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Local Price : £4995.00

Flintlock Queen Anne Pistols by Griffin of Bond Street, a historic pair. SN 9052. A Historic Pair of Flintlock Queen Anne Pistols by Griffin of Bond Street. 12” overall, 5”round 20 bore turn off barrels swelling at the muzzles, barrels numbered 1 and 2, engraved ‘LONDON’ & stamped with London proofs and Foreigners mark on top of the breach, foliate engraved tangs cut with sighting grooves, signed ‘Griffin Bond Street’, border engraved locks with cocks decorated en suite. Half stocked in walnut cut with raised aprons behind the tangs and around the locks, silver mounts comprising grotesque masks stamped with hallmarks, pierced side plates, Rococo escutcheons engraved with the original owner’s crest of a boar beneath a tree and motto ‘J ESPERE’ for the Swinton Family, steel trigger guards engraved with an oval on the bow. Circa 1750. In good condition, one pistol with burn marks beneath the trigger guard. Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) was a Scottish surgeon who went to India in the service of the East India Company. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma, arriving at Ganjam in Eastern India in 1759 and from there went on to Calcutta. During this time he also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he also left India with an unprecedented mastery of the Persian language, local customs and strong relationships with the Mughal nobility. Swinton was a very early collector of Indian and Mughal art and on returning to Scotland he brought with him a substantial collection Indian paintings, works of art, ivories, arms, jewels, Persian books and silver and jade handled daggers. This is documented in family papers. The significance of Swinton’s pioneering interest in Indian culture and early patronage of Indian art was recently recognised by the acceptance of an important group of Indian paintings, weapons and other works of art by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax, allocated to the National Museum of Scotland in 2021. These pistols are dated to the same period that Swinton was serving in India and it is highly likely that they accompanied him on his journey as they bear his crest and motto. Benjamin Griffin . Apprenticed to Samuel Harrison, 1719; gave up apprentice and worked as Foreign gunmaker allowed to prove guns by Gunmakers Co., 1724-31. Told to give up work by Gunmakers CO., but traded as gunmaker (Successor to Samuel Garrison), Bond St., 1735-70. Registered silversmiths mark, Goldsmiths Hall, 1743. With son, Joseph, took out Sun Ins. (No. 159594)on goods at Cross & Griffin, New Bond Street., 1757. Died 1770. Joseph Son of Benjamin. Apprenticed to Samuel Blanckley, turned over to father, 1741; free of Gunmakers CO., 1750. Proof piece and mark 1759. Elected Assistant, 1759; Master, 1762, 1763. Appointed Gentlemen Armourer to His Majestys Stables-in-Ordinary, 1760. Gunmaker to His Majesty near the Duke of Graftons, Bond Street., 1763. In partnership with father until 1770, then with John Tow, 1772-82. Died in 1784. Succeeded by John Tow.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $4850.00

AN ITALIAN CRAB CLAW BROADSWORD DATED 1644. So-called crab claw form hilt after its curved cross guard. See Armi Bianche Italiane , pl.585-91 for related examples and particularly pl.586 which is closely related. Iron hilt with radially fluted shell guard and fluted pommel. Oval ring guard with scalloped medial and matching scallops to the quillon terminals. Iron wire wrapped grip. 31 ¾ d.e. blade of flattened diamond section. The front with large 1644 and the reverse with the running wolf mark chiseled. This is an infantry sword of well know type. Its blade length is calculated to optimize its effect for close hand to hand fighting. At the time, Venice was a city state which encompassed most of north of the Italian peninsula and the territories north and east of the Adriatic. It was the power which held the Ottoman Turks in check. Her fleet of over 3000 ships protected the coastline from marauding Turks and pirates both on land and at sea. This sword likely saw service aboard a ship as well as on land.

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Local Price : £4,750.00

On Hold. An extremely rare 1796 pattern, heavy cavalry 'Disk-Hilt' sword of the Life Guards. A large geometrically pierced, slightly dished guard with original

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750.00

A Stunning, Historical, Napoleonic War’s Period, 1796 Pattern Officer's Combat Sword of William A. Cuninghame, of the 95th. It’s rarity value is due to both it’s known specific history to a Napoleonic Wars family member and it’s condition. With superb provenance, that is very rare to survive. He was the father of Capt William Cuninghame Cuninghame, hero of the 79th Foot in the Crimean War, and brother of Capt. Thomas Cuninghame of the 45th Foot. One of all three original family swords, owned and used in combat by William Cunningham senior, all with their own built in provenance, from the world renown British Army, serving in the 95th, 45th and the 79th Regiments. All three were acquired, then expertly conserved by us. They were obtained by us from a direct line family descendant, still possessor of the same family name, and they are all all offered for sale by us separately, but the light infantry sabre of the 45th regiment is now sold. A super, antique and historical, officers combat sword of his ancestor, who fought with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars era. Each sword is engraved with the family name, crest, and motto. This sword, belonged to William Alexander, Cuninghame, who joined his regiment as a junior officer in April 1813, and served as an officer in the 95th regt., Another sword belonged, and was used, by Thomas Cuninghame, William Alexander's elder brother, who served in the 45th regt., both used by them in the Napoleonic Wars, and a basket hilted broadsword which we have also fully conserved, that was used by William Alexander Cuninghame's son, Capt. William Cuninghame Cuninghame, in the Crimean War. According to family record, W.A.Cuninghame while serving with his regiment was wounded in Guadaloupe in 1814, but this may well have been early 1815, during the British invasion to retake the island in Napoleon's Hundred Days period. The Hundred Days war was so called after Napoleon returned from exile in Elba, reformed his army, declared war on the allies, and that culminated in the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, Wellington's great victory and Napoleon's final defeat. The 1796 Pattern British Infantry Officers Sword was carried by officers of the line infantry in the British Army between 1796 and the time of its official replacement with the gothic hilted sword in 1822. This period encompassed the whole of the Napoleonic Wars. The Napoleonic Wars, was a series of wars between Napoleonic France and shifting alliances of other European powers that produced a brief French hegemony over most of Europe. Along with the French Revolutionary wars, the Napoleonic Wars constitute a 23-year period of recurrent conflict that concluded only with the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon’s defeat by Wellington, and thus his subsequent second abdication on June 22, 1815. It is interesting that statistically Napoleon had fought and won more battles than the worlds next three great military commanders combined, however, despite his obvious genius he never actually won a war, and Wellington had never lost one. France had a population of 27,350,000 in 1801 as opposed to Great Britain’s 10,942,146, outnumbering Britain almost three to one, and France had gained much territory warfare since 1792. However, a significant advance in economic strength was to enable Great Britain to wage war against this formidable adversary and to achieve the “miracles of credit” whereby foreign military assistance could be subsidized. The French, whose manufactures progressed less dramatically than the British and whose seaborne trade had been strangled by the superior nature of Britain’s navy, found it impossible to raise funds commensurate with their aggressive policy in Europe, so that Napoleon had to rely on the spoils of conquest and looting to supplement the deficiencies of French finance. As a matter of course, Wellington had forbade his armies to engage in looting of any kind, upon penalty of severe flogging or worse. The Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars were massive in their geographic scope, ranging, as far as Britain was concerned, over all of the five continents. They were massive, too, in terms of expense. From 1793 to the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 the wars cost Britain more than £1,650,000,000. Only 25 percent of this sum was raised by government loans, the rest coming largely from taxation, not least from the income tax that was introduced in 1798. But the wars were massive most of all in terms of manpower. Between 1789 and 1815 the British army had to expand more than sixfold, to about a quarter of a million men. The Royal Navy, bedrock of British defence of its trade, and empire, grew further and faster still. Before the wars it had employed 16,000 men; by the end of them, it employed more than 140,000. Because there was an acute danger between 1797 and 1805 that France would invade Britain, the civil defense force also had to be expanded. The militia was increased, and by 1803 more than 380,000 men were acting as volunteers in home-based cavalry and infantry regiments. In all, one in four adult males in Britain may have been in uniform by the early 19th century. This sword’s design was introduced by General Order in 1796, replacing the previous 1786 Pattern. It was similar to its prececesor in having a spadroon blade, i.e. one straight, flat backed and single edged with a single fuller on each side. The hilt gilt brass with a knucklebow, vestigial quillon and a twin-shell guard somewhat similar in appearance to that of the smallswords which had been common civilian wear until shortly before this period. The pommel was urn shaped and, in many later examples, the inner guard was hinged to allow the sword to sit against the body more comfortably and reduce wear to the officer's uniform.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,750.00

