The Flintlock Collection

Joseph Manton, LONDON, serial no. 1226

lynda — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:50:41 +0000

Flintlock, converted to caplock and reconverted to flintlock, with 31 ¾ inch rebrowned twist barrels, silver fore-sight, patent recessed breeches each with gold-lined touch hole, gold-lined maker’s mark and gold-inlaid line, foliate engraved grooved tang, signed flat bevelled border engraved locks each engraved with a martial trophy on the stepped tail and with rain-proof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip,vacant wrist escutcheon, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and brass-mounted ramrod with worm, London proof marks. The serial number is marked on the barrels and on the breeches. Length of pull 14 ? inches.
Literature: W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p. 218.

East India Co.

lynda — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:02:08 +0000

With 21 ½ inch flared iron barrel measuring 1 ¾ inches internally at the muzzle and stamped with London proof marks at the breech, plain tang, slightly rounded lock engraved with the E. I. C. lion and date 1809 across the tail, a crowned 2 under the pan, walnut hand rail full stock of sea service type with standard brass mounts including flat butt cap, plain trigger guard and single ramrod pipe, the side plate stamped ‘BULLION OFFICE No. 2’, brass tipped ramrod.

William Jover

lynda — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:59:35 +0000

With 28 ½ inch swamped octagonal barrel marked LONDON on the top flat and cut with 14 spiral grooves, the tang finely engraved with floral motifs, flat bevelled lock signed ‘Jover’, walnut full stock with crisp chain and dot chequering at the wrist, brass mounts including butt plate with engraved tang, trigger guard engraved with flower head and with an acorn finial, horn tipped ram rod.

H.W. Mortimer & Co.

lynda — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:55:26 +0000

With tapering 14 inch blued barrel profusely decorated with gold-inlaid flowering foliage, bands of running foliage, crescent moons, stars, an urn and crown, signed ‘H.W. Mortimer & co. London’ on a gold-inlaid ribbon, gold-lined touch-hole, gilt fore-sight, blued tang decorated en suite with a further crown, flat border engraved blued lock with ‘French’ cock, roller and gold-lined rainproof pan, and decorated with gold-inlaid foliage, a trophy of arms, and gold inlaid maker’s stamp, figured walnut full stock profusely decorated with inlaid silver panels finely engraved with foliage, bouquets of flowers, eastern trophies of arms and an urn of fruit with silver wire scrollwork bearing further foliage and flower-heads between, finely cast and chased silver-gilt mounts including spurred pommel decorated in high relief with Eastern trophies of arms against a stippled ground, silver gilt ramrod-pipes each engraved with a sunburst, and original ramrod with silver-gilt tip engraved with further sunbursts

Robert Wogdon, London

lynda — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:52:19 +0000

With 9 ¾ inch swamped rebrowned twist sighted barrels each signed ‘Wogdon LONDON’ on the sighting flat and engraved with a band of beadwork at the breech, scroll engraved tangs each incorporating the rear-sight, flat bevelled bolted detented locks each signed ‘Wogdon’ and with stepped-tail, figured walnut full stocks each with flat-sided butt with diamond chequering, blued engraved mounts including trigger-guards each with acorn finial, set triggers, and original ramrods, one with powder-measure and worm, London proof marks and maker’s mark of Robert Wogdon, in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including red-leather-covered two-way flask, the exterior with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form.
Provenance: W. Keith Neal Collection.

H.W. Mortimer & Son

lynda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:53:42 +0000

With 32 inch rebrowned twist sighted barrel engraved with a sunburst and signed ‘LONDON GUN MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY’ towards the breech, case-hardened engraved patent breech with gold-lined maker’s stamp ‘H.W. Mortimer & Son 89 Fleet Street’, gold-inlaid line and platinum-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with a hound chasing a hare, flat engraved lock signed ‘H.W. Mortimer & Son’ with rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip and raised cheek-piece, engraved iron mounts including scrolled trigger-guard and trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former engraved with initials, silver fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks, in its fitted mahogany case lined in green baize with some accessories including two iron shot-chargers and two extra steels, the lid with Mortimer & Son trade label, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular brass escutcheon.

