4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
284
AN AUSTRIAN 140 BORE BREECH-LOADING PUMP AIRGUN, J. SIEGEL, SALZBURG, CIRCA 1850
with octagonal tip-up barrel signed in silver in a scrollwork frame and inlaid with a further silver panel over the breech, fitted with an opening lever beneath, scroll-engraved tang fitted with adjustable peep-sight (one screw missing), engraved flush-fitting percussion style lock signed on a scroll, double set trigger, engraved hammer lever, figured full stock, chequered fore-end and grip (cracked through), carved raised cheek-piece, engraved iron mounts including spurred butt-plate incorporating a pump, trigger-guard and trigger-plate, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 67.2 cm barrel
Sold for £1,000
with octagonal tip-up barrel signed in silver in a scrollwork frame and inlaid with a further silver panel over the breech, fitted with an opening lever beneath, scroll-engraved tang fitted with adjustable peep-sight (one screw missing), engraved flush-fitting percussion style lock signed on a scroll, double set trigger, engraved hammer lever, figured full stock, chequered fore-end and grip (cracked through), carved raised cheek-piece, engraved iron mounts including spurred butt-plate incorporating a pump, trigger-guard and trigger-plate, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 67.2 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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