**QUALITY**MINT RIFLED BORES**C1780 Cased, Pair Of English John Twigg & John Bass London .577 Regulation Calibre Cavalry Officer’s Private Purchase Carbine Flintlock Pistols Retailed In France By Pirmet Paris & Period Converted To Percussion &accessories. 22967:2 John Bass was a London based gunsmith. He worked between 1761 & 1794 at his workshop located at 19 Green Park Row, Piccadilly, London and was in partnership for a while with the renowned English Gunsmith John Twigg. Bass partnered with his father-in-law John Twigg, himself considered one of the most talented gun makers of the era, to form Twigg & Bass in the 1780s and continued to work under his own name after Twigg's death circa 1790. Twigg & Bass are known to have produced high end flintlock pistols including pocket, coach, and duelling pistols. This is an excellent pair of percussion Carbine pistols by Twigg & Bass made C1780 retailed in France By Pirmet Paris (most likely François Pirmet recorded in Paris 1779–1818) and later period converted to percussion. These convertible Carbine pistols were popular private purchase weapons favoured by Cavalry Officers. They would originally have been issued with removable shoulder stocks so they could be used as either holster pistols or carbines carried in saddle buckets. Originally the pistols would have been supplied in a larger case to accommodate each pistols shoulder stock. These carbine pistols are without their shoulder stocks and are contained in a period fitted case, possibly when period converted to percussion and has all original accessories. The pistols have all original walnut full stocks with chequered grip panels and carved butts. The back of each grip is slotted for shoulder stock attachment. They have 9” sighted octagonal Damascus steel barrels (14 ½” overall). They have blued foliate decorated trigger guards with extended tangs and pineapple finials & Dolphin hammers. The action plates of each pistol are signed ‘Twigg & Bass’. The top of each barrel are signed ‘Twigg & Bass London’. One barrel flat of each pistol is signed ‘Carabine Par’ (Carbine By) and another of each pistol ‘Pirmet A Paris’. Each barrel has crisp English black powder proofs. Both pistols are complete with their original wood ram rods with steel tips and end caps. The rifled bores of each barrel are near mint clean & bright with well defined rifling. Their cocking & firing actions and safety bolts work crisply. The pistols are complete with their fitted wood case. The case with hinged lid has its original lock with key that locks the case correctly, folding brass carry handle and brass hook fasteners. The interior of the case is lined in felt and has compartments contoured to snugly fit the pistols and their accessories which include a copper and brass powder flask, a steel WD (War Dept) marked bullet mould, a wood cleaning rod with brass tip, a wood handled tool and Joyce & Co London labelled percussion cap tin which contains a quantity of percussion caps. The price for this quality pair of cased carbine pistols includes UK delivery. NB as antique percussion weapons no licence is required to own these pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22967:2

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,500.00

A Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss by H.W. Mortimer, London, Circa 1780.. A Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss by H.W. Mortimer, London, Circa 1780. With belled brass barrel, engraved ‘HAPPY IS HE THAT ESCAPES ME’ around the muzzle, and engraved ‘H.W. MORTIMER LONDON, GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY’ along the top flat and stamped with London proofs and Mortimers barrel smith mark, steel tang fitted with bayonet release catch, stepped bevelled lock signed ‘H.W. MORTIMER’ fitted with sliding safety catch and decorated with foliage, full-stocked in walnut, brass mounts comprising engraved brass escutcheon, engraved butt plate and three-screw side-plate engraved with martial trophy, and trigger guard with pineapple finial, and brass ramrod pipes with horn tipped ramrod (some damage to head). MORTIMER Harvey Walklate Son of Samuel Mortimer, born 1753. Apprenticed to father, 1772; free of Farriers Co., 1782; elected Assistant, 1807. Gunmaker, at Mr Greens ironmonger, 6 Kings Street., Lincolns Inn Fields, 1779; 89 Fleet Street., 1782-99. Appointed Gunmaker to George III, 1783. Contractor to East India Co., 1796-1806. Specialised in repeating pistols and gold mounted guns for the Eastern market. Advertised For the Inspection of the Curious, just finished, Three pair of Elegant Pistols, mounted in solid gold value 547 intended as a present to a foreign Prince, 1784 (Morning Herald, 20 August). Registered mark as small worker at Goldsmiths Hall, 1798. Made gold-mounted firearms set with diamonds for the U.S. Government as present for Bey of Tunis, 1801-2. Member of Law Association Volunteers, provided their muskets, 1803. His own musket in Inns of Court Museum, London. Became H. W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer. Retired, 1811. Died 1819. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. Dimensions: Bore: N/A Barrel Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm) Overall Length: 29.5 Inches (74.93 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,500.00

