Premier Firearms Auction #85

May 13, 2022 to May 15, 2022

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Premier Firearms Auction #85

May 13, 2022 to May 15, 2022

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Lot 73

Theophilus Richards Double Barrel Flintlock Coach Gun

This very rare double barrel coach gun was manufactured c. 1800-1815 when such guns enjoyed a brief popularity in place of the classic blunderbuss. The gun is signed by Theophilus Richards. There are two gunmakers, father and son, recorded as active in Birmingham as gunmakers. The elder Theophilus would have been active as a silversmith, cutler and jeweler by the early 1770s before turning his attentions to gunmaking. Two sons followed their father into gunmaking, Theophilus the younger possibly working with his father whilst his second son William Westley Richards established his own company. William Westley’s son Westley eventually took over his father’s business and it remains open to this day still based in Birmingham. With browned slightly flared side-by-side barrels struck with Tower private proof marks, signed “LONDON” on the concave rib and each engraved with a band of stylized running foliage at the breech end. A substantial sprung bayonet with a blade of hollow triangular section is mounted over the rib. Standing breech engraved with border lines, sunbursts and a further band of stylized running foliage and fitted with the release catch for the bayonet. Flat beveled locks each with stepped tail, safety catch, roller and raised priming pan, each signed “THEOP.s RICHARDS”. Figured walnut half length stock with checkered grip, a small blank oval initial escutcheon is inset behind the tang of the standing breech. Engraved brass furniture including trigger guard with large pineapple finial. Horn tipped wooden ramrod.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 9

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Attractive Engraved, Inlaid, and Relief Carved German Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spanish Style Barrel with Elliptical Muzzle

Lot 74

Engraved German Flintlock Blunderbuss

Spanish barrels were held in high esteem throughout northern Europe for much of the 18th century. Counterfeit barrels produced after the Spanish fashion, as in the present instance, were a marketing specialty of German gunmakers. The present example is inlaid in silver with the signature of the Madrid master Diego Esquibel, together with the spurious date "1764" (he died in 1732) and complete with accurate copies of his maker’s stamps. This blunderbuss dates to 1770-1775 and is signed “SVENO*MATHIA*/A. MANNHEIM*” on the rounded lock. The lock features a safety catch on the tail. The barrel is of two stages and features a flattened oval muzzle that measures 2 3/8 by 1 3/8 inches. The bore is estimated above. The octagonal breech section is decorated with a stamped pattern and has "Esquibel/Anno 1764/Madrid" in silver inlay across the upper flats and gilt copper lined decorative floral marks, a cross, and two imitation Esquibel maker’s marks. The full-length, molded walnut stock has a German style cheek piece and is elaborately carved in raised relief with rococo floral scroll patterns. It is mounted with brass furniture cast and chased with further rococo ornamentation, some against a punched background. The trigger guard bow and heel tang have deer scenes, and the solid side plate has a dog scene. The trigger guard grip extension is marked "B*V*E." A horn-tipped ramrod is housed beneath the barrel, and a plaited green cord sling is fitted.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 20

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Lot 75

Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss with Waterloo Marking

This blunderbuss was featured in the article "French War of 1798-1800 Miles Contract Blunderbuss with the City of Philadelphia" in the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association Fall 2013 newsletter. The article suggests this blunderbuss was purchased in relation to the Quasi-War with France in 1798-1800 and states that John Miles, Sr., was contracted for blunderbusses. It further states that they were for a special unit of the War Committee of Emergency Relief of Philadelphia called “The Aetolian Waterloo” and trained at Tolia at the end of Waterloo Street in Philadelphia and that the proof marks are from Robert Orr and Elijah Dagget, inspectors for Pennsylvania. The barrel has "LONDON" on top, London style proof and view marks flanking "PRO" and "VED" in arched panels on the left, and a faint word (attributed as "Aetolian") followed by "Waterloo" hand inscribed on top. The lock is signed "MILES" at center and has a frizzen spring roller, stepped tail, and lined border. The brass furniture has floral engraving, and the trigger guard includes an acorn finial design. The bore is estimated and flares out to just over an inch at the muzzle.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 28

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Massive Lacy & Co. London British Royal Navy Style Flintlock Swivel/Deck Gun

Lot 86

Lacy & Co. London British Royal Navy Style Swivel/Deck Gun

Flintlock swivel guns were commonly used on a wide variety of military and merchant vessels in the early 19th century, and could be used both for fighting enemy personnel and for signaling. The barrel has two London proofs on the left at the breech. The lock is marked "LACY & Co/LONDON". Lacy & Co. was active between 1815-1835 and was known to have been a contractor to Ordnance. Brass fittings including the ramrod ferrule, sideplate, trigger guard, and buttplate.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 1.1 inch

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Lot 87

Massive Blanckle Marked Flintlock Blunderbuss/Swivel Gun

John Blanckle (also other spellings) is recorded as an apprentice of Thomas Towle that was turned over to Thomas Cox in 1669, free of the London Gunmakers Co. in 1677, a gunmaker "at the Halfmoon and Cross-pistols in the Minories" in 1687 and a contractor to the British Ordnance Department in 1682-1700 and the Royal Africa Company in 1698. He died in 1700. His son Samuel was a gunmaker in the early to mid 18th century (see "Gunmakers of London, 1350-1850" by Blackmore). The bore above is estimated, and the muzzle flares out to 1 3/4 inches at the muzzle. The barrel is marked "*/IB" over London proof and view marks on the left at the breech. The lock is marked "I/Blanckley" in script below the non-bridled pan and has some light engraving. The furniture is iron. It has sling swivel near the forend tip and a sling stud on the bottom of the butt with a portion of a leather sling. One of the two pairs of filled holes in the forend may have been where a swivel for mounting the gun to a boat was previously located. An inverted "V" style marking (Eastern Arabic 8?) and "27" rack number are marked on the buttplate.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 4

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Lot 89

Massive European Flintlock Blunderbuss/Swivel Gun

This large blunderbuss is unmarked aside from a "crown/P" stamp on the heel of the buttplate and an "&" on the trigger guard finial. The flared muzzle measured a little over 2 1/2 inches. The French style lock has a removable brass pan. The lock screw washers are floral patterns. The trigger guard tang and stock have finger grooves. An iron ramrod is fitted below the barrel.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 2 1/2 inch

