Single-Owner Collections

A scarce early 20th century cast iron handheld clay pigeon shooter by Cogswell & Harrison Ltd, London and Paris, with pistol grip, spring wire trigger and heavy spring mechanism with trap style release, length 87cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of nine 19th century brass and steel double-ended shot chargers, including a brass and steel capped G. & J.W. Hawksley Patent 1oz and two Sykes Patent examples, length of longest 9.5cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of fourteen fine mid to late 19th century gun chamber brushes with lacquered brass and nickel fittings and turned wood or polished horn handles, including examples by G. & J.W. Hawksley, W. Evans Pall Mall, Cogswell & Harrison London and James Dixon, length of longest 19cm (some caps missing). Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of five 19th century steel T-shaped combination nipple extractor tools with brass fittings, the brass threaded caps revealing other tool fittings, length of longest 9cm, together with two late 19th century nipple extractor tools with ebonized handles, length of longest 15cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A collection of thirty-two Kynoch Ltd advertising paper knives or cartridge box openers of celluloid composition, each with Kynoch Ltd trademark to the end, length 22.5cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A collection of 20th century shooting related badges, including various WAGBI association badges, including a blue and red enamelled car badge, a Holland & Holland advertising cartridge badge, a Southern Pointer Club badge, a Clay Pigeon Shooting Association member's badge and a Game Conservancy green and orange enamelled car badge, all mounted on green baize within a glazed frame. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of three late 19th/early 20th century brass and nickel plated combination whistle/cartridge extractors, all 12-bore, together with a group of six unusual sprung steel pincer type cartridge extractors, the body of one stamped 'E.J. Churchill, London W.C.'. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of five late 19th/early 20th century European and world cartridge extractor and combination knives, including one with 16-bore extractor blade, blade length 7.5cm, marked 'Vincenzo Piscitelli', and another with 12 and 16-bore extractor blade, blade length 6.5cm, the nickel mount marked 'D.R.G.M.'. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A scarce early 20th century brass Colt advertising gun bore gauge, one side of the body detailed 'Colt Firearms, Hartford, Conn. U.S.A.', the opposing side with rampant colt trademark, the main body engraved with scale of measurements, length 10.6cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of six various late 19th/early 20th century shooting and hunting knives with nickel plated bodies, including a Thornhill's New Shooting Knife with combination tools and extractor for 12 and 16-bore cartridges, the body with engraved personalization to 'F.A. Darwin', body length 11cm, and a smaller example with combination tools and 12-bore extractor, the small hooked blade marked 'G. Butler & Co', body length 9cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

Two similar large late 19th/early 20th century combination multi-tool hunting/shooting knives, each with nickel plated body and an arrangement of tools, including blades, corkscrew and awl, one with hook shaped boot or hoof cleaner, main blade length 8cm, the other with engraved measurement scale to body and 12-bore cartridge extractor, main blade length 7.7cm (lacking tip), both with suspension rings. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A late Victorian Spratt's Patent combination shooting knife and cartridge extractor tool with nickel mounts, one side of the extractor marked 'Sheffield 12', the other 'Sheffield 16', the blade marked 'Joseph Westby Sheffield', blade length 6.5cm, with horn grips, each with applied 'Spratt's Patent' badge (lacking tweezer tool), together with another steel combination shooting knife with extractor tools for 12 and 16-bore cartridges, detailed 'Shooters Modern Knife', the blade marked 'Richartz Lampost' and 'Solingen Made in Germany', blade length 6cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of eight late 19th/early 20th century nickel plated and brass patent combination cartridge extractor and cleaning tools by G. & J.W. Hawksley, including 12, 16 and 20 bores, length of longest 10.5cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of sixteen various late 19th and 20th century combination and ring type cartridge extractors, including nickel plated and brass examples, the longest detailed 'P&D Scotland' to the body, length 13.5cm. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of late 19th/early 20th century shotgun and rifle sight protectors, including brass and nickel plated examples. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A collection of various rifle and other gun sights, including Parker-Hale, B.S.A., L.S.A., Bisley Works, a Parker-Hale aperture back sight for a B.S.A. Martini rifle, with original box, and seven various front sights, together with a small group of spares. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A group of eight early 20th century Eley and Kynoch wooden packing crates or boxes with detailing to the sides, including 'Empire Trap Shooting Cartridges', 'Safety Cartridges', 'Smokeless Cartridges', 'Eley Small Arms Ammunition' and one with indistinct detailing, containing a quantity of wads. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A 20th century painted wood and composite shopfront advertising sign for James Purdey in the form of a split shell case, the red painted body detailed 'James Purdey Est 1814, Gun Maker, Princes St, London', the centre with oval painted panel depicting a shooting man, height 32cm, length 92cm, depth 16cm.  Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.

A rare late Victorian/early Edwardian advertising showcard, 'Eley Ammunition Unequalled', detailed with an arrangement of various cartridges, comprising Pegamoid, Velocity, Gastight, Grand Prix and 20 Gauge, height 63cm, width 47.5cm, framed and glazed. Provenance: the property of a Hampshire private collector.