This c. 1850s cased set includes a double barrel shotgun, sporting rifle, two traveling pistols, two pocket pistols, and a pepperbox. This set contains a firearm or two for just about anything a traveling English gentlemen might need. An article in The Vintage Gun Journal in October 2021 called the set "Fit For an Expedition: A Traveling Man's Sporting & Protection Battery" and notes that the set appears to have been a group of arms procured by a gentleman that he then had professionally cased for his travels. The case contains a plethora of ammunition and accessories such as wads, cards, powder flasks, a leather shot flask with shot, ball molds, cap tins, lead balls, capper, chargers, and more. The first gun is a 14-bore side by side shotgun signed "CONSTABLE" on the scroll and border engraved locks. The Damascus barrels have a nickel bead front sight, Birmingham proofs, and pierced platinum plugs. The wedge and wrist escutcheons are silver, but most of the furniture is iron with scroll engraving. The stock has a checkered wrist and 14 1/4 inch length of pull.

The barrel is signed "AKRILL," and the lock is signed "E. AKRILL." Esau Akrill was active in the 1830s-1850s. The rifled barrel has a dovetailed silver blade front sight and a three-leaf rear sight with gold sight lines graduated for 50, 100, and 200 yards. The underside has "2346" along with 1856-1866 Birmingham proof marks. The lock and furniture have scroll, border, and floral engraving. The pistol-grip stock has a checkered forend and wrist, shall carving at the base of the wrist, and sling eye on the bottom of the butt. The second sling eye is on the middle ramrod pipe.

This pistol forms a pair with the next one in the lot. Both are by Jeavons of Birmingham who had a shop in the mid 1840s at 37 Staniforth Street. They have smoothbore, Damascus barrels with brass bead front sights, Birmingham proofs, and banded breech plugs. The back action locks are signed "JEAVONS." The half-length stocks have horn forend caps, checkered wrists, and small cap compartments in the pommel caps.

See "C."

This six-shot pepperbox has no identifying markings aside from the Birmingham proofs and has scroll engraving.

This pistol forms a pair with the last gun in the set. They have casehardened barrels signed "Jeavons," scroll and floral engraving, and finely checkered grips.

See "F."