Antique Pistols and Revolvers
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C1850’s Victorian English Robert Watmough Manchester Transitional 54 Bore Bar Hammer Improved Revolving Pistol 6 Shot Percussion Revolver With German Silver Frame. Sn 22315 - 22315 Robert Watmough was an English Gun Smith with premises at 13 Blackfriars Street, Manchester between 1854-1869 (see page 359 of Brown’s book British Gunmakers Vol.2). This is an excellent original Mid 1800’s Transitional Bar Hammer 6 Shot Revolver by Robert Watmough. It measures 10 ½” overall with a 3 ¾” octagonal rifled barrel. The barrel’s bore is clean with multi groove rifling. The barrel has a brass blade fore sight. Its rear sight consists of a slot in the lower section of the bar hammer. The German Silver frame, steel hammer, German Silver butt plate and steel trigger guard have foliate engraved decoration. Amongst the foliate decoration on the frame on one side is 'Improved Revolving Pistol'. The pistol has an undamaged finely chequered Walnut grip. The barrel and cylinder have English proofs. The barrel is signed by the maker ‘R Watmough Manchester’. The double action only firing mechanism works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique bar hammer percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22315 £745.00 |
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**MINT BORE**C1840 English T. Wilson & Company Liverpool .450 Calibre Percussion Overcoat Pistol With Octagonal Barrel & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 22319 - 22319 This overcoat pistol made C1840 is 9” overall length with a 4 ¾” octagonal sighted barrel. The top barrel flat is signed ‘Liverpool’. The smooth bore is near mint clean & bright. The action tang & trigger guard with Pineapple finial, breech plug & Dolphin hammer have tooled foliate decoration. The pistol has its original captive steel ram rod. The undamaged all original Walnut stock has finely chequered grip panels. The stock has an inlaid void German silver escutcheon. The action is signed by the maker or retailer ‘T. Wilson & Company’ amongst foliate engraved decoration (there were many English gun makers named Wilson in the flintlock and percussion era, but we can only find Edward Wilson working in Liverpool C1810. He is recorded working as a gunsmith at 64 Thomas Street Liverpool, see page 370 of British Gunmakers Vol. 2 by Brown. T. Wilson may have been a relative of Edward). The price for this pistol worthy of further research regarding the maker 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 22319 (drawers office) £575.00 |
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Early 1800’s English Parker London Constabulary Pattern 15 Bore Flintlock Uniform / Overcoat Pistol With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 22312 - 22312 The gunsmith William Parker (1722-1841) is recorded as having premises at various premises in London between1793 & 1841 including 233 High Holborn, Chamber Street and Glass House yard. His Sons continued the business after his death in 1841 and the company later became the prestigious Parker Field, makers of quality firearms and edged weapons, many of which were supplied to the British Military & Police (see page 190 of Browns book ‘British Gunmakers Volume 1’ ). This is a Parker of London flintlock uniform overcoat pistol. Made in the early 1800’s, this is the type of pistol made by William Parker and later Parker Field, that was routinely carried by Victorian Police Officers in London. The pistol has an octagonal 6” sighted barrel and is 10 ¾” overall length. The smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age and use. The top barrel flat is faintly marked ‘London’. The all original walnut full stock has knocks bumps & bruises consistent with age and service use. It has an ebonised wood ram rod with polished horn end cap, metal ferrule and polished horn tip. The lock plate is faintly engraved 'Parker' and the cock is fitted with flint. The steel trigger guard with extended tang have foliate engraved decoration and Pineapple finial. 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 a part of a collection or display. Sn 22312 £675.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (09/24) *QUALITY*C1830 English Jabez Bloxham Welch Banbury (Oxfordshire) Over & Under, Double Barrel, Tap Action, 80 Bore, Flintlock Traveling Pocket Pistol With Concealed Folding Trigger & Screw Off Barrels. Sn 22346 - 22346 Jabez Bloxham Welch was an English gunmaker recorded as working in the market town, Banbury on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire between 1829 & 1852 (see page 105 of English Gunmakers by Bailey & Nie). This is a quality made over & under, tap action flintlock traveling pocket pistol by Jabez Bloxham Welch of Banbury. It's round blued steel screw off barrels are 1½” in length (6¼” overall). The smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age and use (the muzzle of each barrel are slotted for tool to assist removal, we do not have the tool). The underside of the action has black powder proofs. The bottom barrel and breech have matching numbers ‘3’. The top barrel and breech have matching numbers ‘4’. Its steel frame is nicely engraved on both sides with foliate decoration. On the left side within the foliate decoration is a panel with the maker’s name ‘Welch’ and the right side ‘Banbury’. The pistol has a folding concealed trigger. The trigger folds out for firing when the pistol is cocked. The steel cock is fitted with flint. Behind the cock is a sliding safety bolt which functions as it should. