13th December Auction Catalogue

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475TATHAM & EGG, LONDONA SCARCE .650 FLINTLOCK OVER-UNDER OFFICER’S PISTOL, serial no.974, circa 1807, with octagonal 7in. smoothbore barrels, the top-flat inletwith a white metal poincon signed ‘TATHAM & EGG’ in raised letters,small blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, platinum line andtouch-holes at breech, martial trophy engraved to the top-tang, flat,slightly curved bevel-edged step-tailed locks signed ‘TATHAM & EGG’(the left refreshed), roller springs with rain-proof pans, sliding safesbehind the hammers, engraved mainspring covers, coarsely chequeredwalnut pistol-grip butt with flared flat-based pommel surrounded by andengraved iron band, the heel inlet with an engraved iron oval platemarked ‘TATHAM & EGG’S IMPROVEMENT’ together with the serialnumber, the wrist with a white-metal oval escutcheon engraved with abear’s paw armorial, engraved flat-fronted trigger-guard bow and worm-ended brass tipped ebony ramrod mounted to the left hand side of barrels£5,000-7,000476A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-MOUNTED HORSE-PISTOL WITHMIQUELET LOCK, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, probablyAlbanian circa 1790, with iron 13in. barrel, plain iron lock with broadexternal mainspring, squared hammer jaws and ribbed frizzen, solidbrass full-stock with bulbous pommel and half-length barrel-cover atmuzzle, the whole of the brass-work chisel engraved with scrolls,borders and arabesques and false ramrod (some loss to detail)£300-500477A 40-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED POCKET-PISTOL,UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, probably French circa 1790, withbrushed bright two-stage 3 1/4in. barrel banded at the intersection andmuzzle, the breech area with longitudinal flutes, solid top-tang, radiusedplain lock with pointed tail, walnut half-stock with birdshead butt andcarved with foliage around the top-tang, iron butt-cap and ramrod£300-500 51

478 A .600 FLINTLOCK SERVICE-PISTOL, SIGNATURE ERASED, MODEL ‘SEA-SERVICE’, no visible serial number, circa 1800, the barrel shortened by regulation to 9in., Tower proofs, solid top-tang, borderline engraved lock, the Tower signature erased from the tail and the GR crown device partially erased from in front of the hammer, walnut full-stock, carved apron around the top-tang, heavy brass furniture except iron belt hook and under-barrel ramrod, some shallow pitting and a small loss to wood below tail of lock £1,500-2,000 This pistol was found with an old note stored inside the barrel (now framed and accompanying the lot) stating that this pistol was the property of Sir Ralph Abercrombie together with a line drawing of a blunderbuss and other indecipherable writing. It is unlikely to refer to this pistol as Sir Ralph Abercrombie died in 1801, before this pistol would probably have been modified, although the shortening of Sea Service pistols was not unheard of before this date and the pistol is in period with his career. Ralph Abercomby (often spelt ‘Abercrombie’) was the eldest son of George Abercromby of Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, and a brother of the advocate Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby and General Sir Robert Abercromby. He was born at Menstrie Castle, Clackmannanshire. His mother was the clever and beautiful daughter of Mr. Dundas of Manor in Stirlingshire. Ralph Abercromby’s education, begun by a private tutor, was continued at the school of Mr. Moir at Alloa, then considered one of the best in Scotland despite its Jacobite leanings. After passing some time here, Ralph was sent to Rugby, where he remained till he was eighteen, then becoming a student at the University of Edinburgh. In Edinburgh he studied moral and natural philosophy and civil law and was regarded by his professors as sound rather than brilliant. He was sent to Leipzig University in 1754 to study civil law with a view to career as an advocate. On returning from the continent, Abercromby expressed a strong preference for the military profession, and a cornet’s commission was accordingly obtained for him (March 1756) in the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He served with his regiment in the Seven Years’ War, and thus, the opportunity afforded him of studying the methods of Frederick the Great, who moulded his military character and formed his tactical ideas. He rose through the intermediate grades to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the regiment (1773) and brevet colonel in 1780, then in 1781, he became colonel of the King’s Irish infantry. When that regiment was disbanded in 1783, he retired upon half pay. He also entered Parliament as MP for Clackmannanshire (1774– 1780). He was a strong supporter of the American cause in the American Revolutionary War, and remained in Ireland to avoid having to fight against the colonists. When France declared war against Great Britain in 1793, he resumed his duties. He was appointed command of a brigade under the Duke of York for service in the Netherlands, where he commanded the advanced guard in the action at Le Cateau. During the 1794 withdrawal to Holland, he commanded the allied forces in the action at Boxtel and was wounded directing operations at Fort St Andries on the Waal. In 1795, he was appointed a Knight of the Bath for his services. That same year, he was appointed to succeed Sir Charles Grey as commander-in-chief of the British forces in the West Indies. In 1796, Grenada was suddenly attacked and taken by a detachment of the army under his orders. Afterwards, Abercromby secured possession of the settlements of Demerara and Essequibo in South America, the islands of Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Trinidad. A major assault on the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April 1797 ended in disaster after fierce fighting where both sides suffered heavy losses. Abercromby returned to Europe and, in reward for his services, was appointed colonel of the 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons. He was also made Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight, Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus in the Scottish Highlands, and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-general. He again entered Parliament as member for Clackmannanshire from 1796 to 1798. From 1797 to 1798, he was Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland. To quote the biographic entry in the 1888 Encyclopaedia Britannica: “There he laboured to maintain the discipline of the army, to suppress the rising rebellion, and to protect the people from military oppression, with the care worthy of a great general and an enlightened and beneficent statesman. When he was appointed to the command in Ireland, an invasion of that country by the French was confidently anticipated by the British government. He used his utmost efforts to restore the discipline of an army that was utterly disorganized; and, as a first step, he anxiously endeavoured to protect the people by re-establishing the supremacy of the civil power, and not allowing the military to be called out, except when it was indispensably necessary for the enforcement of the law and the maintenance of order.” Finding that he received no adequate support from the head of the Irish government, and that all his efforts were opposed and thwarted by those who presided in the councils of Ireland, he resigned the command. His departure from Ireland was deeply lamented by the reflecting portion of the people, and was speedily followed by those disastrous results which he had anticipated, and which he so ardently desired and had so wisely endeavoured to prevent. After holding for a short period the office of commander-in-chief in Scotland, Sir Ralph, when the enterprise against the Dutch Batavian Republic was resolved upon in 1799, was again called to command under the Duke of York. The campaign of 1799 ended in disaster, but friend and foe alike confessed that the most decisive victory could not have more conspicuously proved the talents of this distinguished officer. In 1800, he was sent with an army to recover Egypt from France. His experience in the Netherlands and the West Indies particularly fitted him for this new command, as was proved when he carried his army in health, in spirits, and with the requisite supplies to the destined scene of action despite great difficulties. The debarkation of the troops at Abukir, in the face of strenuous opposition, is justly ranked among the most daring and brilliant exploits of the British army. In the same year he commanded the expedition to the Mediterranean, and after some brilliant operations defeated the French in the Battle of Alexandria, March 21, 1801. During the action he was struck by a musket-ball in the thigh; but not until the battle was won and he saw the enemy retreating did he show any sign of pain. He was borne from the field in a hammock, cheered by the blessings of the soldiers as he passed, and conveyed on board the flag-ship HMS Foudroyant which was moored in the harbour. The ball could not be extracted; mortification ensued, and seven days later, on March 28, 1801, he died. His old friend and commander, the Duke of York, paid tribute to Abercromby’s memory in general orders: “His steady observance of discipline, his ever-watchful attention to the health and wants of his troops, the persevering and unconquerable spirit which marked his military career, the splendour of his actions in the field and the heroism of his death, are worthy the imitation of all who desire, like him, a life of heroism and a death of glory.” He was buried on St. John’s Bastion within Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta, Malta. The British military renamed it Abercrombie’s Bastion in his honour. The adjacent curtain wall linking this bastion to the fortifications of Valletta, originally called Santa Ubaldesca Curtain, was also renamed Abercrombie’s Curtain in his honour. By a vote of the House of Commons, a monument to him was erected in St Paul’s Cathedral in Abercromby Square, Liverpool. His widow was created Baroness Abercromby of Tullibody and Aboukir Bay, and a pension of £2,000 a year was settled on her and her two successors in the title.52

PERCUSSION ARMS 500-599Percussion Arms

500 MADE FOR HRH PRINCE ALFRED WESTLEY RICHARDS A CASED HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 28-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN FOR A BOY, serial no. 7183, with round damascus 20in. barrel, bead fore-sight, carved quarter sighting rib at breech signed ‘WESTLEY RICHARDS 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON’, twin platinum lines and an engraved band at breech, carved snail with platinum vented plug, borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed WESTLEY RICHARDS’, scroll engraved dolphin headed hammer, figured walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture, clipped corner silver escutcheon behind top-tang engraved with an English coronet, oval escutcheons to the barrel key, ivory fore-end tip and ivory tipped ebony ramrod, complete with its maker’s brass bound oak storage-case with parchment trade-label inside lid, the case lined and compartmented in red velvet with matching lidded compartments £10,000-15,000 50054

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500 Provenance: Schloss Langenburg Armoury sale, Thomas Del Mar, December 3rd 2014 This cased percussion sporting gun was made for Prince Alfred as a small boy in about 1850 - by Westley Richards of London, Gunmaker to H.R.H. Prince Albert and therefore possibly gifted to him. From there it was passed on by descent from Alfred to Princess Alexandra at Schloss Langenburg. H.R.H. The Prince Alfred was born on 6th April 1844, the second son and fourth child of H.M. Queen Victoria and H.R.H. The Prince Albert. Prince Alfred Ernst Albert was second in line to the throne, and as such from 1866 he carried the title The Duke of Edinburgh. The gun descended from him to his third daughter, H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra (1878-1942), the wife of Ernst II, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg where it remained in the castle armoury until auctioned to raise funds in 2014. The gun and its case each bear an escutcheon engraved with a coronet of the British Blood Royal. The proportions of the gun are in keeping with those of a young boy (33 1/4in. overall).56

501 502I. HOLLIS & SONS A .577 PERCUSSION CARBINE, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘1861 PATTERNA GOOD .451 PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, CAVALRY CARBINE’, serial no. 223/601, English made almost certainlyMODEL ‘WESTLEY RICHARDS MONKEY-TAIL’, serial no. 270, circa 1865, by Enfield circa 1862, with 21in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight,with Whitworth rifled 25in. blued barrel signed at the breech ‘I. HOLLIS stamped ‘N.S.B.’ below the short elevating ladder rear-sight, numbered& SONS, LONDON’ and ‘WHITWORTH PATENT’, block and blade fore- ‘223’ at breech, plain lock, chained nipple protector, walnut full-stocksight, elevating ladder rear-sight, unsigned lift up breech, plain lock with brass furniture, the heel-plate numbered ‘601’, trigger-guard tangsigned ‘I. HOLLIS & SONS’, the tail with the Hollis monogram surrounded numbered ‘23’, saddle-bar to left hand side cheek, provision for leatherby ‘MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY’S WAR DEPARTMENT’, external hammer, sight cover (absent), two iron barrel-bands and captive iron stirrupwalnut full-stock with iron furniture including heel-plate with central ramrodsprung trapdoor, trigger-guard, nose-cap, single barrel-band and under-barrel clearing rod, strong amount of original finish and colour £300-500throughout£400-600 57

