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Arms Armour & Militaria (290)
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Lot 193‡ A RARE IRON BREECH-LOADING CANNON, PROBABLY GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY
Sold for £9,500
Lot 194‡ A GERMAN CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, DATED 1539
Sold for £1,300
Lot 195‡ A VERY FINE SOUTH GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW (HALBE RÜSTUNG), DATED 1587
Sold for £10,000
Lot 196‡ AN ENGLISH STONEBOW, MID-18TH CENTURY
Sold for £400
Lot 197‡ AN IRON BARREL FROM A HAND CANNON (HACKENBÜCHSE), LATE 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
Sold for £2,800
Lot 198‡ A 12 BORE ITALIAN WHEEL-LOCK MUSKET, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Sold for £6,000
Lot 199‡ A FINE 16 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, TESCHEN, CIRCA 1620-50
Sold for £85,000
Lot 200‡ A FINE PAIR OF 20 BORE AUSTRIAN (STYRIAN) FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY THOMAS WASTL, GRAZ, CIRCA 1700
Sold for £2,400
Lot 201‡ A FINE PAIR OF 18 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY POITEVIN LAINE A ANGOULEME, NANTES DISCHARGE MARK, 1746
Sold for £1,900
Lot 202‡ A RARE PAIR OF 23 BORE FRENCH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS SIGNED BOURDICE, ST PIERRE, MARTINIQUE, CIRCA 1790
Sold for £2,200
Lot 203‡ A PAIR OF 25 BORE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1780
Sold for £850
Lot 204‡ A SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, RIPOLL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Sold for £5,000
Lot 205‡ A 22 BORE LIEGOIS PERCUSSION LONG HOLSTER PISTOL BY H. DEVILLERS, CIRCA 1740
Sold for £500
Lot 206‡ A 40 BORE CENTRAL ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1720
Sold for £1,500
Lot 207‡ AN 18 BORE NEAPOLITAN MIQUELET-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL SIGNED A.B. PENZA, DATED 1776
Sold for £1,000
Lot 208‡ AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY JAMES FREEMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
Sold for £550
Lot 209A SABRE, POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 210‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Sold for £4,200
Lot 211‡ A COMPOSITE RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN
Sold for £4,000
Lot 212A FINE ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH CUT-STEEL HILT, THE BLADE SIGNED FIRMIN & SONS, 153 STRAND, CIRCA 1780-90
Sold for £2,700
Lot 213A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1760
Sold for £1,100
Lot 214A RARE GERMAN COMBINED HUNTING SWORD AND FLINTLOCK PISTOL, CIRCA 1750
Lot 215‡ A LEFT-HAND DAGGER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY PROBABLY GERMAN
Sold for £2,000
Lot 216◉ A FINE AND RARE LARGE FOLDING KNIFE FOR EXHIBITION, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £6,500
Lot 217◉ A LARGE MULTI-BLADED COACHKNIFE FOR EXHIBITON, GEORGE WOSTENHOLM & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 218◉ A SALESMAN’S DISPLAY OF TWENTY-SIX POCKET KNIVES, LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £3,000
Lot 219◉ A SALESMAN’S DISPLAY OF TWENTY POCKET KNIVES, JOSEPH ELLIOT & SONS, SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 220◉ A FOLDING BOWIE KNIFE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET, SPENCER, LONDON, CIRCA 1870
Sold for £650
Lot 221◉ A BOWIE KNIFE FOR THE EASTERN MARKET, JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS, 6 NORFOLK ST., SHEFFIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 222◉ A FINE IVORY-AND GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (JAMBIYA) FOR THE NORTH AFRICAN OR MIDDLE EASTERN MARKET, JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS, 6 NORFOLK STREET, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £5,200
Lot 223◉ A RARE COMBINED 140 BORE IVORY-MOUNTED PERCUSSION PISTOL AND CUTLERY SET, STIRLING, BURNLEY, CIRCA 1880
Lot 224‡ A CENTRAL EUROPEAN WAR HAMMER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, GERMAN, HUNGARIAN OR POLISH
