Auction 55- Fine and Scarce Antique Arms & Armour
Saturday, December 12, 2015 | 10:00 AM EUR (CET)
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Auction 55- Fine and Scarce Antique Arms & Armour
Saturday, December 12, 2015 | 10:00 AM EUR (CET)
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Fine and Scarce Antique Arms & Armour
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A snaphaunce flintlock by Cerboncelli
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 100-200
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: Tuscany Finely engraved with the effigy of a house and floral motifs. Sliding pan cover; signed "Cerboncelli Anghiari" at the inside. dimensions: length 15.1 cm.
A beautiful snaphaunce flintlock
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: 18th Century provenance: Tuscany Roundish plate, chiselled with a mask at the end, at the centre an applied mount depicting a grotesque figure with anthropomorphic bust and head and racemes instead of legs, the screws carved as masks, the pan decorated with a mask, a bearded man on the pan cover. Weak hammer. dimensions: length 11.2 cm.
A fine miquelet flintlock for a pistol
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 250-350
dating: 18th Century provenance: Italy Small lock signed "BARTOLETTA" at the lower border, finely chiselled and engraved with floral motifs, batterie with mask. dimensions: length 10.4 cm.
A rare miquelet flintlock
Lot # 4 (Sale Order: 4 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: third quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Naples Engraved lock with deep mark, the hammer with fine engraved and chiselled decorations, partially pierced with floral motifs, the batterie decorated en suite. Similar engraving and chiselling at the inside too. dimensions: length 12.7 cm.
A rare miquelet flintlock
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: 18th Century provenance: Naples Lock with the crowned stamp "FR DI NAP", featuring fine, floral engravings, the borders oblique at the centre; the hammer decorated en suite, the screws of the hammer and the batterie both covered with medallions featuring a bust on gilt ground, beautiful batterie with high-relieved mask, the central segment of the face on the mask, in correspondence with the nose and the mouth, can be moved through a small spring; at the inside a long signature (not entirely clear) "A NI GA PACI f..". dimensions: length 14.8 cm.
A roman style left lock
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 100-150
dating: 18th Century provenance: Central Italy Flintlock; with smooth, flat plate, the hammer engraved and chiselled with curls, angled frames at the base of the neck, slightly chiselled spring, squared pan with angled frames, the batterie chiselled with curls and leaves. dimensions: length 12 cm.
A roman style flintlock by Ferrucci
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 300-400
dating: last quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Central Italy Elegant lock with recessed border, slightly engraved and chiselled, signed "Ferrucci" at the inside. Scarce signature. dimensions: length 13.7 cm.
A roman style flintlock
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: second quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Central Italy Flat lock with recessed edge, finely engraved with floral motifs, at the inside the monogram "CBA" (? slightly legible). In patina, with superficial areas of rust. Good quality. dimensions: length 15.8 cm.
A roman style flintlock by Bianchi
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 300-400
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: Central Italy Lock with oblique borders, the edge of the plate signed "B. BIANCH", featuring floral engravings, the hammer finely engraved and chiselled. dimensions: length 14.8 cm.
A fine roman style lock marked Celalba
Lot # 10 (Sale Order: 10 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 500-700
dating: 18th Century provenance: Central Italy Flintlock with flat plate, featuring remains of an engraved mask at the centre, on the tang a fine, chiselled, relieved mask with engraved racemes on the ground; the screw of the hammer with a relieved face featured on the pan too, the surface of the neck engraved as a bird, the jaws decorated with floral motifs, the border of the spring engraved with a band of foliage. The back of the lock marked "CELALBA".Celalba is a small village in the municipality of San Giustino (PG), Italy, for nearly four-hundred years it was the seat of the Repubblica di Cospaia, a very small buffer state between Medici and Papal lands. It had a prosper production of tobacco and an important production and trade of fire arms. See "Repertorio Storico degli Archibugiari Italiani" by Bruno Barbirolo, pages 583-584. dimensions: length 13,8 cm.
A roman style flintlock by Guardiani
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Tuscany With flat plate featuring floral decorations, hammer and spring chiselled and engraved, the screw of the hammer with a small medallion depicting a bust; the inside surface signed, dated and numbered "Guardiani 1818 N 1909". dimensions: length 13.7 cm.
