Antique Guns and Equipment
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**MINT BORE**C1830 English Thornley Blackburn (Lancashire), 50 Bore, Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel & Hinged Frizzen Type Nipple Protector. Sn 21393:65 - 21393:65 This is a nice 50 Bore percussion pocket pistol made C1820. It is 6” overall with a 1 ½” screw off barrel. The barrel’s bore is near mint clean and bright. On the left side of the steel frame amongst the fine banners and arms decoration is engraved 'Thornley' and the right 'Blackburn' within similar banner and arms design. The only Lancashire based gunmaker named Thornley we can find is James Thornley 161 Friargate Preston Lancs 1827, possibly the same man (see page 348 of British Gunmakers Vol.2 by Brown). It has a concealed folding trigger & sliding safety bolt. The pistol is also fitted with an unusual innovative hinged steel 'frizzen style' nipple protector/ safety. The action works crisply. It has impressed black powder proof /inspection marks on the underside of the action and barrel. The original chequered bag shaped walnut grip is undamaged and inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. 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 21393:65 £725.00 |
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**RARE**SHORT PRODUCTION PERIOD**1799-1803 English Dunderdale & Mabson Birmingham 80 Bore Flintlock Pistol With Turn Off Barrel & Folding Bayonet. Sn 21393:63 - 21393:63 This an excellent flintlock pocket pistol made By Dunderdale & Mabson who were quality English Gun makers located at Newton Street, Birmingham for just 4 years between 1799-1803 before joining with another gunmaker named Labron (see page 35 of English Gunmakers By Bailey & Nie). It is 7 ¾” overall length (with bayonet folded) and has a 2 ½” screw off barrel (the muzzle of the barrel is grooved for tool to turn off the barrel. We do not have the tool). The barrel’s smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age and use. The barrel has a 2 ¼” triangular folding bayonet which is released by sliding the trigger guard to the rear. The bayonet locks in place when open and is released for closing by depression of a steel button on the bayonet block. The underside of the frame has proof marks. It's action is decorated on both sides, one side with Martial banners & arms & on the left side with the manufacturer's name 'Dunderdale & Mabson' within a foliate edged panel. The action has a sliding safety bolt to the rear of the cock which is fitted with flint. It has its undamaged original bag shaped wood grip. 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 flintlock weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 21393:63 £695.00 |
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**MASSIVE**19th Century North African / Moroccan/ Arabic 25 Bore Miquelet Lock Camel Musket With Decorated Brass Barrel Bands & Ram Rod. Sn 21450 - 21450 Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators, largely in the English-speaking world, for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkans, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire and throughout Spain's colonies from the late 16th to the mid 19th centuries. The miquelet may have come to the attention of arms makers in Istanbul & North Africa via long-established trade routes from Italian city-states through the port of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to provinces on the Balkan Peninsula. Other avenues were probably provided by booty from corsair raids and/or from the many Ottoman-Euro conflicts of the period. The muzzle loading weapons were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. They usually had very long barrels. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated, featuring a distinctive curve which is not seen in the stocks of other muskets. The function of this curve is debated; it may be purely decorative, or it may have allowed the weapon to be tucked under the arm and cradled tightly against the body, as opposed to being held to the shoulder like a typical musket or rifle. These type of guns were often carried by warriors mounted on Camels. This is a 19th century miquelet lock Camel musket. It measures 5 Feet 1 Inch overall length. It has a 47” sighted steel barrel which is 25 Bore. The bore has heavy staining and residue consistent with age & use. The barrel has hand tooled brass barrel bands. The shoulder stock has typical thick tropical hardwood butt plate. The musket has a steel ram rod. The weapon has the wear and patina to be expected of a native North African / Arabic weapon of its age. The lock plate and cock have naïve markings (illustrated in image 2). The cocking spring is strong but the lock does not cock. Delivery of this item will be by arrangement, at cost & within the UK only. NB As an antique miquelet musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21450 £475.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (26/04) English C1783-1792 Henshaw Cambridge Flintlock Traveling Pocket Pistol With 38 Bore Screw Off Cannon Barrel With Ornate Silver Butt Cap. Sn 21393:62 - 21393:62 John Henshaw was an English gunmaker recorded as working in Cambridge 1783-1792 when the business was then continued by his widow (name unknown) see page 98 of English Gunmakers by Baily & Nie. This is an excellent flintlock pistol by Henshaw. It is 7 ¾” overall length with 2”, turn off cannon barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore is clean. The underside of the action has crisp black powder proofs / inspection marks and number ‘2’. The action has foliate engraved decoration & scrolling banners one side signed with ‘I. Henshaw’ (most likely John Henshaw, his widow or one of his family. We cannot find a Cambridge gunmaker named I. Henshaw in our books). The cocking and firing mechanisms work crisply. The original walnut stock is excellent, chequered for grip & undamaged. The butt is fitted with an ornate silver butt cap depicting a basket of flowers and bird. 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 21393:62 £0.00 |
