4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
236
‡ A 28 BORE DUTCH LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1640
with tapering barrel formed with a long slender medial rib, the breech with two further ribs and struck with a mark beneath, rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, full stock moulded over the fore-end, slender butt with large oval pommel encircled by an iron band and set with an iron stud, iron trigger-guard, small moulded ramrod-pipe, iron fore-end cap, and associated iron-tipped wooden ramrod, 70.5 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 1407
Sold for £4,200
with tapering barrel formed with a long slender medial rib, the breech with two further ribs and struck with a mark beneath, rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, full stock moulded over the fore-end, slender butt with large oval pommel encircled by an iron band and set with an iron stud, iron trigger-guard, small moulded ramrod-pipe, iron fore-end cap, and associated iron-tipped wooden ramrod, 70.5 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 1407
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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