503CALISHER & TERRYA GOOD 30-BORE CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL ‘2ndMODEL PATTERN 1860 TERRY’S PATENT’, no visible serial number,circa 1861, with 20 1/2in. blued barrel, block and blade fore-sight, ladderrear-sight graduated to 900 yds., the rear of breech inscribed ‘TERRY’SPATENT 30 BORE’, side-mounted lift and twist bolt, plain unsignedborderline engraved lock (traces of colour), walnut full-stock with ironfurniture, single key and barrel-band and complete with iron clearing rod£800-1,200504LONDON ARMOURY CO.A .577 PERCUSSION RIFLE-MUSKET, MODEL ‘PATTERN 1856 THREE-BAND’, no visible serial number, dated for 1863, with 39in. barrel, blockand blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, London commercialproofs and ordnance stamps at breech, plain lock with date, signatureand ‘V.R.’ crown device at tail, walnut full-stock, traces of an 1864 datedrework roundel stamped in butt, brass furniture, three iron barrel-bandsand jag-ended ramrod£400-600 503 505 MASSACHUSETTS ARMS, USA A .56 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL ‘GREENE’S PATENT BRITISH TYPE’, serial no. 550, dated for 1856, with tapering round 18in. barrel, dove-tailed block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, central section of outer barrel faceted for grip, plain receiver, long plain top-tang marked ‘GREENE’S PATENT JUNE 27 1854’, back-action lockplate fitted with ‘Maynard’s’ tape priming system and marked ‘MASS. ARMS CO. CHICOPEE FALLS USA 1856’ a ‘VR’ crown cypher and ‘MAYNARD’S PATENT SEPT 22 1845’, plain hammer, walnut butt-stock with iron patch-box and semi-crescent heel-plate, saddle-ring to the trigger-guard tang, large trigger-guard bow with two triggers, the front one unlocking the barrel for loading, sold out of service and ordnance stamps, no provision for fore-end £800-1,200 506 TOWER ARMOURIES, LONDON A .577 PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL ‘PATTERN 1853 ARTILLERY CARBINE’, no visible serial number, dated for 1855, with 24in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, folding leaf rear-sight (leaf replaced), ordnance and sold out of service stamps at breech, plain borderline engraved signed and dated lock with ‘V.R.’ crown device at tail, walnut three-quarter stock with brass furniture, two iron barrel-bands, swivels and iron ramrod £300-500 50558

507A. CLAYTON, SOUTHAMPTONAN 8-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED FOWLING-PIECE, no visibleserial number, circa 1845, with substantial re-browned damascus 36in. barrels, the top-ribwith signature (heavily rubbed), scroll engravedtop-tang, border, scroll and gamesceneengraved bar-action locks signed ‘A. CLAYTON’(rubbed), walnut chequered half-stock (lossesalong edge of fore-end wood), iron furnitureexcept replacement plated brass ramrod throatand replacement brass-tipped wood ramrod£1,800-2,200 59

510 509508* 509A .730 PERCUSSION SERVICE MUSKET, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘SWISS FISHENDEN, TONBRIDGECANTON MUSKET’, serial no. 1576, WITH BAYONET, circa 1840, with A CASED 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-41in. round iron barrel, Zurich canton stamp at breech, plain military style GUN, no visible serial number, for between 1823-37, with re-brownedlock possibly converted from flint (at fault), walnut three-quarter stock damascus 29 1/2in. barrels signed ‘FISHENDEN, TONBRIDGE’ (rubbed),with dished cheek-piece (repaired crack forwards of sideplate on left), scroll engraving to rib-end at breech, twin platinum lines and plugs,iron furniture including finger-grooved trigger-guard tang, two barrel border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed ‘FISHENDEN’, fullybands and twin banded nose-cap with applied brass fore-sight and under engraved dolphin-headed hammers, fully scroll engraved top-tang,barrel ramrod, together with a period socket bayonet, (rusted, missing walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture including re-scabbard) and a period leather sling blued long-spurred heel-plate, trigger-guard tang, bow and ramrod finial and original mahogany ramrod, complete with its probable original oak Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. storage-case, brass corners, compartmented and lined in green baize and including period cleaning rod, powder and shot flasks, patch tin and£300-500 turnscrew, together with sundry cleaning equipment and a number of felt wads £1,200-1,600 510 SHARPS, USA A .56 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL ‘SHARPS 1859 INFANTRY RIFLE’, serial no. 39445, circa 1860, with 30in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight for socket bayonet, folding ladder rear-sight, the base marked ‘R.S. LAWRENCE PATENTED FEB 15TH 1859’, iron receiver with vertical dropping breech, the left hand side marked ‘C.SHARPS’ PAT. SEPT. 18TH 1848’, the right side ‘R.S. LAWRENCE PAT APRIL 12TH 1859’, lockplate with side-hammer, walnut straight-hand butt-stock inlet with a hinged steel patch-box to the right hand side, iron heel-plate, under- lever operation with locking catch to lower tang, three-quarter length fore-end with three iron barrel-bands, iron swivels, some surface corrosion and staining £1,500-2,00060

513511 513NIXON, NEWARK J. CERVIAC, NOSADLA 12-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED PIGEON-GUN, no A FINE 28-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-RIFLE, no visible serialvisible serial number, circa 1855, with damascus 30in. barrels, the top- number, Bohemian, circa 1840, with etched damascus 26 1/2in. rifledrib signed ‘NIXON GUN MAKER NEWARK’ and marked for number two of barrels, one barrel with straight rifling, one with twist rifling, contrastinga pair, platinum plugs at breech, fully borderline and scroll engraved top- etched damascus flat top-rib chisel-engraved at the rib-end with a wolftang, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks signed ‘NIXON, mask and signed in twin interlocking banners ‘J. CERVIAC, NOSADL’,NEWARK’ (traces of colour), scroll engraved hammers, figured scroll engraved complex shaped long top-tang featuring a furtherchequered walnut half-stock (cracked and professionally repaired at engraving of a hunter carrying a stag on his shoulder, irregular shapedwrist in antiquity), iron furniture, gold oval to underside of stock engraved dipped tail back-action locks with scroll and hunting scene engraving,with a crown over a coronet, single take-down key (frozen) and no fully carved and engraved hammers, moulded walnut half-stockprovision for ramrod chequered at the wrist, raised tear-drop cheek-piece, large iron patch- box with complex hinge and engraved with a scene of hunters with their£400-600 dog and prey, engraved heel-plate with game-scene engraved top-spur, complex trigger-guard with carved and moulded scrolled horn tang-512 cover, double trigger with set to front, turned etched damascus ramrodENFIELD, ENGLAND pipes and brass-tipped ebony ramrod, assistance horn pommel attachedA .577 PERCUSSION SMOOTH-BORE CARBINE, MODEL ‘1856 NATIVE to underside of butt, button and wide iron swivelsPOLICE CARBINE’, serial no. 163, dated for 1868, with 21in. Englishproved iron barrel, block and blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, £1,000-1,500ordnance and sold out of service marks at breech, the top of barrelerroneously marked ‘613’, plain bar-action lock signed and dated 514together with an ‘I’ over broad arrow mark and a ‘V.R.’ crown device at J. HAYTON, GRAHAM’S TOWNtail, walnut butt-stock, the right side stamped ‘163’, an Enfield roundel A .550 PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-RIFLE, serial no.stamp and inlet with a brass identity disk marked ‘J. FORT’ and ‘163’, 1665, circa 1850, with heavy octagonal 30in. twist-iron barrel, the broadbrass furniture including toe and heel-plates with the exposed wood top-rib graduated in inches for trophy measurement, blade fore-sight,chequered, iron saddle-bar and ring, two iron barrel-bands and captive standing notch rear-sight with three additional flush folding leaves, theiron stirrup ramrod breech signed ‘J. HAYTON GRAHAM’S TOWN’, engraved rib-end and top- tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed ‘J. HAYTON’,£300-500 walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture including chequered pistol-grip spur to lower tang, single set trigger, horn fore-end tip, replacement under-rib and ramrod, the metal surfaces worn and cleaned with some loss to detail £400-600 61

515 G.H. DAW, LONDON A 12-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED SPORTING- RIFLE FOR DANGEROUS GAME, serial no. 3033, circa 1863, with re-browned octagonal 30in. barrel, the top-flat signed ‘G.H. DAW, TELEGRAPH STATION, THREADNEEDLE ST LONDON’, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, squared breech, borderline engraved top-tang and bar-action lock, the latter signed ‘G.H. DAW’ and fitted with a sliding safe behind the hammer, chequered walnut half-stock (possible expert repair at wrist), iron furniture including chequered spur to the lower tang and replacement mahogany ramrod £2,000-3,00062

516*MAZZA, NAPOLIA 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number, circa 1850,with browned damascus 31in. barrels, the broad slightly concave top-rib signed in gold inlaid gothicscript ‘MAZZA NAPOLI’ within a flourish of scrolls, scroll engraved rib-end and long top-tang, smallplatinum vented plugs, unusually narrow tapering back-action locks with borderline and scrollengraving and inlet with large shield-shaped gold poincons embossed ‘MAZZA NAPOLI’, acanthusscroll engraved dolphin-headed hammers, figured walnut straight hand chequered walnut high-combed half-stock, long spurred iron heel-plate, the lower tang fitted with an engraved full-lengthgrip-safety (at fault), narrow chequered fore-end with clipped corner white-metal rectangularescutcheons for the take-down key and brass mounted mahogany ramrod Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.£400-600 63

