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LOT 1077
Pinfire Doubled-Barrelled Pistol with Bayonet
19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (505 grams, 22.5 cm).
With 11cm (4½") side-by-side double barrel hinged for loading/extraction, fitted with hinged bayonet to top, folding triggers, with wood butt and steel but cap with lanyard ring; action working.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a Kent collector.
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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Civil War Starr Percussion 1858 Army Revolver
1861-1865 A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Double-action with .44 calibre six-shot cylinder, hinged frame and loading arm with 15cm (6") barrel; marked 'STARR ARMS CO NEW YORK' to left frame, 'STARR'S PATENT JAN 15 1858' to right, numbered 705 to cylinder and 8795/W to front frame; plain wood grip with illegible stamped inspector mark each side; action slightly weak. 1.12 kg, 29 cm
Acquired from Bottomley Antiques & Armour, 2014. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Bottomley invoice.
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. -
Saw-Butted Percussion Pistol
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With wood butt and silvered butt cap, sideplate, fore-end and trigger guard, fitted with steel ramrod and an octagonal lined sighted barrel with foliate engraved percussion lock signed 'HENRY CLARKE' (lacking hammer retaining screw). 1.1 kg, 35.5 cm
Property of a Luton, UK gentleman, by inheritance.
The Clarkes were a Midlands, UK gunsmithing family. 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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Featuring wedge-shaped cheeks, a convex cutting edge and rounded terminal. 106 grams, 18.6 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
The flat axe belongs to Type 1, sub-type a.4 of the Çetin-Bilgi classification of flat axes. They have concave-sided blade, rectangular in section, a splayed cutting edge and a narrow butt. The first examples of axe-type weapons appear in the last phase of the Late Chalcolithic Age in the Middle East and Anatolia.
