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A Royal Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn. A Royal Navy official Government pattern, c.1800. Approx. 40cm long, with wood base and loading plug, 2 iron suspension rings on top. Brass nozzle with steel spring and loading lever. A very good example of the type that was used by both Army and Navy, good condition £100-£140
Hammer Price: £320
A Royal Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn, engraved to H.M.S. Endimion. Approx. 38cm long. A wonderful example of shipboard sailor work, featuring a slight naïve scrimshaw engraving of the ship, with below the title ‘INDYMYON’, a crowned lion over another crown, stylised thistle, 2 intertwined turtle doves, stylised thistle, &c. The nozzle appears to be a Russian one captured from Baltic operations, with their anchor Acceptance stamp. 2 iron suspension rings on top, good condition £400-£500
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn. Very finely engraved with ships, sailors, &c. 46cm long. Exceptional quality, showing one side a frigate under sail, Union flag waving. Below this ‘Jack Tar’ is seated bottle in hand, his arm around his sweetheart. The other side has a horse racing scene, jockee crop in mouth, pushing his horse onwards, with a many turretted castle above. ‘Love & Unity’ motto on side. Wooden plug in bottom. One brass ring missing from side, generally very good...
Hammer Price: £260
A Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn. Tightly woven round with cord. 32cm long. British, or possibly American, c.1780. An outstanding example of shipboard sailor ropework, having taken very many hours to weave. Turned hardwood nozzle, and matching ropework shoulder sling, good condition £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
A Bronze bust of Nelson. Mounted on a black figured marble plinth. 33cm high, showing Nelson in uniform with his awards. Very fine quality and detail. Signed ‘Fredericks’ across the back, and inscribed ‘Nelson’ on lower front, extremely good condition £150-£200
A Copper bust of Nelson on a Wooden Plinth. Made from copper from Nelson’s flagship. Very finely detailed, 29cm high, very attractive dark bronze colouring, front named ‘Nelson’, left side ‘Made of Copper from Nelson’s Flagships’, right side ‘Presented by British & Foreign Sailors Society’. Base has around it a shortened ‘HMS Victory’ cap tally. Very slight paint wear to plinth, very good condition £150-£200
Hammer Price: £850
A Copeland Parian ware bust of Nelson. Finely detailed, 25cm high, very good quality, showing him both medals, missing right arm folded across his chest. Rear chipped over Copeland name, otherwise very good condition £100-£140
Hammer Price: £80
A Pair of c.1800 lignum vitea Drum Sticks. Wrapped in a large sheet of parchment on which is written in ink, ‘Drum sticks used Nelson’s funeral by W. Hall great uncle of John Arthur Godon on his father’s side’. Believed played by Able Seaman William Hall of H.M.S. Victory at Nelson’s funeral, good condition (2) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £650
Beads made from the deck of H.M.S. Victory. An old card, 200mm x 145mm, with 2 rows of wooden beads, with black ink inscription below reading ‘Made made from a plank from the deck of the “Victory” where Nelson was shot. Procured by Sir J. Henshaw (late Chief Surveyor of the Navy) immediately after the return from Trafalgar.’ A smaller inscription inside a much smaller row also reads ‘From a very ancient beam of oak Rochester Cathedral’, good condition and an interesting relic ...
