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C1820 English John Hetherington Nottingham 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel & Concealed Folding Trigger. Sn 21012 - 21012
John Hetherington was a Nottingham based gunmaker with premises at Bridlesmith Gate 1817-1844, (his son John Jnr is recorded at the same premises 1844- C1874), see page 246 of British Gunmakers Vol 2 by Brown. This a very good English percussion pocket pistol by Hetherington made C1820. It is 6” overall with a 1 ¾” screw off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age. The pistol has a concealed folding trigger, released when the pistol is cocked. The underside of the action and barrel have crisp proof marks. Its steel action is decorated with foliate panels. The right panel has the maker’s name 'Hetherington'. The reverse panel is signed ‘Nottingham’. It has an undamaged original bag shaped wood grip. The grip is inlaid with a white metal escutcheon which has a stylised monogram (illustrated). The rear of the action has a sliding safety bolt. The weapon 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 private collection or display. Sn 21012
£475.00

C1820 English Hill London 54 Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 20995 - 20995
This a very good English Flintlock pocket pistol. It is 6 ¾” overall with a 2 ¼” screw off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The underside of the action has crisp proof marks. Its steel action is decorated with foliate edged panels. The right panel has the maker’s name 'Hill'. The reverse panel is signed ‘London’ (most likely one of 2 gunmakers, either, John Hill who worked as a gun barrel filer at Royal Enfield 1808-1817 then as a gunmaker at 40 St Catherine Street, Tower Hill 1817-1820. He is then recorded at 168 Tooley Street, Borough 1823-1831 and 76 Tooley Street 1832-1856. He is finally recorded at Essex Street & New Road Whitechapel 1836-1856, the second man William Hill was a gunsmith recorded at Plough Street, Whitechapel 1818-1824, see page 169 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). It has an undamaged original bag shaped wood grip. The rear of the action has a sliding safety bolt. The weapon 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 private collection or display. Sn 20995
£475.00

C1800 16 Bore Muzzle Loading Flintlock Belt Pistol With Brass Cudgel Butt & Ram Rod. Sn 21002 - 21002
This flintlock belt pistol made C1800 is 15 ½” overall length with a 9” barrel which is 16 bore. The barrel’s bore has staining & residue consistent with age. The all original Walnut stock has regulation brass furniture including cudgel butt and has just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age and service use. The metalwork in the white has even aged patina. It has a brass capped wood ram rod & is fitted with belt bar. There are no external visible maker, date or proof marks. The cock is fitted with flint & the action functions 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 display or collection. Sn 21002
£1,245.00

Victorian Era British Enfield Tower Merchant Ship’s 10 Bore Muzzle Loading Percussion Pistol With Brass Cudgel Butt, Iron Ram Rod & Copy Of Page From Phillip Webley & Son’s 1870’s Merchant Ships Store Catalogue Advertising This Type Of Pistol. Sn 21014 - 21014
This type of pistol were carried on British Merchant Ship’s for protection against enemy nations and pirates. A copy of a page from a Phillip Webley & Son’s catalogue of the 1870’s which illustrates Merchant ships stores weapons & equipment including a pistol the same as ours accompanies this pistol and can be seen in our images. Our pistol is 15” overall length with an 8 ½” round steel barrel which is a large 10 bore. The barrel’s bore has staining & residue consistent with age. The all original Walnut stock brass furniture including cudgel butt and has just the bumps & bruises to be expected with age and service use. The wood has an indistinct maker or retailer roundel. It has its original iron ram rod. The lock plate is marked with Crown & Tower (Enfield) indicating that, as was common, this Merchant ship example may have been period made from parts of war department muskets for use protecting Merchant shipping. The action functions crisply. The price for this interesting piece 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 display or collection. Sn 21014
£795.00

