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September 10| Arms & Armour

Auction date Wednesday 10 September 2025 12:00 BST

YOU MUST BE 18YRS OR OLDER TO PURCHASE IN THIS SALE ID MAY BE REQUESTED

Wednesday 10 September
Lots 1601- 1748 Arms & Armour 12noon

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Important Notice
YOU MUST BE 18YRS OR OLDER TO PURCHASE IN THIS SALE ID MAY BE REQUESTED
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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1693	A FLINTLOCK KABYLE SNAPHAUNCE LONG GUN Early 19th century North African. A fine miquelet lock musket with richly engraved gilt brass mounts including trigger guard, lockplate, and barrel tang, fitted with a characteristic Kabyle…	£300 - £500	£300	View
1694	A FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED A. HUHNSTOCK Late 18th century With octagonal sighted barrel indistinctly signed to the top flat, the stepped lock signed A. Huhnstöck, full walnut stock carved with raised relief scrollwork to the butt, and…	£500 - £700	£1,800	View
1695	A FLINTLOCK GUN BY VASSALLO OF MALTA 18th Century With long octagonal-to-round barrel and plain walnut full stock with brass furniture, the flat lock engraved “VASSALLO” and fitted with distinctive ring-cock and roller frizzen stamped…	£800 - £1,200	-	View
1696	A FLINTLOCK RIFLE BY TWIGG, LONDON Circa 1770 With octagonal sighted barrel, flat bevelled lock signed ‘TWIGG’, figured walnut full stock with distinctive skeletal shoulder stock, brass mounts including trigger guard with stylised…	£1,200 - £1,800	-	View
1697	A FLINTLOCK LONG GUN 18th century With heavy octagonal barrel struck with decorative marks at the breech, brass fore-sight, and full walnut stock with deeply cross-hatched grip and brass mounts including long tailplate.…	£500 - £700	-	View
1698	A FINE FLINTLOCK DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN BY WALLIS, HULL Circa 1800 With browned twist barrels, engraved rib, finely engraved locks with raised pans, the locks signed in gold ‘WALLIS HULL’, figured walnut full stock with chequered grip, engraved mounts…	£1,500 - £2,000	-	View
1699	A FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH BAYONET COMPARTMENTMENT Circa 1800 With octagonal sighted barrel, border-engraved tang, plain bevelled lock, figured walnut full stock with incised scrollwork and silver escutcheon engraved JG, engraved brass mounts…	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,900	View
1700	A BRITISH FLINTLOCK INFANTRY MUSKET Circa 1800 Regulation type flintlock musket, the lockplate marked TOWER with crowned ordnance stamp, plain brass trigger guard, buttplate and ramrod pipes, the stock stamped “248” to the right butt,…	£300 - £500	-	View
1701	A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS Mid 18th century With flared multi-stage iron barrel, plain lock, brass-mounted full stock with figured butt, brass sideplate and trigger guard, the buttplate engraved “248”, later brass-tipped…	£400 - £600	-	View
1702	AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK MUSKET Late 18th / early 19th century Of characteristic form, the long barrel decorated throughout with silver and brass overlay including vegetal scrolls and crescent moon motifs, the lock with floral…	£400 - £600	£800	View
1703	A DECORATED ISLAMIC FLINTLOCK PISTOL 19th century With curved gilt-brass stock engraved with foliage, iron barrel and lock, and traditional flint mechanism. The stock terminating in a flared butt with stylised knop, overall length 52cm	£300 - £500	£420	View
1704	A INDO-PERSIAN FLINTLOCK INDISTICTLY SIGNED 19th century With brass-mounted stock, silver koftgari decoration to barrel and mounts, engraved lockplate, and embossed silver floral decoration to butt and barrel, overall length 39cm	£300 - £500	-	View
1705	A SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY CLARKSON OF LONDON 18th century With full walnut stock inlaid with engraved silver wire scrolls and mounts including sideplate, butt-cap and escutcheon, engraved steel lockplate signed “Clarkson”, and barrel struck…	£600 - £800	-	View
1706	A FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY LACY, LONDON Early 19th century With octagonal-to-round steel barrel, flat bevelled lock signed ‘LACY’, full walnut stock with chequered butt, the silver wire inlay now lacking, and silver furniture including…	£500 - £700	-	View
1707	A DECORATED OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK PISTOL 19th century Of characteristic form with curved walnut stock inlaid and overlaid in silver and brass, brass lockplate signed “OATFRATFNRHEK.....”, reinforced with shaped panels around the barrel tang…	£300 - £500	-	View
