Fine antique arms and armor.
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A percussion pocket pistol
Lot # 851 (Sale Order: 851 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 400
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Belgium, Smooth, octagonal, turn-off, 12 mm cal. barrel of fine damask, with grooved corners; box-lock frame engraved with floral motifs along the sides and with stars on the lower and upper face, with rear hammer, slightly off-centre, and foldaway trigger; the grip chiselled with racemes and acanthus leaves (a crack); white metallic butt-plate with primer case., , dimensions: length 15,8 cm.
A percussion pocket pistol
Lot # 852 (Sale Order: 852 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 200
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Europe, Smooth, cylindrical, twisted, turn-off, 12 mm cal. barrel; box-lock type frame with rear hammer slightly off-centre (piston missing), the sides engraved with racemes and outlined; foldaway trigger; grooved, wooden grip chiselled with palmette., , dimensions: length 15 cm.
A percussion pistol
Lot # 853 (Sale Order: 853 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 600
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Belgium, Short, octagonal, rifled, 17 mm cal. barrel, with foresight, and stamp of Liège; breech and tang featuring engraved racemes and sight notch; backward spring lock engraved with racemes, the hammer en suite (with a restoration); wooden full stock with checkered butt; iron mounts engraved with racemes, butt-plate with primer case., , dimensions: length 27 cm.
A percussion target pistol
Lot # 854 (Sale Order: 854 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 750
dating: circa 1800, provenance: France, Fine, octagonal, rifled, damascened barrel, with number "2" at the base, foresight, cal. 17 mm; engraved and sighted tang; lock converted to percussion, engraved with floral motifs; three-quarter stock checkered at the neck, steel mounts engraved in the style of the Empire; trigger guard with finger support, set trigger. Interesting target weapon., , dimensions: length 37.5 cm.
A percussion pistol by Mazza
Lot # 855 (Sale Order: 855 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 600
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Naples, Smooth, octagonal, 17 mm cal. barrel with remains of finishing, provided with brass foresight; breech with a gold-inlaid, shield-shaped stamp, depicting sun with anthropomorphic face and the signature "MAZZA NAPOLI", provided with spark arrester; tang with broad sight; forward spring lock, featuring remains of finishing, engraved with racemes and signed "MAZZA"; wooden half stock with grooved butt; iron mounts engraved with racemes. The stock and the metallic components feature slight defects, the weapon deserves an adequate restoration. Together with an English, small powder-flask in a later case., , dimensions: length 33 cm.
A percussion officer's pistol
Lot # 856 (Sale Order: 856 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 1,200
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Naples, Smooth, two-stage, 18 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, with stamp of the Real Fabbrica between three lilies, round at the second part, with rigs at the girdle and brass moulded muzzle; forward spring miquelet lock, featuring the signature "F. R.le DI NAPOLI" near the piston, fine fish-shaped hammer; three-quarter wooden stock, slightly sculpted, with checkered neck. Smooth, brass mounts. Original, iron ramrod., , dimensions: length 37 cm.
An interesting pistol converted to percussion
Lot # 857 (Sale Order: 857 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 1,200
dating: 18th Century, provenance: Germany, Smooth, two-stage, 14.5 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, richly engraved with sun, Kabbalistic symbols and floral motifs, round at the second part, with a wide ring at the girdle, and brass foresight; tang marked "ME FECIT BURG"; lock converted to percussion, engraved with floral motifs and provided with a peculiar safety lock; wooden full stock, slightly sculpted with foliage, gilt brass mounts, decorated with floral motifs, the counter-plate with snakes and palmettes, the butt-plate with monster head; replaced ramrod with antique tip., , dimensions: length 42.5 cm.
A very rare double-barrelled percussion pistol with knife
Lot # 858 (Sale Order: 858 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 1,500
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Belgium, Smooth, round, juxtaposed, damask, 8 mm cal. barrels, with stamp of Liège test bench; silver grip scales, finely engraved with floral pattern, foldaway triggers with remains of finishing; folding knife with single-edged, ribbed blade., , dimensions: length 25 cm.
