT PISTOL, 6inch barrel, border engraved stepped lock stamped with a crown over VR over TOWER and dated 1846, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, belt hook mounted on the left side, the butt with lanyard ring, swivel ramrod.

Numerous Ordnance marks throughout. £600-800 57

187.

A .650 CALIBRE HANNOVERIAN M.1818/43 PERCUSSION RIFLED CAVALRY SERVICE PISTOL, 11inch sighted barrel, stepped lock, fitted with a sliding safety bar, the full stock cut for a shoulder stock, regulation brass mounts with various unit markings to include 3.R.H.C.H. (3rd Weapon, R Troop Herzog (Duke) of Cambridge’s Hussars) and G.H. D.N:35 (Garde Hussaren D Troop Weapon 35), the butt with lanyard ring. Minor wood loss to right side of fore-end. £800-1000 188.

A CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION SIXSHOT TRANSITIONAL REVOLVER, 6inch sighted octagonal barrel engraved IMPROVED REVOLVER, scallop engraved cylinder, border and scroll engraved 58

rounded action, steel mounts, chequered wooden grips, the butt with scroll engraved trap, contained in its faded red velvet lined mahogany case complete with commensurate accessories. Loose on spindle. £1000-1500 189.

A CASED 120-BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION TRANSITIONAL REVOLVER BY VEISEY & SON, 5inch sighted octagonal signed blued barrel, border and scroll engraved rounded action, chequered wooden grips, contained in its green baize lined oak case, complete with commensurate accessories. £800-1200

A SCARCE 120-BORE SIX-SHOT 190.

PERCUSSION COPPER’S IMPROVED FOLDING TRIGGER PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, 3inch re-blued fluted barrels, border and scroll engraved rounded action engraved J. R. COOPER’S IMPROVED REVOLVING PISTOL, folding trigger, chequered wooden grip with stepped butt, vacant white metal escutcheon, contained in a later green baize lined case, complete with, flask, cleaning rod, mould and cap tin. £700-900

AN 80-BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 191.

COOPER’S PATENT RING TRIGGER PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, 3.5inch fluted barrels, border and scroll engraved rounded action engraved with the manufacturer’s details, two-piece wooden grips. £350-450

A 22-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK 192.

POCKET PISTOL OR MAN STOPPER, 3inch turnoff barrel with scallop engraved muzzle, border and scroll engraved action, slab-sided wooden butt with chequered back and vacant white metal escutcheon. £300-400

193.

AN 80-BORE COOPER’S PATENT SIXSHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, 3.5inch fluted barrels, border and scroll engraved, signed, rounded white metal action, ring trigger, wooden grips. Action intermittent and small split to action. £250-350

A 54-BORE SLIDING FRAME SELF 194.

EXTRACTING SIX-SHOT PINFIRE REVOLVER, 5inch sighted two-stage barrel with burnished release lever on the right side, blued cylinder, chequered wooden grips, the butt with lanyard ring. Retains traces of original finish, particularly to the cylinder. £500-700

A 14-BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION 195.

DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLED OFFICER’S PISTOL, 6.5inch sighted damascus barrels engraved Devisme a Paris, border and scroll engraved back action locks and hammers, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered wooden butt, stamped with the serial no.

4984 and fitted with a lanyard ring and trap, contained in a later wooden case with assorted accessories, the inside of the lid stuck with a French coin with bullet hole. Reputed to have been carried in the Crimea. £800-1000 59

196. A CASED .31 CALIBRE FIVE-SHOT COLT MODEL 1855 SIDEHAMMER OR ROOT POCKET REVOLVER, 3.5inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, fluted cylinder, sheath trigger, varnished wooden grips, serial no. 6657, contained in its faded burgundy velvet lined mahogany case complete with commensurate accessories. Mottled traces of original blued finish. £1500-2500

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A .31 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 197.

COLT POCKET REVOLVER WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, 4inch plain barrel, reasonable traces of cylinder scene, brass trigger guard, repair to the foot, wooden grip, serial no. 222512. The back strap engraved CAPT CHARLES MARSHALL VOYAGE OF 1862 KAVAI S.I. Charles Henry Marshall was owner of the transatlantic packet Black Bull Line sailing out of New York, he died aged 73 in September 1865 and is buried in Green Wood Cemetery Brooklyn. Kavai is in the Sandwich Islands. £1400-1800

198.

A CASED .31 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION COLT POCKET REVOLVER, 4inch sighted octagonal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, good stagecoach cylinder scene,

the left side of the frame stamped COLT’S PATENT, brass trigger guard and back strap with traces of silvered finish, varnished wooden grips, serial no. 88359, contained in a red velvet lined wooden case with commensurate accessories. £800-1200

A CASED DEACTIVATED STEVENS 199.

HUNTER’S PET POCKET RIFLE, 12inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details at the breech, plated frame, sheath trigger, serial no. 10126, contained in its green baize lined wooden case, the lid with trade label, complete with skeleton stock, numbered to the gun. £350-450 61

201.

A .41 CALIBRE RIMFIRE COLT LONDON SECOND MODEL DERINGER, 2.25inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details on the top flat, scroll engraved frame, sheath trigger, chequered wooden grips serial no. 8026, contained in a later green velvet lined wooden case. £600-800

A .41 CALIBRE RIMFIRE COLT LONDON 200.

FIRST MODEL DERINGER, 2.25inch sighted blued barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details on the top flat, scroll engraved frame, sheath trigger, steel grips serial no. 1597, contained in a later green velvet lined wooden case. £600-800

A .41 CALIBRE RIMFIRE COLT THIRD 202.

MODEL DERINGER, 2.5inch sighted barrel stamped COLT, rubbed, brass frame, sheath trigger, wooden grips, serial no. 2854, contained in a later green baize lined wooden case. £400-600

A .41 CALIBRE RIMFIRE REMINGTON 203.

DOUBLE DERINGER, 3inch sighted plated barrels stamped with the manufacturer’s details on the top flat, plated frame sheath trigger, two-piece chequered grips, serial no. 76, contained in a later green baize lined case. Minor rubbing and losses to plating. £600-800 62

A .41 CALIBRE RIMFIRE TYPE II NO.3 204.

REMINGTON DOUBLE DERINGER, 3inch sighted barrels stamped with the manufacturer’s details on the top flat, sheath trigger, two-piece mother-o’-pearl grips.

Chips and wear to grips, minor traces of bluing. £500-700

A .44 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 205.

COLT ARMY REVOLVER, 8inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, stepped cylinder with traces of scene, serial no. 16539 matching throughout, brass trigger guard, wooden grip. £600-800

A .44 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 206.

REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY REVOLVER, 8inch sighted octagonal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, retaining traces of original blued finish, the cylinder and frame with traces of original finish and various inspector’s stamps, serial no.

92239, brass trigger guard, wooden grips stamped with a cartouche to the left and inspector’s marks underneath. £1000-1500

207.

A .36 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION WHITNEY NAVY REVOLVER, 7.75inch sighted octagonal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, brass trigger guard, two-piece wooden grips, serial no. 2599. Chip to grips at the heel, generally grey stained. £600-800

A .36 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 208.

WHITNEY NAVY REVOLVER, 7.5inch sighted octagonal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, Whitneyville cylinder, brass trigger guard, twopiece varnished wooden grips, serial no. 30709. Traces of original blued finish under the rammer, seven groove rifling. £1000-1500

A .44 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION 209.

STARR MODEL 1858 ARMY REVOLVER, 6inch sighted barrel, plain cylinder, the frame stamped with manufacturer’s and patent details, plain wooden grip with rubbed stamp, serial no. 14773. Minor traces of original blued finish. £600-800

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210.

A .44 CALIBRE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION METROPOLITAN ARMS COLT ARMY REVOLVER, 8inch sighted plated barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, plated fluted cylinder, plated frame, brass trigger guard, plated back strap, wooden grips, serial no. 863. £1200-1400

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211.

A .32 RIMFIRE SIX SHOT SMITH & WESSON REVOLVER, 6inch sighted octagonal barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, plain frame with traces of original blued finish, sheath trigger, varnished wooden grips, serial no. 24802. £600-800

214.

A BOXED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 RELOADING TOOL, of characteristic form, stamped 38-55 and with the manufacturer’s details, complete with instructions for use, Winchester Gun Grease advertising sheet, repaired, and a Winchester target and guns for sale leaflet. Box A/F some side panels lacking, Gun Grease sheet restored. £150-250

212.

A .32 RIMFIRE SIX-SHOT SMITH & WESSON REVOLVER, 6inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, scroll engraved to the frame and cylinder, sheath trigger, mother-o’-pearl grips. Losses to plating. £400-600

213.

JULY 2021 - AN OBSOLETE CALIBRE FIVE-SHOT REMINGTON SMOOT REVOLVER, 2.75inch sighted octagonal plated barrel, plated fluted cylinder and frame, chequered rubber grips, serial no. 467. Retains virtually all of its original finish, but unusually has not been stamped with the manufacturer’s details on the barrel. £350-450

215.

A COLT’S PATENT BRASS BULLET MOULD, for a single ball and a single bullet stamped COLT’s PATENT, together with a modern leather gun rig or belt for two revolvers. (2) £150-200 A SMALL CALIBRE COLT BULLET 216.

MOULD, the brass body for a ball and a bullet, the steel sprue cutter stamped COLT’S PATENT. £80-120

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217.

A .58 CALIBRE MODEL 1861 PERCUSSION RIFLE-MUSKET, 40inch sighted barrel stamped 1863 at the breech, stepped lock stamped WHITNEYVILLE, with an Eagle and dated 1864 across the tail, full stocked with regulation steel mounts, steel ramrod. £1500-2000

rod. Repair above lock and split at side plate area. £600-800

220.

AN AMERICAN .54 PERCUSSION BURNSIDE CAVALRY CARBINE, 21inch sighted barrel fitted with rear flip sights, top of the frame stamped with the manufacturer’s details and the serial no. 12411 on the frame and the breech, the lock 218.

A .58 CALIBRE MODEL 1863 RIFLE stamped with the manufacturer’s details, half stocked.

MUSKET TYPE I, 40 inch sighted barrel dated 1863 at Split to left side of wrist. the breech, the lock stamped L.G. & Y WINDSOR VT., £1300-1500 with an Eagle and dated 1863 at the tail, full stocked with regulation steel mounts, steel ramrod.

A RARE 36-BORE ENGLISH MADE 221. £1500-2000 PERCUSSION KENTUCKY RIFLE BY BROOK, 45.75inch sighted barrel fitted with pivoting ladder 219.

A SCARCE .58 CALIBRE ROBERTS sights, the breech stamped J. BROOK, border and MODEL 1861/63 RIFLE-MUSKET CONVERSION, scroll engraved lock stamped J. BROOK HASTINGS, 37.75inch sighted barrel, stepped lock stamped U.S. full stocked with brass mounts, brass topped wooden TRENTON, with an eagle and 1884 at the tail, full ramrod. Jeremiah Brook, Gun and Pistol Manufacturer, stocked with regulation steel mounts, steel cleaning 3, The High Street Hastings. £1400-1800 66

223.

A .700 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK TRADE MUSKET, 48.5inch sighted three-stage barrel fitted with a fixed rear sight, border engraved lock fitted with a ring neck cock and pivoting safety catch, full stocked with brass mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £400-600 224.

A .44 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSION PLAINS OR TARGET RIFLE, 33inch sighted octagonal heavy barrel stamped J. YOUNG MICH. CITY, plain lock, double set triggers, half stocked in striped maple, brass mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £1400-1800

FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET A 9-BORE 225.

DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY WILLIAM CHANCE, 34inch sighted browned damascus barrels engraved WM CHANCE & CO MAKERS TO D E TRIMBLE 200 BALTo. STREET BALTIMORE - LAMINATED STEEL, border engraved signed locks, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, border engraved steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £1400-1800 226.

A 16-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY JONES & GRIFFIS, 28inch sighted damascus barrels with gold lined breech, border scroll and foliate engraved extended barrel tang, border engraved signed back action locks decorated with hunting scenes, half stocked with white metal and steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £450-550

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227.

A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, the English style head with teardrop eye and acorn bowl with rounded bottom, later ash haft wrapped with hide and red trade cloth and with beadwork probably of Great Lakes origin, 46cm long over all. £400-600 228.

AN INDIAN TOMAHAWK PIPE, the shaped steel head with integral pipe bowl, mounted on a hollow pipe haft, together with two later tourist examples, one with carved haft and cast iron head decorated with a tortoise and celestial scenes the last of pipe form construction with leaf-shaped brass head.

All 20th Century. (3) £150-200

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229.

A 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN STONE HEAD CLUB, probably Apache circa 1840, the head with incised and painted decoration of dots and arrows/birds, painted and hide bound handle, 44.5cm long over all. £300-400 A 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN 230.

CLUB, probably Apache and circa 1880, the head of two opposing horns, on hide covered haft with beadwork decoration, 61cm long over all. £200-300

A 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN 231.