A Copper Coffee Pot from the Midshipmen’s Mess of H.M.S. Euryalus. Stands 18cm high, turned wood handle on one side. Finely engraved with a large fouled anchor and ‘HMS Euryalus’, good condition £80-£100
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Lloyd’s Trafalgar Patriotic Fund Casualty Certificate. 450mm x 350mm and housed in an old very good quality gilt frame. The Certificate inscribed ‘Lloyd’s February 18, 1806 Sir, I am directed by the Committee to inform you, that at a General Meeting held this day, they voted you the Sum of Five pounds, as a testimony of their sense of the Loss you sustained by the Death of your Son the late Ralph Forster, Marine, of his Majesty’s Ship Royal Sovereign, killed in action with the...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A British Trafalgar Period Silver Mounted Naval Dirk in Scabbard. Straight crossguard with full set of London hallmarks for 1804, maker's stamp 'GT’. Blade 30cm with centre fuller, possibly an older 'family' 17th-century one. Black leather scabbard with top and bottom silver mounts, bottom one with lion silver hallmark and 'GT' maker's stamp. Slight pitting towards the point, otherwise very good condition and very scarce to find a silver dateable weapon like this £300-£400
Hammer Price: £400
A British Trafalgar Period Silver Mounted Naval Dirk in Scabbard. A slightly ‘S’ shaped silver coloured crossguard, pommel and feel. Blade 30cm with centre fuller, possibly an older ‘family’ 17th-century one. Very rare form of metal scabbard in the form of a lacquered black leather scabbard with top and bottom silver mounts, and suspension chain with a particularly unusual polish horn plate that slips under belt. Slight wear to black lacquer, very good condition £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
A British Trafalgar Period Silver Mounted Naval Dirk with Agate Grip in Scabbard. A slightly ‘S’ shaped crossguard, pommel, and ferrel. Very scarce super quality dark brown agate grip. Double edged blade 33cm. Black finely tooled leather scabbard with top, centre, and bottom silver coloured mounts. Patches of slight pitting on blade, crack across lower part of grip, generally good condition and extremely rare to find a dirk with an agate grip of this period £300-£400
A British Trafalgar Period Brass Mounted Naval Dirk in Scabbard. A fine quality dirk, with a very unusual crossguard shaped like an anchor, lion head pommel. Double edged 35cm blade. Brown leather scabbard with top, centre, and bottom brass fittings, very good condition £460-£550
A British Georgian Brass Mounted Naval Dirk, c.1810, in Scabbard associated with the Naval Hero Sir Sidney Smith, with original paperwork. The dirk belonged to Sir Sidney's nephew, George Sidney Smith, a midshipman. It is of very unusual form, more like a stilleto, of heavy 'needle' shape, 23cm blade, designed for stabbing. Bright gilded circular brass fittings to grip, crossguard very slightly loose. Gilded brass scabbard, very finely engraved with leaves. Together with 2 manuscript...
Hammer Price: £480
A British 1805 Dated Trafalgar P.1801 Long Sea Service Pistol. An excellent example, the wood stock dated just behind the lockplate ‘1805’ and with the crowned Broad Arrow property stamp. Overall length 50cm, barrel 31cm with very clear Government proof stamps. Lock with ‘Tower' and crown GR and Acceptance Stamp under pan. Belt hook with Government Acceptance Stamp on left side. ‘SK' stock maker's stamp above, Government stamps behind. With brass-tipped original ramrod, extremely...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A British Boarding Axe, c.1805. A rare item, very few having survived, 58cm overall, head 22cm wide. Blade stamped right side with inverted double Government Broad Arrow mark to show that it had been sold out of store. Other side with maker’s name 'I. Sargent'. Retains almost all its original black protective paint. These axes were distributed in racks throughout ships for immediate use. Board of Ordnance stamped, hence the hole drilled up into the haft so that they could be kept on...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A French P.1786 Sea Service Pistol. Lock marked Manuf. Nle de Tulle [Manuafture Nalational de Tulle, the town of Tulle containing the main French arsenal producing guns for the French Navy]. Overall length 41cm, barrel 23cm, with steel belthook on left side. Type used at Trafalgar. Some areas of very light pitting on the barrel, generally good condition £700-£900
Hammer Price: £900
A French Marine Flintlock M.1786/An.IX 1800 Musket. Overall length 152cm, barrel 114cm. Lock marked 'Mre. Nle. De Tulle' [Manuafture Nalational de Tulle, the town of Tulle containing the main French arsenal producing guns for the French Navy]. A rare gun in any case, of particular interest is that it is engraved "2' over a '3', a British rack number, on the top of the buttplate indicating that it had been captured in battle by the Royal Navy and re-used on a British warship, very good...
