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Dear Collector
Welcome to our third newsletter.
We would like to invite you to our ‘Winter Open Day’ on Saturday 22th November 10am – 5pm please join us for a glass of bubbly and view our latest collection. This coincides with ‘West Street Festival’ a day when Dorking’s famous antique shops offer festive hospitality – a lovely way to start your Christmas shopping.
As mentioned in our last newsletter the present economic concerns are continuing to increase interest in alternative investments such as good sets of duelling pistols and other high quality weapons.
We are happy to be able to offer some excellent new pieces including a very fine collection of 17th Century English pistols, brief details of which follow together with links to our website where fuller descriptions and photographs are to be found. As the year seems to be rapidly drawing to a close, now is the time to be leaving hints to your loved ones to make sure you get something that you really want for Christmas,
Our piece by De Witt Bailey is on Volunteer Enfield Rifles and Indian Enfield Muskets and makes an extremely interesting read.
Our ‘Book Review’ covers Robert Wilkinson-Latham’s ‘Wilkinson Sword Patterns & Blade Rubs’ newly published by Pooley Sword Ltd.
This year we are not scheduled to open on any Sundays but viewing by appointment can always be arranged.
Our Christmas opening hours will be
December 24th open 10am-4pm (closed for lunch 1-2.15)
December 25th - 28th closed
December 29th – 31st open 10am-4pm (closed for lunch 1-2.15)
January 1st closed
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This month’s featured item
A Superb & Rare Pair of Rifled Holster Pistols by E.Wornall.
 A Superb & Very Rare Pair of 17th Century Flintlock RIFLED Holster Pistols, 20” overall. 13” iron barrels, octagonal at breech with engraving & maker’s name ’Wornall Londini’. 16 sided to short round section, raised band to 8 ½” muzzle section with foresight, engraved tang, burr maple? carved & moulded full stocks, rounded engraved lock plates signed ‘Wornall’, rounded engraved cocks, unbridled frizzens, brass furniture comprising: engraved long spur butt caps with grotesque masks, engraved double serpent side plates, engraved brass trigger guards, escutcheons surmounted with lions head masks & engraved with Griffons, baluster ramrod & tailpipes, original ramrods. Rifled holster pistols of this age are very rare, ex W Keith Neal Collection Nos P230 & P231. Edward Wornall gunmaker London 1692-1704 C1695 Barrels a little worn but fine condition for age.
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New items of stock
Please use the links to our website below which will provide a detailed description and photograph:
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Essential bedtime reading for collectors…this month we review:
Wilkinson Sword Patterns & Blade Rubs by Robert Wilkinson-Latham, published by Pooley Sword Ltd 2008
 219 pages, paperback including index and details covering the period 1844-1954. Profusely illustrated in black & white, with all the information required by collectors & students of swords & dirks from this world famous company.
From the back cover:
‘This volume brings together all the existing pattern drawings, suggested hilts, blades, scabbard mounts etc as well as belts & inscriptions & blade rubbings of the famous swordmakers from the first swords in 1844 to 1954. After that date scale drawings tended to replace the artistic work of the sword maker, etcher & pattern makers & only a few designs received full colour treatment after 1954.
Included also are examples of later swords, blade art work for screen & laser etching.
Fully illustrated with contemporary drawings of swords, hits, grips, blade rubs, blade & badge artwork together with the full listings of blade rubs.’
Well put together with a wealth of detail for easy reference. Strongly recommended for all sword buffs.
Available from Pooley Sword Ltd, Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, BN43 5FF. Tel +44 (0) 1273 467277, Fax +44 (0) 1273 462461, email: Robert@pooleysword.com, Website: http://www.pooleysword.com/
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Article of interest
Please follow this link to read 3 of De Witt Bailey’s informative articles about Enfield Volunteer Rifles, Indian Enfeild Muskets and Enfield Tools first published in ‘Guns Review’ in 1970 and 71 (re printed on our website by his kind permission). |
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