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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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Five English Toy Pistols
The First Dated 1659, The Remainder 17th Century, The Last Possibly Later

Antique Arms and Armour
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Five English Toy Pistols
The First Dated 1659, The Remainder 17th Century, The Last Possibly Later

The first of bronze in the form of a matchlock pistol, with punched decoration along the barrel and with faceted lemon-shaped pommel, and engraved with initials 'W*S' together with the date opposite the pan; the second and third each of similar form; the fourth with integral trigger-guard and flattened flared butt; and the last of iron, with integral trigger-guard (5)
7.5 cm. to 17.3 cm.

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Provenance
The first two sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 April 2008, lot 193

The first with old handwritten label inscribed 'Dug up in the Bankside, City of London'

A number of similar pieces, excavated in London, are preserved in the Guildhall and London Museums. For a discussion of such miniature firearms see H.L. Blackmore, 'Elizabethan Toy Guns', The Sixth Park Lane Arms Fair, 1989, pp. 10-14

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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.