Lot 96 , A good cased pair of percussion pistols, by E & W Bond, London, with Arundel and Bramber Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry presentation inscription dated 1839, Pistol length 38cm, hammers damaged

A good cased pair of percussion pistols, by E & W Bond, London, with Arundel and Bramber Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry presentation inscription dated 1839,
the 9in. browned twist octagonal barrels engraved ‘45 CORNHILL LONDON’, fitted with brass bead foresights, struck with proof marks beneath, scroll-engraved case-hardened breeches with platinum lines, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech tangs incorporating grooved back-sights, border and foliate scroll-engraved flush-fitting case-hardened locks signed ‘E & W BOND’, engraved case-hardened hammers en suite, the opposing side with silver flush fitting plate engraved ‘Given by the Officers to the best Marksman in the Arundel and Bramber Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry June 9th 1839’, highly figured varnished walnut full stocks with chequered grips, border and foliate scroll-engraved blued trigger-guards, blued triggers and blued trigger-plates, vacant rectangular silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, blued barrel bolts, ramrod stirrups and pipes with some blued finish, swivel ramrods, 38cm long, in original lined and fitted oak case with E & W Bond retailer’s label and accessories

The Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry was reformed as a regiment in 1831 because a wave of civil unrest across Britain from 1830. On the 18th May of that year The Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry Cavalry, formed of two troops, established its HQ at Arundel. The Sussex Weekly Advertiser of 3 June 1839 reported that the Arundel and Bramber troop were to undergo eight days’ training, beginning on Thursday 6 June; the following week’s issue does not report the event, but it seems certain that the pistols in this lot were presented to the troop’s best marksman on its opening day. The Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded in 1848.
Pistol length 38cm, hammers damaged
£5,000-7,000

Condition:
Case of good rich dark tone with old ink stains and light wear, both pistols in good clean condition with just minor dents and knocks to the woodwork and some oxidisation to the woodwork, baize lined interior looks original as does the makes label.

Sold for £5,000