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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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An Unusual Cased Pair Of French 40-Bore Percussion Target Or Duelling Pistols With Spare Irish Barrels Of 40-Bore
Signed Fni. Par Gosset A Paris, Circa 1840, The Spare Barrels By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, Dublin, Mid-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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An Unusual Cased Pair Of French 40-Bore Percussion Target Or Duelling Pistols With Spare Irish Barrels Of 40-Bore
Signed Fni. Par Gosset A Paris, Circa 1840, The Spare Barrels By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, Dublin, Mid-19th Century

With slightly swamped rebrowned twist octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels signed in gold on the three top flats at the breech and stamped with Dublin registration numbers 'DU-7801/2' beyond, the breeches each stamped 'Lyonnet Fils' and 'A Ruban' beneath, reblued breeches with gold lines and dots, foliate engraved tangs each incorporating a back-sight, detented flat locks each engraved with a flower-head and with a bird perched in a tree and a waterfowl by its nest respectively, foliate engraved hammers, figured half-stocks each carved with a shell on the fore-end, chequered butts each carved with a border of arches and foliage around the ovoidal pommels, steel mounts comprising shaped side-plates each engraved with two waterfowl, engraved ovoidal pommel-caps, spur trigger-guards each engraved with a bird on the bow, trigger-plates each with shaped foliate engraved finial, set triggers, and vacant gold escutcheons, St. Etienne proof: in contemporary brass-mounted mahogany case fitted and lined in blue velvet for the spare barrels each of browned twist octagonal sighted form, signed in gothic script along the top flat and stamped with the same Dublin registration marks, the breeches with gold lines, with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask and brightly polished mainspring clamp, the exterior of the lid with circular brass escutcheon centred on a circular folding brass carrying handle
22.8 cm. and 23.3 cm. barrels

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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.