Thomas Del Mar Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria auction catalogue

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
London
Wednesday 29th June 2016
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A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER’S SWORD (KATANA) WITH EARLIER BLADE
with curved single-edged blade retaining its even hamon, plain tang pierced with three mekugi-ana, regulation tsuba, kabuto-gane,
and fuchi with a silver fan mon, in its regulation saya
70.0 cm; 27 ½ in blade
£1000-1200
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A JAPANESE SWORD (CHISA KATANA)
with very slightly curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, tang signed ‘Bishu Okayama ju Fujiwara Masanaga’ and pierced
with a single mekugi-ana (small chips and areas of staining), iron tsuba decorated with flowers in soft metal, fabric-bound sharkskin-
covered grip with a pair of serpent menuki and iron kabuto-gane and fuchi each decorated with birds and flowers in soft metal
60.0 cm; 23 ⅝ in
£1000-1200
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A JAPANESE SWORD STAND (KATANA KAKE), MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
of dark hardwood, the central portion pierced and carved with an openwork designs of foliage enriched with shell designs of
diamonds and a central spray of foliage, with provision for three swords
45.5 cm; 18 in high
£500-700
VARIOUS OWNERS
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A JAPANESE W.W.II SWORD (KATANA)
with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered
grip with regulation gilt-copper mounts including kabuto-gane with silver mon, in regulation scabbard with wooden tag inscribed
with the owner’s name ‘Matsuzaka Shinataro’
70.7 cm; 27 ⅞ in blade
£700-900
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A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, and dated Shoga 18 nen 8 gatsu (1943
August), in shira saya
66.0 cm; 26 in blade
£500-700
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A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), EDO PERIOD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, plain tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered
grip with gilt-copper mounts including a pair of inset menuki, pierced iron tsuba, in its lacquered saya with matching mounts
£500-700
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A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), EDO PERIOD
with curved single-edged blade, plain tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, WWII Naval hilt and saya of regulation type, the
latter retaining some of its fishskin covering (areas of wear the saya with losses)
67 cm; 26 ⅜ in blade
‡ £450-550
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A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
with curved single-edged blade with an even hamon, signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana (the edge with small chips),
in shira saya
66.5 cm; 26 ¼ in blade
‡ £450-550
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A JAPANESE W.W.II KATANA AND AN INDIANTALWAR
the first with factory blade of regulation type, signed tang, regulation mounts, in its saya; the second with curved blade and iron
hilt of characteristic type, in a later scabbard; and two Japanese katana in earlier style, modern
the first: 64.0 cm; 25 ¼ in blade
(4)
£200-300
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A JAPANESE SPEAR (NAGINATA)
with curved blade formed with two red lacquer filled fullers on each face (worn), tang signed Bushu Shimonara ju Hironobu and
pierced with a single hole, on its partially lacquered haft with weighted shoe (now in two pieces, chipped), complete with its black
lacquered scabbard painted with a red flowerhead mon (cracked)
42.5 cm; 16 ¾ in
£300-500
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A JAPANESE HELMET (SUJIBACHI KABUTO), EDO PERIOD
with iron skull formed of twenty-seven plates profusely studded over its outer surface with cone-shaped rivets widening towards
the base, fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on its underside and applied with fabric on the outside, gilt crescent-shaped
maedate, shikoro of five lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with fukigaeshi each applied with an engraved brass Chinese bell
flower mon, with an early blue lining
16.0 cm; 6 ¼ in high
£1400-1800
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with iron skull formed of sixty-four plates profusely studded over its outer surface with cone-shaped rivets, fitted with mabizashi
lacquered red on its underside and applied with an early collection label (chipped), lacquered maedate formed as a tusked horned
monster, shikoro of five gilt lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with gilt fukigaeshi, gilt-brass tehen, and an early blue lining (torn)
17.7 cm; 7 in high
£1200-1800
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with iron skull formed of sixteen plates profusely studded over its outer surface with cone-shaped rivets, fitted with mabizashi
lacquered red on its underside, lacquered maedate formed as a monstrous horned cat, shikoro of four lacquered iron lames, the
uppermost with fukigaeshi each applied with an engraved brass Sumi ni shoji mon, with an early blue lining
15.2 cm; 6 in high
£1200-1800
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A JAPANESE WAR HAT (JINGASA), EDO PERIOD
of woven rounded form, the outer surface blackened, the inside lacquered red and retaining its lining, with brass and iron fittings
(iron corroded)
10.0 cm; 4 in high
£150-200
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A FINE JAPANESE HELMET (HOSHI SUJIBACHI KABUTO) BY SAOTOME IYECHIKA, EDO PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY
with very well formed iron skull of sixty-two plates profusely studded over its outer surface with cone-shaped rivets widening
towards the base, fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on its underside, shikoro of five lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with
fukigaeshi, five stage tehen-kanamono in shakudo-nanako, shakudo and gilt copper, the fukurin of the fukigaeshi and mabizashi of
shakudo-nanako with gilt foliage in low relief, the inside of the bowl gilt and signed ‘Joshu ju Saotome Iyechika’ at the back, with
an early padded lining
29.5 cm; 11 ⅝ in high
Provenance
An Important East Coast Collection, sold Christie’s New York, 20 March 1985, lot 18
Roger Weston collection, Chicago
For other helmets by this armourer see Orikasa, Taelman and Anseeuw, 2010, pp. 80-81 and 84-85
£15000-20000
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A JAPANESE FACE DEFENCE (MEMPO)
of dark lacquered iron, red on the inside, fitted with a pair of pierced ears, separate nose and with moustache, and yodarekake of
three lacquered iron lames
24.0 cm; 9 ½ in
£350-450
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A JAPANESE ‘RESSEI STYLE’ FACE DEFENCE (MEMPO)
of dark lacquered iron, red on the inside, fitted with a pair of pierced ears, separate red lacquered nose with moustache (perhaps
associated), mouth aperture with ‘teeth’, and yodarekake of three lacquered iron lames
24.5 cm; 9 ⅝ in high
£350-450
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A JAPANESE ‘TENGU’ FACE DEFENCE (MEMPO)
of dark lacquered iron, red on the inside, with embossed ‘ressei’ wrinkles, fitted with a pair of pierced ears, separate red
lacquered nose (perhaps associated), and yodarekake of four lacquered iron lames
28.5 cm; 11 ¼ in high
Tengu is a mythical character in Japanese folklore with a characteristic beaked nose. Though mischievous and known to play tricks
on humans they are also considered a protective forces. See Ogawa, et al, 2011, no. 47
£350-450
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A FINE JAPANESE SADDLE (KURA) AND MATCHING STIRRUPS (ABUMI), MUROMACHI PERIOD, THE SADDLE
DATED BUNAN 2, 15TH CENTURY,THE LACQUER EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
the kura incised with the date and the maker’s kao on the base, the front and back decorated in gold hiramakie and takamakie
with birds-of-prey and scrollwork, the abumi of characteristic form, decorated en suite, and all remaining in very good and little
used condition throughout (small cracks and very minor losses)
the saddle: 27.4 cm; 10 ¾ in high
(3)
£5000-7000
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A JAPANESE SADDLE (KURA) DATED KANBUN 8 NEN (1668) NOVEMBER, AUSPICIOUS DAY AND ASSOCIATED
STIRRUPS (ABUMI), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
the kura painted with the date and a kao on the base, the greater part of its surface decorated in aogai-nashiji, and with a shell
design at the front and back, the abumi of small size, decorated over their outer surface with an arrangement of expanded
flowerheads within octagonal frames, and the interiors lacquered gold and all in very good and little used condition throughout
(small cracks and very minor losses)
the saddle: 27.5 cm; 10 ¾ in high
(3)
The size of the abumi suggests that they were made for a woman or a youth
£4000-6000
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A RARE POMMEL PLATE FROM A SADDLE, EASTERN
TIBETAN OR CHINESE, POSSIBLY 17TH-18TH CENTURY
of pierced and chiselled iron, the outer face decorated with a
jewel motif flanked by a pair of dragons on a ground of
scrollwork, regaining minute traces of soft metal decoration, in
russet condition overall (one terminal slightly chipped)
27.0 cm; 10 ⅝ in high
Provenance
Robin Wigington Collection (1932-2002)
A very similar pommel plate is preserved in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York. See Larocca 2006, p. 226,
cat. no. 119
£150-250
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A CHINESE SHORTSWORD, WARRING STATES PERIOD,
475-221 B.C
in excavated condition, with broad double-edged blade of
