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SOLD SOLD (10/11) C1850 Liege Belgium Officer’s Private Purchase Double Barrelled 11 Bore Percussion ‘Howdah’ Holster Pistol. Sn 22579 - 22579
The Howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in India and Africa from the beginning of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, during the period of British Colonial rule. It was typically intended for defence against Tigers, Lions, and other dangerous animals that might be encountered in remote areas. The term "howdah pistol" comes from the howdah, a large platform mounted on the back of an Elephant. Hunters, especially during the period of the British Raj in India, used Howdahs as a platform for hunting wild animals and needed large-calibre side-arms for protection from animal attacks at close quarters. The earliest Howdah pistols were flintlock designs, and it was not until about 60 years later percussion models in single or double barrel configuration were seen. Even though Howdah pistols were designed for emergency defence from dangerous animals in Africa and India, British Officers adopted them for personal protection in other far-flung outposts of the British Empire. This is a percussion double barrel Howdah pistol made C1850. Its side by side barrels are 10” in length. It measures 16” overall length. The smooth bores have staining & residue consistent with age. It has a broad top rib and brass bead fore sight. The rear sight consists of a groove to the top of the action and barrel rib. It is complete with its blued steel ram rod. The undamaged walnut stock has chequered panels at the grip, brass stock mounts and skull crusher brass cudgel butt with hinged trap. It has double triggers and Dolphin hammers. The metal work has original blue finish which has aged to a nice plum colour in areas. The pistol has no externally visible maker or date marks. The underside of the barrels have Liege proof / inspection marks and the underside of the barrel rib has numbers ‘153’. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. 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 22579
£0.00

SOLD SOLD (09/11) C1860’s Continental (Most Likely French Or Liege) Double Barrel Side By Side 7mm Calibre Pin Fire Under Lever Break Action Breach Loading Overcoat Pocket Pistol With Rifled Bores. Sn 23042 - 23042
This is an attractive double barrel pistol most likely Liege or French made circa 1860’s. It has double 4” barrels set side by side with central rib which has a post foresight and it measures 7 ½”” overall. The rear sight consists of a ‘v’ notch block on the action. The rifled bores have just light staining consistent with age and use. There are no visible maker, date or inspection marks on this pistol. It has double hammers, double triggers within steel trigger guard, steel under lever & attractive, undamaged scallop carved wood grip which has a stepped steel butt cap. The action, trigger guard and hammers have foliate engraved decoration. The barrels are released for breach loading by operation of the lever on the underside of the frame. It's loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this attractive piece includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23042 (drawers office)
£0.00

**QUALITY MAKER**Victorian English Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield German Silver Cutlery Hilt Spear Point Bowie Knife & Open Top Scabbard. Sn 22964 - 22964
Mappin & Webb is a true British treasure with over 240 years of tradition and historical significance in the world of silver and fine jewellery. Renowned for combining timeless craftsmanship with superior quality and contemporary design. The company began in 1775, when Jonathan Mappin opened a workshop in Sheffield. His mission was to create the most beautifully crafted silverware for British society. He had several sons, who joined the business. His son was Joseph Mappin (1766-1841), William Joseph Mappin (1868-1943) became chairman in 1913, when the firm was approaching its zenith. From its London head office in Oxford Street, Mappin & Webb was the most international of Sheffield cutlery firms. Retail branches appeared in Europe (Paris, Nice, and Rome), South Africa (Johannesburg), North America (Montreal) and South America. The Company received Royal Warrants and commissions from Monarchs around the world, and become synonymous with excellence, craftsmanship and all things truly British. Under his four great grandsons, incorporated the business as Mappin Brothers Ltd, in the middle of the 19th Century. The company later became the prestigious Mappin & Webb who still produce best quality pieces today. This is a Victorian cutlery handled spear point Bowie by the quality cutlers Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield. The knife has a typical Victorian era cast German Silver cutlery form handle with cast foliate decoration. The hilt has a German Silver finger guard. The 6” long, steel spear point blade has some areas of staining consistent with age. Both sides of the blade are signed by the makers ‘Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield’ together with trade mark. The knife measures 10 ¾” overall. The original brown leather scabbard has German Silver throat mount with frog locket and possible replacement brass chape. All leather and stitching are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22964 (Bowies Box)
£395.00

