13th December Auction Catalogue

HOLTSAUCTIONEERS OF FINE MODERN & ANTIQUE GUNS Thursday 13th December 2018

HOLTSAUCTIONEERS OF FINE MODERN & ANTIQUE GUNS Church Farm Barns ● Wolferton ● Norfolk ● PE31 6HA Telephone: 01485 542822 | Fax: 01485 544463 Email: [email protected] From our December Auction the Sealed Bid will exclusively be available to view at our Norfolk base of operations. Our Main Auction items will also be available to view by appointment at our Norfolk headquarters ahead of the auction view in London. This change will mean that we can provide you with an extended viewing period for our Sealed Bid Auction running throughout the month in advance of our December Main Auction, as well as during the week of the 10th December in Norfolk whilst our Main Auction takes place in London. Our Sealed Bid items will be arranged and laid out for easy viewing at our Norfolk base, and our team will be on hand to assist with any queries you may have.Main Auction View (Norfolk): Main Auction View (London): Sealed Bid ViewWednesday 21st November – Tuesday 11th – (Norfolk):Tuesday 4th December Thursday 13th December Wednesday 21st November –Holts Auctioneers The Army Cadet Training Centre Friday 20th December 2018,Church Farm Barns Wat Tyler Road and Wednesday 2nd January 2019Wolferton Blackheath Holts AuctioneersNorfolk London Church Farm BarnsPE31 6HA SE3 0QZ Wolferton Norfolk PE31 6HA

Commission bids can be left online AUCTIONEERS OF FINE MODERN & ANTIQUE GUNSfree of charge at:www.holtsauctioneers.com FINE MODERN &Live Online bidding in real-time ANTIQUE GUN AUCTIONduring the auction is provided byInvaluable (www.invaluable.com) Thursday 13th DECEMBER 2018at a surcharge of 5% of the 10.00am and 2.00pmhammer price The Army Cadet Training Centre,Enquiries and Commission Bids Holly Hedge House,Main Office: Wat Tyler Road,Holts Blackheath,Church Farm Barns London SE3 0QZWolfertonNorfolk Sale Number A1218PE31 6HATel: +44 (0)1485 542822 Viewing:Fax: +44 (0)1485 544463 Tuesday 11th DECEMBEREmail: [email protected] 10.00am–8.30pmWebsite: www.holtsauctioneers.com Wednesday 12th DECEMBERFront Cover Illustration: 1600 9.00am–7.00pmBack Cover Illustration: 500 Thursday13th DECEMBERPlease note all lots are illustrated on our website Doors Open 8.00am Auction commences 10.00am For information regarding buyers premiums and associated charges, please see page 2 IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE VIEWINGS AT HOLLY HEDGE HOUSE PLEASE CONTACT HOLTS ADMINISTRATION ON: +44 (0)1485 542822 Auctioneers: David Porter Alastair Dixon PLEASE NOTE: On 14th DECEMBER 2018 all items will go back to our Head Office in Norfolk. Collection from Blackheath can be pre-arranged by appointment only. Please call: +44 (0)1485 542822 before 7.00pm on 13th December

INFORMATION FOR BUYERSHolts charges a premium to the buyer on the hammer price of each lot sold at the following rates:25% up to and including £100,00020% in excess of the hammer price above £100,000Any bids submitted via the Invaluable platform (www.invaluable.com) will incur a surcharge of 5% of the hammer priceVAT is payable on the premium at the applicable rate. VAT is also applicable to the hammer price when stated at the foot ofthe lot description as follows:Items marked † are subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price under the prevailing UK VAT rule for newly manufacturedgoods.Items marked * are subject to 5% VAT on the hammer price as an antique import.Items marked ** are subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price as a modern import.Where imported goods are purchased the following rules apply:For UK VAT registered buyers buying in the course of their business - upon production of the buyer's VAT registrationnumber, the VAT on the hammer price is payable to Holts but HMRC will allow its refund by way of a VAT input taxdeduction. A C79 Notice will be issued by HMRC to the buyer following purchase.For other EU VAT registered buyers buying in the course of their business - upon production of the buyer's VAT registrationnumber, the VAT on the hammer price is not payable to Holts. They must declare the purchase in their own member stateand follow the appropriate procedure.Where goods are exported to outside of the EU, refund of the VAT on the hammer price and the buyer's premium will bemade by Holts providing the UK Customs declaration has been completed and proof of export given to Holts. Goods shouldbe exported within 30 days of the date of payment.Where non imported goods are exported outside of the EU, Holts will refund the VAT on the buyer's premium providing theUK Customs declaration has been completed and proof of export given to Holts. Goods should be exported within 3 monthsof the date of payment.With the exception of exported goods, VAT included in the buyer's premium is not recoverable (Notice 718: Auctioneers’Margin Scheme)For further assistance with any of the above please contact Holts Accounts Department.UK purchasers must hold a valid licence to possess the item they are bidding on.Section 5 items may only be bid on by current Section 5 licence holders without exception. A valid Section 5 authority mustbe produced in order to view prohibited weapons.Buyers of items covered by Section 7 should refer to chapter 9 of the Home Office ‘Firearms Law – Guidance to the Police’for eligibility and restrictions.Overseas buyers should be aware that items classified as Section 5 prohibited weapons under UK law will incur additionalshipping charges regardless of their classification outside the UK.Buyers should satisfy themselves that any intended purchase can be legally imported into their country of residence, andthat they have any relevant authorisation for possession in that country.Buyers should make arrangements with the Accounts Department in advance of the sale date should they wish to pay bycheque. All major debit and credit cards accepted.Purchases may be collected on the day of the auction or by appointment from our gunroom in Norfolk. Cleared funds needto have been received and the necessary licence produced. It may be possible by prior arrangement (minimum seven days’notice) to organise collection from a valuation day or delivery to a Registered Firearms Dealer.Purchasers are responsible for shipping charges. Please contact Holts Shipping Department for further details.Licensable items can only be sent to a Registered Firearms Dealer. Holts must complete individual’s licences before thiscan be undertaken.Where delivery of purchased items takes place outside of the UK via a Registered Firearms Dealer the purchaser mustcollect within 30 days of the delivery date. In the event that he does not the dealer will have the right to sell the goods, at aprice solely determined by him, on the purchaser’s behalf and retain a fee equal to 30% of the selling price.We are unable to send ammunition and cartridges by postal courier.Holts request that items purchased are collected within one calendar month of the auction. Items not collected after onecalendar month following the auction will incur a storage charge of £1 +VAT per day per item unless express arrangementsto the contrary have been made beforehand with Holts.Holts Auctioneers deal in GBP only.



AUCTIONEERS OF FINE MODERN & ANTIQUE GUNSOur research, together with the kindness of the makers in allowing us access to their records, enables us to provide thefollowing information which shows the original or previous owners of certain Lots, in addition to those directly associatedwith them. This will prove useful if trying to trace a family shotgun or rifle.MADE FOR DATE OF MANUFACTURE LOT NUMBERHis Royal Highness Prince Alfred circa 1850 500His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1874 1090Sir Ralph Abercrombie circa 1800 478J.A. Stewart Balmain 1316records state 'Barker' 1906 1404Mr. Bethune 1912 1510Arthur W. Blyth 1894 1418H. Brenton 1901 1419Gordon H. Brown 1905 1426T.M. Clutterbuck 1911 1323Maharajah of Cooch Behar 1907 1213G.R. Cordington 1910 1106Albert de Lande Long 1877 644Comte Guillaume de Loriol 1947 1305records state 'Discon' circa 1894 646Captain G.B.S. Follett 1913 1322Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere 1896 1327George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke 1866 535Captain Greville 1905 1201George Edward Grover circa 1860 585Mr G.H. Caton Haigh 1903 1416records state 'Harrington' 1897 1424R. Heathcote 1916 1400R.B. Hirsch 1927 1320Mr John Hunter-Moss 1919 1130Stanley Johnson 1934 1302Ralph William Keatley 1916 1046Lt Col. John Hervey Knox-Browne 1894 1429Mills B. Lane 1973 1600Mr M. Laxman 1962 1134records state 'L. Levick' 1906 1431Professor D. Manolescue 1936 1405Thys Mostert 1140records state ‘Niarchos’ 1961 1114records state 'W.G. Rawlinson' 1901 1422Sir Charles Lennox Peel 203The Honourable Ashley Ponsonby 1854 525Count L. Potocki 1947 1305Captain Stephen Rose, Royal Fusiliers pre WWII 710 and 775HH Shri Huzur Raja Sir Vikram Singhji K.C.I.E. 1932 1200Colonel Ralph Sneyd 1893 649arecords state 'F. Thompson' 1912 1501records state 'Townshend' 1920 1300G.M. del Count Van Krimpen 1921 1412Von Lengerke 1927 1124Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford 1312Col. John F. Weston-Simons 1956 1709Penry Williams 1901 - 1905 1318

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BOOKS, PICTURES AND PRINTS, 1-9TAXIDERMY AND WORKS OF ART 50-60 76-99Books & LiteratureWorks of Art, Pictures and PrintsTaxidermy

