Olympia Auctions is honoured to present one of the most important collections of early English firearms to appear on the market in decades. The collection was the lifetime passion of the late Canadian-born Professor David S. Weaver (1939 - 2023, pictured left), esteemed academic and world-renowned connoisseur of historical arms.
Regarded as the most significant offering of its kind, the Weaver Collection represents more than 60 years of dedication to the study of 17th and 18th-century firearms. Many of the pieces, unseen for generations, are among the rarest and finest examples outside of important museum collections.
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Lot 1
‡ AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1768
Lot 2
‡ AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1762
Lot 3
‡ AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1755, INDISTINCT LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS
Lot 4
‡ AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1725, MAKER’S MARK PROBABLY OF GEORGE WILLCOCKS
Lot 6
‡ AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1745, INDISTINCT LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS
Lot 7
‡ AN UNUSUAL ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, BRITANNIA SILVER STANDARD HALLMARKS FOR 1697
Lot 9
‡ A BOOK-PLATE FROM CHAMBER’S CYCLOPAEDIA OR UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Lot 10
‡ A RARE LARGE GUNNER’S CALIPER BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 12
‡ A GUNNER’S FOLDING CALIPER BY CRICHTON, LONDON, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 13
‡ A GUNNER’S FOLDING CALIPER BY THOS. HEATH FECIT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 14
‡ A GUNNER’S FOLDING CALIPER BY RAMSDEN, LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 15
‡ A GUNNER’S FOLDING CALIPER BY WATKINS, CHARING CROSS, LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 16
‡ A GUNNER’S FOLDING CALIPER BY J. ROWLEY FECIT, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 17
‡ A FINE CONTINENTAL SPORTSMAN’S COMBINATION TOOL, LATE 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY
Lot 18
‡ A FINE BRESCIAN WHEEL-LOCK MECHANISM FOR A LONGARM, CIRCA 1640
Lot 19
‡ AN ENGLISH FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FOR A MILITARY PISTOL, CIRCA 1640
Lot 22
‡ A FLINTLOCK ENCLOSED SCREWLESS MECHANISM FOR A CARBINE BY HENRY NOCK, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 23
‡ AN EAST INDIA COMPANY FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FOR A WALL-PIECE BY TOW, DATED 1793
Lot 25
‡ A VERY FINE 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED SPORTING GUN BY GRIFFIN & TOW, LONDON
Lot 26
‡ A RARE 15 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY W. BAILES OF LONDON
Lot 27
‡ A VERY RARE 36 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1776-80
Lot 28
‡ A RARE 15 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED SPORTING GUN BY W. SMITH, PRINCES STREET, LONDON
Lot 29
‡ A VERY RARE 19 BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING GUN BY G. TRULOCK OF LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 30
‡ A RARE 15 BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY DOLEP OF LONDON, CIRCA 1710
Lot 31
‡ A RARE 16 BORE FLINTLOCK GUN FOR BALL BY E. NEWTON, GRANTHAM, CIRCA 1760
Lot 32
‡ A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY JAMES LOW OF LONDON, CIRCA 1750
Lot 33
‡ A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED SPORTING GUN BY ROB.T BOGLE OF LONDON, CIRCA 1760
Lot 34
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNBERBUSS WITH EARLIER BARREL BY W. TURVEY OF LONDON, CIRCA 1730
Lot 35
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS WITH EARLIER BARREL, UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1760
Lot 36
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY J. PROBIN OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1770
Lot 37
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS WITH SPRING BAYONET BY JOHN RICHARDS, STRAND, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
Lot 38
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS WITH SPRING BAYONET SIGNED BUSBY & FOX, LONDON, CIRCA 1820
Lot 39
‡ A .600 (20 BORE) PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY GREEN, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 40
‡ A CASED 8 BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN BY WILKINSON & SON, PALL MALL
Lot 41
‡ A VERY RARE AND EARLY FLINTLOCK (TYPE 2) POCKET PISTOL BY NICHOLAS EDENS, CIRCA 1650
Lot 43
‡ A RARE EARLY 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY L. SANDERSN (SIC) OF LONDON, CIRCA 1670
Lot 44
‡ AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY J. COSENS OF LONDON, CIRCA 1680