WW2 Captured Occupied Czechoslovakian Army Combat Helmet Nazi German Converted To Luftwaffe 'Luftshutz' (Air Raid / Civil Defence) Single Front Decal Steel Helmet With Label To ‘Kiezl’ Most Likely A Wartime Female Firefighter With Liner & Chin Strap. - 23032
This is an excellent, original, WW2 German Luftwaffe 'Luftshutz' (Air Raid/ Civil Defence) helmet period converted from a Captured Occupied Czechoslovakian Army Combat Helmet. The Helmet retains its Nazi Converted dark blue paint and the front bears bold Nazi applied Luftwaffe Eagle with Swastika silver & black decal. At the Time of conversion the Nazis also added the protective combe on the skull of the helmet. There are no maker or date marks on the rim of the helmet but they may be present under the paint. The helmet has its horsehair filled pads liner & leather chinstrap with buckle (the tip of one end of the chinstrap is absent. The inside of the helmet has a hand written paper label adhered with handwritten name ‘Kiezl’ Most Likely A Wartime Female Firefighter. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23032
£395.00

Victorian British Dockyard Or River Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard. ED 3027 - ED 3027
This is a nice original Victorian British Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard as carried by Naval Dockyard Or River Police. It has a clean, fullered 24” steel blade & is 29 ½” overall length. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. There are no dates, maker or inspection marks on this sword. The brass hilt with bar guard and stepped pommel is in excellent order. The ribbed fish skin grip is clean & undamaged. The push button scabbard retaining clip functions as it should. The original leather scabbard has brass mounts. The brass throat mount has a frog locket and it has an external brass chape. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3027 (sword bucket armoury)
£595.00

SOLD SOLD (05/11)1906-1907 B.S.A Improved Model Lincoln Jeffries .177 Calibre Underlever Air Rifle With Early Bayonet Catch Lever ( no protective side fences), Straight Hand Stock & Additional Original Period BSA No.8 Flip Up Aperture Rear Sight Sn 23040 - 23040
This is an excellent B.S.A. ‘Improved Model’ Lincoln Jeffries Patent Air Rifle. Although classified as Improved Model, ‘Improved’ was never stamped on the cylinder of these air rifles until introduction of The Improved model B in 1907 (see pages 42 to 44 of The Book Of BSA Air Rifles 1905-1939 by Milewski)’. These rifles were made with both straight hand and pistol grip stocks. This example of the improved model has its original wood stock with straight hand stock and correct chequered panels. The stock is impressed with BSA’s pyled arms Trade mark. The underside of the stock is impressed with 14 ¼” (stock length). It has a steel butt plate, a 19 ½” barrel and measures 43 ½” overall. It has a blade foresight and adjustable dial rear sight. The rifle is also fitted with a period BSA No.8 flip up rear aperture sight which has the correct BSA patent detail (illustrated, These sights were patented in 1907 and advertised into the 1930’s, see pages 190 to 194 of Milewski’s book). The metal work has original blue finish. The loading port is crisply marked ‘Load’ and has faint BSA pyled arms trademark. The underside of the bayonet cocking lever has crisp Lincoln Jeffries patent information (illustrated). The top of the cylinder is correctly crisply marked 'BSA Air Rifle Made By The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited'. The loading tap is correctly marked ‘P.Pat’. The rifle is serial number ‘15879’ which is stamped on the trigger block. The stock is mounted with a brass identification plate stamped with numbers ‘2 above 2421’ no doubt when this rifle was used as a period air rifle club gun. The rifle cocks, loads & fires with a strong spring action. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23040
£0.00

