SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

597.
Group Collectible Arms Including Two Muskets and a Fowler, first
half 19th century, including a rifled musket model 1861, contract by
Savage, Middletown, Connecticut, lg. 56; a flintlock musket dated 1814
on top of barrel, brass butt plate and trigger guard, walnut stock and
bayonet, lg. 56 1/2; a percussion fowler with walnut butt stock and iron
butt plate, lg. 46 in.; and a brass powder flask with shell decoration and
green woolen cord.
$400-600
598.
Brass Replica “Peace” Powder Flask, embossed flask with eagle
above twenty-six stars surrounding shaking hands and U.S. marked
shield with trophies of war, (missing lanyard loops), ht. 9 in.
$300-500
599.
1832 Foot Artillery Sword, brass handle with engraved eagle on
pommel and cast fish scales, cross guard marked R.H.K.W. and J.H,
blade has two fullers at the ricasso and single fuller on tip, lg. 25 in.
Provenance: Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester Massachusetts.
$300-500
600.
Civil War-era Sword and Scabbard, W.H. Horstmann & Sons,
New York, and Philadelphia, 1843-62, single-edged blade with 12-in.
false edge, etched with a panoply of arms, eagle and shield, flags,
EPLURIBUS UNUM” on a banner, and “U.S.” interspersed with
scrolled floral and foliate designs, marked “W.H. Horstmann/& Sons/
Philadelphia,” the top of the blade is etched “IRON PROOF,” double
strand and twisted wire-wrapped shagreen grip, the iron guard with
pierced spreadwing eagle design, iron scabbard, sword belt hook and
remnants of silk sash, blade lg. 32 1/2, overall lg. 39 1/2 in.
$600-800
170 additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com
599 detail
601.
Kentucky Rifle, half stock walnut, Ketlind percussion lock, brass
hardware including patch box and ramrod entry pipes, lg. 52 in.
$800-1,200
602.
William Powell & Son Side-by-Side Shotgun with Case, Birmingham,
England, c. 1870, walnut stock with checkering, case hardened locks,
marked Henry R Grant between barrels, serial no. 5090 on trigger guard
strap; leather-bound case includes shot and powder measures, brass
carriage tool, walnut and horn bird call, barrel lg. 30, overall lg. 46 1/2
in.
$800-1,200
603.
Model 1840 Ames Light Artillery Saber, Chicopee, Massachusetts, c.
1862, brass hilt with leather and wire-wrapped grip, blade marked Conn
1862 on one side of blade and on the other Made by Ames Mfg Co.
Chicopee MASS, lg. 37 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
604.
Rogers and Spencer Revolver, Utica, New York, serial no. 1539,
marked on top of frame as above, inspector’s cartouche on the grip,
and serial number on the cylinder, lg. 13 1/4 in.
$600-800
605.
Samuel Colt Pocket Revolver, mid-19th century, serial no. 203973,
silver back strap, engraved cylinder, marked Address Saml Colt,
Hartford, Ct., matching serial numbers on cylinder, bottom barrel
assembly, cylinder and grip frame and frame wedge, lg. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: George Washburn. See lot 583 for other Washburn
material.
$2,000-3,000