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September 10| Arms & Armour
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Wednesday 10 September 2025
12:00 BST
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Wednesday 10
September
Lots 1601- 1748 Arms & Armour 12noon
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Lot 1717
Unsold
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 with grotesque mask, and deeply engraved guard and trigger finial, overall 101cm long
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 with grotesque mask, and deeply engraved guard and trigger finial, overall 101cm long
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1718
Sold
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 ramrod, overall length 120cm
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 ramrod, overall length 120cm
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £120 - £180
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1719
Unsold
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 steel butt plate, overall length 118cm
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 steel butt plate, overall length 118cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1720
Unsold
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
Side-by-side barrels, finely engraved locks signed “M. Reilly”, double triggers, iron furniture, and chequered stock, overall length 117cm
Condition report; There isn’t an engraving on the trigger guard / tang. The top rib has engraving…
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1721
Sold
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 butt-plate and trigger guard, overall length 123cm
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 butt-plate and trigger guard, overall length 123cm
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1722
Sold
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 faintly along the left side of the frame, possibly “Harvis” or similar, overall length 104cm
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 faintly along the left side of the frame, possibly “Harvis” or similar, overall length 104cm
Condition: Firing mechanism in good working order. makers name rubbed. No obvious defects
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1723
Sold
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 furniture including patch box, and adjustable rear sight, overall length approx. 120cm
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 furniture including patch box, and adjustable rear sight, overall length approx. 120cm
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1724
Sold
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
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
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1725
Unsold
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
A twin-trigger side-by-side percussion shotgun, engraved lockplates signed E. W. Bond, walnut full stock with iron furniture, 118cm overall
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1726
Unsold
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 trigger plate, steel prod bound with cord, and twin vertical bolt guides, overall length 73cm
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 trigger plate, steel prod bound with cord, and twin vertical bolt guides, overall length 73cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1727
Sold
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 19 matching arrows with reed shafts and short iron points, likely for light hunting or display use, overall length 73cm
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 19 matching arrows with reed shafts and short iron points, likely for light hunting or display use, overall length 73cm
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £600 - £900
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1728
Sold
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 remounting. Complete with leather-covered scabbard and original leather field combat cover. The tang bears a two-hole mounting (niju mekugi-ana), suggesting the blade may be older than its WWII-era shin-gunto mounts. The mei (signature) appears partially obscured, overall length 93cm
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 remounting. Complete with leather-covered scabbard and original leather field combat cover. The tang bears a two-hole mounting (niju mekugi-ana), suggesting the blade may be older than its WWII-era shin-gunto mounts. The mei (signature) appears partially obscured, overall length 93cm
Signature analysis (mei):The tang bears a two-hole mounting (niju mekugi-ana) suggesting the blade…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1729
Sold
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 drilled with twin mekugi-ana, overall length 105cm
With regulation leather-covered scabbard, pierced brass tsuba bearing Imperial chrysanthemum motifs, traditional wrapped tsuka over samegawa ray skin, and gilt menuki, the tang drilled with twin mekugi-ana, overall length 105cm
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1730
Sold
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 black lacquered wooden saya inset with two applied gold-painted decorative motifs in makie lacquer, likely symbolic or emblematic in nature
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 black lacquered wooden saya inset with two applied gold-painted decorative motifs in makie lacquer, likely symbolic or emblematic in nature
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1731
Unsold
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 below, overall length 53cm
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 below, overall length 53cm
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1732
Sold
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 reading ICH DIEN and II ROYAL CHESHIRE, with silver lace trim and lion mask side bosses with rings. The interior quilted and lined in purple silk, with maker’s label of Smalpage & Son, Military Outfitters, 43 Maddox St, New Bond St, W., housed in its original green-papered hat box
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 reading ICH DIEN and II ROYAL CHESHIRE, with silver lace trim and lion mask side bosses with rings. The interior quilted and lined in purple silk, with maker’s label of Smalpage & Son, Military Outfitters, 43 Maddox St, New Bond St, W., housed in its original green-papered hat box
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1733
Unsold
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, a red horsehair plume with metal holder, a red wool pompom, a length of crimson braid, a decorative leather strap with chain and bell, and other associated crimson dress elements; likely for ceremonial wear by a Yeomanry or cavalry officer
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, a red horsehair plume with metal holder, a red wool pompom, a length of crimson braid, a decorative leather strap with chain and bell, and other associated crimson dress elements; likely for ceremonial wear by a Yeomanry or cavalry officer
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1734
Sold
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, along with shoulder slings and leather hangers in black, brown, white, and silver braid
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, along with shoulder slings and leather hangers in black, brown, white, and silver braid
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1735
Sold
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 signs of wear and field use. Includes a variety of brown and black leathers, some embossed, stitched, or tooled
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 signs of wear and field use. Includes a variety of brown and black leathers, some embossed, stitched, or tooled
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1736
Unsold
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, sighting aperture, and optical window for calculating distance by parallax. Designed for infantry or artillery field use to estimate range to a target. Complete with original brown leather case, diameter 8cm
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, sighting aperture, and optical window for calculating distance by parallax. Designed for infantry or artillery field use to estimate range to a target. Complete with original brown leather case, diameter 8cm
Estimate: £120 - £180
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1737
Sold
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, overall length 41cm
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £60 - £80
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1738
Sold
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 holster; a black leather holster with brass muzzle cap (possibly Russian Nagant type); a brown leather flap holster marked ‘US’; a post-war police-style black holster; and two additional brown leather flap holsters, one with belt loop and magazine pouch
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 holster; a black leather holster with brass muzzle cap (possibly Russian Nagant type); a brown leather flap holster marked ‘US’; a post-war police-style black holster; and two additional brown leather flap holsters, one with belt loop and magazine pouch
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1739
Sold
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 long leather military-style holster with belt loop and securing strap, possibly for a cavalry pistol. One scabbard with floral cotton fabric wrap.
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 long leather military-style holster with belt loop and securing strap, possibly for a cavalry pistol. One scabbard with floral cotton fabric wrap.
Hammer price:
£35
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 September 2025
10 September 2025
Lot 1740
Unsold
A FRENCH M1866 CHASSEPORT BAYONET (2)
70cm long, together with a French 1874 pattern bayonet, 59cm long
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 September 2025
10 September 2025