An Early Flintlock Blunderbuss by W. Brazier, London.. An Early Flintlock Blunderbuss by W. Brazier, London. With three-stage brass barrel swelling at the muzzle, stamped at the breech with London proofs and Braziers own mark, plain steel tang, border engraved ‘banana’ lock-plate stamped with makers name, cock decorated en suite, full-stocked in walnut (slither repair at the muzzle end) with raised moulding around the tang and swelling around the ram-rod opening, engraved brass mounts comprising foliate engraved side-plate, flat butt plate nailed in, plain trigger guard and turned ramrod pipes, with what appears to be original brass tipped ramrod. Brazier William. Apprenticed to Edmund Weston, 1702; free of Gun Makers Co., 1711. At the Royal Oak, Minors, 1717. Reprimanded for selling ‘Two Pattern Guns to Mr Farmer in Birmingham to ye prejudice of the Trade’, 1721. Elected Assistant, 1723; Master, 1730, 1747. Gunmaker, Minors, near Tower Hill, 1736. Contractor to Ordnance, 1714-15. Last reference 1753. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. Dimensions: Bore: n/a Barrel Length: 13.75 Inches (17.78 cm) Overall Length: 28.5 Inches (36.83 cm)

Nation : Unknown
Local Price : £4,500.00

A Crisp D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun. A D.B. Flintlock Sporting Gun by Brasher of London. Expertly reconverted to flintlock. With sighted browned double barrels, engraved ‘JOHN BRASHER – CAROLINE STREET’ with single platinum line breech block, profusely engraved tang cut with a sighting groove, stepped bevelled lock, signed beneath the pans, cocks engraved en suite, half-stocked in walnut cut with chequering at the grip, engraved steel mounts comprising butt plate, scrolling trigger guard, with brass tipped ramrod. BRASHER John Gun & Pistol Maker, Birmingham, 1807-31. Marked guns ‘LONDON’. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. Dimensions: Bore: Barrel Length: Overall Length:

Nation : British
Local Price : $4500.00

AN EXTREMELY RARE SCOTTISH PLUG BAYONET C.1690. This example, with 9" blade, belongs to a group of daggers with similar blades and guards, decorated in silver as is this one, many of which bear Jacobite mottos. They have spatulate profile reeded bog oak grips. A very few, as this one are mounted as plug bayonets. The hilt is darkly grained bog oak with a silver ferrule and silver flower head disk at the top. The Jacobite Rebellion came at a time when the plug bayonet had reached its greatest popularity and this is the Scottish separatists rendition. Provenance: J. F. R. Winsbury Collection

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,500

An English Silver Hilted Officer’s Sabre by John Carman (II) of London with hallmarks for 1754 / 1755.. This fine officer’s sabre was once part of the Lattimer Collection and is published in Daniel D Hartzler “Silver Mounted Swords – The Lattimer Family Collection”, 2000, Josten’s Printing Company, fig 130, page 68. An old collection reference number is painted in white on the blade near the hilt. See also the same sabre illustrated in Daniel D Hartzler, American Silver-Hilted and Early Federal Swords According to Their Geographical Areas of Mounting, Volume II, 2015, in the section on “Imported Swords”, fig 625, page 690. The hilt and curved fullered blade are of British mid-18th century individual proto-military / regulation type. The hilt is formed from a base made as a convex heart shaped dish with a strengthened brim from which the knuckle bow rises to a swollen hook terminal which fixes into the pommel front. The knucklebow is supported by a single scrolling secondary guard bar which protects the outside of the right hand of the user. The globose pommel has an integral button on top and a pronounced neck beneath. The baluster shaped grip is covered with a decorous binding consisting of different thicknesses of straight and roped silver wire. The grip has a cone-shaped ferrule at its base. The dish guard has a wristguard with a swollen downward facing terminal. The knucklebow is clearly stamped with London hallmarks and the stamp of John Carman. The curved blade has a short ricasso and a broad central fuller extending for most of the blade length with a narrower fuller underneath the spine of the blade for almost the same length. The John Carman that made this hilt was the second cutler and silversmith of that name working in London in the first half of the 18th century. His father was the first who died in 1741. John Carman (II) was born in 1721 / 2 and was indentured to his father for seven years from 1736. He was sworn free by servitude of the Cutlers’ Company in 1743 and registered his first maker’s mark at Goldsmith’s Hall in London in 1748. John Carman (II) was a successful businessman and sword maker. He rose through the ranks of the Cutlers’ Company to become Master for 1761-2. He died in 1764. The length of the blade is 31.25 inches (79.5 cm). The overall length is: 37.25 inches (94.5 cm). The hilt of this sabre is somewhat similar in structure to a more complex and decorous silver spadroon hilt by the same maker hallmarked for 1755 / 1756 which sold at Bruneau Auctions in their sale of April 9th, 2022 lot, 82 (hammer price $10,000). --> --> Gallery

Nation : Russian
Local Price : £4,500.00

Russian Bardiche, 17th Century.