1LEWIS CLEMENTS (WILDFOWLER)A RARE COPY OF ‘PUBLIC SHOOTING QUARTERS’, originally publishedin card covers, ‘a descriptive list of localities where wildfowl and othershooting can be obtained’, printed by Horace Cox, ‘The Field’ Office, 346,Strand, W.C. London, 1881, 113 page, (re-bound to hardback)£400-6002ER M. SHELLEY‘HUNTING BIG GAME WITH DOGS IN AFRICA’ privately printed by theauthor in 1924, author of the ‘Twentieth Century Bird Dog Training’, 215pages, blue hard cover with gilt to front and spine, a scarce work onAfrican hunting£150-2003MAJOR G.H. (ANDY) ANDERSON, M.C.‘AFRICAN SAFARIS’, one of the rarest of African big game hunting books,privately published in Kenya and distributed in a limited run to friendsand family only, Anderson was a founder of the East African ProfessionalHunters’ Association£600-7004 51LANCELOT SPEEDAN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE COPY OF ‘A SOJOURN IN THE HIGHLANDS’, 9classic of Highland sport, Lancelot was a renowned illustrator and this is JOHN HUTCHINSbelieved to be his first work, original albumen print frontispiece of Mary A LIMITED EDITION PRESENTATION COPY OF ‘CONQUEST OF EMPIREBignold to whom the book was dedicated and original upper wrapper of DEFENCE OF THE REALM - THE BRITISH SOLDIER’S RIFLE 1800-2014’,antlers initialled M.B. bound in at end, green half moroccan no. 123 of 200, signed by the author, first published by Tommy Media Ltd.£600-800 2014, blue hardcover with silver gilt, with matching presentation slip cover5 £100-150JEAN HUON‘PROUD PROMISE - FRENCH AUTOLOADING RIFLES 1898-1979’, 50Coburg, Canada, Collector Grade Publications, 1995, 216 pages, 299 AN OIL ON CANVAS OF HANGING GAME, signed Van Heemskerke, set inillustrations, bound with green cloth with dust jacket an antique type gilt frame measuring approx. 27in. x 23 1/2in.£100-150 £250-3506† 51A LIMITED EDITION OF ‘WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. - IN PURSUIT OF WILLIAM HARDIE SINCLAIRETHE BEST GUN 1812-2012’ by Jeremy Musson, no. 73 of 200, fully AN ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS, showing a pair of gundogs with deadillustrated with photographs by Terry Allen game, signed by the artist, mounted in an antique type frame, measuring approx. 26in. x 24in. Please note VAT at 20% is applicable on the hammer price. £700-900£200-300 527 ROBERT CLEMINSON (1844-1903)DOLF L. GOLDSMITH AN OIL ON CANVAS OF GROUSE OVER GUNDOGS IN A MOORLAND‘THE GRAND OLD LADY OF NO MAN’S LAND - THE VICKERS SETTING, measuring 47in. x 38in. including frame, signature by the artistMACHINEGUN’ Collector Grade Publications, 592 pages, 686 to the bottom leftillustrations, bound in brown cloth with dust jacket £3,000-5,000£200-3008ANTHONY DYER‘MEN FOR ALL SEASONS THE HUNTERS AND PIONEERS’, limited editionno. 337 of 1000, Trophy Room Books 1996, first edition, signed by theauthor, 389 pages, 375 photographs, hardcover with gilt to front and spineand dust cover, stories of the men, women and warriors who created thegreat Safari Industry of East Africa and in doing so, were the PioneerConservationists, founding the National Parks of Kenya, Uganda andTanzania£150-2008

52 55 JULIAN NOVOROL (1949) ‘GEESE IN FLIGHT’, an original oil on canvas in a sunset coastal setting, signed by the artist, dated 1990, mounted on an antique type gilt frame, measuring approx. 29in. x 24in. £700-900 56 JULIAN NOVOROL (1949) DUCKS IN FLIGHT, an original oil on canvas showing ducks in flight over a marsh winter setting, signed by the artist, dated 1991, mounted in an antique type gilt frame, measuring approx. 22in. x 18in. £400-600 57 JULIAN NOVOROL (1949) A BRACE OF DUCKS IN FLIGHT an original oil on canvas in a winters setting, signed by the artist, dated 1991, mounted in an antique type gilt frame, measuring approx. 22in. x 18in. £400-600 53 58 A BRONZE OF A FINE BRACE OF GOLDEN PHEASANTS IN THE ART53 DECO STYLE, standing approx. 15in. tall (to tip of tail), mounted on aJAMES DOUGLAS marble base marked ‘ROCHARD’, and measuring approx. 29 1/2in. by 7in.A LIMITED EDITION ‘MASTER OF THE HERD’ SCULPTURE OF A CAPE £400-600BUFFALO, no. 51 of 499, mounted on a wooden plaque£800-1,200 59 MIKE WOOD54 A FINE HAND-CARVED FRENCH PARTRIDGE, standing on a branch,R.W. MILLIKEN (1920-2014) measuring approx. 8in. in length and standing 7in. tallA WATER COLOUR OF PHEASANTS IN FLIGHT, signed by the artist, £300-400measuring approx. 36in. x 29in. set in a mounted gold frame£400-600 9

60 60 MIKE WOOD A FINE HAND-CARVED LIFE-SIZE COCK PHEASANT, air brushed and painted, carved from Jelutong (Dyera costulata), mounted on a wooden plaque, measuring approx. 17in. x 32in. x 7in. £750-850 Mike Wood was born in the City of York. Signs of his artistic flair were soon evident when he went with his parents to Quebec, Canada and began to draw and paint the abundant wildlife. At 8 years of age he won a poster competition depicting the Aluminium Company of Canada’s township of Arvida, celebrating its 25th Anniversary. On returning to England, Michael won a scholarship to York Art College, whilst still at school. His interests widened and he began to carve animals and birds and this has occupied his life during the last 25 years. He researches all his commissions before beginning to carve, thus ensuring precise detail. He is now receiving orders from New York in addition to those regular patrons and galleries in England. His work is carved to life size from either Jelutong or Basswood, both have a very fine grain which allow carving in minute detail76 79A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A KUDU BULL (Tragelaphus A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A WATERBUCK (Kobus ellipsiprymnus),strepsiceros), with approx. 50in. horns with approx. 22in. horns£300-500 £300-50077 80A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A RED HARTEBEEST (Alcelaphus A VINTAGE CASED FULL-MOUNT OF AN EAGLE OWL, mounted in a glazebuselaphus caama), with 21in. horns antique case with branch and foliage, measuring approx. 28in. x 18in. x 10in.£200-300 £500-70010

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81EDWIN WARD (1812-1878)A VINTAGE CASED SCOWLING TIGER, circa 1870, showing the head andclaws of the tiger ready to pounce through the undergrowth, an E. WardWigmore Street, trade label, set in a timber-framed glazed case,measuring approx. 29in. x 29in. x 20in.£3,000-5,000 Edwin H. Ward set up a taxidermy shop in London in 1857 and received a royal warrant from Queen Victoria in 1870. Other distantly related Ward family members had taxidermy-related businesses as far away as New York and Australia. Edwin H. Ward had two sons, Edwin Jr. and James Rowland. Both were trained in their father’s business and were successful on their own, mounting heads for the British royal family as well the Empress of Austria, among others. Edwin Jr. left the taxidermy business and eventually moved to the United States where he was involved in various ventures. Edwin Jr.’s son, Herbert Ward (1863–1919), served as a zoologist for Henry Morton Stanley during Stanley’s 1887–1888 Emin Pasha Relief Expedition into the interior of then-unknown Africa. Rowland Ward became the best-known taxidermist of the family. In his own book ‘A Naturalist’s Life Study’ he said he left school at age fourteen to work in his father’s shop. Rowland helped his father mount a hummingbird collection for John Gould. Early on, his focus was on sculpting and anatomically correct modelling. Rowland Ward was also a bronze sculptor of note.82 82A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A CAPE BUFFALO (Syncerus caffer), withapprox. 10in. boss, approx. 20in. tip to tip£400-60083A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A WARTHOG (Phacochoerus africanus),with approx. 8in. tusks£200-30084A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A NYALA (Tragelaphus angasii),with approx. 26in. horns£300-50085A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF AN ELAND (Taurotragus oryx), withapprox. 30in. horns£800-1,20086A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A ZEBRA (Equus quagga)£700-80087A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A WATERBUCK (Kobusellipsiprymnus), with approx. 26in. horns£400-60088 90A FULL RUG-MOUNT OF A ZEBRA (Equus quagga) SKIN, lined with blackbaize£400-60089 90A FULL RUG-MOUNT OF A ZEBRA (Equus quagga) SKIN, lined with black A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A BISON, with approx. 15 3/4in.baize horns£400-600 £1,000-1,500 13

