Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 836
Estimate
A FITTED LEATHER CASE OF SHOOTING ACCESSORIES, AND A GROUP OF FELT AND CARD WADS CONTAINED IN A WOODEN CABINET Third quarter of the 19th Century The first lined in red morocco leather and containing two japanned Sykes canisters, one for powder and the other for shot, respectively painted in gold letters '4lb Gunpowder' and '14lb Shot', four linen bags of wads, and a bag of shot, the lid with brass plaque engraved 'Major Brown Westhead' (straps incomplete) 12¼in. (31.1cm.) wide (2)
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Literature
(The first) W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment, plates 38, 39
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