Arms, Armor & Militaria

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Cowan's, a Hindman Company, is proud to present our Spring 2023 premier sale. On offer are a selection of firearms with movie provenance, a collection of rare early autoloading pistols, Civil War Arms, edged weapons, and accoutrements, scarce high end sporting arms, WWII era small arms, and a selection of high-end modern pistols.

Among the highlights for the sale is a Model 1892 Winchester rifle that once belonged to John Wayne's own Batjac Productions, and previously on loan to the National Firearms Museum for their "Hollywood Guns" showcase. This is joined by a Single Action Army revolver utilized by Kirk Douglas in the movie "The War Wagon", in which he starred opposite Wayne. Further highlights are a C93 Borchardt Pistol with accessories that appeared on the cover of Guns magazine in 1969, a Browning Model 1919A4 Machine Gun with Accessories rebuilt by W.K. Jones, and a Charles Daly Auguste Francotte 20 Gauge Shotgun owned by film legend Gary Cooper.

The edged weapons selection includes a Massive Antebellum Baton Rouge Presentation Bowie... Show more

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17th Century Munich Town Guard Black and White Comb Morion Helmet

Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 269)

"About 13"" long x 9"" wide x 9"" high. Munich town guard black and white Morion helmet (circa 1610) with high 2.25"" comb. Item has a black and bright finish. Two piece ...more

17th Century European Low Comb Burgonet Helmet with Original Ear Flaps

Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 269)

"17th century European low comb Burgenot helmet with original hinged and vented ear flaps. Iron composition with remnants of leather to rivets of brim. Item is stamped K ...more

17th Century German Wheellock Pistol

Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 269)

".68 caliber. 12.5"" barrel length. SN: NSN. Metal components polished and left ""in the white"", blackened finish wood stock with carved bone embellishments, ""Puffer"" ...more

18th Century German Executioner's Sword

Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 269)

"34.5"" blade length. 44.25"" overall with hilt. Double edged blade with squared tip and 8"" single centered fullers to both sides. Iron hilt has a 7.5"" crossguard with helix twisted bulb quillons and a heavy pear shaped pommel. Full length tang is peened to pommel. Leather throat guard still present and intact. Grip of hilt has skeletonized brass fittings over an attractive ray/shark skin shagreen wrapping. Blade has etchings including floral scroll along edges of blades on both sides, an etching of a criminal hanging from a gallows forward of fuller to one side, and a very weak etching of what appears to be a silhouette of a man on obverse side forward of fuller. Fullers are etched with inscriptions to both sides including Die Herren Steuren Dem Un Heill Ich Exuquire Ihr ents Urtheil. 1707 (loosely translating to ""The men steer/tax/control to the salvation and I wash/clean her according to the judge/verdict. 1707"") to one side, and Wan Dem Sunder Wird abgesprochen das Leben so wird er Unter Mein gegeben (loosely translating to ""When to the sinner becomes agreed the life so becomes he under my given hand"") to obverse side.Designed specifically for decapitation, these swords were widely used during the 16th and 17th centuries in Central Europe. The blunt tip and heavy flat blade assisted the executioner in bringing criminals to justice with one swift swing of his sword. Executions via sword were popular until around the early 18th century, and the last documented executions via sword took place in Switzerland in 1867 and 1868. <p class=""MsoNormal"">Good. Blade has a mottled grey-brown appearance overall on both sides due to wear and patination. Edges of blade are good and show no bites or chips. There is some wear to etchings that partially obscures scroll and figures on both sides. Leather throat guard has some wear but is fully intact. Grip shows some darkened coloration of shagreen wrapping, and there is darkened discoloration to brass grip fittings. Tang, hilt, and blade are all solid without any wiggling or movement. EST: $1200 - 2000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

17th Century German Wheelock Sporting Carbine

Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 269)