A beautiful and big flintlock by Reissmuller
Lot # 12 (Sale Order: 12 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 700-900
dating: early 18th Century provenance: Saxony Large plate finely engraved with the effigy of a hunter on horseback chasing, with his hound, a deer in the wood, under the spring the signature "REISSMÜLLER". Scarce in a big size like this one. dimensions: length 25 cm.
A wheel-lock
Lot # 13 (Sale Order: 13 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 400-600
dating: mid-17th Century provenance: Brescia Smooth, flat lock with eternal wheel, with frame and floral engravings; sliding pan cover; floral engravings on the inside surface. Surface with pitting. dimensions: length 18 cm.
A rare left side wheel lock for a rifle
Lot # 14 (Sale Order: 14 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 1000-1500
dating: mid-12th Century provenance: Germany Big, lock with flat plate and inside wheel, finely engraved with the effigy of queen, sailing ships, monument and floral motifs, under the pan cover (fixed, not mobile) the monogram "I P". Mobile spark arrester. Big, engraved hammer. Small, floral engravings on the inside. dimensions: length 22.8 cm.
A flintlock powder tester
Lot # 15 (Sale Order: 15 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 350-450
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France Provided with a scaled, iron wheel held by a spring; boxlock-type frame signed "Pre Voteau / le Jeune" on one side, and "A Paris" on the other; rear hammer and batterie, slightly chiselled, the trigger guard engraved with floral motifs; wooden grip checkered on the back. In a case, more recent, with plaque on the back marked "MG". dimensions: length 16 cm.
A flintlock lighter
Lot # 16 (Sale Order: 16 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 450-550
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Europe With tubular, two-stage magazine for the tinders, faceted and round, with ring at the girdle and another ring by the mouthpiece similar to a moulded muzzle, provided with a cover which can be opened by pressing the small button on the back, with handle. Box-lock type mechanism with rear hammer (detachable upper jaw) and batterie, trigger with trigger guard; checkered, wooden grip, chiselled with shell on the sides and hollow scales on the back, iron butt-plate. Provided with a folding pedestal in the lower part. Interesting lighter with magazine for the tinders shaped as a barrel which makes it look like a pocket pistol. dimensions: length 22 cm.
A snaphaunce flintlock pistol
Lot # 17 (Sale Order: 17 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 1400-1800
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: Tuscany Smooth, round, two-stage, 11 mm cal. barrel with rings at the girdle and floral engravings at the edges; snaphaunce flintlock chiselled with high -and bas-relieved busts, on the screw a medallion with masks, the hammer with snake, sliding pan cover; slightly sculpted, wooden full stock, partially pierced iron mounts, chiselled and engraved with busts, snakes and floral motifs. Belt hook. Horn-tipped wooden ramrod. dimensions: length 34 cm.
A snaphaunce flintlock pistol
Lot # 18 (Sale Order: 18 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 1400-1800
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: Tuscany Smooth, round, 11 mm cal. barrel with square base decorated with a brass medallion, engraved trophies, the rib engraved with floral motifs, moulded muzzle; snaphaunce flintlock chiselled with a high-relieved bust, medallion with masks on the screws, the rest engraved with floral motifs, sliding pan cover; slightly sculpted, briarwood full stock, brass mounts partially pierced and engraved with busts and floral motifs. Belt hook missing. Iron ramrod. dimensions: length 34 cm.
A snaphaunce flintlock pistol by Pacini
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 1500-1800
dating: second quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Tuscany Smooth, two-stage, 12 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with gold-inlaid stamps of Pistoia, round at the second one with rings at the girdle; engraved tang; fine lock, chiselled and engraved, signed "IL PACINO", at the end a high-relieved mask, a medallion-shaped mask on the screw of the hammer, the plate engraved with the effigy of a tied up man in front of trophies, sliding pan cover; briarwood full stock with brass mounts finely engraved with busts and floral motifs, butt-plate with a large, bas-relieved mask. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod. For Pacini see Barbiroli "Repertorio storico degli archibugiari italiani dal XIV al XX secolo", page 402. dimensions: length 31.5 cm.