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Lot 274

Engraved and Gold Inlaid M. Mach Backaction Pinfire Cape Gun

Blued, deeply etched Damascus steel barrels with empty front sight dovetail and two position rear sight on the flat solid rib. two gold bands at either breech. The shotgun chamber measured at 2 1/2 inches with no extractor and no choke constriction and the rifle barrel caliber measures 14.7 mm. The greyed backaction locks and underlever receiver depict five separate silver inlaid game scenes all surrounded by beautiful floral scrollwork as well as "M. MACH" and "PRAG" on the right and left lockplates respectively. The left lockplate shows a fox and a pair of game birds, the left of the receiver has a two game birds, the right lockplate has a running doe, the right of the receiver shows a running pointer, and the top tang shows a single hare. The gun features double triggers. Nicely figured, checkered forend with engraved fittings and rotary lever release and straight grip stock with horn pistol grip, raised cheekpiece, carving below the wrist, and smooth steel buttplate. The gun includes a set of 28 3/8 inch shotgun barrels with 2 1/2 inch chambers, no extractor, and no choke constriction. Stock measurements: 1 1/2 inch drop at comb; 2 1/4 inch drop at heel; 13 3/8 inch length of pull; weight 6 lbs 14 oz.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 16 ga pinfire

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Fine Consecutive Pair of Silver Game Panel Scene Engraved M. Mach 16 Gauge Backaction Double Barrel Hammer Shotguns -A) M. Mach Double Barrel Shotgun

Lot Contains 2 Items

Lot 275

Consecutive Pair of Engraved M. Mach 16 Ga. Backaction Shotguns

Greyed, deeply etched Damascus steel barrels with single steel bead sight on the flat solid rib which is marked "M MACH IN PRAG" in gold inlay along with "1", chambers measured at 2 1/2 inches with single extractor, and no choke constriction. The grey finished backaction locks and underlever receiver five separate silver inlaid game scenes all surrounded by beautiful floral scrollwork. The left lockplate shows a pair of hunting pointers, the left of the receiver has a pair of running hares, the right lockplate has a roebuck and doe, the right of the receiver shows a pair of quail, and the top tang shows a single grouse. The gun features double triggers and non-rebounding hammers. Nicely figured, checkered forend with engraved fittings and rotary lever release and straight grip stock with horn pistol grip, raised cheekpiece, and smooth steel buttplate. Stock measurements: 1 5/16 inch drop at comb; 2 3/8 inch drop at heel; 13 13/16 inch length of pull; weight 6 lbs 11 oz.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 16

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Attractive Panel Scene Engraved and Gold Inlaid G. Ulbricht Teschuer-Collath Patent Slide and Tilt Underlever Hammerless Side by Side Shotgun

Lot 276

G. Ulbricht Teschuer-Collath Slide and Tilt Underlever Shotgun

This 19th century shotgun has etched Damascus barrels with dual gold bands at the breech, a bead front sight and "GUST. ULBRICHT DRESDEN" in gold on the concave rib, and no proofs. The watertable is marked "37200," and the tang along the inside of the forend is marked "G. ULBRICHT DRESDEN 398." The action features classic German blackleaf engraving, game bird scenes on the right and bottom, and a scene of three deer on the right. Each scene is bordered by gold inlaid scroll patterns, and there is also a section of gold scrolls among the designs on the upper tang behind the cocking indicators and the rotating selector. The underlever has a horn arm. The forend and wrist are checkered. The horn trigger guard has delicate pierced scroll design at the rear. The buttplate is checkered horn, and sling swivels are mounted on the bottom of the buttstock and underside of the rib. The right side of the stock has a solver squirrel followed by a pin and one silver snipe followed by four pins suggesting the gun was used to take one squirrel and four snipe. 13 7/8 inch length of pull.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 14

Spectacular Relief Chiseled and Gold Animal Inlaid Miller & Val Greiss Damascus Back Action Hammer Cape Gun

Lot 277

Gold Inlaid Miller & Val Greiss Damascus Cape Gun

Combination Damascus and fluid steel barrels with a dovetailed beaded blade front and two leaf (one standing, one folding) rear notch sights on a matte rib marked "Miller & V. Greiss in Munchen" in fancy gold inlaid script with a 2 1/2 inch chamber, single extractor, cylinder choke, gold inlaid oak leaf and acorn engraving around the breech and no discernable proofs on the flats. Side swing release action with full coverage oak leaf and acorn engraving surrounding animal scenes of gold inlaid stags on the right and foxes on the left. The back action locks are also engraved with gold inlaid animals and scroll accents with a hind and calf on the right, hunting dog on the left, and a chamois on the trigger guard. With dual triggers (front is set trigger) and flip up peep sight on the upper tang. With a horn action lever, checkered, wedge fastened forearm and straight grip stock with fancy scroll carved horn grip extension, raised cheekpiece, and checker board engraved buttplate with hinged cartridge trap. Length of pull is 13 1/4 inches.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 16/11mm

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Lot 278

Engraved Robert Rowland Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1715-20. Robert Rowland is recorded working as a gunmaker first in 1704 and then again in St. James’s, Westminster in 1712. He was made Free of the Gunmakers' Company by redemption in 1715. Rowland died possibly in 1724 (although the St. James’s Parish records give 1721), after which the business was continued by his widow Mary. Rowland was best known for his breech-loading guns and for the unusual guns he made for the London merchant John Tournay. The round brass barrel is of three stages flaring at the muzzle and divided by turned moldings. The breech section is signed “R. ROWLAND” with the midsection signed “LONDINI.” The breech section is further struck with London proof marks and maker’s stamp. The breech section and midsection are engraved with so-called strawberry foliage. The iron tang is scroll engraved, and the rounded iron lock has a downturned tail, is signed “R. ROWLAND,” and is engraved with border lines and scrollwork. The molded, figured walnut stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass furniture including a pierced foliate sideplate. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Bore estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

Lot 279

Engraved Nicholas Paris Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1690-1700 by Paris of Warwick, a highly respected gun maker of the time. Nicholas (1) Paris settled in Warwick at 3 Jury Street between 1678-80 and was buried in the city in 1716. In 1684, Paris was granted the Freedom of the Smiths’ Company of Warwick. He was gunmaker to Thomas Leigh, second Baron of Stoneleigh, for whom he made some superb guns with multi-shot systems. In addition to being a gunmaker, he was a blacksmith, watchmaker, gilder and enameller. In 1694, his house and workshop at Jury Street burned down and much of his stock was destroyed. Its value was estimated at £200 (an inflationary equivalent of around $55,000 in current terms). The elegant brass barrel is of two stages with an octagonal to polygonal breech section and round flared forward section. The breech section is signed “N. PARIS” within a ribbon, struck with London proof marks and maker’s stamp, and engraved with foliage and border lines. The iron tang is engraved with further foliage. The rounded iron lock has a downturned tail, is signed “N. PARIS,” and is engraved with strawberry foliage. The molded, highly figured root wood stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass furniture including a pierced sideplate. Wooden ramrod with brass cap. Bore estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