Lot 45
‡ A RARE 28 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY R. BOOWLES OF LONDON, CIRCA 1680
Lot 46
‡ A RARE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY T. GREEN FECIT OF LONDON
Lot 47
‡ A VERY RARE DATED 50 BORE FLINTLOCK RIFLED PISTOL BY W. TOWNSON OF LONDON, DATED 1683
Lot 48
‡ A VERY RARE 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY G. TAYLOR OF LONDON, CIRCA 1680-90
Lot 50
‡ A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY EDMUND GIFFARD OF LONDON, CIRCA 1685
Lot 51
‡ A RARE PAIR OF ENGLISH 22-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY THOMAS (1) BANISTER
Lot 52
‡ A 28 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY W. UPTON, OXON, CIRCA 1680
Lot 53
‡ A PAIR OF 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY I. SHAW, LONDINI, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 56
‡ A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY I. DAFTE OF LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 57
‡ A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 28 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY DOLEP OF LONDON
Lot 58
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 16 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY DOLEP, LONDINI, CIRCA 1700
Lot 60
‡ A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 20 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY DOLEP OF LONDON, CIRCA 1710-15
Lot 61
‡ A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY DOLEP OF LONDON, CIRCA 1700
Lot 62
‡ A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY DOLEP, LONDINI, FECIT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 65
‡ AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY GREGORY OF LONDON, CIRCA 1700
Lot 66
‡ A 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY N. PARIS, WARWICK, CIRCA 1700
Lot 67
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY ROB.T HARVEY OF LONDON
Lot 68
‡ A FINE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY I. SCAMADINE, LONDON, CIRCA 1715
Lot 69
‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY I. SCAMADINE OF LONDON, CIRCA 1725
Lot 70
‡ AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY J. WHITE, LONDON, CIRCA 1720-30
Lot 72
‡ A RARE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY JOHN SHAW, LONDINI, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 73
‡ A PAIR OF 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY TURVEY, HOLBORN, LONDON
Lot 74
‡ A 14 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY WILLMORE, LONDON, CIRCA 1735-45
Lot 75
‡ A FINE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY BARBAR OF LONDON, CIRCA 1745
Lot 76
‡ A LONG PAIR OF 22 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY BARBAR OF LONDON
Lot 77
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY BARBAR OF LONDON
Lot 78
‡ AN 18 BORE PERCUSSION OVER-AND-UNDER HOLSTER PISTOL BY JAMES BARBAR OF LONDON, CIRCA 1765
Lot 79
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 16 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY FREEMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1740-50
Lot 80
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY G. WALLIS, HULL
Lot 82
‡ A PAIR OF 40-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOLS BY STANTON OF LONDON
Lot 83
‡ AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY H. DELANY, LONDINI, CIRCA 1725-30
Lot 84
‡ A 60 BORE SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL WITH EARLIER BARREL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 85
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS-PISTOL BY I. BLANCKLE OF LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 86
‡ A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS-PISTOL BY WALKER, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
Lot 87
‡ A FINE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS-PISTOLS WITH ORMOLU MOUNTS BY HEYLIN, CORN HILL, LONDON
Lot 88
‡ A FINE AND RARE 80 BORE FLINTLOCK TUTENAG FOUR-SHOT VOLLEY PISTOL BY I. PROBIN OF BIRMINGHAM
Lot 90
‡ A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY E. NEWTON, GRANTHAM, CIRCA 1760
Lot 91
‡ A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY PICKFATT, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
Lot 92
‡ A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY W. BRAZIER, LONDON, CIRCA 1740-50
Lot 94
‡ AN IRISH 13 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL SIGNED GOVERS, DUBLIN, DATED 1756
Lot 95
‡ A FINE 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY E. NORTH, LONDON, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 96
‡ AN IRISH 18 BORE PERCUSSION SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY BYRNE, DUBLIN