hollow-diamond section, integral hilt comprising low triangular
cross-piece, slightly concave pommel, and the grip interrupted
by two circular mouldings, and in stable green patinated
condition throughout
46.5 cm; 18 ⅜ in blade
£400-600
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A BURMESE SWORD (DHA), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade decorated with figures in
traditional costume, inscriptions and foliage in silver over much
of its surface, wooden grip encased in sheet silver decorated
en suite (pommel missing), in its copper-mounted scabbard
with suspension cords
62.5 cm; 24 ⅝ in blade
£150-200
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A BHUTANESE DAGGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with sharply tapering single-edged blade, the hilt with parcel
gilt openwork iron pommel decorated with a geometrical
design on one face and with a jewel design on the other
40.0 cm; 15 ¾ in blade
£100-150
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A SULAWESI DAGGER (KRIS), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH
CENTURY
with pattern-welded blade applied with gold over the aring, gilt
selut set with colourless pastes, carved ivory grip decorated
with traditional scrollwork and ‘beaked’ pommel, in its
scabbard with carved wrangka
£120-180
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AN HISTORIC INDIAN STANDARD FINIAL
'ALAM, WITH INSCRIPTIONS TO THE
COMMANDER OF THE BATTLE OF PATALIN,
SALAR AGHA HARDAR, DATED HIJRA 1200(?),
CIRCA 1785-6
with tapering two-stage head formed with a rounded
base enclosed by an applied brass frame, a pair of up-
turned basal lugs, each issuant from an applied brass
monsterhead, the terminal blade of flattened-diamond
section, the base engraved with an inscription on each
face enclosed by a further inscription formed, one
face with the date (unclear, perhaps 1200 or 1256) and
tapering faceted socket (areas of pitting), with a
perspex stand and a file of correspondence
concerning the inscriptions
46.8 cm; 18 ⅜ in overall
The inscriptions read as follows:
First side, in the margin:
“Call upon Ali who causes wonders,
You will find him helpful in misfortune,
All anguish, all sorrow will disappear,
Through your prophethood Oh Muhammad,
through your friendship
Oh Ali, Oh Ali, Oh Ali.”
In the centre:
“There is no youth (as brave as) Ali, no sword
(as sharp as) dhu’l-faqar.
The image will materialize and victory will strike
manifestly.
On The Preserver.”
Second side, in the margin:
The names of the 12 Imams, preceded by Allah,
and Muhammad.
In the centre:
“The year 1200 of hijra/(1785-6). The commander of
the battle of Patalin (?),Salar Agha Haydar. Oh The
Guardian.”
‘Patalin’ is perhaps an abbreviation for Seringapatam,
a supposition that is reinforced by the name Agha
Haydar, a possible reference to Tipu Sultan’s father,
Haidar Ali. Tipu ceased to use the Hijri era in this year,
1200/1785-6, it being replaced by the Mauludi dating
system in which the numbers are reversed. Another
reading of the inscription suggests that Patalan is a
corruption of the word paltan, for Battalion. This
second interpretation would suggest a reading as
follows: Hujiri year 1200. Sardar Jang Battalion
Commander of Aghar Haidar. One Ghansi Mian (died
1800) is recorded with the title Salar Jang in the
service of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
£5000-7000
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AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, LATE 19TH
CENTURY
with tapering single-edged blade, tapering hardwood grip with
a large embossed silver ferrule (cracked) and cap pommel, in
its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket and
chape each pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, the
latter fitted with long plaited silver chain
20.5 cm; 8 in blade
£400-600
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AN INDIAN DAGGER WITH CARVED JADE HILT,
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged watered steel blade, engraved silver-
gilt ferrule, carved jade grip decorated with foliage in low relief,
in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with silver mounts
decorated with flowers and scrolls
£300-500
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AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 17TH CENTURY
with recurved blade formed with a reinforced tip and a pair of
tapering fullers on each face (pitted), shaped forte retaining
traces of copper inlay, shaped tang with near elliptical
pommel, and a pair of later wooden grips
£300-500
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AN INDIAN DAGGER (PESH-KABZ); A MOROCCAN
DAGGER (JAMBIYA) AND A NORTH AFRICAN KNIFE,
19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the first with recurved blade of T-section, and green stone grip,
in its scabbard; the second of characteristic type, in its silver-
coloured metal scabbard; and the third with straight fullered
blade silver ferrule retaining traces of enamel, and rhinoceros
horn grip, in a leather-covered scabbard
the first: 23.5 cm; 9 ¼ in blade
(3)
⦿ £250-350
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A BALKAN DAGGER (BICHAQ), ATURKISH DAGGER
AND AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 19TH/20TH
CENTURIES
the first with straight single-edged blade engraved along the
back-edge, engraved back-strap, a pair of characteristic ivory
grip-scales in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with white
metal mounts; the second with slender blade double-edged
over the upper two thirds, stone grip inlaid with gold and brass
pommel set with a turquoise, in its scabbard; and the third
with single-edged blade and silver-covered grip formed as an
elephant’s head, in its scabbard
the first: 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in blade
(3)
⦿ £300-500
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AN INDIAN DAGGER (PESH-KABZ), 19TH CENTURY
with tapering reinforced blade of T-section, encrusted with
silver flowers and scrolls at the forte and along the lower
portion of the back-edge, engraved silvered hilt decorated en
suite, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver
locket decorated en suite with the hilt
23.0 cm; 9 ⅛ in blade
£400-600
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A LARGE INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
with strongly tapering blade with reinforced tip, formed with a
pair of converging finely watered fullers, chiselled on each face
of the forte with an elephant’s head, silver-plated iron hilt of
characteristic form (the silver lifting in areas and with small
losses), formed of a pair of faceted moulded grip bars and long
side bars
‡ £400-600
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AN IMPERIAL OTTOMAN DAGGER, TURKEY, W.W.I.,
CIRCA 1914-18
of regulation type, with double-edged blade engraved with the
date and tughra on one face and with a brief inscription on the
other, brass hilt, in its brass-encased scabbard (hilt and
scabbard now silvered)
£300-500
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EIGHT INDIAN DAGGERS (KATAR), 18TH/EARLY 19TH
CENTURY AND OTHER EDGED WEAPONS
the first eight of characteristic form (worn, cleaned, areas of
pitting); four gurkha kukri knives, 20th century, on in its
scabbard; two African arm daggers, each in its scabbard; a
powder-flask; an Indian talwar, with shortened blade, two
further daggers, two African spears, each on its haft and two
modern Indian ceremonial style maces
the first approximately 44.0 cm; 17 ⅜ in
(22)
£150-200
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SIX INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with curved blades and hilts of characteristic form, one hilt
chiselled with foliage, two with scabbards
78.5 cm; 31 in blades approximately
(6)
£80-120
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AN INDIAN SWORD, 19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade chiselled with exotic beasts
including elephants, antelope pursued by tigers and rams all
enriched with gold over the greater part of its surface on each
face, finely carved ivory hilt with horsehead pommel (cracks,
one ear chipped), enriched with coloured pastes and turquoise
on each side with small expanded flowerheads, the base
encircled by a pierced gilt-brass band decorated with flowers
and foliage, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with parcel
gilt iron mounts
⦿ £1200-1800
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AN INDIAN AXE (TABAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with wedge-shaped head formed with a slightly curved cutting
edge, punched with a brief inscription on one face and on the
rectangular rear pean, on its wooden haft fitted with a long
iron fillet passing through the head, and iron shoe with
moulded terminal
50.5 cm; 19 ⅞ in overall
‡ £350-450
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A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD
(KINDJAL), LATE 19TH CENTURY
with broad double-edged blade formed with an off-set fuller
over the greater part of its length on each face, the front
decorated with scrolls of foliage at the tip and over the forte,
the latter beneath a panel of script and struck with a star-
shaped bladesmith’s mark, iron hilt encased in silver
beadwork, fitted with a pair of horn grip-scales retained by iron
rivets over silver washers, probably coins, in its leather-
covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket and chape
each chased with flowers and foliage, the locket with a
calligraphic panel top and bottom and fitted with an iron band
for suspension beneath decorated with gold and silver flowers
The inscriptions read ‘az hush-e falatun damesh tiztar / az
abru-ye deldar khun-riztar’, in translation, “It’s blade is sharper
than the wit of Plato, And sheds more blood than the eyebrow
of the beloved.”