PLAINS STONE HEAD CLUB, the spherical head and long haft covered in hide over all, 78.5cm long over all. £100-150 232.

A 1920’S NATIVE AMERICAN KNIFE, 24cm slightly curved blade, the scalloped wood grip with inlaid brass stud decoration, blue and white beaded hide sheath. £100-200 233.

A NATIVE AMERICAN APACHE BEADWORK HIDE POUCH, 22cm wide, decorated with two strips of geometrically patterned beads and tassels with horn adornments, shoulder strap. £80-120

234.

A GOOD COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL POLICE BADGES, comprising Indian Police, Indian Police OKLA, Nambe Pueblo Police, Kiowa Tribal Police, Pequot Indian Tribe Police Patrolman, Papago Tribal Police, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, Modoc Tribal Police, Indian Police Wind River WYO 36, HOH Tribal Police, US Indian Police, and Navajo Police, (12). In glazed oak display case. £800-1200 69

235.

A 17 TH CENTURY GERMAN MUSKETEER’S POWDER FLASK, of characteristic scalloped triangular form, the leather covered wooden body with iron mounts, applied with a pierced foliate mount to the front, belt hook to the rear, four suspension loops, sprung nozzle. £600-800

A 17 TH CENTURY 236.

GERMAN MUSKETEER’S POWDER FLASK, of characteristic scalloped triangular form, the iron mounted body decorated with a geometric design to the front, faded velvet ground, fitted with four suspension loops and a belt hook, sprung nozzle. Later velvet covering. £400-600

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237.

A 17 TH CENTURY ITALIAN CUIR-BOULLI POWDER FLASK, of characteristic triangular form, the bevelled face decorated with two birds flanking a stand of acanthus scrolls within a roped border, acanthus scrolls to the reverse within a roped border, leather suspension loops, turned wooden nozzle. Some losses. £200-300

238.

AN 17 TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN IBEX HORN POWDER FLASK, the natural form Ibex horn body with pinned iron base, the iron top with tapering nozzle and long sprung top, iron suspension ring. Probably German or Italian. £300-400

239.

AN ITALIAN POWDER FLASK, the tapering semi-circular cuir boulli body decorated with panels of scrolling foliage, the iron top with tapering nozzle and internal pivoting shutter. £400-600

240.

A 17 TH CENTURY DUTCH OR GERMAN CIRCULAR PRIMING FLASK, the ring turned wooden body set with circular pale horn discs, turned nozzle with sprung top. £350-450

241.

A 17 TH CENTURY SPANISH POWDER FLASK, the flattened horn body with heavy iron belt loop with leaf form mount, iron nozzle with sprung catch. £400-600

AN 18TH CENTURY 242.

SPANISH POWDER FLASK, the natural horn body with iron mounts, the belt hook with shaped mounting foot and suspension loop, turned brass nozzle with sprung catch. £300-400

243.

AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN POWDER FLASK, the flattened horn body engraved with scrolling foliage and CALA, heavy iron mounts, belt hook, two suspension loops, the top with sprung nozzle, together with a large Keeper’s shot flask. Some insect damage. (2) £300-400

245.

AN 18TH CENTURY SCANDINAVIAN POWDER FLASK, the ring turned circular wooden body with sprung top, complete with leather suspension strap fitted with a shot flask, priming flask and horn measure. £400-600

246.

A CIRCULAR SCANDINAVIAN POWDER FLASK, the pierced red painted wooden body decorated with geometric designs to the front, brown painted to the reverse, iron mounts. £200-300 AN 18TH CENTURY 244.

SCANDINAVIAN POWDER FLASK, the ring turned circular burr wood body with sprung top in the form of a bird, two suspension mounts. £400-600 71

THREE VARIOUS 247.

SCANDINAVIAN PRIMING FLASKS, the first of polished burr wood with turned brass nozzle, the second of leather with brass top and sprung catch, the third of conventional polished horn with brass mounts. (3) £200-300

249.

THREE 17 TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL POWDER FLASKS, the first two of ribbed cuir-boulli form, probably Italian, the last of characteristic form with turned wooden top, the body probably wood. (3) £250-350

AN 18TH CENTURY 250.

AMERICAN POWDER HORN, the natural form body carved with the initials WA, twist lock horn stopper, the wooden base with pivoting brass cover, braided leather strap. £250-350 AN 18TH CENTURY 248.

PORNOGRAPHIC GERMAN HORN POWDER FLASK, the flattened horn body decorated with a Stag mounting a Deer amidst a forest scene, decorated with further deer and woods to the reverse, Demholtz en hirsch seine groste freit ist murinder egiti zeit. £300-400 72

251.

AN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN OR SWEDISH POWDER FLASK, flattened polished horn body, pike or zander form nozzle with wooden stopper, shaped brass base, the front naively engraved with a hunter, bear and dogs. £350-450

A 19TH CENTURY SWISS 252.

POWDER FLASK, characteristic curved leather covered metal body, the brass top with Bosch type nozzle with glass viewing section, engraved RAVESSOUD A LAUSANNE, two suspension loops. £400-600

253.

A 19TH CENTURY SWISS SHOT FLASK, characteristic curved thick leather body of shaped form, the brass cap with sprung nozzle, two suspension loops. £400-500

255.

AN 18TH CENTURY SIGNED FRENCH POWDER FLASK, the polished horn body with burr wood base set with a vacant escutcheon, the brass top engraved with scrolling foliage and signed DVTEL A CALAIS, threaded brass nozzle, slit. £350-450

257.

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY FRENCH RAY OR SHARK SKIN COVERED POWDER FLASK, the brass framed body with natural lightly polished skin covering to either side, sprung nozzle. One suspension loop lacking. £400-600

254.

AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN HORN POWDER FLASK, the narrow flattened horn body with gilt brass mounts, the front decorated with two Roman stands of arms, foliate trimmed base, laurel turned nozzle, two suspension loops. £300-400

256.

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY FRENCH RAY OR SHARK SKIN COVERED POWDER FLASK, the brass framed body with flat polished skin covering to either side, pivoting brass nozzle with sprung retaining clip. £400-600

258.

TWO CONTINENTAL POLISHED HORN POWDER FLASKS, characteristic pear-shaped bodies with gilt brass frames, the first with sprung nozzle, the second with twist off measure top. The first with small area of lamination and lacking one suspension ring. £400-600 73

259.

FOUR 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FLASKS, the first of copper and with shaped body decorated with cherubs and stags, the second of copper and decorated with stands of arms within a wreath, the third of copper and decorated with a fleur de lys, family crest erased, and the fourth a bag-shaped leather shot flask with white metal top. Shot bag with losses. (4) £400-600

261.

TWO EMBOSSED CONTINENTAL COPPER POWDER FLASKS, the first decorated with opposing griffin amidst foliate sprays, the second with stag hunting scenes, brass mounts with sprung nozzles. (2) £200-300

262.

A MUGHAL PRIMING FLASK, the brass mounted horn 260.

AN EMBOSSED COPPER body with bird’s head nozzle, POWDER HORN, of flattened characteristic sprung top, the horn form, decorated with a figure stepped base with turnscrew of the huntress Diana on a reeded terminal. ground, the reverse decorated with £200-300 a foliate and lattice design. Riling 1358. £200-300 74

263.

A JAPANESE EDO PERIOD LACQUERED FLASK, the black lacquered wooden faces united by a band of lacquered cloth, stippled to simulate bark, turned wooden peg stopper, abalone netsuke of a fish. £250-350

A LARGE SIZED 264.

JAPANESE POWDER FLASK, the brass mounted shaped body with thick ray skin covering to either side, some losses, turned wooden stopper. £400-600

265.

A RARE FINE QUALITY PLATED AND GILT CAST COPPER POWDER FLASK, decorated to the front in deep relief with stands of arms, palm trees and Arabs on horseback rescuing a maiden from a wild beast, plated reverse, the nickel top adjustable for 35 through to 50 grains of powder, struck with a bugle horn maker’s mark, together with a further embossed copper powder flask decorated with a huntsman and hound to either side. Gilding rubbed on the high points and plating losses to the reverse. (2) £200-300

266.

A NAILSEA GLASS POWDER HORN, 31cm over all length, the ring turned body of clear glass with opaque chevron decoration. £350-450

267.

A PAINTED TIN CONTINENTAL POWDER FLASK, the black painted body decorated with the figure of a gentleman loading a musket, together with a 20th Century Indian painted bone mounted flask decorated with hunting scenes and a flattened horn powder flask. (3) £200-300

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268.

AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH HORN POWDER FLASK, the characteristic pear shaped body composed of polished horn with brass frame, top and scroll engraved nozzle, sprung top, affixed with an oval brass collection tag numbered 160. See plate XXIX Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740

by Neal & Back. £280-320

269.

AN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN BAROQUE STYLE POWDER FLASK, characteristic spherical brass body decorated with Rococo style decoration of Leda and the Swan, tapering nozzle, two suspension rings. Dents and split. £120-140

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270.

A GOOD LACQUERED COPPER POWDER FLASK, the Colt Navy type body retaining virtually all of its original lacquered finish, scratching and minor dent, the brass top with graduated nozzle, spring defective, together with two leather shot flasks, a further small embossed powder flask and four cap tins to include one of Colt’s Patent. (8) £160-180

A LEATHER COVERED 271.

GUN OR RIFLE FLASK, the black leather covered body with brass top stamped SNIDER, graduated nozzle up to 4drams. £100-150

272.

A PIGSKIN COVERED GUN OR RIFLE FLASK, the brown pigskin covered body with brass top stamped HAWKSLEY, graduated nozzle up to 3drams.

Spring lacking. £100-150

273.

A PIGSKIN COVERED GUN OR RIFLE FLASK, the brown pigskin covered body with brass top stamped HAWKSLEY, graduated nozzle up to 3drams. £150-200

276.

A .450 CALIBRE BULLET MOULD, complete with threaded insert and sprue cutter, turned wooden handles, together with a .450 calibre chamber brush. (2) £120-150 274.

A SMALL COPPER REVOLVER FLASK BY SYKES, 12cm over all, together with two further pistol sized flasks, a gun flask, a shot flask, a chamber brush, cleaning rod and various jags and brushes. (Parcel) £200-300

277. A LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY GERMAN WHEELLOCK SPANNER, of conventional form, 4.5inches long, shallow tubular head, elongated lozenge form handle. £100-150

275.

A 6-BALL GANG MOULD BY PARKES, the brass body with graduated cavities, sprue cutter, stamped with the manufacturer’s details, turned wooden handles, splits, together with a multi-shot gang mould for approximately 26 balls of .240 and .270 calibre, turned wooden handles. (2) £280-320

278.

A MAINSPRING CLAMP, of burnished steel, together with a cleaning rod, a ramrod, various cleaning jags and a muzzle protector. (Parcel) £100-150

279.

A SELECTION OF RIFLE SIGHTS, ramp and ladder, pivoting peep, etc., together with a copy of The Manual of Rifling and Rifle Sights by Viscount Bury, and an Enfield private’s combination tool.

(Parcel) £120-140

280.

A PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN NIPPLE KEY AND POUCH, of characteristic T form, with brass caps and pricker, contained in its leather pouch, together with two pairs of pinfire hammers and two percussion hammers. (7) £100-150

281.

TWO SETS OF DEER ANTLERS, each mounted on a wooden shield, one with partial ink label suggesting it was mounted by Rowland Ward, one antler chipped.

(2) £100-150 77

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282.

A FINE 16-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK CROSS-OVER SPORTING GUN BY JOHN MANTON FROM THE W.KEITH NEAL COLLECTION, 32inch browned damascus barrels engraved John Manton & Son DOVER STREET, flash engraved case colour hardened platinum lined breeches with platinum touch holes, border and scroll engraved curving barrel tang, case colour hardened border engraved stepped and signed locks, blued roller frizzens, signed steels, finely figured cast-off walnut

stock with chequered wrist, border engraved blued trigger guard decorated with a stand of arms, serial no. 6670 (1818), pineapple finial, border and scroll engraved butt plate with good traces of blued finish, decorated with a hound and numbered 2 brass topped ebonised wooden ramrod, pineapple ramrod pipe.

Mounted with a William Keith Neal brass collection tag, numbered A131. This gun has seen very little use. £8000-12000 79

283.

A 20-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY REYNOLDS OF JOSEPH MANTON INTEREST, 30inch re-browned damascus barrels with gold lined breeches, platinum lined touch holes and signed Reynolds on the sighting channel, border and foliate engraved locks signed REYNOLDS with roller frizzens, rainproof pans and French cocks, in the Manton fashion, half stocked with 80

chequered wrist, rubbed, border and foliate engraved steel mounts, contained in a modern case. See Lot 174 Antony Cribb Ltd 24th July 2018 for a cased pair of percussion duelling pistols signed Thomas Reynolds from Joseph Manton. The over all construction of the gun and details to the locks resemble the work of Joseph Manton’s sporting guns. £1500-2000

284.