**ORNATELY ENGRAVED**Brace Of Consecutively Numbered Armoury Tagged Victorian English Officer’s Enfield Pattern Sea Service 16 Bore Percussion Pistols With Captive Ram Rods. Sn 21053 - 21053
This is an excellent original brace of Victorian Officer’s Sea Service percussion pistols. They are each 13 ½” overall length with 8” barrels. The sighted barrel’s smooth bores have just staining consistent with age. The barrels, action plates and brass trigger guards have quality, elaborate, tooled foliate decoration. The Walnut stocks are excellent with regulation brass furniture. They each have their original captive iron ram rods. The brass butt plates have steel lanyard rings. Attached to each lanyard are brass disc tags consecutively numbered LP/2B and LP/3B. Each disc most likely period armoury identification tags also have crown marks. The numbers are repeated in small original white paint marks on the side of each barrel. The actions both function crisply. The price for this pair of ornate Officer’s pistols includes UK delivery. NB As antique percussion pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as part of a display or collection. Sn 21053
£1,695.00

SOLD SOLD (22/09) **QUALITY LONG BARRELED BRITISH OFFICER’S SPECIAL ORDER PRIVATE PURCHASE**C1830 Nock (Samuel Nock London) .500 Calibre Saw Handle Percussion Pistol With Captive Iron Ram Rod. Sn 21052 - 21052
Henry Nock (1741- 1804) was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunsmith. As well as supplying the military and civilian markets, Nock made expensive pieces for the aristocracy and Royalty and was an appointed gunmaker to the King. A nephew of Henry, Samuel Nock, was an apprentice under him. Samuel also proved to be inventive, holding a patent himself. Samuel became Gunmaker-in-Ordinary in succession to George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria and in 1836 became a Master of the Gunmakers Company. However, Henry Nock's own business was continued by his foreman and son-in-law James Wilkinson. Wilkinson became Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to the king in 1805. Contracts with the East India Company ensured the success of the business. The name became James Wilkinson & Son around 1818 when James' son Henry joined. Henry died in 1864 but the company continued making firearms and bladed weapons and became known as Wilkinson Sword. This is an excellent quality percussion pistol by Nock most likely a special order British Officer’s private purchase special order piece. The elegant pistol measures 18 ½” overall with a longer than standard 12 ½” brown wash 2 stage steel barrel and attractive walnut stock with saw handle and finely chequered grip panel. It has engraved foliate and martial banner designs to its Dolphin hammer, action, trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial & German silver stepped butt cap. The pistol also has German silver stock mounts and fore end cap. The action is signed by the maker ‘Nock' (Samuel Nock) and has a safety bolt. The barrel's smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age and It is complete with original captive iron ram rod. It's cocking & firing action works crisply. The price for this quality pistol by a renowned gun making family includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21052
£0.00

**BEST QUALITY** Brace Of English Durs Egg London 24 Bore Percussion Traveling Pistols With Octagonal Damascus Steel Barrels & Captive Iron Ram Rods. Sn 21020 - 21020
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. This is a best quality pair of percussion traveling pistols by Durs Egg. The matching pistols are beautifully engraved with a foliate design on the action plates, hammers, trigger guards with extended tangs and Pineapple finials, butt caps and action tangs. The breeches both have inlaid gold lines and roundels. The action plates are both signed by the manufacturer 'D.Egg’. Both measure 14" overall & have 8” sighted Damascus steel octagonal barrels which are 24 bore. Each barrel is signed ‘London’. The smooth bores are clean and bright. They both have undamaged attractive full walnut stocks with chequered panels at their grips and polished horn fore end caps. The top of each stock is inlaid with void silver escutcheons. The pistols have their original captive iron ram rods. Their cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this best quality pair of pistols includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own these antique muzzle loading percussion pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21020
£4,750.00

SOLD SOLD (21/09) **RARE****MATCHING NUMBERS**1860-1863 American Civil War Era Remington-Beals Patent, Navy .36 Calibre Cap & Ball Percussion Revolver With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 21046 - 21046
The Remington Navy percussion revolvers were manufactured by Remington & Sons in .36 Calibre. Navy Models were produced between 1860 to 1875 however pistols made to Beals' 1858 patent were only produced between 1860 and 1863 and only approx 14,500 were made. The Beals' Patent revolvers were popular with both Union & Confederate Officers during the Civil War as they permitted easy cylinder removal allowing a quick reload with a spare pre-loaded cylinder, an advantage over other revolver designs of the time. This is an original Remington-Beals, Navy .36 calibre percussion revolver. It’s all original undamaged metalwork has aged to an even grey colour. It has the correct factory nickel plated brass trigger guard, German Silver conical foresight & grooved cylinder frame rear sight. It’s original Walnut grips are undamaged. The grip frame under the left grip is numbered ‘3993’ which is repeated on the underside of the barrel. The top of its 7 ¼” octagonal barrel is crisply marked 'BEALS PATENT. SEPT. 14. 1858 / MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTONS' / ILION, N Y'. The barrel's rifled bore has just staining consistent with age. The pistol's cocking and firing action is slightly tired but id cocks and dry fires correctly. The price for this piece of American Civil War history includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item within the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21046
£0.00