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply and the tap action operated by a lever on the left side of the pan functions firmly. The pistol's bag shaped walnut grip is undamaged and inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. The price for this quality made pistol 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 22346 (drawers office) £0.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (10/12) **QUALITY**C1833 English, William Colling Hexham (Northumberland) 54 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Concealed Folding Trigger, Turn Off Barrel & Rare Side Mounted Folding Sprung Bayonet. Sn 22347 - 22347 William Colling was an English gunmaker recorded as working in 1833 at the market town of Hexham in Northumberland (see page 94 of English Gunmakers by Bailey & Nie). This is an excellent, percussion traveling pistol by William Colling. It measures 6 ¼” overall (bayonet closed) with a 1 ¾” blued steel barrel (the barrel requires a tool for insertion in the grooved muzzle to turn off the barrel, we do not have the tool). The barrel’s smooth bore has staining consistent with age and use. The steel frame is marked ‘Colling’ on one side and the reverse ‘Hexham’. The underside of the action & barrel have crisp English proof marks. It has a steel Dolphin hammer and concealed folding trigger which folds out for firing when the hammer is cocked. The pistol’s barrel is fitted with a side mounted, just under 1 ¼” long folding triangular section bayonet blade (It is rare to find pistols with folding triggers fitted with folding bayonets). The bayonet block has a sprung steel release button to allow the bayonet to fold into the closed position. When closed the tip of the bayonet fits into a notch in a sprung lug mounted on the side of the action. The bayonet is released and flicks open by pulling the lug’s thumb spur to the rear. The pistol’s finely chequered bag shaped walnut grip with inlaid white metal escutcheon is excellent & undamaged. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this quality made pistol with folding bayonet 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 22347 (drawers office) £0.00 |
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C1800 English William Ketland London 54 Bore Brass Action & Turn Off Brass Barrel Flintlock Pocket Pistol. Sn 22313 - 22313 William Ketland, Senior, established a gunsmithy at Birmingham in 1740, and after his death his eldest grandson, William Ketland, carried on the business until his death in 1804. During this period they operated under the name of Ketland & Co. It is not definitely known when they opened the London shop but it is believed to be about 1760, and were one of the first Birmingham gunmakers to compete with London gunmakers of fine workmanship. The Ketlands arms mark later developed into the Birmingham Proof Mark. William Ketland II's brother-in-law, Thomas Izon continued to operate the company under the name Ketland & Co until 1831. Ketland guns are often marked London. This is a nice, C1800 brass flintlock pocket pistol by William ketland. It measures 6 ¾” overall with a 2 ¼” screw off brass barrel. The brass action is signed ‘W. Ketland’ within engraved martial banners on one side and the reverse ‘London’ within martial banners. The underside of the action and barrel have crisp English proofs. It has a steel cock fitted with flint, frizzen pan and steel trigger guard decorated with stylised star motif. The pistol’s bag shaped wood grip is 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 22313 (drawers office) £395.00 |
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C1840 English Proofed Rigby 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 22316 - 22316 This a good percussion pocket pistol made C1840. It is 6 ¼” overall with a 1 ¾” screw off barrel. 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 side has a central banner with faint name that looks like ‘Rigby’ (There were only a few English Gunmakers named Rigby in our books operating in the Flintlock era and in the late 1800’s therefore this pistol is possibly by the Irish Dublin gunmakers William and John Jason Rigby operated the business as W. & J. Rigby from circa 1820 to 1865). 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 22316 (drawers office) £195.00 |
