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**Napoleonic Battle Of Trafalgar Era**Georgian, English Board Of Ordnance Marked Enfield Tower, Long Sea Service .577” Regulation Calibre, Flintlock Pistol With Belt Bar & Regulation Brass Fittings Including Cudgel Butt. Sn 21807 - 21807
During the 18th century the British Royal Navy began standardising their Naval small arms. One such weapon was the Sea Service flintlock pistol. These weapons were used by the British Royal Navy throughout the Wars with neighbouring France 1750- 1815 and saw service at the famous Naval Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805. This original Georgian, Tower, Long Sea Service Pistol is in excellent condition. It is 19 ½” long with a 12” smooth bore barrel which is Regulation .577" calibre. The barrel’s bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The barrel is crisply stamped with English black powder proof marks. The all original full wood stock has just light bumps and bruises to be expected with age. The stock has an iron belt bar which has a small ‘Crown’ inspection mark. It has regulation brass furniture including cudgel butt. The pistol has its original wood ram rod with brass end cap. The lock is crisply marked 'Tower' (Enfield) & ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex) together with small ordnance ‘Crown Arrow’ mark. All metal work is excellent and undamaged. The cock is fitted with flint. The lock functions crisply. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a display or collection. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21807
£2,645.00

1815-1828 English Williamson Hull (Yorkshire) 40 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. A 1118 - A 1118
Robert Williamson was an English Hull (Yorkshire) based gunmaker recorded at 26 Silver Street, Hull 1815-1828 (see page 369 of British Gunmakers Vol.1 by Brown). This a good English traveling percussion pocket pistol by Williamson (most likely Robert we cannot find another gunmaker named Williamson in Hull during the period). It is 6” overall with a 1 ½” screw off barrel (a tool is required to turn off the barrel, we do not have the tool). The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The action and barrel have crisp English proofs. Its action is decorated with foliate panel and banners & arms panel. One panel has the makers name ‘Williamson’ the other side has faint ‘Hull’. The metal has even aged patina. Its original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. A 1118 (drawers office)
£275.00

Mid 1800’s English Smith Of Newcastle (Most Likely George Smith Newcastle U Lyme Staffordshire ) 40 Bore, Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel. A 1117 - A 1117
Newcastle gunmaker U Lyme Staffordshire gunmaker George Smith is recorded at Red Lion Square 1817-1828 & Iron Market 1834- 1850 (see page 334 of British Gunmakers Vol.2 by Brown, we cannot find another Newcastle maker in the percussion era named Smith). This is a good mid 1800’s percussion pocket pistol by Smith. It is 6” overall with a 1 ¼” screw off barrel. It has a dolphin hammer and sliding safety. On the right side amongst the martial banners & arms decoration is engraved 'Newcastle' and on the left ' Smith'. The trigger guard is decorated with an engraved Star design. The action works crisply. It has impressed proof /inspection marks on the barrel and action. The bag shaped dark wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. A 1117 (drawers office).
£295.00

1831 – 1834 English, Gameson & Co London, 40 Bore Round Action Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel & Concealed Folding Trigger. Sn 21094 - 21904
David & Joseph Gameson were English London based gunmakers. Between 1831 & 1834 they were operating as Gameson & Co at 67 Threadneedle Street, London (see page 161 of British gunmakers Vol.1 By Brown). This is a nice percussion pocket pistol by Gameson & Co. The pistol is 6” overall with a 1 ½” screw off smoothbore barrel. The bore has staining and residue consistent with age & use. The left side of the round steel action is signed ‘Gameson & Co’ within foliate panel. It has a sliding safety bolt, folding concealed trigger and Dolphin hammer. The action works as crisply. It has crisp proof /inspection marks on the underside of the frame & barrel. Its excellent original bag shaped walnut grip has fine chequering and is inlaid with a void silver roundel. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21094 (drawers office)
£375.00

C1830 English Fotherby (York) 40 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 21903 - 21903
In Nigel Brown's books British Gunmakers Volumes 1 & 2 there are several provincial Gunmakers named Fotherby recorded, all based at various address in the York area of England. There are no London Gunmakers named Fotherby recorded in the Volumes). This a good English traveling percussion pocket pistol by Fotherby. It is just under 7 ¼” overall with a 2 ¼” screw off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The underside of the action has crisp English proofs. Its action is decorated with foliate panel and one side. The other side has an oval foliate etched panel which has the maker’s name within ‘Fotherby’. The rear of the action has a safety bolt. The metal has even aged patina. Its original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 21903 (drawers office)
£375.00

C1845 English Rippon & Burtob 39 Oxford Street (London) Large 50 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 21902 - 21902
Rippon & Burtob were English London based gunmakers recorded as being established in 1820 at 12 Wells Street, then at Oxford Street 1843 & finally at 39 Oxford Street in 1845 (see page 197 of British Gunmakers Vol.1 by Brown). This a good English traveling percussion pocket pistol by Bond in large 50 bore. It is 7 ¼” overall with a 3” screw off barrel (a tool is required to turn off the barrel, we do not have the tool). The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The action and barrel have crisp English proofs. Its action is decorated with foliate panels. One panel has the makers name diagonally hand engraved ‘Rippon & Burtob’ the other side has the address also diagonally engraved ’39 Oxford Street’. The metal has even aged patina. Its original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The top of the stock is inlaid with void German silver diamond shaped escutcheon. The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 21902 (drawers office)
£375.00

