26th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
382
AN 80 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK FOUR-BARRELLED 'DUCK'S FOOT' PISTOL, PARTLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
with turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively from '1' to '4', border engraved breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved action decorated with foliage above 'Barker' on one side and 'Newark' on the other, trigger-guard engraved with a shell in an oval, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork including a rocaille on one side and a flower-head on the other, 8.5 cm barrels
Sold for £2,800
with turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively from '1' to '4', border engraved breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved action decorated with foliage above 'Barker' on one side and 'Newark' on the other, trigger-guard engraved with a shell in an oval, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrollwork including a rocaille on one side and a flower-head on the other, 8.5 cm barrels
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 26th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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