Nation : -
Local Price : £4495.00

Flintlock Holster Pistols by Griffin, Superb. Ref 9291. A Superb Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols by Griffin. 14 ½” overall, 8 ¾” 16 bore tapering round sighted barrels, signed within an engraved border along the top ‘GRIFFIN LONDON’, & stamped with London proofs & Foreigners marks at the breech, profusely engraved steel tangs, rounded border engraved locks signed ‘GRIFFIN’ cocks decorated en suite, with rare set triggers. Full stocked in walnut with raised mouldings around the locks & the tangs, gilt silver pierced side plates depicting foliage, foliate escutcheons with the original owners crest, silver grotesque masks stamped with hallmarks & turned silver ramrod pipes. Both pistols have steel trigger guards decorated with a chiselled flower head on the bow & shell-like finials. Circa 1760 Pistols in good, crisp untouched condition overall. One pistol with old repair at frizzen. The pistols are accompanied with what appear to be original rare leather frizzen protectors. Benjamin Grffin, shop in Bond Street, London. One of the early makers of double barrel pistols & fowling pieces. Made flintlock pocket & holster pistols with silver mountings, also double barrelled, side-by-side, flintlock pistols with two hammers & two triggers. The name became Griffin & Tow from 1773 to 1796, continuing on Bond Street. Made cannon barrel flintlock pocket pistols & silver mounted flintlock holster pistols. Also brass barrelled flintlock blunderbusses. Benjamin Griffin apprenticed to Samuel Harrison, 1719; gave up apprentice and worked as Foreign gunmaker allowed to prove guns by Gunmakers Co., 1724-31. Told to give up work by Gunmakers CO., but traded as gunmaker (Successor to Samuel Garrison), Bond St., 1735-70. Registered silversmiths mark, Goldsmiths Hall, 1743. With son, Joseph, took out Sun Ins. (No. 159594)on goods at Cross & Griffin, New Bond Street., 1757. Died 1770. Joseph Son of Benjamin. Apprenticed to Samuel Blanckley, turned over to father, 1741; free of Gunmakers CO., 1750. Proof piece and mark 1759. Elected Assistant, 1759; Master, 1762, 1763. Appointed Gentlemen Armourer to His Majesty’s Stables-in-Ordinary, 1760. Gunmaker to His Majesty near the Duke of Graftons, Bond Street., 1763. In partnership with father until 1770, then with John Tow, 1772-82. Died in 1784. Succeeded by John Tow.

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Local Price : £4495.00

Dussage Horsemans Sword, rare. Ref X3614. A Rare Dussage Horseman’s Sword. 38” overall, 32” curved, single & false-edged blade, with triple fuller, remains of engravings of Sun in Splendour and Moors head at the forte. Probably Solingen manufacture. Iron hilt, small clam shell guard on one side, ‘S’ shaped counter curved parry quillon & guard, both ending in a buttoned sphere, a ring for the thumb & a guard ring on one side. Grip covered with iron wire binding and with thin, brass wire Turk’s heads. Flattened ovoid pommel. Circa 1570-1600 A fine purposeful sword in good condition, attributed to early Germanic or Hungarian horsemen, also known as ‘Scottish Sinclair Swords’ as used by Scottish mercenaries in the early 1600's. Dussage, dusack or dussack from Czech tesák meaning "cleaver; hunting sword". (lit. "fang") is a single edged sword of the cutlass or sabre type, in use as a side arm in Germany and the Habsburg monarchy during the 16th to 17th centuries,

Nation : -
Local Price : £4,450

A Fine Pair of Officers Flintlock Pistols by Theophilus Richards dating the First Quarter of the 19th Century. Theophilus Richards was one of the most successful, influential and talented gunmakers of the early 19 th century who helped strengthen the position of Birmingham as a major gunmaking centre for the British Empire. He is recorded as manufacturing guns under his own name by 1799 and retired from his businesses in 1825. These pistols are in near mint condition and of fine quality. The stocks are of walnut and the mounts of iron and steel which retain remnants of original blued finish. The tapering, round section, smooth 28 bore browned barrels are stamped with the maker’s name THEOPS RICHARDS on the flattened tops near the breech and with Birmingham proof marks underneath. Each is mounted with fore and rear sights. The barrel tangs are engraved with chevrons and a shield. The flat, stepped, bordered lock plates are engraved on the nippled tails in similar manner to the barrel tangs. The maker’s mark in similar form to its appearance on the barrels is clearly stamped underneath the pans. The flat, bevelled, swan necked cocks have chamfered edges bordered with engraved lines and strands of foliage in the middle. The frizzens are engraved in peascod style to the outsides and the frizzen springs are roller mounted. The trigger guards are shaped with pineapple finials and engraved on the bows with shields and foliage similar to the barrel tangs and lock plate tails. The ramrod mounts are finely shaped and bordered in similar style to the cocks. All of the major screws are engraved with starbursts. The full walnut stocks have finely chequered grips. The ebony ramrods are tipped with horn and one is mounted with a steel worm. A small silver escutcheon is mounted onto the spine of each butt engraved with the monogram “CF” in each case. The condition of the pistols is excellent, almost mint. There are a few minor dents on the reverse sides of the stocks with a couple of very minor stress cracks on one side. The stocks retain an attractive auburn colour to the grain. The iron furniture is in fine condition with the remains of original blued finish in places. The barrel browning is near complete. The locks are in fine symmetrical working order and the mainsprings and frizzen springs are of equal tension. The barrels are just over 7.5 inches long (19.5 cm) and overall measured diagonally extremity to extremity the pistols are 13.5 inches (34.25 cm) long. The father of Theophilus was Thomas Richards who died in 1779, a successful businessman that owned gunmaking and other concerns in Birmingham. He is the originator of the fortunes of the celebrated Richards family. Thomas traded overseas and like most gunmakers of this period profited from the American War of Independence and the slave trade in Africa. He influenced the development of the gunmaking trade in Birmingham. He was a member of a delegation from Birmingham in 1759 that visited Wales to look into the quality of iron produced for their goods. A Thomas Richards was interred at St. Philip’s Cathedral Church in Birmingham in 1779 and is supposed to be the father of Theophilus. Theophilus had worked with his father and took over his businesses, probably continuing to manufacture and trade in his father’s name, for the next 20 years until he changed the name of the firm. Theophilus was manufacturing guns in his own name by 1799. At this time he was 52 years old and undoubtedly already an established gunmaker. He held a Royal contract for the manufacture of arms for the British Army. Unlike many other gunsmith businesses, which assembled separate parts made in different workshops in Birmingham, the Richards’ family always had their own gunmaking factories on High Street. Hence, we can be reasonably sure that the pistols featured here were made “lock, stock and barrel” by the Richards business rather than produced as an assembly of contracted parts. The works that belonged to Theophilus was called “The Royal Patent Waterproof Gun Manufactory”, indicating the continuing interest the family had in developing patents for the improvement of guns. As a wealthy merchant Theophilus played his part in the expansion of Birmingham town. In 1803 he was High Bailiff of Birmingham and in 1808 he sat on a committee with Boulton, Watt and the politician, Thomas Attwood, dealing with new waterworks for Birmingham. His will shows that he invested in canal shares, as did most of Birmingham’s wealthier citizens. An important gunmaker during the Napoleonic Wars he was respected by the Duke of Wellington for the quality of his muskets. At some time Theophilus moved to Edgbaston in the outskirts of Birmingham where he is recorded in 1815. Edgbaston at the time was described as a place of fine villas built for rich merchants. The gun business of Theophilus was most likely absorbed into that of his son William Westley Richards, either upon his retirement, or on his death in 1828, thus opening a new chapter of gunmaking in Birmingham. Theophilus was a well-connected man when he died. Executors of his will included Thomas Westley Oldham, who was High Sheriff of Leicester. A monument was erected in St Philip’s in memory of Theophilus. --> --> Gallery