£450-650
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AN INDIAN AXE (ZAGHNAL), LATE 19TH CENTURY
with slightly curved head of diamond-section chiselled at the
base with a figure in traditional dress above an openwork
panel involving a pair of addorsed beasts, rear pean formed as
an elephant, iron socket, on a wooden haft (repaired)
54.0 cm; 21 ¼ in
‡ £200-300
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AN INDO-PERSIAN MACE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with bulbous head of six shaped flanges (loose), each
decorated with silver koftgari, tall pyramidal terminal spike, and
iron haft with two globular mouldings at the base
66.0 cm; 26 in overall
‡ £250-350
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A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
in heavily patinated condition, with associated slender blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt including a pair of langets
extending over the base of the blade, figure-of-eight shaped guard extending out at the base to form a pair of medial points, disc
pommel with remains of a pierced inset rondel panel on the top, and moulded button
113.5 cm; 44 ¾ in blade
£600-800
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A SOUTH INDIAN MEDIEVAL SWORD, POSSIBLY 12TH/13TH CENTURY
in extensively patinated condition, with broad blade with remnants of a low knob in the centre of the back-edge, iron hilt including
a pair of langets extending over the lower portion of the blade and figure-of-eight shaped guard each decorated with punched
ornament, and later wooden pommel
Provenance
Anthony North (1942-2012), Curator of Metalwork, the Victoria & Albert Museum, sold in these rooms, 30 June 2010, lot 83 (part)
For swords of this form see Elgood 2005, pp. 83-5
£400-600
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AN INDIAN DECCAN BROADSWORD (KHANDA), 16TH CENTURY
with broad flat pattern-welded blade widening towards the tip, steel hilt comprising a pair of shaped panels extending over the
lower portion of the blade, two short arms probably for blade catching, figure-of-eight shaped guard applied beneath with a pair of
silver lines, and cup-shaped pommel, and the lower part of the hilt engraved with scrolls and flowers (worn, areas of pitting)
A sword of very similar form is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, (1425-1855). See P.S. Rawson 1968, ill. 40
£1000-1500
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AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade chiselled with exotic animals
and hunters in an almost full length panel on one face and
animals in combat on the other, iron hilt of characteristic form
enriched with silver (losses), in its fabric-covered wooden
scabbard
£400-600
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AN INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 19TH CENTURY
with broad heavy blade double-edged for its last third, flaring
towards a ‘snake’s head’ tip, encrusted with brass figures,
exotic animals and flowers within linear frames on each face,
iron hilt of talwar form, decorated over its surface with silver
niello flowers and foliage
‡ £350-450
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AN OTTOMAN SWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, CIRCA
1880-90
with slightly curved single-edged blade decorated with a
tughra and four panels of calligraphic inscriptions on one face
and with a geometric pattern on the other (worn), the back
edge with the date (worn, probably 1300 AH), gilt-brass hilt
chased with flowers and a fluted design, and a pair of marine
ivory grip-scales (age cracks)
⦿ £350-450
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TWO INDIAN SWORDS (FIRANGI), LATE 17TH/18TH
CENTURY
each with long double-edged blade, characteristic hilt with
broad knuckle-guard, attenuated pommel and iron grip (the iron
parts heavily cleaned), each in a fabric-covered scabbard,
together with two further scabbards
83.0 cm; 32 ¾ in the longer blade
(4)
£80-120
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TWO INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), LATE 18TH/19TH
CENTURY
the first with curved single-edged European blade double-
edged towards the point, iron hilt including pierced langets,
recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial, and large disc
pommel; the second similar, the hilt involving a figure-of-eight
shaped guard and broad knuckle-guard
the first: 74.5 cm; 29 ⅜ in blade
(2)
£120-180
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AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) AND ANOTHER SWORD,
19TH/20TH CENTURY
the first with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the
point, iron hilt chiselled with flowers and foliage in low relief and
enriched with gold; the second with yataghan blade engraved
with a brief inscription on one face, white metal hilt with later
bone grip, in a later North African white metal scabbard
the first: 82.0 cm; 32 ¼ in
(2)
£200-300
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AN INDIAN SCABBARD FOR AN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD (TEGHA),
19TH CENTURY
of fabric-covered wood
101.0 cm; 39 ¾ in
£40-60
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AN OTTOMAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, LATE 19TH/20TH
CENTURY
with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, white metal hilt
comprising border-engraved cross-piece with scrolling quillons, back-strap,
and horn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with white metal
locket decorated en suite, with a Turkish star and crescent motif on the outer
face, and iron chape with traces of gold koftgari; together with a
contemporary military photograph
the first: 79.0 cm; 31 ⅛ in blade
(2)
£250-300
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AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED JAMBIYA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge (rust, small
chips), silver-mounted rhinoceros horn grip (one small chip), in its leather-
covered wooden scabbard with silver locket, the front enriched with gold and
silver thread and complete with its belt
Provenance
Basil Seager CMG OBE (1898-1977), British Political Officer of the Western
Aden Protectorate from 1940
⦿ £250-350
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A CARVED AFRICAN STOOL OF ASHANTITYPE AND A HIDE
BUCKET, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
the first with characteristic curved seat, pierced stem and stepped base,
decorated throughout with chip-carved designs, the seat and stem each
pierced with rows of shaped apertures; the second of stitched hide, with a
vertical seam, turned brim, pierced aperture for lifting, and the base fixed
with large domed studs
the first: 40.5 cm; 16 in high
(2)
Provenance
£250-350
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AN AFRICAN IVORY OLIPHANT, A SKIRT, BOX, A NORTH AFRICAN
FIRE-STEEL, AND AN IRON IMPLEMENT, 19TH CENTURY
the first carved as a birds head, with mouth-piece on the inner edge, and in
rich brown patinated condition, the second possibly from a mask, of natural
fibre tied around hide at the top; the third of rattan; the fourth with iron
striker, leather pouch and brass suspension loop; and the last possibly for
agricultural use
29.5 cm; 11 ⅝ in overall
(5)
Provenance
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A RARE NORTH AFRICAN CAMEL SADDLE, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
formed of iron-clad wood, with two basal rails and three arched supports each retained by a pair of filed and punched brass
brackets, the principal surfaces decorated with shaped brass and iron plaques, and the pommel encased in white metal
136.5 cm; 53 ¾ in overall
Saddles of similar form were used by Napoleon’s Dromadaire (camel) regiment in the Egyptian campaign of 1798. Another
example is preserved in the Army Museum, Paris.
