Antique Guns and Equipment
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**QUALITY MAKER**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**Georgian British Cavalry Officer’s 1799 Pattern Durs Egg London .650 Carbine Calibre Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol With Regulation Brass Fittings. Sn 23164 - 23164 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 an original British 1799 Pattern Durs Egg London .650 Carbine Calibre Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol by Durs Egg. The pistol has all original wood work with regulation brass fittings, including trigger guard with extended tang, fore end block & cudgel butt. The walnut full stock has age and service use related knocks, bumps and bruises & some old stable repairs. It has a heavy military cock fitted with flint & brass capped wood ram rod. The pistol measures 15 ½” overall with a 9” round steel unsighted barrel. The smooth bore has staining consistent with age and use. The barrel has English black powder proofs. The lock plate is signed by the quality maker ‘D. Egg’ & has Georgian King’s Crown & Royal Cypher ‘GR’ (George Rex) indicating military issue. The action works 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 a part of a collection or display. Sn 23164 £795.00 |
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**QUALITY MAKER**SHORT BARREL**C1840 Durs Egg London 50 Bore Percussion Overcoat Traveling Pistol With Octagonal Steel Barrel & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 23112 - 23112 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 quality percussion traveling pistol by Durs Egg London made Circa 1840. The pistol has hand tooled foliate decoration on the action plate, hammer, trigger guard and action tang. The action plate is signed by the quality maker ‘D. Egg’. The pistol measures 7 ¼” overall making it ideal for concealment in an overcoat pocket when traveling & has a 3” octagonal steel barrel with brass post fore sight. The top barrel flat is signed ‘London' & the barrel has English black powder proofs. The smooth bore is clean. The original walnut stock is undamaged with just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age & handling. The top of the stock is inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. The pistol has a captive steel ram rod. The cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pistol by a prestigious maker 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 23112 (drawers office) £695.00 |
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C1841 - 1847 English Holmes & Son Derby 54 Bore Boxlock Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel & Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 23111 - 23111 John Holmes was an English Derby based gunmaker recorded as working between 1828-1835. The company operated as & Son 1841-1847, and recorded as & sons between 1847-1849. The sons were George & Henry. (see page 98 of English Gunmakers by Bailey & Nie). Holmes & Son (s) were known for crafting finely engraved percussion pistols, particularly pocket-sized boxlock models. This is a nice percussion pocket pistol by Holmes & Son made C1841-1847. The pistol has engraved with foliate decoration. It has a Dolphin hammer and sliding safety bolt. One side of the action is signed by the manufacturer ‘Holmes & Son’ within banner and the reverse 'Derby' within banner. The pistol measures 5 ¾” overall & has a 1 ¾” turn off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age & use. The pistol has a concealed folding trigger & the underside of the action & barrel have English black powder proof marks. The bag shaped wood grip is undamaged. The pistols 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 23111 (drawers office) £395.00 |
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C1840 Victorian W. Parker Holborn London Police Constabulary Pattern 38 Bore Overcoat Percussion Pistol With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23113 - 23113 Parker, William [1790-1840] Holborn, London was the founder of the famous firm of gunmakers. He had Royal Warrants & made blades & boxlock, flintlock pocket pistols, flintlock holster pistols and brass barrel blunderbusses. Under Royal Government contract he made flintlock musketoons. In 1829 when Sir Robert Peel organized the London Police, William Parker made blades as well as flintlock and later percussion pistols for the Police. This original Constabulary pattern overcoat percussion pistol made C1840 is by the famous maker 'W. Parker Holborn London'. It is 9 ¼” overall with a 4” 38 Bore octagonal brown wash steel sighted barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The Walnut full stock is a nice deep brown with chequered grip and steel furniture & is undamaged. It has an ebonised wood rod. The top of the wrist has a white metal void escutcheon. The action plate, hammer, action tang and trigger guard have foliate engraved decoration. The action plate is signed by the maker ‘W. Parker’ and the top barrel flat is signed 'W. Parker Holborn London'. The barrel has English black powder proofs. The action functions crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK as part of a display or collection. Sn 23113 (drawers office) £975.00 |
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**COMPSTALL MILL STOCKPORT CHESHIRE INTEREST**C1840 English ‘T. Andrews Compstall No.1’ Night Watchman’s 28 Bore Double Barrel Percussion Belt Pistol With Captive Iron Ram Rod. Sn 23163 - 23163 Compstall was a Mill complex owned by Thomas Andrew and his family in Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire. This is an excellent, original, percussion double barrel percussion pistol the barrel rib signed ‘T. Andrews Compstall No.1’ most likely a Mill Night Watchman’s self defence weapon . Its side by side brown wash steel barrels are 5 ¼” in length and are 28 bore. It measures 10 ¾” overall length. The smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age and use. It has a broad top rib and small brass bead fore sight. The action plates, hammers, trigger guard with extended tang and bud finial & action tang have foliate engraved decoration. It has double triggers, original captive iron ram rod and iron belt bar. The weapon has a lovely walnut full wood stock which has chequering at the grip and inlaid void silver escutcheon on top of the wrist. The pistol cocks and dry fires crispy. The price for this interesting percussion pistol worthy of further research 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 23163 (drawers office) £795.00 |
