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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 Rare French 8MM Giffard Patent Breech-Loading Gas Pistol
No. 1282, Circa 1885

Antique Arms and Armour
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare French 8MM Giffard Patent Breech-Loading Gas Pistol
No. 1282, Circa 1885

With reblued sighted barrel stamped 'St. Etienne' and 'Acier' behind the adjustable back-sight, blued cylinder beneath with knurled bands and stamped with a hot air balloon mark and 'Poids', 'Plein', '181 Grmes', 'Poids', 'Vide' and '157 Grmes' on the flats at the action, reblued action engraved with vines and with circular loading aperture, loading-lever with knurled spherical bolt, chequered figured rounded grips, one numbered '2293' and stamped with a star mark, blued foliate engraved spur trigger and ovoidal pommel, the latter with baluster finial, and set trigger
25.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Provenance:
Sotheby & Co., London, 6 December 1965, lot 97

See Wolfe, Eldon G., Air Guns, 1958, pp. 123-127, fig. 61; and Arne Hoff, Airguns And Other Pneumatic Arms, 1972, pp. 83-84, pl. 86

Cf. a very similar example formerly in the Plaut Collection and sold in these Rooms, 1 April 2004, lot 216

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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.