"About .38 caliber. 17.75"" barrel length. SN: NSN. Metalwork left in the white. Stock is walnut with an ivory nosecap and mounting screw spacers, as well as a dovetailed...more brass front sight and two position folding rear sight. Single shot wheelock firearm with a rifled barrel and a patchbox to the stock. The buttplate and the rear edge of the patchbox cover are capped with horn and embellished with three line border scrollwork. The cheek piece features a mother of pearl oval set inside of a lightly embellished recess. The forend cap is engraved on both sides with a floral scroll within a double border. The lockplate screws are set into ivory washers resembling a Maltese Cross pattern. The rifle features double set triggers, and an iron triggerguard with three finger rests. The ramrod is entirely wood and likely a replacement. It is retained by single brass band and a socket cut into the forend. The octagonal barrel features geometric scroll at the muzzle and breech, and is marked from the left flat to the right I/A 72/W. The cock is engraved with an eagle's head motif. A brass inventory tag reading 174 is affixed to the triggerguard by brass wire. The rifle comes with a piece of pyrate clutched in the jaws of the cock. Good. The bore is Dark with oxidation throughout. The metalwork shows streaked oxidation forming suggesting it was varnished to maintain the finish at some point. Mottled oxidation and brown patina covers the left barrel from muzzle to breech, with further streaks of patina overall. The horn cap for the patchbox cover has split and has lost half of the plate. The wood shows handling wear, dings and mars scattered overall. Forend is split for five inches from the muzzle through the ramrod cut. Further cracks to the upper edges of the stock with signs of old splitting that has since removed material. Ramrod hole has cracks forming around its radius. The forward stock pin is missing, and the rear pin has split and fails to fully secure the barrel. The cock moves and so does the coverplate. The triggers are functional. EST: $2000 - 3000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Silver Mounted Boxlock Blunderbuss Pistol with Snap Bayonet by Waters & Co. (ca.1780)

Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 269)

".58 caliber bore with 1"" diameter at muzzle. 7"" cannon muzzle blunderbuss barrel. SN: 103. Brass barrel, steel triggerguard, silver butt cap, walnut grip. Single shot ...more

European Iron Barreled Blunderbuss with Spring-Loaded Bayonet

Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 269)

"Nominally .75 caliber, flaring to 1.08"" at the muzzle. 14.5"" pinned round barrel with a prominent nocksform. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, European hardwood...more stock. Single shot muzzleloading flintlock blunderbuss with ""snap"" bayonet. Lightly engraved 5"" flat faceted flint lock is singed Dayer in script. Lock with rounded, fenced and bridled iron pan and flat faceted swan neck cock. No proofs on barrel on top or bottom. Gun is equipped with a top mounted folding bayonet with an 11.25"" triangular blade. Brass furniture is lightly engraved and consists of a flat brass side plate, triggerguard with acorn finial and buttplate, along with a ramrod thimble and entry pipe. An old and apparently correct horn tipped wooden ramrod with iron wiper at the end is secured by the pipes. Although the overall styling of the gun is absolutely English in appearance, the lack of any form of British proof marks essentially removes that as a possibility as no English gun maker would be willing to run afoul of the extremely strict British proof laws. That leaves Europe or America as the source for the gun and a search of all available references, including Stockel reveals no maker's named ""Dayer"". An attractive and solid example of a working coaching carbine or blunderbuss with minimal ornamentation, but well made and very serviceable that could date from as early as the fourth quarter of the 18th century to the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. Good to very good. Bore fair, heavily oxidized and pitted, dark and dirty. Barrel with a salt and pepper patina showing evenly distributed freckles of oxidized discoloration and pinpricking along with some light pitting. Lock cleaned to bright, in original flint and not restored with some surface pitting. Barrel in original flint as well. Lock remains mechanically functional. Snap bayonet functional, but the deployment spring is weak so it does not fully extend when released. The locking mechanisms that secured the bayonet when collapsed and when extended both work as they should. Stocks with some moderate wear, scattered bump, dings and mars, some minor wood loss and small repairs around the pin holes with the upper pin an old brass replacement. EST: $2000 - 3000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Brass Barreled English Flintlock Blunderbuss by Ketland & Co.

Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 269)

"Nominally .85 caliber bore, measuring 1.25"" at the muzzle. 15.5"" wedge retained multi-stage octagon to round barrel with swelled cannon muzzle. SN: NSN. Brass barrel, ...morebrass furniture, walnut stock. Muzzleloading flintlock smoothbore blunderbuss with an overall length of 31"". 5.375"" flat stepped lock with pronounced teat at rear is engraved KETLAND / & Co in two lines. Lock with iron rounded fenced and bridled pan and rounded reinforced cock. Cock appears to be an old, period of use replacement as it is too thick for the tumbler to pass all the way through and exhibits some wobble. Lock itself is in original flint and endoscope examination of the breech confirms the barrel is in original flint as well without any welding, restoration or repairs. Top flat of barrel engraved LONDON and breech with pre-1813 Birmingham proof marks. Brass mountings include an open-work side plate, triggerguard, buttplate, ramrod pipes and oval wrist escutcheon. Walnut stock with raised shell motif apron carved around the breech plug tang. Iron sling swivels in toe of stock and in forend. Includes an old iron trumpet head ramrod of the appropriate length that is threaded at the end for cleaning accessories. Includes an old leather sling with brass buckle that has been shortened and altered to fit the gun correctly. The firm of Ketland & Co operated as a ""Wholesale Gun & Birmingham Warehouse"" from circa 1785 through 1800. They primarily sold wholesale export guns produced by the Birmingham trade and probably of their own make as well, which were often spuriously marked ""London"" although the guns were neither produced nor sold sold there. The Ketland gunmaking family worked from circa 1766-1820 and included the founder Thomas Ketland who worked circa 1766-1787, John & Thomas Ketland (worked circa 1789-1900), Ketland & Walker (worked circa 1799-1812), William Ketland (worked circa 1802-1807) and William Ketland & Co.(worked circa1808-1831). Very good. Bore dark, dirty and heavily oxidized. Brass with a medium brass patina with a greenish tone. Lock with a pewter patina and scattered surface oxidation, discoloration and some light pitting that partially obscures the lock markings. Other markings remain clear and crisp. Mechanically functional, lock in original flint with replaced cock. Side plate with crack in lower leg. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, a 3.75"" surface crack on the obverse and some chipped loss around the wedges. Sling about good. EST: $2000 - 3000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss with Snap Bayonet by Thomas Lee

Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 269)

"Nominally .68 caliber, flaring to 1.2"" at the muzzle. 13.75"" multistage octagon to round wedge-retained barrel with flared cannon muzzle. SN: NSN. Brass barrel and fur...more

Irish Brass Barreled Blunderbuss Flintlock by Hutchinson of Dublin

Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 10 of 269)

"Nominally .80 caliber bore, flaring to 1.3"" at the muzzle. 15.375 wedge retained multi-stage octagon to round barrel with flared cannon muzzle. Brass barrel and furnitu...morere, walnut stock. SN: NSN. Single shot flintlock muzzleloading smoothbore blunderbuss with an overall length of 30.25"". 5.375"" long flat faceted and stepped flint lock with sliding safety at tail remains in original flint configuration. Lock with rounded and fenced, bridled iron pan and flat faceted swan neck cock. Lock engraved HUTCHINSON under pan. Barrel in original flint configuration as well and confirmed by endoscope examination, showing no signs of alteration or modification of the breech and touchhole area. Barrel engraved DUBLIN on the top flat and with depressed oval London commercial style proof marks. Brass furniture includes the buttplate, triggerguard, lock screw escutcheons and ramrod pipes. Most of the brass is lightly engraved with a simple and delicate floral motif, as are most of the screw heads. Includes a brass tipped wood ramrod that does not seat completely in the channel.Michael Hutchinson was freed of his apprenticeship in 1771 and went to work with his father in-law, gunmaker Francis Lord. The pair worked at Lord & Hutchinson through Lord's death in 1774. The pair worked 40 Dame Street in Dublin and following Lord's death Hutchinson remained there through 1784. In 1785 he moved to 8 Dame Street where he worked until his death in 1811. Very good. Bore moderately oxidized, dark and dirty. Brass with a medium mustard patina and some greenish toning and bright verdigris at the touchhole. Makings remain clear and legible. Lock in original flint and remains functional, although the safety does not function and the front lock screw is a replacement. Barrel in original flint as well. Stock with moderate wear, some indications of sanding on the butt and with a large crack in the forend, forward of the front were where about 1"" of wood has separated from the balance of the stock. Reverse forend with an additional crack with the balance of the wood showing a moderate amount of scattered bumps, dings and mars. EST: $1500 - 2500 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Cased Set of English Flintlock Dueling Pistols by Mortimer with Registration Marks

Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 269)

"36 bore (.52 caliber). 8.25"" wedge retained octagonal barrels. SN: A-N 4030 and A-N 4031. Browned and color casehardened finish. Stocks have iron furniture, silver wedg...moree escutcheons and nose caps, and checkered walnut stocks. Single shot muzzleloading flintlock smoothbore pistols. 4"" flat, stepped and bolted flint locks with bridled and fenced waterproof pans and roller frizzens with flat faceted swan neck cocks. Locks are nicely engraved with delicate foliate themes at their tails and on the cocks and are marked Mortimer under the pans. Barrel with break off breeches and gold lined touchholes, gold bands at the breeches and gold gilt maker's marks on top that read MORTIMER / LONDON in two lines. The Irish firearms registration marks for the county of Antrim, required under the Arms Registration Act of 1843 are stamped on the top flats of the barrels, which are marked A-N 4030 and A-N 4031 respectively. Pistols are equipped with rudimentary sights consisting of a fixed notch rear on the breech plug tang and a steel bead front sight. The breeches and the iron furniture are delicately engraved with neat foliate themes and a the triggerguard terminates in a neatly executed pineapple finial. Each pistol includes a period brass tipped ramrod with concealed ball puller on the reverse ends. The ramrods do not match, one is of ebony and the other is of rosewood.The pistols are contained in their period dovetail constructed mahogany veneer casing with a dark green velvet lined compartmentalized interior. Two of the compartments are lidded. The casing features a recessed brass handle on the top, bible hinges and a pair of latching hasps with center mounted lock. The accessories in the casing include a lovely red Moroccan leather covered multi-compartment brass flask that was designed to hold powder and lead balls in the top section, with some balls still present, and has a removable lid on the bottom to store spare flints, two of which are present. The casing also contains a brass tipped rosewood cleaning rod, a brass tipped rosewood loading rod with concealed ball puller, a single cavity iron round ball mould that is marked ""36"" and has an interior diameter of nominally .52 caliber, a spare brass ramrod tip, a double ended rosewood cleaning brush and a key for the lock, which functions correctly. Fine as restored. Bores are very good with mostly smooth surfaces and scattered oxidation. The pistols retain much of their high quality reapplied browned finish. Pistol #4030 remains slightly crisper with more finish and #4031 shows weaker marks due to polishing of the barrel before the refinishing. Engraving remains crisp and clear on the locks and and furniture. Locks remain mechanically functional, including the sliding safeties. Wood with some light wear and fairly crisp checkering, showing some scattered light surface marks, dings and mars. Casing with wear and some restoration, with the lining and pillow likely old replacements and some of the dividers are loose and will need attention. Exterior of case with wear, bumps, dings and mars. Accessories all good to very good. EST: $6000 - 8000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Brass Barreled Flintlock Coaching Carbine with Snap Bayonet by Twigg

Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 12 of 269)

"Nominally .60 caliber bore, flaring to 1.25"" at muzzle. 14.5"" two-stage octagon to round brass barrel with cannon muzzle. SN: NSN. Brass barrel and furniture, color ca...more

American Made British Style Short Land Pattern Flintlock Musket

Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 13 of 269)

