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A XVth LANCERS OFFICERS HAT. A post Gt War officers khaki peaked hat, with gilt XVth Lancers cap badge affixed. In extremely good condition with three spare hat covers, also a sidecap with A L B A Somerset Home Guard marked sidecap. £60-100
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A WILSON-BENARES-HEIC MARKED BLUNDERBUSS. A partial Blunderbuss in need of renovation though mostly complete, marked Wilson on the Flintlock action with the Honourable East India Company marked on the lockplate. Stock in two or more pieces and with buttplate and ramrod detached etc, in need or renovation and repair. Steel 14" flared barrel with an overall length of 28". Marked Benares on the barrel top, with arsenal marks near the EIC crest. £300-500
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A CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE. A leather cartridge magazine with five divisions of 200 round approximate capacity. No maker label evident, damage to lock and carrystrap etc, some original parts for this are contained inside. 15.1/2" x 9.1/2" x 6". £150-200
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12 BORE CARTRIDGES. Approximately 500 12 bore cartridges including named suppliers 'Purdeys' etc. Some boxed some loose with an initialed leather cartridge bag, complete with shoulder strap.
*Rfd/Sac rqd* £50-70
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A CASED SCOTTISH OFFICERS DIRK. A cased Royal Scots Officers Dirk, with gilt mounts and thistle decoration. Coloured crystal inset in carved black wood hilts, plain 12" blade with single fullers and serrated back edge. In fitted case with makers name on scabbard and inside the lid. R & H B Kirkwood, Goldsmiths, 66 & 68 Thistle Street, Edinburgh. See Illustration £1000-1200
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TWO 19thC PAINTED TRUNCHEONS. Both with turned grips and black painted shafts, VR and Kent with the Royal Coat of Arms. Some paint loss and usage evident, 15.1/4" and 16" lengths respectively. £60-90
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A VICTORIAN TRUNCHEON. A decorative truncheon with VR under a large crown, above a painted cartouche and the initials MB. Turned fluted shape wooden brown grip, 17.1/4" overall length. £60-80
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A MILITARY COMPASS. A leather cased blackened brass officers compass, with WD marking and Pulley & Powell 1916 on the case. £40-60
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A POCKET PISTOL. A Liege marked percussion pocket pistol with octagonal 3.1/4" barrel. £50-70
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AN OFFICERS SWORD. An 1897 pattern officers sword with GvR under a crown on the 32.1/4" blade. Complete with sword knot and field scabbard, the blade is very clean with one small patch of rust evident between 6"-7.1/2" near the point £100-150
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A MILITARY COMPASS. A brown leather cased military compass marked F Darton & Co London No 6152 1913. With no initials or WD stamps on the plain case, verners pattern on the blackened brass case. £40-60
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A MILITARY COMPASS. A leather cased sighting compass numbered 101 on circular brass case. Green dial with damaged wire sight and initials JG on the fitted case. 3" diameter. £50-70
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A MILITARY COMPASS A blackened brass circular Short & Mason sighting compass, in a leather case. No 5735 London 1910 peep sight and scale inner dial, 3" diameter. £50-70
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A CASED COMPASS. A cased military sighting compass by H Hughes & son London. Marked Creagh Osborne on the brass dial, floating centre and fitted leather brown leather case and strap. 2.1/4" diameter. £50-70
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A MILITARY RANGE FINDER. A brass 1944 dated Rangefinder with Research Enterprises Ltd by arrangement Barr & Stroud Ltd Glasgow plates. 43.3/4" overall length with duo-lenses and horizontal mounts, lacking its stand. £50-80
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A KNIFE BAYONET. An American M5 knife-bayonet with scabbard and damaged leather frog, 6.3/4" spearpoint blade. £40-60
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MILITARY & O/S MAPS. Four Gulf War restricted maps, with various markings for well known points and flying instructions etc. Also reproduced local maps of the West Country etc £40-60
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23rd MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY GLASS SIDEPLATES. (7) Frosted glass outer section, with Now or Never and the Regimental Badge in the clear centre. Thick glass with 6.1/4" diameters, WLI in the centre with Seringapatam and Nagpore in scrolls below. In 1903 the 23rd Madras Native Infantry became the 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry. £60-80
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A COMMANDO DAGGER. A postwar cast grip Commando dagger, with cross keys mark on the coppered grip. Nato F-S model with 6.3/4" double-edged blade, complete with leather and brass mounted scabbard. Crossed Keys on the hilt are the mark of J Nowell & Sons Sheffield. £60-80
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THREE BAYONETS. Remington 1913 bayonet and a Lee Metford Bayonet, both lacking scabbards. A No5 UK bayonet complete with scabbard. (3) £60-80
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AN AIR RIFLE & ACCESSORIES. An SMK break-action air rifle with telescopic sight and gun cleaning kit, .22 calibre with three tins of pellets. £60-80
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A US CAVALRY SWORD. A Civil War pattern Cavalry sword and scabbard, marked Ames Mfg Co, Chicopee. Mass.US ADK 1862 on the blade of 34" length. Brass hilt/guard complete with a plated scabbard. £100-150
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A MILITARY BAND DRUM. A brass marching drum, with band mounts. 15.3/4" diameter with 8.1/4" height.