9991 96A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A MOOSE, with 13 points A FULL-MOUNT OF A PHEASANT, mounted in a glazed vintage case,£300-500 measuring approx. 29in. x 21in. x 12in. £100-15092A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A NYALA (Tragelaphus angasii) with 97horns approx. 24in., circumference approx. 8 1/8in., mounted on a F. ASKEWwooden plaque with ‘NYALA (Tragelaphus angasii) ZULULAND S. AFRICA A CASED FULL-MOUNT OF A MARSH HARRIER, set on a rocky outcropAUGUST 2001 M. ANDREWS’ with ferns, sky blue back board, glazed front case measuring approx.£300-400 26in. x 20in. x 11in. £300-50093A FINE CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A ZEBRA (Equus quagga) 98£500-700 A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNTED OF AN ELAND (Taurotragus oryx), with approx. 32in. horns94 £300-500A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF AN IMPALA (Aepyceros melampus), withapprox. 20in. horns 99£200-300 A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A BLACK WILDEBEEST (Connochaetes gnou), with approx. 21in. horns95 £300-500A CAPE AND HEAD MOUNT OF A WILD BOAR, mounted on a woodenplaque£200-30014

AIR WEAPONS, EDGED WEAPONS,ARMS & ARMOUR AND MILITARIAAir Weapons 100-123Edged Weapons, Arms & Armour and Militaria 200-217Art Knives 250-257

100 101 103100ACCLES & SHELVOKE, BIRMINGHAMA SCARCE .177 SIDE-LEVER AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘WARRIOR’, serial no.1615, circa 1934, with 7 1/2in. rifled concentric barrel concealed withinthe sighted blued steel air chamber, the frame stamped ‘THE WARRIOR,MADE BY ACCLES & SHELVOKE LTD BIRMINGHAM’, and on the right-hand side ‘F.CLARKE’S PATENT NOS BRIT. 351268, USA 538057’, pressedsteel trigger guard and chequered horn grips impressed with a ‘knight’shead’ trademark, the whole retaining a strong amount of original finish.£300-500101WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAMA BOXED .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘PREMIER’, batchno. 599, circa 1965, with blued 6 1/2in. barrel, blade fore-sight, adjustableblade rear-sight, blued stepped air-chamber signed ‘WEBLEY & SCOTTLTD BIRMINGHAM’ on the right and ‘THE WEBLEY PREMIER MADE INENGLAND’ picked out in white on the left, five-pin trigger unit with weightadjuster and locking screw, mottled brown chequered bakelite grips, thewhole appearing virtually unused (slight storage marks) in its maker’sbuff card carton with instruction label inside lid and loose spares sheet(staining to box label)£200-250102WALTHER, GERMANYA BOXED .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘LP53’, serial no.091087, circa 1965, with 9 1/2in. sighted barrel, black crackle finishreceiver, blued frame and brown chequered plastic grips, much finishremaining; together with its manufacturer’s card carton, boxed barrelweight, English language instruction leaflet, sight elements, a cleaningrod and wood cocking aid£200-300103PARKER-HALE, ENGLANDA RARE BOXED .22 PRE-CHARGED PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODELPHOENIX CARBINE MK2’, serial no. 149, with 23 3/4in. blued barrelincluding detachable carbon-fibre sound moderator, blacked slab-sidedalloy receiver stamped with the make and model details on the left andwith and etched depiction of a mythological Phoenix bird above the legend‘PHOENIX’, machined full length telescopic sight rail, detachablemagazine, push-button side safety, chequered walnut pistol-grip butt-stock with ambidextrous raised cheek-pieces, detachable vulcanitesmooth heel-pad concealing the air-reservoir within the stock, bluedsteel finger-lever for cocking, half trigger-guard bow and chequeredwalnut schnabel fore-end, the whole appearing virtually unused in itsmaker’s card carton with instructions, filling adaptor and spare valvesand ‘o’ rings (tested)£500-70016

106105104 105**WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM VENUS WAFFENWERK, GERMANYA BOXED .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘MKII JUNIOR’, A RARE .177 BREAK-BARREL AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘TELL 3’, serial no.batch no. 707, circa 1976, with blued 6 1/2in. barrel, adjustable rear-sight, 652, one of a limited number produced between 1936-1940, with roundstove enamelled cast stepped air-chamber, the right side with inlet tapering 5in. barrel marked ‘KAL 4 1/2mm’ over ‘CAL .177’, blued air-‘WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, JUNIOR MKII MADE IN ENGLAND’ label, one pin chamber stamped ‘VENUS WAFFENWERK ZELLA-MEHLIS’ over ‘MADEtrigger unit, black chequered plastic ‘Webley’ logo grips, the whole IN GERMANY’ on the left hand side, articulated flush-fitting blued cockingappearing unfired; together with its manufacturer’s card carton printed link laying along the top of cylinder and stamped ‘TELL MOD. 3’ togetherin green, hinged lid, the tray holding the pistol and a spares and with a depiction of a man holding a break-barrel air-rifle above an apple,instruction sheet combined, box also generally good condition dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating rear-sight, blued frame with brown mottled chequered bakelite one-piece grip, both sides of the grip inlet£80-120 with red painted ‘TELL’ trademark medallions (some speckling and light loss to the blued finish, paint worn on medallions) Please note VAT at 20% is applicable on the hammer price. £800-1,200 106 WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM A COLLECTION OF SIX .177 & .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-PISTOLS, VARIOUS POST WAR MODELS, including three ‘slant-grip’ MKI models, batch no’s ‘6’, ‘227’ & ‘276’, a ‘Senior’ model batch no. ‘474’ and two fixed sight ‘Junior’ models batch no’s.’746’ & ‘890’, ranging from good to average conditions, as found £300-500 17

107107 108WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAMA CASED .177 & .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘MKII A BOXED .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘MKII PREMIER’,SERVICE’, serial no. S6675, circa 1936, with interchangeable .177 and batch no. 446, circa 1970, with blued 6 3/4in. barrel, adjustable rear-sight,.22 sighted 25 1/2in. barrels, bolt locking breech, blued air-chamber with stepped black stove-enamelled air-chamber with recessed panelfive lines of patents, folding peep-sight at wrist, walnut saw-handled containing a decal stating ‘WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, PREMIER MKII, MADEpistol-grip butt-stock, horn heel-plate, retaining a strong amount of IN ENGLAND’, three pin trigger group, black plastic chequered grips, theoriginal blued finish, the .177 barrel numbered ‘11264’ and with more whole appearing little used (some tarnish through storage); completefinish loss, together with a competently home produced walnut case lined with its manufacturer’s orange card carton, target, instruction leaflet,and compartmented in green velvet taking the rifle with the barrel guarantee and unopened paper envelope of sample pelletsdismounted and with provision in the lid for three barrels £100-150£500-70018

111109109 110STEVE HARPER, ENGLAND WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAMA RARE .22 PRE-CHARGED PNEUMATIC AIR-PISTOL WITH ELECTRONIC A RARE BOXED .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘SERVICETRIGGER, MODEL ‘CLASSIC WOLF’, serial no. B16, with micro-rifled MKII’, serial no. S8957, circa 1936, with detachable .22 sighted 25 1/2in.exposed brass 5in. barrel, hand-indexed rotary magazine, brass receiver, barrel (rear-sight elevation wheel and bear-trap pawl replaced), boltblade fore-sight and adjustable rear-sight, blued air reservoir and valve locking breech, blued air-chamber with five lines of patents, foldinghousing, the latter with on-off switch and led indicator light, moulded peep-sight at wrist, walnut saw-handled pistol-grip butt-stock, hornpolymer grip with battery compartment at heel and electronic button heel-plate, retaining a strong amount of original blued finish, thetrigger, in an abs plastic case complete with Harper sound moderator, matching barrel numbered with slightly more finish loss, together with itsadaptor, tools and papers rare manufacturer’s original pasteboard box, the outside of lid with£450-650 gummed ‘THE WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MARK II, WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD. BIRMINGHAM 4’ paper label, the inside of tray with period but 110 amateur wood reinforcement, taped repairs, and complete with its factory Weaman Street catalogue and a period box of ‘BEATALL’ pellets. £500-700 111 A RARE CASED .177 PULL-TO-COCK BOLT-ACTION AIR-PISTOL, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number probably Eisenwerke Gaggenau pattern but Belgian produced circa 1880, with integral cast-iron tapering and sighted round 6in. smoothbore barrel, one-piece octagonal breech and receiver, the left hand side marked ‘BREVET SADA’, the right ‘PATENT’, small bolt operated single shot action with pull cocking rod concealed in the integral chequered cast-iron birds-head butt, trigger blade mounted on a cast scroll engraved web and with applied cast guard, the whole retaining the majority of its original factory nickel-plate and complete with its believed original wood box lined in purple velvet (faded to brown), block in the bottom right corner of tray for six darts and together with its original cast iron ‘D’ ring cocking aid combined with dart puller and key for removing piston £200-300 19

