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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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A Fine German Hackbut Barrel
Early 16th Century

Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine German Hackbut Barrel
Early 16th Century

Of bronze, tapering towards the muzzle and formed in five sections divided by roped and petalled mouldings, polygonal over most of its length with off-set central section, rounded muzzle with integral fore-sight, short rectangular breech with punched and incised decoration, slotted standing back-sight, integral pan on one side (cover missing), the underside with two pierced lugs for a full stock, and centrally mounted shaped triangular recoil stop pierced with a circular hole
92.3 cm. barrel, 2 cm. bore

Footnotes

For a very similar example formerly in the Hohenzollern Collection and sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms and Armour featuring the Plaut Collection, 1 April 2004, lot 263. For other examples see Alfred Geibig, Gefährlich und Schön, Eine Auswahl Historischer Waffen aus den Beständen der Kunstammlungen der Veste Coburg, 1996, p. 128, pl. 148 and Dr. Rudolph Wegeli, Inventar de Waffensammlung des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern, vol. IV, Fernwaffen, 1948, no. 2209, fig. 225, pl. VI

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.