".76 caliber. 40"" pinned round barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. Single shot smoothbore muzzleloading flintlock musket. Unmarked banana shap...moreed lock is of the pre-1777 style with a single sear screw visible behind the swan neck cock. Lock measures 6.5"" in overall length with pronounced teat at the rear, an integral and fenced unbridled iron pan and a trefoil finial on the steel spring. Interior of lock marked with a pair of punch dots. Lock in original flint with a modern cast replacement mainspring. Steel (frizzen) with a crude refacing that is likely period. Barrel without external proof marks, suggesting possible American or Continental origin, but not English manufacture. Barrel marked with an engraved rack number that reads J54, although the ""J"" could be a ""T"". The gun differs from conventional British-made ""Short Land"" pattern muskets in that the barrel measures 40"" rather than 42"". Additionally the palm swell at the entry pipe is significantly smaller, and there are four ramrod thimbles and an entry pipe making a total of five instead of four. The brass furniture is also cruder than typical British work with the stepped buttplate tang simpler than the English-made ones typical of a Short Land Pattern Board of Ordnance musket, a Wilson and those by other contractors. The side plate and triggerguard are also more roughly made than comparable British ones. The nose cap is a simple piece of sheet brass rather than a cast piece, a feature typical of the earliest of the British Long Land muskets but which was abandoned by the British long before the adoption of the Short Land Pattern guns. The gun is equipped with a brass acorn shaped wrist escutcheon that is unmarked. A sling swivel is present at the front of the tiggerguard bow, but the upper swivel is missing. A lug for a socket bayonet is located on top of the barrel 1.125"" from the muzzle. A button head iron ramrod is secured by the pipes. It is roughly 38"" in length and about 2"" short of full length for this gun. It shows good age and could be from the period of use.This musket is most likely of American origin and was probably assembled from available parts that included some recycled parts as well as newly made ones. The lock may be of Dutch origin and the barrel may be Continental. However the overall appearance, fit, finish and quality of workmanship is typical of American work in the fourth quarter of the 18th century. Whether this gun was made prior to hostilities as a ""Committee of Safety"" musket, during the American Revolution in one of the many Philadelphia area manufactories or assembled as a post-war militia musket circa 1790 is almost impossible to establish. It is worth noting that the rack marking on the barrel is quite similar to known examples found on City of New York marked muskets from the period of the Revolution. A well used, yet well preserved example of an apparent American rendering of a ""Brown Bess"" that could as easily be Revolutionary War period as Federal Period. Good. Fair bore with heavy oxidation, dark and rusted. Metal with a thickly oxidized brown patina with moderate amounts of light surface roughness. Unmarked with the exception of the engraved rack number on the barrel. Mechanically functional lock. Brass with a rich golden patina with greenish tones. Stock with moderate wear, some chipped wood loss around the pins, in particular on the reverse at the tip where a nominal 1"" long by .3"" wide chip is missing. There is moderate wear and chipping around the lock mortise with some old added square nails to support the lock under the tail. Forend with some chipped and minor splintered loss along the upper edge and a couple of repaired cracks, the most notable being on the obverse running diagonally from the entry pipe to the barrel channel for about 5.5"". There is also a tiny crack at the rear lock screw and some minor chipping in that area as well. Otherwise the wood shows scattered bumps, dings and mars. EST: $4000 - 6000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Double Barrel Flintlock Pistol with Snap Bayonet by Williams

Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 14 of 269)

".56 caliber. 7"" tapered round barrels. SN: NSN. Browned and color casehardened finish, with iron furniture and a checkered walnut stock. Double barrel, muzzleloading fl...moreintlock pistol with snap bayonet. 4.125"" flat stepped beveled locks with pronounced teat at rear, bridled and fenced rounded waterproof pans and roller frizzers are marked Williams in script. The flat beveled swan neck cocks are lightly engraved. Exterior of barrels are unmarked, while the bottom of one barrel is marked TWISTED and with a partially legible stamp that appears to be a crude {CROWN} / 15. This is not any type of proof or inspection typically encountered and it is not a British military crowned inspection mark. The iron butt cap and triggerguard have simple foliate engraving and the triggeguard has a nicely executed pineapple finial. Pistol includes double triggers and a 5"" triangular spring loaded bayonet mounted on the rib between the barrels, activated by a release mounted on the engraved breech piece. Includes a brass tipped wood ramrod of more recent vintage.While numerous British and American gunsmiths named ""Williams"" worked during the period that this pistol was likely produced (circa 1st quarter of the 19th century), the lack of proof marks both above and below the barrel rule out English production. The style of pistol is not one typically associated with American production, so it is likely of Continental origin, from a country without proof laws at the time. An attractive and somewhat unusual flintlock pistol with the always popular snap bayonet feature. About fine. Smooth bores about good with moderate oxidation and some pitting. Barrels with much of the Damascus patterned brown finish, with some thinning, wear and loss and scattered surface oxidation along with some very light pitting. Locks with a dark grayish brown patina. Mechanically functional, although the obverse cock hangs up sometime on half cock while falling from full cock. Snap bayonet functions correctly although the deployment spring is a little weak. Stock good with a repaired crack running from the lower rear of the obverse lock to the triggerguard. Checkering remains fairly crispy and the wood shows scattered bumps, ding and mars. EST: $2500 - 3500 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Brass Barreled Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol with Snap Bayonet

Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 15 of 269)

"Nominally .60 caliber, flaring to .85"" at muzzle. 6.5"" round flared muzzle blunderbuss style barrel. SN: NSN. Brass barrel and frame, with steel mountings and a smooth...more

English Flintlock Holster Pistol by Barber

Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 16 of 269)

".54 caliber. 9.25"" wedge retained swamped octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned finish, iron mountings, walnut stock. Single shot flintlock smoothbore muzzleloading pistol...more

Pair of Flintlock Twist Off Pocket Pistols by James Wilkinson

Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 17 of 269)

"38 Bore (.50 caliber). 1.75"" round twist-off barrels. SN: NSN. Blued finish, with checkered walnut bag grips. Single shot flint box lock twist off pocket pistols with f...more

Pair of Twist Off Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Cartmell of Dorchester

Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 18 of 269)

"42-Bore (.48 caliber). 1.6875"" round twist-off barrels. SN: NSN. Bright finish, with German silver grip caps and checkered walnut grips. Single shot flint box lock twis...more

Silesian Flintlock "Fokos" Axe Pistol with Combination Plug Bayonet/Tompion

Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 269)

".54 caliber. 26"" barrel length. SN: NSN. Iron round barrel and lockwork set in a full length walnut stock inlaid with white staghorn and mother of pearl. Single shot fl...more

Pair of Brass Cannon Barreled Flintlock Pistols by Alexander Thomson of Edinburgh

Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 20 of 269)

"Nominally .54 caliber bores, and .82"" at muzzles. 4"" multi-stage wedge retained octagon to round barrels with flared cannon muzzles. SN: NSN. Brass barrels and furnitu...more

European Flintlock Double Barrel Shotgun

Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 21 of 269)

"20 Gauge (full choke). 34.5"" side-by-side barrels with break off breaches, secured by two wedges. Browned finish, brass furniture, hardwood stock with raised cheek rest...more

Double Barrel Flintlock Shotgun by Durs Egg

Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 269)

