Antique Guns and Equipment
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C1830 Liege Belgium 38 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Damascus Steel Rifled Barrel & Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 22426:47 - 22426:47 This is a nice percussion pocket pistol made in Liege Belgium C1830. The pistol’s action has foliate engraved decoration all around. The side of the breach has a Liege ‘ELG’ roundel proof / inspection mark and the underside a small indistinct inspection mark (illustrated). The pistol measures 7” overall & has a just under 2 ¾” turn off Damascus steel barrel. The barrel’s rifled bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & undamaged fluted and foliate carved ebony grip with ornate foliate engraved steel butt plate. The pistol’s 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 22426:47 (drawers office) £375.00 |
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C1830 Liege Belgium 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Rifled Barrel, Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 22426:46 - 22426:46 This is a nice percussion pocket pistol made in Liege Belgium C1830. The pistol’s action has foliate engraved decoration all around. The barrel is numbered ‘73’ and the action has a Liege ‘ELG’ roundel proof / inspection mark (illustrated). The pistol measures 6 ¼” overall & has a just under 2 ¼” turn off barrel. The barrel’s rifled bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & undamaged fluted and foliate carved ebony grip with ornate foliate engraved steel butt plate. The pistol’s 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 22426:46 (drawers office) £375.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 09/02) 1825-1866 English Cook Of Bath (Somerset) 25 Bore Percussion Pistol With Attractive ‘Tiger Stripe Grain’ Stock Octagonal Barrel & Ram Rod. Sn 22426:44 - 22426:44 John Cook was an English Gunmaker recorded as working in Bath Somerset 1791-1793. He or more likely his son (possibly Thomas) is also recorded as working in Bath 1825-1866 (see page 94 of English Gunmakers by Bailey & Nie). The 1851 census shows that Thomas Cook was born in about 1796 in Bath, Somerset. Thomas's wife, Sarah, was a gun polisher, and their son James also went on to be a gun maker. Although there is no documentary proof, Thomas's father was probably John Cook. This is an original percussion pistol by Cook of Bath most likely Thomas. It is 12” overall length with a 7 ½” Brown wash octagonal steel barrel which is 25 bore. The barrel’s smooth bore has just staining & residue to be expected with age and use. The barrel has a gold band at the breach, a ‘v’ notch plate rear sight and silver blade fore sight. The barrel in front of the rear sight is signed ‘Cook Bath’ which is repeated on the steel action plate. The woodwork is a nice deep brown with ‘Tiger stripe’ grain, steel furniture including trigger guard with Pineapple finial engraved with foliate decoration. The wood has a German silver fore stock block, stock mounts and inlaid escutcheon. The pistol's grip has chequered panels. It has it's ebonised wood ramrod with brass cap. The lock functions crisply and has a sliding safety bolt. As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK as part of a display or collection. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22426:44 £895.00 |
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**MINT BORE**C1800 English Richardson Liverpool Flintlock .700 Calibre Pistol C1820 Period Nipple & Drum Converted To Percussion With Octagonal Barrel & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 22426:42 - 22426:42 This pistol originally a flintlock made C1800 has been period nipple & drum converted to percussion C1820. It is 14” overall length with an 8” octagonal sighted barrel. The top barrel flat is signed ‘Liverpool’. There is a silver band on the barrel at the breech. The smooth bore is near mint clean & bright. The action tang & trigger guard with Pineapple finial & Dolphin hammer have tooled foliate decoration. The pistol has a sliding safety bolt & its original captive steel ram rod. The undamaged all original Walnut stock has finely chequered grip panels. The stock has an inlaid void silver escutcheon. The action is signed by the maker or retailer ‘Richardson’ amongst foliate engraved decoration (we cannot find a Liverpool based gunmaker named Richardson in the flintlock or percussion eras in our books or online). The price for this pistol worthy of further research regarding the maker or retailer includes UK delivery. NB. As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:42 £875.00 |