AN 8-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY COOK, 33inch sighted barrel engraved BRADFORD at the breech, border engraved stepped lock signed I. Cook and decorated with a stand of arms at the tail, full stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, inlaid with a stand of arms in scrolling silver wire about the barrel tang, border engraved acorn finial mounts decorated with stands of arms, white metal open work side plate, oval escutcheon with owner’s initials JJ, horn topped wooden ramrod. Toe of butt chipped, old worm holes. £800-1000 285.

A 22-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY ROGUET, 34.5inch sighted barrels, border engraved bevelled signed locks, gold lined touch holes, half stocked. Gap behind breech, steels loose, trigger guard screw lacking, butt chipped, ramrod pipe lacking. £550-650

A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING 286.

PIECE OR GUN BY ROBINSON, 37inch sighted damascus browned two-stage barrel, the barrel tang decorated with a stand of arms, border engraved signed lock with traces of case colour hardening, halfstocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, the scroll trigger guard decorated with a hound, brass topped wooden ramrod. £600-800 287.

A 6-BORE SOUTH AFRICAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN FOR BALL, 42inch two-stage sighted barrel, border engraved trade lock stamped with an elephant and TOWER across the tail, full stocked with brass mounts, later brass topped wooden ramrod. Losses to fore-end wood, butt plate cracked. £650-750

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288.

A 20-BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION TARGET OR BENCH RIFLE, 40.5inch sighted octagonal barrel, plain lock with pivoting safety, set triggers, full stocked with brass mounts, chequered wrist, brass topped steel ramrod, sling swivels. £700-900 289.

A 13-BORE SINGLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY MANTON, 32inch sighted damascus two-stage browned barrel, engraved LONDON on the top flat, scroll engraved platinum lined breech, border and scroll engraved back action lock signed J. MANTON, half stocked with chequered wrist, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £300-400 290.

A 14-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY LANCASTER OF LONDON, 30inch sighted damascus barrels, border and scroll engraved signed locks decorated with hunting scenes, rubbed, later heavily cast half stock with chequered wrist, border engraved steel mounts, wooden ramrod. Circa 1830, serial no. 1059. £200-300 82

A 12-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED 291.

PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY STIRLING OF BURNLEY, 28inch sighted damascus barrels, border and scroll engraved signed back action locks decorated with hunting scenes, bird’s eye maple half stock with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, worn chequered wrist, later wooden ramrod. Circa 1830, one detached ramrod pipe. £200-300 292.

A 16-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY SIMKIN OF LIVERPOOL, 35.25inch sighted two-stage barrel, faceted for the first half, gold lined breech, border and scroll engraved stepped lock, converted from flintlock on the drum and nipple principle, half stocked with chequered wrist, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod, together with a 14-bore double barrelled percussion sporting gun, 29.75inch sighted damascus barrels, gold lined breech, border and scroll engraved locks, hammers lacking, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, border and scroll engraved steel mounts. (2) £200-400

293.

A 16-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 28inch sighted damascus barrels, platinum lined breech, platinum vents, border and scroll engraved tang, border and scroll engraved locks and hammers, half stocked with chequered wrist, steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. Light pitting to barrels. £350-450

295.

A 16-BORE CONTINENTAL DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, 35inch sighted two-stage barrels, border and scroll engraved back action locks, half stocked with steel mounts, scrolling trigger guard, later brass topped wooden ramrod. £250-350

296.

AN 11-BORE HEAVY BARRELLED WILD FOWL GUN, 36.25inch sighted two-stage damascus 294.

A 12-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED barrel, border and scroll engraved back action lock, PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY SYKES, 29.5inch half-stocked with border and scroll engraved steel sighted damascus barrels, faintly engraved in the rib, mounts, chequered wrist, brass topped wooden the breeches set with white metal maker’s tablets, ramrod. Chips and repair to fore-end, border and scroll engraved back action locks signed £550-650 SYKES OXFORD, half stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod.

297.

A 12-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING Repair to underside of fore-end, gapping behind GUN, 32inch sighted three-stage barrel with gold breech. lined breech, border and scroll engraved large bar lock, £380-420 decorated with pheasant at the tail, hammer replaced, half stocked with white metal fore-end cap, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, later brass topped wooden ramrod. £320-360 83

298.

A 16-BORE PERCUSSION LIVE PIGEON GUN FOR A BOY, 21inch sighted barrel, back action lock, half stocked with carved fore-end and chequered wrist, plain steel mounts. £150-200 299.

A 32-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY SCOTT, 26.5inch sighted octagonal damascus barrel, border and scroll engraved lock, halfstocked with chequered wrist, steel mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £450-550 300.

A 14-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PINFIRE SPORTING GUN BY JEFFERY, 29.25inch sighted damascus barrels, border engraved rounded under lever action, border engraved back action locks signed WM JEFFREY PLYMOUTH, serial no. 1002, the butt with chequered wrist. £250-350 84

301.

A .450 CALIBRE SNIDER PARK RIFLE, 28inch sighted barrel fitted with rear leaf sights, border and scroll engraved breech and tang, the former loose and converted to percussion, border and scroll engraved lock, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, border and scroll engraved nickel mounts, to included lion’s mask grip cap. Not dissimilar in decoration to the Alexandra Rifles. £300-400 302.

A .360 OBSOLETE CALIBRE ROOK RIFLE, 28.75inch sighted octagonal barrel, border and scroll engraved rounded push lever action, border and scroll engraved steel mounts, the butt with chequered wrist.

Salt and pepper pitting. £480-520

303.

A .360 OBSOLETE CALIBRE ROOK RIFLE, 22.5inch sighted octagonal barrel, plain side lever action, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, plain steel mounts, complete with vintage gun sleeve. £180-220 304.

A .577 OBSOLETE CALIBRE DOUBLE BARRELED HAMMER RIFLE BY EDWARD & GEORGE HIGHAM, 28inch sighted barrels engraved E & G HIGHAM 9, RANELAGH ST LIVERPOOL, border and scroll engraved signed locks, top lever action, half stocked with chequered fore-end and wrist, the underside of the butt with white metal escutcheon engraved ICH, border and scroll engraved mounts, contained in an associated case with various accessories. Two of the three rear leaf sights lacking. £2000-3000 305.

A 22-BORE FRENCH SILVER MOUNTED DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, 35.75inch sighted barrels, hound’s head hammers, border engraved lock converted from

flintlock and signed Talabert Vamotte St Etienne, half stocked with inset cheek piece, the underside carved with the head of a mythical beast, hallmarked silver mounts dating to 1798-1809, later brass topped wooden ramrod. Some losses and splits to stock. £1000-1500 306.

A 16-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PINFIRE SPORTING GUN OF LEPAGE INTEREST, 30inch sighted damascus barrels transitioning from octagonal to round, signed in gold on the sighting rib E. BERNARD then engraved in script Lepage Freres a Paris, 12 Rue Enghien, border and scroll engraved back action locks, border and scroll engraved rotary underlever action, border and scroll engraved steel mounts. Serial no. 1263. Bernard was the master barrel maker to the Lepage brothers. The rotary action incorporated in to this gun is generally referred to as the Key Lefaucheux system. £350-450

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307.

A RARE FULL STOCKED BAYONET BLUNDERBUSS BY KNUBLEY, 14.5inch three-stage brass barrel engraved KNUBLEY - CHARING CROSS - LONDON on the breech flat, border and scroll engraved tang, border and scroll engraved stepped and bolted lock engraved London in script, full stock, shell carved about the barrel tang, finely chequered wrist, brass and steel mounts, the under sprung bayonet released by a secondary trigger, brass topped wooden 86

ramrod mounted to the left side of the stock. John Knubley, Otley, Yorkshire operated from his premises in Charing Cross until his death in 1795. It is scarce to find a fully stocked blunderbuss with an under sprung bayonet, they are normally mounted on the top of the barrel in the case of fully stocked guns, more usually an under sprung bayonet would be fitted to a half stocked gun. £2500-3500

308.

A RARE 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG BARRELLED FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY WILSON, 15inch four-stage paktong cannon barrel, maker’s stamp RW at the breech, border and scroll engraved signed bolted lock, full stock, shell carved about the barrel tang, border and foliate engraved paktong mounts to include acorn finial trigger guard, Continental style side plate, large vacant oval escutcheon, later horn topped wooden ramrod. £1800-2200 309.

A SCARCE BRONZE BARRELLED FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS OR MUSKETOON

BY GRIERSON, 16inch slender barrel with flared muzzle, engraved GRIERSON LONDON on the

breech flat, border engraved stepped and signed lock, full stocked with border engraved bronze mounts, horn topped wooden ramrod. £1800-2200 310.

A BRASS BARRELLED FLINTLOCK BAYONET BLUNDERBUSS BY BRUMMITT, 15inch three-stage cannon barrel, engraved NOTTINGHAM on the top flat, mounted with a top sprung bayonet, border and flash engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, full stocked with border and foliate engraved brass mounts. Samuel Brummitt 1770-1820, shop at Warsop Nottinghamshire. Split to fore-end and side plate area. £2000-2500 87

311.

AN 18TH CENTURY BRASS BARRELLED FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY HADLEY, 14inch three-stage cannon barrel, engraved LONDON, border engraved stepped and bolted signed lock, full stocked with plain brass mounts, scrolling side plate, brass topped wooden ramrod. Split to stock in front of lock. £1500-2000 312.

A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY BARNETT OF LONDON, 15.5inch four stage brass barrel with flared ring turned muzzle, plain lock signed BARNETT, full stocked with border and foliate engraved brass mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod.

Breech pierced. £800-1200 88

313.

A GEORGIAN FLINTLOCK MILITARY BLUNDERBUSS, 15.5inch brass barrel with ring turned flared muzzle, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over GR, Inspectors marks and TOWER across the tail, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, brass topped wooden ramrod. £1800-2200 314.

AN ELLIPTICAL BRASS BARRELLED PERCUSSION BAYONET BLUNDERBUSS BY BASS, 15.25inch two-stage barrel with elliptical muzzle, engraved LONDON on the top flat and fitted with a top sprung bayonet, stepped lock converted from flintlock on the drum and nipple principle, signed BASS, full stocked, crack beneath the lock, brass mounts, horn topped wooden ramrod. £1000-1500

315.

A VERY RARE FRENCH FIRST EMPIRE .650 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK GARDE IMPERIALE CHASSEUR CHEVAL CARBINE, 20.25inch sighted barrel engraved in script Garde Imperial and CHASSEUR CHEVAL, stepped and bevelled lock with brass pan, signed Reingeisen ARQbr a PARIS, half stocked with regulation brass and steel mounts, steel ramrod. Small repair to stock at head of rail. £5000-7000 89

316.

A .700 CALIBRE FRENCH MODEL 1777 FLINTLOCK SERVICE MUSKET, 40.5inch barrel dated 1813 at the breech, bevelled lock with brass pan engraved with the manufacturer’s details, full stocked with regulation steel and brass mounts, the side bar stamped DUFAY, the remainder with various arsenal and store keeper’s marks, steel ramrod, later buff sling, associated socket bayonet. Old worm and split to butt. £1000-1500

of the Eliott this pieces has more in common with a Heavy Dragoon carbine. Splitting to stock. £1000-1500 319.

A .700 CALIBRE PATTERN 1851 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET OR MINIE RIFLE, 39inch barrel fitted with rear ladder sights, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over VR over TOWER and dated 1852, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, Lovell’s bayonet catch, steel ramrod.

Complete with chained nipple protector. £1200-1500

317.

A .70 CALIBRE FRENCH FLINTLOCK MODEL 1777 CAVALRY CARBINE, 28inch barrel with Birmingham Proof Marks, stepped and bevelled lock with brass pan, three-quarter stock with regulation 320.

A .577 CALIBRE 1853 PATTERN THREEsteel and brass mounts, steel ramrod.

BAND PERCUSSION ENFIELD RIFLE, 39inch sighted £500-700 barrel fitted with ramp and ladder rear sights, border engraved lock stamped 1858 over TOWER and with a 318.

A .750 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK crown over VR at the tail, full stocked with regulation VOLUNTEER CARBINE, 24.5inch sighted barrel, brass mounts, the butt plate tang marked V YW 29 bevelled lock signed BRANDER, full stocked with 249, steel ramrod. regulation brass mounts, steel saddle bar and rings, £500-700 steel ramrod. While displaying many characteristics 90

321.

A 10-BORE PERCUSSION VOLUNTEER MUSKET BY HOLLIS & SONS, 36inch sighted barrel stamped with the manufacturer’s details, border and scroll engraved signed lock, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, associated steel ramrod. Brass stitched repairs to splits, barrel tang cracked. £350-450 322. A .700 CALIBRE EAST INDIA COMPANY PATTERN 1842 TYPE 2 SAPPER AND MINER’S PERCUSSION CARBINE, 30.25inch sighted barrel, border engraved lock stamped with the rampant lion emblem, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, Hanoverian spring bayonet catch, steel ramrod, sling mounts. See page 259 of East India Company Small Arms by David Harding. £700-900 323 AN 1856 PATTERN TWO-BAND ENFIELD SHORT RIFLE, 33inch sighted barrel fitted with ramp and ladder rear sights, border engraved lock dated

1859 and stamped with a crown at the tail, full stocked with regulation steel mounts, steel ramrod, chained nipple protector. £800-1000 324. A RARE .577 CALIBRE PERCUSSION PRINCE’S PATENT BREECH LOADING RIFLED CARBINE BY REILLY, 24.5inch sighted two-stage browned damascus barrel, border and scroll engraved back action lock signed REILLY & CO LONDON, the under stock barrel release post secured by a catch to the trigger guard, half stocked with chequered wrist.

