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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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LOT 1077
Pinfire Doubled-Barrelled Pistol with Bayonet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Medieval Iron Spur Group
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: one rowel spur with tapering D-section heelband, short shank and arched rowel box with articulated eight-armed rowel, attachment buckle with tongue suspended from integral loop on one arm, two lobed plaques with loops on reverse suspended from integral loops on the other; a spur with D-section heelband and lentoid-section shank, rectangular and quatrefoil openwork, sections of hatching and raised designs to the outer faces. 215 grams total, 16-18 cm
European collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Composed of tanged arrowheads of leaf-shaped and barbed types, most with midribs. 182 grams total, 6.4-12 cm
Acquired 1990s. From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector. -
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Roman Bronze Armour Double Fastening Hooks
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Each a scrolled bar formed as a serpent or other animal with stylised geometric detailing; attachment perforations to both terminals. 19.6 grams total, 64-66 mm
Acquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
In the 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D., the Celtic fastening system of the ring mail armour (gallica, lorica ferro aspera) became the standard in the Imperial Roman army, with a pivot attached to the breast and hinged to the edges of the humeralia (shoulder guards). The chest fastener had various different designs. The double hooks, S-shaped and usually with snake-head terminals, were secured by a central rivet on the chest. The system allowed excellent freedom of movement, giving greater protection to the shoulders and the arms. Similar fasteners for infantry mail have been found on the Kalkriese battlefield, some of them also decorated with niello and inscribed with the name of the soldier.