517 520517 519A RARE 52-BORE CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SPORTING-RIFLE TOWER ARMOURIES, LONDONSIGNED COOPER & GOODMAN, serial no. 165, and built to J.R. Cooper’s A .577 PERCUSSION SHORT RIFLE, MODEL ‘PATTERN 1856’, no visiblepatent No. 3067 of 1860, with round damascus 33in. barrel, dove-tailed serial number, dated for 1859, with 33in. sighted barrel, the rear-sightadjustable tunnel fore-sight on a raised block, elevating ladder rear- graduated to 1100yds., commercial London proofs at breech, borderlinesight, traces of writing at breech, possibly ‘COOPER & GOODMAN 1860’, engraved signed and dated lock with ‘V.R.’ device at tail, walnut three-border and scroll engraved toggle-style bolt signed ‘J.R. COOPER’S quarter stock with iron furniture, two iron barrel-bands and jag-endedPATENT 1860’, platinum plug, border and scroll engraved bar-action lock iron ramrodsigned ‘COOPER AND GOODMAN’ (some mild pitting to bar), chequeredwalnut half-stock (cracked opposite lock), iron furniture including border £400-600engraved heel-plate with central trap-door, chequered spur to lowertang, applied under-barrel ramrod thimbles and brass tipped mahogany 520ramrod J. RENKIN, LIEGE A RARE 14-BORE PERCUSSION DELUXE DOUBLE-BARRELLED£800-1,200 SPORTING-GUN, MODEL ‘SAFETY SHOTGUN’, serial no. 103, circa 1855, with browned damascus 30 1/2in. barrels, carved arabesques to the sides518 of breech, scroll engraving to rib-end and traces of gilt scroll-work to theAN APPROXIMATELY ‘0’ BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PUNT-GUN tops of the breech, complex bordered broad top-tang engraved withSIGNED POTTS, LONDON, no visible serial number, English, mid to late scrolls and inlaid in gold with a bolting rabbit, complex bordered hump-19th century, with tapering round iron 54in. barrel later painted in black backed scroll engraved bar-action locks further enhanced with giltenamel, large military style borderline engraved lock possibly from a scroll-work (some losses), carved, moulded and engraved hammers,rampart gun signed ‘POTTS, HAYDON ? MINORIES, LONDON’ (rubbed, walnut half-stock of ‘Lazarino’ style with relief carved acanthus scrolls inlight pitting over lock), walnut half-stock with short butt, the fore-end lieu of chequering at the wrist (age cracks to fore-end and above locks),bossed and drilled through for a pintle mount, sheet iron trigger-guard iron heel-pate with central inlet safety plate marked ‘J.H. RENKIN AINEdrilled through for a lanyard release BREVETE No 103’, locking button to toe, complex trigger-guard with grip- safe attached to lower tang, the whole scroll engraved with gilt inlays,£500-800 en-suite ramrod throat, brass tipped ebony ramrod and plain pipes £1,000-1,500 This rare shotgun combines a grip safety which must be depressed before mounting with a sprung heel-plate safe meaning the gun can only be fire when shouldered. The late Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote an in depth article on this actual gun for the December issue of Guns Review magazine in 199664

522 523521 522A 13-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.SIGNED ‘GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE’, no visible serial number, circa A SCARCE .451 (WHITWORTH) CAPPING BREECH-LOADING RIFLE,1850, with darkly browned 30in. unsigned barrels, scroll engraved rib- MODEL ‘MONKEY-TAIL RIFLE’, serial no. 1201, dated for 1862 andend, white metal plugs, long top-tang engraved with a rope-twist design, almost certainly commercial production with brushed bright 36 1/4in.border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed ‘GEORGE NEWTON Birmingham proved barrel, the top marked ‘WHITWORTH PATENT’, drumBROWNE’ (one hammer spur with brazed repair), walnut half-stock and dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight withchequered at the wrist, iron furniture and provision for under-barrel platinum centreline on slider, flip-open breech of typical form markedramrod (missing) ‘WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT’ together with the triangle trademark, signed and dated lock with sliding safe forwards of the hammer, walnut£200-300 full-stock with iron furniture, the heel-plate with central trapdoor, two iron barrel-bands and under-barrel clearing rod £800-1,200 523 FERDINAND TRUWIRTH, VIENNA A FINE 18-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED CAPE-RIFLE, no visible serial number, circa 1850, with etched 27in. damascus barrels alternating between ribbon and rose twist damascus, flat broad damascus top-rib with white-metal fore-sight and standing notch dove- tailed rear-sight, the breech-end of rib signed in gilt ‘FERD. TRUWIRTH IN WIEN’, twin gold bands at breech-end and carved and moulded nipple- bosses with fully scroll engraved surrounds, fully engraved tapering top-tang featuring an oval engraved panel of a recumbent hunting dog and mounted with a small folding tang-sight, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist (cracked and pinned in antiquity), raised carved cheek-piece, sliding wood patch-box, iron heel-plate with scroll engraved top-spur, engraved and carved trigger-guard bow, double triggers with set for the rifle barrel, carved walnut lower tang cover, button and stirrup swivels with period leather sling and replacement wood ramrod £400-600 65

524A RARE 1IN. BORE PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING BANK or WALL-GUN, UNSIGNED,serial no. 608, Belgian manufacture circa 1875, with tapering iron 47in. barrel, smalldove-tailed fore-sight (missing bead), flush-fitting rebated breech-block with internalchamber hinging upwards from the front with rear hinge and nipple, an articulatedlocking lever securing it into battery and folding alongside the left hand side of stock,back action lock modified from a military lock-plate (remnants of a partial Frencharsenal signature), substantial iron top-tang, walnut butt-stock of oversized militaryform, moulded and shaped iron action body with integral tapering fore-end andrectangular aperture to the underside possibly for a mount, a further rebated sectionto the barrel just forwards of the fore-end, also believed for a swivel mount£3,000-5,00066

525*THOMAS BOSS, LONDONA RARE 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLEDSHOT & BALL GUN, serial no. 1360, for 1854, withsmooth-bore 28in. damascus barrels (dents to tubes),the broad flat top-rib signed ‘THOMAS BOSS 73 ST.JAMES’S STREET, LONDON’, the under-rib engraved‘CAPTAIN THE HON’BLE ASHLEY PONSONBY,GRENADIER GUARDS’, bead fore-sight, single 100yd.standing notch rear-sight folding flush to the rib, scrollengraved breech-block with platinum line and vents,fully scroll engraved top-tang, border and scrollengraved bar-action locks signed ‘THOMAS BOSS’(traces of colour), sliding safes behind the scrollengraved slab-sided hammers, figured chequeredwalnut straight-hand half-stock, the right hand side ofbutt inlet with a scroll engraved iron patchbox featuringan engraving of a lion to the lid, blued iron furniture, thetrigger-guard bow engraved with an eagle and snakedevice, silver oval escutcheon featuring the crests of thePonsonby and Ashley-Cooper families over the initials‘A.G.P’, eyelets for sling and replacement iron ramrod Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.£3,000-5,000 The Honourable Ashley Ponsonby was a younger son of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley, third son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough. His mother was Lady Barbara, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury. Ponsonby was a Captain in the Grenadier guards, the Member of Parliament for Cirencester and a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. He died in 1898, aged 66. This gun is described in the Thomas Boss records as ‘A heavy shotgun with 28in. barrels, suitable for a minie ball’. It is the only such gun so far identified. It follows the format of the rare percussion double rifle made by Boss of which only 31 were produced. For a rifle of similar form with near identical engraving attributed to the engraver John Sumner, serial no. 1053 built in 1853, see page 68 of Donald Dallas’s book ‘Boss & Co., Best Gunmakers’ Please see ‘In The Gunroom’ by Donald Dallas for further information 67

526J.W. EDGE, MANCHESTERA FINE CASED 12-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, serial no.1493, circa 1852, with expertly rebrowned 30in. barrels signed on the top-rib ‘JOHN WILLIAMEDGE’, engraved bands at breech and a gamebird engraved to the rib-end, platinum ventedplugs, borderline and fully scroll engraved top-tang, border, scroll and gamescene engravedback-action locks signed ‘J.W. EDGE’, scroll engraved dolphin headed hammers, the bodiesinhabited by serpents and mythical beasts, chequered walnut half-stock (cracked and expertlyrepaired forwards of standing breech), escutcheon at wrist engraved with a club-wieldingancient man, iron furniture including game-scene and scroll engraved spur to the heel-plate,scroll engraved lower tang, border engraved trigger-guard bow with hunting dogs, pineapplefinial and engraved ramrod throat and worm ended brass tipped ebony ramrod, complete in itsmakers brass banded oak storage case, the inside of lid with parchment label for the Ridgefieldaddress, compartmented and lined in green baize with lidded compartments and a goodnumber of period accessories including a spare ramrod, dismountable cleaning rod, turn-screw (with ivory pommel), nipple cleaners, brush, two nice period shot and powder-flasks,nipple key, spring clamp, wad-punch, two oil bottles and a large cap-tin, the outer lid withescutcheon marked with the gun number and ‘JOHN WOOD’£5,000-7,00068

528527 528WESTLEY RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM A GOOD 12-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUNA .450 (WHITWORTH) CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL SIGNED ALEX’R HENRY, no visible serial number, of heavy construction‘MONKEY-TAIL’, serial no. 13207, dated for 1874, with 25in barrel, block circa 1855, with browned twist 30in. barrels, the top-rib signed ‘ALEX’Rand blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip-up breech marked HENRY, EDINBURGH’, silver bead fore-sight, scroll engraving and an‘MANUFACTURED BY WESTLEY RICHARDS’ together with the triangle engraved band to breech (traces of colour), platinum plugs, broadtrade-mark, flat signed and dated lock, external hammer, walnut full- borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved bar-stock with iron furniture including heel-plate with central trapdoor, single action locks signed ‘A. HENRY’, scroll engraved dolphin headedbarrel-key and barrel-band and replacement iron ramrod hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with engraved iron furniture and associated brass-mounted wood ramrod£300-500 £2,000-3,000 This shotgun is typical of items made by various other gunsmiths and bought in by Alexander Henry for retail in his shop 529 A 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN SIGNED W. RICHARDS, serial no. 7379, circa 1855, with re-browned 28in. barrels, traces of signature to rib, borderline and scroll engraved top- tang, bar-action border and scroll engraved locks signed ‘W. RICHARDS’, chequered walnut half-stock with iron furniture and brass mounted mahogany ramrod £300-500 This gun is almost certainly the product of W. Richards of Liverpool 69

530 ROBERT ANCELL, PERTH A FINE AND RARE .704 (BELTED BALL) PERCUSSION DOUBLE-RIFLE, serial no. 2039, circa 1850, with fine twist 30in. London proved damascus barrels, the broad flat top-rib signed ‘R. ANCELL, 44 GEORGE ST PERTH MAKER TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT’, dove-tailed beaded blade fore-sight on a stippled ground, numbered for two of a pair forwards of the triple bladed flush folding rear-sight, each leaf with a platinum centreline, platinum vented plugs, scroll engraved rib-end and top-tang, the latter also featuring an engraving of a recumbent stag, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks (traces of colour) and signed ‘ROBERT ANCELL’ on the bar, sliding safes forwards of both dolphin headed engraved hammers, chequered walnut half-stock with engraved iron inlet patch-box to right hand side of butt, chequered iron heel- plate with engraved top-spur, engraved trigger-guard bow with chequered pistol- grip spur to lower tang (traces of finish) and brass tipped heavy duty mahogany ramrod £2,000-3,00070

531 532CHARLES FISHER, LONDON J H MERRILL, USAA GOOD 8-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-BARRELLED FOWLING-PIECE, A SCARCE 50-BORE CAPPING BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSIONserial no. 178, circa 1835, with triple-staged twist iron 32in. barrel, the SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL ‘MERRILL’S PAT.’ no visibletop-flat signed ‘CHARLES FISHER(S), PRINCES ST’T LEICESTER SQUARE serial number, circa 1860, with reblued round 25 3/4in. barrel, dove-LONDON. FROM MANTONS’, the breech block engraved with game-birds tailed fore-sight, dove-tailed elevating rear-sight, scroll engravedand with twin platinum lines, platinum vent, scroll engraved top-tang, rearward hinged lift-up breech signed ‘JAS H MERRILL, BALTO,border and scroll engraved lock and hammer, the signature ‘CHARLES PATENTED JULY 1858’, top-tang with provision for peep-sight (missing),FISHER LONDON’ running around the top edge of lock bar, birdseye recoloured border and scroll engraved bar-action lock, walnut half-stockmaple half-stock chequered at the wrist, silver escutcheon to toe chequered at the wrist, raised cheek-piece, patch-box with replacementinitialled ‘R.P.R.’, iron heel-plate and trigger-guard, white metal barrel- lid inlet to the right hand side of butt, crescent heel-plate with additionalkey escutcheons and horn fore-end tip, complete with brass tipped toe-plate (inlet repair at toe), pistol-gripped spurred trigger-guard bow,probably associated ramrod double set-triggers, scroll engraved winged side-nail cup and splinter fore-end with carved schnabel tip£1,500-2,000 £700-900 71

