Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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AN UNUSUAL 32 BORE SPORTING RIFLE, MID-17TH
CENTURY, CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION CIRCA 1860 BY
J.G. PICKER, LEIPZIG,
with heavy octagonal swamped barrel rifled with eight
narrow grooves, fitted with brass barleycorn fore-sight and
standing back-sight, signed on the breech, flat lock-plate
boldly inscribed ‘V. Kolleritz’ ahead of the lock, double set
trigger (incomplete), figured walnut full stock, fishtail butt
(minor repairs) with flat comb shaped at the front for the
thumb, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, fitted
with a pair of lugs beneath the back-sight, steel butt-plate, a
pair of bone ramrod-pipes, and bone fore-end cap, and
original bone-tipped ramrod (now seized)
99.6cm; 39Din barrel
This maker is recorded in Leipzig, Saxony circa 1865-74.
£1200-1800
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A 14 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY
SAMUEL & CHARLES SMITH, PRINCES STREET, LONDON,
NO. 5396 FOR 1844
with sighted twist barrels retaining traces of a signature on
the rib, engraved case-hardened breeches fitted with
platinum plugs (nipples replaced), engraved case-hardened
breech tang incorporating a hammer fence on each side,
signed detented locks engraved with scrolling foliage and
border ornament, engraved hammers decorated with a
trellis pattern and a scroll of foliage, figured walnut halfstock
with chequered grip, previously fitted with a cheek
pad on the right of the butt, engraved steel mounts
including trigger-guard and butt-cap, silver barrel bolt
escutcheons, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner’s
initial ‘W’, and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod
76cm; 30in barrels
£700-900
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