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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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Friday 5 September 9am – 4.00pm
Saturday 6 September 9am – 12 noon

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Thursday 11 September 9am-4:30pm
Friday 12 September 9am-4:30pm
Saturday 13 September 9am – 12noon

Important Notice
YOU MUST BE 18YRS OR OLDER TO PURCHASE IN THIS SALE ID MAY BE REQUESTED
Buyers Premium 25% + VAT

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
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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