533 535 ALEX’R HENRY, EDINBURGH533 AN OUTSTANDING CASED .451 PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLEDCALISHER & TERRY, LONDON SPORTING-RIFLE, serial no. 1516, for 1866, with browned damascus 28A 30-BORE CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SPORTING-CARBINE, MODEL 3/4in. Henry rifled barrels, the flat top-rib signed ‘ALEXr. HENRY 12‘TERRY’S PATENT’, serial no. 2015, circa 1865, with 22in. barrel, block SOUTH ST ANDREWS ST EDINBURGH’, the rib matted for its full lengthand blade fore-sight, ladder rear-sight, the rear of breech with traces of except the signed area, beaded blade front-sight, standing notch rear-inscription ‘TERRY’S PATENT 30 BORE’, side mounted scroll engraved sight with additional folding leaf, the colour-hardened breech-block withlift and twist bolt, borderline and scroll engraved lock signed ‘CALISHER scrolls to the top and engraved platinum plugs, fully scroll engraved top-& TERRY, LONDON’ (traces of colour), chequered walnut half-stock with tang, border and scroll engraved bar-action locks (much colouriron furniture, single barrel key and eyelets for sling remaining) signed in a banner ‘ALEXr. HENRY’ below the hammers, slab-£700-900 sided fully scroll engraved moulded hammers of ‘Henry’ form with dolphin heads and blued sliding safes, chequered figured walnut half- stock, chequered iron heel-plate, engraved and chequered iron pistol-grip spur to lower tang, engraved trigger-guard bow and finial, scroll engraved ramrod throat, plain thimbles and original ramrod, together with its manufacturers mahogany storage case compartmented and lined in pale brown embossed leatherette and containing a full complement of accessories including the bullet mould, powder flask, Allport snail capper, turn-screw, percussion caps, nipple keys and cleaners, loading rod, wad-punches, horn patch pots and further bone pots for caps and nipples, the whole in a remarkable state of preservation and retaining much finish and colour throughout (two compartment lids missing lifting knobs, two small unidentified tools absent) £9,500-10,500 Provenance: According to the Alexander Henry records, this rifle is listed as a 62-bore double barrelled rifle and was ordered by the Earl of Warwick. George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke (28 March 1818 – 2 December 1893), styled Lord Brooke from 1818 to 1853, was an English Tory politician. George was a prolific contributor to the improvements of Warwick Castle during the nineteenth century. He oversaw the redecoration of the castle’s Great Hall and domestic apartments after the fire of 1871. The celebrated architect Anthony Salvin was employed to rebuild the hall in the typical Victorian ‘Gothic’ taste, embellished with stained glass to achieve the effect of a medieval baronial hall. The domestic apartments were also redesigned, with each room assigned a different ‘historical’ style, typical of the nineteenth century interest in the ‘Romantic Interior’. He was thought of as being extremely creative with his designs. George was also a great collector of arms and armour, most of which was purchased through the legendary New Bond Street dealer and forger Samuel Luke Pratt (1805–1878). Many of the greatest pieces were acquired by Pratt from the dispersed collection of Samuel Rush Meyrick and later sold to Greville. Alongside original pieces, Pratt sold the Earl several ‘fake’ pieces of armour, a practice that was fairly common place for dealers in antique furniture and arms and armour at the time.534*HERRMANN, BERNAN UNUSUAL 20-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING-TARGET RIFLE, serialno. 100, Swiss circa 1845, with heavy round micro-rifled 35 1/4in. barrelsigned ‘HERRMANN’ at the breech along with a shield-shaped maker’sstamp and the date ‘1553’, small dove-tailed fore-sight, large elevatingrear-sight with a tangent side-scale, the top of barrel engraved with acentral line bisected at intervals with range markings, no provision fortang-sight, fully fenced snail, plain bar-action lock bearing the serialnumber and ‘IN BERN’, plain heavy walnut half-stock with ‘roman-nose’butt, raised cheek-piece, heavy Swiss-style iron heel-plate, double-settriggers with finger-grooved quick release trigger-guard bow and tang,moulded iron fore-end cap and substantial wood ramrod with jag end,the side of muzzle with square socket, possibly for a bayonet and fittedwith a period leather sling (distressed) Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.£600-800072

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536 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA A .58 PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL ‘PATTERN 1861 MUSKET’, no visible serial number, dated for 1864, with brushed bright 40in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, ‘L’ shaped rear-sight blade, inspector’s stamps at breech, plain top-tang, bevel-edged bar-action lock engraved with an American Eagle to both the plate and the nipple boss, and signed ‘US’ and ‘SPRINGFIELD’, the date stamped at tail, inspector’s stamps to the plain hammer, walnut full-stock with applied plaque to the left hand side of butt reading ‘THIS RIFLE WAS PRESENTED TO NORMAN FRANK ERLAM ON 27 FEBRUARY 2001 IN RECOGNITION OF 22 YEARS SERVICE AS HONORARY SECRETARY. FROM THE MEMBERS OF BOLTON RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB’, iron furniture including three barrel-bands and nose-cap and retaining its original cup-ended iron ramrod £600-800 537 F. BARNES & CO., LONDON A RARE .702 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET, MODEL ‘1851 PATTERN MINIE RIFLE’, no visible serial number, circa 1851, with round iron 39in. barrel rifled in four grooves, solid top-tang, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, borderline engraved colour hardened lock signed ‘F. BARNES & CO, LONDON’, walnut full-stock, brass furniture, mushroom headed iron ramrod and Lovell’s bayonet catch, much finish, the barrel refinished in antiquity £2,500-3,500 53774

538*A 15-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN SIGNED‘MANTON, LONDON’, no visible serial number, almost certainly JohnManton circa 1860, with possible replacement (see footnote) re-blued 32in.London proved twist iron heavy barrels, raised sighting rib signed ‘LONDON’,bead fore-sight, gold line, border engraving and the head of a hunting dogengraved at breech, platinum plugs and engraved bolsters, fully scrollengraved top-tang, border, scroll and gamescene engraved bar-action lockswith dipped tails and sliding safes behind the hammers, walnut half-stock(chequering removed in antiquity from wrist and possibly fore-end), voidescutcheon to top of wrist, twin set triggers, iron furniture (re-blued, detailrubbed) and provision for under-barrel ramrod (absent) Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.£400-600 The presence of set triggers for both barrels would suggest that either this gun was originally a rifle or equipped with an extra set of rifle barrels now missing, or was also intended for ball 75

550A ORBEA, EIBAR A 54-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘SPANISH KERR COPY’, serial no. 3782 circa 1860, with 5 5/8in. semi- octagonal barrel, bead fore-sight, plain top-strap stamped with the letter ‘A.O.’ with an anchor device between, repeated on the cylinder, lock and stamped in the wood, notch rear-sight to top of standing breech, plain five-shot cylinder (arbour release pin replaced), two-piece frame construction marked ‘ORBEA HERM’S EIBAR’ and with open sparse scroll engraving, coarsely chequered walnut grip with back-action lock inlet to the right hand side (chipped at lock tail), side hammer, lanyard ring at heel, single-action trigger (slightly at fault) and hinged under- barrel loading lever, strong traces of original finish £800-1,200 551 COLT, USA A .44 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘MARTIAL 1860 ARMY’, serial no. 140089, for 1863, with 8in. round, sighted barrel signed ‘ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA’, plain stepped cylinder roll engraved with a naval scene, open iron frame marked ‘COLT’S PATENT’, cut-outs on recoil shield and heel for shoulder-stock, 551 brass trigger guard stamped ‘.44 CAL’, iron backstrap, smooth walnut grip with martial cartouche and inspector letter stamps to all major parts (mostly ‘D’ and ‘H’), slight traces of original finish £800-1,200 Provenance: previously sold Bonhams, London, sale 20802, 31st July 2013, Lot 629539 552TOWER ARMOURIES, LONDON STARR ARMS, USAA .650 PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL ‘INDIA PATTERN CAVALRY A .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODELCARBINE’, no visible serial number, dated for 1858, with 21in. ‘1859 ARMY’, serial no. 17020, circa 1864, with round 6in. sighted barrel,smoothbore barrel, fixed open sights, the side of barrel below rear-sight dove-tailed blade fore-sight, plain cylinder, plain hinged frame,marked ‘N.S’ over ‘KOS’, sold out of service stamps at breech, borderline selectable trigger-blade, flared walnut smooth one-piece grip withengraved signed and dated lock with ‘VR’ crown device to tail, walnut full- martial cartouche and articulated under-barrel loading lever, the wholestock (extensive filled termite damage to left of butt, toe repaired), Farsi stripped of finishmarkings to brass heel-plate top-spur repeated on the trigger guard £500-700tang, two iron barrel-bands and captive pan-headed iron stirrup ramrod 553£300-500 AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK TURN-OVER POCKET-PISTOL, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number, circa 1840, Birmingham proofs,550 with turn-off 3 1/4in. barrels (frozen), engraved bands and false rifling atAN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 80-BORE PERCUSSION SELF-COCKING muzzle, scroll engraved central hammer boxlock action with radiusedPOCKET-REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘BALLS PATENT’, no visible corners, integral nipple guard to under-side, folding automatic triggerserial number, and possibly manufactured by H. Balls of Birmingham and finely chequered walnut bag-shaped butt with nickel oval escutcheoncirca 1858-59, with blued octagonal 4 1/4in. barrel, dove-tailed blade to wristfore-sight, scroll engraving to the sides of barrel-throat, borderline £200-300engraved top-strap with scroll engraving to the front and around thestanding notch rear-sight, two-piece blued iron frame with borderline 554and scroll engraving, the left hand side marked ‘H. BALLS PATENT’, COLT, LONDONcolour hardened six-shot plain cylinder with milled band to the leading A .36 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1851 LONDONedge, polished spurless hammer with rocking automatic safe below, NAVY’, serial no. 33498, for 1855, with 7 1/2in. octagonal barrel signedscroll engraved rocking oval trigger-guard with cocking spur, chequered ‘ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON’, London proofs at breech, plain six-shotwalnut one-piece grip profiled to the frame with shallow domed and cylinder scrubbed of scene, open iron frame marked ‘COLT’S PATENT’,scroll engraved iron butt-cap, the left hand side of barrel mounted with iron grip-straps and trigger guard, smooth walnut grip with traces of unita borderline engraved rammer marked ‘PATENT’, securing on a screwed markings on the right hand side, possibly ‘17’ over ‘6’ and hinged under-stud, expertly re-blued and re-coloured throughout, action slightly at fault barrel rammer, finish worn and darkly stained £600-900£800-1,20076

