26th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A CASED 50 BORE PERCUSSION D.B. BOX-LOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL BY LEECH, CHELMSFORD, CIRCA 1830
with reblued sighted barrels each engraved around the muzzle and signed in gothic script along the top, gold lines, Birmingham proof marks, border engraved reblued action and tang-plate decorated with foliate scrolls, case-hardened dolphin hammers each engraved with foliate scrolls and with safety-catch behind, reblued trigger-guard decorated en suite with the action, chequered figured rounded butt, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, reblued under-rib, stirrup ramrod, and retaining much of its old reblued finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in navy blue baize with accessories including copper alloy-mounted three-way powder-flask, bullet mould and bone-handled brush, the exterior of the lid with silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, 8 cm barrels
John Leech is recorded in Chelmsford, Essex between 1826 and 1832.
Sold for £1,300
with reblued sighted barrels each engraved around the muzzle and signed in gothic script along the top, gold lines, Birmingham proof marks, border engraved reblued action and tang-plate decorated with foliate scrolls, case-hardened dolphin hammers each engraved with foliate scrolls and with safety-catch behind, reblued trigger-guard decorated en suite with the action, chequered figured rounded butt, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, reblued under-rib, stirrup ramrod, and retaining much of its old reblued finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in navy blue baize with accessories including copper alloy-mounted three-way powder-flask, bullet mould and bone-handled brush, the exterior of the lid with silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, 8 cm barrels
John Leech is recorded in Chelmsford, Essex between 1826 and 1832.
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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