A Collection of Eleven Various African Artefacts, comprising two bronze Baule masks, a Congolese wood passport mask, a small Songye fetish figure with tooth necklace, a Yaka small fetish figure with pyramid shape headdress, a Bangwa small figure of a pregnant woman, a spear head with vegetable fibre bound haft, two Sudanese wrist knives with leather scabbards, a fly whisk, a Fang staff carved with a coiling snake and a Tokano, Ethiopia leather milk jug; a Javanese Small Horn Spoon, with pierced angular totemic type handle (12) £150 - 250
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A Himalayan Shaman's Mask, in wood with dark pigmentation, the domed oval face with pierced oval eyes, long flat nose, pierced oval mouth with two upper teeth, small C shape ears, the reverse set with traces of a red seal, 24cm, on a modern display stand; a Himalayan Shaman's Conch Shell, the natural coiled crevices highlighted in a black pigment, 14cm (2) £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Benin Elephant Tusk, of flattened rectangular section, the terminal with a raised ring turned and diaper carved collar, 66cm £80 - 120
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A Boni Small Wood Headrest, Ethiopia, with curved oblong pillow on two curved uprights issuing from an oblong block plinth, 18cm by 15cm; a Gurage Wood Headrest, Ethiopia, with dished rounded rectangular pillow, on a waisted plank upright centrally pierced with a circular hole at the top and bottom, on a domed plinth, 23cm by 20cm £120 - 180
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A Dan, Ivory Coast Wood Mask, with carved coiffure, set with a woven and braided vegetable fibre wig, with domed forehead, pierced metal rimmed eyes, auiline nose and pierced projecting lozenge shape lips, 27cm, on a modern display stand £80 - 120
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An 18th/19th Century Flintlock Tinder Pistol, with steel frizzen pan cover and hammer, brass frizzen pan, lyre shape front support and foliate engraved box lock, with walnut slab butt, set with a (possibly later) brass candle sconce, 15cm £200 - 300
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A 17th Century Steel Bodkin (Gun Cleaning Needle), of stiletto form with flat fluted gunstock type finial with two rolled finials, 12cm; a Tinder Pistol in the Georgian Style, with brass candle socket and drip pan, lyre shape front support, oval pan and box lock with walnut slab butt (2) £50 - 80
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A Very Rare Early 19th Century Copper Powder Flask, embossed with a hunter wearing a top hat and retrieving game from a running stream, with external steel spring and brass charger; an Early 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by James Dixon & Son, Sheffield, all-over embossed with diapered flowerheads, the sides sheathed with acanthus leaves, with internal steel spring and brass charger (2) £120 - 180
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, of plain form, with brass charger and internal spring; five Various Copper and Brass Powder Flasks, embossed with anthemion, shells, fluting and hanging game - af; a 12 Bore Brass Redecapper, with ebony handle (7) £150 - 200
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, each side embossed with oak leaves surmounted by a stag's head, with brass charger (external steel spring missing); an Inert Brass Shell, with detachable steel fuse head (2) £70 - 80
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A 19th Century Silver Plated Powder Flask by Handsome & Co., RSTN, each side embossed with hanging game birds amidst oak leaves and acorns, with four suspension rings, external steel spring and brass charger £70 - 80
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A German Geco Rifle Scope x 4, numbered K46396, with no.1 three post sniper reticle, with claw mounts**Produced for wholesalers Geco by Schmidt & Bender £40 - 60
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A Hensoldt, Wetzlar Diatal 6 x 42 Rifle Scope, no.174267, with three point sniper reticle and claw mounts £40 - 60
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A Schmidt & Bender Hubertus 6 x 42/49 Rifle Scope, numbered 6061, with three point sniper reticle**Produced for wholesaler Frankoni Wurzburg £40 - 60
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A Waffen Schauble Frieburg 6 x 42/49 Rifle Scope, no.17058 with three post sniper reticle; a Geco Schmidt & Bender 4 x 36 Rifle Scope, with three post sniper reticle (2) £50 - 80
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A Geco Schmidt & Bender 6 x 42 L49 Rifle Scope, with no.1 three post sniper reticle; a Hubertus 6 x 42/49 Rifle Scope, no.15881, with three post sniper reticle (2) £50 - 60
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A Kynoch Bullet/Cartridge Display, the various size inert brass bullets and brass cartridge case heads set out in a display as a flowering plant issuing from the plant pot made from a Kynoch .475 No.2 Cartridge box, all contained in a glazed frame, 64cm square £80 - 120