£500-800
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AN AFRICAN SPEAR, 19TH CENTURY
with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge and tapering socket, on its wooden haft (warped) with iron shoe
49.5 cm; 19 ½ in head
£60-80
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AN AFRICAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SIERRA LEONE
with single-edged blade chiselled at the forte, carved bone grip with large silver ferrule at the base and brass pommel cap,
in a crocodile skin scabbard
A similar dagger is preserved in the British Museum, Af1993,02.170
£100-150
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AN AFRICAN DAGGER AND A BURMESE DHA, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
the first with leaf-shaped blade, elliptical iron guard, faceted bone grip, in its carved wooden scabbard; the second with
curved single-edged blade with traces of silver decoration, embossed white metal hilt, horn grip, in its red-painted white metal
mounted scabbard
the first: 23.0 cm; 9 in blade
(2)
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A MEXICAN SWORD (BOLOS), DATED 1920, PROBABLY
COMMEMORATINGTHE VISIT OF EDWARD, PRINCE OF
WALES TO MEXICO
with broad single-edged blade inscribed ‘God Save the King’,
‘Remenber [sic]: AR Del G Negrete L G Murillo Mexican West
Coast’ and ‘Albert Prince of Wales’ on the other, and carved
horn grip, together with a letter from the Royal archives and
copies of press cuttings concerning the event
£100-150
61
TWO INDO-PERSIAN HELMETS (KULAH-KHUD),
19TH/20TH CENTURY
the first with rounded skull embossed with a demonic mask at
the front, fitted with central blade-like spike, a pair of horns,
sliding nasal and a portion of its mail neck-defence; the second
with ribbed rounded skull, central plume-holder, and a pair of
further plume-holders either side of the sliding nasal, each
fixed on a wooden stand (worn)
the first: 44.5 cm; 17 ½ in high, including stand
(2)
£350-450
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AN INDIAN SHIELD (DHAL), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
of concave form, the outer face decorated with tigers and
hunter’s mounted on elephants, the inner with its pad and four
iron rings for enarmes
46.0 cm; 18 ⅛ in diameter
£150-200
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AN ABORIGINAL SPEARTHROWER (WUMMERAH),
19TH CENTURY
with slender hardwood body widening to a spatulate terminal,
fitted at the other end with a peg bound with fibre and gum
99.7 cm; 39 ¼ in overall
Provenance
The Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire
£200-300
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A MAORI STAFF (TIAHA)
with carved tiki head finial sparsely decorated with
characteristic scrolls and mouldings, and shell eyes (two shells
missing, worn)
122.5 cm; 48 ¼ in overall
Provenance
£120-180
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A 60 BORE MATCHLOCK GUN, 19TH CENTURY PROBABLY CHINESE
with tapering barrel formed in three stages, encased in chased copper around the muzzle and fitted with brass fore-sight,
octagonal breech with screw-in pan (one screw missing, the cover associated), brass action fitted with iron serpentine, darkwood
full stock carved over the greater part of its surface with scaly dragons, the butt fitted with bone cap and with a brief inscription
on the right, and iron ramrod
87.5 cm; 34 ½ in barrel
‡ £500-800
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A 6 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN, 19TH CENTURY
with heavy sighted barrel encrusted with silver scrolls, flowers, foliage and chevrons (losses), retained by a pair of engraved brass
bands, the breech fitted with pan with pivot-cover and incorporating the back-sight, a further band of silver behind, iron action
retained by five iron rivets with silver flowerhead washers, full stock, faceted butt inlaid with bone bouquets and shaped panels
and iron trigger (areas of pitting throughout)
108.5 cm; 42 ¾ in barrel
£400-600
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A 7 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY
with heavy sighted barrel retained by three slender brass bands, fitted at the breech with integral pan with pivot-cover, standing
back-sight, enclosed action with rudimentary serpentine and shaped trigger, the former fitted with later match cord, full stock set
with decorative white metal washers around the action (pricker missing), applied behind the tang with a large piece of carved
bone and bone butt-plate (chipped)
109.2 cm; 43 in barrel
£120-180
68
A 22 BORE ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY AND A PERCUSSION MUSKET AND A
NORTH AFRICAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET
the first with russet barrel retained by a large silver band and numerous slender bands, iron action and wooden stock (heavily
corroded and worn); the second probably of native manufacture; the third probably for the tourist market
the first: 118.0 cm; 46 ½ in barrel
(3)
£150-200
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A .600 CALIBRETURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, DATED 1229 AH, CIRCA 1814/15
with octagonal sighted twist barrel rifled with nine grooves, retained by five slender and four shaped engraved silver bands,
chiselled with a shaped panel encrusted with gold flowers and foliage at the muzzle and breech (light wear), the former fitted with
standing back-sight pierced with four apertures, steel tang decorated en suite, steel lock of characteristic form encrusted with
gold flowers including the date on the underside of the mainspring (light wear), highly figured burrwood full stock, inlaid over the
fore-end and around the lock with brass rondels enriched with minute brass nails, shaped butt (now in two pieces), formed of
contrasting panels of green-stained horn, bone and dark hardwood, inlaid with rondels and nails en suite with the fore-end (minor
repairs), green-stained barrel bolt escutcheons, trigger-plate and fore-end cap (small chip), and original steel ramrod
72.5 cm; 28 ½ in barrel
£2500-3000
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A 16 BORE ALGERIAN SILVER-MOUNTEDTOE-LOCK MUSKET, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
with long octagonal sighted barrel struck with Birmingham proof marks at the breech, retained by five pierced silver bands
repoussé with foliage, characteristic lock overlaid with a brass plaque, the cock and bridle each encrusted with silver scrollwork,
figured walnut full stock with fish-tail butt, inlaid over its entire surface with large silver plaques pierced with designs of scrollwork
and foliage (some lifting), small moulded silver baluster trigger, silver butt-cap (small chips), and original silver-tipped ramrod
142.5 cm; 56 ⅛ in barrel
£1200-1500
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A BRONZE SHORTSWORD, CIRCA 1100-800 B.C.
in excavated condition, cast in one piece, with double-edged blade
formed with a long medial ridge (one edge extensively chipped),
slightly flared towards the base and cut with short recesses at the
sides, wide flat tang pierced with holes for attaching a grip, and in
largely untouched patinated condition throughout
£350-450
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A RARE NORTH-WEST PERSIAN (LURISTAN) BRONZE
HORSE BIT, FIRST MILLENIUM B.C.
comprising a pair of pierced side panels formed as a mountain
goat, each formed with a loop at the rear and a further loop and a
pair of spikes on the inside, cylindrical mouth piece with re-curved
terminals, the inside painted with an inventory number
‘M.N.P.10.70’, and in patinated condition throughout
17.0 cm; 6 ¾ in
A related example is recorded in the collection of David-Weill see
A. Godard 1931, pl.XLVI, No. 176
£400-600
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TWO FRAGMENTARY BRONZE HINGES, PROBABLY
ROMAN 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
each with pierced stylised plant(?) design, the larger in two hinged
sections, the smaller with projecting serpent head motifs
17.0 x 11.0 cm and smaller (2, the larger with two detached
elements)
Provenance
Said to have been excavated near Aix -en-Provence, Sumner
Healey, New York, circa 1930
John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, Inv.
