Antique Guns and Equipment
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**RARE**1866 British BSA Snider MK II Naval Pattern 2 Band .577 Obsolete Calibre Short Rifle With Chained Nipple Protector & 1 x Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 21337 - 21337 This is an excellent, rare to find example of the Snider MK II Naval Pattern 2 band rifle. The action plate is stamped by the manufacturer ‘BSA Co’ and dated 1866. It has all original wood work in excellent condition. It has the correct steel fittings. It has its original bayonet bar, sling swivels, steel cleaning rod, ladder rear sight and block with blade fore sight. The barrel’s bore has just light staining consistent with age and service use and well defined rifling. The Total length is 44 ¾” with a 26 ½” barrel. The breech has the correct MK II type hinged cover without locking catch. The breech has snider’s Patent with ‘arrow’ mark and BSA Co mark. The rifle also has British proofs. The action is fitted with link chained nipple protector. The cocking & firing action work crisply. The rifle comes with a single Inert Deactivated Round Of Kynoch .577 Ammunition. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21337 £1,395.00 |
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**QUALITY**MAKER**C1800 English John Manton London, 14 Bore, Single Barrel Muzzle Loading, Flintlock Later Period Converted To Percussion Shotgun With 2 Stage Damascus Steel Barrel. Sn 21276 - 21276 The famous English gunsmiths John Manton (1752-1834) & Son, George Henry (1789-1854) worked at Dover Street Piccadilly London. Between C1833 to 1844 George Henry Manton went into partnership with the Gunsmith William Hudson. The partnership continued to trade under the name Manton & Son (see page 170 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). This is an excellent muzzle loading shotgun by John Manton London made C1800 and later period converted to percussion. It has a 32 ½” 2 stage sighted Damascus steel barrel and measures 49” overall. The top of the barrel has a gold signature ‘---MANTON * LONDON---‘. The smooth bore has just staining consistent with age. The shotgun has its original walnut stock with steel butt plate. The wrist has quality chequering and the fore stock has a polished horn cap. It has a Dolphin hammer and a plain steel action plate faintly signed ‘Manton’, steel trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial. It has a wood ramrod with brass end cap. The weapon cocks & dry fires crisply. The price for this quality antique shotgun by the famous maker Manton includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21276 £1,475.00 |
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C1840 English Thomas Conway Manchester Single Barrel 10 Bore Muzzle Loading Single Barrel Percussion Sporting / Hunting Shotgun With Damascus Steel Barrel. Sn 20859 - 20859 Thomas Conway was an English Gunsmith with premises in Manchester at 179 Chapel Street, 3 Market Street & 43 Blackfriars Street, Deansgate between 1803-1852. (see page 196 of Brown’s book British Gunmakers Vol.2).This is a single barrel percussion shotgun made C1840 by Thomas Conway Manchester. It has a 30” browned sighted Damascus steel barrel & measures 55 ¼” overall. The barrel’s smooth bore staining & residue consistent with age and use. It has all original walnut stock which has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use (there is a small piece of wood absent from the fore stock and an old stable & secure fine crack). It has a steel butt plate with extended tang, steel trigger guard with extended tang & Dolphin hammer. The action plate has foliate engraved decoration and is signed ‘Conway’. The top of the action tang is crisply signed ‘Conway Manchester’ The breech has gold lines and gold inlaid cartouche which looks like ‘Bixvers or Beavers Patent’. The shotgun is complete with ebonised wood ramrod which has a brass end cap. It’s cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display. Sn 20859 £475.00 |
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C1845 Irish Kavanagh Dublin .750 Musket Bore Percussion Musket With Regulation Brass Furniture Irish Registration Marked ‘S6007’ (County Sligo) & Ram Rod. Sn 21271 - 21271 William Kavanagh & Sons; Wm & Jas Kavanagh; William Kavanagh & Son, Dublin, Ireland was a Gun, Pistol & Rifle Maker, Gunpowder Merchant from 1796-1928 Although established in 1796, William Kavanagh was first recorded in 1817 at 6 Anderson's Court, Greek Street, Dublin. In 1822 he made his sons (William and James) partners in the business. While he moved to 4 Upper Ormond Quay to trade as William Kavanagh, his sons traded at 11 Dame Street as William Kavanagh & Sons. By 1840 William Kavanagh was trading at 4 Upper Ormond Quay as a gunpowder merchant. In 1847 William Kavanagh & Sons took additional premises at 12 Dame Street into which they moved relinquishing 11 Dame Street later that year. In 1849, James Kavanagh was recorded trading on his own as a gunmaker at 4 Upper Ormond Quay. William Kavanagh (& Son?) was recorded at 12 Dame Street. William II appears to have managed the business. In 1853 William Snr retired or died and William and James took over to trade as Wm & James Kavanagh, gun makers and gunpowder merchants. They exhibited at the Dublin exhibition in that year. In 1872 it appears that James retired or died because William continued at 12 Dame Street with a factory in Dame Lane. It may have been at this time that