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**QUALITY**C1800 Napoleonic Wars Era English 28 Bore Flintlock Naval Captain’s Brass Barrelled Pistol Period Converted C1830 By Blyths Brothers London. Sn 22426:38 - 22426:38 Thomas Blyth (1764-1839). Thomas Blyth was born in 1764 in Ballingry, Fife, Scotland. He was the son of David Blyth and Elizabeth Ramsey. He was baptised in Ballingry Church on 14th October 1764[1], although his name there is spelled 'Blayth'. We know that this is the same Thomas Blyth who started the Blyth shipping company because his company records show him as having "a sister named Allison who married a Kirkcaldy man named William Scotland"[2]. This fact confirms that his parents were David Blyth and Elizabeth Ramsey. He married Isabella Forster in Stepney, London, in 1793[3], and the couple had eight children.Blyth went to sea at an early age and later became an experienced sea captain in the south seas trade. He commanded at least three vessels - the Lively, British Tar and Cornwall on whaling voyages between 1790 and 1805. He was a bold an enterprising mariner during wartime, and while in command of Cornwall in 1799 and armed with a Letter of Marque - his vessel and another British whaler, the Kingston, captured a Spanish trading vessel, the Nostra Senora de Bethlehem, off the coast of Peru and sent the ship to New South Wales with a prize crew, where its cargo of grain and other food supplies alleviated a shortage of provisions in Sydney. Blyth retired from the sea around 1810 and became a prominent shipowner with at least 17 vessels, most involved in whaling and sealing. In 1810 he bought a large wharf and adjacent premises at 45 Fore Street (now part of Narrow street) in Limehouse, East London. He set up in business as a sail-maker and ship chandler in the name of "Thomas Blyth and Company". Later he extended his business to include coopering, oil-sanding, and the making of whaling gear. He had shares in a number of South Sea Whalers (e.g. "Eliza Anne") and he traded in sperm whale oil. In 1826 he took his second and third son, James and Henry David, into the firm and changed the name to Thomas Blyth and Sons. His family house, with his wife Isabella and their children, was in Church Row, Limehouse, near the River Thames. Shortly before his death they moved to Park House in Grove Road, Mile End, then in open country about a mile and a half north of the Thames. He died at Limehouse, London, in 1839 and was buried in a private vault in the basement of St Ann's Church, Limehouse. It is more than likely the his sons carried on the business after their father’s retirement & death. This quality made Georgian Naval Captain’s Pistol is in excellent condition. The pistol originally a flintlock made C1800 has its action plate signed ‘Blyths Brothers’ indicating that this pistol was period nipple & drum converted to percussion and or retailed by the sons of Thomas Blyth (we cannot find any gunmakers named Blyth Brothers in our books or online. It is 13 ½” overall length with an unsighted 8” smooth bore brass 2 stage barrel which is 28 bore. The barrel is crisply stamped with English black powder proofs and is signed ‘London’. The smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The all original full wood stock is excellent and has brass furniture. The pistol has an ebonised wood ram rod with brass end cap and wood tip with brass ferrule. The price for this attractive, quality made piece 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 display or collection. Sn 22426:38 £975.00 |
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**MAN STOPPER**Irish C1850 16 Bore Percussion Overcoat Pistol By Newman (Most Likely Newman Of Cork). Sn 22426:37 - 22426:37 This is an original percussion overcoat pistol made C1850. It is 9" overall with a 3 ½” brown wash steel barrel. The smooth bore has some light staining consistent with age & use. It has a steel action plate and Dolphin hammer decorated with attractive foliate engraving. The top of the action, trigger guard with tang and acanthus bud finial have similar foliate engraving. The action plate is signed ‘Newman’ most likely Newman of Cork (we have seen other pistols in this form by the Irish Gun maker). It has a small silver post foresight. The pistol has a lovely walnut full stock which is undamaged and has a void silver escutcheon inlaid on the back of the grip. The breech has a Silver band. It is complete with its original wood ram rod with brass end cap and its cocking & firing actions are crisp. The price for this attractive man stopper pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:37 £745.00 |
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