112 113112S1 113DAYSTATE FOR BOXALL & EDMISTON, ENGLAND WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAMAN FAC-RATED CASED LIMITED EDITION .22 PRE-CHARGED A SCARCE BOXED .177 & .22 BREAK-BARREL AIR-RIFLE, MODELPNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 'HUNTSMAN', serial no. BELE06, ‘HAWK MKI’, serial no. 482, for 1971, with two blued 17 1/4in. barrels,recent, with shrouded 21 1/4in. barrel including detachable sound one of each calibre and both fitted with ramp and tunnel fore-sights, basemoderator, blacked alloy receiver profusely etched with American scroll only for the adjustable rear-sight, blued air-chamber railed for aengraving, both sides also etched with a banner signed ‘BOXALL & telescopic sight, angular first pattern beech half-stock with rubberEDMISTON, the right with additional wording ‘LIMITED EDITION’, crescent heel-plate, the whole appearing little used (untested) anddetachable magazine, polished bolt-handle, alloy safety catch to rear, complete in its card and polystyrene maker’s carton with a period ‘ASI’figured chequered walnut right hand sporter half-stock with rubber heel- 4x20 telescopic sight (box with wear to tray and carton ends)plate and contrasting wood grip-cap with white-line spacer, under-barrel £80-120air reservoir, the filling cap cover inlet with an engraved hallmarked silverescutcheon ‘BOXALL & EDMISTON DAYSTATE’, and fitted with a deluxe 114leather sling on ‘Q.D.’ swivels and a ‘GENESIS U.l.’ 3-9x40 telescopic WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAMsight also bearing a silver limited edition plaque numbered to the rifle A .22 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘SERVICE MKII’, serial no.and complete with a Vanguard alloy storage case with foam lining and S6693, circa 1936, with detachable re-blued .22 sighted 25 1/2in. barrel,instructions, the whole appearing unused bolt locking breech, re-blued air-chamber with five lines of patents, folding peep-sight at wrist, walnut saw-handled pistol-grip butt-stock£500-800 and horn heel-plate £250-35020

116115115 118 S1STEVE HARPER, ENGLAND A MOST UNUSUAL FAC-RATED .22 GOOD QUALITY PRE-CHARGEDA CASED PROTOTYPE .22 PRE-CHARGED PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, probablyMODEL ‘CLASSIC WOLF’, serial no. A15, with micro-rifled exposed brass manufactured in the 1960’s from the body of a Martini-Henry service rifle14 3/4in. barrel, hand-indexed rotary magazine, brass receiver, blade and apparently based on Giffard’s Patent, with blued round 24 1/2in.fore-sight and railed at rear for a telescopic sight (no rear-sight), double- barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, dove-tail for rear-sight blanked off,length blued air reservoir and valve housing, the latter with on-off switch modified Martini-Henry slab-sided receiver with ingenious rotatingand led indicator light, moulded polymer grip with battery compartment breech-block operated via the under-lever added to top of receiver,at heel and electronic button trigger, three-quarter length moulded folding aperture sight behind the breech, chequered walnut butt-stockwalnut fore-end, in an aluminium case adapted for this rifle complete with iron heel-plate, colour-hardened detachable air-reservoir of Giffardwith red-dot electronic sight, skeleton wire detachable butt, a .22 pistol type mounted below the barrel supported by a chequered walnut splinterbarrel, pellet tool and papers, untested fore-end, untested £1,500-2,000£650-850 118116STEVE HARPER, ENGLANDA RARE CASED .25 MULTI-PUMP PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODEL‘CLASSIC ACE’, no visible serial number, based on a Japanese SharpAce air-rifle, with special brass detailed Harper micro-rifled blacked 24in.barrel, brass tunnel fore-sight, brass dovetail mounting blocks to thebreech, bolt-action single-shot operation, brass detailed blued pump-housing, re-modelled beech three-quarter stock inlaid with stylisedbrass game-birds, contrasting wood heel-pad marked ‘HARPERCLASSIC’, moulded brass trigger and trigger-guard bow, additional brass‘stop’ for the pump handle and fitted with a leather basket-weave sling,in a baize lined walnut full-length rifle-case and including a letter fromSteve Harper valuing this item at £1500 in 1988£300-500117B.S.A., BIRMINGHAMA .22 UNDER-LEVER AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘MKI AIRSPORTER’, serial no.G17469, for between 1948-54, with 18 1/2in. round blued tapering barrel,elevating rear-sight, ramp fore-sight attached to muzzle via a shroud,automatic loading tap at breech, plain blued air-chamber etched withmake and model details (bright and clear), alloy trigger unit, walnutthree-piece half-stock, the left side of butt stamped with the ‘BSA’trademark, concealed under-lever and the whole retaining much originalfactory finish£200-300 21

122 119119 122SCHIMEL, USA STERLING ARMAMENTS, ENGLANDA RARE .22 CO2-POWERED AIR-PISTOL, MODEL ‘P22’, serial no. 1699X, A RARE .22 UNDERLEVER AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘HR83’, serial no. 3357,for 1953, in loose imitation of a Luger ‘P08’ service pistol, die-cast circa 1983, with blued 17 1/2in. barrel (fore-sight missing), the rear-sightconstruction with single-shot toggle action, rare ‘P22’ marking cast in block marked ‘STERLING ARMAMENTS CO.’ over ‘HR81’ (see below) overreceiver, safety catch forwards of the trigger, aperture for carbon dioxide ‘CAL .22’, the left side marked ‘PAT. PENDING REG. DESIGN’ over thebulb in the grip, black plastic grooved grips (shrunk), finish original but serial number, bolt action single-shot pellet feed, blued air-chamber andfaded under-lever, hand chequered walnut stock, two-stage colour-hardened£300-500 trigger (slightly at fault), black crackle finished muzzle-cap and trigger- guard bow; together with a period Nikko Sterling 4x32 telescopic sight,120 much finish remaining throughoutEXCELLENT, SWEDENA .22 (5.4mm) MULTI-PUMP SINGLE-SHOT PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, £300-500MODEL ‘C1’, no visible serial number, manufactured between 1946-66,with brushed bright stepped round 22 1/2in. smooth-bore barrel drilled The Sterling HR83 was introduced in 1983 as an upmarket version of thefor a telescopic sight rail (absent), dove-tailed blade fore-sight, buckhorn Sterling HR81, which had experienced successful sales since its introductionrear-sight, nickel-plated swing breech and cocking piece, plain stained in 1981. Apart from the addition of a hand selected walnut stock, the otherbeech half-stock and in-line under-barrel pump with turned beech major change with the HR83 was the introduction of a new two-stage trigger.handle Unfortunately this trigger proved extremely problematic; many broke£180-240 resulting in the factory having to almost hand make every one. Indeed, it was commented on at the time that every trigger that left the factory was different121 in some way. This slow and laborious process resulted in only around 100B.S.A., BIRMINGHAM rifles being produced; indeed, so few were made that Sterling never evenA .22 UNDER-LEVER AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘STANDARD’, serial no. tooled an ‘HR83’ stamp for the model designation.S14501, for 1922, with 19 1/4in. barrel (45in. overall), dove-tailed fore-sight, elevating rear-sight, rotating loading-tap with lever, plain air When Sterling Armaments closed its doors in the early 1990’s, the tooling forchamber etched with make, model details and patents to 1908 (faded), the air-rifles was purchased by the Benjamin Air Rifle Co. in the USA andthree hole trigger-unit, saw-handled walnut butt-stock press chequered production resumed for a short while (with minor modifications), untilat the grip, ribbed end to butt, folded trigger-guard, the under-lever with Benjamin too was bought-out, this time by Crosman Arms in 1994 and‘push-button’ style release, much original finish (missing two screws production finally ceased.from the under-lever linkage, incorrect or broken mainspring)£200-30022

2001099 123 201 CARL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN123 AN IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL DRESS-DIRK, circa World War One, withPARK RIFLE CO. ENGLAND etched double blind fullered 9 3/4in. stiletto blade, the ricasso signedA PROTOTYPE .22 RECOILLESS AIR-RIFLE, MODEL ‘THE PARK AIR- ‘ORIGINAL EICKHORN, SOLINGEN’ together with the squirrel trademark,RIFLE’, serial no. 006, with floating 17 1/4in. blued barrel, machined the reverse initialled ‘D.H.’, straight gilt-brass cross-guard with carvedbolt-action receiver with telescopic sight rail, blued under-barrel air- and flared quillions, the central sections carved with raised fouledchamber running on twin pistons cocked by a cog and chain mechanism anchors, push-button scabbard lock, ivorine grip with spiral wire bindingoperated via an under-lever, chequered walnut thumbhole stock, much and faceted and pierced crown pommel, complete with its polished brassfinish remaining scabbard embossed with geometrics and lightning bolts, the throat£1,200-1,600 initialled ‘’S.m.s.’ £300-500 The Park Rifle Company was a short lived venture unfortunately killed off by costs and the emergence of the pre-charged pneumatic as the dominant force 201 in sporting air-rifles, Despite superficial similarities to the Whiscombe air rifles (q.v.), the Park Rifle owes more to Sterling Armaments as many of the original workforce were former employees of Sterling. Indeed, the bolt action receiver is a direct copy of the Sterling HR81 & 83 rifles (q.v.). This example was Roy Hutchinson’s second prototype of the Park Rifle, after which he was bought out of the project by James Edmiston, later of Boxall & Edmiston. Only around 400 production rifles were ever produced.200ENFIELD, ENGLANDA SCARCE PATTERN 1907 BAYONET WITH HOOKED QUILLION, issuestamps for January 1911, with blind fullered 17in. spear-point blade,hooked quillion and muzzle-ring, twin screwed walnut scaled and ironpommel with push-button release, complete with a leather scabbard forsame, probably later issue£300-500 23

