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LOT 1188
Medieval and Later Iron Axehead Collection
14TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 - 7 1/2 in. (4.27 kg total, 12-19.2 cm).
Including socketted heads of various types, each with a convex cutting edge. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Evans Transitional 34-Shot Musket
1866-1867 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,404
By Evans Repeating Co, with 71 cm (28") round barrel with 34 shot tubular magazine in butt and hinged back-sight, two-piece wood stock with steel butt plate, sling swivels, and collars; action working well and believed only 150 made. 3.85 kg, 117 cm
Acquired from M J Noble Ltd, UK, 2015. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copies of the purchase invoice and listing.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent. -
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Nathan Starr 1816 Pattern Musket
1832 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Type III, made under contract by Nathan Starr of Middletown, CT; with .69 calibre, 107 cm (42”) browned barrel with side lock marked with Starr’s earlier style of 'US / (ornate sunburst) / N. STARR' ahead of the cock and 'MIDDTN / CONN / 1832 / (rosette)' to the rear with 'US / JM' over a raised 'P' in sunken circular cartouche to top of breech, with various inspection and other small marks, fitted with sling swivels (upper possibly a replacement), steel ramrod with flared tip, full wood stock with steel butt plate, trigger guard, side-plate, barrel rings and fore-end, lock with brass pan; action in good working order. 4.10 kg, 148 cm
Acquired from M J Noble Ltd, UK, 2015. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by the Noble purchase invoice and listing.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent. -
Roman Limestone Ballista Catapult Shot
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Suitable for use with an onager or other catapult-type siege weapon; with roughened, abrasive surface. 1.5 kg, 97 mm
Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector.
The operation of the onager (Latin for 'wild ass') is first mentioned in 353 A.D. by Ammianus Marcellinus in his Res Gestae and more fully in Vegetius's Epitoma Rei Militaris probably written in the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (378-395 A.D.).
