Olympia Timed Autumn 2024

the first with double-edged blade inlaid with brass rondels, engraved brass hilt decorated with traditional designs, in its fishskin-covered woode...

cast with a series of projecting bands, presumably intended for a swivel mount, waisted at the breech and pierced with a pair of holes for ignitio...

◉ with curved blade of watered steel formed with a full length medial ridge on each face, characteristic walrus ivory hilt carved with a short cal...

◉ with curved blade of watered steel formed with a full length medial ridge on each face, characteristic walrus ivory hilt carved with a short cal...

with curved double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section lightly engraved in the centre of the forte on each face, hilt of characteristic form ...

with slightly curved single-edged blade, silver hilt embossed and chased with traditional scrollwork, flowers and foliage, in its matching scabbar...

with tapering sighted barrel formed in four stages, the muzzle formed as a stylised tiger’s head, cast with a band ahead of the breech, with integ...

one end arched the other double lobed, the red velvet (mashru) decorated with copper gilt studs with an ogival trellis and floret design, the sati...

with leaf-shaped blade, tapering socket decorated with incised ornament, on its wooden haft with spiked basal finial, 49.5 cm head

with fullered blade etched with foliage and the crowned Royal cypher, plated hilt of flattened bars carrying an alternating arrangement of square ...

the first of maroon leather, lined with blued velvet, with provision for thirty knives (one small tear, strap missing); the second similar, with p...

with robust iron head formed of a tapering forward portion of square section, slightly curved rear spike of sharply tapering square section, etche...

the first with etched blade including the owner's motto, crest and initials, battle honours to Sebastapol and the maker's details, regulation stee...

the first from a 1796 light cavalry trooper’s sword, inscribed ‘J. J. Runckel, Solingen’, on the back-edge; the second similar, with traces of an ...

with copper-alloy mounted leather skull formed with a crest, fitted with copper alloy helmet plate incorporating a pair of crossed axes and copper...

the skull engraved with the town name and date (refreshed), fitted with embossed crest, pivoting visor with crossed axes, and a pair of chin strap...

framed and glazed, including two Royal Fusiliers Regimentals, patriotic including 'Souvenir du Havre' (2) and 'Good Luck 1920', and hearts-and-flo...

comprising close helmet with one-piece skull fitted with visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots, the upper bevor pierc...

of typical form, on wooden base, 47.0 cm high including base

with steel bow retained by a pair of moulded irons, later string, walnut tiller carved with a mask beneath the fore-end (rest removed), bold chequ...

with slender steel bow retained by a pair of shaped irons, later string of twisted cord incorporating a pellet pouch, yew tiller of near square se...

each with iron body and turned wooden handle, together with an iron-tipped crossbow bolt, all contained in a wooden case, 60.7 cm long (the case)

with robust iron bow, string of twisted cord, and well constructed wooden tiller overlaid with stgahorn plaques with carved cheek-piece (nut, mech...

with slender steel bow fitted with later string, a pair of fore-sight pillars, built-in gaffle retained by a spring-catch at the rear, stamped wit...

the first with clawed ratchet-bar, gearbox, straight winding bar, turned wood handle and cord belt loop; the second of iron, with a rudimentary be...

of characteristic form, carved over the top, bottom and its lower edge with foliage in low relief, a rams-head in the round at the front, an elabo...

the first of iron, for 32 bore balls, with spru-cutter; the second, third and fourth modern, all in a wooden case with a small quantity of tools, ...

each with brass-mounted tubular iron body and later threaded iron handle, 29.8 cm overall (2)

with leather-covered wooden body (small losses) bound with iron edges (one chipped), reinforced at the corners and with three shaped rivetted plaq...

of polished cow horn, inscribed 'Sebastopol 1855', fitted with brass nozzle with spring cut-off, shaped brass basal cap fitted with a wooden stopp...

with copper-alloy nozzle with spring cut-off and a loop for suspension, and a pistol flask in 19th century style, the first: 23.2 cm (2)

with slender octagonal barrel (slightly bent and expertly repaired) retained by two slender iron bands, flat iron lock with external mechanism and...