Lot 280

Engraved William Paris Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1775-80. William Paris is recorded working as a gunmaker in Derby in 1792. This blunderbuss is made highly unusual and possibly unique by the later fitting of a barrel with side-mounted spring-bayonet releasing automatically upon discharge; the tip of the blade being released at the point at which it aligns with a notch cut out of the falling breast of the cock. This device is flawed by impracticality and danger to the user. The steel barrel is of three stages flaring at the muzzle and divided by turned moldings. The octagonal breech section is signed “W. PARIS. DERBY” and engraved with a band of beadwork and struck with private Birmingham proof marks. The sprung bayonet of hollow triangular section is fitted to the right side of the barrel. The engraved iron tang has a sighting groove. The flat beveled lock signed “W. PARIS”. The figured walnut stock has a raised apron and shell molding around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved iron furniture including trigger guard with acorn finial. Wooden ramrod with dark horn tip. Bore estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 16

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Lot 292

Robert Harvey Marked Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1705. Robert Harvey was apprenticed to Henry Anthonison and turned over to John Dafte in 1691. He was made Free of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1702, elected Assistant in 1722 and Master in 1725. From 1703-06, he was Gunmaker to the Ordnance. Harvey is noted for his fine silver-mounted pistols and also for making crossbows; he died in 1734. The round brass barrel is of three stages flaring at the muzzle and signed “ROB.t. HARVEY” on the breech section. The breech section is further struck with London proof marks and maker’s stamp. It has a border engraved iron tang and rounded iron lock, the latter with slightly down-turned tail, signed “ROB.t. HARVEY” and with small rounded dog-catch. The molded, figured walnut stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass furniture including a pierced serpentine sideplate and a border engraved heel plate. The iron saddle ring is fitted next to the rear lock screw. The wooden ramrod has a brass tip. Bore estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 293

William Turvey Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Dated “1741” on the initial escutcheon plate, this blunderbuss incorporates an earlier barrel. William (1) Turvey was apprenticed to Edward Turvey in 1703 and was Free of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1711. He was elected Assistant to the Company in 1727 and Master in 1733. He is recorded as working as a gunmaker next to Furnivall’s Inn, Holborn, London, Contractor to the Ordnance in 1719 and to the East India Company in 1741. He died in 1744, and his widow Sara continued the business. The signature on the barrel is probably that of the London gunmaker Francis Smart who submitted his proof piece to the Gunmakers’ Company in 1694. The last reference to Smart was made in 1725, as a Captain in the Trained Bands of the City of London (militia). The brass barrel is of three stages with a short octagonal to polygonal breech section, short round central section and flare at the muzzle. The breech section is signed “SMART”, struck with London proof marks and struck with Smart’s maker’s stamp, and the rear of the breech has raised molding with notch sight. The breech section and muzzle feature so-called strawberry foliage engraving. It has a plain iron tang and rounded iron lock, the latter signed “W. TURVEY” and engraved with a single border line. The cock is notched for use with a dog catch. The walnut stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass mounts including a pierced sideplate. The wooden ramrod has a horn tip. The bore is estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 10

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Lot 294

Engraved Robert Wilson Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1745. Robert Wilson was made Free of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1742 and elected Master of the Company in 1764. He was Gunmaker to the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1766 and died in 1772. The round brass barrel is of four stages flaring at the muzzle and signed “LONDON” on the breech section. The breech section is further struck with London proof marks and the maker’s stamp. The engraved iron tang has a sighting groove, and the rounded iron lock has border and scroll engraving and is signed “WILSON”. The walnut stock is fitted with engraved brass furniture, including a solid sideplate. The wooden ramrod has brass tip. The bore is estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 295

Engraved J.&W. Richards All-Brass Boxlock Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1810, this is an extremely rare example of a boxlock blunderbuss, an action type normally associated with pistols. Joseph and William Richards worked at 16 Staining Lane, London, 1808–10 and had retail premises at 62, Strand, London. They also worked as gun and rifle makers at 49 New Street, Birmingham, 1799-1817, from where Joseph carried on alone until 1830. The three-stage round barrel has a flared muzzle and turned moldings. The sprung bayonet is fitted beneath, and the ramrod is housed to left side. The right side of the breech is struck with Tower private proof marks and the maker’s mark. The engraved boxlock action is signed “J & W RICHARDS” (left) and “LONDON” (right) and has engraved iron fittings, including the trigger guard which has an extension forming the bayonet latch that is released by a second trigger. The figured walnut buttstock it mounted with an engraved brass buttplate. The wooden ramrod has a dark horn tip. The bore is estimated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 28

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Lot 307

J. Burrow 10 Bore Double Barrel Rotary Underlever Hammer Shotgun

Manufactured c. 1896 with browned Damascus barrels with a concave rib with bead sight and signed “J. BURROW. PRESTON”. The border engraved casehardened rounded action has percussion fences, rebounding backaction locks each signed “J. BURROW”, and a blued trigger guard. The figured walnut semi-pistol grip stock has a grooved dark horn buttplate, checkered grip and forearm, and dark horn forend tip. It has original Birmingham nitro proof marks. Stock measurements: 1 3/8 inch drop at comb; 1 3/4 inch drop at heel; 14 3/4 inch length of pull; weight 10 lbs. Provenance: The Malcolm King Collection

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 10 bore

Historic and Incredibly Well Documented War of 1812 Gold and Silver Inlaid and Engraved "Catalan Stock" Miquelet Sporting Gun Presented at the Battle of New Orleans to Andrew Jackson's Quartermaster General Major William Piatt and Exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Lot 1043