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £4,400

An Italian Snaphaunce Pistol dating to circa 1680 to 1700. An attractive and sumptuously engraved late 17th century Italian Snaphaunce Pistol mounted with an artistically engraved lock, a full tiger stripe stock and finely decorated iron mounts. The three stage barrel is 11.25 inches (28.5 cm) long and of octagonal section at the the breech for 3 inches (7.5 cm) then of rounded section thereafter to the muzzle. The flat lock plate is finely engraved with scrolls and foliage. The cock is formed with a comb and a dolphin at the neck. The domed head of the screw central to the cock is chiselled in the shape of a human face. The frizzen arm is shaped as the head of a dog. A pierced escutcheon centred with a bust is attached to the upper wrist. The nicely shaped trigger guard is also centred with the bust of a man. The trigger is scrolled backwards and of early form as is the barrel tang screw which enters the stock in front of the trigger with the blunt end terminating flush with the tang top. The butt cap has a further bust in the centre and is engraved with a green man mask on each side from which two long spurs emanate towards the lock and sideplate. The finely figured full tiger stripe stock is complete and whole other than a small repair at the butt end either side of the trigger guard terminal. It has a raised moulding at the ramrod step. The ramrod tubes are cut with raised bands. The horn tipped ramrod has a screw terminal. The stock is mounted with a foliate pierced sideplate also featuring the head of a beast. A sturdy belt hook is screwed into the side plate attached by a screw through the finial. Overall length 17 inches (43 cm). --> --> Gallery

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $4400.00

ITALIAN SMALLSWORD C.1690. This is a rare example of the smallsword in its early form. From this point, it went through a century and a half of refinement with subtle changes in detail. It was produced in Brescia, Italy, a center with a centuries-old reputation for the fine metalwork at the time. Its finely chiseled iron hilt with sinuous members enhanced with pyramidal groups, perhaps based on the Maltese cross, is preserved with virtually all its original blackened finish. The grip is relatively unchanged from the transitional rapiers of half a century earlier. The blade is of rapier form, of flattened diamond section, and scaled to proportions necessitated by fencing techniques of the day. Swords of this quality were produced for the upper class and nobility including high ranking military officers and clergy. This example is distinguished by its preservation in near pristine condition throughout. 32" length blade.

Nation : -
Local Price : $4300.00

EUROPEAN SMALLSWORD C.1750. Perhaps Flemish, this sword bears the name of the seller, Bressard , of Rue du Madeline, Brussels, at the forte. Above, an angle with flag and impaled coronet indicating the nobility of its owner. The iron hilt is beautifully enriched with high relief figures of military arms, musical instruments flags, foliage and the globe, on a rich gold ground. The elements have symbolic meaning, some, such as the globe, obvious, and others more specific to its time and circumstances. Originally, many swords were finely crafted and richly decorated like this, however, examples retaining their original beauty and detail are quite scarce. 31 7/8" length blade.

Nation : French
Local Price : £4250.00

A Fine French Consular Period Sabre of A Cavalry Officer, With 'Marengo' Hilt. A Sabre D'Officier De Cavalrie Legere, By Repute, Said To Be The Privilege of Officer's To Wear That Served At the Battle Of Marengo, Personally, With Napoleon. A very fine and rare example, in very fine condition for age, with a few usual scabbard combat bruises. Modelled after Napoleon’s sabre, re-named by him the Marengo sabre, that he used from the battle of the Nile and at Marengo during his defeat of the Austrians. He presented it to his brother Jerome who was crowned King of Westphalia. Napoleon ordered a sword to be commissioned based on his own sabre and presented it as a Sword of Honour to Captain Blou for his important and vital service at Marengo, and that sword is near identical to this sword that we offer. See photo 10 in the gallery. Napoleon’s Marengo sword was sold at auction in 2007 for $6.5 million dollars. Sabre D'Officier De Cavalrie Legere, 1800 circa, with the 'Marengo' pattern hilt, and double fullered Montmorency pattern blade. A fabulous French Sabre from the French consular period. An original Consular period, 'Marengo' style light cavalry officer's sabre, with very fine and bright Montmorency-style blade one-third beautifully engraved with an incised decoration of weapon trophies and foliage, gilt bronze hilt, mellon pattern pommel, single guard branch with a side engraved with a farandole of foliage, the front side has a V-shaped groove, the rear side has a concave gutter, basal half ear, quillon arched towards the front with button ending, cross hatched carved wooden grip, in its origina sheet brass scabbard, two large brass bands each carrying a supension ring, These styles are said to have gained popularity following Consular Napoleon's victory over the Austrians in Jun 1800 at the Battle of Marengo. French sword cutlers purportedly drew their inspiration from the sabre carried by Napoleon during the campaign. It has been claimed that only officers who had participated in the battle with Napoleon were permitted to carry this style of hilt, although there is no official recognition of this claim. The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame General Michael von Melas' surprise attack, drove the Austrians out of Italy and consolidated Bonaparte's political position in Paris as First Consul of France in the wake of his coup d'état the previous November. Bonaparte needed to depart for Paris urgently and the next morning sent Berthier on a surprise visit to Austrian headquarters. Within 24 hours of the battle, Melas entered into negotiations (the Convention of Alessandria) which led to the Austrians evacuating northwestern Italy west of the Ticino, and suspending military operations in Italy. Bonaparte's position as First Consul was strengthened by the successful outcome of the battle and the preceding campaign. After this victory, Napoleon could breathe a sigh of relief. The generals who had been hostile to him could see that his luck had not abandoned him. Thus, he had surpassed Schérer, Joubert, Championnet, and even Moreau, none of whom having been able to inflict a decisive blow on the Coalition. Moreau's victory at Hohenlinden, which was the one that in reality had put an end to the war, was minimised by Bonaparte who, from then on, would pose as a saviour of the fatherland, and even of the Republic. He rejected offers from Louis XVIII, who had considered the Consulate to be a mere transition toward the restoration of the king. Thanks to the victory at Marengo, Napoleon could finally set about reforming France according to his own vision. Napoleon ordered that several ships of the French Navy be named Marengo, including Sceptre (1780), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1795), Ville de Paris (1851) and Marengo (1810). In 1802, the Marengo department was named in the honour of the battle. Furthermore, Napoleon's mount throughout the battle was named Marengo and further carried the Emperor in the Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, Battle of Wagram, and Battle of Waterloo.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,250