Serial no. 8771? £1000-1500 325.

AN 8MM GIFFARD GAS GUN, 24.25inch sighted blued barrel, serial no. 6966, stamped with the calibre, gnurled cylinder with traces of original blued finish, vine and scroll engraved action, wooden butt with chequered wrist, leather sling, £650-750 91

326.

AN ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE BSA LINCOLN UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, 19.25inch sighted barrel, stamped with the manufacturer’s details, serial no. 6886, fitted with a rear peep sight, adjustable trigger, wooden butt with chequered wrist. £200-300 327.

AN ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE BSA IMPROVED MODEL D UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, 19.25inch sighted barrel, stamped with the manufacturer’s details, serial no. 64637, adjustable trigger, wooden butt with chequered wrist. £180-220 328.

AN ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE BSA IMPROVED MODEL C UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, 17inch sighted barrel, stamped with the manufacturer’s details, serial no. S76832, adjustable trigger, wooden 92

butt with chequered wrist. This light pattern bears an old label dating it to 1917. £150-200 AN ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE EARLY BSA 329.

UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, 19.25inch barrel, stamped with the manufacturer’s details, serial no. 6174, adjustable trigger, wooden butt with chequered wrist and stamped with the BSA trade mark. £150-200 330.

AN ANTIQUE .22 CALIBRE BSA UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, 19.25inch sighted barrel, serial no. S33968, adjustable trigger, wooden butt with chequered wrist marked BSA to either side. £100-150

331.

A BOXED ANTIQUE .22 CALIBRE WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MARK II, 25inch sighted barrel, the frame stamped with the manufacturer’s details, the wooden butt with chequered wrist, contained in its original cardboard box with paper trade labels, 500 Webley pellet tin and Hints on Air Rifle Shooting by Morton. Box with restoration. £750-850

332.

A CASED ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE WEBLEY SENIOR AIR PISTOL, 6.5inch sighted blued barrel, the frame stamped with the manufacturer’s details, serial no. S16243, two-piece chequered grips, contained in its green felt lined canvas covered wood case, the lid with trade label, complete with 500 Webley pellet tin, oil bottle and a Webley strung label. £600-800

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334.

A BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY GUN CASE, for a gun with 30inch barrels, faded purple velvet lined interior, partitioned, trade label removed. £150-250

335. 343-17 A BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY SPORTING GUN CASE, for a gun with 32inch barrels, red felt lining, partitions lacking £50-80

336.

SIX VARIOUS SCISSOR BALL OR BULLET MOULDS, of various bore size, to include two marked WD, together with two barrel keys and a nipple wrench. (9) £140-180 A HALL’S PATENT CLOCK GUN, the 333. galvanised case with repainted patent details and address, the interior complete with paper instructions label, clock, hands refreshed, and full complement of weights. £200-300

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A DURS EGG BRASS BOUND 337.

MAHOGANY GUN CASE, the green baize lined interior fitted for a gun with 38inch barrel, some loose partitions and moth, the lid with maker’s trade card. £500-700

338. A JOHN MANTON FLINTLOCK RIFLE CASE, the brass bound mahogany box with green baize lined interior fitted for a gun with 31inch barrels, some wear and losses, the lid with maker’s trade label and loading instructions for rifle no. 10132. Some brass stringing lifting. £400-500

340.

A MAHOGANY, STAINED PINE AND GLASS DISPLAY CABINET, 79cm x 94cm x 10.5cm, two hinged locking glazed doors, beige felt backing, formerly mounted on the wall behind the desk in Keith Neal’s study. £200-300

341.

A CRESTED SAMUEL NOCK GUN CASE TRADE LABEL, addressed Regent Circus Piccadilly, dual inked name A. HARKER, together with a Joseph Manton trade label for Davies Street, and a third for Sykes, The High Street Oxford. (3) £300-400

339.

A CHARLES LANCASTER BRASS BOUND OAK GUN CASE, the green baize lined interior fitted for a gun with 34.5inch barrel, three lidded compartments, hand written loading instructions for a percussion rifle no. 1963, the lid with maker’s trade label. £400-500 342.

A RARE SET OF MANTON AND TANNER LOCKS AND BREECHES, border engraved stepped locks signed MANTON, sprung pivoting foliate engraved nipple safeties, border and scroll engraved gold lined breeches set with gold maker’s tablets for TANNER HANOVER. £250-350 95

343.

A CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK MECHANISM, border and scroll engraved lock with traces of brass inlay, together with a Wilkinson plate, a Suhl plate, a Nock plate, a military style doglock, a pierced brass Continental sideplate and a further bolted lock with French cock by Nixon. (7) £350-450

A DETACHED CROWN GR TOWER 344.

SERVICE FLINTLOCK MECHANISM, together with a further detached lock by Baker. (2) £300-400

A DETACHED CAUCASIAN MIQUELET 345.

LOCK, finely decorated with scrolling foliage in gold koftgari, circular maker’s stamp, the underside of the external spring with a panel of calligraphy. £200-300 96

346.

FIVE BRASS TOPPED WOODEN RAMRODS, for sporting guns, together with a further brass topped cleaning and loading rod. (6) £300-400

EIGHT VARIOUS LOADING AND 347.

RAMRODS, of conventional turned wood and brass construction. (8) £350-450

A LARGE COLLECTION OF VARIOUS 348.

LOADING OR CLEANING RODS, mostly wood, generally all sectional and with ring turned grips. (29) £300-400

349.

A 17 TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK DOGLOCK MUSKET, 46.75inch three-stage barrel, plain doglock, full stocked with iron and brass mounts, wooden ramrod. One sideplate screw lacking, further plated repair below the barrel tang, stapled repair to either side of the fore-end, tip of ramrod detached but present. £1800-2200 350. A 17TH CENTURY 28-BORE WHEELLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 15.5inch sighted twostage barrel, the plain bevelled lock with circular brass mechanism cover chiselled with scrolling foliage within a tramline border, full stock, later, steel trigger guard, later horn topped wooden ramrod. £2000-3000

351.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF LOCK PLATES AND GUN FURNITURE, to include an 1855 Tower percussion lock, various flintlock locks, Snider breech block, military furniture, brass trigger guards, etc. together with a Boss & Co. trade label, an empty brass mounted mahogany pistol case(?), three various brass trench art shell cases and a regimental portrait photograph of officers in Malta. Parcel. £300-400

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352.

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY 28-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS BARRELLED ALL STEEL SCOTTISH BELT PISTOLS MARKED NAIRN, 8.75inch five-stage sighted brass barrels with twostage multi-faceted muzzles, engraved with three bands of foliage and strapwork, bevelled lock plates signed NAIRN, full steel stocks decorated with panels of strapwork and foliage, the belt hooks mounted on the left sides with ribbed midpoints and heart pierced support brackets, ram’s horn butts with pierced ball prickers, ball triggers decorated to match, turned and pierced steel ramrods. £8000-10000 98

353.

A PRESENTATION SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BACK SWORD BY GILL, 83.5cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, a family crest and motto SERVA JUGUM, maker’s panel GILL’S WARRANTED and a further passage of text Ghum Gindeachagh na am Bochd agns aig cummail na arn Beartich bho dbeanadh eacon, characteristic steel hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united with heart and circle pierced junction plates the two side plates overlaid with copper gilt panels decorated with the family crest and motto, one lacking, domed saltire pommel, wire bound grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Scabbard holed at the chape. £1500-2000 354.

A 19TH CENTURY BASKET HILTED BROAD SWORD OF SO CALLED GARDE ECOSSAISE FORM, 96cm fullered blade with partial maker’s stamp to either side of the forte, characteristic sheet bowl guard pierced with geometric designs and saltires, the underside of the guard pierced with two writhing snakes, spirally fluted pommel, wooden grip.

This sword bears all the hallmarks of a number of similarly hilted swords, some are fitted with Cuirassier

sword blades, broad sword blades, back sword blades and in the case of Lot 305, Antony Cribb Ltd March 2021, a finely etched blade by Coullier of Paris. It is suggested that they may have formed part of the Garde Ecossaise armoury. £800-1000 355.

OF CRIMEAN WAR INTEREST A 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS HORSE’S HOOF SNUFF MULL, of characteristic form with plated shoe, the hoof body applied with a plaque SEVASTOPOL BALAKLAVA, the white metal collar with hinged lid, marked Cameron and 93. £1000-1500 99

356.

OF CRIMEAN WAR INTEREST A 1798 PATTERN OFFICER’S BASKET HILT WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, 60.5cm broad sword blade etched with various panels, GORDON HIGHLANDERS, WARRANTED and Presented to Macintosh Esq by the officers and men as a mark of respect following his gallant conduct in the Crimea. 6th May 1855, regulation brass hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by plain and pierced junction plates, wire bound fishskin grip, red-faced chamois liner, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard. £2500-3500 357.

A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH PIPER’S DIRK, 28cm blade with faceted back edge, characteristic white metal mounted hilt with carved basket weave wooden grip, set with white metal studs, pierced white metal pommel cap set with a stone, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard decorated with thistles. £600-800

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358. A SCOTTISH LOCHABER AXE IN THE 18TH CENTURY MANNER, 39cm elongated head drawn to an upturned tip and fitted with securing ring and bracing straps, dismounting hook and spiked foot, later wooden haft, 188cm. £300-400 359. A SCOTTISH LOCHABER AXE IN THE 18TH CENTURY MANNER, 39cm elongated head drawn to an upturned tip and fitted with securing ring and bracing straps, dismounting hook and spiked foot, later wooden haft, 188cm. £300-400

360.

AN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PERIOD PIKEMAN’S ARMOUR, comprising breast plate with raised medial ridge drawn down to a peak and with shallow skirt, the whole with turned and roped edge and struck with a crowned IR mark beneath the collar, the tassets of six simulated lames with shallow gullies and turned edges, each side decorated with a heart flanked by diamonds and with rivet decoration, the back plate with shallow gullies and turned edges also struck with a crowned IR mark, the two-piece pot with broad downturned brim, the gullies with stud decoration, the turned shallow comb flanked with tramline decoration to the skull, also struck with a crowned IR mark. Re-leathered strapwork, minor splits, perforations, lamination and mounting holes. £5000-7000 101

361.

A 17 TH CENTURY GERMAN BLACK AND WHITE MORION, the two-piece skull of characteristic form with tall raised comb and downswept shallow brim drawn out to peaks, the base of the skull with foliate brass lining rivets, the rear of the comb with plume holder, the whole with later black paint finish decorated to either side with an arc and diamond design. £700-900 363.

A FULL ARTICULATED ARMOUR IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, comprising breast and back plate, gorget and helmet ensemble, articulated arm and leg defences and matching gauntlets, the whole with etched decoration in the classical style. 20 th Century, probably of Spanish manufacture. £800-1200

A 17 TH CENTURY BURGONET, the single 362. piece skull beaten into four panels drawn up to a peak, the pivoting visor with broad gulley, turned and roped edge and drawn out to a point, turned and roped, pierced ear defences, turned and roped collar. £1200-1400

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A PAIR OF GERMAN BLACK AND WHITE GAUNTLETS IN THE 17 TH CENTURY STYLE, each with articulated finger plates, hinged articulated thumb defence, roped knuckle plates, four lame articulated backs, turned and roped cuffs drawn out to a point. (2) £600-800

365.

A PAIR OF ITALIAN GAUNTLETS IN THE 17 TH CENTURY STYLE, each with articulated finger plates, hinged articulated thumb defence, four lame articulated backs, turned and roped cuffs drawn out to a point. (2) £600-800

366.

A PAIR OF MUNITION GRADE GAUNTLETS, each with six lame articulated mittens, turned rounded cuffs with rivet decoration, one with original chamois liner. (2) £400-600

367.

A 17 TH CENTURY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PERIOD BRIDLE GAUNTLET, comprising four articulated fingers, leather hinged thumb defence, the knuckle plate with raised medial ridge, five lame articulated hand defence, the shaped cuff with turned edge. Some later restoration and additions. £800-1000

368.

A 19TH CENTURY ETCHED GORGET AND COLLAR IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, the whole with turned edges and etched roped panels containing Neoclassical figures. £400-500

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A PAIR OF GERMAN BLACK AND WHITE BESAGEW IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, of characteristic domed form with narrow gullies and turned and roped rims, rivet decoration, leather suspension loops. (2) £100-150

371.

AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY GERMAN TWO HANDED PROCESSIONAL SWORD, 135cm blade with opposing downturned spurs, the forte retaining elements of original leather covering, downturned scrolling guard with subsidiary scrolls and chiselled geometric designs, the two looping side guards decorated to match and each containing a fleur de lys, quadranted domed pommel, shaped wooden grip retaining elements of original leather covering and silk tassels. £1200-1500 372.

A 19TH CENTURY COPY OF A GERMAN TWO HANDED PROCESSIONAL SWORD, 145cm A 19TH CENTURY ETCHED BREAST 370. wavy blade with two opposing spurs, the forte marked PLATE AND TASSETS, the heavy steel body with A P, characteristic hilt with downturned scrolling raised medial ridge and turned neck and arm apertures, crossguard, two looping side guards, cast iron pommel, etched with scrolling foliage and two warriors on leather bound grip. The blade possibly earlier. horseback, four lame articulated tassets decorated to £800-1000 match. £400-500

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A LATE 18TH CENTURY BRONZE PIVOT CANNON, 32inch three-stage sighted barrel bearing an inscription across the mid-point, mounted on a wooden plinth complete with pivot mount and adjustable tail bracket. £2000-3000 374.

A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BRONZE SIGNAL CANNON, 19inch over all length, 1.25inch bores, the three-stage tapering barrels with ring turned muzzles and proofed to either side of the touch holes, plain trunnions with spherical cascabels. (2) £1800-2200 375.

A FINE 18TH CENTURY DIEPPE CARVED HIPPO TOOTH, finely carved with huntsmen on horseback chasing down stags amidst a forest scene, the reverse carved with the figure of a nobleman within a laurel wreath surmounting a crowned shield containing three fleurs de lys, chequered base, wolfshead spout. £1200-1500

376.

AN ELKINGTON STYLE BRASS SHIELD, profusely decorated with stands of arms and scenes of battles across the ages, all within a turned and roped border. £200-300 105

377.

A 17 TH CENTURY ENGLISH RAPIER, circa 1640, 81cm broadsword blade with partial inscription in the short central fuller, characteristic iron hilt with lattice pierced shallow dished guard, D-shaped knuckle bow supported by scrolling side bars, domeshaped pommel, the whole with chiselled basketweave decoration, wire bound grip with Turk’s heads. From the collection of the late Mrs G. E. P. Howe. £2500-3500

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A 17 TH CENTURY ENGLISH TRANSITIONAL RAPIER, 80cm flattened diamond section blade with short central fuller, characteristic hilt, the crossguard with down curled quillon terminals and reeded quillon block, matching reeded ovoid pommel, plain wooden grip. £300-500 379.

A SWEPT HILT RAPIER IN THE 17 TH CENTURY STYLE, 103cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic hilt, the front and rear guards composed of concentric circular rounded bars, recurved quillons, spherical pommel, wire bound grip. £300-400

380.

A FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 76.5cm colichemarde blade engraved with scrolls and strapwork at the forte, the russet steel hilt chiselled with hunting trophies, stands of arms, a lion and three wolves, wood grip lacking binding. £500-800

A FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALL 383.

SWORD, 77.5cm incurved triangular section blade etched with scrolls, the hilt chiselled with bands of scrolling foliage against a stippled gilt ground, polished ebony grip. £300-400

381.

A FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 77cm hexagonal section blade engraved with scrolls towards the forte, the hilt chiselled with stands of arms and foliage against a gilt ground, silver wire bound grip with Turks’ heads. £400-600

384.

A FRENCH SMALL SWORD, 84.5cm incurved triangular section blade etched and gilt with scrolls against a blued ground and maker’s details of Duciour of Paris, copper hilt retaining traces of gilt and decorated with cartouches containing trophies of arms, in its copper mounted leather scabbard. £300-400

382.

A FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 73cm incurved triangular section blade etched with scrolls at the forte, the hilt chiselled with stands of arms and scrolls against a gilt ground, silver wire and ribbon bound grip with Turks’ heads. £400-600

385.

AN OFFICER’S SILVER MOUNTED SMALL SWORD, 77.5cm flattened triangular section blade, boat-shell hilt cast and pierced with military trophies and scrolls within diamond cut borders, silver wire and copper ribbon bound grip, hallmarked London 1770 and with maker’s mark of William Kinman. £600-800

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386.

FACETED STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 85cm incurved triangular section blade etched and gilt with miniature fleur-de-lys against a blued ground almost to the tip, steel hilt with silver wire and copper ribbon bound grip with Turks’ heads, in its steel mounted leather scabbard. £500-700 387.

A CUT STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 83cm incurved triangular section blade etched and gilt with foliage, stands of arms, GR cypher and owner’s crest and initials J.E. against a blued ground for half its length, the bright blade etched with foliage towards the tip, the hilt with numerous rotating and fixed cut steel beads, chain knuckle guard partly missing. £400-600

A CUT STEEL HILTED MOURNING 389.

SWORD, 80cm incurved triangular section blade with traces of engraving at the forte, the blackened steel hilt set with fixed and rotating steel beads. £300-400 390.

A CUT STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 79.5cm incurved triangular section blade by Johns & Pegg, Clifford St., bright etched with foliate scrolls and crowned VR cypher, steel hilt set with fixed and rotating steel beads, cut steel chain knuckle guard, in its steel mounted leather scabbard. £250-350

391.

A CUT STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 80cm incurved triangular section blade etched with scrolls, the hilt decorated with cut steel beads, some 388.

A CUT STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, damage to shell guard, silver wire and copper ribbon 84.5cm incurved triangular section blade etched and gilt bound grip with Turks’ heads, in its shagreen scabbard with stands of arms and scrolls against a blued ground, with steel mounts, locket missing. the hilt with numerous rotating and fixed cut steel £250-350 beads. £400-500

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A STEEL HILTED SMALL SWORD, 88cm incurved triangular section blade etched with foliage towards the forte, the hilt chiselled and pierced with panels of flowers and stylised flowerheads, silver wire and ribbon bound grip with Turks’ heads. £250-350 393.

A MID 18TH CENTURY RUSSIAN OFFICER’S SMALL SWORD, 71.5cm flattened diamond section blade decorated at the forte with strapwork and running wolves, the copper gilt hilt with shell guard, D-shaped knuckle bow, spherical pommel, the whole decorated with scrolling foliage.

See Fine Arms from Tula, pages 55 and 56 for a similar exampled but bearing the monogram of the Catherine the Great. One pas d’ane ring lacking. £450-550 A SCARCE 17 TH CENTURY SILVER 394.

HILTED ENGLISH HUNTING SWORD, 48cm slightly curved blade, characteristic hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, the quillon and the mid-point of the guard decorated with horsemen and bearing a maker’s

stamp FS, probably Francis Springall, the pommel cap decorated with opposing profile busts and crowns, natural stag’s horn grip, contained in its white metal mounted red leather wrapped wooden scabbard.

Francis Springall operated at Three Legged Alley, circa 1690, scabbard mounts later replacements. £850-950 A SCARCE YEOMAN OR TOWER 395.

WARDER’S SWORD, 74cm flattened diamond section blade, regulation brass hilt with large upturned guard decorated with a horse, D-shaped knuckle guard, lozenge form pommel decorated with a crown, copper wire grip. £350-450 396. A LATE 17 TH CENTURY ENGLISH HUNTING HANGER OR SWORD, 46.5cm curved blade, cast brass hilt, the recurved guard decorated with masks and stags, natural stag’s horn grip, the pommel in the form of a bust of a woman. £350-450 109

397.

A 17 TH CENTURY PLUG BAYONET, 41cm two-stage blade with traces of etched decoration, characteristic hilt with down turned shell guard decorated with a stag, recurving crossguard with dog’s head terminals, swelling wooden grip. £600-800 398.

A MID 18TH CENTURY OFFICER’S SWORD OR HUNTING HANGER, 68.5cm curved double fullered blade, the brass hilt with lion’s head pommel and spirally fluted grip, remnant of chain guard. Typical example of the type of sword favoured

by Royal Navy officers in the pre-regulation era. £450-550

riveted two-piece natural horn grips, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard with companion knife. £350-450 400.

AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH HUNTING HANGER, 51cm blade, decorated in the Continental fashion at the forte with swags and stags, characteristic brass hilt with down turned shell guard and D-shaped knuckle bow, decorated with stands of arms and military imagery, lion’s mask pommel, stag horn grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard. £700-900

401.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH HUNTING HANGER BY LE PAGE, 44cm fullered 399.

A GERMAN HUNTING HANGER, 46cm fullered blade decorated with a panel of scrolling foliage blade, etched with a maker’s panel FAURE LE PAGE A PARIS, patinated, characteristic steel hilt with wild boar and geometric designs at the forte, a hound chasing head crossguard, reeded horn grip. a stag and a hound chasing a boar, characteristic white metal mounted hilt with recurved hoof form £150-250 crossguard, the latter struck with a maker’s mark,

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402.

A FINE QUALITY LARGE SIZE SENIOR INFANTRY OFFICER’S 1803 PATTERN SWORD, 82cm curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage virtually to the tip, highlighted in gilt on a faded blued ground, the whole interspersed with frost etched panels decorated with a stand of arms, a figure of Britannia, flowers of the Union, crowned GR cypher and crowned Royal arms, regulation pierced gilt hilt incorporating a crowned GR cypher, bold lion’s head pommel with domed gilt tang button, chequered ivory grip, contained in its gilt mounted leather scabbard finely engraved with scrolling foliage, stands of arms and a laurel wreath to either side. £2000-3000 111

white metal mounted leather wrapped scabbard, the upper mount with the presentation panel April 21st BAREILLY 1816. Major George Cunningham served with the 7th Bengal Native Infantry and Commanded the 2nd Rohilla Cavalry during the Bareilly Uprising of 1816. Cunningham retired in 1821 and died in 1838.

403.

THE MAJOR GEORGE CUNNINGHAM 2ND ROHILLA CAVALRY EAST INDIA COMPANY This sword is famously depicted at the side of the recipient in the Portrait by James Howe which is PRESENTATION SWORD, 73cm sharply curved now with the National Army Museum and hangs at clipped back T-section blade, the mameluke style Sandhurst. The image of Major George Cunningham white metal mounted hilt with lion’s mask and mane reproduced in this catalogue is credited to the National crossguard with claw form quillons, two-piece riveted Army Museum. horn grips, the white metal back and fore strap decorated with geometric designs, contained in its £6000-8000 112

404.

A 19TH LANCER’S OFFICER’S MAMELUKE

BY PROSSER, 80.5cm curved clipped back blade, double edge at the tip, etched with crowned crossed lances over IX over LANCERS, to either side, further etched with a maker’s panel to either side PROSSER No. 9 Charing Cross LONDON, regulation gilt hilt, riveted two-piece ivory grips, contained in its stippled gilt mounted red velvet wrapped wooden scabbard with woven silver seam. Minor grey staining, one grip scale cracked. £2800-3200

405.

A GEORGIAN SILVER MOUNTED CAVALRY OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 83.5cm curved fullered blade, sharpened for use, characteristic silver hilt finely chiselled with scrolling foliage, crescents, acanthus scrolls and geometric forms, two-piece ebonised grips secured by ovoid foliate rivets, contained in its silver mounted red velvet wrapped wooden scabbard decorated to match. Silver hallmarks are for 1825 and maker’s stamp of ID AD - John and Archibald Douglas. £2500-3500 113

406.

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN CAVLARY OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 80.5cm curved clipped back blade with traces of gold calligraphy or talismanic symbols along the back edge, gilt hilt decorated with chevrons and acanthus leaves, triple gilt rosette riveted ivory grips, contained in its gilt mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard, decorated to match. Just above the forte there appear to be traces of an umbrella form maker’s panel which would suggest that this is a trophy blade. See Pg 109 Plate 12.2 of The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 by Richard Dellar for a not dissimilar example. £3000-4000 407.

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN CAVALRY OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 79.5cm curved clipped back blade, characteristic steel hilt with twopiece riveted ivory grips, contained in its steel scabbard. £1000-1500 408.

A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 83cm curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage, a mounted cavalry officer.

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crowned GR cypher, crowned Royal arms and a maker’s panel for Gill, all with traces of gilt highlights, regulation steel stirrup hilt, wire bound leather covered grip, wormed, contained in a steel trooper’s scabbard with maker’s panel for Woolley & Deakin, Birmm. £600-800 409.

A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 83.75cm curved blade, regulation steel stirrup hilt, wire bound black painted grip, worm, contained in its steel scabbard with split ring. Hilt and scabbard painted black. £450-550 410.

A 1755 PATTERN LEICESTER MILITIA HANGER, 62.5cm curved fullered blade stamped HARVEY at the forte and stamped with a crown on the other side, regulation brass hilt with heart shaped guard engraved M LEICESTER 5/60, D-shaped knuckle guard supported by two scrolling side bars, spirally fluted grip, spherical pommel. Quillon lacking. £200-300

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A 1796 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 83cm curved blade, stamped DAWES on the back edge and further struck with an Inspector’s mark, a crown over 2, regulation steel stirrup hilt, ribbed leather covered grip, contained in its steel scabbard.