1708	A FLINTLOCK TRADE MUSKET BY BARNETT Circa 1830 A flintlock trade musket, the lockplate plain, fullstocked in walnut with brass mounts, the barrel marked BARNETT, overall length 93cm	£300 - £500	£260	View
1709	A GERMAN PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE Mid 19th century With heavy octagonal barrel fitted with fore and rear sights, finely chequered full stock, deeply curved brass butt plate engraved with foliate scrollwork, and elaborately formed…	£300 - £500	-	View
1710	A PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN WITH DAMASCUS BARREL 19th century With browned twist-pattern Damascus barrel engraved with native script and serial no. 960, plain percussion lock, iron furniture, and hardwood full stock with inset buttplate and…	£300 - £500	£300	View
1711	A 1853 PATTERN ENFIELD PERCUSSION MUSKET Dated 1855 The lock with crowned ‘V.R.’ cypher and dated 1855, the walnut stock stamped A. HACKMAN, regulation brass furniture, three barrel bands, steel ramrod and ladder rear sight, overall length…	£300 - £500	-	View
1712	A BRITISH PERCUSSION MUSKET Circa 1850s Of military type, the lock and barrel plain with signs of service use, fitted with three barrel bands and front sight, full-length stock with reddish varnish finish, iron trigger guard,…	£200 - £300	£200	View
1713	A PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARREL SPORTING GUN BY FISHENDEN 19th century With browned twist barrels, engraved locks marked ‘FISHENDEN’, walnut stock, plain trigger guard, and engraved presentation escutcheon behind the top tang, overall length 120cm	£300 - £500	-	View
1714	A PERCUSSION LONG GUN BY MCDERMOTT 19th century Octagonal barrel, brass mounts with floral engraving, finely shaped stock with compartment to the butt, signed “McDermott” to the lock, twin triggers, overall length 97cm	£300 - £500	-	View
1715	A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE, SIGNED MICHAELIS IN INNSTADT 19th century Octagonal barrel signed along the top flat, flat brass lockplate and furniture, double set triggers, brass buttplate, and decorative cheekpiece, overall length 107cm	£200 - £400	-	View
1716	A PERCUSSION MUSKET BY TOWER Dated 1867 British military percussion musket, the lockplate stamped “TOWER 1867”, with regulation brass mounts including trigger guard and butt plate, and a walnut full stock with socket for…	£200 - £300	-	View
1717	A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARREL SPORTING GUN, SIGNED J.H. JEAN OF COULON 19th Century, Of typical form with back-action locks signed J.H. Jean and of Coulon, plain hammers and twin triggers, figured full stock with carved detail and a long steel tang, decorated butt cap…	£200 - £300	-	View
1718	AN ENGLISH PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN Circa 1840 With sighted octagonal-to-round barrel, scroll-engraved lock and hammer, single percussion nipple, double trigger set-up, and chequered walnut half-stock with steel buttplate and plain…	£120 - £180	£120	View
1719	AN EARLY RIMFIRE DOUBLE-BARREL SPORTING GUN BY M. ARENDT À LIÈGE 19th century With browned twist barrels signed “M. Arendt à Liège”, break-action breech with twin hammers and rimfire firing pins, foliate engraved locks and furniture, chequered walnut stock, and…	£400 - £600	-	View
1720	A DOUBLE-BARREL PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY M. REILLY, LONDON 19th century Side-by-side barrels, finely engraved locks signed “M. Reilly”, double triggers, iron furniture, and chequered stock, overall length 117cm	£300 - £500	-	View
1721	A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARREL SHOTGUN BY BOUCHLY & CARPENTERS 19th century With browned twist barrels, engraved back-action locks signed “BOUCHLY” and “CARPENTERS”, twin hammers, double triggers, finely chequered walnut half-stock, and iron mounts including…	£150 - £250	£150	View
1722	A PERCUSSION REVOLVING RIFLE, INDISTINCTLY SIGNED 19th century With heavy octagonal barrel, plain iron frame, scroll-engraved hammer and guard, large six-shot cylinder, double trigger, and chequered walnut half-stock with steel buttplate. Signed…	£500 - £700	£1,600	View
1723	A FINE ENGLISH PERCUSSION SPORTING PISTOL BY THOMAS LEE, LONDON Mid-19th century An octagonal browned barrel signed Thomas Lee, London, finely engraved lock and tang, scroll-engraved hammer and mounts, chequered walnut half-stock with horn fore-end cap, brass…	£300 - £500	£300	View
1724	A MID-19TH CENTURY PERCUSSION CAVALRY PISTOL Mid-19th century A full walnut stock, brass mounts including butt cap and trigger guard, iron ramrod, and regulation steel lockplate engraved with a lion passant, overall length 40cm	£200 - £300	£480	View