Provenance: W. Keith Neal Collection

Prosser

lynda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Each pistol with 9 inch octagonal twist sighted barrel retaining traces of original browning, signed on the top flats ‘PROSSER CHARING CROSS LONDON’ and with a gold line at the breech platinum touch hole, finely engraved tang incorporating the rear sight, flat signed bolted locks with border engraving and a sunburst behind the pan, cock and roller frizzen engraved en suite, walnut full stocks with saw handled chequered grips and flat oval butts, engraved iron mounts including trigger guards pineapple finials, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, horn tipped ramrods, one with worm, set triggers; in their original green baize lined (some moth damage) mahogany case with accessories including three way red leather covered brass mounted flask (some damage to the leather), the lid with original trade label and circular brass recessed carrying handle.

An unusual set in original and ‘sleepy’ condition.

John Manton & Son, Dover Street

lynda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:07:14 +0000

With 30 inch rebrowned twist barrels engraved ‘Dover Street’ on the raised rib and with silver fore-sight, recessed patent breeches each with platinum line, platinum-lined maker’s stamp and platinum-lined touch-hole, grooved tang engraved with scrollwork and an open book, all on a hatched ground, signed engraved serial numbered bevelled locks each with square stepped tail, blued steel-spring, large roller, rainproof pan, engraved frizzen with lip in the pan-cover, and engraved ‘French’ cock, finely figured maple half-stock with chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts including serial numbered trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner’s crest and coronet, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod: in green baize lined mahogany case, the inside of the lid with maker’s trade label for circa 1815 to 1820, the exterior with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon, London proof marks

Provenance;
The late J.M. Donald, Christie’s, London, Antique Arms and Armour, 18 July 1973, lot 207 (1,400 gns)
Major David Back Collection

Literature:
Christie’s Review of the Season 1973, p. 445
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, p. 62
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 44

Griffin, Joseph of London

lynda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:04:27 +0000

With two-stage 41 inch Spanish barrel with chiselled girdle and silver spider fore-sight, octagonal breech with gold-lined maker’s stamps of Agostino Bustindui (Neue Støckel 7165), a gold-lined cross above, and inlaid around the marks and behind the girdle with engraved silver scrollwork, gold-lined touch-hole, grooved tang finely engraved with rococo ornament and foliage, signed flat bevelled lock and cock engraved en suite, figured full stock with take-down fore-end and carved in relief with a shell behind the tang, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced trophy of arms side-plate, trophy of arms escutcheon engraved with owner’s crest, butt-plate with a trophy of arms and foliage against a punched ground on the tang, border engraved trigger-guard with shell and flower finials, the bow engraved en suite with the lock, silver ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped ramrod. London Silver Hallmarks for 1765, Maker’s Mark of John King.

John Harman, London

lynda — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:41:13 +0000

With 38 ¼ inch two-stage Spanish barrel with gold spider fore-sight, the octagonal breech inlaid with engraved gold decoration and with two gold-lined maker’s stamps of Francisco Antonio Baeza Y Bis of Madrid (Neue Støckel 7058-9), gold-lined touch-hole, engraved grooved tang, signed engraved flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, figured full stock carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang and rear ramrod-pipe, engraved cast and chased silver mounts including trigger-guard with floral finials, and pierced side-plate in the form of a sportsman at rest with his dogs and hanging game, vacant rococo escutcheon with a satyr’s head above, three engraved spring-held silver barrel bands in the Spanish fashion, and silver-tipped ramrod with worm.

Provenance:
Alfred Cox, Glendoick, Perthshire
W. Keith Neal Collection G 468

For another gun with an identical side-plate, formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection, see W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes, 1989, pp. 68-69, pl. 21e