Hilt and scabbard painted black, one edge nick. £450-550 412.

A 1796 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 83cm curved blade, regulation steel stirrup hilt, ribbed leather covered grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Shrinkage and losses to grip leather, pitting to blade tip, multiple edge nicks. £450-550 413.

A GEORGIAN VOLUNTEER OFFICER’S SABRE OF 1796 TYPE, 82cm curved blade with traces of etched Royal arms and scrolling foliage, highlighted in gilt, generally stained, copper gilt stirrup hilt, chequered ebonised grip, contained in its copper gilt mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount engraved with

a maker’s panel for JOHNSTON LATE BLAND & FOSTER. £650-750 414.

A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD TO THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS (2ND DRAGOONS), 88cm blade with hatchet point, various edge nicks, stamped REDDELL on the back edge, regulation disc hilt, langets removed, D-shaped knuckle guard incised 2D. DS. KNo 47, ribbed wooden grip, chipped and split. Scabbard lacking.

The 2nd Dragoons or Royal Scots Greys took part in the pivotal charge of the Heavy Brigade at Waterloo. £1000-1500 A 1788 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S 415.

SWORD, 91cm doubled fullered blade stamped with a crown over 4 at the forte, regulation two-bar slotted hilt with ovoid pommel, later wire bound leather covered grip, contained in a later steel mounted leather scabbard. £1000-1500 115

416.

AN 18TH CENTURY GEORGIAN HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER’S TRANSITIONAL SWORD, 87cm double fullered broadsword blade etched with celestial imagery and the maker’s initials HK, Haynes & Kentish, Cornhill London, 1790-1820, copper gilt hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, lion’s head pommel, chequered ivory grip, chipped, contained in its copper gilt scabbard. This intriguing sword displays characteristic elements of both the 1796 and 1803 pattern infantry officer’s swords. Folding side guard lacking, grip chipped, scabbard kinked. £1400-1800

A GEORGIAN FLANK OFFICER’S SABRE, 418.

71cm sharply curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage, stands of arms, crowned GR cypher and crowned Royal arms, highlighted in gilt, regulation steel stirrup hilt, ribbed ivory grip, chipped, contained in its steel scabbard. £650-750

419.

A GEORGIAN LIGHT COMPANY OFFICER’S SABRE, 77.5cm sharply curved blade, regulation copper stirrup hilt, wire bound leather covered grip, contained in its copper mounted leather scabbard. Blade with edge nicks and staining.

417.

AN 1803 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S £600-800 SWORD, 77cm sharply curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage, crowned GR cypher and crowned Royal arms, all highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, regulation pierced copper gilt hilt incorporating a crowned GR cypher, lion’s head pommel, chequered ivory grip, contained in its copper mounted leather scabbard. Some staining to blade and chips and crack to grip. £850-950 116

420.

A GEORGIAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 77cm curved fullered blade decorated with a crowned GR cypher, figure of an Infantry Officer, stands of arms, scrolling foliage and flowerheads, highlighted in gilt, patinated, pierced copper gilt hilt, bent out of shape, chequered ivory grip, contained in its copper mounted leather scabbard. Scabbard leather torn and splitting. £500-600 421.

A GEORGIAN FLANK OFFICER’S SWORD, 81.5cm curved blade, double edged towards the tip, regulation steel stirrup hilt with Greek Key quillon, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Surface rust. £450-550 422.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY OFFICER’S SWORD, 68.5cm blade etched with stands of arms and celestial imagery, characteristic hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, wire bound ivory grip, chipped, remains of buff knot. Scabbard lacking. £350-450

A GEORGIAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S 423.

SPADROON, 81cm clean blade etched with a small panel to either side containing a crowned QLV cypher, Greenwick Loyal Volunteers?, regulation copper gilt hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, urn pommel, reeded ivory grip, contained in its copper mounted leather scabbard, complete with knot. £250-350 424.

A ROYAL EQUERRY’S MAMELUKE HILTED SABRE, 83.5cm clipped back blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned ER cypher and maker’s panel for Stephens, regulation gilt hilt, the crossguard applied with a crowned ER cypher to either side, rosette riveted two-piece ivory grips, contained in its gilt mounted plated steel scabbard. Staining to blade.

The cypher is that of Edward VII. £450-550

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425.

A VERY RARE FIELD MARSHALL’S MAMELUKE TO THE FIRST BARON WILLIAM NICHOLSON GCB, 81.5cm clean curved blade with clipped back tip, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned GVR cypher and crowned crossed batons within a laurel wreath, all on a matt grey ground, stamped with the serial no. 04594 on the back edge, regulation gilt hilt incorporating crossed batons within a laurel wreath to either side, rosette riveted two-piece ivory grips, contained in its hallmarked silver scabbard, William Briggs & Co. London 1914.

William Nicholson served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Mahdist War, Third Anglo-Burmese War, Second Boer War and the First World War finishing with the rank of Field Marshal and was Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Since the establishment of the Rank of Field Marshal in 1736 there have only been 141 appointments. £4000-5000

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AN 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 82cm bright clipped back blade crisply etched with crowned GVR cypher’s, laurel wreaths and crossed swords and batons all on a matt ground, regulation copper gilt hilt, rosette riveted two-piece ivory grips, acorn decorated copper mounted leather scabbard. One grip rosette lacking. £600-700 427.

AN 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 77cm clipped back blade crisply etched with crowned VR cypher’s, laurel wreaths and crossed swords and batons, maker’s panel for Simmons, regulation copper gilt hilt, rosette riveted two-piece ivory grips, contained in its brass scabbard. £500-600 428.

AN 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER’S MAMELUKE, 78cm clipped back blade etched with crowned VR cypher’s, laurel wreaths and crossed swords and batons, maker’s panel for Hebbert & Co, grey stained at the forte, regulation copper gilt hilt, rosette riveted two-piece ivory grips, contained

in its brass scabbard engraved with a maker’s panel, complete with knot. £450-550 429.

A SECOND WAR PERIOD 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER’S MAMELUKE OR SWORD, 76cm curved clipped back blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned GVIR cypher, crowned crossed sword and baton and laurel wreaths, regulation gilt brass hilt, two-piece rosette riveted ivory grips, contained in its plated steel scabbard. £350-450 430.

A 1ST LIFE GUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD

BY ANDREWS, 84.5cm blade etched with a small panel of scrolling foliage and a maker’s panel, regulation pierced steel hilt decorated with brass studs and applied with the regimental device, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its brass mounted plated steel scabbard. £1200-1400

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A REPRODUCTION 1814 PATTERN HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY SWORD, 95cm double fullered blade, regulation brass basket form hilt with scrolling side bars and incorporating a crowned lion, disc bun-shaped pommel, wire bound leather covered grip, contained in its brass panelled scabbard. £250-350 432.

AN 1834 PATTERN LIFEGUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD, 96cm blade with hatchet point, etched with a maker’s panel for Hamburger, Rogers & Co, regulation brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard supported by three scrolling side bars, the stool decorated with a flaming grenade, ornate stepped pommel decorated with to match, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its brass mounted steel scabbard. £2500-3500 433.

A GOOD HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD BY WILKINSON, 88cm clean blade, stamped with the serial no. 112255, regulation pierced plated steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, complete with buff liner and knot. The presence of two loose rings to the 120

scabbard has been suggested as a modification used by dismounted troops at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. £750-850 434.

A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER’S LADDER HILT SWORD, 91.5cm pipebacked blade with quill tip, regulation pierced steel hilt with single looping side bar, wire bound leather covered grip. See pages 76 and 77 of The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 by Richard Dellar for a similar example, circa 1815-20. £800-1000 435.

AN 1821 PATTERN KING’S DRAGOON GUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD AND KNOT ENSEMBLE, 89cm pipe-backed blade with spear point,

by Andrews, etched with crowned GRIV cyphers and laurel wreaths, regulation honeysuckle pierced steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard complete with rare bullion knot embroidered with a crown and KDG. £1800-2200

436.

A 7 TH QUEEN’S HUSSARS OFFICER’S SWORD TO MAJOR GENERAL JOHN VAUGHAN CB DSO OF OMDURMAN CHARGE FAME, 87cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned regimental device for the 7th Hussars, crowned regimental device for the 10 th Hussars, crowned VR cypher, owner’s initials and maker’s panel for Wilkinson, serial no. 30719, regulation pierced steel hilt with patentsolid grip, contained in its field service scabbard complete with knot.

Major General John Vaughan graduated from Sandhurst in 1891 and immediately joined the 7th Hussars, serving in the Matabele, Mashonaland and Sudan wars.

Most famously he participated in the charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman in 1898.

During the Second Boer war, now promoted to Captain he was thrice mentioned in dispatches and received the DSO. By 1908 Vaughan was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Hussars. During the First War he commanded the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and later as MajorGeneral the 3rd Cavalry Division and went on to be mentioned in dispatches, earned a bar to his DSO and was made a companion of the Order of the Bath by the end of the War. £2500-3500

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AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 89.5cm pipe backed blade with spear point, etched with crowned WIVR cyphers and laurel wreaths, further etched with a maker’s panel for Hamburger & Co. regulation steel three-bar hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Grip chipped and hilt loose. £250-350

AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY 439.

OFFICER’S SWORD, 90cm curved pipe-backed blade with spear point, etched with crowned WIVR cyphers, laurel wreaths and a maker’s panel for Hawkes, Moseley & Sons, sharpened for use, regulation steel three-bar hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, polished. £250-350

438.

AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 80.5cm pipe-backed blade with spear point, etched with scrolling foliage, a crown over VR cypher, crest of an elephant surmounted by a castle, MURUS AENEUS CONSTANTIA SANO, that of the Earl of Scarborough Viscount Lumley, maker’s panel REEVES GREAVES & GREAVES SWORD MANUFACTURERS TO HER MAJESTY HON BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND THE HON EAST INDIA COMP. BATHOLOMEWS ST BIRMINGHAM, regulation three-bar steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip.

Scabbard lacking. While the motto is of the family described the crest is not. £300-400

440.

AN 1853 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 87cm clean plated fullered blade, regulation steel three-bar hit, chequered leather grips, contained in its steel scabbard. The plating to the blade would suggest a Yeomanry Cavalry piece. £200-300

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441.

AN 1885 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 87cm curved fullered blade by Kirschbaum, stamped with various Ordnance and dates at the forte, regulation steel bowl guard, chequered two-piece riveted leather grips, contained in its steel scabbard by Mole. £300-400

442.

A 1ST DURHAM VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS PRESENTATION SWORD, 82cm slightly curved blade profusely etched with scrolling foliage, stands of arms, oak leaves, laurel sprays, a figure of Victory, strung bugle horns, a crowned VR cypher and PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN THOMPSON

BY THE EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST DURHAM VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND REGARD AND IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS ZEAL AND ENERGY IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE CORPS APRIL 1861, pierced and plated hilt decorated with scrolling foliage, oak leaves and laurel sprays, regimental devices and the arms of the city, silver wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its plated steel scabbard with pierced foliate mounts decorated to match, complete with silver bullion knot. £3000-4000 123

443.

A FINE QUALITY MID 19TH CENTURY PRESENTATION GRADE SWORD, 82.5cm blade

by Thurkle, profusely and finely etched with scrolling foliage, stands of arms, a figure of Justice, and an angel, chiselled and pierced gilt hilt decorated over all with acanthus scrolls, pomegranate tang button, wire bound ivory grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard, the gilt mounts deeply cast and chiselled with acanthus scrolls. £1500-2000 124

444.

A CLEAN VICTORIAN GURKHA RIFLE OFFICER’S SWORD, 81.5cm clean and bright blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned strung bugle horn and crowned VRI cypher, maker’s panel for Robert Mole & Sons, regulation plated hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its plated steel scabbard complete with knot, together with a worn 1805 Pattern naval sword. Probably the sword of Captain W. D. G. Batten of the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. (2) £200-300 445.

A GRI GURKHA RIFLE OFFICER’S SWORD, 82.5cm blade by Richardson & Co., etched with scrolling foliage, crowned GRI cypher and crowned Royal arms, regulation plated hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, complete with knot. Probably the sword of J.W.M Batten of the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. £200-300

446.

A SCARCE VICTORIAN RIFLE OFFICER’S SWORD TO THE ROBIN HOOD RIFLES, 82cm blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 10045, finely etched with scrolling foliage, flowerheads, crowned VR cypher, strung bugle horns, ROBIN HOOD RIFLES, the coat of arms of Nottingham City and a maker’s panel at the forte, regulation plated hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard complete with knot. The serial no. pertains to a purchase by a Mr J. Hetherington on the 11th of November 1859. £700-900 AN 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S 447.