Miquelet Sporting Gun Attributed to the Battle of New Orleans

The approximately 12 gauge smoothbore barrel has a silver blade front sight with inlaid silver floral and "spider" base, scroll patterns with gilt backgrounds at the transition point followed by a silver inlaid mask and floral design, additional silver floral designs inlaid on the breech section, gold inlaid maker's marks including one of a crown over "JVN./BVR/GOT," and scroll and border engraved tang. The lock has scroll engraving, a serrated frizzen, and "Asannloza" signed at the bottom at center. The iron furniture has scroll and floral engraving. The half-length stock is the classic Catalan style popular in the early 1800s and has a raised floral design carved by the barrel tang and has an old label on the left side that reads "THE PROPERTY OF/H.F. MUSTAIN/MORSE CAVE KENTUCKY/USA/This Spanish Fowling Piece was willed to me by Col. William Piatt of/the U.S. Army in 1832. It was a present to him by Gen. Riano at the/battle of New Orleans La in 1815. and has been in my possession since..." and has a notary mark stating the statement was sworn by William Piatt at Woodland Station, Kentucky, before Notary Public W.P. Mustain on November 26, 1892. In the included binder of provenance documents from the private sale of the gun in April 1912 contains multiple pieces of correspondence between H.F. Mustain of Horse Cave, Kentucky, and Ralph W. Potter of Lewiston, Maine. Mustain indicates that the gun was used in the Battle of New Orleans and he paid William Piatt $20 for the gun. Piatt had owned it for 60 years and had been wealthy, but "he lost out and sold me the gun because he needed bread." Mustain then owned it himself for 20 years exhibiting the rifle at the famous World's Fair in Chicago (World's Columbian Exposition of 1893). Pages 169-189 of the "Report of the Committee on Awards of the World's Columbian Commission" covers "Colonial and Revolutionary Object (of the fair)" specifically page 170 which states "A number of interesting relics connecting the earlier Spanish colonial life with he later English, French, Swedish, and Dutch colonial, were found in the Louisiana State building...A Sword of General Jackson's and sword and sash of Gen. J.B. Planche all worn at the New Orleans, and relics of the war of 1812 and of the Mexican war, were to be found in this collection." The exhibition label remains on the right side of the stock. He also notes that Colonel Reuben T. Durrett of Louisville, "an authority on such matters" said, "It is a danged fine old gun, and must have cost $500. in it's day. [sic]." An old photograph of the gun leaning on a chair that was sent by Mustain to Potter when they were negotiating the sale is also included. The receipts indicate Potter purchased the gun for $20. The William Piatt swearing the affidavit in the 1892 would be Lieutenant Colonel William Piatt's nephew. He was the son of Daniel Piatt Jr.s (1774-1808) and died at his home near Cave City, Kentucky, in 1894 shortly after selling the gun to Mustain. The fact that he had owned the gun for approximately 60 years when he sold it in 1892 after being willed it by his uncle properly lines up with his uncle's death in the 1830s and provides an chain of provenance of the gun back to the officer that received it. William F. Piatt (1773-1834) was named after his uncle who was a Revolutionary War veteran and was killed during St. Claire's Defeat (Battle of Wabash) in 1791 during the Northwest Indian War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 11th U.S. Infantry in 1799 during the Quasi-War with France and then transfered to the 3rd Infantry. In 1809, he was a captain in the 2nd Infantry and acting quartermaster general on Governor William Henry Harrison's staff during the famous Tippecanoe Campaign of 1811 and on Harrison's staff during the Northwest Campaign of 1812 and 1813. In 1814, he was promoted to major in the 34th Infantry and was quartermaster general on General Andrew Jackson's staff. On December 23, 1814, Piatt was shot in the leg while leading men from the 7th Infantry in a close range engagement with the British 95th during the prelude to the Battle of New Orleans and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel for "Galant conduct at the Siege of New Orleans." Jackson famously went on to lead his ragtag army of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana militia; Choctaw warriors, U.S. regulars, and French privateers/pirates to victory over the numerically superior British on January 8, 1815. After the war the U.S Army was heavily downsized, and Piatt left the army and moved to Ohio. He served as an elector for Jackson and was rewarded with an appointment as a paymaster in 1830 and died in 1834 having never married and leaving behind no children. Philip Yost Jr. of New Orleans claimed that Jackson secured Piatt $25 to 30,000 in payment for fraudulent claims of supplied for the army which provided Piatt wealth. The details on General Riano do not specify who he was. He appears to be Spanish businessman Jose Antonio de Riaño of New Orleans. He is documented as petitioning Andrew Jackson for release after being imprisoned and was tried as a spy. During the War of 1812, the Spanish were allied with the British and multiple Native American nations against the Americans, and they and the British hoped to claim portions of the Louisiana Territory (the former French claimed land stretching up the length of the Mississippi River). The French lost the territory to the east of the Mississippi to the British and the land west of it to the Spanish during the French & Indian War, and then the Americans, thanks to George Rogers Clark's expedition, which claimed the land east of the Mississippi during the American Revolution. The Spanish had transferred western Louisiana back to the French in 1800 and 1801 in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso and Treaty of Aranjuez. Napoleon and the French then famously sold Louisiana to the United States in 1804 after Napoleon gave up his dreams of revitalizing France's New World colonies after the debacle in Haiti. The Spanish and British both wished to contain the United States and limit its westward expansion. The battles at New Orleans actually took place after the United States and Great Britain had agreed to peace under the Treaty of Ghent, but the news took some time to reach North America, and Jackson's victory over the British is widely considered one of the greatest American triumphs of the war. Provenance: Colonel William Piatt, H.F. Mustain, Ralph W. Potter, and Tex Carson Collection

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Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

Exceptional and Rare Colt Paterson Model 1839 Percussion Revolving Shotgun

Lot 1100

Colt Paterson Model 1839 Revolving Shotgun

This is an exceptional original example of a Colt Model 1839 Revolving Shotgun that was manufactured at Samuel Colt's Paterson, New Jersey, factory c. 1839-1841. The total production of the Model 1839 Shotgun is estimated to have be limited to less than 225 guns. These rare early Colt long guns were very well-made and versatile early repeaters. The shotguns were built in larger caliber and thus had larger cylinders and frames than the rifles. They were even examined for military use. Captain George J. Raines wrote glowingly of Colt's revolving shotgun and recommended it be re-branded as "Colt's Repeating Musket" since it had the advantages of a musket in being able to fire a single large round ball, buckshot, or the popular "buck and ball" combination. Despite their high quality, they did not catch on. Instead, Samuel Colt's Paterson venture collapsed after the shareholders took over and eventually shut down the Patent Arms Company. Nonetheless, these historic early Colt firearms laid the groundwork for Colt's later success when he again began manufacturing firearms in 1847, and the revolving long gun concept was revived in 1855. Though revolving long guns had issues compared to more modern repeaters like the Henry and Spencer, Colt revolving rifles, carbines, and shotguns saw use by both sides during the American Civil War. The shotgun has a 16 gauge barrel, massive six-shot cylinder with round shoulder, flared recoil shield, steel scroll trigger guard and crescent steel buttplate. The barrel has a steel pin front sight. The rear sight has been removed, and the dovetail is filled with a fitted blank. The barrel is brown finished Damascus. The cylinder, recoil shield, and tang are blued, and the hammer, frame, trigger guard, and buttplate are casehardened. The stock is straight grain American walnut with a varnish finish. The cylinder has an elaborate roll-engraved scene that features three panels depicting: a Native American hunter, an American bald eagle with shield, and a deer hunting scene. The right side of the barrel lug is roll-stamped: "-Patent Arms M'g. Co. Paterson, N.J. - Colt's Pt.-" with the snake and star" motif at either end. The serial number is visible on: the wedge, rear face of the barrel lug, cylinder turning ring, face of the recoil shield, and toe of the buttplate. The Colt Model 1839 Shotgun is one of the rarest Colt longarms. Examples are rarely offered for sale. Provenance: The Robert M. Lee Collection; The Gateway Collection