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An Eley Bros "The Expert" Clay Pigeon Trap, with surface rust, but in working condition £40 - 60
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A Holland & Holland Stitched Leather Shotgun Case, the blue baize lined interior fitted to take 30" barrels, with maker's paper label to the inner cover (af) £80 - 120
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A 19th Century Indian Silver Covered Powder Horn, the wood body covered in sheet silver metal embossed and chased with flowers and leaves, the screw-on marine ivory stopper carved as an elephant's head, 20cm £100 - 200
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An 18th Century Powder Horn, of plain form with domed and riveted wood base, 43cm £40 - 60
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A Small Copper Pistol Flask, the plain body stamped SYKES, with brass charger; a Copper Pistol Flask, embossed with pendant beads, husks and leaves, with brass charger (2) £120 - 150
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, embossed with anthemion, with brass charger; a 19th Century Copper Powder Flask, embossed with fluting, the Patent brass charger with internal steel spring; three Copper Pistol Flasks, one plain, one embossed with a pheasant and one embossed with fanned palm leaves, all with brass chargers (5) £120 - 180
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A Pigskin Cartridge Bag, with brass buckles and webbing shoulder strap; a Stitched Leather Shotgun Case, the green baize lined interior fitted to take 28" barrels (2) £80 - 120
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An Edwardian Stitched Leather Cartridge Case, the hinged cover embossed Y L G, the canvas lined interior with six leather straps, lacks divisions, with brass lock and fittings, 48cm by 25cm by 17cm £250 - 300
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A Brass Bound Stitched Leather Shotgun Case, the green baize lined interior fitted to take 28" barrels, the inner cover with Linsley Brothers, Leeds paper label, with a two piece cleaning rod £70 - 100
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An Edwardian Stitched Leather Shotgun Case, the green baize lined interior fitted to take 30" barrels; a Pigskin Shotgun Case, the green baize lined interior fitted to take 30" barrels; a Wooden Shotgun Case, fitted to take 30" barrels (3) £80 - 120
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Seventeen Various Shotgun Slip Cases, and a shotgun case (18) £50 - 60
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A 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Belt, with brass adjustable "Irish" charger stamped PATENT, with brass buckle; four Various Stitched Leather Shot Flasks, three with brass chargers and one with steel charger (af) (5) £100 - 150
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An Early 19th Century Horn Powder Flask, with wood base and elm stopper with brass suspension ring, 36cm; an 18th Century Horn Priming Flask, incised with the initials C+T, with later rolled leather stopper; a Horn Shot Flask, with cork stopper (3) £150 - 200
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An Unusual 19th Century Brass Eprouvette, the oblong base plate stamped 1/4 DR. G.B G.B., one end set with a brass powder pan and a 3cm vertical octagonal steel barrel, the opposing end with brass horse head shape arm hinged and moving down onto the barrel muzzle, on a pierced ratcheted wheel with calibrations from 1 to 4 and with steel release clip, on a mahogany plinth, 27cm £300 - 400
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A 20 Bore Roll Turnover, Rammer and Filling Machine, in brass and partially green painted steel, with ebonised wood handles; a 12 Bore Nimrod Roll Turnover Tool, in brass and steel, bears traces of green paint (2) £90 - 120
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Gun Accessories, comprising a 12 bore chamber brush by G & J W Hawkesley, with nickel plated cover and horn handle; two brass powder/shot measures with ebonised handles; a French nickel plated brass shot/powder measure with fruitwood handle; a steel bullet mould stamped 44; a Sykes small copper pistol flask with brass charger; lead balls etc £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Brass and Copper Combination Pistol Flask by Dixon & Sons, of oval section tapering to a cylinder, the top set with a ring knopped charger, steel spring (af) and a shot compartment with dished circular swivel cover, the screw-off base with milled edge, enclosing a compartment for percussion caps, 13.5cm high including charger £150 - 250
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A 19th Century Brass and Copper Combination Pistol Flask by Sykes, of tapering oval section, the top set with a charger, steel spring and a shot compartment with circular swivel cover, the body stamped with maker's name, the circular screw-off base with milled edge, enclosing a compartment for percussion caps, 11.5cm high including charger £150 - 250