SWORD, 83cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms, crowned GVR cypher, and retailer’s panel for Harrods Ltd, regulation pierced plated hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black leather wrapped wooden scabbard complete with knot, together with a Victorian Lancashire Volunteer Rifles officer’s sword etched with scrolling foliage, regimental title and motifs, and owner’s name Joseph Whittam. (2) £200-300 125

448.

A VERY RARE 1822 PATTERN 1ST FOOT (GRENADIER) GUARDS SERGEANT’S SWORD, 73cm pipe backed blade with spear point etched with a maker’s panel NUTTING LONDON, the brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard incorporating a flaming grenade within the garter belt and motto of the 1st Grenadiers, bold lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved brass mounted black leather scabbard. See page 221 of Swords of the British Army by Robson. Interestingly the company of Nutting were principally button makers based in Covent Garden and Regent Street and were contracted suppliers to the Grenadier Guards. £1200-1800

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A SCARCE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS REGIMENTAL PATTERN OFFICER’S SWORD, 82cm pipe backed blade by Moore etched with regimental motifs and titles, regulation copper hilt incorporating the regimental title, motto and motif, contained in an associated scabbard with brass and copper mounts, quillon lacking, hilt loose, grip worn, together with a reproduction naval officer’s sword and scabbard, and a reproduction 1831 pattern general officer’s sword and scabbard. (3) £300-400 450.

A CLEAN AND CRISP EIIR 1897 PATTERN RIFLE OFFICER’S SWORD, 82cm blade

by Wilkinson, serial no. 74492 for 1954, brightly etched on its matt grey ground with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms and EIIR cyphers over laurel wreaths, owner’s initials G.E.T. and a maker’s panel at the forte, regulation pierced plated hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black leather wrapped wooden scabbard, complete with knot and bag. £450-550

451.

A FRENCH 1ST EMPIRE MARSHAL’S SWORD, 83cm blade decorated with, flowers, foliage, stands of arms and a laurel wreath, all highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, the forte bears the initials IGB, regulation gilt hilt profusely decorated with laurel and classical imagery, D-shaped knuckle guard, casque pommel, silver ribbon and wire bound grip, contained in its gilt mounted black leather scabbard. Between 1804 and 1815 there were a total of 26 Marshals. £4000-5000 127

452.

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH OFFICER’S SWORD, 83.5cm curved blade, decorated with stands of arms and floral sprays, brass three-bar hilt, wire bound ribbed leather grip, contained in an associated brass scabbard decorated with floral sprays within geometric borders. £500-700 453. A WATERLOO PERIOD FRENCH CUIRASSIER’S SWORD, 94.5cm double fullered blade with spear point, etched with the manufacturer’s details and the date Marc 1811, regulation four-bar brass hilt, ribbed leather grip. Scabbard lacking. £300-400

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454.

AN 1887 PATTERN FRENCH OFFICER’S SWORD, 82.5cm blade with offset fullers, etched with the manufacturer’s details and dated 1890, regulation plated three-bar hilt, ribbed horn grip, contained in its steel scabbard. £100-150 455.

A FIRST WAR PERIOD TURKISH NAVAL SIDEARM, 64.5cm blade etched with two panels of calligraphy and a maker’s panel for HORSTER SOLINGEN, regulation black painted steel hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, wire bound grip, contained in its black painted steel scabbard. £200-300

456.

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL’S SWORD, 75cm blade with traces of etched decoration, regulation ornate brass hilt, the guard with the arms of Austro-Hungary, snake form knuckle guard, lion’s head pommel, mothero’-pearl grips, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard. Leather with repair. £200-300 457. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 83cm fullered blade, characteristic slotted copper gilt hilt, bold copper gilt eagle’s head pommel, reeded bone grip. Circa 1812, possibly a souvenir of the war of that date. See The American Sword by Peterson, pgs 69-71. £400-600

458.

AN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR PERIOD CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 89cm clean blade

by Charles Hammond, regulation brass hilt, one side bar professionally removed, ribbed leather grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Charles Hammond, a tool manufacturer in Philadelphia, had government contracts for 5000 axes and 5000 hatchets but appears to have also made a small number of swords. £400-600 459.

AN AMERICAN 1860 MODEL CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, 88.5cm curved blade etched with a maker’s panel for EMERSON & SILVER, TRENTON NEW JERSEY, dated 1861, regulation three-bar brass hilt, wire bound ribbed wooden grip, wire loose, contained in an associated steel scabbard, together with another replica example. (2) £250-350

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460. 352 A RARE LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MAMLUK OR MAMELUKE DIRK, 33cm curved flattened diamond section blade decorated with scrolling foliage and stand of arms, etched with the motto Fuyes Le bras qui me dirige and Soyes En garde ou si non, the brass hilt with recurved crossguard, scroll terminals, foliate chiselled pommel, reeded leather covered grip, contained in its engraved brass mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard, decorated to match. At some stage a Crest has been erased from the blade. £1500-2500 461. A CHILEAN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 73.5cm curved blade etched with scrolling foliage and the arms of Chile, regulation copper gilt stirrup hilt decorated with the arms of Chile, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black painted steel scabbard, together with five various small sword blades, a Victorian General Officer’s sword belt, and a leather sword bag with chamois inner bag.

(9) £300-500 130

A LIGHT WEIGHT 1885 PATTERN 462.

CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, 78.5cm curved blade, regulation pierced steel bowl guard, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard. The light weight nature of this sword combined with the grip composition would suggest either an Officer’s or NCO’s sword. £200-300 463.

AN INDIAN ARMY VICTORIAN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SABRE, 80cm curved blade, regulation steel stirrup three-bar hilt, wire bound wooden grip, contained in its brass mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard. The hilt stamped S.P.A. 4 and date 1891. £250-350

464.

AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD TO THE MADRAS CAVALRY, 82cm blade by Landon, Morland & Landon, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cyphers, MADRAS CAVALRY and owner’s initials WDBK, regulation three-bar steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, complete with knot. £400-600 465.

AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD TO THE MADRAS CAVALRY, 82cm blade by Landon, Morland & Landon, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cyphers, MADRAS CAVALRY and owner’s initials WDBK, regulation three-bar steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, complete with knot. Some staining and pitting to blade. £400-600

466.

OF KOREAN WAR INTEREST AN RAF OFFICER’S SWORD AND EPHEMERA, 82cm clean blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 99194, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms and crowned RAF device, regulation pierced brass hilt incorporating an EIIR cypher and the RAF device, eagle’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard, complete with knot, together with assorted RAF devices and badges and a Korean War medal, F/LT J. MAPPIN. Sword associated with the grouping. £400-600 467.

A FIRST WAR PERIOD 1897 PATTERN SCOTS GUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD, 82cm blade etched with crowned GVR cyphers, battle honours and regimental device, regulation pierced steel hilt incorporating a GVR cypher, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its field service scabbard. £300-400

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A 5TH KENT ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS PRESENTATION SWORD, 88cm blade finely etched, virtually to the tip, with panels of scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms, crowned VR cypher, regimental motifs, owner’s crest, initials and motto and the presentation inscription, PRESENTED TO MALCOLM B DE B BARNETT, ON HIS ATTAINING THE RANK OF MAJOR BY LIEUT. COLL. BRANDRAM, THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND GUNNERS OF THE 5TH KENT ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS, AS A TOKEN OF THEIR HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICES, AND OF THEIR ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR HIM. JUNE 1874, the cast silver hilt profusely pierced and decorated with scrolling foliage, flowerheads, crossed cannons, crowned Regimental title, owner’s crest and surname, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its plated steel scabbard decorated with panels of scrolling foliage, owner’s crest and motto. Malcolm B. de Berry Barnett was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on the 29th of October 1879. £1500-2500 132

469.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY NAVAL OFFICER’S FIVE BALL HILT SPADROON, 81cm blade etched with foliage, floral sprays, crowned Royal arms and crowned GR cypher, regulation copper five-ball hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, looping side guard, cushion pommel, reeded ivory grip with copper band decorated with a crowned fouled anchor, contained in its engraved copper mounted tooled leather scabbard. Sword sticks in scabbard. £600-800 470.

A SCARCE 1804 PATTERN NAVAL CUTLASS ENSEMBLE, 74.5cm blade, regulation figure of eight hilt, chequered iron grip, contained in its leather scabbard complete with baldrick. Chape lacking, split and repair to baldrick. £800-1000

471. AN 1804 PATTERN NAVAL CUTLASS, 69.5cm blade engraved with a crown over GR, sharpened for use, pitted, regulation figure of eight hilt with chequered iron grip. £500-700 472.

AN 1833 PATTERN FRENCH NAVAL CUTLASS, 67.5cm curved blade decorated with an anchor to either side, various arsenal stamps at the forte, manufacturer’s details and the date 1842 on the back edge, regulation black painted iron half basket hilt, iron grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard. £350-450 473.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 15.25cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic gilt hilt with disc guard, the edge decorated with laurel leaves, gilt collar, ring turned ivory grip, contained in its gilt scabbard with retailers panel for Zacharia of Portsmouth. First Quarter of the 19th Century. £450-550 133

474.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 20.5cm flattened diamond section blade decorated with scrolling foliage highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, staining, regulation gilt hilt with acanthus disc guard, ring turned tapering ivory grip, contained in its gilt mounted black leather scabbard, the upper mount with maker’s panel for Renton, Frazer & Co. £450-550

476.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 35cm fullered blade, stained, regulation copper gilt hilt with ropetwist guard, lion’s head pommel, chequered ivory grip, contained in its copper gilt and brass mounted leather scabbard. Chape replaced. £350-450 477.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 34.25cm fullered blade, stained, regulation copper gilt hilt with tapering ivory grip, contained in its engraved copper mounted black leather scabbard. £300-400

475.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 24cm flattened diamond section blade decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, staining, regulation copper gilt hilt with dished disc guard, domed acanthus pommel, loose, tapering ring turned ivory grip, A LARGE SIZED GEORGIAN NAVAL contained in its engraved copper mounted black leather 478.

DIRK, 41cm flattened diamond section blade scabbard. decorated with talismanic symbols, regulation copper £400-500 hilt with reeded ivory grip, contained in a copper and brass mounted black leather scabbard. Parts of scabbard associated. £300-400

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479.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 36cm sharply curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage and a figure of Britannia, regulation copper gilt hilt with looping side guard, flattened lion’s head pommel, wire bound chequered wooden grip, later chain guard, contained in its engraved copper mounted black leather scabbard. £450-550 480.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 35cm sharply curved clipped back blade, regulation copper gilt hilt with S-guard, chequered ivory grip, contained in its copper and brass mounted black leather scabbard, the upper mount with maker’s panel for Bennett. Chape replaced. £350-450

481.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 31cm curved blade, stained, regulation copper hilt with flattened lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, together with another Georgian dirk, worn, with ivory grip. (2) £300-400 482.

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER’S DIRK, 25cm sharply curved clipped back blade decorated with stands of arms and floral sprays, highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, characteristic gilt hilt, the langets decorated with fouled anchors, lion’s mask pommel, chain guard, two-piece reeded mother-o’-pearl grips, contained in its copper gilt scabbard decorated with foliage, a trident and a fouled anchor. £1000-1500

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483.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL ANCHOR HILT DIRK, 30cm flattened diamond section fullered blade, characteristic copper gilt hilt, the underside of the guard stamped FT, tapering ivory grip. Circa 1780. The FT stamp is that of Francis Thurkle of 15 Great New Square London, significant contract maker during the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. £450-550 484.

A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK, 15cm flattened diamond section blade decorated with a stand of arms and scrolling foliage, highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, oval guard decorated with a snake and laurel leaves, turned pommel, turned marine ivory grip, contained in its gilt scabbard decorated with foliage and a stand of arms. The encircled snake motif on the guard is typical of the work of Dudley of Portsmouth. £800-1000

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485.

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL DIRK, 31.5cm blade with traces of etched decoration, brass hilt with opposing dolphins crossguard and anchor decoration to the junction mount, castellated cushion pommel, finely chequered wooden grip. £300-400 486.

AN EVIIR ROYAL NAVAL DIRK, 46cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned EVIIR cypher and a crowned fouled anchor, regulation brass hilt with lion’s head pommel, ribbed fishskin grip, contained in its engraved brass mounted leather scabbard. £250-350

487.

A CASED PRESENTATION PAIR OF NAVAL DIRKS FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET, the first with 19.5cm sharply curved clipped back blade, etched K & S SOLINGEN at the forte, French influenced gilt hilt with recurved eagle’s head crossguard, eagle’s head pommel, two-piece mother-o’pearl grips, contained in its embossed brass scabbard decorated with scrolling foliage, stars and crescent motifs, the second with 19.5cm sharply curved clipped back blade, etched K & S SOLINGEN at the forte, French influenced gilt hilt with recurved eagle’s head crossguard, eagle’s head pommel, reeded horn grip, contained in their close fitted rosewood case, the lid with flush fitting brass handle and engraved with a set of initials. Complete with key. £1500-2000 488.