Hammer Price: £600
A French Marine Flintlock M.1786/An.IX 1800 Carbine. Overall length 114cm, barrel 76cm. Lock marked 'Manufr. Imp. de Charveleville'. A very rare gun, the only difference between this and the standard French Army AnIX carbine is that the Navy carbine’s centre band was brass and the Army’s was iron, brass not rusting. These carbines were usually issued to sharpshooters manning the upper platforms of French warships, and it might well have been a carbine of this pattern that was used to...
Hammer Price: £750
A French Navy M.1782 Brass Hilted Cutlass. Blade 62cm, acceptance stamp on right side. Underside of hilt engraved ‘AMIE DU PORT DE TOULON’, and below the sword's issue number, 362. Most probably captured during the British occupation of Toulon in 1793, during which a young French Artillery officer distinguished himself, good condition £460-£550
Hammer Price: £1,700
A French Navy M. An.XI (1802) Sheet Iron Hilted Cutlass. Black painted hilt. Blade 69cm, maker's details faint on back edge, acceptance stamps on blade. In original black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Type used at Trafalgar, good condition £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,300
A French Marine's Briquet, dated 1804. An Infantry Grenadier Pattern M.1770, stamped 'Dumont' [47 rue de la Calandre] on knuckle bow. Overall length 75cm, slightly curved blade 61cm, stamped just under crossguard with Revolutionary fasces acceptance mark. With its original black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Another type used at Trafalgar. Leather somewhat worn and mounts dented, blade with some patches of light pitting and some staining, reasonable condition £260-£300
Hammer Price: £380
A French Marine's Briquet, by Varnier and Compe. A rare example by this very small Company c.1790. Overall length 81cm, slightly curved blade 69cm, left side etched with an anchor, back edge marked ‘Varnier et Compe’, brass hilt, good condition £260-£300
Hammer Price: £200
A French Naval Officer's Dirk, c.1800. A particularly fine quality example, 51cm, double edged 36cm blade etched with flowers, maker's initials 'S.H.', traces of original blued & gilt finish. Bright gilded crossguard and pommel, large high relief fouled anchor in centre of crossguard, finely chequered black ebony grip, missing an oval badge in centre, gilded chain knuckle-bow. Brown leather scabbard with gilded top and bottom fittings, slight wear to gilding, generally very good condition...
A French Navy Officer's Sword c.1800. 78cm overall, slightly curved blade 65cm etched with foliage. Brass hilt, front langet with detailed high relief fouled anchor. Black ebony finely chequered grip, good condition £400-£500
Hammer Price: £340
A French Navy Officer's Sword M. An.XII (1803). 87cm overall, blade 73cm, traces of original gilding, lightly etched with stands of arms, and foliage. Brass hilt retaining about 50% bright gilding. Anchor on 2 crossed flags on centre of hilt. Fine quality black horn hilt, generally good condition £500-£700
Hammer Price: £550
A French Navy Boarding Axe, c.1805. Retains almost all its original black protective paint. 53cm long. Belt hook on other side to blade and spike. These axes were distributed in racks throughout ships for immediate use. The paint was to protect them from rust that would blunt the edges, very good condition £360-£440
A French Navy Admiral and General Staff Officer's Sword M. An.XII (1803). Overall 97cm long, double edged 79cm. Superb quality heavily gilded brass hilt retaining almost all original finish. Crossguard has Neptune holding his trident on front, and a large anchor on the back. Inside of guard has a large high relief anchor, silver wire grip, and Greco-Roman helmet pommel. Small spots of very light pitting on blade, generally very good condition £500-£700
A French General Officer's Epee Style Sword, c.1810. A particularly fine quality hilt retaining about 95% original bright gilding. 97cm overall. On front shell guard is an impressive high relief stand of arms depicting an elaborate Roman-style helmet over a similar breastplate with a standard, cannon barrel, etc., below. Grip with mother-of-pearl plaques each side. Pommel is a helmet similar to that on the shell guard, but with a visor. The three-sided blued and gilt 83cm blade retains much...