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 16

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Very Rare Documented Factory Engraved and Gold Inlaid Colt Model 1883 Double Barrel Damascus Shotgun with Factory Letter

Lot 1155

Factory Engraved, Gold Inlaid Colt Model 1883 Shotgun

This is a rare deluxe factory engraved and gold inlaid Colt Model 1883 hammerless shotgun manufactured in 1895. Colt only manufactured 7,366 Model 1883 shotguns between 1883 and 1895. Very few were factory engraved with gold inlays. The boxlock action and bottom of the trigger guard are engraved with fine English scroll with gold scroll pattern inlays on the recoil shield, wire inlay around the breech end of the barrels and gold "SAFE" on the upper tang. The break lever has a floral and light scroll pattern, and there is a wavy border on the lower tang. It has the standard "COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CT U.S.A." marking on top of the matte concave barrel rib. The bottom of the action is marked "PATENTED/AUG. 22. SEPT. 19. 1882." in a gold bordered banner. Matching serial numbers appear on the frame, barrels and forearm hardware. There is a single brass bead front sight, 2 3/4 inch chambers, improved modified/improved modified chokes, ejector and double triggers. Mounted with a nicely figured walnut forearm and pistol grip stock with scalloped and fleur de lis borders, an ebony forend inset, a black and silver hard rubber grip cap and replacement solid red rubber recoil pad. The accompanying factory letter confirms the serial number, gauge, 30 inch barrel, blue finish, "Wood" stocks with a special feature of a silver recoil pad and that it was shipped as one to Gibson & Woodworth, address unavailable, on July 29, 1897. In the remarks the letter states that the shotgun was furnished with $150.00 worth of enhancements, though the records did not provide specific details of the enhancements. Colt's 1890 catalogue listed special order engraving from $150.00-300.00. The engraving with gold inlay was obviously the enhancement as it is undoubtedly original. Why the shotgun was shipped almost two years after production ceased is unknown.

Documentation

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 1233

Engraved Needham Patent Double Barrel Shotgun

Patented in 1865, this shotgun uses a spring loaded break lever that runs forward along the underside of the barrel and simultaneously disengages a hinged locking block concealed inside the frame while pushing the hammers up to the half-cock position and automatically shifting back the firing pins. This arrangement greatly reduces the risk of accidental discharge on closure, both from the operator leaving the hammers down in error or a firing pin being lodged in the forward position. The barrels are equipped with a single brass bead sight, cylinder chokes, extractor and 2 1/2 inch chambers, with "JOSEPH NEEDHAM. PATENTEE. 26. PICCADILLY. LONDON." on the rib, light border engraving on the breech, and a set of London Proof House stamps on the underside. Additional London "V" stamps are present on the water table along with "NEEDHAM'S/PATENT/LONDON" on an interior lug. Over 90% of the exterior frame and locks is covered with engraving, primarily English scroll designs, with scroll borders, floral screws, and "J. NEEDHAM'S PATENT" on each lock plate. Similar engraving is also present on the trigger guard, lower tang, and hammers. The floral and scroll engraved nitre blue break lever is installed on the right side of the frame. The checkered straight wrist stock is configured to resemble a classic one-piece percussion gun stock with a concealed hinge securing the splinter forearm to the buttstock and the checkering finely cut across the seam, with an engraved wedge and wedge escutcheons, horn Schnabel tip, teardrop accents on the side flats, and a flat blued steel buttplate with floral and scroll decoration. Length of pull is 15 inches, with a 3 pound 10.8 ounce barrel and a 3 pound 5.8 ounce lock/stock assembly. It comes in a brass reinforced hardwood case fitted with a "GPW" initialed lid plaque, lined with blue felt on the interior and bearing the Needham & Company merchant label inside the lid. Also included in the case is a three-piece hardwood cleaning rod, pewter oiler, barrel mop, two wire brushes and a pull-through cleaner with an attached oiler.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12 3inch

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Incredibly Scarce Cased Seven-Piece Garniture of Engraved English Percussion Firearms -A) Constable 14-Bore Double Barrel Shotgun

Lot Contains 7 Items

Lot 1254

Seven-Piece Garniture of English Percussion Firearms

This c. 1850s cased set includes a double barrel shotgun, sporting rifle, two traveling pistols, two pocket pistols, and a pepperbox. This set contains a firearm or two for just about anything a traveling English gentlemen might need. An article in The Vintage Gun Journal in October 2021 called the set "Fit For an Expedition: A Traveling Man's Sporting & Protection Battery" and notes that the set appears to have been a group of arms procured by a gentleman that he then had professionally cased for his travels. The case contains a plethora of ammunition and accessories such as wads, cards, powder flasks, a leather shot flask with shot, ball molds, cap tins, lead balls, capper, chargers, and more. The first gun is a 14-bore side by side shotgun signed "CONSTABLE" on the scroll and border engraved locks. The Damascus barrels have a nickel bead front sight, Birmingham proofs, and pierced platinum plugs. The wedge and wrist escutcheons are silver, but most of the furniture is iron with scroll engraving. The stock has a checkered wrist and 14 1/4 inch length of pull.

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Caliber / Gauge: 14, 45, 28 bore/.54, 35, 36

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Lot 1255

Engraved Francis Smart Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1700. Francis Smart was apprenticed to Godfrey Tailor in 1686 and obtained his Freedom of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1693. In 1695, he began working on contracts for the Ordnance, providing arms for the Small Gun Office in the Tower of London. These continued at least until 1721. Smart worked at "the Cross Guns and Three Crowns," Leadenhall Street from 1711. He was elected Assistant to the Gunmakers’ Company in 1716 and was perhaps not elected Master due to an inexplicable discrepancy in the Company accounts when these were under his charge. Notwithstanding this, Smart was a Contractor to the Hudson’s Bay Company (1715-24) and to the Royal African Company (1707-17). Smart is also recorded as a Captain of the London Trained Bands (militia), the final reference to him being in 1725. The brass barrel is of three stages with a short octagonal to polygonal breech section, short round central section and flaring at the muzzle. The breech section is signed “F. SMART” and struck with London proof marks and Smart’s maker’s stamp. The breech section and muzzle feature so-called strawberry foliage engraving. The iron tang is engraved with further strawberry foliage. The rounded iron lock has a downturned tail, is signed “F. SMART,” and is engraved with further strawberry foliage. The molded, highly figured root wood stock has a raised apron and shell around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass mounts including a pierced side plate. Wooden ramrod with brass cap. Bore estimated.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 1256