1725	A PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SHOTGUN BY E. W. BOND circa 1850 A twin-trigger side-by-side percussion shotgun, engraved lockplates signed E. W. Bond, walnut full stock with iron furniture, 118cm overall	£100 - £150	-	View
1726	A CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN CROSSBOW 19th century With makers name Johnson Manchester, of composite construction, with dark-stained hardwood tiller inlaid with engraved white-metal plaques and fitted with a folding rear sight and iron…	£300 - £500	-	View
1727	A PERSIAN EMBROIDERED QUIVER WITH NINETEEN ARROWS 19th century Of tapering form, richly worked in silver and gilt embroidery over a textile-covered frame, with decorative suspension strap bearing jingling pendants and engraved brass mount. Retaining…	£600 - £900	£1,000	View
1728	A JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO MILITARY SWORD WITH FIELD COVER Circa 1930s–40s A World War II period shin-gunto katana with traditional tsuba, brass military mounts, and ray-skin grip bound with brown silk. The tang shows two holes, with signs of earlier blade…	£300 - £500	£450	View
1729	A JAPANESE TYPE 98 OFFICER’S SHIN-GUNTO KATANA Mid 20th century With regulation leather-covered scabbard, pierced brass tsuba bearing Imperial chrysanthemum motifs, traditional wrapped tsuka over samegawa ray skin, and gilt menuki, the tang…	£400 - £600	£650	View
1730	A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI WITH DECORATIVE LACQUERED SAYA AND IRON TSUBA Early 20th century The curved single-edged blade with plain copper habaki and deeply patinated iron tsuba of lobed form, the hilt unusually wrapped in thick wool cord over original fittings, the…	£100 - £200	£190	View
1731	AN INDO-PERSIAN CARVED WOODEN MUSKET REST 19th century With forked pivoting rest carved in the form of serpent or dragon heads, the shaft decorated with geometric and scale-like motifs, and fitted with transverse handle and iron bracing bar…	£200 - £300	-	View
1732	A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S FORAGE CAP OF THE 22ND (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT Circa 1880–1900 With dark blue cloth body and polished black peak, the front applied with gilt and silvered regimental badge featuring the Prince of Wales’s feathers above a coronet and scrolls…	£200 - £300	£300	View
1733	A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORM AND CAVALRY ACCOUTREMENTS Late 19th - early 20th century Comprising a pair of black leather cavalry ankle boots with fixed steel spurs, a crimson officer’s waist sash with bullion fringe, two crimson and silver shoulder cords…	£200 - £300	-	View
1734	A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY OFFICER’S SWORD BELTS AND ACCOUTREMENTS Early 20th century Including several dress belts with ornate silver and gilt buckles, examples to the Second Royal Cheshire and other regiments, some with lion or Prince of Wales’s plume insignia,…	£150 - £250	£140	View
1735	A LARGE GROUP OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEATHER BELTS AND SLINGS 20th century Comprising over 20 various items including leather and webbing belts, bandoliers, and rifle slings, many with brass or steel fittings, military-issue styles visible among others, with…	£100 - £150	£90	View
1736	A WWII PERIOD BRITISH MILITARY RANGEFINDER NO. 1436 BY SHORT & MASON Circa 1940s A British Army issue handheld optical rangefinder, marked “SHORT & MASON LTD LONDON No.1436” with War Department broad arrow. Matte black cylindrical body with brass belt loop,…	£120 - £180	-	View
1737	A CANADIAN ROSS RIFLE BAYONET AND SCABBARD Circa 1910–1916, the single-edged spear-point blade with two-piece wooden grips, straight crossguard with muzzle ring, and release catch to the pommel, in its leather scabbard with integral frog,…	£60 - £80	£70	View
1738	A GROUP OF EIGHT MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEATHER HOLSTERS (8) 20th century Comprising: a leather stock-holster for the Mauser C96 ‘Broomhandle’ pistol; a wartime brown leather Luger P08 holster with spare magazine pouch; a British Webley service revolver…	£100 - £150	£220	View
1739	A GROUP OF SCABBARDS AND A LEATHER HOLSTER 19th–20th century Including six assorted scabbards of various styles and materials, such as wood, leather, and textile-bound examples—some likely Indo-Persian or African in origin—together with a…	£100 - £150	£35	View
1740	A FRENCH M1866 CHASSEPORT BAYONET (2) 70cm long, together with a French 1874 pattern bayonet, 59cm long	£150 - £250	-	View

Total lots: 154

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