555 555A555 555AMASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., USA ROBERT ADAMS, LONDONA RARE .31 TAPE-PRIMED REVOLVER, MODEL ‘MAYNARD PRIMED A FINE CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER,BELT REVOLVER, serial no. 648, manufactured between 1851-57 in MODEL ‘BEAUMONT-ADAMS, serial no. 31633R, circa 1856, with bluedquantities of less than 1,000, with round iron 5in. barrel hinged at rear of octagonal 5 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-top-strap, the top-strap signed ‘MASS ARMS CO CHICOPEE FALLS’, sight, the top-strap signed ‘ROBERT ADAMS, 76 KING WILLIAM STREETnickel fore-sight (worn down), standing notch rear-sight, hand-rotated LONDON E.C.’, the top left flat of barrel marked ‘L.A.C.’, plain blued five-six-shot cylinder with locking device inside the trigger-guard, scroll shot cylinder, borderline engraved solid frame with sliding safe to leftengraved rounded back-action lock integral with the receiver, engraved hand side, brushed bright hammer and trigger, chequered saw-handledside-hammer (hammer screw replaced), hinged trap-door on the grip with colour hardened iron cap and colour hardened trigger-guardMaynard tape priming system embossed with a shield bearing an eagle bow, the whole retaining virtually all its original London blue finish anddevice surmounted by the words ‘MAYNARD’S PATENT’ and with ‘SEPT 22 appearing unfired together with its manufacturer’s oak storage case lined1845’ below, brass back-strap and trigger guard bow (traces of nickel- and compartmented in green baize, blue parchment trade label to insideplate) and smooth one-piece walnut grip. of lid and containing a full suite of accessories including a bag-shaped copper ‘Dixon’ flask, cleaning rod, double cavity brass mould, ball pouch,£700-900 nipple-key and boxwood cap-pot, also all in fine condition This interesting American revolver was the result of a huge fine imposed on £2,000-3,000 the Massachusetts Arms Co after infringing Colt’s patent with their earlier Wesson & Leavitt revolver. So as to not go out of business, this revolver was 556 produced hand operated and with Maynard’s tape priming system so as not HAMMOND, MANCHESTER to infringe Colt’s patent. 200 were supplied to the famous American A 16-BORE PERCUSSION ‘MANSTOPPER’ POCKET-PISTOL, no visible abolitionist, John Brown in 1857. serial number, circa 1835 and possibly converted from a cut-down flintlock duelling pistol, with brushed bright octagonal 4in. barrel, scroll engraved top-tang, fenced nipple bolster, borderline and scroll engraved lock signed ‘HAMMOND, MANCHESTER’, scroll engraved hammer with bolted safe behind, walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt and replacement iron ramrod (possibly originally captive) £200-300 77

558 560556A 559A 100-BORE PERCUSSION POCKET-REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, MODEL COLT, USA‘WEBLEY WEDGE-FRAME TYPE’, serial no. 1442, circa 1860, with 3 1/2in. A .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1860blued octagonal barrel, borderline engraving to muzzle and top-strap, ARMY’, serial no. 155515, for 1865, with 8in. blued barrel, the top signedthe top-strap further marked ‘PATENT DOUBLE ACTION’, borderline ‘ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK US AMERICA’ (rubbed), bluedengraved frame, double-action mechanism with spurred hammer, stepped cylinder, blued frame with provision for shoulder-stock, ironchequered walnut grip of ‘Webley’ form and articulated rammer mounted backstrap, one-piece walnut grip, brass trigger-guard and front-strap,to the left hand side of barrel, strong amount of original finish remaining hinged under-barrel rammer, the whole of the metalwork heavily£600-800 refinished557 £600-800REMINGTON, USAA .36 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL ‘NEW MODEL NAVY’, Provenance: Previously sold in these rooms December 2013, sale A121213,serial no. 24425, circa 1864, with octagonal nickel-plated 7 3/8in. barrel, Lot 596the original address detail faint and illegible and overstamped ‘C.M.T.600’, dove-tailed conical fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, 560nickel-plated solid frame, plain plated cylinder and smooth walnut grips, LONDON ARMOURY CO.the whole nickel-plated in antiquity A 54-BORE SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘KERR’S PATENT,£600-800 serial no. 2480, circa 1856, with 5 5/8in. semi-octagonal barrel, bead fore-sight, the left hand top-flat with London proofs and stamped ‘L.A.C.’,558 plain top-strap with notch rear-sight to top of standing breech, plain five-ALLAN & WHEELOCK, USA shot cylinder, two-piece frame construction marked ‘KERR’S PATENT’,A .36 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL ‘SIDEHAMMER NAVY, coarsely chequered walnut grip with back-action lock inlet to the right2ND PRODUCTION’, serial no. 215, circa 1860, with tapering 5 3/4in. hand side signed ‘LONDON ARMOURY CO.’, side hammer, lanyard ring atoctagonal barrel, the left side signed ‘ALLEN & WHEELOCK WORCESTER heel, single action trigger (at fault) and hinged under-barrel loading lever,M.S. U.S.’ over ‘ALLEN’S PTs JAN 13 DEC 15 1857 SEPT 7 1858’, dove- stripped of finish with mild stainingtailed blade nickel fore-sight, sighting groove to top-strap, plain cylinderroll engraved with rabbit, deer and doe motifs, hinged rammer forming £500-800the trigger-guard bow (catch spring at fault), solid frame and smoothwalnut grips, mostly stripped of finish (traces of blue to cylinder, hammerand rammer)£700-900 Only approximately 750 of these secondary martial revolvers were produced78

562 563561 563C. REEVES, BIRMINGHAM A 40-BORE RIFLED SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-PISTOL, UNSIGNED, noA RARE 54-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL visible serial number, Continental circa 1840, probably Belgian, with fine‘REEVE’S PATENT’, no visible serial number, conforming to patent 1623 damascus slightly swamped 10 1/2in. barrel, small dove-tailed fore-sight,of July 19, 1858, with 6in. octagonal barrel marked ‘HENRY ALLPORT, standing notch rear-sight, scroll engraved breech-block with inlet whiteCORK’, dove-tailed fore-sight, the top-strap signed ‘CHARLES REEVES, metal bands, Liege proofs, engraved top-tang, borderline and scrollIMPROVED PATENT, DOUBLE ACTION’ and engraved with a scrolled engraved bar-action lock, engraved dolphin headed hammer, walnutborder, standing notch back-sight to rear, plain five-shot cylinder with half-stock with chequered grip swelling at the pommel, cap-box at heelengraved borderlines, borderline and scroll engraved solid frame with with shell-carved iron lid, spurred trigger-guard bow, single set triggerside-plate, spurred hammer, chequered one-piece semi saw-handled and no provision for ramrodwalnut grip, articulated loading lever mounted to left hand side of barreland pull-down release for cylinder arbor (arbor catch replaced, action at £500-700fault, worn with pitting) 564£400-600 COLT, USA A .44 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1860 ARMY562 FOUR-SCREW’, serial no. 151028, for 1864, with 8in. round, sightedTULLE ARSENAL, FRANCE barrel signed ‘ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA’A .590 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-PISTOL, MODEL ‘1842 (rubbed), plain stepped cylinder scrubbed of roll engraved scene, openGENDARMERIE’, serial no. 27, dated for 1846, with tapering octagonal to iron four-screw frame marked ‘CSA’ and ‘COLT’S PATENT’, provision forround 5in. barrel ‘in the white’, nipple boss offset to the right of centre, shoulder-stock, brass trigger guard stamped ‘.44 CAL’, iron backstrap,plain isolated back-action humpbacked lock signed ‘MRE RLE DE walnut grip with martial cartouche, refinished and some numbers erasedTULLE’, plain hammer (screw absent), walnut three-quarter stock with or partially erasediron furniture including birdshead butt-cap and nose-cap with integralfull length fore-end tang, nail-headed ramrod and issue stamps to left £700-900hand side of wood Provenance: Previously sold Bonhams sale 20802, 31st July 2013, Lot 626£250-350 This is possibly a battlefield pick-up re-purposed by the Confederate Army. It would appear the barrel, whilst period, is not original to this revolver 79

565 567565 567ADAMS FOR WM. & JN. RIGBY, DUBLIN LEFAUCHEUX, PARISA 54-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘ADAMS’ A LATE 50-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET-PISTOL, no visiblePATENT’, serial no. 32495R, circa 1858, with blued 5 3/4in. octagonal serial number, circa 1880 and numbered for ‘1’ of a pair, with bluedbarrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, the top- octagonal 10 1/2in. barrel, narrow blind flutes along each edge, the top-strap signed ‘WILL’M & JN’O RIGBY, DUBLIN’, London Armoury stamp flat signed ‘LEFAUCHEUX A PARIS’ in script, small dove-tailed fore-sight,to barrel and arbor mount, solid borderline engraved blued frame borderline and scroll engraved colour-hardened breech-block (faded),marked ‘B16821’ over ‘ADAMS’ PATENT No. 32495R’, spurred hammer standing notch rear-sight to the engraved top-tang, borderline and scrolland sliding safe behind the plain five-shot cylinder, chequered walnut engraved bar-action lock with dipped tail, en-suite hammer, walnut half-semi saw-handled grip and shallow domed iron butt-cap, fitted with an stock with fluted grip, engraved iron butt-cap with spire point, spurredarticulated rammer numbered ‘6057’, strong traces of probable original trigger-guard bow, plain trigger and acanthus carved fore-end tip, nofinish throughout provision for ramrod, much finish remaining£700-900 £1,500-2,000566 568REMINGTON, USA A 50-BORE PERCUSSION SELF-COCKING REVOLVER, UNSIGNED,A .44 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1858 ARMY’, MODEL ‘ADAMS’ 1851 PATENT’, serial no. 20760Y, circa 1855, with bluedserial no. 75731, probably civil war production, with octagonal 8in. barrel octagonal 6 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight with engraved band atsigned ‘PATENTED SEPT 15 1858, E. REMINGTON & SONS ILION NEW muzzle, standing notch rear-sight to the rear of the border engraved top-YORK USA’ (New Model wording absent), pinched blade fore-sight, strap, borderline and scroll engraved blued solid frame markedsighting groove to the top-strap, solid iron frame, plain cylinder with ‘50-BORE’ to the front and ‘ADAMS’ PATENT’ to the right hand sidesafety notches, brass trigger-guard and smooth walnut grips, the left (missing detachable rammer and inverted ‘Y’-shaped safe spring), plainwith traces of a martial cartouche, stripped of finish with dark staining five-shot cylinder with engraved band to leading edge, one chamber inscribed ‘J. Mc.D.A. 1855’ and another ‘G.E.D.L. 1905’, fitted with£600-800 Tranter’s Patent double trigger (use no. 1386), spurless hammer, chequered walnut one-piece semi saw-handled grip and iron butt-cap, retaining much of an older London re-finish £500-70080

