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254 A RARE COMBINED FLINTLOCK PISTOL AND HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1770 with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt formed of a pierced down-turned scalloped shell-guard, moulded knuckle-guard and gadrooned pommel, fitted with cannon barrel on the right-hand side of the forte, struck with a spurious proof mark at the breech, the pan and steel mounted on the left of the forte, and natural staghorn grip incorporating the cock, trigger and enclosing the mainspring (defective) 67cm; 26G in blade Inv. no. E199. £1200-1800 110 255 254 255 A FINE SILVER-ENCRUSTED RAPIER POMMEL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH of slightly flattened-hollow ovoid form, decorated on each face in silver with a cherubic espagnolette enclosed by delicately scrolling roped tendrils terminating in mulberries of differing size, the sides with sheaves of leafy tendrils, enriched throughout with pellets, and retaining some original blueing and gilding 6.5cm; 2K in high Inv. no. E7. The Royal accounts of the reign of James I include a number of references to payments for silver and gold decorated swords from the Royal Cutler Robert South. A sword pommel, cross-piece and by-knife decorated in a strikingly similar manner are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. no. M.28). The by-knife is stamped with the mark of the London Cutler’s Company and the maker’s mark of John Bushell. See C. Blair 1974, pp. 83-6 and A.R.E. North 1982, p. 7. £600-800 256 A MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the head formed of eight shaped flanges, with conical finial above and a coronet-shaped moulding beneath, two-stage steel haft interrupted by a roped moulding, and the lower portion pierced for a thong 54cm; 21D in Inv. no. P010. £800-1000
257 257 A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE PARADE STIRRUPS, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY cast in relief, formed with arched sides decorated with addorsed demi-figures beneath a pair of satyrs and a putti at the top, with integral loop behind a scalloped grotesque mask, oval treads engraved with broad scrolls, pierced with a diamond-shaped hole in the centre and with a toothed foot grip at the front, and retaining much early gilding throughout 18cm; 7in high Inv. nos. H005 & H006. A stirrup of similar design formerly in the Meyrick Collection is illustrated Meyrick 1836, pl.LXXXI, no.3. Another is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 14. 25. 1756A. See S. V. Grancsay 1955, no. 136. £2500-3000 111
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Eastern Arms and Armour VARIOUS OWN
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4 5 4 A VERY LARGE SINO-TIBETAN RIT
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9 A PAIR OF CHINESE SHORTSWORDS, 19
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13 A FINE INDIAN KNIFE, SIND, CIRCA
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16 AN INDIAN ENAMELLED SILVER CHAPE
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24 24 AN INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CEN
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30 31 32 30 A LARGE CAUCASIAN KINDJ
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35 36 35 A TURKISH KILIG, 19TH CENT
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39 40 41 39 A TURKISH YATAGHAN, 19T
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45 A SUDANESE DERVISH’S HELMET AN
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50 A BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET
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55 A TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PIST
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61 62 63 60 A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CA
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69 A RARE CASED PAIR OF VICTORIAN 1
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73 75 76 73 A CAVALRY SWORD, MID-19
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80 81 82 80 TWO CONTINENTAL NAVAL B
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87 A CONTINENTAL OFFICER’S SWORD,
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90 A VERY RARE FRENCH FIRST EMPIRE
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94 95 96 94 A FRENCH LIGHT CAVALRY
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100 101 102 100 A RARE GARDE DE HES
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106 107 108 106 A GERMAN SHORTSWORD
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112 113 114 112 TWO REGULATION SWOR
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117 A VICTORIAN SHABRAQUE OF THE 2N
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A Distinguished Collection of Firea
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130 131 132 130 A GERMAN PIONEER’
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138 A FRAGMENT FROM THE MAUSER IRON
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Page 72 and 73: VARIOUS OWNERS 163 A NORTH EUROPEAN
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344 A QUANTITY OF POWDER-FLASKS AND
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162 350 A BRONZE BREECH-LOADING CAN
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164 354 353 353 A FINE BONZE SALUTI
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European and American Firearms THE
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168 361 361 A FINE GERMAN WHEEL-LOC
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364 A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GU
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172 368 368 A PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTL
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370 A VERY FINE AND RARE SOUTH GERM
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372 372 A RARE SUPERIMPOSED LOAD WH
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375 A GROUP OF FOUR GERMAN COW HORN
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381 A 54 BORE ADAMS PATENT 1851 MOD
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389 A LOW COUNTRIES MODEL 1820 PERC
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396 A RARE SAXON BREECH-LOADING PER
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401 A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RI
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405 A SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK SPORTIN
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410 A 16 BORE GERMAN D.B. PERCUSSIO
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419 A 12 BORE GERMAN D.B. DREYSE SY
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425 A .400 CALIBRE GERMAN PERCUSSIO
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431 AN 11MM X 57R SPANISH REMINGTON
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437 A .52 CALIBRE RIMFIRE U.S. JOSL
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441 A .50 CALIBRE RIMFIRE U.S. SPEN
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444 VARIOUS OWNERS 444 A VERY RARE
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447 A .44 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSI
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451 A .38 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSI
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454 455 454 A .41 CALIBRE RIM-FIRE
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Medal with two clasps. In 1856 he w
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PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN H
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464 A 20 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORT
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468 A GERMAN ENGRAVED POWDER-FLASK,
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471 A RARE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK BLUNDE
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474 A GERMAN AIR GUN OF BELLOWS TYP
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478 A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
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PROPERTY FROM A STYRIAN CASTLE 482
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VARIOUS OWNERS 486 A MASSIVE FLINTL
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491 A RARE .577 CALIBRE PERCUSSION
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232 495 A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN FLIN
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234 498 499 502 498 A FRENCH FLINTL
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504 A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PERCUSSIO
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509 A PAIR OF GERMAN RIFLED PERCUSS
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240 518 520 521 518 A FRENCH MODEL
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242 527 527 A PAIR OF PERCUSSION BE
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244 529 529 A FINE PAIR OF PERCUSSI
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531 A RARE EAST SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK
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248 537 537 A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK BLU
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539 A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK DUELLING PI
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