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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Fine And Rare French Field Gun And Limber
Early 19th 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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A Fine And Rare French Field Gun And Limber
Early 19th Century

With bronze barrel of tapering three-stage form cast with raised and slightly hollowed mouldings, bulbous muzzle en suite, the chase engraved 'La Grifferie' within a scrolled banner, and the first reinforce engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of the De Foucault de Jarze et de la Loe family, quartered with another, probably signifying a union by marriage, lifting handles each fluted along the top, knob-shaped cascabel, and plain trunnions: on original iron-mounted painted wooden field carriage with cambered spoked wheels, tapering block trail with elevating screw, and hooks at each side for ramrods, the limber en suite, the munitions chest painted 'CM4' on three sides, two sides with a crown above, the hinged lid covered in metal sheet (minor damage) with a locking catch at the front and also forming a seat with a handle on each side, and retaining two tools
99.7 cm. barrel, 5 cm. bore

Footnotes

Provenance:
Peter Finer catalogue 1995, no. 55

The family De Foucault, Marquis de Jarze are from the province of Anjou

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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.