"20 Bore. 30"" barrels secured by a single wedge. SN: NSN. Browned Damascus patterned finish, iron furniture, checkered straight-gripped walnut stock with checkered foren...mored. Muzzleloading double barrel flintlock shotgun. Flat faceted stepped flint locks are 4.625"" in length and are marked D Egg in script. Locks are lightly engraved with rounded and fenced bridled pans with roller frizzers and flat faceted swan neck cocks that are engraved ensuite with the locks. Touchholes are relined and pans are resurfaced with gilt. Frizzens do not fit the pans perfectly when closed. Breeches are decorated with gilt hunting scenes of a dog flushing pheasants, and the breeches and breech block are engraved with fine foliate scrolls. The barrel rib is marked LONDON in gold. The bottoms of the barrels show both Birmingham and London commercial proofs, indicating the barrels were likely produced in Birmingham and then used by Egg when he assembled the gun with the final completed firearm being proved in London. Iron furniture with light decorative engraving, particularly on the tirggerguard bow and finial, toe of shotgun with German silver shield shaped escutcheon that is unmarked. Wedge escutcheon of German silver as well. Includes a quality brass tipped wood ramrod that is of more recent vintage.Durs Egg (1748-1831) was the son of Swiss gunmaker Leon Egg. He emigrated to England and went to work for John Twigg in London circa 1772, where he learned the trade and became a naturalized citizen of England in 1791. He was a contractor to the British Ordnance Department 1784-1820 and received a number of British firearms patents for his various innovations. In 1815 Egg was made the official gun maker to King George IV and the Duke of York. Egg went blind in 1822 and died in 1831. His son George Frederick Egg and son in law Frederick Nicholls Devey both worked as gunmakers and continued the family business under the Durs Egg name through 1837, with John Egg (his grandson it appears) operating the business under the Durs Egg name from 1841-1865. The gun offered here was almost certainly produced during the lifetime of Durs Egg, as it appears to date from the first quarter of the 19th century. A lovely early 19th century flintlock double by a world famous English maker that displays very nicely. Very good. Bores about good, are dark, dirty and moderately oxidized with moderate roughness. Barrels with some of the Damascus patterned brown finish remaining, mixed with a moderately oxidized brown patina that makes the barrels appear to retain more finish than they do. Metal with some evenly distributed pinpricking and lightly scattered roughness. Touchholes relined, locks possibly with some restoration, but appear to be in original flint. Mechanically functional. Wood lightly refinished with crisp checkering and scattered bumps, dings and mars, a couple of minor chips around the lock mortises and a couple of minor slivers out along the upper edges of the forend. EST: $2000 - 4000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Flintlock Fowler by Blair & Sutherlands

Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 23 of 269)

".70 caliber. 42.125"" two-stage wedge retained slightly swamped octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, full-length walnut stock. Single shot ...moresmoothbore muzzleloading flintlock fowler. 5.125"" long flat stepped flint lock with teat at rear, an integral fenced and bridled iron pan and roller frizzen, and a flat faceted swan neck cock. Lock marked Blair & Co in script below the pan. Breech with Tower private proofs and marked B&S for Blair & Sutherlands. Top flat of barrel marked LONDON. Brass furniture includes a lightly engraved two-screw brass open work side plate, engraved triggerguard with pineapple finial, engraved buttplate and oval wrist escutcheon. A wooden ramrod is secured by two round brass thimbles with baluster turned ends and a brass entry pipe.The firm of David Blair & Richard Sutherlands worked as contractors to the Board of Ordnance circa 1799-1811. Blair formed another partnership with Adam Little, a Tower of London gunsmith, circa 1814-1818. Both makers also worked independently both before and after the period of their partnership. A lovely turn of the 19th-century English fowler in original flint with some restoration to the wood. Very good. Bore is moderately oxidized, dark, dirty and pitted. Barrel with a moderately oxidized plum brown patina that is somewhat mottled with some gray peaking through and what appears to be some traces of period brown finish. Metal mostly smooth with some scattered surface oxidation and some light pitting. Lock and barrel in original flint, as confirmed with endoscopic examination. Cock may be a replacement and the cock screw probably is an old replacement. Mechanically functional. Brass with a mellow golden patina. Wood with some wear and some well executed repairs in the forend. Roughly 4"" of the forend from the tip back contains spliced repairs as does much of the upper obverse edge of the stock from the middle pipe forward. These are concealed beneath added finish with the darker stain from the middle pipe forward doing a good job of hiding the numerous well executed repairs. Otherwise the wood shows scattered bumps, dings and mars. EST: $3000 - 5000 NOTES REGARDING FIREARMS*Requires Federal Firearms License (FFL). If you are not a license holder, we can ship to a license holder of your choosing for transfer.

Reconverted Flintlock Chief's Grade Trade Gun by Tryon

Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 24 of 269)

".58 caliber. 36"" three-stage octagon to round pinned barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, with brass and iron furniture, and a full-length walnut stock. Muzzleloading single...more

Flintlock North West Trade Gun Attributed by Barnett

Lot # 25 (Sale Order: 25 of 269)

".58 caliber smoothbore. 36.25"" pinned multi-stage octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Blued finish, brass and iron furniture, walnut stock. Single shot muzzleloading flin...more

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