THREE 1805 PATTERN MIDSHIPMAN’S SWORDS, the first with 68cm blade decorated with stands of arms and a fouled anchor, highlighted in gilt with traces of a blued ground, regulation copper gilt hilt, the langets with crowned fouled anchors, flattened lion’s head pommel, carved ivory grip, together with

two similar examples. (3) £600-800 AN 1827 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER’S 489.

SWORD, 76cm pipe backed blade with spear point, etched with foliage, crowned Royal arms, crowned fouled anchor, maker’s panel for Hamburger, Rogers & Co., regulation brass hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved copper gilt mounted leather scabbard. Scabbard with repair. £400-600 A RARE GREEK NAVAL OFFICER’S 490.

SWORD, 83.5cm pipe backed blade with spear point, etched with scrolling foliage, naval motifs, Greek maker’s panel and SOLINGEN maker’s mark, regulation brass gothic hilt incorporating a fouled anchor, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved brass mounted leather scabbard. £600-800

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491.

A NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, 80.5cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned fouled anchor and crowned Royal arms, regulation gilt brass hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved gilt brass black leather scabbard, complete with knot. £300-400 492.

A CLEAN EIIR NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, 79cm bright blade etched with scrolling ropes and oak leaves, crowned fouled anchor and a crowned EIIR cypher, regulation gilt hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved gilt black leather scabbard. £250-350 493.

A NAVAL WARRANT OFFICER’S SWORD, 79.5cm blade by Wilkinson & Co. Southsea, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned fouled anchor and crowned Royal arms, some staining, regulation copper hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, stepped pommel, black fishskin grip, 138

contained in its engraved brass mounted black leather scabbard, complete with knot. £250-350 494. AN 1827 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, 72cm pipe backed blade with spear point, regulation copper gilt hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved copper and brass mounted black leather scabbard.

Blade buffed, three taped repairs to scabbard. £250-350 495.

AN IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, 77.5cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, naval scenes and crowned fouled anchors, some staining, regulation gilt brass hilt incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, double folding guards, lion’s head pommel with red and green brilliant eyes, wire bound marine ivory grip, contained in its engraved brass mounted black leather scabbard. Repair to leather. £450-550

496.

A SILVER MOUNTED PRESENTATION BOWIE KNIFE, 24cm clipped back blade etched with scrolling foliage to either side, hallmarked silver mounted ivory hilt, Sheffield 1882 and maker’s mark of JB, probably John Batt, contained in its silver mounted green leather sheath, the upper and lower mounts with rubbed Sheffield marks, the scabbard gilt embossed VR 1882 within a geometric border. Etched decoration rubbed. It is only supposition but in 1882 Queen Victoria survived an assassination attempt, the assailant, Roderick Maclean was subdued by two Eton school boys, Gordon Wilson and Leslie Murray Robertson, both of whom were publicly thanked by the Queen. £500-700

A MODIFIED SECOND PATTERN 498.

FAIRBAIRN SYKES COMMANDO DAGGER, 16cm blade etched with Wilkinson and F-S panels, regulation brass hilt with chequered grip, the tang button filed and modified to take a lanyard, contained in its copper mounted leather scabbard. £700-900 499.

A CLEAN THIRD PATTERN COMMANDO KNIFE, 16cm flattened diamond section blade etched with F-S and Wilkinson panels, black painted alloy hilt numbered 1 at the pommel, contained in its leather scabbard. £200-300

497.

A LARGE VICTORIAN BOWIE KNIFE 24.5cm blade retaining most of its original polish, some staining, large oval guard, the natural stag’s horn grip with plated pommel cap, contained in its plated mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard with sprung retaining clip, one belt loop remains. £450-550

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500.

A RARE THIRD REICH FULL ERNST ROHM INSCRIPTION SA DAGGER BY EICKHORN, 22cm flattened diamond section blade etched with the motto to one side and inscription to the other, regulation Holbein hilt with Fr district marks, shaped wooden grip, contained in its nickel mounted brown anodised scabbard. £1800-2200 501. A SCARCE THIRD REICH SECOND PATTERN LUFTWAFFE DAGGER OF FALLSCHIRMJAGER & CRETE INTEREST, 24.5cm flattened diamond section blade by Eickhorn, etched with the memorium Hans Korner gefallen 20.5.41 Kreta, regulation alloy hilt with wire bound orange celluloid grip, contained in its stippled steel scabbard complete with straps. Hans Korner was killed at Heraklion and is buried at the Maleme cemetery on the island of Crete. £600-800

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502.

A THIRD REICH SECOND PATTERN LUFTWAFFE DAGGER, 25.5cm flattened diamond section blade by WKC, regulation alloy hilt with wire bound orange celluloid grip, contained in its stippled steel scabbard complete with straps. £350-450 503.

A THIRD REICH SECOND PATTERN LUFTWAFFE OFFICER’S DAGGER, 25.5cm flattened diamond section blade by Holler, regulation alloy hilt with white painted wire bound grip, complete with knot and hanging straps, together with a First Class Iron Cross and an army belt buckle. £400-600

504.

A THIRD REICH ARMY OFFICER’S DAGGER, 25.5cm flattened diamond section blade, regulation plated hilt, spirally fluted orange celluloid grip, contained in its plated stippled steel scabbard complete with knot and hanging straps. £350-450 505.

A THIRD REICH HITLER YOUTH DAGGER, 14cm blade etched RZM 7/72, dated 1939 and with ornate motto panel, plated hilt, chequered celluloid grips, contained in its black anodised scabbard, complete with leather belt frog. £200-300

507.

A 19TH CENTURY MOMENTO MORI STILETTO OR DAGGER, 13cm flattened diamond section blade decorated with an angel and sickle motif, skull and crossed bones, characteristic steel hilt with shaped tapering wooden grip, chipped, set with a white metal disc embossed with a skull and crossed bones, contained in its leather scabbard. £200-300 508.

A FRENCH ARTILLERY SIDEARM, 48cm flattened diamond section leaf-shaped blade, brass gladius form hilt, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard. Stitching parting. £100-150

506.

A THRID REICH RLB DAGGER, 22.5cm flattened diamond section blade by Gustav Spitzer, regulation white metal mounted hilt with wooden grip, contained in its white metal mounted anodised scabbard complete with hanging strap. £1000-1500

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509 A 3RD GURKHA RIFLES FOREIGN SERVICE HELMET AND SHOULDER BELT AND POUCH ENSEMBLE, the helmet by Hobson & Sons with blackened finial and applied with the regimental badge, contained in a japanned storage tin named to W. D. G. Batten 3 G. R., complete with shoulder belt and pouch applied with regimental devices and a whistle, together with various spurs, lanyards, etc.

(Parcel) £800-1200

A THIRD REICH GERMAN ADMIRAL’S 511.

PENNANT, together with two Dutch Resistance propaganda leaflets, assorted wartime currency and a copy of the Daily Mirror dated August 16th 1940.

(Parcel) £300-400 512.

A RARE SPEAR FORM SOCKET BAYONET FOR THE EGG CARBINE, 76cm over all with leaf-shaped spear tip and lugged socket. £500-700

BOOKS: JAMES (ABRAHAM) CAPN. 510.

67 REGT., The Military Costume of India in an Exemplification of the Manual & Platoon Exercises for the use of The Native Troops and the British Army in General, London, T. Goddard, Military Library No.1 Pall Mall 1813, hand coloured engraved title and 35 hand coloured engraved plates, later gilt tooled red leather and marbled binding. Some imperfections. £800-1200 142

515.

A 15CT GOLD AND ENAMELLED ROYAL FLYING CORPS SWEETHEART BROOCH, modelled as the wings of the corps and highlighted in red and green enamels, the RFC emblem with diamond chips, 6cm wide. £200-300

513 20-30 A COMPLETE COURT DRESS UNIFORM AND SWORD OF THE PAPAL CHAMBERLAIN, the japanned tin storage trunk containing full dress uniform, beret, bicorn hat, gilt hilted dress sword and scabbard. (Parcel) £300-400

516.

A MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY TIPSTAFF, the brass body with acorn terminal engraved MANCHESTER & LEEDS RAILWAY CO. 1840, turned wooden handle. £800-1000

514.

A CARVED WOODEN RAMC PLAQUE, decorated with a palm tree and regimental cap badge WAAMC NO.1 TRAINING WING RWAFF, Royal West African Frontier Force, together with a Third Reich Mauser bayonet, matching serial no.s a further socket bayonet and an African tribal water bottle. (4) £300-400

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY 517.

BAMBOO SWORD STICK, 68.5cm incurved triangular tapering blade, pitted, bamboo root crook handle, brass mounts, bamboo haft, brass ferrule, 93.5cm long over all. £80-100

518.

A LATE 19TH/EARLY TH 20 CENTURY OFFICER’S OR EXPEDITION WALKING STICK, the bentwood crook handle and haft with iron mounts to the lower portion, these with hidden latch and twist action revealing an iron dagger with 15cm fullered tapering blade that attaches to the base of the stick similarly to a bayonet, 96cm long over all. £200-300 144

519.

AN UNUSUAL AND HEAVY 19TH CENTURY CAST IRON WALKING STICK, of traditional form with crook handle, painted black and with painted collar, 89cm long over all. £100-200

521.

A LATE VICTORIAN TOPER’S WALKING STICK, the ivory knop carved with deep relief panels of figures and palm trees below a draughts counter, the silver collar hallmarked for Birmingham 1897 and with maker’s mark W.W, the wooden haft containing a 35cm long glass spirit flask and a small shot thimble, brass ferrule, 90cm long over all. £80-120

A GADGET WALKING 520.

STICK, the handle incorporating a three-draw telescope (one ring loose) and compass to the top, silver collar stamped LK (Birmingham hallmarks rubbed and illegible), ebonised haft, brass ferrule, 95.5cm long over all. £100-200 A 19TH CENTURY 522.

CONTINENTAL SWORDSTICK, 28.5cm flattened diamond section blade with traces of foliate decoration, carved fruit wood hilt with spirally fluted grip, together with two Continental sword letter openers. No scabbards. (3) £50-80

526.

SIX VARIOUS WALKING STICKS, to include wood, briar and bamboo, and to include one with shepherd’s crook handle. (6) £40-60

SIX ASSORTED 523.

WALKING STICKS, comprising two with white metal tops, a horn handled example, a root example with silver collar, and two others.

(6) £80-100

A 19TH CENTURY 524.

WALKING CANE, mushroom topped ivory pommel, white metal collar, malacca haft, brass ferrule, 86.5cm long over all, together with a 19th/20th Century hardwood cane with mushroom topped blackwood pommel and brass ferrule, 94cm long, and a further 19th/20th Century cane with horn pommel and ferrule, 98cm long. (3) £50-100

525.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARTIST’S OR MAP MAKER’S WALKING STICK, the substantial white metal handle inscribed M ON HER 21ST BIRTHDAY, the upper half of the handle unscrewing to reveal various instruments, wooden haft, brass ferrule, 89cm long over all. £50-80

527.

A 19TH CENTURY SWORDSTICK, 68cm flattened triangular section fullered blade decorated with gilt scrolls on a blued ground for half its length, contained in a briar haft, the briar handle pierced to take a wrist strap, some worm, 90cm long over all. £250-350 528. A 1920’S SWORDSTICK, 66.5cm spike blade, contained in a brass mounted ebonised bamboo haft, with brass eagle’s head pommel, 89cm long over all, guard chain snapped, together with a tribal hardwood walking stick with tusk handle, 95cm long over all. (2) £180-220

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WINNING

is just the

BEGINNING

Thinking of selling your cameras at auction?

Over the past four years, Flints have set new industry standards in becoming the leading auctioneers of cameras and photographic equipment in the UK. We have achieved even more record-breaking prices and high sell-through rates in our Fine Photographica in April 2021, with a sale total of £542,766 - a UK camera auction record in it’s own right!

Our dedication and expert knowledge attracts collectors and curators from around the world. This gives us a unique insight and intimate understanding of the trends of the current market.

We are now welcoming consignments for our 18th November 2021 Fine Photographica Auction.

Buyers are particularly keen to compete for Leica, Nikon, Hasselblad, Contax, Canon, Alpa, Fine Mahogany & Brass Cameras / Lenses, rare and obscure early cameras, amongst others.

We encourage you to get in touch if you have pieces that you are considering selling, or if you are purely interested in knowing the current market value. Our team will be very pleased to offer complimentary, realistic and confidential advice.

The deadline for entries is 7th October 2021 for our Fine Photographica auction.

Jonathan Brown Director, Photographic Department +44 (0) 73 8719 8886 jonathan@flintsauctions.com

Cooke Super Speed Panchro 2 ¼ “ f1.3 Lens SOLD £24,800

Flints Auctions Ltd, 8 Rivermead, Pipers Way, Thatcham RG19 4EP www.flintsauctions.com

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The following lots in this catalogue are sold as ornaments, curiosities and items of historical interest only.

Any politically related items are sold purely as items of historical interest and the company does not hold with or approve of any political motivations represented by any of the said items of historical interest.

3.

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