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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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A Very Rare Pair Of Sykes Patent Hammer/Magazine Primers And A Cased Set Of Spare Magazines
By Sykes, Probably Thomas, Circa 1820

Antique Arms and Armour
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare Pair Of Sykes Patent Hammer/Magazine Primers And A Cased Set Of Spare Magazines
By Sykes, Probably Thomas, Circa 1820

The hammers of steel, each engraved with foliage and with chequered spur, rounded heads each inscribed 'Sykes Patent' and pierced to accept a six-shot magazine, the latter each acting against a spring and with knurled edge, cut for a turnscrew, and stamped respectively 'L' and 'R' (for left and right); the spare magazines (one missing) en suite, in original wooden case covered in red morocco with wooden tray cut to accept four examples and the tubular bone pellet holder with threaded cap, the interior of the lid with trimmed illustrated maker's label (3)

Footnotes

For a similar cased set of magazines formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection, see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour ..., 18 July 2002, lot 86

See S. James Gooding, 'Pellets, Tubes and Caps ...', Man at Arms, vol. 28, no. 5, October 2006, pp. 34-45 for a discussion regarding similar examples by Riviere, Manton and Sykes

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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.