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C1830 Liege Belgium 54 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Rifled Barrel, Folding Concealed Trigger & Hinged Patch Box. Sn 21393:60 - 21393:60 This is a nice percussion pocket pistol made in Liege Belgium C1830. The pistol’s action has foliate engraved decoration. The barrel and action have Liege proof / inspection marks (illustrated). The pistol measures 6” overall & has a just over 2” turn off barrel ( the muzzle is slotted for tool to assist barrel removal, we do not have the tool). The barrel’s rifled bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & undamaged bag shaped ebony grip which has a patch box at the butt. The hinged lid of the box has foliate engraved decoration. Its cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique percussion pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:60 £395.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (28/04) **MINT BORE**English 1799-1833 T. (Theophilus) Richards Birmingham Flintlock Traveling Pocket Pistol With 50 Bore Screw Off Cannon Barrel. Sn 21393:59 - 21393:59 This is an excellent flintlock pistol. It is 7 ¾” overall length with 2 ¼”, turn off cannon barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore is near mint clean & bright. The underside of the action and barrel have crisp black powder proofs / inspection marks. The action has foliate engraved decoration & scrolling banner signed ‘T. Richards’ (most likely Theophilus (Theop's) Richards a quality English Gun maker & Silver gun furniture maker located at various premises on High Street Birmingham between 1799-1833. Between 1818 & 1833 his premises were known as 'The Royal Patent Waterproof Gun Manufactory' where patents for waterproof locks fashionable in the day were produced. Two Theophilus Richards are recorded. One the Father of the renowned gunmaker William Wesley Richards, the other his elder Brother, see page 50 of English Gunmakers By Bailey & Nie). The cocking and firing mechanisms work crisply. The original stock is undamaged. 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 21393:59 £0.00 |
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C1830 English E. Shaddick Or E.S Haddick Taunton (Somerset) Pair Of 54 Bore Boxlock Percussion Pocket Pistols With Screw Off Barrels & Folding Concealed Triggers. Sn 21393:58 - 21393:58 This is an excellent pair of percussion pocket pistols made C1830. The matching pistols are beautifully engraved with foliate decoration. Both have Dolphin hammers and sliding safety bolts. One side of each pistol is marked by the manufacturer or retailer which reads either ‘E. Shaddick’ or ‘E.S Haddick’ and the reverse 'Taunton' (we cannot find this gunmaker in our books). Both measure 5 ¾” overall & have just under 1 ¼” turn off barrels. The barrel’s smooth bores have just light staining. A tool is required to assist barrel removal, we do not have the tool. Both pistols have concealed folding triggers & the underside of the actions & barrels have black powder proof marks. They both have undamaged bag shaped wood grips mounted with void white metal void silver escutcheons. Their cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pair of percussion pistols worthy of further research regarding the maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own these antique percussion pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:58 £745.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (28/04) C1790 Balkan / Turkish Ottoman Empire 16 Bore Flintlock Pistol With Ornately Decorated Stock. Sn 21393:57 - 21393:57 This is an elegant Balkans / Turkish Ottoman flintlock pistol. It is 20 ¼”overall with a 13” steel barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The barrel has a blade fore sight and shallow groove rear sight. It has its original full wood stock ornately decorated with silver escutcheons & silver wire inlays. The wood is excellent, carved with foliate decoration. It has a steel cock fitted with flint, pan with hinged frizzen and foliate engraved lock plate. The cocking & firing actions work. There are no external maker or date marks on the pistol. The price for this attractive piece includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:57 £0.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (06/05) Cased C1830 English HW Mortimer London 28 Bore Percussion Overcoat / Traveling Pistol With Accessories. Sn 21532:4 - 21532:4 HW Mortimer and his son Harvey Walklate Mortimer were London gunsmiths' between 1753 and into the 1800s with premises at Fleet Street (see page 187 of British Gunmakers London By Brown). The Mortimer family made Firearms by Royal Appointment. This is an English Percussion Overcoat / Traveling Pistol by HW Mortimer with later fitted case. The pistol measures 8” overall and has a 4” octagonal steel barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore is clean. The barrel has a bead fore sight. It has a steel trigger guard with extended tang and finial, steel ramrod flutes. The action has light foliate engraved decoration and has the makers name ‘HW Mortimer’. It has its original walnut full stock which has just light bumps & bruises consistent with age and deep cut chequering and punch decoration at the grip. The pistol has an iron ram rod. It’s cocking and firing action work. The pistol comes with its later fitted wood case. The case with hinged lid has a lock (key absent). The inside of the case is fitted and lined with felt to hold the pistol and its accessories which consist of a small roll of lint, a quantity of moulded lead balls and an empty TE Mortimer labelled percussion cap tin with removable lid & a brass & copper pistol size powder flask with sprung Nozzle and American Eagle embossed decoration. The inside of the lid has a Mortimer trade label. The exterior of the case has inlaid line decoration and a mother of pearl escutcheon. 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 part of a collection or display. Sn 21532:4 £0.00 |
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1834-1853 English Perrins (Worcester Or Berkshire) 28 Bore Percussion Overcoat / Traveling Pistol With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 21532:3 - 21532:3 This is an English Percussion Overcoat / Traveling Pistol. The pistol measures 11” overall and has a 5 ½” octagonal steel barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore is clean. The barrel has a bead fore sight. It has a steel trigger guard with extended tang and finial, steel ramrod flutes. The action has light foliate engraved decoration and has the makers name ‘Perrins’ (most likely either John working in Worcester 1834-1853 or Thomas working in Windsor Berkshire 1843-1851, see page 101of English Gunmakers by Baily & Nie) . It has its original walnut stock which has just light bumps & bruises consistent with age. The stock has a polished horn fore end cap and chequered grip panels. The pistol has an ebonised wood ram rod with white metal cap. It’s cocking and firing action work. 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 21532:3 £475.00 |
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