26th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A LIEGE PIN-FIRE SIX-SHOT KNUCKLE-DUSTER REVOLVER OF DOLNE (APACHE) TYPE AND OF SMALL BORE
NO. 3325, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with fluted detachable barrel-block retaining some blueing and engraved alternately with strapwork and foliage along each rib, Liège proof marks, white-metal action stamped 'L. Dolne INV UR' beneath the serial number on one side and engraved with trelliswork and foliage, the top-strap with a flower-head in an oval between foliage, folding grip pierced for the fingers and decorated en suite with the top-strap, peg catch, waved knife-blade mounted on the left side (some rust patination) and with spring catch, and folding trigger, 4 cm barrel-block
Sold for £2,800
NO. 3325, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with fluted detachable barrel-block retaining some blueing and engraved alternately with strapwork and foliage along each rib, Liège proof marks, white-metal action stamped 'L. Dolne INV UR' beneath the serial number on one side and engraved with trelliswork and foliage, the top-strap with a flower-head in an oval between foliage, folding grip pierced for the fingers and decorated en suite with the top-strap, peg catch, waved knife-blade mounted on the left side (some rust patination) and with spring catch, and folding trigger, 4 cm barrel-block
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 26th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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