570 571569 572T. KETLAND & CO., LONDON COLT, USAA 25-BORE PERCUSSION BRASS-BARRELLED OFFICER’S PISTOL, no A .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1860visible serial number, circa 1780 with later conversion to percussion via ARMY’, serial no. 75953, for 1862, with re-blued 8in. barrel, the topdrum and nipple from flint, with tapering round brass 9in. barrel signed signed ‘ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK US AMERICA’, re-bluedat the breech ‘LONDON’ within a steeple border terminating in a tear- stepped cylinder with roll-engraved naval scene, re-coloured frame withdrop, solid iron engraved top-tang, borderline engraved flat lock signed provision for shoulder-stock, iron backstrap, one-piece walnut grip, brass‘T. KETLAND & CO’ (shallow pitting, vestiges of pan, original apertures for trigger-guard and front-strap and hinged under-barrel rammerflintlock parts plugged), walnut full-stock (losses around lock), brassfurniture including short tailed domed butt-cap and ‘S’ shaped side-plate, £1,000-1,200possible original horn-tipped wood ramrod£200-300 Provenance: Previously sold Christies South Kensington, 30th April 2013, Lot 54570STARR ARMS, USA 573A .44 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION SERVICE-REVOLVER, JOSEPH HARKOM, EDINBURGHMODEL ‘1863 ARMY’, serial no. 40174, circa 1865, with round 8in. sighted A 54-BORE PERCUSSION REVOLVER WITH BRAZIER’S RAMMER,barrel, plain numbered cylinder, plain hinged frame stamped ‘STARR MODEL ‘ADAMS’ PATENT’, serial number obscured, circa 1858, with 5PATENT JAN 10 1856’ on the right hand side and ‘STARR ARMS CO NEW- 7/8in. octagonal barrel, the top-strap signed ‘JOSEPH HARKOM,YORK’ on the left, smooth flared walnut one-piece grip with martial EDINBURGH’ (rubbed), dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight,cartouche and iron under-barrel loading lever, older thin refinish the left hand side of barrel fitted with a complex articulated rammer£800-1,200 signed ‘JOSEPH BRAZIER’S PATENT NR 499’, solid iron borderline engraved frame (safe and arbor spring removed and missing, arbor pin571 replaced with a screw), plain cylinder with London proofs, double-actionLASSENCE-RONGE, LIEGE mechanism with spurred hammer, chequered walnut saw-handled gripA 25-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET-PISTOL, no visible serial and shallow domed iron butt-cap, worn throughoutnumber, circa 1840, with ribbon twist damascus 10 1/2in. barrel, smalldove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, scroll engraved breech- £400-600block with carved fenced snail, Liege proofs, engraved top-tang, signedborderline and partially scroll engraved bar-action lock with dipped tail,engraved and moulded hammer, walnut half-stock with smooth flutedgrip, colour-hardened engraved butt-cap, shell-carved fore-end tip,spurred trigger-guard bow, single set trigger and no provision for ramrod£700-900 81

574 575WESTERN ARMS CO., USA COLT, USAA SCARCE .31 PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘W.W. MARSTON A CASED .36 PERCUSSION DELUXE ENGRAVED REVOLVER, MODELPOCKET 7TH TYPE’, serial no. 11993, circa 1861, with round 4 1/4in. ‘1862 POLICE’, serial no. 22556, for 1863, with round silver-plated 5barrel poorly roll-stamped ‘WESTERN ARMS CO NY.’, solid iron frame, 1/2in. barrel signed ‘ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S.plain six-shot cylinder, single-action mechanism, smooth flared walnut AMERICA’, engraved band and scrolls at muzzle, the first three fifths ofgrips, brass trigger guard and ‘Whitney’ type hinged under-barrel the barrel and side-cheeks engraved with open American scrolls with arammer, strong traces of finish remaining circle-punched ground, stepped and fluted cylinder (traces of gilding), the scroll engraving repeated over each chamber and around the rear-£300-500 end of cylinder, silver-plated scroll engraved open frame, engraved and gilt-washed hammer, partially engraved silver-plated grip-straps and trigger guard, gilt-washed trigger-blade and creeping rammer (faded), smooth ivory grips, complete with a possibly later cedar and pine storage case and including a fine Dixon flask, an unopened box of ‘Colt’s Patent’ combustible wire cartridges, and unsigned snail capper, iron ‘Colt Patent’ bullet mould, a tin of eley caps, an oil bottle and later nipple key £3,000-5,00082

576 577576 578ALLEN & WHEELOCK, USAA RARE .44 PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘CENTER-HAMMER 83ARMY’, serial no. 689, for 1861-62, with 7 1/2in. two-stage barrel signed‘ALLEN & WHEELOCK WORCESTER MASS U.S’ and with patents toSeptember ‘7’ (markings rubbed), plain cylinder, plain solid frame withfrontal cylinder release and central hammer, smooth walnut grips,hinged rammer forming the trigger-guard, minimal traces of finish, somestaining and frosting£700-900577U. ROOS & SOHN, STUTTGARDA 46-BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET-PISTOL, no visible serialnumber, circa 1830, with fine etched twist damascus 9in. swampedbarrel, small dove-tailed fore-sight, adjustable standing notch rear-sight,border engraved breech-block with moulded and fenced snail, Liegeproofs, engraved top-tang, signed borderline and partially scrollengraved bar-action lock with dipped tail, engraved and mouldedhammer (spur competently repaired), walnut half-stock (cracked throughand repaired behind lock in antiquity), smooth fluted grip, engraved butt-cap swing to the side to reveal an aperture for caps, engraved silverfore-end tip, spurred trigger-guard bow, plain trigger and no provisionfor ramrod£700-900578BACON, USAA SCARCE .31 PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘BACON’S PATENTFIRST MODEL ‘EXCELSIOR’’, serial no. 176, circa 1860, with round 4in.barrel signed ‘BACON MF’G CO. NORWICH CONN.’, plain cylinder withfive panel roll engraving, plain open iron frame with spurred hammer,two-piece smooth walnut grips, single-action guarded trigger and hingedunder-barrel rammer, traces only of original finish£400-600

579 580578A* 580COLT, USA METROPOLITAN ARMS CO., NEW-YORKA .44 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1860 ARMY’, A SCARCE .36 PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL ‘POLICE’, serial no.serial no. 91646, for 1863, with 8in. barrel signed ‘ADDRESS COL. SAML 1250, circa 1865, with blued streamlined 4 1/2in. barrel in imitation ofCOLT, NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA’, stepped cylinder with roll-engraved the 1862 model Colt, the top signed ‘METROPOLITAN ARMS CO. NEW-scene, open iron frame marked ‘COLT’S PATENT’, brass trigger-guard YORK’, gothic fluted five-shot stepped cylinder, open iron frame (strongand iron back-strap, fitted with smooth walnut grips (some chipping at traces of colour), brass grip-straps and trigger-guard, smooth flaredbase) and under-barrel creeping rammer, small traces of finish walnut grip and colour hardened under-barrel rammer, much apparently original blued finish where appropriate Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. £600-800£800-1,200579 581HAMMOND, WINCHESTER A .650 PERCUSSION HEAVY OVERCOAT-PISTOL SIGNED MILLS & SON,A 54-BORE PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL ‘WEBLEY- no visible serial number, circa 1860, with twist iron 5 3/4in. barrel, flatBENTLEY TYPE’, no visible serial number, circa 1852, with octagonal 4 sighting plane with bead fore-sight and standing notch rear-sight, paired1/2in. barrel, the top-flat carved with a raised full-length sighting groove platinum and gold lines at breech, fully scroll engraved top-tang, borderterminating in a nickel bead, engraved band at muzzle, short half-strap and scroll engraved signed back-action lock, replacement sliding safewith standing notch rear-sight, articulated under-barrel rammer behind the engraved hammer (fails to hold at full cock), rounded walnutretained by a side-catch, open iron wedge frame with partial scroll full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt and captive iron stirrupengraving, borderline engraved plain cylinder, spurless hammer with ramrodside safe spring, guarded trigger and finely chequered walnut butt withhinged trap at pommel £250-350£300-50084

583 584582 584A .600 PERCUSSION SERVICE-PISTOL SIGNED SUHL, MODEL WHITNEY, USA‘POTSDAM’, no visible serial number, dated for 1850, with 9in. tapering A .31 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL ‘SECONDround cannon barrel, blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, ‘F.R.’ MODEL 2nd TYPE’ serial no. 9994, circa 1860, with blued octagonal 4in.and crown device stamped at breech together with the date twice, plain barrel signed ‘E. WHITNEY, NEW HAVEN’, bead fore-sight, sightinglock with nipple-guard safe working off a frizzen-spring, plain hammer, groove to the top-strap, brushed bright solid frame, blued roll-engravedwalnut half-stock and brass furniture including heavy domed butt-cap cylinder, brass trigger-guard (possible traces of plating), smooth flaredwith lanyard ring, spurred trigger guard marked ‘G. K. 3. 105’ and nose walnut grips and articulated under-barrel rammer with ball-detent catchband with no provision for ramrod, iron surfaces cleaned with some dark (much colour), strong amount of finish except where notedshallow pitting £600-800£300-500583REMINGTON, USAA .44 PERCUSSION MARTIAL REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1858 NEW MODELARMY’, serial no. 134413, circa 1870, with octagonal 8in. barrel signed‘PATENTED SEPT 14 1858, REMINGTON & SON ILION NEW-YORK USA,NEW MODEL’ (faint), pinched pillar fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, plain cylinder with rear safety notches, solid iron frame, smoothwalnut grips, the left stamped with a martial cartouche and brass trigger-guard, all major parts with inspector’s initials and retaining strong tracesof original finish£800-1,200 85

585 587585 586R. ADAMS FOR LONDON ARMOURY CO. A CASED 60-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OVER POCKET-PISTOL SIGNEDA GOOD 50-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL ‘ADAMS’ ‘WEST, LOUTH’, no visible serial number, circa 1840, with turn-offPATENT’, serial no. 32428R, circa 1860, with blued octagonal integral 5 Birmingham proved 2 3/8in. barrels, engraved bands and false rifling at3/4in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to rear of muzzles, underslung nipple-guard, radiused border and scroll engravedtop-strap, the top-strap signed ‘ROBERT ADAMS 76 KING WILLIAMS action with central dolphin-headed hammer and concealed automaticSTREET, LONDON E.C.’, the top-strap also engraved with an armorial of trigger, signed top-tang and smooth walnut bag-shaped butt, in a lateran arm clutching a wreath over the gothic initials ‘G.E.G..’, London wood storage case compartmented and lined in olive baize and containingArmoury stamps to barrel and cylinder arbor mount, borderline engraved a period cap-tin, powder-flask and cleaning rod and associated barrel-frame with sliding cylinder lock and marked ‘B16754’ over ‘ADAMS keyPATENT No. 32428R’, the same number repeated on the plain bluedcylinder, semi-sawbacked chequered walnut one-piece grip, the rear £300-500inlet with a socket for a detachable shoulder-stock (absent), shallowdomed iron pommel cap and guarded trigger, articulated rammer to the 587left hand side of barrel, the whole retaining the majority of its original A 60-BORE PERCUSSION PEPPER-BOX REVOLVER SIGNED ‘POTTS,factory blued finish LONDON’, no visible serial number, circa 1845, with 3 1/2in. six-shot barrel cluster carved with false ribs, London proofs, integral nipple-£1,000-1,500 shield with cut-out for capping, border and scroll engraved radiused boxlock action with engraved bar-hammer, guarded trigger, signed top- Provenance: Research would indicate the crest and ‘G.E.G.’ could be that of tang, finely chequered walnut grip with slightly swollen pommel, George Edward Grover. engraved iron pommel-cap with central trap for caps, slight traces of finish He was educated at Kensington Proprietary School, Kensington, London, England. He gained the rank of Lieutenant on 21 December 1858 in the Royal £400-600 Engineers. He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England. He gained the rank of Captain on 3 August 1872. He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.). He was Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General of the Horse Guards on 13 October 1877. He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.). He gained the rank of Major on 3 November 1879. He was Superintending Engineer Admiralty Works on 20 September 1882 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He fought in the Sudan Campaign in 1885, as DAA and QMG, Head of Intelligence Department86