A pair of percussion pistols
Lot # 859 (Sale Order: 859 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 500
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Belgium, Octagonal, 15 mm cal. barrels with remains of micro-checkering, with foresight; backward spring locks engraved with racemes; half stocks of light wood (restorations), chiseled at the butt and the butt-plate; white metallic mounts engraved with racemes. In a later, wooden case., , dimensions: length 36 cm.
A cased pair of Wilkinson percussion travelling pistols
Lot # 860 (Sale Order: 860 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 1,200
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: London, Smooth, octagonal, 13 mm cal. barrels, marked "J. WILKINSON LONDON", an engraved frame at the base, with foresight, stamp of the test bench; brass frame finely engraved with floral motifs; micro-checkered, wooden butt, iron mounts engraved with floral motifs, butt-plate with primer case; articulated, iron ramrod. In their wooden case, lined with green cloth, with James Wilkinson plaque and all tools. Complete with key and brass handle., , dimensions: length 24 cm.
A cased fine pair of Devisme percussion pistols
Lot # 861 (Sale Order: 861 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 5,000
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: France, Octagonal, rifled, 11 mm cal. barrels, keeping 40% of the antique finishing, provided with foresight, signed "DEVISME A PARIS", featuring floral engravings at the base; the breeches finely engraved with flowers and rocaille, the tangs engraved with floral motifs and net, also provided with sight notch. Forward spring locks, the plate engraved with rocaille, flowers and net at the centre, and shell at the edge, the hammers engraved en suite (one of the hammers features a small restoration on the lever); ebony full stocks chiselled at the nozzle, at the back and along the sides with floral pattern, and grooved, both numbered "10534". Iron mounts, trigger guards with finger support, butt-plates with long, moulded button, floral engravings. In their case of dark wood with brass mounts, lined with dark green velvet, on the cover the writing "36 BOULEVART DES ITALIENS / DEVISME / ARQUEBUSIER BREVETE / A PARIS" imprinted in gold; complete with all tools: hammer, screwdriver, ramrod, bullet mould, two boxes and key., , dimensions: length 40,5 cm.
A rare and fine pair of cased percussion pistols by J. Stoehr
Lot # 862 (Sale Order: 862 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 7,500
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Czechoslovakia, Rifled, octagonal, finished and damascened, 11 mm cal. barrels featuring the signature "J. STÖHR A CARLSBAD" in silver, with foresight, bell-mouthed nozzles; sighted tangs engraved with floral motifs and marked "1" and "2"; locks, hammers and pistons finely engraved with foliage; half stocks of fruit wood, micro-checkered at the neck, framed by chiselled foliage, mounts engraved en suite, trigger guard and finger support, set trigger. In their wooden case (damaged) lined with green fabric, provided with tools., , dimensions: length 41.5 cm.
An outstanding cased breech-loading percussion pistol with removable butt by Schilling
Lot # 863 (Sale Order: 863 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 12,000
dating: mid-19th Century, provenance: Germany, Octagonal, rifled, 12 mm cal. barrel of fine damask, slightly bell-mouthed at the nozzle, signed "V. CHR. SCHILLING IN SUHL" in gold, provided with precision foresight. Rectangular frame featuring fine engravings; depicting on a side the effigy of a soldier with his crossbow, at the top a man by a fire in the highland and another man spying him (a bandit?) hidden behind the rocks, the rest decorated with floral motifs; on the right side a blued lever opening the loading gate hammer placed at the lower part with safety lock. Grip of briarwood carved with masks and floral motifs framing the checkered area, trigger guard with curl and finger support engraved with floral motifs, iron butt-plate with drum with cover decorated with the effigy of a man with crossbow. Briarwood removable butt engraved en suite, with iron mounts engraved with floral motifs. In a fruitwood case lined with green cloth; complete with all tools and key.Valentin Christoph Schilling is known because of the outstanding quality of his works. See "Der Neue Stoeckel", vol. II, page 1123., , dimensions: length 40/65 cm.