No. 238
‡ £120-180
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANTIQUITIES
comprising a Roman lead pyxis (cylindrical box), 3rd-4th century
AD, an Iron Razor, probably Roman, the rectangular blade with
tapered handle and plate finial; a Bronze Ferrule, Britain, probably
late Bronze Age; a Bronze Key, Byzantine or later, and a Grey Stone
Celt, of rounded triangular form
the second: 12.5 cm; 5 in and smaller
(5)
Provenance
The third: Sumner Healey New York 30 April 1929
The fourth: Azeez Khayat New York 5 June 1928 found by him in
Nazareth
The last: gift to the Armoury by H. C. Hosier Braeside Wyoming
Avenue South Orange New Jersey
John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, sold in
these rooms, 20 March 2013, lot 128
£150-200
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A RARE SWORD, RUSSIAN OR EASTERN EUROPEAN,
9TH/10TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with long straight blade double-edged
for the last 18cm, the forte enclosed by a shaped panel
extending over the edge of the blade on each side, slightly
grooved tang pierced with three holes and retaining a pair of
rivets for attaching the grips, straight cross-piece formed of a
pair of spatulate quillons of differing length and a central
diamond-shaped panel on each side
110.0 cm; 43 ¼ in blade
The most famous sword from this distinctive group is the so-
called sword of Charlemagne preserved in the former Imperial
Schatzkammer, Vienna, inv. no. WS XIII 5. A similar sword is
preserved in the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest. For
a discussion of these swords see Kalmár 1935/6, pp. 150-55
£1000-1200
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9TH/10TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with long straight blade double-edged
for the last 20.0 cm, the forte enclosed by a shaped panel
extending over the edge of the blade on each side, iron hilt
comprising a pair of short quillons with flattened spatulate
terminals, a small diamond-shaped panel in the centre on one
side, tall flattened cap pommel, and retaining a very small
portion of its original grip
102.2 cm; 40 ¼ in blade
See footnote to previous lot
£1500-2000
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9TH/10TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with long straight blade of flattened
diamond-section, double-edged for the last 16.5 cm, straight
cross-piece formed of a pair of very short quillons with pointed
terminals and a central diamond-shaped panel on each side,
tall bronze pommel of flattened pear-shaped form, and the
tang retaining a single rivet and a small portion of its grip
See footnote to previous lot
£1500-2000
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A MEDIEVAL SWORD, 12TH CENTURY
in excavated condition, with broad flat blade formed with a
three-quarter length fuller on each face inlaid in silver with two
crosses enclosing a brief inscription on one face at the forte
(small losses), later iron cross-guard, and associated brazil nut
pommel
The blade conforms to Oakeshott type XII
£1000-1500
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A FINE AND RARE BROADSWORD, LAST QUARTER OF
THE 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN
with straight double-edged blade of pronounced flattened
section, stamped with a series of small marks within a broad
central fuller between a pair of slender fullers over the lower
third on each side, steel hilt comprising rear quillon with
flattened globular terminal formed with an additional bar
curling along the plane of the blade, forward quillon extending
at a right angle to form the knuckle-guard and drawn-out at the
base to form an additional loop-guard, the knuckle-guard of
flattened section and cut with pairs of decorative notched
lines, square pommel drawn-out on each side to a raised
central moulding, and wooden grip, perhaps the original (the
steel parts with areas of patination and light pitting, the grip
with worm damage)
A large number of similar swords are preserved in the
Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice, one such example is
struck with the same series of marks on the blade (inv. no.
A300). Other examples are preserved in the Hofjagd- und
Rüstkammer, Vienna. A number of the swords in the Doge’s
Palace are impressed ‘CX’ on the grip for the Consiglio Dieci.
The Council of Ten was established in 1310 following a revolt
and was intended as a temporary Government body. However,
it became permanent in 1334 with powers that increased
substantially and, a century later, it was overseeing the
Republic’s diplomatic and intelligence services as well as
managing its military affairs. The hilt is a variant form of
Norman type 6. See Norman 1980, pp. 69-70, plate 9, and
Franzoi 1990, p. 86, no. 151, figs 43, 217
£3000-3500
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A RARE MILITARY BACKSWORD ‘KATZBALGER’,
SECOND QUARTER OFTHE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN
OR SWISS
in excavated condition, with broad blade double-edged for its
upper third, formed with two slender fullers along its back-
edge, tapering rectangular ricasso (slightly bent in profile),
steel hilt comprising a pair of very strongly recurved quillons,
each formed of a writhen bar with moulded terminal drawn-out
to a button-shaped finial, small ring-guard interrupted by a
series of spherical mouldings, inner-guard of a single diagonal
bar joined to the quillon-block by a short arm, knuckle-guard
and an additional outer-guard each interrupted by a central
moulding en suite with the ring-guard, the latter joined to the
quillon, and strongly fluted oval pommel decorated with a
writhen band (cleaned)
Swords of this type are extremely rare. Another example with
an almost identical hilt is preserved in the Royal Armouries,
Leeds (inv. no. IX-898). See A. R. Dufty 1974, p. 17 pl. 17a. A
related hilt, lacking the additional front guard, is preserved in
the collections of Prince Odescalchi, Rome. (inv. no. 1370).
See Carpegna 1969, p. 37 no. 209
£5000-7000
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A GERMANTWO-HAND SWORD IN 15TH
CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
with broad heavy double-edged blade formed in
two stages, the upper portion of flattened-
diamond section and the lower inlaid with a
running wolf mark in latten (losses) on each face,
struck with a flower mark on one face at the
forte, iron hilt comprising arched cross-piece of
flattened-rectangular section, tall faceted pear-
shaped pommel, and leather-covered grip
£1500-2500
VARIOUS OWNERS
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A GERMANTWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL
SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND
LATER
with broad double-edged blade tapering to a
sharp point, rectangular ricasso incorporating a
pair of up-turned lugs, iron hilt of flattened bars,
comprising a pair of slightly curved quillons with
spatulate terminals each with a pair of slender
lugs behind, a further pair of slender downward-
curved lugs, inner and outer ring-guards, and
plummet-shaped pommel, and leather-covered
wooden grip (losses)
121.2 cm; 47 ⅝ in blade
Provenance
George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries,
New York, 28 November 1928, lot 270
John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester,
Massachusetts, Inv. No. 666
£600-900
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A SWORD IN EARLY 14TH CENTURY STYLE
BY RAVEN ARMOURY, 20TH CENTURY
with Oakeshott type X blade, engraved with the
rondel logo at the forte, blued iron hilt
comprising straight faceted quillons, wheel
pommel, and leather-covered grip over cord
£400-60081
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A FINE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1600, PROBABLY ITALIAN
with blade of flattened-diamond section, cut with a short fuller and stamped with a cross-mark on each side, rectangular ricasso
incised with a line around the border and stamped with two further cross-marks on each side, steel hilt of slender faceted bars,
comprising a pair of straight quillons with delicately moulded bases and fluted bud-shaped terminals with a slender moulded collar
behind, knuckle-guard with terminal en suite with the quillons, outer ring-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, two
lower ring-guards, a pair of arms, fluted écusson, inner-guard of four very slender bars joined to the knuckle-guard by a single bar, the
principal bars interrupted by fluted mouldings en suite with the quillons, and fluted ovoid pommel, and with an early grip, probably
the original, of alternating bands of plaited copper and silver wire retained by a helical pattern of brass wire and withTurk’s heads
107.0 cm; 42 ⅛ in blade
A rapier with a hilt of similar form and closely related decoration is preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, inv. no.