**MATCHING NUMBERS**1867 Colt Police Pocket Model 1862 Constabulary & Army Officer’s .36 Naval Calibre Single Action 5 Shot Percussion Revolver. A 1067 - A 1067
The Colt 1862 Police 'Constabulary' Percussion Pocket Revolver are considered by many collectors as the epitome in development of the cap and ball revolvers. Manufactured from 1861 until approximately 1873, it was designed in response to the demand for pocket pistols by both civilians and early Police Forces. This model was the concluding design of Colt percussion pistols and in addition to, the Police for whom this pistol was designed these weapons were popular with Army Officers. This is an original example of the Model 1862 pocket revolver. The metal work has even aged patina. The pistol has a 4 ½” steel barrel & measures 9 ¾” overall. The top of the barrel has very faint Colt’s USA address and patents (indistinct & to faint to photograph) and the frame has ‘Colts Patent’. The barrel's bore is clean with crisp rifling. It has a captive steel lever ram rod, brass pin fore sight and notched hammer rear sight. It has its original walnut grip. The underside of the frame, barrel block, trigger guard and butt of the grip frame are stamped with matching serial numbers ‘35664’ which dates its manufacture to 1867. The cylinder has ‘Pat Sept 10th 1858’. Its single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price 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. A 1067
£1,395.00

SOLD SOLD (19/09) **ALL MATCHING NUMBERS** Cased American 1861 - 1871 Patent Forehand & Wadsworth Worcester Mass USA ‘SWAMP ANGEL’ .41 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Single Action Revolver (Named After An American Civil War Cannon). Sn 21011 - 21011
Sullivan Forehand was first employed by the American Firearms manufacturer's Allen & Wheelock in 1860. He married Ethan Allen's daughter and entered the Firearms business. Henry C. Wadsworth, while an Officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, also married one of Ethan Allen's daughters. Upon his discharge at the end of the war, he joined the Allen firm. The Company name subsequently changed name to Forehand & Wadsworth Firearms Manufacturing Co. This is a good example of the "Swamp Angel" Revolver built by the U.S Gun manufacturer Forehand & Wadsworth. The name SWAMP ANGEL was derived from a powerful Civil War cannon. The Swamp Angel was the nickname given to a 16,500 pound rifled Parrott cannon with an eight-inch bore that briefly shelled the city of Charleston in August 1863. The massive gun was positioned near Morris Island in an earthwork made of sandbags known as the Marsh Battery. The construction of the Marsh Battery, which virtually floated on the Marsh, was considered to be one of the greatest engineering feats of the war (the company co-owner was a Union Army Officer during the Civil War). The pistol has a 2 ¼” octagonal barrel and measures 6 ¼” overall. The bore is clean with crisp rifling. It has an undamaged walnut grip and the cylinder axle has a removable steel extractor rod. This 5 shot revolver has a shrouded trigger and the left side of its barrel is marked with the Forehand & Wadsworth name together with 'Worcester Mass U.S.' address & ‘Pat Sept 24 Oct 22/61- 31 Jany 27 71’ patent detail. The top of the cylinder frame is crisply marked with the ' Swamp Angel' model detail (illustrated). It has a blade foresight & notched frame rear sight. The single action cocking and firing action work crisply. The barrel, butt of the grip frame, cylinder & cylinder spindle have all matching numbers ‘8328’. The pistol is contained in its wood case with hinged lid. The case a brass lock and 2 keys which function as they should. The case is lined with felt. The case has compartments for the pistol and accessories. The price for this cased revolver with connection to the American Civil war includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21011
£0.00
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