An exceptional pair of percussion pistols by Arana
Lot # 864 (Sale Order: 864 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 12,000
dating: second quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Spain, Smooth, two-stage, 17 mm cal. barrels of fine damask, the first part octagonal and marked with the golden inscription "à Espiral por Arana en Eibar 1845" between floral motifs; the girdle decorated with a band chiselled with floral motifs on gilt ground, with a frame featuring notched rings; moulded nozzle framed en suite; the base and the tangs decorated en suite with the broad sight; backward spring locks finely engraved with foliage on gilt ground, the hammers chiselled as lion on a small dragon, engraved and partially pierced; briarwood, three-quarter stocks sculpted with floral and geometrical motifs, steel mounts decorated en suite; triggers featuring finishing, butt-plates with ring. Horn ramrods with metallic tip and cartridge extractor. The barrel protective cap covered with bone. For Arana see "Der Neue Stöckel", Vol. I, page 27., , dimensions: length 34 cm.
A miniature pin-fire pistol
Lot # 865 (Sale Order: 865 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 200
dating: 20th Century, provenance: Europe, Smooth, faceted, swivelling barrel; frame engraved with floral motifs, rabbit and deer (some pitting), provided with ring. In a small box with tools and cover marked "Original Berloque - Pistölchen"., , dimensions: length 39 mm.
A breech-loading target pistol with Martini type action
Lot # 866 (Sale Order: 866 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 750
dating: last quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Europe, Octagonal, blued, rifled, 7 mm cal. barrel, the bore in good condition, provided with foresight and adjustable rear-sight, serial number "2XXX"; frame with falling block bolt, engraved with floral motifs on the sides, opening lever consisting in the trigger guard; trigger with set trigger, functioning. Wooden butt and fore-end, the last one smooth, the other chiselled and grooved; steel mounts engraved en suite with the frame., , dimensions: length 45 cm.
A pair of double-barrelled pin-fire pistols
Lot # 867 (Sale Order: 867 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 400
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Central Europe, Smooth, round, swivelling, 9 mm cal. barrels with rib; smooth frames, double trigger; wooden butts., , dimensions: length 21.5 cm.
A pair of double-barrelled pin-fire pistols
Lot # 868 (Sale Order: 868 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 950
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Central Europe, Round, rifled, juxtapozed, swivelling, 10 mm cal. barrels, with rib, keeping 70% of the original finishing; frames finely engraved with vine shoots; foldaway triggers, engraved levers; ebony grips, sculpted and grooved; iron butt-plates decorated with rosettes., , dimensions: length 30 cm.
A Venditti-Lancusi breech-loading pistol
Lot # 869 (Sale Order: 869 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 1,800
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Italy, Faceted barrel, engraved with floral motifs and signed "VENDITTI E C.i LANCUSI", with tubular magazine; brass frame with iron plates, engraved with floral pattern; lever action ring trigger guard; checkered, walnut grip scales; butt-plate with ring.Pietro Antonio Venditti, Torre Annunziata and Napoli, 1828 - 1878. After being released from hard labor, as he had been convicted for murder, he starts his own activity in Torre Annunziata; after many patents, he realizes and patents his famous repeating pistol, made for ten and even twenty-six shots. See "Der Neue Stockel", Vol. II, page n. 1324., , dimensions: length 33 cm.
A rare gravity Colette pistol
Lot # 870 (Sale Order: 870 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 2,100
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: Belgium, Octagonal, rifled, 11.5 mm cal. barrel with gravity magazine; steel frame, safety lock, wooden butt, iron butt-plate., , dimensions: length 34 cm.
A very scarce Gay & Guycot 40 shot chain pistol
Lot # 871 (Sale Order: 871 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 8,500
dating: last quarter of the 19th Century, provenance: France, Octagonal, smooth, cal. 6 mm needle fire barrel; iron frame with safety lock and folding trigger, at the inside a complicated 40 shot chain mechanism; on the back the sight notch and the foresight, loading gate; wooden grip scales. Safety lock., , dimensions: length 30.5 cm.