Engraved Israel Segalas Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1715. Israel (1) Segalas was a French gunmaker and Protestant émigré, part of the second generation of Huguenot artisans to set up in London. In 1702, he joined the Church of the Tabernacle in Leicester Fields, stating that he was a native of Navaret in the province of Béarn (in the French Pyrenees). In 1715, Segalas was admitted to the Freedom of the Gunmakers’ Company, becoming a Steward of the Company in 1717. In 1736, he was joined in his gunmaking business by his son, Israel (2) and died in the following year. The round brass barrel is of three stages flaring at the muzzle and divided by turned moldings. The breech section is signed “SEGALAS,” and the midsection is signed “LONDINI.” The breech section is further struck with London proof marks and maker’s stamp and is also engraved with a large spray of foliage. It has a plain iron tang. The rounded iron lock has a downturned tail, internally operating safety catch, and “SEGALAS” signed near the center. The molded walnut stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with engraved brass furniture including solid foliate side plate. An iron saddle bar with suspension ring is fitted above the side plate. Wooden ramrod. Bore estimated.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 1257

Andrew Dolep Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss

Manufactured circa 1700. Andrew Dolep/Dollop is listed as working at St. Martin’s Lane, “East Side below ye Church” 1685 to 1690, then “Next Duke’s Court” 1691-1713. The brass barrel is of two stages flaring towards the muzzle and is struck with London proof marks and maker’s stamp on the octagonal to round breech section. It has a plain iron tang. The border engraved rounded iron lock has a downturned tail and is signed “DOLEP.” The molded, root wood stock has a raised apron around the barrel tang and is fitted with scroll engraved brass furniture. Wooden ramrod with dark horn tip. Bore estimated.

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Caliber / Gauge: 10

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Lot 1259

G. & J. Deane Side by Side Percussion Coach Style Shotgun

George and John Deane were successful London gunmakers and are well-known as the original manufacturers of the Adams revolvers in 1851. This shotgun would have made an excellent coach gun. It has a folding "snap" bayonet on top like those popular on earlier blunderbusses, scroll engraving, "G. & J. DEANE" marked on the locks, faint barrel address, and a checkered stock with nicely figured wood.

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Caliber / Gauge: 14

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Cased Consecutive Pair of Game Scene Engraved Joseph Lang 10 Gauge Double Barrel Push Forward Underlever Shotguns -A) Joseph Lang Shotgun

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Lot 1511

Two Consecutive Engraved Joseph Lang 10 Gauge Shotguns

Manufactured in 1885 per the chart on page 123 of Nigel Brown's "British Gunmakers Volume One: London". This unusual early hammerless shotgun was made using James Lang's patent trigger plate lever-cocking action (patent no. 545 of February 9, 1878). Blued Damascus steel barrels with smooth, flat solid rib which is marked with a lion passant gardant in a similar style to those found on the British Royal Coat of Arms, a "1" marked on either breech along with a light band of engraving, "JOSEPH LANG & SON" and "22. COCKSPUR St PALL MALL. LONDON." marked on the left and right respectively, and 2 7/8 inch chambers with single extractor. The casehardened sideplated action displays beautifully carved fences and tight floral scroll surrounding "JOSEPH LANG & SON." on either sideplate as well as three game scenes. The left sideplate shows a trio of partridge, the top tang shows a pheasant, and the right plate has a setter flushing a goose. The gun features bushed firing pins, double triggers, and tang mounted manual safety lever with gold inlaid "SAFE". Beautifully figured, multi-point checkered splinter forend with engraved fittings and a straight grip stock with smooth horn buttplate. Includes a leather bound double gun takedown case which features a Joseph Lang trade label and houses both "A" and "B" as well as a pair of 10 gauge snap cap, nickel oiler, case handle (detached), loading tools, and two turnscrews. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter measured nine inches from the breech .794/.779 inches; choke constriction .000/.023 inches; 1 1/2 inch drop at comb; 1 3/4 inch drop at heel; 14 3/16 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs. 12 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 10

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Lot 3024

Sharps New Model 1859 Conversion Saddle Ring Carbine

This carbine must have had a colorful and interesting life. It was originally manufactured in percussion for use during the Civil War and was then converted to .50-70 c. 1869. It was subsequently modified and decorated for frontier use, including being changed to .28 gauge smoothbore. The front sight blade has been replaced with a larger brass blade, and the Lawrence patent folding ladder rear sight has a period added taller buckhorn notch added and the elevator bar removed. The action has the usual Sharps patent markings. There is also a "C" on the left and on the lever pin, "H.D.H." on the saddle ring bar base, and a "P" on the hammer. The original carbine wood has a row of brass tacks down the forearm and a triangle pattern of brass tacks on left side of the buttstock. The right side of the buttstock has nine grooves cut diagonally into wood and a finger-woven strap attached with additional brass tacks to hold cartridges.

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Caliber / Gauge: 28

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Kentucky Rifle Association Award Winning Golden Age Allentown-Bethlehem School Flintlock American "Smooth Rifle"

Lot 3058

Kentucky Rifle Association Award Winning Golden Age Smooth Rifle

This gun has many similar aspects to known pieces signed by Golden Age American longrifle makers John Moll and Herman Rupp. See for example rifle No. 57 in "Rifles of Colonial America Vol. 1" by Shumway signed "HERMAN RUPP 1793" and the John Moll rifles in "Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in Its Golden Age" by Kindig. The patch box finial and decorations are nearly identical to the John Moll patch box shown on page 284 of "Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes & Barrel Marks" by Chandler. This smoothbore may have originally been rifled and later bored out or have been made as a "smooth rifle" all along. It is a very attractive example of the Golden Aged arms of this region. Attached to the trigger guard is a silver plate engraved "Kentucky Rifle Assn./1981/Best Non Carved Rifle." The barrel has a silver blade front sight and iron notch rear sight. The flat-faced lock plate has beveled edges, a pointed tail, a fenced iron pan, and no visible markings. The stock appears to be cherry and has brass and silver fittings, simple molding, and no carving. The brass sideplate is the classic Moll and Rupp style with a rear arrow finial. The brass trigger guard has a spurred grip extension and squared finials. The wide, curved buttplate has a faceted heel and square toe. The brass patch box is the classic design noted above and has some light engraving. The oval silver wrist escutcheon is secured by two pins and is engraved with floral and border designs, and the cheek piece has a second silver inlay and is a design found on Moll and Rupp rifles. It is similar to the German hunter's star often found on German and early American rifles but with a more floral style and has floral engraving. It is secured by four pins.

