Antique Guns and Equipment
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C1900 English Birmingham Crown Smokeless Proofed .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Break Action Breech Loading Single Barrel Rook Rifle With External Hammer & Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23005 - 23005 This is an English .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre lever break action rook rifle made Circa 1900. It has a 26 ¾” octagonal barrel with tooled flat top rib and measures 42 ½” overall. The barrel's rifled bore has staining consistent with age and use and typical light rifling. There are no maker or date marks on this rifle but the underside of the barrel has a Birmingham Crown Smokeless Proof mark known to be found on single barrel guns. The blued metal work has even aged patina. The underside of the action has a steel block, which when depressed breaks the barrel for loading. The excellent all original shoulder stock is undamaged and has chequered panels at the wrist and ribbed butt. The weapon has blade fore and 2 leaf rear sights. Its loading, cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this obsolete calibre rook rifle includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23005 £645.00 |
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**FAMOUS QUALITY MAKERS**C1800 English Henry Knock / James Wilkinson London (Later Wilkinson Sword) Single Barrel 11 Bore Muzzle Loading Flintlock Later C1820 Nipple & Drum Converted To Percussion Sporting Shotgun. A 1115 - A 1115 James Wilkinson a foreman in the business of the famous gun smith Henry Nock inherited the business from Nock on his death in 1804. James Wilkinson’s son Henry continued the successful Wilkinson company that later became the prestigious Wilkinson Sword. This is an elegant single barrel flintlock shotgun made C1800 by the famous gunmakers Henry Nock & James Wilkinson later C1820 nipple & drum converted to percussion (possibly by James Wilkinson after he inherited Nock’s business). It has a 35” sighted steel barrel & measures 50 ½” overall. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The underside of the barrel beneath the wood is numbered 4264 and has English black powder proofs. It has an undamaged walnut stock with chequered panel wrist, polished horn fore end cap, steel butt plate with extended tang, steel trigger guard with extended tang & Pineapple finial & steel hammer. The steel action plate is signed ‘JA (James) Wilkinson’ and the top of the barrel has a gold band at the breach and gold inset lozenge signed ‘H. (Henry) Nock London’. The shotgun is complete with wood ramrod with brass end cap and brass tip which has a steel worm. It’s cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this gun by quality gunsmiths 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. A 1115 £645.00 |
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French Model 1822 St Etienne Arsenal .700 Calibre Flintlock Cavalry Pistol With Regulation Brass Fittings & Iron Ram Rod With Powder Measure Cup Tip. Sn 23050 - 23050 An original French Model 1822 St Etienne Arsenal flintlock Cavalry pistol. The pistol has a Walnut stock which has indistinct numbers and roundel impressed into it. The all original woodwork has just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age & service use. The lock plate is stamped with St Etienne Arsenal detail. The barrel has inspection marks and 1822 model detail. The pistol retains its original iron ramrod with powder measure cup which is stamped with what looks like "161". The pistol's 8” sighted barrel has a smoothbore which has staining & residue consistent with age & service use. The pistol cocks and dry fires with a strong action. The brass furniture is all original and has French proof / inspection marks. The pistol has a heavy military cock fitted with flint, steel frizzen and brass pan & the brass butt has a steel Military lanyard ring. This is a nice example of this type of pistol, substantial and well made. 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 collection or display. Sn 23050 £1,200.00 |
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**LARGE**Model 1798 Austrian Dragoon / Heavy Cavalry Officer’s 15 Bore Flintlock Pistol With Liege Proofs & Regulation Brass Furniture Regiment Marked ‘5.E.2.55’. Sn 23049 - 23049 This is a very good, large & heavy Model 1798 Austrian Dragoon / Heavy Cavalry Officer’s 15 Bore Flintlock Pistol. The pistol has a 9 ¾” round steel barrel (17” overall length), original iron ram-rod and original Walnut one piece full stocks with regulation brass furniture including cudgel butt cap with iron lanyard ring and brass muzzle block with cast blade foresight. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The lock plate has number ‘852’ which is repeated on the barrel and has inspection mark. The pistol has matching number ‘5’ on the trigger guard, fore end block and side plate. The barrel tang has Regiment marks ‘5.E.2.55’ (possibly 5th Regiment, E Squadron, 2nd Company, Weapon number 55). The barrel has Liege ‘ELG’ proof and other Imperial inspection marks (illustrated). The pistol has a heavy military cock fitted with flint. Its cocking & firing action is strong. The price for this substantial cavalry pistol worthy of further research regarding the Regiment marks includes UK delivery. NB As antique flintlock pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23049 £1,475.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WAR ERA**Famous Zeeland Family Of Dutch Naval Heroes Connections** C1815 Liege Belgium / Dutch Sea Service .650 Calibre Flintlock Belt Pistol With Brass Fittings Engraved To Dutch War Ship ‘Admiraal Evertsen Vlissingen’. Sn 23048 - 23048 The country we know as Belgium, with the city of Liege, famous for its centuries of arms manufacture, was not yet independent at the time this pistol was made. It was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1839. That period in history was dominated by Napoleon’s wars of conquest and the Kingdom of the Netherlands was a part of the French Empire from 1795 to 1813. Under Napoleon’s rule it was renamed the Batavian Republic and then the Kingdom of Holland. During this time, the Dutch fought alongside the French. After Napoleon was defeated in 1813, William I was restored to head the government, and declared himself king in 1815 when Napoleon returned from Elba. His son, the future King William II, known as “Slender Billy” to the English, fought with Wellington at Waterloo against Napoleon. Liege pistols, although not the fine quality of the British versions were robust, heavy and well made, the short supply of British Sea Service pistols led to the British and other allied nations purchasing Liege variants to supplement their arsenals. Our Liege / Dutch Sea service pistol is in very good as found, un-messed with condition and has connections to the Evertsens, a prominent Dutch naval family from Zeeland, many of whom were admirals and naval heroes. It measures 15 ½” overall with a 9” round steel barrel. The smooth bore has light staining & residue consistent with age & service use. The top of the barrel is engraved ‘Admiraal Evertsen Vlissingen’ / Admiral Evertsen Vlissingen (the Dutch name for a city, which was historically known as Flushing in English). The inscription most likely relates to the name of Dutch warship several of which were named after the Evertsen family, possibly, the ship Admiraal Evertsen which was a Dutch ship-of-the-line launched in 1808. While Vlissingen (Flushing) was a significant Dutch naval port and home to the Admiralty of Zeeland, the specific operations of this particular ship were primarily in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars). The barrel, lock plate and brass trigger guard have inspection marks including ‘W’ marks (most likely Dutch Wilhem II) and the steel belt bar has Naval anchor inspection mark. The brass butt cap with steel lanyard ring has engraved Ship’s armoury weapon number ‘14’ (illustrated). It has a heavy military cock. The heavy all original walnut full stock has brass furniture. The pistol is correctly without facility for ram rod as these pistols were belt carried. The metalwork has nice even patina throughout. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this interesting pistol worthy of further research 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 23048 £1,375.00 |
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British Import Sharps USA 1859 Patent .30 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Factory Nickel Plated Brass Frame 4 Barrelled Pocket Derringer & Gutta Percha Hard Rubber Grip. A 1114 - A 1114 This is an original Sharps USA 1859 Patent 4 barrelled pocket derringer in .30 RF calibre made for the Victorian British market. It is a fully functioning example. The pistol has a cluster of 4 x 3” blued steel barrels and measures 5 ¾” overall. The barrel’s bores have light staining consistent with age & use and have typical light rifling. The brass frame has its original factory nickel plate finish. The barrel cluster has a brass bead fore sight and it has a grooved frame rear sight. The right side of the frame is faintly stamped ‘C. Sharps Patent 1859’. The left side has faint partially visible stamp ‘***& Co*** PA’ (no doubt ‘C. Sharps & Co Philada PA’). The barrel cluster and frame have English black powder proofs. The underside of the barrel cluster at the muzzle has serial number 8883 which is repeated on the butt of the grip frame. It has a revolving firing pin and loading is achieved by depression of bar on the underside of the frame. The barrel cluster can then be moved forward for loading of rounds. It has a sheathed trigger & chequered un-damaged gutta percha hard rubber grip. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1114 (drawers office) £875.00 |
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