Hammer Price: £500
A French Imperial Old Guard Infantry Officer’s Sword in Original Scabbard. Overall length 86cm, slightly curved blade 68cm etched with stands of arms, foliage, etc., traces of blueing and gilding, maker's mark 'I S & G’. Brass hilt with large silver finely detailed head of Napoleon depicted as a Roman emperor wearing a laurel leaf crown. Thin wire bound grip. Brass mounted black leather scabbard, with old repair just above the bottom mount, reasonable condition £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,500
A French Line Infantry Briquet Model An.IX. Brass hilt with traces of maker's stamps. Blade 59cm, back edge marked ‘Manufre Imple Du Klingenthal Juin 1815’. In original black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Very slight wear to the scabbard leather, good condition £400-£500
A French Marine Infantry Model An.IX Briquet, dated February 1815. Brass hilt with maker's stamps and Anchor stamp. Blade 59cm, back edge marked ‘... Fevier 1815’ [‘Manf. Royale’ removed after Napoleon's return]. In original black leather scabbard with brass mounts, top one with Anchor stamp, good condition and very rare to find an example produced during the 100 Days £200-£240
Hammer Price: £240
An Imperial Guard Horse Grenadier's Officer's Sword. An exceptionally rare, massive sword, overall length 114cm, blade 98cm lightly etched with stands of arms, foliage, &c. Superb quality gilded brass hilt, large shell guard with big silver colour flaming grenade retained by 2 small nuts. Leather covered grip, with brass wire binding, good condition, rare £1,000-£1,400
A French Imperial Guard Sapper’s Sword. Distinctive cockerel head brass hilt. Overall length 84cm, slightly curved blade 66cm. In its original black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Blade retains much original factory polish, very good condition £500-£700
A French Light Cavalry Sabre M.AnXI (1802). A particularly fine example, the 90cm blade retaining almost all original finish, back edge maker marked ‘Mfure Imple du Klingenthal Juin 1813', indicating that it was one of the weapons produced that year by the French to replace the huge number lost in Russia, 1812. Three bar brass hilt, black leather grip with oval brass stud in centre. In its original heavy iron scabbard, with 2 suspension rings, extremely good condition £600-£800
A French Army Gendarme An.IX Pattern Pistol. Of the pattern carried by Army standard bearers and fanion bearers. Overall length 25cm, barrel 13cm, side dated 1811', tang marked 'M. An.9'. Lockplate marked Mauberg. Manuf. Imp.'. Left side of stock very clearly stamped 1811' over 'EF', both in circle. A particularly fine example of the Patter carried in Russia in 1812 and later at Waterloo. Retains much of the original Arsenal finish, very good condition £600-£800
A French Cuirrassier's M.1807 Backplate. Nine brass studs along the bottom edge and six around the neck. There is a musket ball hole on the lower right side. By the size of the hole it would be reasonable to assume that this was caused by a British musket ball. It would have carried with it into the wearer’s body the scraps of steel from the armour, plus material from the liner and his uniform, almost certainly killing him, good condition, apart from the bullet hole £360-£440
A Duke of Wellington Funeral Pass dated 18 November 1852. The Funeral Pass is for the inhabitants of No. 59 Fleet Street. Together with the Authorised Programme describing the order of the procession, the participants, description of the funeral car, flags carried, &c., as well as associated documents. There is also a British Passport Document, dated 28 February, 1876, made out to Mary Emma Jackson Brown, and a watercolour of her and her husband. A hand-written note reads 'This lady in the...
£360–£440
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