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Caliber / Gauge: 16

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Desirable New England Flintlock "Club Butt" Fowling Gun

Lot 3064

New England Flintlock Fowling Gun

This fowling piece or fowler is the style popular in New England in the period in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It has no visible identifying markings, but the lock appears to have had markings at one time. The furniture is all brass. The trigger guard is secured by small nails, and the buttplate is secured by nails and screws. There is raised relief shell carving around the barrel tang and some really nice shaping and molding on the distinctive buttstock.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 3109

Deluxe Colt New Model 1855 Revolving 10 Gauge Shotgun

Only an estimated 1,100 of these revolving shotguns were manufactured c. 1860-1863. They are even scarcer in that this total includes examples in both 20 and 10 gauge and in various configurations. Approximately 600 were manufactured in 10 gauge (.75 caliber). This large frame, 10 gauge example is particularly desirable with its long barrel, scroll trigger guard, and deluxe buttstock. The matching numbered barrel has a small nickel-silver bead front sight and under-rib with the cleaning rod secured in two ferrules, and a plain walnut forend with silver cap and nickel-silver escutcheons and "980" marked inside in pencil. The frame has "COL. COLT HARTFORD CT. U.S.A." marked in the sight groove on the top strap, the serial number on the bottom, a casehardened hammer, and the patent marking on the left poorly struck. It is fitted with an attractive scroll pattern trigger guard. The cylinder has the patent marking in one of the flutes. The nicely figured buttstock has multi-point checkering and a matching numbered blued steel buttplate.

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Caliber / Gauge: 10

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Lot 3236

Engraved and Relief Carved Wheellock Sporting Gun

Wheellock sporting guns were popular with the noblemen of the Germanic states from the 16th to 18th century and later became popular collectible and decorative items in arms collections throughout Europe. The swamped, smoothbore barrel has a blade front sight, brass vent liner, and no visible markings. The lock has scroll and bestial engraving. The ramrod pipes and large sideplate are brass, and the remaining furniture is iron. The patch box lid is wood with iron fittings, and a custom spanner tool is inside. The stock has some relief carved scroll and floral designs and a nice pierced scroll design on the left side of the wrist.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Finely Engraved, Silver Inlaid, and Raised Relief Carved Early 18th Century 16-Bore Half-Stock Flintlock Fowling Piece Signed Trincks of Strasbourg

Lot 3237

Half-Stock Flintlock Fowling Piece Signed Trincks of Strasbourg

Per the Royal Armouries, Christian Trincks was an early master gunmaker in Strasbourg in present day eastern France and was a viewer and treasurer of the local guild of gunmakers in 1714-1732. His widow died in 1751. The smoothbore barrel has a rounded brass blade front sight, long sighting flat terminating in sculpted scroll designs accented by scroll engraving, "SCHLACKENWERTH" (German name for Ostrov near Carlsbad, Bohemia) inscribed on a silver band across the breech section ahead of a silver oval engraved with a classical figure, some simple engraving at the border of the breech, and humped breech tang with dished rear sight and wavy line border. The lock has wavy line borders on and around the pan, some scroll and classical martial engraving, "TRINCKS/A/STRASBOVRG" signed at center, and contoured edges. The furniture is brass and very refined. The trigger guard and upper ramrod pipes have fleur-de-lis style finials. The pierced side plate has scroll designs and incorporates a mask at the front. The pierced wrist escutcheon has a coronet and an interesting bearded mask design. The heel extension of the buttplate is particularly ornate and has a double eagle design flaking a winged serpent/dragon as well as scroll engraving. By the toe, the buttplate is inscribed "No. 4." The half-length stock has a horn forend cap, fine molding and raised relief fleur-de-lis carving, and a very nicely sculpted cheekpiece with a raised relief carved scroll design with a disgorging bestial mask. The ramrod has a horn end with brass tip.

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Caliber / Gauge: 16

Incredibly Scarce and Exceptional Relief Chiseled and Raised Relief Carved Johann Hadisch Weiler of Carlsbad Three-Shot Revolving Flintlock Sporting Gun

Lot 3239

Johann Hadisch Weiler of Carlsbad Three-Shot Revolving Flintlock

Multi-shot flintlock pistols and long guns were the forerunners of the true revolvers of the 19th century and are very rare and highly desirable antique arms. A small number of firearms built using the system on this long gun in three and four-shot variations were manufactured by a group of gunmakers operating in the spa town of Carlsbad in Bohemia in the first half of the 18th century. Naturally, these advanced firearms were reserved for the nobility, and King Christian IV of Denmark is known to have owned a pair of pistols from Carlsbad using this system. The system used on this gun is similar to the "wender" or "turn-over" design employed on double barrel pistols and long guns in the flintlock era, but instead of having multiple complete barrels, the gun has three 4 1/4 inch chambers with pans and frizzens mounted to the sides of each. By giving each chamber its own pan and frizzen, no complicated automatic priming mechanism is required. After pulling on the release trigger at the front of the trigger guard, these chambers are manually rotated to bring them into alignment with the main barrel and the shared lock which is back action format. The lock is manually cocked each time. This would significantly improve the time between shots compared to a single shot firearm and would also be more durable and less complex to manufacture than many of the other rare multi-shot designs of the era. As with the pistols of this pattern we have seen, the frizzens and long, straight frizzen springs are mounted to separate plates running from the side of each chamber ahead of the pan to the front of circular plate at the junction of the chambers and barrel. There is also a second rear breech plate and a round plate on the breech end of the barrel. The latter plate and the front plate mounted to the chambers have holes to allow loading from the front. Since you are not required to load down the barrel, the ramrod is shorter as well. This arrangement also keeps the vents out of line with one another which should limit the risk of chain fires. The swamped smoothbore barrel has a brass blade front sight, blue finish, octagonal breech section, "JOHANN HADISCH WEILER IN CARLSBAD" signed on top, and floral and border engraving at the breech. The chambers are engraved with different classical figures and scroll patterns. One figure is likely Athena/Minerva, another Selene/Luna, and the last appears to be a contemporary figure as she wears a broad hat with a feather. The upper tang has scroll engraving and a small female bust. The back action lock has a scene of a horsemen shooting a stag with a pistol as it is attacked by a pair of dogs and another man is in the background. It also has fine scroll patterns. The furniture is gilt brass. The trigger guard has a female bust on the bow. The sideplate has a high relief scene of a hunter shooting at a rabbit pursued by his three dogs in a detailed scene. The buttplate tang has a large high relief rendition of a classical figure playing a flute, and the back of the buttplate has incised scroll patterns. The short forend and buttstock have fine molding, raised relief scroll carving, a horn forend cap, and nice figure.