M.104-1929. See Hayward 1963 no. 15 and Boccia & Coelho 1975, no. 561
£5000-7000
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A GERMAN MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, formed with a pair of long slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge
and stamped with a series of marks, three pairs of sickles and the letters ‘ONO’ arranged vertically with a pair of stars between
on each side (the blade tip shortened), blackened steel hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons with bud-
shaped terminals, outer ring-guard swelling towards the centre, knuckle-guard, an additional forward arm joining the
knuckle-guard to the ring and joined to the centre of the knuckle-guard by a further S-shaped bar, a pair of arms joined to the ring-
guard by a pair of diagonal bars, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement of slender rounded bars, faceted plummet-shaped
pommel, original leather and rayskin-covered two-stage moulded grip, and retaining some early blackened finish
This sword belongs to a distinctive group associated with Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. A number of swords in this group have blades by
the Bavarian court swordsmith Ulrich Diefstetter.The so-called sickle mark on the present sword is encountered on blades of both Italian
and German type: a number are stamped ‘Ferara’ and ‘Genoa’, and further examples are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz
£2500-3000
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A NORTH EUROPEAN PAPPENHEIMER RAPIER, CIRCA 1630
with straight blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped ‘INETERNON’ and ‘CONFONDAR’ between a series of decorative
marks within a short fuller on the respective faces, rectangular ricasso struck with a crowned F mark three times and a further
mark on each side (rubbed), symmetrical steel hilt of faceted bars, comprising straight quillons swelling towards the tips, fluted
écusson, knuckle-guard, upper ring-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, lower ring-guard joined to the upper by
a pair of short C-shaped bars, fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a series of stars, circles and squares and enriched with
punched dots, faceted ovoid pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire and ‘Turks’ heads’
£3000-3500
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87
A SWISS CAVALRY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OFTHE 17TH CENTURY
with contemporary curved blade double-edged at the point, cut with a slender fuller along its back-edge, engraved with exotic
birds, bust profiles, scrolling foliage, and inscriptions including the later date 1665, steel hilt of flattened bars decorated with
punched ornament on a stippled ground and comprising down-curved quillon with scrolling terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by
a broad moulding in the centre, outer ring-guard fitted with a sprung-in plate, boldly embossed and chased with stylised acanthus
foliage and joined to the pommel by an additional bar en suite with the knuckle-guard, thumb-loop, finely chiselled pommel, and
wooden grip retaining some of its early wire binding
Provenance
The Moser Collection, Switzerland
£2000-2500
88
AN ENGLISH DISH-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40
with straight slender blade (the tip slightly shortened), stamped ‘Me Fecit’ and ‘Solingen’ within a deep fuller on the respective
faces and pierced with a series of circles and rectangular panels, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with tightly
scrolling terminals (restored), cup-guard formed as an eight-petalled flower, drawn-up at the rear to form the knuckle-guard,
pierced and chiselled throughout with scrolling tendrils with monster-head terminals, foliage and grotesque masks, globular
pommel decorated with foliage and naïve masks, and later grip bound with plaited wire and ‘Turks’ heads’
A sword with a hilt of similar form is illustrated in L. Southwick 1982, no. 104, p. 50
£2500-3000
89
AN EAST EUROPEAN SABRE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY PROBABLY POLISH
with straight blade double-edged towards the point, formed with two long fullers along the back-edge of each face and with
traces of the Hapsburg double eagle on on one face and a figure on the other at the forte, iron hilt comprising a pair of quillons
with moulded terminals, langets, and horn grip carved with chevron patterns enriched with brass nails (losses) and the back-strap
encased in chased silver (worn)
£400-600
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90
90
A FINE GERMAN HUNTINGTROUSSE
(WEIDBESTECK), SECOND QUARTER OF
THE 18TH CENTURY
comprising cleaver with heavy single-edged chopping
blade, iron hilt chiselled in low relief, comprising a pair of
straight quillons decorated with large game, recurved
terminals formed as monsterheads, ring-guard
decorated on the lower face with a woodland
scene involving a boar set upon by a pair of
hounds and, on the upper face, a further
woodland scene involving a stag set upon by
three hounds, integral grip decorated on the
inside with a stag hunting scene en suite with
the ring and the outer with a hunter in
contemporary dress at the base, a panel of
engraved silver in the middle on each face,
and pommel formed as a maned lionshead
with brass tongue, in its fabric-covered
wooden scabbard (light wear, shrinkage, now
a poor fit) encased in pierced iron, the inner
face with two loops for suspension, the outer
decorated with a vertical arrangement of stag
and boar hunting woodland scenes involving
hunters in contemporary dress, plain iron
locket (two rivets missing, loose), and
complete with its accompanying pieces
comprising bodkin with file, three knives of
differing length and a fork, each with grip
inlaid with an engraved silver panel front and
back and chiselled iron lionshead pommel en
suite with the cleaver, and remaining in good
untouched condition throughout
35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in cleaver blade
A related example formerly in the Meyrick Collection at
Goodrich Court, Herefordshire is illustrated Skelton 1854, plate II,
figs. 10 and 11. Another, formerly in the collection of Prince
Carl of Prussia, is illustrated Hiltl 1876 cat. no. 516
£5000-6000
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91
A RARE CHISELLED IRON SCABBARD FOR A TROUSSE FROMTHE SAXON ELECTORAL HUNT, OF JOHAN GEORG II
(1613, ELECTOR 1656-80),THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
with leather-covered wooden body bound with iron strips, the inner face with a pair of loops for suspension, the outer face with
middle band chiselled with foliage, locket and chape decorated with woodland stag hunting scenes (chape missing its ball finial),
the locket drawn-out for accompanying pieces (core missing), and pierced with the abbreviated inscription ‘IGDIIHZSGCVBC’ for
Johan Georg Herzog II zu Sachsen Gülich Cleve und Berg Chürfurst
51.5 cm; 20 ¼ in
A hunting garniture, dated 1662, comprising sword and trousse with similar scabbard, formerly in the Saxon Collections, was sold
American Art Association, New York, 23 November 1928, lot 279
£500-800
92
A NORTH GERMAN BOAR SPEAR FROM THE COURT HUNT OF ERNST AUGUST, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND
LÜNEBURG, ELECTOR OF HANOVER, PRINCE BISHOP OF OSNABRÜCK (1629-1698), LATE 17TH CENTURY
with heavy leaf-shaped blade of hollow-diamond section (minor delaminations), socket of hexagonal section engraved with the
ducal monogram at the base, on an early oak haft bound with a pattern of leather trellis (toggle missing)
33.0 cm; 13 in head
Provenance
Schloss Marienburg, Nordstemmen, Germany
£2500-3000
91
92
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93
A RARE GERMAN BOAR-SWORD (SCHWEIN-DEGEN),
LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
with leaf-shaped stabbing blade of flattened-diamond section,
pierced for a toggle bar at the base (missing), long hollow-
ground shank stamped with a mark, flattened below the hilt to
form a rectangular ricasso of flattened-hexagonal section, steel
hilt comprising a pair of straight swelling faceted quillons, outer
ring-guard, diagonal inner-guard joined to the right quillon by a
single arm, and plummet-shaped pommel, and retaining an
early two-stage wooden grip with much of its fishskin covering
A boar-sword of similar construction is preserved in the
Deutsches Jagdmuseum, Munich. See Blackmore 1971, no. 5
£5000-7000
93
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94
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY
with slightly curved blade double-edged towards a clipped-
back point, etched and gilt with trophies, the motto ‘V.Pandur’
and a hussar on a blued panel on each side (light wear), steel
cross-piece formed with a moulded collar (knuckle-chain
missing), moulded pommel-cap, and horn grip stained in
imitation of tortoiseshell
⦿ £500-700
95
A RARE HUNTING SWORD WITHTORTOISESHELL-
VENEERED HILT,THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH
CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
with associated French blade, steel hilt chiselled with
geometric ornament, including down-turned shell, moulded
quillon with ovoid terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a
faceted oval moulding, and swelling faceted grip entirely
covered with tortoiseshell
A series of hunting swords with tortoiseshell-veneered grips
are preserved in the Stibbert Musuem, Florence
⦿ £500-600
96
A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD WITH
AGATE GRIP, CIRCA 1730-40
with slender blade tapering to a double-edged point, inlaid
with brass flowers and foliage on each face at the forte, silver