202 203 204202AN IMPERIAL GERMAN PATTERN 1867/81 CAVALRY SABRE,UNSIGNED, late 19th century, with narrow slightly curved 30 1/2in. platedblade with blind broad fuller, the first half of both sides etched with floralmotifs and trophies surrounding blued panels, the right with ‘KURHESS.TRAIN BATAILLON No,11’ in gothic script, the letters polished bright, thereverse with a depiction of German Cavalry Troopers assaulting a town,plated pierced ribbon half-basket hilt with fixed inner guard and leatherfinger-loop, ribbed hard rubber grip and plain doves-head back-strap,complete with its black painted iron scabbard with fixed suspension ring£250-350203HUNT & ROSKELLA VICTORIAN OFFICER’S CAMPAIGN FOOT LOCKER, a metal reinforcedoak chest, the internal measurement approx. 22 3/4in. x 12 1/4in. x 101/2in., the interior has been re-lined with green baize, brass plaque withmakers name ‘HUNT & ROSKELL STORE MORTIMER & HUNT, 156 NewBond Street, London’ the lid exterior with a central brass plaqueengraved ‘Capt. CHARLES LENNOX PEEL, 7th HUSSARS’£300-500 Provenance: Sir Charles Lennox Peel was born on the 19th January 1823, grandson of Sir Robert Peel, founder of the modern police force. He served with the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars until 1860 and subsequently became Clark Of The Privy Council from 1875 to 1893. He was made Order Of The Bath in 1890. He married the Hon Caroline Chichester, daughter of Baron Templemore in 1848 and died on 19th August 1899.204WEYSBERG & CO., SOLINGENA PRE WORLD WAR ONE PRUSSIAN CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, circa1910, with 32in. curved and plated blade with broad blind fuller andetched with martial trophies around a central eagle device, the bannerbeneath reading ‘MITT GOTT FUR KAISER UND REICH’, the reverse witha bust of the Kaiser, broad langets to hilt, the front carved with crossedsabres, turned down lionshead quillion, carved ‘P’ shaped knucklebow,wire-bound sharkskin grip with lionshead pommel inlet with red glasseyes, complete with its black painted iron scabbard (some powderytarnish to blade), together with a green and silver wire bullion portapeeknot£250-35024

205A COMPOSED DAISHO OF THREE JAPANESE SWORDS, comprising of aTanto, Wakisashi and Katana, the first with almost straight 11 1/4in.signed watered blade with two ‘mekugi-ana’, gilded ‘habaki’ with ‘cat-scratches’, plain brass ‘tsuba’ with reeded edge, bronze ‘fuchi’, ‘kashira’and ‘menuki’ with gilded detail, in its black lacquered ‘saya’ with signed‘kogatana’, the wakisashi similar but with curving 18in. unsigned blade,single ‘mekugi-ana’, iron moulded ‘tsuba’ of chrysanthemum form andpolished saya, furniture similar to first, the last also similar but withsigned curving 22in. blade with two ‘mekugi-ana’, similar furniture tosecond, all blades cleaned£800-1,200 25

206 206207 A PRE WORLD WAR ONE SAXON INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, UNSIGNED, circa 1900, with straight plated blade with triple narrow blind fullers forming into double fullers near the tip, the right hand central fuller marked ‘EISENHAUER GARANTIRT’, the forte marked with a ‘Z’ in a shield and the reverse with a monogram, possibly Friedrich III, ‘D’ shaped brass hilt with pierced folding guard featuring the Saxony coat of arms, wire-bound sharkskin semi pistol-grip hilt and cranked moulded pommel, complete with its blued iron scabbard £300-500 207 A RAY-SKIN MOUNTED JAPANESE TACHI with possible 17th century 25 1/2in. slightly curved blade, good visible ‘hamon’ (small shallow edge nick near tip), three ‘mekugi-ana’, copper ‘habaki’, late edo-period gilded brass mounts together with its ray-skin covered ‘saya’ with twin suspension mounts £400-600 208 A BONE-MOUNTED JAPANESE TACHI, mounted for the tourist market circa 1900 but with earlier 27in. slightly curved blade (frozen in hilt, cleaned with some staining), fully carved bone ‘saya’ depicting samurai warriors, the carving enhanced with coloured infills, plain bone ‘tsuba’ and twin suspension mounts £250-350 20826

210209209 212WKC, SOLINGEN A BRITISH IRON-HILTED CONSTABULARY OR PRISON-OFFICER’SA PATTERN 1889 WURTTEMBERG INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, circa HANGER, circa 1845, with polished curved broad fullered 24in. spear-1910, with straight twin fullered 33in. blade, makers mark to forte, point blade false edged for the last 8 1/4in., plain forte, plain iron ‘D’pierced brass half-basket hilt carved with the Wurttemberg coat of arms, shaped knuckle-bow with locking catch for scabbard and turned downleather finger-loop, wire-bound sharkskin pistol-grip, carved pommel quillion, sharkskin covered grip (wire binding absent) and steppedwith embossed monogram to back, complete with its black painted iron pommel, complete with its iron-mounted leather scabbardscabbard £100-200£250-350 213210 WEYERSBERG, SOLINGENA JAPANESE KATANA with strongly curved 27in. signed blade with full- A SWISS 1899 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, with 31in. pipe-length blind ‘hi’, pierced and moulded iron ‘tsuba’ with traces of gilding, backed slightly curved quill-tipped blade, iron half-basket pierced withcotton-bound ‘tsuka’ with remnants of sword-knot and leather bound foliate decoration surrounding a shield bearing a Swiss Cross device,black lacquered ‘saya’ (incorrect ‘seppa’, missing ‘koiguchi’) wire-bound sharkskin hilt, complete with its polished iron scabbard£400-600 initialled ‘R.B’ at the throat and bearing a loose engraved shield engraved ‘ZUM 50 GEBURTSTAG VON DEN GESCHWISTERN’ (For your 50th211 Birthday from your sisters) and a red and gold bullion sword-knotAN IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, circa World War One, £100-150with pipe-backed 30 1/2in. slightly curved plated blade etched withmartial and academic trophies and fouled anchors (some corrosion), solidbrass half-basket hilt with folding inner guard engraved with an illegiblename on the inner face, the external face of basket carved with floralvines and a crowned fouled anchor, lionshead pommel with green andred glass eyes and ivorine wire-bound grip, complete with its leather andbrass scabbard (distressed)£150-250 27

214 215214A BRASS-MOUNTED CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE WITH BLUE & GILTBLADE SIGNED ‘F.W.K.B.’, early 19th century, possibly French, withcurving broad fullered 33in. spear-point blade, the first third with floraland trophy engraving with traces of gilt infill on a blued ground (faded),brass stirrup hilt with borderline carved edges, drooping quillion andelongated boat-shaped langets, wire-bound leather hilt (losses toleather) and flat-topped pommel with diamond-shaped tang-boss,complete with its all-brass scabbard with twin loose suspension rings onbanded mounts£200-300215 216W. RICHARDSON, LONDONA GOOD SPORTSMAN’S HUNTING KNIFE WITH NATURAL WHALE- 217TOOTH HILT, circa 1910, with 6 1/2in. clip-point blade, broad blind fullers A GOOD CONSTABULARY HANGER TO THE BERKSHIREto both sides, the left side signed ‘W. RICHARDSON’, natural sperm- CONSTABULARY, serial no. S5, circa 1845, with polished straight 23in.whale tooth hilt attached via two pins and fitted with white-metal collar spear-point double edged blade, the right hand face etched ‘BERKSHIREand complete with its moulded leather sheath with matching white metal CONSTABULARY’ around a Queens Crown, plain brass ‘D’ shapedcollar at throat, (chape missing) and suspension loop to reverse, with knuckle-bow marked ‘3’ with locking catch for scabbard and turned downCITES certificate quillion, sharkskin covered grip (wire binding absent) and stepped£400-600 pommel, complete with its brass-mounted leather scabbard stamped ‘S5’ and leather frog marked on the reverse ‘B.C. 34’216 £200-300A CROMWELLIAN ‘LOBSTER-TAIL’ HELMET, circa 1650, with domedbowl embossed with six reinforcing flutes and circular plate with hangingring to top, applied iron visor peak, sliding nasal bar with butterflywingnut, perforated ear-guards (possible replacements) and four lame‘lobster tail’ neck guard, leather strapping replaced£1,800-2,20028

250JONNY WALKER NILSSON, SWEDENAN EXCEPTIONAL EXHIBITION GRADE SPORTING-KNIFE WITH MOSAIC DAMASCUS BLADE, being amodern take on a traditional Nordic design, with 5in.clip-point blade formed from six variegated panelsof differing damascus, the two central panelsthemselves formed from a further nine damascusbillets each and including various examples ofladder, twist and starburst designs, carved fingernotch at forte repeated on the blue-stained fossilisedbirch burl hilt, itself mounted with an inlet circularwhite-metal escutcheon carved with geometricsfilled alternately with black and red fill and in turnoff-set within a carved circular surround, the birchburl separated from the scrimshawed fossilisedmammoth tusk hilt by a central section ofscrimshawed buffalo horn bordered with twin white-metal bands with central red and black lines, carvedcomplex buffalo horn pommel with central aperturefor lanyard, complete with its moulded andembossed close fitting leather sheath mounted withscrimshawed panels of reindeer bone and integralloose belt-loop with bone fastener£5,000-7,000 29