Lot 225A STYRIAN HALBERD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 226A NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD, PROSSER, MAKER TO H.R.H. THE KING, THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL, CHARING CROSS, CIRCA 1828, PROBABLY THAT OF WILLIAM, 8TH EARL WALDEGRAVE (1788-1859)
Sold for £4,500
Lot 227A VICTORIAN BANDSMAN'S SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £120
Lot 228◉ A GEORGIAN GRENADIER GUARD OFFICER'S SABRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,700
Lot 229A NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER'S BREASTPLATE, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH
Sold for £360
Lot 230‡ A NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 231A VICTORIAN EARLY FOREIGN SERVICE HELMET AND UNIFORM OF PRINCE ALFRED'S GUARD (BANDSMAN)
Sold for £350
Lot 232A LATE VICTORIAN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE HAMPSHIRE CARABINIERS
Lot 233A RARE BLAKESLEE PATENT CARTRIDGE BOX COMPLETE WITH TEN METAL TUBES, CIRCA 1865-70
Lot 234LEBLOND, GUILLAUME
Unsold
Lot 235AMMAN, JOST
Sold for £5,500
Lot 236A GERMAN SPORTING STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER), EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 237AN ITALIAN STONEBOW, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Sold for £800
Lot 238A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Sold for £300
Lot 239A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, CIRCA 1750
Lot 240AN ENGLISH STONEBOW BY BARKER, WIGAN, CIRCA 1780
Lot 241◉ A MAHOGANY GUN CASE FOR A D.B. SPORTING GUN BY RICHARD BURNAND, NEWCASTLE, CIRCA 1850
Lot 242A RUSSIAN POWDER HORN, DATED 1855
Lot 243A SOUTH GERMAN (BLACK FOREST) POWDER FLASK, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £480
Lot 244◉ AN EXCEPTIONAL, PROBABLY UNIQUE, FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK DUCK GUN BY BOUTET A VERSAILLES, MARKED FOR JEAN MASSON, CIRCA 1805-09, FOR PRESENTATION TO A NORTH AFRICAN OR EASTERN RULER
Sold for £380,000
Lot 245AN UNUSUAL 24-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BUILT ON AN EARLIER STOCK INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND FINELY CARVED IN HIGH RELIEF, THE STOCK SIGNED JOH. EBERHARDT SOMER, CIRCA 1660
Lot 246AN 11 BORE NORTH ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE SPORTING GUN BY CASSIANO ZANOTTI, CIRCA 1750-80
Lot 247A 14 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOHN HARMAN LONDINI, WITH FINELY DECORATED STOCK AND MOUNTS, CIRCA 1730
Lot 248A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £220
Lot 249A 32 BORE AUSTRIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED FENT, STEYR, CIRCA 1860
Sold for £750
Lot 250A RARE GERMAN 140 BORE BARREL RESERVOIR SPORTING AIRGUN, CIRCA 1720-30
Sold for £1,400
Lot 251A GERMAN 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE , CIRCA 1740
Lot 252A RARE NORTH GERMAN BUTT RESERVOIR AIRGUN BY HAUSCHKA, CIRCA 1770
Sold for £600
Lot 253A 130 BORE BAVARIAN BREECH-LOADING AIR GUN OF BELLOWS TYPE BY F. FACKLER IN AICHACH, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 254A RARE 16 BORE GERMAN AIRGUN BY CARL RUT, CARLSRUHE, DATED 1834
Sold for £1,800
Lot 255◉ A RARE CASED 50 BORE REPEATING BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE COMPLETE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 32 BORE BARREL FOR BALL OR SHOT BY STAUDENMAYER, CIRCA 1799
Lot 256◉ A RARE CASED 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE COMPLETE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 32 BORE BARREL FOR BALL BY BLISSETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
Lot 257A 50 BORE GLOBE RESERVOIR AIR RIFE BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
Lot 258A RARE 40 BORE REPEATING BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE BY STAUDENMAYER, CIRCA 1800
Lot 259A 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR REPEATING AIR GUN ON THE GIRANDONI PRINCIPLE, CIRCA 1830