William (II) made his son a partner and that the business became William Kavanagh & Son, Gun Makers and Gunpowder Merchants, in 1881 they were recorded as such. This is an, original, percussion musket by Kavanagh of Dublin. It is 55 ¼” overall length with a heavy 39 ¼” browned Damascus steel sighted barrel. Its smooth bore has just staining & residue consistent with age & use. It has its original action plate crisply signed by the maker ‘Kavanagh Dublin’. It has all original walnut stock with, iron ramrod and regulation type brass furniture. The butt plate tang has the Irish registration mark ‘S6007’ for County Sligo (these Irish County identification marks were introduced by the short lived Arms Act of 1843). The metal work has even patina throughout and the musket cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for includes UK delivery. N.B As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK as part of a collection or display. Sn 21271 £975.00 |
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1800 -1830 Cased Pair Of English Ward Yarmouth (Norfolk) 54 Bore Flintlock Traveling Pistols With Screw Off Barrels, Folding Concealed Triggers & Powder Flask. Sn 21364 - 21364 An English Gunmaker named Ward (first name unknown) is recorded as having a shop in Yarmouth, Norfolk between 1800 & 1830 & is known to have made flintlock pistols with folding triggers (see page 104 of English, Irish & Scottish Firearms Makers by A. Merwyn Carey). This is an excellent pair of steel framed flintlock traveling pistols by Ward of Yarmouth. Each pistol measures 7” overall and have 2 ¼” screw off steel barrels. The barrel’s smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age and use. The actions are signed ‘Ward’ & ‘Yarmouth’ & have engraved Martial banners & arms. The underside of their frames have English black powder proofs. They have steel cocks, sliding safety bolt features and folding concealed triggers. The pistol’s bag shaped wood grips are undamaged. The pistols cock and dry fire as they should. The pistols are complete with later fitted wood case. The centre of the exterior of the lid is inlaid with void brass shield. The front of the case has its original lock, with key that functions correctly. The inside of the case is lined with felt & contoured to snugly fit the pistols and accessories. The compartments contain a copper & brass powder flask with sprung nozzle & the key to the lock. The price for this excellent pair of flintlock pistols includes UK delivery. NB As antique flintlock pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21364 £975.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (17/04) 1830’s English Thomas Tipping (Lawden) London (Later Tipping & Lawden) Double Hammer Percussion 4 Barrel 50 Bore Pistol With Turn Over Rotating Barrel Cluster & Accessories, Case To Royal Navy Captain Spencer Vassall. Sn 21366 - 21366 The English gunmaking firm of Tipping & Lawden was the trade name partnership between Thomas Tipping Lawden and Caleb Lawden, who established themselves as gun, rifle and pistol makers at 40 Constitution Hill in 1837, expanding to 40 & 41 Constitution Hill in 1852. Webley & Son took over the Business in 1877 (see page 208 of British Gunmakers Vol.1 by Brown). Sir Spencer Lambart Hunter Vassall born 1799, entered the Royal Navy in 1812 and saw action on the North Coast of Spain on HMS Venerable, the attack on the French at Lequeytio and at the destruction of fortifications at Bermeo & Plencia, he became acting commander of the sloop Éclair, then in 1831 on the Harrier served in the East Indies where he was active in the suppression on piracy in the straits of Malacca (copies of excerpts from period RN records regarding the Officer accompany this pistol). This is an excellent Victorian C1830’s percussion large frame pistol with revolving 4 barrel cluster by Thomas Tipping Lawden London before he went into partnership with Caleb Lawden. Its smooth bore barrels are 3 ½” in length and the pistol measures 8 ¾” overall length. The barrel’s bores have just light staining consistent with age. Its steel frame in the white is undamaged with nice even patina throughout. It has foliate engraved decoration to the metal work. The barrel cluster is stamped with English black powder proof marks. The pistol's bag shaped walnut grip has fine chequering and is undamaged. The steel butt has a trap with hinged lid. The back of the wrist has a white metal escutcheon with engraved stylised monogram. The pistol has double hammers and triggers & cocks and dry fires perfectly as does the revolving barrel action. The gun has a brass bead fore sight and grooved barrel cluster rear sight. The pistol is contained in its original wood case with hinged lid. The top of the lid is inlaid with a central brass shield engraved to ‘Captain Spencer Vassall’. The case has a brass lock (key absent). The case is lined with green felt and has compartments which contain accessories including an empty wooden box with removeable lid, a tin with removeable lid which contains a quantity of percussion caps, a pistol size ‘Sykes’ (Sheffield) copper and brass black powder flask with sprung nozzle, a steel ball mould marked ‘53’, a nipple tool with ebony handle and a brass tool with turn off cap that reveals a worm. The price for this desirable pistol worthy of further research regarding the named Captain 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 21366 £0.00 |
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