251 JONNY WALKER NILSSON, SWEDEN A FINE HAND-MADE NORDIC SPORTING-KNIFE, of tradition style, with ‘maidenhair’ etched damascus 3in. clip-point blade by Conny Persson, the front part of hilt formed from two pieces of reindeer antler separated by white-metal bands, the rear section with scrimshawed decoration, itself bordered from the birch burl hilt by a further white-metal band, reindeer bone pommel-cap, complete with its moulded and embossed leather sheath with suspension loop to reverse, in a zip-up pouch, the whole unused £2,500-3,50030

252JOHAN STENEVAD, SWEDENA FINE & RARE FOLDING POCKET-KNIFE, made in 2007 with a 2 1/2in.bark-damascus blade, the blank formed by Mattias Styrefors, barkdamascus bolsters relief etched, blue titanium liners, fully carved back-strap, the polished scales of fossilised mammoth tooth, unused (slightstorage marks)£700-900 In 2007 he attended a course in Kangos, Lapland held by the Master Knife- Maker, Anders Hedlund and this knife was the result. 31

256 257253 256LARS UTTERSTROM, SWEDEN MANU LAPLACE ‘1515’, FRANCEA TRADITIONAL SWEDISH FULLHORN KNIFE, MODEL ‘UTTERKNIV’, A FINE AND UNIQUE MOSAIC DAMASCUS FOLDING LOCK-KNIFE WITHserial no. 473, with highly finished 2 3/4in. high carbon stainless steel FOSSIL MAMMOTH-TOOTH HANDLE, with unique mosaic damascusblade, scalloped back edge with false edge for half its length, polished drop-point 3 1/4in. line-locking blade from an original billet forged by Edsmooth moulded birch hilt of traditional form bisected with a white-metal Shempp and formed with the company ‘1515’ logo in multiple placesframework supporting an inlet vulcanite band, the tang secured with a within the steel, ladder damascus bolsters with mosaic pins, Siberianmosaic pin to the pommel, the birch scabbard en-suite with moulded fossilised mammoth molar scales polished and stained for contrast alsoleather throat and a further mosaic pin, the throat with leather held with mosaic pins, multi piece back-strap with a further damascusarticulated belt-loop, unused, with its maker’s authenticity certificate panel and an inlay of similar mammoth tooth, the inside of the knife£300-400 inscribed ‘L’AVENIR APPARTIENT A CEUX QUI CROIENT EN LA BEAUTE DE LEURS REVES’ (The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty254 of their dreams) and ‘MANU’, complete with a leather storage pouch,PATRIK HANSSON, SWEDEN unusedA GOOD REINDEER ANTLER AND BIRCH-WOOD MOUNTED LARGESAMI-KNIFE, with broad highly polished 7in. clip-point blade signed by £1,500-2,000the maker, the smooth antler and birch hilt moulded in traditional formwith the lower antler portion engraved with geometrics and borders, 257complete with its en-suite scabbard, the throat formed of moulded MANU LAPLACE ‘1515’, FRANCEleather, the tip reinforced with four white-metal pins, signed on the A FINE AND UNIQUE DAMASCUS FOLDING LOCK-KNIFE WITH BLUEreverse and fitted with a leather lace suspension loop, unused CORAL HANDLE, with 3 1/4in. line-locking 288 layer ‘wolf damascus’£800-1,200 blade, polished stainless steel bolsters, polished smooth blue coral scales, the back-strap with areas of stippling and an inlet panel of255 matching coral and internally signed ‘MANU’ and ‘LA VERITABLEJIM SISKA, USA RICHESSE D’INTTRE RESIDE DANS LE BIEN QU’IL FAIT AUTOUR DE LUI’A SCARCE CAMEL-BONE HANDLED SKINNING KNIFE, circa 2008, with (The true richness of interest resides in the good that he does arounddrop-point ATS34 stainless steel 3in. blade, serrated thumb-rest to back him), complete with a leather storage pouch, unusededge, nickel-silver bolsters with finger-spur, smooth camel bone scalesheld by two mosaic pins and lanyard aperture at pommel, complete with £600-800its full-grain leather scabbard£250-350 A recognised Master Knife Maker in the US, Jim Siska is mainly known for his larger hunting knifes. Small bladed knives by him are scarce32

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400 401*E. BAKER & SON, LONDON A .700 FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT MUSKET, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘M1777A .625 FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL ‘PATTERN CHARLEVILLE’, serial no. 4053, COMPLETE WITH BAYONET, circa 1795,1823 BAKER’, serial no. 43, circa 1824, with 30 1/4in. twist iron barrel with 42 1/2in. round laminated iron barrel, plain military style lock withrifled in seven grooves and signed ‘E. BAKER & SON’ at the breech-end, brass pan, walnut three-quarter stock with dished cheek-piece, the rightapplied fore-sight, fixed standing notch rear-sight, London proofs, break- side of butt stamped in large letters ‘ARGAU’ over ‘Z.H.’ (probablyoff breech, slightly curved, radiused plain lock, walnut full-stock with indicating Swiss issue), martial cartouche to left cheek, iron furniturebrass furniture, patch-box to right side of butt, brass heel-plate engraved including finger-grooved trigger-guard tang, two broad barrel bands and‘43’ on the top-spur, raised cheek-piece, slotted ramrod channel, original twin banded nose-cap with applied brass fore-sight and under barreliron ramrod and stirrup swivels ramrod, together with a period socket bayonet, (rusted, missing scabbard)£3,000-5,000 Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. £500-80034

402402 404A 22-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING-RIFLE WITH WHITE-METAL A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK HEAVY BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS,MOUNTS SIGNED ‘B & E.H. PASTOR’, serial no. 136, probably German or UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, circa 1790 and possibly from a jail,Belgian circa 1790, with slightly swamped 28 1/2in. octagonal barrel, with 16in. brass barrel banded at and behind the cannon muzzle,dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional moulded band at breech, maker’s mark ‘T.K.’ (possibly Ketland) andfolding leaf, platinum line at breech, engraved top-tang, border engraved London proofs, military style lock with traces of ordnance stampsflat bevel-edged lock with clipped and stepped tail signed ‘B & E.H. (cleaned and pitted), walnut three-quarter hand-rail stock (some filledPASTOR’ below the rainproof pan, roller frizzen, complex bordered finely worm, cracked and repaired at wrist), the side cheek with illegiblechequered walnut full-stock (fore-end renewed), carved raised cheek- supplier’s stamp) brass furniture including ‘S’ shaped side-plate andpiece with raised floral carved detail, the rear left hand side of butt replacement horn-tipped ramrodfurther carved in relief with a wild boar in a naturalistic setting, slidingpatch-box to right hand side with engraved white-metal lid, white-metal £800-1,200moulded and engraved heel-plate (numbered ‘136’ at toe), trophyengraved broad white-metal trigger-guard bow with pineapple finial and 406raised scrolled lower tang, double set triggers, white-metal side-plate JOYNER, LONDONin the form of two recumbent hunting dogs, turned and moulded white- A 12-BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, no visible serial number, circametal ramrod pipes and throat, replacement horn tipped wood ramrod 1770, with round 41 1/2in. slightly swamped barrel, applied white-metal fore-sight (rubbed flat), London proofs and makers mark at breech,£500-700 carved sighting groove to top-tang, flat bevel-edged lock signed ‘JOYNER’ (faint), pointed tail with large sliding safe, walnut full-stock (cracked403 through in antiquity with plated repair to side-cheek), handrail grip, brassMAUBEUGE ARSENAL, FRANCE furniture, vase finial, turned ramrod pipes and replacement ramrodA .680 FLINTLOCK SERVICE-MUSKET MODEL ‘CHARLEVILLE 1777’, novisible serial number, circa 1795, with iron 44in. barrel, solid top-tang, £400-600plain bevel-edged lockplate with radiused tail (signature rubbed), angledbrass pan (frizzen spring replaced), walnut three-quarter stock (someworm at heel), iron furniture, dished cheek-rest, the butt stamped witha circle above ‘2’ above ‘BAT’ above ‘22’, iron nose-cap with integral fore-sight, earlier iron ‘trumpet-ended’ ramrod£300-500 35

408 407 A SCARCE .710 FLINTLOCK RIFLED SERVICE-MUSKET, SIGNED ‘G.B.’, MODEL ‘CHARLEVILLE TYPE’, no visible serial number, traces of a date possibly ‘1819’ at breech, with rifled iron 41in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, solid top-tang, plain lock of military form with brass pan, walnut full stock with dished cheek-piece and iron furniture, all iron pieces marked ‘G.B.’ below a small Guelphic crown (possibly indicating Belgian manufacture) and cup-ended iron ramrod £1,800-2,200 408 D. EGG, LONDON A RARE .550 FLINTLOCK MUSKET FOR AN ENSIGN OR CADET, no visible serial number, circa 1800, with re-browned London proved 32 3/4in. barrel, the top near breech signed ‘D. EGG, LONDON’, block fore-sight, moulded band at breech with solid flared top-tang, borderline engraved radiused lock signed below the pan ‘D. Egg’, walnut three-quarter stock with brass furniture, iron horse-shoe swivels and iron ramrod, fitted with a later leather sling £2,000-3,00036