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Caliber / Gauge: 20

Very Rare Carr Bros. 12 Bore 1884 Bentley Patent Double Barrel Barrel-Cocking Semi-Hammerless Shotgun

Lot 3404

Carr Bros. 12 Bore Double Barrel Shotgun

Dating to circa 1885-90 and incorporating Bentley’s patent (No. 17037 of December 30, 1884, use number 1053). Each lock plate incorporates a "C" shaped hammer partially recessed into a channel cut into the lock plate with the firing pin visible when cocked. This design grew from the reluctance with some sportsmen to fully embrace hammerless guns having been used to the very visible hammers on earlier guns where it was obvious at a glance whether a gun was cocked or not. With blued sleeved barrels with Birmingham proof date code for 1991, respectively signed on each tube “CARR BROS.” and “4, CLOTH HALL ST. HUDDERSFIELD”, each breech end engraved with a band of stylized foliage, single extractor, and with flat solid matted rib with bead sight and doll’s head extension. Casehardened border engraved action with removable firing-pin bushings, automatic safety with silver inlaid “SAFE”, blued top lever and blued trigger guard. Casehardened border engraved dipped edge back-action sidelocks each signed “CARR BROS.”. Figured straight hand walnut stock with rubber recoil pad and checkered grip and forearm. The comb with small blank silver oval initial escutcheon. Barrel measurements: each barrel marked “SLEEVED”; bore diameter nine inches from the breech proved and measuring 18.5mm (.728 inches); 65mm (2 1/2 inch) chambers; choke constriction .010/.023 inches; minimum wall thickness .036/.038 inches; 1 1/2 inch drop at comb; 2 1/4 inch drop at heel; 14 15/16 inch length of pull; weight 6 lbs. 15 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 3405

J. Hall's Patent Pinfire Clock Gun

This unusual "clock gun" is comprised of 12 pinfire chambered barrels, a wooden block bored with 12 guide tubes that, when readied, held 12 weights suspended by thread and a clock mechanism that is attached to the wooden block. At every hour the clock mechanism cut a thread, resulting in the release of a weight that detonated a blank cartridge waiting below. The metal bar behind the barrels would have kept the cartridges in place. All housed in a metal case, which has "J. HALL'S/PATENT/CLOCK GUN/STATION ROAD WORKS/WIGTON, CUMBERLAND" marked on the front and "DANGER" on the back. A paper instructions label is pasted to the interior of the lid. Included but separate is the cluster of 12 barrels, 12 weights, and two iron legs.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Antique Parker Brothers 10 Gauge Grade 2 Double Barrel Shotgun with Rare 40 Inch Barrels

Lot 3434

Parker Brothers 10 Gauge Grade 2 Shotgun with 40 Inch Barrels

Manufactured in 1897. Dual added white bead sights on the smooth, concave solid rib which is marked "PARKER BROS MAKERS. MERIDEN. CONN. DAMASCUS STEEL." and chambers measured at 2 7/8 inches with automatic ejectors. The casehardened size "3" boxlock action displays standard grade 2 engraving of a pair of game birds on the left, right, and underside surrounded by light floral scroll engraving. The action features double triggers and an automatic tang mounted safety switch. Lightly figured, multi-point checkered splinter forend with lightly engraved fittings, including the Deeley latch release and pistol grip stock with hard rubber grip cap, blank silver inscription shield, and dog's head buttplate. In the chart on page 279 of "The Parker Story" by Gunther, Mullins, Parker, Price, and Cote, this configuration is not listed as ever having been made, likely meaning that this gun is one-of-a-kind or at least extremely rare. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .784/.786 inches; choke constrictions .033/.035 inches; minimum wall thickness .046/.042 inches; 1 1/2 inch drop at comb; 2 1/2 inch drop at heel; 14 5/16 inch length of pull; weight 11 lbs 10 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 10

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Antique Parker Brothers Grade 2 Double Barrel Shotgun with Rare 40 Inch Barrels

Lot 3435

Antique Parker Brothers Grade 2 Shotgun with 40 Inch Barrels

Manufactured in 1896. Single steel bead sight on the matted, concave solid rib which is marked "PARKER BROS MAKERS. MERIDEN. CONN. DAMASCUS STEEL." and chambers measured at 2 3/4 inches with a single extractor. The casehardened size "3" boxlock action displays standard grade 2 engraving of a pair of game birds on the left, right, and underside surrounded by light floral scroll engraving. The action features double triggers and an tang mounted manual safety switch. Lightly figured, multi-point checkered splinter forend with lightly engraved fittings, including the Deeley latch release and pistol grip stock with hard rubber grip cap and dog's head buttplate. According to the chart on page 279 of "The Parker Story" by Gunther, Mullins, Parker, Price, and Cote, this configuration is not listed as ever having been made, likely meaning that this gun is one-of-a-kind, or at least extremely rare. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .737/.738 inches; choke constrictions .034/.036 inches; minimum wall thickness .036/.042 inches; 1 13/16 inch drop at comb; 3 inch drop at heel; 14 7/16 inch length of pull; weight 10 lbs 2 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 3437

Antique Parker Brothers Grade 2 Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun

Manufactured in 1885. Browned Damascus steel barrels with single steel bead sight on the matted, concave solid rib marked "PARKER BROS. MAKERS. MERIDEN CONN. DAMASCUS STEEL", chambers measured 2 9/16 inches with single extractor, and choke constrictions measure .030/.036 inches. The casehardened top action displays standard Grade 2 engraving and features double triggers and rebounding hammers. Lightly figured, multi-point checkered splinter forend with Deeley latch release and pistol grip stock with blank inscription shield. The above configuration is confirmed on page 196 of "Parker Gun Identification and Serialization" by Price and Fjestad. Stock measurements: 1 15/16 inch drop at comb; 3 1/4 inch drop at heel; 14 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs 3 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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Lot 3438

Antique Parker Brothers Grade 1 Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun

Manufactured in 1888, one of only 851 produced in this configuration according to page 268 of "The Parker Story" by Gunther, Mullins, Parker, Price, and Cote. Laminated steel barrels with single steel bead sight on the matted, concave solid rib marked "PARKER BROS. MAKERS. MERIDEN. CONN. LAMINATED STEEL.", chambers measured at 2 9/16 with single extractor, and choke constrictions measured at .030/.032 inches. The casehardened top action displays standard Grade 1 light engraving and features "PARKER BROS." on either side as well as double triggers and rebounding hammers. Lightly figured splinter forend with Deeley latch and pistol grip stock with blank inscription shield in the wrist. The above configuration is confirmed on page 213 of "Parker Gun Identification and Serialization" by Price and Fjestad. Stock measurements: 1 5/8 inch drop at comb; 2 9/16 inch drop at heel; 14 1/4 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs 13 oz.

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Caliber / Gauge: 12

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