An English Civil War Period Mortuary Sword Circa 1640-1660. An attractive English “Mortuary” sword with a pierced and chased hilt dating to the middle part of the 17th century and the English Civil War and Protectorate periods. The hilt is of typical form consisting of a broad boat-shaped guard plate from which three curved primary guard bars, the knuckle bow and two side guard bars, extend upwards ending in flattened angled terminals screwed through eyelets into the pommel with loop headed screws. Two downward facing secondary guard bars emanate from each side of the knuckle bow near its middle and join the base of each side guard bar to strengthen the structure. The guard plate is covered with chiselled decoration to the outside consisting of a roundel surrounding the tang aperture engraved with foliage. The roundel is surrounded by a band pierced and chiselled inside with wigged heads at each quarter separated by pierced designs of foliage and the heads of beasts. This is surrounded by a plain band. The upturned prow of the guard plate is chiselled with scales. The secondary guard bars to the front are chiselled with simple linear features to the middles. The pommel is globular in shape and has an integral button on top and a pronounced flared neck beneath. It is also chiselled with four wigged heads separated by foliate panels. The spirally grooved wooden grip is wrapped with different thicknesses of twisted steel wire and has steel woven “Turks’ Heads mounted top and bottom. The grip base sits on an iron flanged plug mounted onto the inside of the guard plate from which two langets extend through the tang aperture to flank the blade either side for a short distance from the hilt. The single-edged blade has a pronounced ricasso extending for 1.5 inches (4 cm) from the hilt. At the front a deep narrow fuller runs from the hilt underneath the blunt edge of the ricasso on the cutting side of the blade. At the back a fuller runs from the hilt underneath the spine of the blade to a distance of 7 inches (18 cm) from the tip after which the blade is double edged. A further broad shallow fuller runs from the end of the ricasso along the middle of the blade to its tip. A Blade Maker’s stamp of a crown over a crest is applied to one side of the blade in the ricasso. A short distance from the ricasso two counter facing orb and cross marks are applied inside the shallow middle fuller. Between these stamped at the diagonal in capital letters is “CLEMENS” with “SOLIGEN” beneath and “MEFECIT” with “SOLIGEN” beneath enhanced by scrolled engraving. Clearly the blade was made in Solingen by a bladesmith called Clemens. Solingen in Germany was an important manufacturer of blades for use in the English Civil War and huge numbers were imported into Britain during this period for use by both Royalist and Parliamentarian sides. The blade is 32.75 inches long (83 cm) and overall the sword is 39 inches (99 cm) long. For further examples of Mortuary swords see Stuart C Mowbray’s “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, in the section dedicated to Mortuary Swords, pages 178 to 225. And see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket Hilted Swords, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 233 to 280. The sword is in good original condition overall with some light “salt and pepper” pitting to the blade. The hilt is firm and in good shape with a couple of small minor cracks and slight damage to one of the pommel screws and one of the eyelets. --> --> Gallery

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,250

A Mid 18th Century British Dragoon Basket Hilted Sword with a “G R” Cypher on the blade by HARVEY. An impressive example of a horseman’s basket hilted back sword made for an Officer, or Trooper, of a North British / Scottish Regiment of Dragoons towards the middle and third quarter of the 18th century. These swords were issued by the Board of Ordnance and were manufactured in the Scottish manner. The type was first issued in the second quarter of the 18th century and used during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Britain’s wars in Europe and the French Indian War in North America and the American Revolutionary War. The blade is of fine quality stamped “HARVEY” and incised with the royal Cypher of King George II or III. The sword is a rare survivor, well preserved and in undamaged condition, as is visible in the photographs. The fully formed basket is pierced with hearts and circles in the main front and side panel guards which are also finely fretted at the edges with chevrons and merlons. One of the more usual frontal guard plates has been replaced in the hilt design with an oval ring in the “horseman” fashion. The arms of the guard are forged onto a circle of iron into which the base of the bun shaped pommel sits. The pronounced button is integral with the pommel and not of separate manufacture. The original spirally fluted grip is of hardwood with a shagreen cover, and retains its twisted brass wire binding. The hilt retains its leather buff coloured liner. The imposing fine quality tapering blade is just under 36 inches long (just over 91 cm) and made by HARVEY of Birmingham, a noted contractor to the British Board of Ordnance at the time, and typical of this heavy blade type. The blade is intended mainly for striking downwards at opposing infantry soldiers and cavalry with great force and reach. The blade has a thick spine and is double edged for the last 13 inches (33 cm) towards the point after the fuller terminates and the back edge has been sharpened to the tip. It has a short ricasso from which three conjoined broad fullers extend along the blade for an inch from the hilt (2.5 cm). A broad fuller commences 5 inches (13 cm) from the blade and tapers to the tip. From the same place a narrower deeper fuller runs underneath the spine on both sides until the blade becomes double edged. The space between the two sets of fullers is engraved on both sides with the “G R” Cypher with crown above, and “HARVEY” beneath. Although many swords of this type survive with blades of shorter length, the majority of these have been shortened during their working lives. This blade retains its original length. Overall the sword is in fine condition. For a further example of this sword type see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, plate F1e page 97, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA33. --> --> Gallery

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $4200.00

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BROADSWORD/RAPIER C. 1520, PROBABLY ITALIAN. This sword represents a step in the earliest evolution of the swept hilted rapier. It is 48 ½” in length with a 42 ½” diamond section blade with foliate decorated ricasso retaining remnants of gold decoration. The hilt consists of a straight cross guard with a single counter guard and knuckle bow. That form is identified by Norman in The Rapier and Smallsword , as hilt type 8 (p.71) where the author cites two examples illustrated in Italian paintings, one no later than 1526 and the other dated 1504. He further states that two existed in the Spanish Royal Armory and were inventoried and illustrated in 1544 though neither is now known to exist. He concludes: “as far as I am aware, no surviving examples of this type has been recorded”. This then is possibly, if not likely, the only surviving example of its type. The hilt retains a considerable surface with a few speckles of gold. The ricasso and first 14” of the blade are heavily rusted, possibly having been stored in an incomplete scabbard which attracted condensation.