A matchlock barrel with rests of the gun stock
Lot # 872 (Sale Order: 872 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 950
dating: 17th Century, provenance: Germany, Heavy, octagonal, smooth, 18 mm cal. barrel with long sight shaped as a pistol barrel, with foresight; lateral pan provided with pan cover and spark-arrester. The area under the barrel decorated with double bands of bone at the borders, the remaining part of the stock, the lock and the mounts are missing., , dimensions: length 135 cm.
A matchlock rifle
Lot # 873 (Sale Order: 873 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 2,200
dating: late 16th Century, provenance: Swiss, Octagonal, 15 mm cal. barrel, with helical rifling featuring sixteen spirals, at the breech a stamp depicting a snake wrapped in four coils, with crowned head (probably the coat of arms of Danner Family, Nuremberg XVI sec (see Stockel, 1943, vol II, n° 5851), near the tang a oval, unclear mark; flat, archaic lock, at the centre the cross-shaped spring stopper, pan with spark-arrester and sliding cover with leaf-shaped handle, serpentine shaped as a dragon head with the original screw to fix the match; walnut full stock coloured in black, featuring the coat of arms of Geneva on the counter-plate side; arched lever, squared and then round, rounded at the girdle, ending in a baluster. Wooden ramrod. Rust damages at the iron components. Bibliography: José A. Godoy "Armes a Feu XV-XVII siecle - Catalugue du Musèe d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève", N° 15 plate on page 30, picture on page 150 and 378., , dimensions: length 128 cm.
An important matchlock petronel with Turkish barrel
Lot # 874 (Sale Order: 874 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 23,000
dating: last quarter of the 16th Century, provenance: Saxony, Interesting, Turkish, smooth, four-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, contemporary to the butt; octagonal at the fist part decorated with lateral grooves, featuring inscriptions in Arabic characters on the back, with brass rings at the girdle, the second part is decorated with twisted grooves becoming straight at the edge, the third part, framed by rings, features beautiful, floral engravings and keeps remains of gilding, the last segment is round, with longitudinal grooves and slightly thickened nozzle, provided with foresight; screwed-in tang; on the right the pan with spark arrester featuring the sight. Matchlock with rectangular, serpentine with screw and end shaped as dragon head. Wooden full stock richly decorated with bone inlays and plaques, engraved with floral motifs and partially coloured in green (small parts missing). The counter-plate with winged lion, on the back of the butt a heraldic coat of arms featuring a cross and four "eyes" (crescent?) under a compass; long, curved iron trigger (turn-off!). Wooden ramrod with engraved, bone tip.Charming and beautiful, very scarce weapon. We have knowledge of a limited number of similar pieces, such pieces are featured in the biggest collection of the world; see a petronel in the collection of the Tower of London (No. XII.12 and XII.13), another in Kienbusch Collection, New York (n. 635). None of them has a barrel as important as the lot offered above., , dimensions: length 122 cm.
A wheel-lock rifle
Lot # 875 (Sale Order: 875 of 1025)
Low Estimate: 3,800
dating: last quarter of the 17th Century, provenance: Germany, Octagonal, rifled, 10mm cal. barrel, provided with foresight and sight notch decorated with spirals at the base, featuring a frame at the base, with strongly bell-mouthed nozzle; covered wheel lock, plate engraved with remains of a hunting scene, provided with sliding pan cover and hammer with protective sheath for the jaws, slightly chiselled spring; full stock of light wood (small damages and restorations), outlined, decorated with bone inlays, at the back of the butt a small plaque engraved with foliage, at the lower part a heart-shaped plaque, cheek-piece with spirals and bone borders. Patch-box of wood and bone. Functioning trigger and set trigger. Iron trigger guard., , dimensions: length 108 cm.
