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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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Lot 192*

Six Horn Powder-Flasks
18th/19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Six Horn Powder-Flasks
18th/19th Century

The first formed from a section of polished cowhorn and engraved with a Crucifixion scene, European figures in 17th Century costume standing by, a hound pursuing a fox, deer and a bear beneath, and a band of ropework above, the nozzle incised with scared 'IHS' monogram and dated '1760', and dated white-metal base-plate stamped with two maker's marks between engraved initials; the second of similar form with wooden base-plug, the body crudely incised with figures and animals; the third of similar form, the body incised with a pair of birds, plants, a monogram and an anchor; the fourth of curved flattened form with bevelled edge, the front incised with foliage above a bird, and with three petalled circles on the back; the fifth of similar form, with brass mounts, and two rings for suspension; and the last with sprung brass tap (worn overall) (6)
19.5 cm. to 28 cm.

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The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.

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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.