4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
234
‡ A 20 BORE AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1620-30
PROBABLY FOR THE CARINTHIAN OR STYRIAN ARSENAL
with tapering barrel formed in two stages, polygonal over the forward section and octagonal over the breech, flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a crescentic bracket, sliding pan-cover, and moulded dog, full stock, slender ‘fishtail’ pommel, iron mounts comprising a moulded band around the pommel, trigger-guard, two further moulded bands over the fore-end forming ramrod-pipes, and small fore-end cap, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (the iron parts chemically cleaned, areas of wear), 59.4 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 636
Sold for £2,400
PROBABLY FOR THE CARINTHIAN OR STYRIAN ARSENAL
with tapering barrel formed in two stages, polygonal over the forward section and octagonal over the breech, flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a crescentic bracket, sliding pan-cover, and moulded dog, full stock, slender ‘fishtail’ pommel, iron mounts comprising a moulded band around the pommel, trigger-guard, two further moulded bands over the fore-end forming ramrod-pipes, and small fore-end cap, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (the iron parts chemically cleaned, areas of wear), 59.4 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 636
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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