Early 1906-1907 B.S.A Improved Model Lincoln Jeffries Patent .177 Calibre Underlever Air Rifle With Early Bayonet Catch Lever ( no protective side fences), Pistol Grip Stock Variant. Sn 23041 - 23041
This is a very good B.S.A. ‘Improved Model’ Lincoln Jeffries Patent Air Rifle. Although classified as Improved Model, ‘Improved’ was never stamped on the cylinder of these air rifles until introduction of The Improved model B in 1907 (see pages 42 to 44 of The Book Of BSA Air Rifles 1905-1939 by Milewski)’. These rifles were made with both straight hand and pistol grip stocks. This example of the improved model has its original wood stock with pistol stock and correct chequered panels. The stock is impressed with BSA’s pyled arms Trade mark. The underside of the stock is impressed with 14 ¼” (stock length). It has a steel butt plate, a 19 ½” barrel and measures 43 ½” overall. It has what looks like a period replacement blade for sight and adjustable dial rear sight. The metal work has original blue finish. The loading port is crisply marked ‘Load’ and has faint BSA pyled arms trademark. The underside of the bayonet cocking lever has Lincoln Jeffries patent information (illustrated). The top of the cylinder is correctly crisply marked 'BSA Air Rifle Made By The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited'. The loading tap is correctly marked ‘P.Pat’. The rifle is serial number ‘15978’ which is stamped on the trigger block. The top of the shoulder stock has 4 old hand carved notches most likely a previous owner recording hunting kills. The trigger block has what looks like a later replacement screw. The top of the trigger block has been factory milled most likely to accommodate an additional rear sight. The rifle cocks, loads & fires with a strong spring action. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23041
£475.00

INERT DEACTIVATED. RARE, British, Experimental, 25 Round .303 Feed Strip for the British Model 1893 Gatling Gun. - O 2283
The Accles Gun was developed by J. G. Accles (1850-1939), who had worked as a Senior Engineer for the Gatling Gun Company, making many improvements to the design of the gun, before taking over ownership of the British Gatling Gun Company in 1891. The gun was built for Accles by Armstrong Mitchell & Co. at their armaments works at Elswick. The major fault of the Gatling gun was that the ammunition feed was worked by gravity. To alleviate this shortcoming a positive feed was developed by Accles with the form of a feed strip so the gun could be used in any position. This was used in the Model 1893 Gatling gun and was introduced in the new military.30-40 Krag cartridge, and came with a feed strip system very similar to the Hotchkiss machine gun. The U.S. Army bought 18 of these guns, with the option to have them converted to Bruce Feed if the strip system was not satisfactory. The benefit of the strip feed is that is was mechanically actuated by the guns rotating cylinder of the gun, pulling the cartridges into the feed mechanism. This allowed the gun to reliably feed at any speed and any angle of elevation, where gravity-based systems could become unreliable. Ultimately the feed strip system was not adopted and in 1897 all of the American 18 guns built with it were converted to the tried and tested Bruce feed. This is a British Accles feed strip for the British Model 1893 Gatling guns made for use in the British Army. The feed stirp is made in the British .303 caliber from pressed steel with spring tabs holding the cartridge cases and a pressed piece of the strip stabilising the bullet. The strip contains 25 unfired .303 mark 2 rounds which are headstamped C 2 5 (Cordite mark 2 rounds, 5 being an unknown British manufacturer). The rounds have a large unfired copper primer. The price for this rare and experimental British army Gatling gun feed strip and rounds includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2283
£425.00

INERT DEACTIVATED. RARE, Unfired WW2 Original 1944 Dated German 15 Round Service Pack Of 7.92x33 Ball Ammunition for MP44 Assault Rifle. Sn - 22787:21
INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an original and rare German WW2, 1944 dated service pack of 15 rounds of 7.92x33 Pistolenpatronen 43 m E. ball ammunition for MP44 assault rifle. The rounds have a steel cartridge case wwhich are headstamped St (steel) 2 44 (February 1944 date) Wa (Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Abteilung Lampenfabrik, Leipzig). The rounds are contained in a buff cardboard box with a white label with a blue band on it. The label is stamped in black ink 15 Pistolenpatronen 43 m E. together with the date 1944 and Wa, the manufacturer Hasag. The rounds are fitted with a copper plated steel jacketed ball projectile. The primer annulus is blue. price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. The MP44 shown in the images in not included in the sale. Sn 22787:21
£175.00

