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Lot 135

A Hand-Ignited Powder-Tester, And A Group Of Accessories Relating To Antique And Vintage Firearms
The First Late 18th Century, The Second 19th Century And Later

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Hand-Ignited Powder-Tester, And A Group Of Accessories Relating To Antique And Vintage Firearms
The First Late 18th Century, The Second 19th Century And Later

The first with brass body of circular section also forming the barrel, circular brass indicator wheel acting against a spring and numbered from '1' to '7' on one side, and made in one with a scrolled anvil fitting against the muzzle, and rounded wooden butt; the second comprising a Continental circular brass percussion cap dispenser with suspension ring, another of ovoidal form with hinged lid and pivoting locking catch, and suspension ring, a modern brass bar-capper, three brass capping/decapping tools for 12-bore cartridges, a 12-bore white-metal cartridge case trimmer, the swelling wooden handle stamped 'Dixon & Sons', a brass 12-bore sizer, a disc-set striker tool with swelling flattened wooden handle, a nipple-wrench with detachable turnscrew head under a threaded brass cap, and swelling flattened wooden handle retaining its threaded pricker, three various cartridge extractors for 12-bores, one with shot and powder measure attached, three brass double-ended shot-chargers, one stamped 'Sykes Patent', and two stamped 'Dixon & Sons Patent', fourteen various powder and shot measures, two stamped 'James Dixon & Sons' and numbered '1103' and '1104' respectively, and two of white-metal and stamped 'G.&J. W. Hawksley', each with turned cow horn handle, a mainspring-clamp (pitted), two pewter oil bottles, and various other items including a Persian brass powder measure (a lot)
The first 14.5 cm.

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