Lot 260A RARE 40 BORE RIFLE BY SAMUEL HENRY STAUDENMAYER, NO. 1085, CIRCA 1800
Sold for £1,600
Lot 261A CASED .32 CALIBRE AIRCANE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 262A CASED 140 BORE AIR CANE RIFLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 263A 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE, CIRCA 1800
Lot 264A CASED 110 BORE AIR CANE RIFLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 265◉ A .36 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1851 LONDON NAVY REVOLVER, LONDON PROOF MARKS, NO. 31315 FOR 1855
Lot 266◉ A CASED .31 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1849 LONDON POCKET PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 3803 FOR 1854
Lot 267A PAIR OF 20 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS FOR THE EASTERN MARKET BY ROYET, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ST ETIENNE
Lot 268A FINE 18 BORE SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, BY THOMAS CADDELL, DOUNE, DATED 170
Sold for £11,500
Lot 269A 14 BORE FLINTLOCK LIGHT DRAGOON PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 270A 16 BORE COMPOSITE PERCUSSION REGULATION PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY
Sold for £150
Lot 271A CASED PAIR OF GERMAN (SAXON) 54 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY ULBRICH, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1840
Lot 272A CASED PAIR OF 34 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICERS PISTOLS BY GAMESON & WILLIAMS, CIRCA 1831-34
Lot 273‡ A 20 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING CARBINE IN THE FRENCH TASTE, CIRCA 1790-1800
Sold for £1,200
Lot 274‡ A 14 BORE PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY F. ANSCHÜTZ & SÖHNE IN SUHL, CIRCA 1830
Lot 275‡ A FINE PAIR OF 26 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS MADE FOR A MEMBER OF THE BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG FAMILY BY THURAINE À PARIS, CIRCA 1675
Sold for £11,000
Lot 276‡ A FINE PAIR OF 25 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY BARGE, PARIS CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS FOR 1756-62, MAISON COMMUNE MARK FOR 1758
Lot 277‡ A FINE PAIR OF 16 BORE LIEGOIS FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY JEAN JAQUES BEHR, CIRCA 1720-30
Lot 278‡ A PAIR OF 20 BORE LIEGOIS FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY G. MASSIN, CIRCA 1740-50
Lot 279‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY C. GAGNIERE A ST ETIENNE, LYON CHARGE MARK FOR CIRCA 1775-80
Lot 280‡ A PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK SAW-HANDLED DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN (1) PROSSER, CHARING CROSS, LONDON SILVER MARKS FOR 1809
Sold for £3,333
Lot 281‡ A PAIR OF 20 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS BY GRIFFIN, LONDON, LONDON VIEW AND PROOF MARKS, FOREIGNERS MARK, CIRCA 1760, MAKER'S MARK JA PROBABLY FOR JERMIAH ASHLEY
Lot 282‡ A PAIR OF 50 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION PISTOLS BY DUNDERDALE, MABSON & LABRON, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1810
Lot 283‡ A PAIR OF 60 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY ARCHER, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM 1777, MARK OF CHARLES FREETH
Lot 284‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS, MAKERS MARK OF CHARLES FREETH, CIRCA 1770
Lot 285‡ A 15 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL SIGNED TIREBUCK, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820
Sold for £420
Lot 286‡ A PAIR OF 34 BORE NORTH GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS IN THE FRENCH TASTE MADE FOR WILHELM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG (1806-1884), BY G.L. RASCH, CIRCA 1835-40
Lot 287◉ ‡ A CASED PAIR OF 16 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 413, CIRCA 1840
Lot 288‡ A PAIR OF 32 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS SIGNED HARVEY, EXETER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830