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Three 19th Century Copper Powder Flasks by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, with brass chargers and external steel springs, one with beaded and fluted decoration, stamped with a registration mark, one with leaf tipped fluted decoration and one with palm leaf embossed decoration (3) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G.Roe, richly embossed and chased with hanging game of hare and pheasants amidst reeds and bracken, the brass charger stamped G.ROE MAKER, PATENT, with internal steel spring - af; a 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, of violin shape, richly embossed with acanthus leaves, the brass charger with external steel spring (2) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, embossed with melon fluting, pendant beads and leaf tips, the brass charger with five calibrations from 3 to 4 drams, the external steel spring af; a Similar Powder Flask, embossed with a pheasant backed by a fan of leaves (2) £80 - 120
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, embossed with pendant chain links and foliate strapwork, the brass charger with internal steel spring; two Other Copper Powder Flasks, embossed with palm leaves and sycamore leaves, one lacking charger (3 - af) £60 - 80
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A 19th Century Copper Powder Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, embossed with anthemion, with brass charger; a 19th Century Copper Powder Flask, embossed with pendant beads, with brass charger; a Copper Powder Flask, of plain form with flat back; two Modern Italian Copper Powder Flasks, each embossed with American Civil War trophies of arms (5) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flask, of kidney shape, embossed with a hunter and dog in landscape within a foliate cartouche, with brass charger; a 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flask, embossed with hanging game, with brass charger; a 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flask by G & J W Hawkesley, embossed with a fox hunting scene and maker's name, with steel charger; a Smaller Plain Leather Shot Flask, with steel charger (4) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flask, with brass charger and nozzle stamped SYKES PATENT; seven Various 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flasks, four with brass chargers and four with brass plug measures - af; (8) £100 - 150
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A Copper Pistol Flask, of rectangular form with chamfered sides and brass charger; a 19th Century Stitched Leather Shot Flask, embossed 3lb and with hanging game, with brass charger and nozzle; a Similar Smaller Shot Flask and two others of plain form (5) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Leather Covered Steel Powder Flask by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, with brass charger and internal steel spring; three Similar Steel Powder Flasks, with rolled seams and brass chargers (4) £120 - 180
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Three Unusual 19th Century Polished Horn Priming Chargers, each made from the curved tip of the horn, with nickel revolving charger, two with cork lined bung bases, one with hinged base, 10cm and 9cm £120 - 180
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Accessories, comprising three Martini Henry walnut stocks, two fore-ends and two loading levers, a boxed Womack Duel Range Front Sight and three other American target sights £70 - 100
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A Sykes Brass Telescopic Shot and Powder Measure, of cylindrical form, the milled edge base turning to extend the measure for up to 2oz of shot and 4 drams of powder, 16cm extended; a Brass .410 Bore Mirror, stamped F & S; a Brass Oil Bottle, of cylindrical form with screw-off top and attached internal scoop (3) £100 - 150
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A Brass Double Bar Percussion Cap Dispenser, with visible steel spring and brass suspension ring; a 20 Bore Cartridge Case Trimmer, with brass head and baluster turned boxwood handle; a Brass 8 Bore Shotgun Cartridge Case Sizer, one size stamped 8; two Other Accessories, one possibly a .410 hand turnover tool in steel with rosewood handle, stamped 2624 A.H., the other a brass spool knopped tube stamped 410 Kynoch's Patent G609/49 (5) £80 - 120
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A Rare Dougall & Bartram Powder Measure for a Rifle, the brass conical measure adjustable from 4 to 5 drams, the handle stamped 7 on one side and D & B PATENT to the opposing side, with steel sprung lever, lacks wood grip; a Very Similar Powder Measure, with non-adjustable brass conical measure to take 4 3/4 drams, with ebony handle (2) £80 - 120
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A Horsley Patent Redecapper, possibly for a 12 bore, in brass with ebony handle on a rectangular polished cast iron base with leaf tip decorated edge, unmarked; a G & J W Hawkesley 20 Bore 'Despatch Recapper', in brass and steel; a Brass 16 Bore Redecapper, with blued steel arm and ebony handle (3) £120 - 180
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