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**LEE ENFIELD CONNECTIONS**American 1870’s Lee Arms Company ‘RED JACKET No 4’ .32 Rim Fire Calibre 5 Shot Single Action Revolver. Sn 22333 - 22333 James Paris Lee (August 9, 1831 - February 24, 1904) was a Scottish-Canadian and later American inventor and arms designer, best known for inventing the bolt action that led to the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield series of rifles. The Lee Model 1879 rifle was his first successful magazine-fed rifle, which was adopted by China and the US Navy, and two later designs - the Remington-Lee M1885 and the Winchester-Lee or Lee Navy M1895 - were also adopted militarily and sold commercially. It is a portion of the Model 1879 that earned Lee his place in the pantheon of arms designers. Lee designed the first practical detachable box magazine - an item that would become an absolute requirement for military arms of the future. His bolt and magazine design was investigated by the British and in 1889, after extensive trials and tests, the British Army decided to adopt the Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Metford as a standard issue arm. This in turn developed into the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (or SMLE), the British service arm for many decades. In 1864 James Paris Lee established the Lee Arms Company. Known as the ‘Red Jacket No4 ’ Model, this revolver is one of many revolvers based on S&W and Colt Patents produced in the 1860’s through to the late 1870s with dynamic or quirky names to attract sales. This is an excellent original example of the ‘Red Jacket No4’. The metal work has even aged patina. It has a 2 ¾” octagonal steel barrel ( 6 ¾” overall). The barrel’s rifled bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The underside of the barrel has faint number which looks like ‘8 or 6 71’. The top barrel flat is crisply marked ‘RED JACKET No 4’. The top of the frame is crisply marked 'The Lee Arms Co Wilkes Barre Pa'. It has a shrouded trigger, steel hammer and undamaged gutta percha hard rubber grips. The pistol has a brass blade fore sight and grooved frame rear sight. The pistol’s single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rim fire revolver no licence is required to own this pistol in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22333 (drawers office) £525.00 |
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**MINT BORES**QUALITY**C1850 English Wm Hayes Double Octagonal Barrelled 40 Bore Percussion Overcoat Pistol With Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 22314 - 22314 This is a quality made, percussion double barrel pistol made C1850. Its side by side barrels are 4" in length in 40 Bore ( 9 ¼” overall). The pistols smooth bores are near mint clean & bright. The bottom of each barrel have small English proof marks. It's steel frame is undamaged and has quality tooled foliate decoration. The pistol has double triggers and is fitted with captive steel ram rod. It has 'v' notch rear sight and brass post fore sight. It's trigger guard, Dolphin hammers, barrel muzzles and action tang are also quality engraved with foliate tooled decoration. The action tang also has a panel with engraved maker or retailer’s name ‘Wm Hayes’ (we cannot find this man in our books). The pistol has an excellent finely chequered walnut grip with void white metal escutcheon. The steel butt cap has a hinged trap and quality tooled foliate decoration. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this desirable pistol worthy of further research regarding the maker 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 22314 (drawers office) £645.00 |
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**MINT BORE**1862-1869 Cased, Victorian Griffiths & Worsley Manchester Tranter's Patent, Double Action 80 Bore 5 Shot Percussion Revolver With Accessories. Sn 22317 - 22317 Griffiths & Worsley were English Manchester based gunmakers recorded as working between 1862 & 1869 at 2 St Mary’s Gate (see page 79 of of English Gunmakers by Baily & Nie).The Tranter revolver is a double action black powder cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816 - 1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism. This is an excellent example of the single trigger double action Tranter Patent revolver by Griffiths & Worsley. The pistol has a 4 ½” octagonal barrel which has a post foresight and notch 'v' frame plate rear sight. The barrel’s bore is near mint clean & bright with crisp rifling. The top of the frame is signed by the makers ‘Griffiths & Worsley Manchester’. The loading arm and frame are marked ‘Tranters Patent’. The frame also has a small factory inspector’s mark ‘HH’ and is numbered ‘21399T’ . It's finely chequered Walnut grip is in excellent undamaged condition. The barrel and cylinder have English black powder proofs. The weapon’s firing mechanism works correctly in both single and double action. The blued steel trigger, grip frame and butt cap have floral scroll engraving . Its spur hammer has a side push lever safety. The pistol is contained in its Mahogany case. The case is lined with felt and has compartments which snugly fit the weapon with additional compartments for accessories. The inside of the lid has its original Griffiths & Worsley trade label with their 2 St Mary’s Gate Manchester address. The accessory compartments contain : a priming powder flask with darkened, bag shape copper body, brass top with exposed spring, adjustable nozzle maker marked ‘ Dixon & Sons Sheffield’, a wood handled nipple key, wood handled screwdriver and 2 white metal oil bottles with screw top applicator tool lids, steel wad punch marked ‘3/8 I. Sorby, Sheffield’ & a quantity of moulded lead balls & conical bullets. The case with hinged lid is undamaged. It has a brass lock (key absent) and 2 brass hook fasteners. On top of the lid, in its centre, is a void brass roundel. The price for this quality Tranter set includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22317 £1,595.00 |
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