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**MINT BORE**Cased C1860 English Charles Reeves Birmingham Patent Adams Type Double Action 5 Shot 54 Bore Percussion Revolver & Accessories. Sn 23137 - 23137 This is an excellent, original, cased, Adams type 5 shot Reeves Patent percussion revolver (Charles Reeves, a Birmingham gunmaker, took out three British patents relating to percussion revolvers: No. 2690 of 22 October 1857, No. 3156 of 1857 and No. 1623 of 1858. See Taylerson et al 1968, pp. 270, 324, 325 and 327). The large frame double action revolver has a 6 ¼” octagonal barrel (12 ¼” overall). The bore is near mint, clean & bright with well defined rifling. The barrel has a blade fore sight & notched frame rear sight. The frame is engraved ‘Patent’ on one side and ‘No. 1022 on the reverse. The barrel and cylinder have Victorian black powder proofs. It’s finely chequered walnut grip is in excellent undamaged condition. The pistol's metal work is undamaged with original blue finish which has light surface wear to be expected with age and use. Its captive loading lever works as it should. The pistol is contained in its re-lined and re-fitted Mahogany case with hinged lid and lock (key absent). The top of the lid is inlaid with a void central brass roundel. The case is lined blue felt and has compartments which contain accessories including a double brass and steel conical bullet mould numbered ‘54’, a copper and brass black powder flask which signed by the manufacturer ‘James Dixon & Sons Sheffield), 2 ebony handled tools, cleaning rod with brass jag, a white metal oil container with screw top lid and integral applicator also by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield, an empty Eley Brothers Japanned tin with removable lid & a number of moulded lead bullets in a pouch. The price for this excellent cased pistol with accessories 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. Sn 23137 £1,895.00 |
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**MATCHING NUMBERS**C1870 -1880 Colt USA No.1 First Model .41 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre ‘Knuckle Duster’ Derringer With English Proofs. Sn 23136 - 23136 Colt made their No.1 Derringer between 1870 and 1890. Colt designs were used by other American Arms manufacturer’s. This is an excellent original .41 RF Calibre ‘Knuckle Duster’ first model Colt USA No.1 It measures 5” overall with a 2 ½” barrel which has a flat top with brass blade fore sight. The rear sight consists of a groove in the knurled hammer spur. The rifled bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The barrel’s flat top is marked by the maker ‘Colt Mfg Hartford Ct USA No.1’ between Maltese cross marks. The underside of the barrel is numbered ‘4654’ and has English black powder proofs indicating that this pistol was made in the USA for the English market. The derringer has a sheathed trigger & hook handle with the appearance of a knuckle duster (the heavy handle could be used to strike an assailant). The butt of the grip frame has matching number ‘4654’ and the steel frame has foliate scroll work decoration. The barrel swings to the left for loading by sliding a knurled steel button on the frame to the rear. Its loading and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique, obsolete calibre derringer no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23136 (drawers office) £1,695.00 |
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1875 - 1912 American Colt No.3 Second Model .41 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Factory Nickel Plated Brass Frame Single Shot Derringer With Pivot Barrel & Traces Of Original Factory Nickel Plate Finish. Sn 23166 - 23166 An excellent original .41 Cal Rim Fire, Colt No.3 derringer. Production ran from 1875 through until 1912. The No.3 came in several different variations, or models, with changes being made to the shape of the hammer or the size of the grips. We think this pistol is the No.3 2nd model with the slanting hammer, as opposed to the upright hammer of the 1st model, or larger grips of the 3rd model. Our example has brass frame traces of original factory nickel plate finish & a sheathed trigger. Its 2 ½” steel barrel correctly pivots to the right for loading (the hammer must be at half cock to pivot the barrel). The pistol is 5” overall length. The barrel has a brass blade fore sight. Its rifled bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The top of the barrel is signed by the manufacturer ‘Colt’ and the brass frame has .41 Cal. It has its original American walnut grips which are secured with a single recessed brass screw bolt. The wood has just light scuffs consistent with age & handling. The serial numbers are often stamped beneath the grips, and are not visible unless the grips are removed (we have not removed the grips). Its loading and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB as an obsolete calibre rim fire derringer no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23166 (drawers office) £725.00 |
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British Snider .577 2 Band Obsolete Calibre Rifle by Thomas Turner, Fisher Street, Birmingham, 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn - 23162 Thomas Turner (1861-1879) was a renowned and famous English gunmaker with a shop at 8 Fisher Street, Birmingham. Thomas Turner made top quality guns and supplied weapons to the Tower Armoury under government contracts. The rifle is in excellent condition and has a 23 inch barrel with an overall length of 43 inches. The rifle is fitted with a double lined steel lock plate which is engraved THOMAS TURNER FISHER STREET BIRMINGHAM and has the correct flat faced snider hammer. The barrel carries Birmingham proof house proof marks for 25 bore (.577 inch) and has nice sharp 3 groove rifling. The rifle is fitted with regulation brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap and is fitted with a mark II snider action with the breech block bearing the SNIDER PATENT stamp and monogram. The rifles barrel is retained by 2 iron barrel bands retained by spring clips. The rifle has the military block and blade fore sight, 900 yards ladder rear sight and a heavy military hammer. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. The rifle comes with a single inert deactivated Kynoch .577 Snider round. The price includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique, obsolete calibre weapon and no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23162 £1,150.00 |
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**VERY ORNATE SILVER WIRE INLAID DECORATION**C1800 20 Bore Balkan / Ottoman Flintlock Pistol. Sn 23070 - 23070 This is an ornate Balkans / Ottoman flintlock pistol made C1800. It is 19” overall length. The 11 ¼” barrel’s smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The stock is inlaid with profuse silver wire decoration and it has ornate cast brass fittings. The action cocks and dry fires. The price for this ornately decorated Ottoman / Balkan flintlock 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 23070 £375.00 |
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