24th Sep, 2025 12:00

The Professor David S. Weaver Collection of Fine Antique Firearms

 
Lot 10
 
Lot 10 - A RARE LARGE GUNNER’S CALIPER BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY
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‡ A RARE LARGE GUNNER’S CALIPER BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY

comprising two symmetrical halves hinged together and each of curved tapering form to an iron tip, engraved over one side with maker’s names and number ‘2244’ above a Board of Ordnance mark and a scale marked and labelled ‘Diameter of Shot or Shell’ above ’13 In. M. 12.84’, ’10 In. M. 10 In. G.} 9.84’, ‘8 In. M. 7.86’, ‘68 Pr. 8 in. G.} 7.93,’ ‘56 Pr. G. 7.48’, ‘42 Pr. G. 6.77’, ‘32 Pr. G. 6.18’, ‘24 Pr. G. 5.61’, ‘18 Pr. G. 5.10’, ‘12 Pr. H & C 4.52’, ‘9 Pr. G. 4.08’, ‘6 Pr. 3.55’ and ‘3 Pr. G. 2.82’, and over the other with ‘3 Pr. G.’, 6 Pr. G.’, 9 Pr. G.’, ‘12 Pr. H. & C.’, 18 Pr. C.’, ‘18 Pr. H.’, ’24 Pr. H.’, ‘32 Pr. Gun’, ‘42 Pr. Gun’, ’56 Pr. Gun’, 8 In. Mortar & Gun’, 68 Pr. Gun’, ’10 In. Mortar & Gun’ and ’13 In. Mortar’, and in fair condition, 100 cm (extended)

Troughton & Simms were in partnership between 1826 and 1922.

Sold for £2,600


 

comprising two symmetrical halves hinged together and each of curved tapering form to an iron tip, engraved over one side with maker’s names and number ‘2244’ above a Board of Ordnance mark and a scale marked and labelled ‘Diameter of Shot or Shell’ above ’13 In. M. 12.84’, ’10 In. M. 10 In. G.} 9.84’, ‘8 In. M. 7.86’, ‘68 Pr. 8 in. G.} 7.93,’ ‘56 Pr. G. 7.48’, ‘42 Pr. G. 6.77’, ‘32 Pr. G. 6.18’, ‘24 Pr. G. 5.61’, ‘18 Pr. G. 5.10’, ‘12 Pr. H & C 4.52’, ‘9 Pr. G. 4.08’, ‘6 Pr. 3.55’ and ‘3 Pr. G. 2.82’, and over the other with ‘3 Pr. G.’, 6 Pr. G.’, 9 Pr. G.’, ‘12 Pr. H. & C.’, 18 Pr. C.’, ‘18 Pr. H.’, ’24 Pr. H.’, ‘32 Pr. Gun’, ‘42 Pr. Gun’, ’56 Pr. Gun’, 8 In. Mortar & Gun’, 68 Pr. Gun’, ’10 In. Mortar & Gun’ and ’13 In. Mortar’, and in fair condition, 100 cm (extended)

Troughton & Simms were in partnership between 1826 and 1922.

Auction: The Professor David S. Weaver Collection of Fine Antique Firearms, 24th Sep, 2025

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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