4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
287
A 90 BORE GERMAN BUTT RESERVOIR AIR GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
with two-stage barrel fitted with silver 'barleycorn' fore-sight, octagonal breech, imitation flintlock action with cock on the right and external action with filed details on the left, full length walnut fore-end carved in imitation of mounts with three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, leather covered butt reservoir, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (restorations), 93.0 cm barrel
with two-stage barrel fitted with silver 'barleycorn' fore-sight, octagonal breech, imitation flintlock action with cock on the right and external action with filed details on the left, full length walnut fore-end carved in imitation of mounts with three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, leather covered butt reservoir, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (restorations), 93.0 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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