hilt cast and chased in low relief against a punched ground,
comprising a pair of recurved quillons decorated with foliage,
quillon-block with scrolling tendrils involving a swan on each
side, ferrule and pommel button decorated en suite, and the
grip formed of faceted agate
Provenance
£400-600
97
A GERMAN COMBINED BAYONET AND HUNTING
SWORD, 19TH CENTURY
with polished single-edged blade etched with trophies-of-arms
and scrolls of foliage over the lower three-quarters on each
face, gilt-brass hilt including a pair of straight quillons
decorated with foliage and a lion mask on the outer face, the
inner with a loop for a muzzle lug corresponding with a further
loop behind the cap pommel and retaining its blued spring,
natural staghorn grip, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass
locket and chape
£300-500
98
A FINE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD
COMMEMORATING THE PEACE OF HUBERTUSBURG,
DECORATED WITH PORTRAITS OF MARIE THERESE,
EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND FREDERICK, KING OF
PRUSSIA, DATED 1763
with tapering double-edged blade etched and gilt with a
portrait of Marie Therese, Empress of Austria dividing the
inscriptions ‘Le 15 Fevrier 1763 de nos’ and ‘deux
Hubertsbourg a fait une’ on one face and a portrait of
Frederick, King of Prussia dividing the inscriptions ‘depuis ce
moment nous’ and ‘renoncons a’ toute rancune’ on the other,
the forte signed on both faces ‘de la manufacture de la
marque a l’extra-fin a Solingen’ above the mark (the tip with a
very small chip), silver hilt comprising a pair of moulded
quillons cast and chased with scrolls in low relief, cap pommel,
ferrule, and faceted mother-of-pearl grip bound with silver wire
and ribband, in its vellum-covered wooden scabbard with silver
locket and chape (small cracks)
94 95 96
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Provenance
The Peace of Hubertusburg between Prussian and Austria and marked the end of the Seven Years’ War. It was signed on 15
February 1763, five days after the Treaty of Paris, and guaranteed that Frederick II the Great maintained his possession of Silesia
and confirmed Prussia’s stature as a major European power
Schloss Hubertusburg was the hunting palace of August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. Completed in 1752 it was
sumptuously furnished and was the venue for court festivities until the outbreak of the Seven Years War. In 1761 its entire
contents were destroyed by plundering Prussian troops. See Syndram and Brink (ed.) 2013
£1200-1800
PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF ARTHUR RICHARD DUFTY CBE, (1911-1993), MASTER OF THE
ROYAL ARMOURIES (1963-76) AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES (1978- 81)
99
A FINE GERMAN SILVER-HILTED HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1730
with straight blade double-edged for its last quarter, formed with a long fuller on each face and engraved with scrolling foliage on a
gilt panel at the base, chiselled with a pair of hounds pursuing a stag and a boar on the respective faces of the forte, silver hilt cast
and chased in relief (lightly rubbed), comprising a pair of quillons issuant from grotesques with terminals en suite, the right quillon
up-turned and slightly forward-canted, down-turned shell-guard decorated with a doe and a pair of stags in a framework of rococo
scrolls, the quillon-block extending upwards to a panel filled with a bird-of-prey on the outer face, knuckle-guard, cap pommel
formed as a bird-of-prey in the round, extending at the front over the grip with a panel incorporating a reclining hound, natural
staghorn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (the base repaired) with large silver mounts comprising chape chased with a
woodland stag hunting scene on the outer face and the inner lightly engraved with scrolls enclosing the initials ‘CB’, locket chased
with Diana the huntress within a rococo frame on the inner face and the outer with provision for its accompanying pieces, together
with its knife and fork (perhaps the original), each with horn grip faced with white metal chased with rococo scrolls
A hunting sword with a near identical blade is preserved in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. See Müller and Kölling
1990, p. 403, no. 365
£1500-2500
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100
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760
with hollow-ground triangular blade etched with scrollwork at
the forte, steel hilt cast, pierced and chiselled with scrolling
foliage, including double-shell-guard decorated with bouquets
and a band of strapwork, globular quillon, knuckle-guard,
quillon-block and pommel the latter two each en suite with the
shell-guard, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and
copper ribband (small areas of light pitting)
Provenance
The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, Switzerland circa 1920
£500-600
101
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780
with hollow-triangular blade etched with strapwork and rococo
ornament at the forte, steel hilt comprising double shell-guard
pierced with an alternating arrangement of flowers and foliage
framed within roped strapwork borders, globular quillon and
knuckle-guard each pierced with a trellis pattern, and quillon-
block and ovoid pommel each en suite with the shell, and
wooden grip retaining an early binding of plaited silver wire,
ribband and ‘Turk’s heads’ (the ribband with areas of wear)
79.5 cm; 31⅜ in blade
Provenance
The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, Switzerland circa 1920
£400-600
102
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY
with hollow-ground triangular blade decorated with gilt foliage,
trophies and the bladesmith’s initials ‘I.G.B.’ on a blued panel
over the lower portion, steel hilt comprising double shell-guard
pierced with differing trophies-of-arms within a scrolling frame,
globular quillon, knuckle-guard, and ovoid pommel pierced
with foliage, and retaining an early grip of plaited wire and
‘Turks’ heads’
£250-300
103
A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1680
with associated blade of flattened-rounded section stamped
‘Inini’ on each side at the forte and cut with a very short fuller,
steel hilt of moulded bars including down-curved quillon with
fluted barrel-shaped terminal, inner and outer shell-guards
each fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with a panel of holes
within a foliate frame, moulded knuckle-guard joined by a pair
of scrolling bars at the base, and associated fluted pommel
en suite with the quillon (later grip)
£400-500
100 101 102 103
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104
A FINE FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PARIS CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1774
with hollow-ground triangular blade, silver hilt cast, pierced and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising double-
shell-guard decorated on the outer face with differing trophies-of-arms and on the inner face with differing trophies-of-music, each
within oval garland frames and against an elaborate trellis background enclosed by a festooned border, a pair of arms each
decorated with laurel, one struck with silver marks including the maker’s mark, quillon-block decorated with further trophies on
each side, quillon and knuckle-guard en suite with the shell, pierced ovoid pommel decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the front
and a garland on the rear, and original grip bound with plaited wire and riband (loose)
£800-1000
105
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1770
with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section signed ‘Francisco Ruis’ and ‘EnToledo’ within a short fuller on the respective faces,
gilt-brass hilt cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with scrolls and scallop
patterns on a punched ground, forward-canted globular quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel, and solid grip decorated en suite
Provenance
The Jagdkammer of the Reichsgrafen von Kaunitz, sold Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 13th May 1936, lot no. 28
£600-800
106
AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780
with two-stage blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched with a gilt scrollwork panel filled with a bouquet and a gilt panel etched
with strapwork and a trophy-of-arms on each side at the forte, steel hilt comprising petal-shaped oval shell-guard pierced with a
series of radiating slots filled with foliage, the inner face studded with a running pattern of faceted beads, globular quillon, a pair of
small arms, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted moulding, and faceted ovoid pommel, and retaining an early grip of plaited wire,
ribband andTurk’s heads, in its original vellum-covered wooden scabbard complete with steel suspension-chain and belt-clip
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich, 6th December 1929, lot 58
£600-800
104 105 106
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PROPERTY FROM THE LATTIMER FAMILY COLLECTIONS, NEW JERSEY
107
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED OFFICER’S SWORD, LONDON 1754, MAKER’S MARK OF JOHN CARMAN II
with curved blade double-edged towards the tip, formed with a near full-length fuller on each face, silver hilt comprising boatshell
guard, short quillon, knuckle-guard, outer-guard and near spherical pommel, and the grip with its original binding of plaited silver
wire and ribband
Literature
D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 130
John Carman II was a hilt maker and a Master of the Cutler’s Company. Both of his parents were hilt maker’s, Mary and John I.
