4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
277
A 16 BORE CENTRAL ITALIAN ROMAN-LOCK FOWLING-PIECE, GIO. CIGHERA, CIRCA 1750
with two-stage barrel retained by a slender copper alloy band with scrollwork border in low relief, fitted with later copper alloy ‘spider’ fore-sight, chiselled girdle, and octagonal breech, tapering tang engraved with foliage, rounded lock signed on the pan-block, fitted with engraved cock and external mainspring, figured half-stock carved with foliage beneath the fore-end, fluted butt decorated with foliage en suite about the tang, copper alloy mounts en suite with the barrel band, comprising butt-plate, solid side-plate, and trigger-guard, and a later sling swivel, and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 105.5 cm barrel
Sold for £550
with two-stage barrel retained by a slender copper alloy band with scrollwork border in low relief, fitted with later copper alloy ‘spider’ fore-sight, chiselled girdle, and octagonal breech, tapering tang engraved with foliage, rounded lock signed on the pan-block, fitted with engraved cock and external mainspring, figured half-stock carved with foliage beneath the fore-end, fluted butt decorated with foliage en suite about the tang, copper alloy mounts en suite with the barrel band, comprising butt-plate, solid side-plate, and trigger-guard, and a later sling swivel, and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 105.5 cm barrel
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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