Nation : French
Local Price : $4200.00

A FINE FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1750. This sword is distinguished both for its quality and being in pristine condition. The hilt elements are chiseled in high relief and chased to a jewelers standard. The decoration interestingly consists of central panels of flowers of various types with foliage, flanked by small displays of arms. All of the relief decoration is blued, now fading to brown. Foliage fills the balance of the surfaces and the ground is fire gilt throughout. The grip is silver wire and tape as well as a russet steel band with a series of gold crenelated rosettes. The blade is decorated at the forte with a bordered panel of baroque ribbon and foliage and a borderless panel above. 31 5/8" length blade.

Nation : French
Local Price : $4150.00

MAGNIFICANT FRENCH SMALLSWORD C.1720. Gilt hilt deeply and crisply chiseled in rocaille on pebble ground. Silver wire wrapped grip. 32 ½” blade of flattened diamond section. The forte crisply decorated in panels displaying, heart lion rampant, Sun King and ordered floral and fruit motifs. The balance of the blade to within 4 ½” of the point decorated in a rococo foliate panel. A floral enriched heart beyond completes the decoration. Both sides are identically decorated. The decoration of the blade is virtually 100% intact with the gold-toned to slightly richer hue. The hilt is preserved with near all original fire gilt on contrasting ground. Swords with blades decorated full length are very rare. This example is further distinguished by its fine quality and preservation. Louis XIV died in 1715. This sword either overlaps his final years or was made commemorating his memory in its images.

Nation : British
Local Price : $4100.00

RARE ENGLISH DUELING SWORD C.1630-50. Made for the gauntleted hand. Iron hilt with scroll terminal cross guard supporting a pair of arms with oval rings both sides connected by bars to the cross guard. Large olive form pommel. Fine copper and iron wire wrapped grip. 33 1/2" blade with fullered forte marked SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ/IN TOLEDO . See Wallace Collection Catalog p.273, item A532 for a rapier marked by that maker dated C.1620, and two further examples A549 and A641. The scroll terminal cross guard is characteristic of English rapiers of the 1635-55 period. See Norman Hilt 87, 90 and 91. The general form is a late manifestation of an earlier form. See Norman Hilt 39 "from the third quarter of the 15th century to the 1630s," Hilt 41 "last half of the 15th century to about 1620" and Hilt 43 C.1550-1630. This sword dates to the years leading up to the English Civil Wars, a period fraught with civil turmoil and political intrigue which provided a setting for duels among the elite, nobility and royalty.

Nation : British
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Extremely Rare, Unpublished Dragoon Officer’s Saber By Thomas Gill, C 1785.. Possibly a prototype, experimental or a one off with beautiful, large, cast steel, basket guard and 36” straight blade, bearing “Gill’s Warranted” mark, now worn from many years of polishing. Original fish skin grip with braided brass wire still intact. The uniquely designed basket guard is stunning. It is topped off by a tall pommel with seashell design! If you want one hell of an 18th century British dragoon saber, this is it! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Rare & Important 17th Century Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier / Backsword!. Here is a very rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel has a tall integral capstan that has never been re-peened (so hilt has some looseness – we like it like that as it only attests to the swords purity). Original wound steel grip wire with alternating bands of twisted copper is intact (a tiny old iron staple secures the loose bottom end on reverse). Both ferrules and even both langets are nicely chiseled en-suite with the rest of hilt. The guard-de-pulvo is also decorated in the form of sun rays. The cross guard and knuckle guard are nicely twisted with button terminals. The edge of the cup is chiseled with rope-work as is the bottom of cup! Its 38“ blade is of the back-sword type (Rigid with spine and sharpened on one side only). A great rarity that allows a sturdy thrust and a slashing cut. It is engraved with a cross and geometric designs on both sides that look very Aztec (some wear). Perhaps the designs were engraved in the Americas after the conquest of the Aztec peoples. Possibly owned by a conquistadore in the New World. We can find no other explanation for this. Whatever the case, this sword is a great rarity as far as Spanish cup hilts go. An old collection inventory number is inside the cup. Details of collection will go to purchaser. Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : German
Local Price : $3,995.00

European Shell Guard Rapier, First Half 17th C. Featuring 33″ (83.8 cm) double-edged blade of lens section with twin central full-length fullers, stamped “XIHSX” on both sides in the fullers. Iron hilt with two upturned side rings, each filled with a pierced and embossed shell guard. Decorative chiseled quillon block, reverse quillon with chiseled spherical finial, forward scroll quillon, and knuckle bow with central knob chiseled ensuite. Ovoid pommel with large button, chiseled with human figures, beasts, and grotesque masks in low relief. Wood grip with alternating single-strand and twisted iron wire wrap, and finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Metal with light pitting and rust marking, with gunmetal gray patina; shell guard loose. Overall length 40 1/2″ (103 cm). Unique and attractive rapier. Probably German or Italian. Provenance: The prestigious Russell Char Collection, Las Vegas.

Nation : -
Local Price : £3995.00

Rare 17th Century Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol by Blanckle. Ref 9267. A Fine Rare 17 th Century Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol by Blanckle. 15” overall, 7 3/8” two stage copper alloy barrel engraved with acanthus at the flared muzzle & in front of the turned girdle, border engraved octagonal breech becoming polygonal, signed in capitals ‘I. Blanckle’ along the top flat & decorated with strawberry foliage, a line of wrigglework at the rear, & struck with London proof marks & barrelsmith’s mark, probably of John Blanckle, foliate engraved tang , border engraved rounded lock signed in capitals & decorated with strawberry foliage issuing from the mouth of a male profile head, engraved cock. Walnut moulded figured full stock with drop shaped apron around the barrel tang, copper alloy mounts comprising pierced foliate scroll side plate engraved with beadwork, escutcheon engraved with a male portrait bust wearing a cap against a finely dotted ground, rounded pommel cap engraved with a flower head centred on the retaining screw & with a border of repeated foliage, trigger guard with pointed finial & engraved with scrolling foliage issuing from the mouth of a monster head, baluster ramrod pipe, later capped wooden ramrod. Late 17 th century. Blunderbuss of this age are very rare, this example restocked with a later side plate & replaced mainspring, John Blanckle (also Blanckley, Blanckly and Blankley) was apprenticed to Thomas Towle and turned over to Thomas Cox in 1699. He was free of the London Gunmakers’ Company in 1677. He was Contractor to Ordnance between 1682 and 1700, the year of his death. Provenance Professor David Weaver Collection.

