Antique Guns and Equipment
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**THE LARGEST SHOTGUN FORM PRODUCED TO BE SHOULDER FIRED**Victorian Blanks (Essex Or Suffolk) Massive 4 Bore Percussion Muzzle Loading Wildfowling Shotgun With Walnut Stock & Ramrod. Sn 20471 - 20471 Edward Charles Blanks was an English Gunmaker recorded at Saxmundham Suffolk 1838 & is possibly the same man recorded as Edward Blanks working at Rochford Essex 1850. The gunmaker William Blanks is recorded at High Street Maldon Essex 1791-1851 and a gunmaker named Robert Blanks is recorded at Rochford 1855-1874 and another William Blanks is recorded at Rochford 1831-1869. It is not known if these men are related (see pages 173 & 174 of British Gunmakers Vol 2 by Brown). This is a massive percussion wildfowling gun by a gunmaker named Blanks no doubt one of the aforementioned gun smiths and is the largest form, intended to be fired from the shoulder. This gun is 5 feet 5 ½” overall length. It is a massive 4 bore and has a 48” round brown wash steel barrel. Its smooth bore is clean. It has an excellent walnut stock with chequered wrist, German Silver fore stock cap and stock mounts including an inlaid void disc to the underside of the shoulder stock. The stock has a steel butt plate with extended tang. The plain action plate is signed by the maker ‘Blanks’. It has a heavy steel Dolphin hammer. The barrel has a small German Silver post foresight. The piece is complete with its original ebonised wood ramrod with brass end cap and tip which unscrews to reveal a worm. Its cocking & firing actions work perfectly. The price for this massive shoulder fired fowling piece worthy of further research includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display.Sn 20471 £2,495.00 |
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**RARE**Late 19th Century Charles Lancaster ‘Patent Breech Loader’ 151 New Bond Street, London 14 Bore Black Powder Obsolete Calibre Double Barrelled Side By Side Hammer Breech Loading Rotary Under Lever Slide Break Action Sporting Shotgun. Sn 20376 - 20376 Charles William Lancaster (1820–1878) was an English listed as gun maker and improver of rifles and cannon. Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker, of 151 New Bond Street, London. This is a very good Charles Lancaster ‘Patent Breech Loader’ double barrel hammer sporting shotgun made at the 151 New Bond Street London premises. It has 28 ¼” steel barrels (45” overall). The barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib and brass bead foresight. The rib is signed ‘Charles Lancaster 151 New Bond Street, London Patent Breech Loader’. The smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age and use. It has its original walnut stock which has just light bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use and double triggers. The action, hammers and lever have quality tooled decoration. The action plates also have banners with ‘Lancaster London Patent’ and the lever block is signed on both sides ‘Charles Lancaster’s Patent’. The trigger guard is numbered 3771. The wrist & fore stock have chequered panels. The stock has an inlaid void white metal escutcheon to the underside of the shoulder stock. The Lancaster patent breech loading mechanism works as it should (the lever is rotated which allows the barrels to slide forward then break open for breech loading). Its cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20376 £895.00 |
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**SUPERB**RARE** Edo Period Japanese Samurai Family / Maker Signed 22 Bore Matchlock Musket With Cannon Barrel, Silver Inlay & Brass Fittings Including Inlaid Silver Dragon Decoration To The Barrel. Sn 13991 - 13991 The matchlock was the first mechanism, or "lock" invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm. This design removed the need to lower by hand a lit match into the weapon's flash pan and made it possible to have both hands free to keep a firm grip on the weapon at the moment of firing, and, more importantly, to keep both eyes on the target. These pieces were made through to the late 19th century under Tokugawa Licence as special orders for Samurai families who needed to maintain their status in parades that took place during annual festivals. This Japanese matchlock has a fully functioning brass action and ornate fittings. It was made during the Edo period (1603-1868) & has a massive 41 ¾” long blued octagonal barrel with cannon muzzle which is .595” at the muzzle opening (approx. 22 Bore). The smooth bore has staining consistent with age. It has a blade fore sight and block rear sight. It measures 54 ¼” overall length. It has a full wood stock with heavy brass barrel bands and ornate inlaid brass and silver inlay fittings including floral, smoke / flame & Animal forms together with a large ornate silver inlaid stylised Dragon applied to the barrel. The underside of the stock has a small solid silver floral, possibly Oak leaf emblem pinned to the wood. It has a brass ball trigger on the underside of the stock within a brass trigger guard. The action correctly moves the 'quick match' to the powder pan and the weapon is fitted with wood ram rod. There are no visible Japanese gunsmith or family signatures on the exterior of this piece but the underside of the barrel under the wood has faint Japanese script signatures most likely to the Gunsmith and family who commissioned the piece (we will have the signatures translated & provide the findings to the purchaser of this piece). The price for this highly desirable, rare matchlock includes UK delivery. NB as an antique matchlock musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 13991 £2,950.00 |
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C1820 English Hill London 50 Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 20369 - 20369 This an excellent English Flintlock pocket pistol. It is 6 ½” overall with a 1 ¾” screw off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The underside of the action has crisp Birmingham proof marks. Its steel action is decorated with Martial banners on the right side and with the manufacturer's name 'Hill' on one side and ‘London’ with Martial banners on the reverse (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 back of the grip has an inlaid void white metal escutcheon. The cock is fitted with a flint. 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 20369 £575.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (A) 1850 Dated French Military Model 1842 Tulle Arsenal 2 Band Muzzle Loading .750 Calibre Percussion Short Rifle. Sn 16416:25 - 16416:25 This is a very good French Military 1850 dated M1842 Tulle Arsenal Percussion 2 Band Short Rifle. It has even patina to the metal work throughout. It has a heavy military percussion hammer and the action plate is crisply engraved with French Tulle Arsenal detail. The barrel has 1842 (model designation). It's 29" barrel (45 ½” overall) has crisp rifling which has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The weapon is also dated 1850 and has inspection marks (all illustrated). It has its original steel ramrod & sling swivels. The rifle also has a steel fore end block, steel trigger guard, barrel bands, butt plate, blade fore sight and ‘v’ notch block rear sight. It has all original dark wood stock. The rifle cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 16416:25 £0.00 |
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**RARE**MINT BORE**American Civil War Era Austrian Model 1854 .54 Obsolete Calibre Lorenz Rifled Musket (1861 Springfield) Converted To Breech Capping Loading Regiment Marked ’51.1/7’ & Leather Sling. Sn 16430a - 16430a The Lorenz rifle was an Austrian rifle used in the mid 19th Century. It was used in several European wars, and also featured prominently in the U.S. Civil War. The Lorenz rifle was designed by Austrian Lieutenant Joseph Lorenz on similar design principles as the 1861 Springfield Armoury Rifled Musket. It was first approved for manufacture in 1854, and was Austria's first all-new infantry firearm in decades. The Lorenz rifle was the third most widely used rifle during the American Civil War. The Union recorded purchases of 226,924 and the Confederacy bought as many as 100,000. This original Lorenz rifle was converted in the period to breech capping loading. It has standard steel lock and furniture and undamaged walnut stock with figured check piece all in excellent condition. The metal work has even patina. The weapon has several small indistinct inspection marks and the steel butt plate tang is Regiment marked ’51.1/7’. It has sling swivels fitted with leather sling and original steel ram rod, It has a brass blade fore sight and flip up ladder rear sight. The bore of the musket’s 35” round steel barrel is near mint, clean & bright with crisp rifling. The rifle measures 53” overall length. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this rare piece includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 16430a £1,450.00 |
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