C1800 English, Thomas 80 Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel & Safety Bolt. Sn 21905 - 21905
This is a nice flintlock pocket pistol by Thomas (there were several gumakers named Thomas working in both London & the provinces in the flintlock / percussion era). It measures 7 ¼” overall with a just under 2 ½” screw off steel barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The action is marked ‘Thomas’ on one side and the reverse has martial banners & arms. The underside of the frame has English black powder proof marks. It has a steel cock, sliding safety bolt and steel trigger guard. The pistol’s original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21905 (drawers office)
£475.00

SOLD SOLD (10/07) **MINT BORES**QUALITY MAKER**DURS EGG LONDON**C1830 Double Barrelled 20 Bore Percussion ‘Howdah’ Pistol With Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 21880 - 21880
The famous Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his quality pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle. Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly and the uncle of Joseph Egg. When the famous gunsmith Durs Egg died in 1831 his Son John Egg took over the business operating at Haymarket London. In 1839 The business name reverted to Durs Egg at 4 Pall Mall London until 1854 then at 4 Colonnade Pall Mall from 1855 to 1865. The Howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in India and Africa from the beginning of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, during the period of British Colonial rule. It was typically intended for defence against Tigers, Lions, and other dangerous animals that might be encountered in remote areas. The term "howdah pistol" comes from the howdah, a large platform mounted on the back of an Elephant. Hunters, especially during the period of the British Raj in India, used Howdahs as a platform for hunting wild animals and needed large-calibre side-arms for protection from animal attacks at close quarters. The earliest Howdah pistols were flintlock designs, and it was not until about 60 years later percussion models in single or double barrel configuration were seen. Even though Howdah pistols were designed for emergency defence from dangerous animals in Africa and India, British Officers adopted them as holster pistols for personal protection in other far-flung outposts of the British Empire. This is an excellent, original, percussion double barrel Howdah pistol by the prestigious gunmaker Durs Egg of London. Its side by side blued steel barrels are 6” in length and are 20 Bore. It measures 12 ¼” overall length. The smooth bores are near mint clean & bright. It has a broad top rib signed ‘London’ and has a brass bead fore sight. It is complete with captive steel ram rod. The all original walnut stock has no damage, has chequered panels at the grip and inlaid void German silver escutcheon on top of the wrist. It has double triggers and heavy Dolphin hammers. Its action plates, action tang, trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial & hammers are tooled with foliate decoration. Both action plates are crisply signed 'D. Egg’. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this percussion pistol by a quality gunmaker includes UK delivery. NB as an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21880
£0.00

East India Company Type B .75” Musket Bore Percussion Musket. Sn - 21851:9
This is an East India Company type B percussion musket. This musket was an early percussion conversion of the EIC flintlock gun by fitting a new breech plug with an integral nipple that replaced the earlier breech plug. The musket retained the original profile lock of the flintlock which was changed on the model C. The gun measures 54 inches in length. The 39 inch round steel barrel has a block foresight and a V back sight. The original percussion lock plate is held in by three side pins with a flat brass sideplate. The lockplate is stamped with the EIC rampant lion and cocks correctly. The gun has its original walnut stock which has the knocks, bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The gun has brass furniture including butt plate, trigger guard, fore end and ram rod mounts. The round steel ramrod has a round rammer head. The metal work has even patina throughout and the barrel has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21851:9
£895.00

SOLD SOLD (08/07) ARE FORM**Late 19th Century French MAB Velo-Dog 5.75mm Obsolete Centre Fire Velo Dog Calibre 6 Shot Hammerless Ejector Revolver With Folding Trigger, Period Chamois Leather Holster In Which It Was Found & 1 Inert Deactivated Cartridge. - 21825
The Velo-Dog pistol was a pocket revolver originally created in France by Charles-François Galand in the late 19th century as a defence for cyclists against dog attacks. The name is a portmanteau of "velocipede" and "dog". Surviving examples vary considerably in appearance. All have short barrels. Many of the weapons have a trigger that folds into the body of the weapon when not in use. This is an original Liege 5 shot, Velo-Dog revolver in the UK obsolete 5.75mm Velo Dog Calibre, in excellent condition. It has a fluted cylinder and 2 ¼” barrel (6 ½” overall). The barrel has a blade fore sight and the top of the frame has a ‘v’ notch rear sight. The barrel's bore is near mint, clean and bright with crisp rifling. The metal has all of its original blue finish. It has original, undamaged, chequered panel gutta percha hard rubber grips. Unusually this pistol breaks open for loading by pressing down on a steel lever at the rear of the action (the lever has the appearance of a hammer, but its sole purpose is to open the frame for loading, the firing mechanism on this pistol is internal). The pistol also has an innovative ejector mechanism, operated by a knurled steel lever at the muzzle end of the frame. Its double action only firing mechanism works crisply. The frame has the trade mark of the French manufacturer ‘MAB’ (Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne). There are no visible date or serial numbers externally visible on the pistol. The pistol comes with its period chamois leather holster in which it was found. The holster has a flap cover with eyelets that fasten to 2 buttons on the front of the holster. The muzzle end of the holster is open. The leather is supple with no damage and has just staining consistent with age and carry. There are no maker or date marks on the holster. All leather and stitching are intact. Also included is a single inert deactivated round of brass cased velo dog ammunition. The headstamp of the case is ‘REM UMC V D’. The price for this superb rare form velo dog set includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre, antique pistol with inert deactivated cartridge no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21825 (drawers office)
£0.00
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