409HARDING, LONDONA 14-BORE FLINTLOCK SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, no visible serialnumber, circa 1800, with round 32in. barrel, carved short ribs at the breech and signed‘J. HARDING, 38 BLACKMAN ST. BOROUGH LONDON’, London proofs, trophy and floralengraving to top-tang, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved slightly curved flat locksigned ‘J. HARDING’, rain-proof pan with roller-frizzen, walnut half-stock withchequering to wrist, raised cheek-piece, heel-plate with wide toe, iron furnitureincluding scrolled lower tang, trigger-guard bow, pineapple finial and ramrod throat,escutcheoned barrel key and original brass-tipped ebony ramrod£2,000-2,500 37

410 411ROSA HALL, GERMANY A GOOD .750 FLINTLOCK PRIVATE PURCHASE MUSKET SIGNEDA 20-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL ‘JAGER-TYPE’, rack ‘THOMAS’, MODEL ‘BROWN BESS TYPE’, serial no. 20, circa 1800 andno. 94, circa 1750, with brushed bright swamped 26 3/4in. barrel, the top- for volunteer or militia units, with 39in. browned barrel, block fore-sight,flat signed ‘ROSA IM HALL’, the right hand side-flat marked ‘H: S: N: 94’, London proofs and moulded band at breech, flat bevel-edged lock signeddove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with carved foot, ‘THOMAS’ with moulded stepped tail, walnut three-quarter stockengraved beaded band at breech, curved flat bevel-edged lock with (expertly repaired crack at wrist) with brass furniture, large ovallozenge pan and stepped tail, bridleless frizzen, walnut full-stock with escutcheon at wrist engraved ‘20’, stirrup swivels and iron ramrodcarved borders around the brass furniture, further carving to the wristand behind the top-tang, inlaid ebony and ivory star to the raised cheek- £1,200-1,600piece, ‘hogs-bristle’ set trigger and probable replacement wood ramrod The maker was most probably Henry Thomas of Newhall Street, Birmingham£1,200-1,600 1773-1811. Hall was most probably Schwabisch Hall in Baden, Wurttemberg. It came from a castle collection of a European prince in that area whose forbears purchased it new and bears their armoury number engraved on the barrel.38

412 450412 451SARGANT & SON, BIRMINGHAM A 50-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED POCKET-PISTOL SIGNEDAN UNUSUAL .700 FLINTLOCK MUSKET OF CONTINENTAL FORM, serial ‘I. HICKIN’, no visible serial number, circa 1780, with banded turn-off 2no. 8, believed one of a number sold to Baring’s Bank during the Chartist 3/8in. iron barrel (frozen), border and scroll engraved central hammerriots, with octagonal to round 43in. Birmingham proved barrel in the boxlock action signed ‘I. HICKIN’ on the left hand side, London proofs,white, borderline engraved lock of English form signed ‘SARGANT & SON’ trigger-guard bow safety and walnut slab-sided butt inlet with wirebut with French style hammer and applied brass pan, marked scrolls (some losses to inlay)‘WARRANTED’ to the tail, walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture £200-300except twin banded brass nose-cap, the whole resembling a FrenchCharleville musket 452 ST ETIENNE ARSENAL, FRANCE£400-600 A .690 FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-PISTOL, MODEL ‘ANNO XIII’, no visible serial number, circa 1815, with tapering iron 8in. barrel, solid450 top-tang, plain lock (signature rubbed), brass pan and plain ring-cock,GALISSE, LONDON walnut half-stock with bag-shaped butt, brass furniture includingA RARE 120-BORE FLINTLOCK ALL-STEEL DOUBLE-BARRELLED birdshead pommel-cap, trigger-guard and broad barrel-band with linkedPOCKET-PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1775 and of Segalas sideplate, full length iron back-strap and iron nail-headed ramrod,type, with independent 1 3/16in. turn-off rifled cannon barrels (frozen), exposed iron surfaces darkly stainedborderline engraved breech-blocks of octagonal form, scroll engraved £300-500squared action with twin central hammers, the left hand side signed‘GALISSE’, the right ‘LONDON’, border and scroll engraved iron butt withbulbous sides to the pommel and twin side by side triggers with broadengraved sliding trigger-guard bow safe£1,000-1,500 39

453 454TWIGG, LONDON JOHN MANTON, LONDONA SCARCE 40-BORE FLINTLOCK DELUXE TURN-OFF RIFLED POCKET- A 22-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING-PISTOL, serial no. 2870, for 1797,PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1785, with diminutive banded with re-browned octagonal 10in. twist iron barrel, the top-flat inlaid in1in. cannon barrel fully rifled in eight grooves, border engraved squared gold ‘MANTON LONDON’, white metal shaped fore-sight bead, standingboxlock action signed ‘TWIGG’ on the left and ‘LONDON ‘ on the right, notch rear-sight with gold band behind, gold-lined touch-hole, trophyborder engraved central hammer and frizzen, London proofs, guarded engraved top-tang, flat bevel-edged step-tailed lock signed ‘MANTON’,trigger, sliding safe to the top-tang and slab-sided walnut butt, the rear sliding safe behind the cock, roller frizzen with gold-lined semi-rainproofand sides profusely inlaid with silver wire floral scrolls and mounted with pan, walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt featuring stripsa vacant shield-shaped escutcheon to the wrist, the wood around top- of unchequered wood along both sides, trophy engraved trigger guardtang with inlaid wire border bow with pineapple finial and horn-tipped mahogany ramrod£400-600 £1,500-2,50040

456455455 456ROBERT HARVEY, LONDON J PROBIN, BIRMINGHAMA PAIR OF 18-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED PISTOLS, MODEL A 50-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED POCKET-PISTOL, no‘QUEEN ANNE’, no visible serial numbers, circa 1775, with multi-staged visible serial number, circa 1780, with multi-banded turn-off 2 3/8in.tapering round 5 1/4in. iron barrels (frozen), moulded bands at the barrel, engraved squared boxlock action with rounded breech, the actionintersections and muzzles, the rear of breech with London proofs and an sides signed ‘I. PROBIN’ on the left and ‘JNO. STREET’ on the right,engraved band of arabesques, applied screw-down top-tangs, the London proofs, central hammer and frizzen, exposed trigger with bowunderside of breech signed ‘ROBT. HARUEY’ (sic), border and shell safety, smooth bulbous walnut butt, moulded escutcheon to wristengraved locks, recumbent ‘L’ shaped frizzen-springs, borderline engraved ‘W.M.’, and white-metal grotesque mask butt-capengraved top-jaws and frizzen fronts, the latter with central tear-dropmotifs, bulbous walnut butts (one pistol with wood loss below lock and £300-500cracks), silver grotesque mask butt-caps, silver wire scroll inlays to bothbutts, silver pierced acanthus scroll side-plates and escutcheons to both Of the many Probins operating in Birmingham in the late 18th and early 19thwrists, guarded triggers centuries, John Probin of John Street was appointed ‘Gunmaker to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales’, He died in 1800 and was succeeded by Probin, Cherry & Co.£3,000-5,000 457 FRISBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, A 60-BORE FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION POCKET-PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1790, with plain turn- off round iron 1 1/2in. barrels, false rifling at muzzle, squared, signed trophy-engraved boxlock action with London proofs, tap-lever to left hand side, central hammer with sliding safe to the top-tang, slab-sided walnut butt and guarded trigger £250-350 41

458 460458 460A SCARCE .600 FLINTLOCK SERVICE-PISTOL, UNSIGNED, MODEL COLLIS, OXFORD‘M1763 GENDARMERIE’, no visible serial number, French circa 1801, A RARE AND UNUSUAL 40-BORE THUMB-TRIGGER BOXLOCK POCKET-with tapering iron 5in. barrel (stained and frosted), solid top-tang, flat PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1790, with round slightly taperingbevel-edged lock with radiused and pointed tail, ring cock and brass pan, 2 3/4in. iron barrel, rounded breech with private proofs, engraved squaredwalnut full-stock with swept smooth butt, all brass furniture including boxlock action signed in a banner on the left hand side ‘COLLIS’, andtwin banded nose-cap and iron loop-ended ramrod ‘OXFORD’ in an oval on the right, no provision for a conventional trigger£500-700 to the floorplate, central hammer with sliding safe operating around the sides and also locking the frizzen down over the rainproof pan, thumb459 operated push-catch trigger mounted to the top-tang behind the safe andAN 80-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED RIFLED POCKET- slab-sided walnut butt with oval escutcheon to rearPISTOL, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, French circa 1760, withbanded and rifled turn-off 2 1/8in. barrel (frozen), raised top-tang with £400-600carved mount at breech, walnut half-stock carved around the ironfurniture, the pommel carved in the form of a bird’s head, guarded triggerand no provision for ramrod£300-50042

