4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024

 
Lot 285
 

285

A 40 BORE ENGLISH BUTT RESERVOIR AIRGUN, E. LONDON, GUN AND RIFLEMAKER, 51 LONDON WALL, CIRCA 1830

with rebrowned sighted twist barrel signed between scrolls on top, threaded breech sparsely scroll-engraved action fitted with cocking lever and safety-catch on the right and tap-lever on the left, leather-covered butt reservoir, iron trigger-guard, three iron ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped wooden ramrod (small restorations), 75.5 cm barrel

Edward London is recorded at this address 1828-66.

Unsold

 

with rebrowned sighted twist barrel signed between scrolls on top, threaded breech sparsely scroll-engraved action fitted with cocking lever and safety-catch on the right and tap-lever on the left, leather-covered butt reservoir, iron trigger-guard, three iron ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped wooden ramrod (small restorations), 75.5 cm barrel

Edward London is recorded at this address 1828-66.

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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