4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
229
‡ A 20 BORE ITALIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOL, CIRCA 1610-20
with two-stage barrel, octagonal breech struck with a mark beneath, flat lock of shaped outline retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small bracket, pan with sliding cover, and moulded dog, figured full stock with short slender ‘fishtail’ butt, delicately formed iron trigger-guard, long slender belt hook, engraved foliate barrel bolt escutcheons, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip perhaps original), 77.7 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 1864
Sold for £2,800
with two-stage barrel, octagonal breech struck with a mark beneath, flat lock of shaped outline retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small bracket, pan with sliding cover, and moulded dog, figured full stock with short slender ‘fishtail’ butt, delicately formed iron trigger-guard, long slender belt hook, engraved foliate barrel bolt escutcheons, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip perhaps original), 77.7 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 1864
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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