461 462461 463A SCARCE 25-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED HOLSTER- A .690 FLINTLOCK SERVICE-PISTOL, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘BELGIANPISTOL, UNSIGNED, registration no. A-N4626, for County Antrim, the SEA-SERVICE’, no visible serial number, circa 1830, with round iron 9in.pistol circa 1740, with round swamped 8in. barrel, borderline needle and barrel, Liege proofs, bevel-edged lock with radiused tail, the lockplatetear-drop engraved to the breech, private proofs, iron top-tang, bevel- struck with a central Turkish tughra, walnut full-stock with brassedged lockplate with stepped and pointed tail, engraved detail around furniture including flat-based butt-cap with central iron lanyard ring andpan and tail, bridleless frizzen, walnut full-stock with curved bulbous grip no provision for ramrodmounted with a short-tailed brass butt-cap, pierced ribbon sideplate £250-350(repaired), brass furniture and unusual, possibly period brass ramrod 464£800-1,200 A FLINTLOCK POWDER-TESTER SIGNED RYAN & WATSON, no visible serial number, circa 1800, with brass squared boxlock action signed462 ‘RYAN & WATSON, borderline and trophy engraving, central hammer andA GOOD 25-BORE FLINTLOCK OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS BREAST- frizzen, the short ‘barrel’ operating on a graduated friction restrainedPISTOL SIGNED ‘BRANDER & POTTS’, no visible serial number, circa scale underslung below the ‘muzzle’, slab-sided walnut butt and exposed1820 and almost certainly re-utilizing an existing lock, with strongly iron trigger and tensioning springflaring iron 10 1/4in. barrel, the first half at breech raised and relief £300-400carved with stylised trophies of flags and armour together with panelsof floral engraving continuing onto the top-tang, flat bevel-edgedlockplate engraved with a leaf border and a scene of gamebirds andsigned ‘BRANDER & POTTS, MINORIES, LONDON’ en-suite cock (top-jawand part of screw absent), rainproof pan with roller frizzen, walnut full-stock with diamond chequered panels at wrist and fore-end, carved shortbutt featuring inlet floral scrolls, the decoration continuing around thelock and top-tang and along the fore-end to tip, white-metal mouldedheel-plate, engraved iron trigger-guard bow and lower tang, ‘angel-wing’side-plate with traces of possible koftgari-work (front side-nail absent)and no provision for ramrod£300-500 43

465465 466A FINE 28-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS A PAIR OF 50-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK CANNON-BARRELLEDPISTOL SIGNED DALTON, registration no. DU1541, circa 1780, with two- POCKET-PISTOLS SIGNED RICHARDS, no visible serial numbers, circastage brass 10in. barrel, moulded and engraved band at the intersection 1785, with London proved 2 5/8in. turn-off barrels, banded muzzles,and strongly flared banded cannon muzzle, engraved band at breech and squared border and trophy engraved boxlock actions signed ‘RICHARDS’solid iron top-tang, flat brass lock-plate signed ‘DALTON’, stepped in a banner on the left hand side, central hammer and frizzen, plain slab-borderline engraved tail, iron cock and frizzen, walnut full-stock carved sided walnut butts (old cracks and repairs) and trigger-bow safes, in aaround the top-tang with brass bulbous long-eared butt-cap, acorn finial later fitted walnut box with reproduction labelto the brass trigger-guard, brass border-engraved oval escutcheon to £400-600wrist, smaller oval escutcheon integral with the rear side-nail cup, andbrass mounted ebony ramrod 467 BENNETT, LONDON£1,000-1,500 A 32-BORE FLINTLOCK ALL-BRASS TRAVELLING-PISTOL WITH SPRUNG BAYONET, no visible serial number, circa 1790, with slightly This pistol of a type often associated with naval officers is almost certainly by swamped 5in. barrel (bulged), the top marked ‘ROYAL EXCHANGE, Edward Dalton of College Street, Dublin. LONDON’, the right hand side of barrel mounted with a triangular cross- section sprung bayonet released via a catch on the action, borderline engraved central hammer action signed ‘BENNETT’ on the left, slab- sided walnut butt and iron trigger-guard bow £300-50044

469468 469SMITH & WALKER, LONDON E. BAKER & SON, LONDONA 22-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING-PISTOL, no visible serial number, A SCARCE .705 FLINTLOCK HEAVY CAVALRY-PISTOL, no visible serialcirca 1805, with 9 1/4in. octagonal barrel, bead fore-sight, twin platinum number, circa 1805, with round iron 9in. barrel (frosted externally), thelines at breech, the top of breech signed ‘LONDON’, standing notch rear- breech signed ‘E. BAKER & SON’ (rubbed) together with Londonsight, foliage and trophy engraved top-tang, platinum lined touch-hole, commercial proofs, small crescent fore-sight, rounded top-tang (top-nailflat curved bevel-edged lockplate with stepped tail signed ‘SMITH & replaced), plain military-style lock with squared bar and signed ‘E. BakerWALKER’ below the rainproof pan, replacement cock, roller frizzen, & SON’ below the pan, walnut full-stock (fore-end expertly repaired,walnut half-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt, set trigger, white stock cracked in antiquity), heavy brass furniture (butt-cap nail replaced)metal barrel key escutcheons and nose-cap, brass tipped ramrod and flat fronted nose-cap with iron stirrup captive ramrod£700-900 £600-800 45

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470D. EGG, LONDONA FINE CASED PAIR OF .650 (REGULATION) FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOLS, circa 1810, with browned twist-ironround 9in. barrels, the flat sighting planes with moulded tips to top signed in script ‘D. EGG, LONDON’, blade fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights, engraved bands at breech, gold-lined touch-holes, borderline scroll and trophyengraved colour-hardened top-tangs, flat, slightly curved bevel-edged colour-hardened locks signed ‘D. Egg’,floral engraving to the stepped tails, bolted safes behind the cocks, semi-rainproof pans with rollers to the springs,walnut full-stocks with chequered bag-shaped butts, blued short-tailed butt-caps, square-backed trophy engravedtrigger-guard bows, pineapple finials, turned and moulded ramrod pipes and horn-tipped mahogany ramrods andhorn fore-end tips, both pistols retaining a strong amount of original finish throughout and complete in theirmaker’s oak case, lined and compartmented in green coarse baize, original parchment trade-label inside lid andcontaining a later basketweave pistol-flask and cap-tin£7,000-9,000 47

472471 472A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER-PISTOL SIGNED ‘R. BOLSTER’, A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HORSE-PISTOL SIGNED ‘HOFFMANN’, no visibleMODEL ‘FLAT FRONT QUEEN-ANNE’, no visible serial number, circa serial number, Dutch or German circa 1750, with round triple-stage 101730, with iron slightly swamped 6 1/2in. turn-off cannon barrel (frozen), 3/4in. iron barrel, moulded bands at each intersection, solid top-tang,solid pointed top-tang, border and scroll engraved lock with clipped and the breech with sighting groove (possibly added later), slightly curvedbevelled bar signed ‘R. Bolster’, recumbent ‘L’ shaped frizzen-spring, radiused lock with moulded border and engraving to the pointed tail,replacement cock, walnut half-stock with carved detail around the top- carved pan, bridle-less frizzen with signature below the spring, carvedtang (worn), iron Rococo escutcheon to wrist with traces of gilding, short walnut full-stock with moulded borders along the fore-end edges,tailed iron butt-cap and iron vertical flat fore-end cap, all exposed iron ramrod channel and around the lock, rococo carved apron around thesurfaces pitted, lock cleaned top-tang, large teardrops, chisel engraved brass furniture including bulbous pommel with a central Romanesque bust and long side-spurs,£300-500 square-backed trigger-guard, carved escutcheon with a quartered crowned coat of arms to the wrist, complex pierced side-plate and turned thimbles, further carving to the fore-end around the ramrod throat and ivory tipped ramrod (butt cracked through in antiquity and repaired) £800-1,20048

473473 474*A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HORSE-PISTOL SIGNED ‘VITI’, no visible serial KING, LONDONnumber, Italian circa 1730, with triple staged 13 1/2in. iron barrel in the A SCARCE ALL-BRASS 28-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLEDwhite, the breech section octagonal to sixteen-sided, moulded band at SASH-PISTOL, no visible serial number, circa 1775, with brass turn-offthe intersection, applied fore-sight, solid square-tipped top-tang, 5 1/2in. cannon barrel (heavily cleaned, loss to detail), rounded breechstrongly curved bevel-edged flat lock with engraved borders and stepped with traces of engraving and London proofs, scroll engraved boxlockpointed tail, ‘VITI’ signed beneath the lozenge pan, bridle-less frizzen, action with central hammer and rounded corners, the action sides signedburr-walnut full-stock with carved borders (fore-end tip renewed in in banners ‘KING’ and ‘LONDON’ on the right and left respectivelyantiquity), moulded iron furniture including bulbous butt-cap with long together with scroll engraving (all rubbed with loss to detail), bulbousside-spurs, bevel edged trigger-guard and tang, complex sideplate, walnut butt inlet with silver wire scrolls and fitted with a silver grotesquefaceted thimbles and probable replacement wood ramrod, some working mask butt-cap (hallmarks obscured) and a silver Rococo escutcheon toinlet repairs wrist, iron trigger-guard bow safety£1,000-1,500 Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. £400-600 49