588 589REMINGTON, USA TRANTER FOR ERSKINE, SCOTLANDA SCARCE .36 PERCUSSION DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL A CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION SELF-COCKING REVOLVER, MODEL‘REMINGTON RIDER’, serial no. 1215, circa 1866, with octagonal 6 1/2in. ‘TRANTER’S DOUBLE-TRIGGER’, serial no. 4996T, circa 1853, with bluedbarrel signed ‘MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTONS ILION N.Y. RIDER’S octagonal 6 1/8in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notchPAT AUG 17 1858 MAY 5 1859’, applied fore-sight, sighting groove to the rear-sight to the border and scroll engraved top-strap, engraved band totop-strap, plain cylinder, solid frame, brass trigger-guard and smooth muzzle, the top-strap also signed ‘J. ERSKINE NEWTON STEWART’,flared walnut grips, the whole refinished scroll engraved barrel-throat, borderline engraved five-shot cylinder with rope-twist milled band to leading edge, borderline and scroll engraved£600-800 solid frame with spurless hammer and fitted with Tranter’s patent trigger-cocking mechanism, chequered swept walnut saw-handled grip, moulded and engraved iron butt-cap and detachable solid rammer mounted to the left hand side, strong amount of original finish throughout and complete with its walnut storage case lined and compartmented in green baize and containing a full suite of associated accessories including a bag-shaped flask, matching number mould, tins for caps, lubricating compound and bullets, a cleaning rod, oil-bottle, nipple-key and spare nipples £1,500-2,500 87

590 591590 591COLT, USA C. WRIGHT, BARNSLEYA SCARCE .36 PERCUSSION SERVICE-REVOLVER, MODEL ‘1851 NAVY A CASED 100-BORE PERCUSSION PEPPER-BOX REVOLVER, no visibleENFIELD CONTRACT’, serial no. 188448, for 1866, all number stamps serial number, circa 1840, with fully fluted Birmingham proved 3in. six-co-marked with a letter ‘L’, octagonal 7 1/2in. barrel, the breech end shot barrel cluster, engraved band at muzzles and numbered over eachsigned ‘ADDRESS COL SAML. COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA’, London barrel from ‘1’ through ‘6’, integral moulded iron nipple-guard, roundedproofs, plain cylinder with traces of roll-engraved scene (lightly cleaned, scroll engraved bar-hammer action signed ‘C. Wright, BARNSLEY’, finelysome frosting), open iron frame with strong traces of colour, brass chequered walnut grips, iron frame with scroll engraving to the back-trigger-guard and grip-straps, smooth walnut one-piece grip stamped strap and heel-plate, guarded trigger, complete with a period walnut casewith the ‘Enfield’ roundel and colour-hardened articulated under-barrel re-lined in green baize and containing a period cap tin and scissors mouldloading lever, strong amount of finish remaining, possibly renewed in and later flask, cleaning rod, oil-bottle, primer and turn-screwantiquity £500-700£1,000-1,500 592 TOWER ARMOURIES, LONDON A .577 PERCUSSION SERVICE-PISTOL, MODEL ‘CUSTOMS’ or ‘COASTGUARD’, no visible serial number, dated for 1855, with round tapering 5 7/8in. barrel, bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight at the front of the solid top-tang, borderline engraved lock with date, ‘TOWER’ and a ‘VR’ crown device at tail, walnut full-stock with brass furniture (traces of an ‘1864’ reissue date at wrist), ordnance stamps to breech and the iron belt-hook, iron lanyard ring at heel, replacement iron ramrod, iron surfaces with frosting and staining £300-50088

593 594593 89ADAMS FOR REILLY, LONDONA 54-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING REVOLVER,MODEL ‘ADAMS’ PATENT’, serial no. 20793R, circa 1858, with bluedoctagonal 5 3/4in. barrel, the top-strap signed ‘REILLY 502 NEW OXFORDST’T, LONDON’, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight,borderline engraved solid frame marked ‘B5260’ over ‘ADAMS PATENT’with the serial number, bolted safe behind the plain cylinder, doubleaction only mechanism with spurred hammer, coarsely chequeredwalnut grip of semi saw-handled form with moulded iron butt-cap andhinged rammer mounted to left side of frame stored backwards towardsgrip, strong traces of original finish£500-700594A 50-BORE PERCUSSION ALL-BRASS ALARM-GUN SIGNED HARRISON,serial no. 7, circa 1850, with fixed 2 1/4in. barrel with central rear-facingnipple, the left hand side of breech signed ‘HARRISON’, integral brassbody with simple central hammer retained by a hooked sear operated bya plate mounted in the wedge shaped rear portions, the whole fitted to aniron baseplate with hooked fore-piece£150-250 These little brass alarm-guns were designed for the wary traveller, who after booking into his lodgings for the night could set one of these up with a blank charge in such a manner so as the rear plate would be depressed on opening the bedroom door, firing the charge and therefore (hopefully) awakening the owner and scaring the intruder.

595595 597JAMES WILKINSON & SON, LONDON A 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRANSITIONAL REVOLVER, UNSIGNED,AN EXTREMELY RARE CASED PERCUSSION CANNON IGNITER, MODEL MODEL ‘IMPROVED REVOLVER’, no visible serial number, circa 1850,‘WILKINSON’S PATENT’, serial no. 54, and built to his patent published with octagonal 5 1/2in. barrel, the top-flat signed ‘IMPROVED REVOLVER’in 1854, with approximately 20 1/2in. brass barrel, the muzzle cranked to in script, plain six-shot cylinder with engraved band to leading edge,approximately 70 degrees, bayonet catch locking breech, simplistic moulded iron nipple-guard, scroll engraved rounded central bar-hammerunder-hammer percussion lock (built to the same pattern as that boxlock action, chequered walnut grips with flat iron heel-plate andsubmitted by Wilkinson for the 1837 Musket Trials), plain walnut half- guarded trigger, traces of finishstock with bag-shaped grip and flat brass fore-end cap, together with a £400-600period walnut storage case relined and possibly re-fitted for thisapparatus and including a snipper and brush combination tool, a leather 598flask, a tin flask, a cleaning rod, a tin of modern caps, an Enfield ‘Y’ tool, A 40-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED TRAVELLING PISTOLa length of cord fuse and a turn-screw, reproduction Wilkinson label SIGNED ‘DEANES, LONDON’, no visible serial number, circa 1850, withinside lid and brass circular flush handle and escutcheon to the outside octagonal form 4in. side-by-side barrels, moulded false rib, engravedof lid band at muzzles and bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, borderline and scroll engraved top-tang signed ‘DEANES LONDON’,£1,000-1,500 squared boxlock scroll engraved action with radiused corners, engraved dolphin-headed hammers with repaired spurs, finely chequered walnut596 bag-shaped butt, clipped corner rectangular escutcheon to wrist,H.W. MORTIMER & CO., LONDON guarded double triggers and captive under-barrel ramrodA 22-BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING-PISTOL, no visible serial number, £350-500circa 1800 with later conversion from flintlock, with slightly swamped10in. octagonal barrel signed ‘H.W. MORTIMER & CO. LONDON’ over 599‘GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY’ at the breech, applied small brass SAVAGE, USAcrescent fore-sight, platinum band at the breech, standing notch rear- A .36 PERCUSSION SIX-SHOT TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVER, MODELsight to the trophy engraved top-tang, flat slightly curved bevel-edged ‘SAVAGE NAVY’, no visible serial number, circa 1863, with 7in. octagonallock signed ‘H.W. MORTIMER’ (badly rubbed), walnut half-stock with barrel, bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, the top-strap signedchequered bag-shaped butt and spirally carved pommel, set trigger, ‘SAVAGE R.F.A. CO. MIDDLETOWN CT, H.S. NORTH PATENTED JUNE 17spurred trigger guard bow and white metal fore-end fittings, complete 1856, JANUARY 18 1859, May 15 1860’ (rubbed, loss to detail), off-setwith a brass tipped mahogany ramrod central hammer, plain reciprocating cylinder with ratchet indexing, heavy iron frame with side-plate, replacement ebony grips (left cracked),£900-1,200 oversized trigger-guard with single action trigger-blade and additional ring cocking trigger, hinged under-barrel rammer, the whole brushed bright and polished £700-90090

OBSOLETE CALIBRE & VINTAGE ACCESSORIESObsolete Calibre 600-693Vintage Accessories, Cartridge Displays and Vintage Guncases 700-713

600*S.J.G. NEUHAUSEN, SWITZERLANDA SCARCE 7.5x53 (SWISS) STRAIGHT-PULL CAVALRY CARBINE, MODEL ‘SYSTEM MANNLICHER M94’, serial no. 4246, circa 1896, with concealed22 1/2in. barrel, protected fore-sight, elevating rear-sight with folding blade, blued receiver with brushed bright straight-pull bolt (miss-matchednumber), walnut full-stock, blued furniture, round profile fore-end and top-cover, fitted with a period leather sling Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.£800-1,20092

600ATHOMAS TURNERAN 8-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERGUN, serialno. 2094, 31 3/4in. black powder only damascus barrels (shortened), rib engravingindistinct, Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved percussion fences, reboundingback-action locks engraved ‘THOMAS TURNER.’, the bar of the action engraved‘THIS GUN WAS SECOND AT THE “FIELD” TRIALS 1875’, the action flats stampedwith the Scott trademark tower, retaining much blued finish overall, 14 1/4in. tiger-striped pistolgrip stock including horn pistolgrip cap, wooden comb insert andrubber recoil pad, fore-end with horn finial, weight 10lb. 3oz.£3,000-5,000601I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDONA .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL ‘SNIDER CAVALRYCARBINE’, no visible serial number, circa 1870, with 18 3/4in. barrel signed ‘I.HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON’, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip-open breech with locking thumb-piece, plain lock signed ‘I. Hollis& SONS’, ‘MAKER’S TO HER MAJESTY’S WAR DEPARTMENT’ stamp totail, walnut half-stock, brass heel-plate and trigger-guard, iron saddle-bar and barrel-band, no provision for clearing rod or bayonet£400-600 600A 93

601A J. SPRINGER A .450 (2 1/2IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 667, serial number on barrel lump only, 26in. black powder only barrels (Prague marks), matt rib with open sights and bead fore-sight, the left barrel engraved ‘JOH. SPRINGER ERBEN IN WIEN’, unsigned action with permanently-attached fore-end, dolls-head extension, carved percussion fences, unsigned rebounding back-action locks, top strap with folding peepsight, set front trigger, rear trigger with minor fracture, border and fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 13 3/4in. highly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, horn pistolgrip-cap, sling swivels and steel buttplate, weight 6lb. 15oz. £2,500-3,50094