with signed blued octagonal sighted barrel opened by a lever ahead of the trigger-guard and locked by a German silver catch on the left of the bre...

with sighted barrel with manufacturer's details 'Manufacture Francais D'Armes Et Cycles De St. Etienne' along the top in front of the back-sight, ...

with rifled barrel sleeved in brass, air release operated by a push-button and turn-off brass finial for the muzzle, screw-in air reservoir sectio...

with blued sighted barrel decorated with a matted panel within a linear frame obscuring the manufacturer's details along the top in front of the a...

with blued sighted barrel with manufacturer's details 'Manufacture Francais D'Armes Et Cycles De St. Etienne' along the top in front of the back-s...

with sighted barrel with the retailer's details in gold letters along the top in front of the adjustable back-sight, the breech stamped 'Acier' an...

the first browned twist octagonal, rifled with seven grooves, signed in gold capital letters on the flat, fitted with back-sight of two folding le...

with tapering barrel fitted with later copper alloy fore-sight, steel action with traces of engraving, fitted external mechanism including cocking...

the globe of copper alloy; an action for an airgun with percussion style cocking lever (restorations) and another action for an airgun (incomplete)

with tapering octagonal brass barrels moulded at the muzzles, box-lock actions engraved with symmetrical designs of foliage on each face, fitted w...

‡ with two-stage barrel, octagonal breech, stepped lock, figured rootwood stock with pommel of "bird's head" form, copper alloy mounts including s...

with tapering barrel moulded at the breech, border-engraved regulation lock with 'GR' crowned, regulation walnut full stock stamped with Ordnance ...

with turn-off barrel engraved around the muzzle, signed rounded action engraved with trophies-of-arms and fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety-c...

with turn-off barrel, box-lock action signed on the left, flat-sided walnut butt, and iron trigger-guard engraved with a star on the bow, 4.3 cm b...

An Essay on Shooting, Dublin, 1789, 306 pages, first edition, quarter leather binding, bearing bookplate for W.S. Curtis (Bill Curtis), and inscri...

To All Sportsmen, And Particularly Farmers, And Gamekeepers (Hanger on Sporting), London, 1814, 226 pages, rebound half-red Morocco with gilt titl...

comprising: Regaldi, Giuseppe, L'Armeria Reale di Torino, Torino, 1861, 69 pages, black quarter leather with marbled boards (very slight staining)...

The Oakleigh Code on Shooting, third edition, London, 1838, 207 pages, bearing bookplate for W.S. Curtis (Bill Curtis) (a few spots of foxing, sli...

The Sportsman’s Dictionary; Containing Instructions For Various Methods To Be Observed in Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farr...

The Art of Revolver Shooting, New York, 1901, first edition, 246 pages, gilt engraving to front board and spine, bearing bookplate for W.S. Curtis...

Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, Norwich, 1984, first edition, 475 pages (in excellent condition, with just a little wear to the edges of the du...

Teesdale, Edmund B., Gunfounding in the Weald in the sixteenth century (Monograph 2), 1991; Bartlett Wells, H. (trans.), European Crossbows: A Sur...

Imperial Austria: Treasures from the State of Styria, Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd, 1992 (2 copies), together with: Krenn, Peter, Harnisch und He...

The Life Adventures and Opinions of Colonel George Hanger, two volumes in one, New York edition, 1801, 206 pages (stained with some foxing, edges ...

Shooting: Its Appliances; Practice; and Purpose, London, 1875, 352 pages, with gilt engraving to front board and spine, signed 'Ashburnham 1875' t...

Sportascrapiana. Cricket and Shooting, Pedestrian, Equestrian, Rifle And Pistol Doings, Lion Hunting And Deer Stalking By Celebrated Sportsmen, Lo...

Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen by Frank Forrester, New York, 1856, with inscription dated 1904, 480 pages, bearing the bookplate for W.S. Cur...

Fowling a Poem, London, 1808, 150 pages, in five books on Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Woodcock, Duck, and Snipe Shooting, bearing bookplate for W...