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A Fine Cased Pair Of Irish 38-Bore Percussion Saw-Handled Duelling Or Target Pistols By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, Dublin, Nos. 9748 And 9749 For 1847 With etched twist octagonal sighted barres (one with minor marks on the top flat behind the fore-sight) each signed in gothic script along the top flat and with bright bore, case-hardened breeches engraved with foliage on top and each with three platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tangs and border engraved detented back-action locks, the former each with blued back-sight, the latter signed in gothic script on a scroll, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stocks (some old bruising) each with characteristic spur and chequered rounded butt with flat ovoidal pommel, steel mounts comprising border engraved case-hardened pommel-caps each with retaining screw centred on a foliate scroll, fore-end caps en suite, blued spur trigger-guards, trigger-plates and turned rear ramrod-pipes, the first each decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, the second (some loss of finish) each with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, vacant silver escutcheons, border engraved steel barrel-bolt escutcheons, set triggers, original wooden ramrods serial numbered to the pistols and each with threaded brass cap over the worm, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case serial numbered to the pistols and with some accessories including Dixon & Son brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with John Rigby & Co. trade label of circa 1866, the exterior (old split along the top) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle 21.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Literature D.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmakers: Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p.114. Recorded as 'Pair of saw-handled duelling pistols Cased' and sold to A. Thistlethwaite, 85 Light Infantry for £26.5.0 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest client services team.
For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:
Buyer's Premium Rates
28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.
A 3rd party bidding platform fee of 4% of the Hammer Price for Buyers using the following bidding platforms will be added to the invoices of successful Buyers for auctions starting on or after 6th July 2024 – Invaluable; Live Auctioneers; The Saleroom; Lot-tissimo.
VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.
For payment information please refer to the sale catalog.
For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.
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A Fine Cased Pair Of Irish 38-Bore Percussion Saw-Handled Duelling Or Target Pistols By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, Dublin, Nos. 9748 And 9749 For 1847 With etched twist octagonal sighted barres (one with minor marks on the top flat behind the fore-sight) each signed in gothic script along the top flat and with bright bore, case-hardened breeches engraved with foliage on top and each with three platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tangs and border engraved detented back-action locks, the former each with blued back-sight, the latter signed in gothic script on a scroll, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, figured half-stocks (some old bruising) each with characteristic spur and chequered rounded butt with flat ovoidal pommel, steel mounts comprising border engraved case-hardened pommel-caps each with retaining screw centred on a foliate scroll, fore-end caps en suite, blued spur trigger-guards, trigger-plates and turned rear ramrod-pipes, the first each decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, the second (some loss of finish) each with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, vacant silver escutcheons, border engraved steel barrel-bolt escutcheons, set triggers, original wooden ramrods serial numbered to the pistols and each with threaded brass cap over the worm, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case serial numbered to the pistols and with some accessories including Dixon & Son brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with John Rigby & Co. trade label of circa 1866, the exterior (old split along the top) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle 21.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Literature D.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmakers: Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p.114. Recorded as 'Pair of saw-handled duelling pistols Cased' and sold to A. Thistlethwaite, 85 Light Infantry for £26.5.0 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest client services team.
For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:
Buyer's Premium Rates
28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.
A 3rd party bidding platform fee of 4% of the Hammer Price for Buyers using the following bidding platforms will be added to the invoices of successful Buyers for auctions starting on or after 6th July 2024 – Invaluable; Live Auctioneers; The Saleroom; Lot-tissimo.
VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.
For payment information please refer to the sale catalog.
For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.
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Stichworte: Pistole, Archery Equipment, Powder Flask, Shooting Accessories, Antique Arms, Bow, Cap, Flask