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152 Weapons 398 A framed collection of powder horns. Ten powder flasks, mainly brass, one with attractive vignette of a hunter on horseback with hounds, alo some shot measures (4) nicely presented in a glass display case. Frame size 24 by 20 inches. Condition: Very good Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 398 399 A Cased Pair of early 19th Century 46-Bore travelling pistols by Kavanagh, Dublin. Sighted 2.85” barrels inscribed ‘DUBLIN’ to top flat, scroll engraved case-hardened 0.6” breeches with decorated platinum plugs, decorated breech tangs with sighting grooves. R-2179 & R-2180 struck under barrels. The case-hardened back-action 3 bents locks engraved with ‘wheat-ear’ borders, scrolls within and signed ‘KAVANAGH’. The hammers engraved with a borderline and scroll engraved (one hammer with crack at neck). Figured three quarter stocks with chequered ‘fishtail’ grips and iron furniture including decorated butt-cap, trigger guard, ramrod pipes and swivel ramrods. 8.6” overall. Cased in green baize lined mahogany case (escutcheon missing from lid), accessories to include pincer bullet mould, cap tin, powder flask, turn screw and lead balls. See ‘A Directory of the Early Irish Gunmakers’ by D.J.W. Stroud, p.323, colour plates & ramrod - antiques.blogspot.com 8/7/2016 Provenance: The Leslie Martin Collection, Bloomfeld Auctions, Belfast, 31 October 2023, Lot 14. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €1,500-€2,000 (approx £1,280-£1,710) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 399