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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.
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Two Caucasian Priming-Flasks, A Persian Priming-Flask, And A Turkish Percussion Pistol Barrel
19th Century, The Last Late 17th/18th Century

Fine Antique Arms and Armour Including items from the Per T. Norheim Collection
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Caucasian Priming-Flasks, A Persian Priming-Flask, And A Turkish Percussion Pistol Barrel
19th Century, The Last Late 17th/18th Century

The first with slightly curved tapering horn body of flattened oval section, silver mounts each with rounded inner border and engraved with symmetrical designs of nielloed scrollwork against a wrigglework ground on the outside, and centred on a nielloed floret en suite, the top with detachable mount en suite secured by a screw, struck with maker's mark and with a nielloed Arabic inscription along the inside, long nielloed sprung tap-lever carrying a ring for suspension, and original suspension strap woven with bullion threads terminating in three bullion tassels; the second of similar form, with plain dark horn body of tapering oval section, plain iron tap-lever, and ring for suspension; the third with curved iron body of tapering oval section, curved sprung iron tap-lever, and two suspension swivels; the last of finely twist iron, rifled with seven grooves, and converted from flintlock, with turned slightly swelling muzzle encircled by chiselled lozenges, and with foliate panels within line borders along the top, the breech struck with two maker's marks (4)
The first 13.3 cm., the last 25.8 cm. barrel

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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.