Nation : Confederate
Local Price : $3,995.00

Confederate States Armory Cavalry Saber. German immigrant Louis Froelich settled in Wilmington, North Carolina on the eve of the Civil War. In September, 1861, he established the Wilmington Sword Factory in partnership with Hungarian-born Bela Estvan. Shortly afterwards they changed the name to the Confederate States Arms Factory to show their devotion to the fledgling nation and to indicate that they made more than just swords. In March, 1862, Froelich ended his partnership with Estvan. In February of 1863, fire destroyed the Wilmington facility and in March of that year he announced that the armory was being relocated to Kenansville, North Carolina. The new Kenansville factory was raided in July, 1863 by 650 horsemen of the 3 rd New York Cavalry, which reportedly destroyed “some 2500 sabers and large quantities of saber bayonets, bowie knives, and other small-arms”. But Froelich was undeterred and went back to work, continuing to make arms for both the State of North Carolina and the Confederacy. It is estimated that Froelich manufactured as many as 12,000 cavalry sabers of several different styles. The saber offered here features a 35 1/2” single-edged blade with single, broad, unstopped fuller of better quality than found on most other Confederate-made swords. The brass guard differs from other Confederate cavalry sabers in that the two branches of the guard join the knuckle guard at different points, rather than at a single point as found on US sabers. The elliptical guard features the Roman numerals XXVIIII. The distinctive brass pommel is of plain cylindrical form with the top slightly rounded. The original black leather-wrapped grip features 11 turns of single-strand iron wire. Iron scabbard with iron mounts and twin carry rings, retaining remnants of its original red paint (now turned brown). Confederate States Armory cavalry sabers had many variations, both of style and materials. This example being of the most widely known style, featuring the Roman numeral assembly marks on the guard. The iron grip wire and scabbard mounts differed from others of the same style which often used brass, but is totally in line with other known examples. Guard with one bar slightly bent and dark brownish patina; grip wrap showing wear, but complete; blade smooth, with scattered age staining; scabbard with scuffs and some corrosion, its seam being smoother than most other Confederate examples. This type of saber is often called a “Kenansville” cavalry saber, but it could also have been made when the factory was in Wilmington. Overall length 41”, not including scabbard.

Nation : German
Local Price : $3,995.00

Late 16th C Landsknecht Dagger and Scabbard, Probably German. Iron hilt with down-turned lobed guard incised with foliage (brazed copper repair). Ribbed wire-wrapped wood grip broadening toward the pommel and capped with a lobed disc with button; undisturbed peen. Double-edged 11 1/2” diamond-section blade with stamped cross and orb mark on the ricasso. Extremely rare original scabbard made of wood and covered with green textile and decorative pierced sheet iron cover with belt loop; the tip with large ovoid disc and button. Scabbard fitted for side knife, now absent. Blade with scattered pitting and rust marking. Overall length 16”, not including scabbard.

Nation : -
Local Price : £3995.00

Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by Barton, Fine, Rare. Ref X3318. A Fine & Rare Pair of Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by Barton. 9 ¼” overall, 5” heavy, octagonal sighted 32 bore barrels with silver dovetail foresight, engraved ‘J, Barton London’ in script on the top flat. The bottom flat of the barrel stamped with the London Gunmakers’ Company’s crowned ‘V’ view mark & "I·B” stamp. Band of engraved fletching at the breech, false breech with band of engraving, ‘V’ rear sight, tang with border line & foliate engraving. Flat, stepped bolted border engraved lock, narrow safety catch, engraved ‘Barton’ in script beneath the pan, starburst engraved behind the pan, tail with a band of fletching along the step, foliate engraved beneath the safety catch, the tip of the tail foliate & double border line engraved. Double border line & foliate engraved swan neck cock with, engraved cock retaining screw. Double border line engraved back of frizzen with central spine decoration, the tip curved slightly forwards, frizzen spring with teardrop. Figured walnut full stock, rounded butt. Steel mounts comprising trigger guard with decorated edging with flowers & a Union Jack shield design on the bow, trigger plate with pineapple finial, plain trigger guard tang, collared ramrod pipe, single barrel bolt, engraved sidenail, sidenail cup. Original brass tipped ramrods. Circa 1805 A fine pair of pistols with most original finish remaining. After the partnership of Robert Wogdon and John Barton was mutually dissolved, and Robert Wogdon retired, in 1803, John Barton carried on the business at the same 14 Haymarket address until 1819. His production was limited, both in number and variety, remaining very conservative in style, but the quality of his work was excellent. See John O'Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, ‘Robert Wogdon & Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819’, 2019, Page 209 for one of these pistols. From The Peter Frazer Collection Previously for sale at £5,250

Nation : -
Local Price : £3995.00

Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by Barton, Fine & Rare. Ref X3320. A Fine & Rare Pair of Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by Barton. 9 ¼” overall, 5 ½” octagonal sighted 40 bore barrels with silver dovetail foresight, engraved ‘J. Barton London’ in script on the top flat. The bottom flat of the barrel stamped with the London Gunmakers’ Company’s crowned ‘V’ view mark & "I·B” stamp and Irish census marks F4952/3 . Band of engraved fletching at the breech, false breech with band of engraving, ‘V’ rear sight, tang with border line & foliate engraving. Flat bolted border engraved detented locks with engraved wheat ear edge, narrow safety catch, engraved ‘J. Barton’ in script beneath the semi water proof pan, starburst engraved behind the pan, foliate engraved beneath the safety catch and the tip of the tail . Double border line & foliate engraved swan neck cock with top jaws ensuite, engraved cock retaining screw. Double border line engraved back of frizzen with central spine decoration, the tip curved slightly forwards, frizzen spring with roller. Figured walnut full stock, rounded butt chequered with large diamond pattern & small flower heads. Steel mounts comprising trigger guard with decorated edging with flowers & a Union Jack shield design on the bow, trigger plate with pineapple finial, plain trigger guard tang, collared ramrod pipe, single barrel bolt, engraved side nail and side nail cup. Original horn tipped ramrods. Circa 1810 A Fine pair of pistols with some original finish in protected arears. After the partnership of Robert Wogdon and John Barton was mutually dissolved, and Robert Wogdon retired, in 1803, John Barton carried on the business at the same 14 Haymarket address until 1819. His production was limited, both in number and variety, remaining very conservative in style, but the quality of his work was excellent. See John O'Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, ‘Robert Wogdon & Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819’, 2019, Page 210 for similar pistols. From The Peter Frazer Collection Previously for sale at £4,950