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MILITARY CARICATURES etc. Watercolour caricature portraits of officers at the turn of the century, in full dress uniforms. Including two by Sabreur of 5th Royal Irish Lancers 1858 and 'The Carabiniers' The 6th Dragoon Guards, Circa 1900. Unsigned others include 4th Q O Hussars, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, 11th P A O Hussars. An officers in the 2nd Indian Lancers, Gardeners Own. An original photograph of a Hussars officer C1910, the seven are all framed. £100-150
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A TRIBAL CLUB A 20thC Islanders club with geometric designs, on the native wood being 23.3/4" long overall. £50-80
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AN AFRICAN MASK. An African hardwood mask of the Baule/Yaure type, some 18" high. £70-90
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A S AMERICAN FIGURE. A carved stone effigy in the Inca style, of a squatting figure with headdress. An animal face protrusion reverse, for standing upright. 4.1/2" high. £50-100
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A BRACE OF CARVED PADDLES. A brace of native leaf-shaped carved paddles, with different carved decoration. Geometric designs to both paddles the 68.3/4" example with a central spine. The carvings are more profuse on the one side, two holes for wall mounting have been drilled. The second of 66" length, has various carving designs on both sides, again two holes have been drilled. £80-120
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A BOOMERANG. An Aboriginal hunting hardwood boomerang, just over 18" overall length. £50-80
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A PACIFIC ISLANDS PADDLE. A 19thC paddle of a lighter hue hardwood, measuring 63" overall length. Leaf shaped blade of 39", with cracks and some tip lost, two mounting holes evident. £60-80
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A SWORD AND A BAYONET. A Masai sword complete with leather scabbard, 27.1/2" spear shaped blade. Also a Turkish 1903 bayonet with German made 30.1/2" blade and fittings. £50-80
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A NEW CALEDONIA WAR CLUB. A 19thC New Caledonia hardwood Mushroom War Club, with some damage to the clubhead.rim. Light carved decoration below the head, of diagonal designs 29.3/4" overall length, some cracks in the wood evident. £200-300
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AFRICAN KNIVES. Three African knives/axe from the region of Nigeria, with brass bound hilts. Two with spade point tips and central spines, 10.1/2" and 13.1/4" respectively. The axe or claver with an overall length of 18".` £50-80
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THREE AFRICAN WEAPONS. Three Nigerian tribal weapons, including a 14.3/4" length shortsword with central spine. A tribesmans shortsword with wire wrapped hilt and 22.3/4" overall length. The third a broad bladed knife from Zaire, with a wooden hilt and an overall length of 15". £50-70
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THREE AFRICAN MACHETES. Three African machetes with pierced blades and wooden hilts, 15"/14.1/2"/12" respective overall lengths. £50-70
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A THROWING CLUB & FLY WHISK. A 20thC Aboriginal plain wood throwing club, with an overall length of 26" with some splits and damage evident. An African Fly Whisk with wooden figure handle and hair whisk. £50-70
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A FIJIAN WAR CLUB. A native hardwood Fijian 19thC 'Onion' head throwing club with segmented design carving. Approximately 30 segments with the resulting onion/mushroom shaped head, also carved decoration to the handle for some 6" of the grip. 16.3/4" overall length. £400-500
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A KNOBKERRIE. A 19thC Zulu Knobkerrie of bi-wood in classical form, with an overall length of 26". £50-80
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A THROWING CLUB. A hardwood throwing or hunting club, with linear carved decoration. Cross cut grip, with an overall length of 28". £60-80
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A HARDWOOD CLUB. A South African tribal club with offset ball head, 19.3/4" overall length. £50-70
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BRONZE TRIBAL MASK an ornate bronze mask with a face depicted on one side and smaller heads around the body. 39cms high £120-150
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TRIBAL MASK - ZAIRE a wooden and metal studded tribal mask, probably from the Zaire region. 98cms high £60-100
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PAIR OF BRONZE FERTILITY FIGURES - TRIBAL a pair of bronze fertility figures, each set with a spike an one end. 69cms high. (2) £120-150
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TRIBAL WALL PLAQUE - IFE a bronze Ife wall plaque with a figure in the centre and animals either side. 36cms high £120-150
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TRIBAL MASK - ZAIRE a wooden and metal studded tribal mask, probably from the Zaire region. 80cms high £150-200
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BRONZE TRIBAL MARK - IFE a bronze mask with faces depicted on both sides, also with smaller figures on each side. 32cms high £150-200
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TRIBAL MASK A painted tribal mask, from the Ibo region. £80-120
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A ROOTSTOCK CLUB An exceptional Vunikua Rootstock Club from the Fijian Islands, dating from the 19thC. The material being cultivated Ironwood and of broad dimensions, forming a heavy and dangerous bulbous head. The dimensions of the head is almost 6" in girth, the overall length of the club being some 26". Smooth large handgrip and tapered shaped shaft, finishing with the five root projection large head. See Illustration £1500-2500
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AN AUSTRAL ISLAND PADDLE. A carved ceremonial Austral Island paddle with geometric designs, and carved face pommel. The 24" length paddle has profuse carvings to the blade reverse, consisting of circular patterns. The shaft is of similar pattern to the blade face designs. There is damage and some loss to the pommel reverse. See Illustration £150-200
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A NATIVE BOW & ARROWS. An African tribesmans bow with cord 55" long and five hunting arrows. £40-60
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