A over and under barrelled percussion pistol by Zanicotti
Lot # 20 (Sale Order: 20 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 300-450
dating: mid-19th Century provenance: North Italy Smooth, octagonal, over and under, 15 mm cal. barrels with foresight; lateral ramrod missing; backward spring locks signed "G. Zanicotti" and "Cremona", engraved with with floral motifs; grooved, wooden butt with silver mounts, trigger guard with the relieved effigy of a hound in front of a tree, butt-plate with shells and leaves. dimensions: length 30.5 cm.
An elegant travelling roman style flintlock pistol
Lot # 21 (Sale Order: 21 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 500-650
dating: late 18th Century provenance: Central Italy Smooth, two-stage, brass, 9 mm cal. barrel; roman style flintlock, slightly chiselled; briarwood stock (small restorations) with brass mounts engraved with floral motifs; brass-tipped wooden ramrod. dimensions: length 23 cm.
A beautiful pistol converted to percussion by Acquafresca
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 800-1200
dating: 18th Century provenance: North Italy Smooth, two-stage, 12 mm cal. barrel with mark at the base; lock converted to percussion, engraved with dog and floral motifs, under the piston the signature "AFresca"; slightly sculpted, wooden full stock with steel mounts, chiselled and engraved, the counter-plate pierced with the effigy of a bust between racemes (the right side with antique restoration), trigger guard with bust, butt-plate with bust and floral decorations, on the back the effigy of a woman with flaming crown between racemes, a small bust on the fist barrel bracket. Iron ramrod. dimensions: length 29 cm.
A flintlock pistol by Nicoletto
Lot # 23 (Sale Order: 23 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 800-1200
dating: last quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Brescia Smooth, round, 10 mm cal. barrel with octagonal base, decorated with silver inlays, the rib signed "NICOLETTO"; engraved tang; brass lock singed "P. NICOLETTO" on the border, decorated with open-works of silver layers engraved with houses and floral motifs, engraved hammer; slightly sculpted, wooden full stock, brass mounts finely engraved with floral motifs; on the back a silver shield with a crowned bust. Replaced ramrod. For Nicoletto see Barbiroli "Repertorio storico degli archibugiari italiani dal XIV al XX secolo" page 395; another pistol features his signature on the barrel and the brass lock enriched with silver decorations. dimensions: length 32 cm.
A beautiful miquelet flintlock pistol
Lot # 24 (Sale Order: 24 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 2000-2400
dating: 18th Century provenance: Southern Italy Smooth, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with a crowned mark (unclear) between lilies and brass filigree decorations, round at the second part with slightly bell-mouthed nozzle, rings and acanthus leaves at the girdle; elegant lock finely engraved with bas-relieved floral motifs; slightly sculpted, wooden full stock with brass mounts engraved with floral motifs, enriched with engraved, silver plaques, on the counter-plate and the back the depiction of a village on the hills, under the barrel a dove on a roof and a sailing ship, trigger guard and barrel-brackets engraved with floral motifs, on the butt-plate a high-relieved, silver medallion depicting the face of a native. Silver-tipped wooden ramrod. dimensions: length 31 cm.
A very interesting and rare flintlock pistol in roman style
Lot # 25 (Sale Order: 25 of 919)
Estimate - Range: 2500-3500
dating: 17th Century provenance: Central Italy Long, smooth, round, 11 mm cal. barrel with square base and rib signed "GIACOM ZAMBONET", the base engraved with trophies and decorated with chiselled rings, the nozzle with brass moulded muzzle; on the tang the effigy of a man with helmet and sword in brass. Roman style flintlock with beautiful engravings and chiselling, at the end a high-relieved mask, another one on the batterie, at the inside surface of the plate the monogram "P.R.". Fine, wooden stock with peculiar, brass mounts featuring bas -and high-relived decorations; the counter-plate pierced with mythical animals, the trigger guard with the effigy of a bearded man with a flower on the forehead, under the barrel the effigy of a figure holding a face; butt-plate with large mask, the back with a face and mythical figures with mask and feathers. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod with iron cartridge extractor. Iron belt hook. dimensions: length 49.5 cm.
