Null A WROUGHT IRON AND TIN METAL WEATHER VANE WITH A COCKEREL,

105cm x 94cm

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A WROUGHT IRON AND TIN METAL WEATHER VANE WITH A COCKEREL, 105cm x 94cm

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A WROUGHT IRON AND TIN METAL WEATHER VANE WITH A COCKEREL, 105cm x 94cm

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Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 GBP

Cauldron from the kitchens of the Palais des Tuileries In copper with tin-plated interior Wrought-iron handle and fasteners. Body stamped "N TUILERIES 28" under imperial crown. Diameter: 21.5 Ht: 20 cm. Riveted bottom. A.B.E. (Heavy wear). First Empire period

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 GBP

JOHN MANTON, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 46-BORE PERCUSSION SCRATCH-RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS OF DUELLING STYLE, serial numbered 10913, for between 1840-44, with octagonal 10in. scratch-rifled barrels signed in script 'JOHN MANTON & SON DOVER STREET LONDON', scroll engraved colour hardened breech-blocks with hexagonal based nipples, applied fore-sights, shallow standing notch rear-sights to the front of the engraved top-tangs, borderline and scroll engraved colour hardened locks with extensions above moulding to the sides of the standing breech and signed 'JOHN MANTON & SON PATENT', slab-sided hammers with dolphin engraved noses mirroring the nipple-wells and en-suite engraving, bolted safes, walnut half-stocks with chequered bag-shaped grips, blued and engraved iron furniture including domed butt-caps, single set triggers, white metal escutcheons to wrists engraved with a hippocampus below a crown, escutcheoned barrel keys, horn fore-end tips and mahogany ramrods, traces of finish remaining and in their maker's mahogany case lined and compartmented in green baize, good No.6 Dover Street trade label inside lid and complete with a three-way flask, matching number scissors ball mould, loading rod, turn-screw, cap-tin and a wad-punch, the same armorial as the pistols appearing on the lid escutcheon of case.

Estim. 5 000 - 7 000 GBP

SAMUEL NOCK, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION SAW-HANDLED DUELLING or TARGET PISTOLS, serial numbered 7328, circa 1830, with octagonal 10in. smoothbore barrels signed 'S. NOCK LONDON' on the top-flats, colour hardened breech-blocks with engraved band, dove-tailed fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights to the front of the engraved top-tangs, borderline and acanthus scroll engraved colour hardened locks signed 'SAML. NOCK, LONDON', slab-sided dolphin-headed hammers engraved en-suite, bolted safes, walnut half-stocks with finely chequered saw-handle grips, flat based pommels inlet with engraved colour hardened heel-plates, blued and engraved iron furniture including square-backed trigger guards, single set triggers, white metal rectangular escutcheons to barrel keys, white metal fore-end tips and brass-tipped ebony ramrods, strong traces of finish remaining and in their maker's mahogany case lined and compartmented in green baize, original parchment trade-label inside lid and complete with a three-way flask, scissors ball mould, loading rod, oil bottle, cap-tin, bone nipple-pot and a cranked nipple-key.

Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 GBP

A CASED PAIR OF 28-BORE RIFLED PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS SIGNED MANTON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers, circa 1840, with rebrowned laminate octagonal 6in. barrels with multi-groove rifling and signed on the top-flats in script 'MANTON LONDON', bead fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights, scroll engraved side-hammer boxlock action with radiused corners, blued belt-hooks to the left side, chequered walnut bag-shaped butts with cast white-metal lion-mask pommel-caps, guarded triggers and captive iron under-barrel ramrods, in a period, probably original to the pistols, brass cornered mahogany storage case compartmented and lined in green baize and complete with a bag-shaped flask, turn-screw, loading-rod, cap-tin and scissors mould, the inside of lid with reproduction 'John Manton' trade label.

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