604602* 604A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SERVICE-RIFLE A 16-BORE PINFIRE CAM-ACTION UNDER-LEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLEDSIGNED WAFFENFABRIK BERN, MODEL ‘SWISS VETTERLI M81’ serial SPORTING-GUN, UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘COLETE PATENT’, serial no. 2036,no. 14439/18224, of the so called ‘sharpshooter’ variation, with miss- Belgian, circa 1865, with 29 3/4in. damascus barrels marked in gold onmatched 33in. sighted barrel, rounded bolt housing, slab-sided receiver the top-rib ‘DAMAS ANGLAIS’, moulded raised pin platforms to thewith loading aperture, walnut butt-stock and separated three-quarter standing breech, ivy-leaf engraved long top-tang, back-action borderlinelength fore-end, iron furniture including spurred trigger-guard bow, and ivy-leaf engraved isolated locks, walnut straight hand butt-stockdouble set triggers concealed magazine tube and iron clearing rod chequered at the wrist (cracks, repairs and losses to wood alongside top- tang and below locks at head), engraved iron furniture, complex Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. flat-fronted trigger-guard bow, radiused borderline and ivy-leaf engraved action with integral fore-end, concealed forward-facing under-lever£200-300 terminating in a crescent shaped guard containing the under-lever release trigger, the action table signed ‘M.N. COLETE, BREVETE’,603 detachable hinge-pin operated via a flush-fitting side-lever and ironA .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL swivels.‘MARTINI’S PATENT’, serial no. H4170, Belgian circa 1878, with 33in.Henry rifled blued barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder £300-500rear-sight, Liege proofs, blued slab-sided receiver, tear-drop cockingindicator, chequered oval thumb-rest, walnut butt-stock and fore-end,iron furniture and provision for clearing rod (absent), refinished£400-600 95

605 607605* 607A FRANCOTTE, LIEGE J.A. LAFQVIST, SWEDENAN 18mm BREECH-LOADING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL ‘M1817-42-67 A 12.17x44R (RIMFIRE) SINGLE-SHOT PRIZE-RIFLE, MODELMILBANK-AMSLER INFANTRY RIFLE’, serial no. 3890, made for the ‘REMINGTON ROLLING-BLOCK’, serial no. 255, dated for 1871, with 33in.Swiss, with round 38in. rifled barrel, applied boat-shaped blade fore- barrel, block and dove-tailed blade fore-sight, folding leaf rear-sight,sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, flip-up Milbank-Amsler patent plain rolling block action, the top-tang marked with the serial numberconverted breech, plain top-tang, plain lock of flint form signed ‘A. and date separated by ‘J.A. LAFQVIST ESKILSTUNA’, the maple straight-FRANCOTTE, LIEGE’, plain walnut full-stock, heavy iron butt-plate, hand butt-stock (figure possibly enhanced) inlet with a white metalfinger-grooved trigger-guard tang, plain trigger, two iron barrel-bands embossed shield inscribed ‘’1STA PRISET 1871’ together with theand twin banded iron nose-cap, iron under-barrel ramrod, bayonet lug to recipient’s name, possibly ‘Werner Eriksson’, full-length fore-end withthe underside of muzzle and iron sling swivels exposed muzzle and three iron barrel-bands Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. £300-500£400-600 608 WESTLEY RICHARDS FOR ARMY & NAVY, LONDON606 A .300 SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL ‘SHERWOOD’, serial no.T. PRITCHETT, LONDON 7209/49336, circa 1913, with re-lined 25 1/2in. barrel signed ‘WESTLEYA .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL ‘SNIDER RICHARDS & CO. LONDON’, dove-tailed ramp fore-sight, folding ladderTHREE-BAND’, no visible serial number, dated for 1869, with refinished rear-sight with standing notch, the breech end marked ‘PATENT NO. 971136 1/2in. barrel signed ‘T. TURNER’ forwards of the ladder rear-sight, DETACHABLE BARREL 1622’, triangular trademark to nocksform, slab-block and blade fore-sight, flip-open breech marked ‘SNIDER’S PATENT’ sided Martini-type action marked ‘PATENT REMOVABLE ACTION, MADEand signed ‘T. PRITCHETT, 42 POULTRY, LONDON’, dated military style FOR THE ARMY & NAVY C.S. LD. LONDON 49336’ on the right hand sideborderline engraved lock with crown stamp at tail, walnut full-stock with and ‘WESTLEY RICHARDS SHERWOOD RIFLE’ over the initials ‘F.W.C.’brass furniture, three iron barrel-bands and jag-ended clearing rod on the left, chequered walnut straight-hand butt-stock (tiny chips at head), iron heel-plate and under-lever, chequered walnut fore-end, re-£400-600 finished £300-50096

610 612609 611*A .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE SIGNED ‘FIELD RIFLE WAFFENFABRIK BERN, SWITZERLANDCO.’, MODEL ‘MARTINI-HENRY’, serial no. A194, circa 1880, with blued A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING-RIFLE, MODEL ‘186933 1/4in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, VETTERLI’, serial no. 121846, circa 1871, with 33 1/4in. barrel, block andthe top of barrel near breech signed ‘FIELD RIFLE CO, BIRMINGHAM’, blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, slab-sided receiver withplain slab-sided receiver with tear-drop cocking indicator, walnut butt- rounded bolt-housing, loading aperture to the right hand side, turnedstock, iron furniture with short under-lever, three-quarter length walnut down bolt-handle, walnut straight-hand butt-stock, chequered three-fore-end (chipped at tip), two iron barrel-bands and iron clearing rod, quarter length walnut fore-end, iron furniture including spurredmuch possibly original blue finish trigger-guard and jag-ended clearing-rod£400-600 Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price.610*A .41 RIMFIRE SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL ‘PEABODY’S £300-400PATENT’, serial no. 14215, circa 1866, with 32 1/2in. sighted barrel, theaction marked ‘PEABODY’S PAT. / JULY. 22. 1862, MAN’F’D BY / 612PROVIDENCE TOOL CO. / PROV. R.I.’ on the left side, plain back-action WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USAlock, walnut three-quarter stock, the serial number stamped below the A SCARCE .32 (IDEAL) SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE, MODEL ‘1885rear-sight, iron mounts including two sprung barrel-bands, iron sling SPECIAL ORDER’, serial no. 105475, for 1918, with heavy-weightmounts, iron under-barrel cleaning rod, much finish throughout octagonal blued 30in. barrel, dove-tailed ‘LYMAN’ folding ring fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, the top left-hand flat of barrel signed Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. ‘MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA PATENTED OCTOBER 7 1879’, slab-sided blued£400-600 falling-block action with central hammer, top-tang fitted with a folding Lyman type vernier peep sight, chequered straight-hand butt-stock, iron crescent heel-plate, blued under-lever, special Winchester double set trigger, chequered walnut splinter fore-end with inlet ebony tip, much finish remaining £1,500-2,500 97

615 616613 615ENFIELD, ENGLAND REMINGTON, USAA .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL ‘MARTINI- A SCARCE .38-40 (REM-HEP) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODELHENRY MKIV LONG-LEVER’, no visible serial number, dated for 1887, ‘REMINGTON-HEPBURN No.3’, serial no. 4509, circa 1880, with heavypossibly Nepalese contract, with 33in. barrel, ramp and blade fore-sight, octagonal 28in. slightly tapered blued barrel signed at the breech ‘E.elevating ladder rear-sight, slab-sided receiver stamped with the maker, REMINGTON & SONS ILION N.Y.’ and marked with the calibre (.38) to thedate and model number below a ‘V.R.’ crown device, tear-drop cocking bottom flat, dove-tailed beaded-blade fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight,indicator, walnut butt-stock with Enfield roundel stamp over-stamped colour-hardened plain receiver (much finish remaining) markedwith Siamese type marks and a date of 1906, long under-lever, three- ‘HEPBURNS PAT OCTOBER 7th 1879’, central hammer, side-leverquarter length military fore-end with two iron barrel-bands, the front with opening, walnut chequered half pistol-grip butt-stock, colour-hardenedlug for bayonet and swamped iron clearing rod semi-crescent iron heel-plate, chequered walnut splinter fore-end with colour-hardened schnabel tip, much original finish throughout£300-500 £2,500-3,500614*A 7.5x53 (SWISS) STRAIGHT-PULL SINGLE-SHOT CADET-RIFLE, 616UNSIGNED, MODEL ‘1897 SCHMIDT-RUBIN CADET’, serial no. 1556, WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USAcirca 1898, with 23 1/2in. barrel, blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear- A .32-40 (W & B) SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE, MODEL ‘1885sight, fluted rounded receiver with brushed bright toggle-handled bolt, SCHUTZEN’, serial no 83008, for 1898, with octagonal to round bluedring safe to rear and pale beech full-stock with iron furniture and frontal 30in. barrel, later dove-tailed adjustable tunnel fore-sight, blanked offstacking spike, complete with it’s issued muzzle-cover and leather sling rear-sight dove-tail, the top flat of barrel signed ‘MANUFACTURED BY(dated 1883) THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA PATENTED OCTOBER 7 1879’ and drilled and tapped for telescopic sight Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price. mounting blocks (missing, holes blanked off), slab-sided blued falling- block action with central hammer, top-tang fitted with a later folding£300-500 ladder vernier peep sight, straight-hand butt-stock, nickel-plated Swiss- style heel-plate, blued under-lever, special Winchester single set trigger, walnut splinter fore-end with inlet ebony tip, much finish remaining £1,500-2,00098

619617 619THOMAS HORSLEY & SON EVANS REPEATING ARMS, USAAN 8-BORE SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, A .44 (EVANS) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING CARBINE, MODEL ‘NEWno visible serial number, 42in. nitro reproved barrel engraved ‘THOMAS MODEL CARBINE’, no visible serial number, for 1877-79, with roundHORSLEY & SON MAKERS YORK’, and with hexagonal breech section, 22in. barrel signed ‘EVANS REPEATING RIFLE, MECHANIC FALLS ME.Jones patent rotary underlever, carved percussion fence, arcaded PATENTED DEC. 8 1868 & SEPT. 16 1871’, muzzle with side bar and lugstanding breech, non-rebounding back-action lock, border engraving, 14 for sabre bayonet (scarce), dove-tailed blade fore-sight, reversed blade3/8in. stock with steel buttplate, 12in. fore-end with horn finial, weight folding ladder rear-sight, two-piece moulded iron receiver with hinged11lb. 7oz., in a wood case ejection-port cover and integral magazine tube running the full length of butt, applied walnut comb and toe, ‘S’ shaped iron underlever with£3,000-5,000 exposed under-hammer, chequered walnut splinter fore-end, sling- swivels and a good amount of original finish618WERNDL, AUSTRIA £800-1,200AN 11.15mm (WERNDL) BREECH-LOADING SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL‘M.1867’, no. 871, circa 1871, with sighted 33in. barrel, rotary breech,plain lockplate marked with number and a circular maker’s mark, walnutthree-quarter stock with iron furniture, the heel-plate spur withregimental markings (indistinct) and steel under-barrel clearing rod(metal surfaces lightly pitted and cleaned, stock worn with dents andbruises)£300-500 99