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Militaria & Ethnographica: Friday 18 June 2010 10:30AM
Viewing: Thursday 17 June 9.00am - 5.00pm and morning of sale.
 

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Guide Price: £50-80

View Lot No. 376

 
 

A Pair of 19th Century Percussion Cap Pocket Pistols by S W Berry, Woodbridge, each with 7cm turn-off steel barrel with Birmingham proof marks, the box lock signed and engraved with leafy scrolls, slide safety, walnut slab butt.

Guide Price: £200-300

View Lot No. 377

 
 

A 19th Century Argentinian Pinfire Pocket Pistol, the 9cm tilt loading barrel signed "Bertonnet Calle San Martin en Buenos-Ayres", with under-lever break, foliate engraved box lock, concealed trigger and shell and flute carved ebony grip - damaged.

Guide Price: £250-300

View Lot No. 378

 
 

A Matched Pair of Deactivated Belgian Double Barrel Hammer Action Pistols, each with blocked barrels with deactivation marks, foliate carved and chequered walnut bag butts; three African spear-heads and a spike butt (6)

Guide Price: £150-180

View Lot No. 379

 
 

A 17th Century Continental Flintlock Holster Pistol, the 37cm steel barrel chased with a wavy line rib and stylised animals, the lock plate engraved with a stylised beast, walnut full stock with brass ramrod pipes, engrave trigger guard with leafy finial, bird and scroll engraved and pierced sideplate, with foliat embossed spurred pommel, fore-end tip replaced; an Iver Johnson Small Five Shot Revolver, with chromium plated body and chequered black hard plastic two piece grip (rusted and seized up condition). (2)

Guide Price: £200-400

View Lot No. 380

 
 

An 1858 Pattern "Tower" Artillery Carbine, .577 calibre, the 61.5cm smooth bore steel barrel with Board of Ordnance marks and stamped with 25 gauge mark, the lock plate stamped with a crown, TOWER over a faint date 1859, and with crowned arrowhead, walnut stock with two steel bands, brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel sling swivel (one missing), and steel ramrod. (stock repaired)

Guide Price: £300-500

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A 19th Century Percussion Cap Sporting Gun, with 74cm steel barrel octagonal at the breech, foliate engraved sidelock, walnut half stock with chequered grip, steel furniture and wood ramrod; a Deerskin and Leather Game Bag, with leather saddle straps. (2)

Guide Price: £80-120

View Lot No. 382

 
 

An East India Company Percussion Cap Smooth Bore Musket, the 99.5cm steel barrel with Indian numeral and notched V sight, the lock plate dated 1809 and bearing faint East India Company rampant lion, converted from a flintlock, walnut full stock with brass fore-end tip and three ramrod pipes, brass trigger guard and butt plate, with steel sling swivels and ramrod.

Guide Price: £400-600

View Lot No. 383

 
 

A Continental Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss, the 30cm flared brass barrel surmounted by a steel sprung bayonet with clip to the tang, plain steel lock plate, walnut full stock with brass trigger guard, butt plate and ramrod pipe, with steel ramrod.

Guide Price: £100-150

View Lot No. 384

 
 

A German Crossbow in the 17th Century Style, with steel frame, hinged folding back-sight mounted onto the built-in gaffle struck with a mark of a squirrel within a shield, the walnut stock carved with scalloped dotted banding and inset with an ivorine boss incised with a bust head of a man, span 41cm.

Guide Price: £300-500

View Lot No. 385

 
 
 
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