**BEST QUALITY**MINT BORES**FACTORY NICKEL PLATED**Cased C1840 Liege Mariette Brevette .36 Calibre Under Hammer Ring Trigger, 6 Shot Percussion Pepper Box Revolver With Turn Off Damascus Steel Barrels & Original Period Accessories. Sn 22967:4 - 22967:4
The Mariette family of Liege Gunmakers were active in the 19th Century. Revolving pepper box multi shot pistols were produced from the late 1820s and were designed for civilian use. They were made in numerous calibres. This under hammer Mariette Patent pepperbox is superb quality. The action works crisply. The pistol has 6 x 2 ¾” turn off Damascus steel barrels and measures 7 ¼” overall. The barrels turn off as they should. The smooth bores of each are near mint clean & bright. The steel metal work retains all of its original factory nickel plate finish. The steel frame, action and ring trigger have foliate engraved decoration. The barrel cluster has a Liege ‘ELG’ proof roundel and crown B inspection mark. Each barrel & corresponding breach on the barrel cluster are numbered 1 to 6 . The underside of the grip frame is signed ‘Mariette Brevette’. The pistol’s ebony grip is excellent & undamaged. The pistol is contained in its wood case & has quality period accessories. The case has a hinged lid and a brass lock with Key that locks and opens the case. The centre of the lid has an inlaid void brass escutcheon. The case has felt lined compartments which fit the pistol and contain accessories consisting of a pistol size copper and brass black powder flask with sprung nozzle and embossed ‘Hercules’ figure above ‘B.A. Paris’ and a useful period made factory nickel plated ball mould with multi tool features consisting of a nickel key at the end of one arm, a barrel key at the end of the other arm for turning off the barrels and pincer near to the hinge. The price for this superb cased pistol with accessories includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pepper box no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22967:4
£3,750.00

**ORNATE**LARGE**Early 19th Century North African / Turkish Ottoman / Moroccan/ Arabic 32 Bore Snaphance Or Snaphaunce Lock Musket With German Silver Decorated Furniture & Sling. Sn 23004 - 23004
A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism. The name is Dutch in origin but the mechanism cannot be attributed to the Netherlands with certainty. It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and dog lock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. It fires from a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan to ignite the priming powder which fires the gun. Examples of this firearm can be found through Europe, Turkey, North Africa, and the Middle East. The muzzle loading weapons were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. They were seen as very personal weapons, and unlike the typical military weapons of the time which were very plain and utilitarian, the weapons tended to be well crafted and were usually intricately decorated. 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. This is an early 19th century Snaphance or Snaphaunce lock musket. It measures 5 Feet 4 Inches overall length. It has a 48” sighted round steel barrel which is approx. 32 Bore. The bore has heavy staining and residue consistent with age. The musket has a full stock, the woodwork has intricately tooled German silver bands and stud work decoration. The musket has the distinctive curved butt and a steel ram rod stuck firmly in place (to avoid possible damage we have not attempted to remove it). The gun is fitted with period plaited rope sling. The weapon has the wear and patina to be expected of a native weapon of its age. As is common with these weapons the action does not cock and dry fire but the hammer and trigger move. Due to size delivery of this item will be by arrangement, at cost & within the UK only. NB As an antique muzzle loading musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23004
£450.00

**ORIGINAL**EARLY WW1**1914 Dated British ME Co (Mills Equipment Company) Webbing Sling For SMLE Bolt Action .303 Calibre Rifles. MISC 1008 - MISC 1008
This is an original WW1 1914 British ME Co (Mills Equipment Company) Webbing Sling For WW1 & WW2 SMLE Bolt Action .303 Calibre Rifles. It is 45 ¼” overall length and 1 ¼” wide. The webbing material is intact with just light service wear and staining. The riveted brass end tab hook plates are both maker marked and WW1 dated ‘ME Co’ (Mills Equipment Company) & dated 1914. The price includes UK delivery. MISC 1008 **(in bandoliers & belts box storeroom)**(NB The WW1 SMLE with sling illustrated in the images is for demonstration purposes only & not included but is available separately on this web site stock number Sn 22987:2)
£175.00
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