See Southwick, p. 63
£700-900
108
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON 1769, MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT
with associated hollow-ground triangular-section blade, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief (rubbed), comprising oval shell-
guard pierced with trophies-of music rondels surrounded by concentric frames enclosing beadwork panels, a pair of short quillons
with flattened globular terminals, knuckle-guard, quillon-block and pommel (one small dent) en suite with the guard, and the grip
bound with plaited silver wire and ribband with a chased collar top and bottom
Literature
£500-700
109
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780
with tapering blade of hollow-ground triangular-section, etched with scrolls at the forte (worn, areas of surface rust), silver hilt
cast, pierced and chased in low relief, comprising double-shell-guard formed of a pair of openwork trellis panels enclosed by a
large scroll frame in imitation of bound cord, globular quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all decorated en suite, and the grip
with its original binding of plaited silver wire and ribband between ‘Turk’s heads’ in its leather scabbard (worn, the lower portion
and chape missing), with silver locket (incomplete)
Literature
£400-600
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110
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON,
CIRCA 1760
with associated hollow-ground triangular-section blade, silver
hilt (loose) cast and chased in low relief, comprising boatshell
guard, quillon, knuckle-guard and pommel all decorated with a
writhen design (marks rubbed) and the grip bound with copper
wire (loose) between chased silver collars
Literature
£350-450
111
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1750
with colichemarde blade (shortened) inlaid with brass scrolls at
the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising
double shell-guard decorated with vacant panels flanked by
winged monsters, rococo scrolls and shell ornament, quillon,
knuckle-guard (repaired), and pommel all decorated en suite,
and wooden grip bound with plaited wire
Literature
£300-400
112
A NORTH EUROPEAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1770,
ENGLISH OR DUTCH
with slender blade of diamond-section, stamped ‘En Toledo’
within a short fuller on each face, silver hilt cast and chased in
low relief (rubbed, minor repairs), comprising double shell-
guard, quillon, knuckle-guard and pommel all decorated with a
writhen design, and the grip bound with plaited wire between
brass collars
Literature
£300-400
113
TWO EUROPEAN SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORDS,
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
the first with associated curved fullered blade, silver hilt
including boatshell-guard, quillon and pommel all decorated
with a writhen design (knuckle-guard missing, hilt loose), and
the grip bound with plaited wire between silver collars; the
second with long slender blade stamped ‘In Toledo’ within a
short fuller on each face, silver hilt including double shell-guard
(now in two pieces) finely pierced and chased with trophies-of-
arms enclosed by leafy tendrils (restorations, later pommel
and grip)
the first: 69.5 cm; 27 ⅜ in blade
(2)
Literature
D. D. Hartzler 2000, figs. 85 and 106
£300-400
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114
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LATE 18TH
CENTURY
with two-stage blade (shortened) etched over the lower
portion with scrolls, the inscription ‘Honi soit qui mal y Pense’
and stamped with a star on each face, silver hilt cast and
chased in low relief, comprising oval shell-guard, short scrolling
quillon, knuckle-guard, tall ovoid pommel and integral grip all
decorated with punched ornament in imitation of brilliants
Literature
£250-350
115
A NORTH EUROPEAN SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD,
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN
with associated blade, silver hilt including oval shell-guard,
short quillon struck with a mark, perhaps a rampant lion
(rubbed), knuckle-guard with two further marks (rubbed),
faceted ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire
Literature
£200-300
116
TWO CONTINENTAL SMALL-SWORDS, SECOND HALF
OF THE 18TH CENTURY
the first with associated tapering single-edged blade, silver hilt
cast and chased in low relief, including rain-cover over the
forte, quillon, side-ring, pommel and integral grip all decorated
with a writhen design; the second with hollow-ground
triangular-section blade, silver hilt including down-turned
scalloped shell-guard, low disc-shaped quillon terminal,
globular pommel drawn-out to the button, and the grip bound
with plaited wire between silver collars
the first: 80.0 cm; 31 ½ in blade
(2)
Literature
D. D. Hartzler 2000, figs. 101,102
£300-400
117
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1770
AND A GERMAN OFFICER’S SWORD, LATE 19TH
CENTURY
with first with hollow-ground triangular-section blade etched
with scrolls over the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low
relief, including double shell-guard eagles and lions amongst
trophies-of-arms on each face, the quillon-block decorated en
suite (later pommel), and the grip bound with plaited wire and
ribband, with a portion of its scabbard; the second with blued
and gilt epée blade, and white metal hilt with boatshell-guard
(knuckle-guard missing)
the first: 78.9 cm; 31 in blade
(2)
Literature
D. D. Hartzler 2000, figs. 127, 128
£250-350
114 115
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118
A FINE ITALIAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER, CIRCA 1600
with tapering blade of stiff-diamond section, pierced with a series of circles and ovals within two long slender fullers framed by a
further pair of fullers top and bottom on each face, rectangular ricasso pierced and fullered en suite on the outer face and
hollowed for the thumb on the inner, iron hilt comprising a pair of down-curved quillons of flattened-rounded section, side-ring
swelling slightly towards the centre, and flattened barrel-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with panels of punched and gilt
pellets within matching diagonal frames (small losses), and retaining an early grip of plaited silver wire between ‘Turk’s heads’,
almost certainly the original, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron lockets and chape decorated en suite with the hilt,
the former with a loop on the inner face for suspension and the latter with moulded terminal
£3500-4500
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PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF ARTHUR RICHARD DUFTY CB, 1911-1993),
MASTER OF THE ROYAL ARMOURIES (1963-76) AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES (1978-81)

119
AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with cut-down fullered hunting sword blade formed with a
clipped-back point and stamped on each face with a celestial
mask, white metal hilt cast and chased in low relief,
comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior head
terminals, cap pommel formed en suite and turned burrwood
grip, in its embossed leather scabbard, with silver mounts
decorated en suite
£1500-2000
120
AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1680-90
with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped
with a King’s head mark and a tailed star mark on one face,
cast and chiselled brass hilt comprising a pair of straight
quillons with putti terminals, matching pommel, and turned
hardwood grip, in a later leather scabbard inscribed ‘a present
from George … about 1654’
£1200-1800
121
with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped
with a King’s head mark on one face, cast and chiselled brass
hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior head
terminals, matching pommel, and turned hardwood grip
Provenance
Warwick Castle, inv. no. E023, sold in these rooms 25 June
2008, lot 320
Similar plug bayonets were used during this period by the
Guard of the Royal Household
£800-1000
122
with tapering double-edged blade (pitted), cast and chiselled
brass hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior
head terminals, matching pommel, and turned hardwood grip
31 cm; 12 ⅓ in blade
£600-800
123
A LEFT HAND DAGGER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE,
MODERN
with tapering blade, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt with drooping
quillons, Saxon style faceted bun-shaped pommel, in a leather
scabbard
£300-400
119 120 121 122
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124
124
A FINE AND RARE GERMAN HALBERD FOR THE GUARD OF JOHAN GEORG, ELECTOR AND MARGRAVE OF
BRANDENBURG (1525, 1571-98), DATED 1570
with tapering terminal spike of hollow-diamond section, forward-leaning curved axe-blade, down-curved rear fluke, tapering socket
and a pair of long straps (the lower portions replaced in their early working life), the head etched over almost its entire surface
with flowers and scrolling leafy tendrils on a stippled ground, the terminal spike with the crowned abbreviated inscription
‘A.N.G.W.’ (Alles nach Gottes Willen) in gilt letters, the axe-head with the repeated gilt inscription, and the rear fluke with the date
in gilt numbers on each face (lightly refreshed), on a wooden haft
55 cm; 21 ⅝ in head
Johan Georg became Elector and Margrave on 3 January 1571 (Old Style 1570) following the death of Joachim II Hector.
Joachim’s death left a heavy burden of debt which was addressed by his successor’s financial reforms and wise government.
He was popular with nobles and some towns. He was a Lutheran though he did not allow his religion to involve his state in
military adventures in defence of this cause
Another halberd from this group is preserved in then Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin and another in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 14.25.253). See Müller and Kölling 1990, no. 161
£4000-6000
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A GERMAN ETCHED HALBERD FORTHE GUARD OF JOHANN GEORG, DUKE OF SAXONY (1585, 1611-1656), DATED 1604
with tapering terminal spike, forward-leaning curved axe-blade formed with a pair of inward curled lugs, down-curved rear fluke
formed with a pair of inward curled lugs, and a pair of long straps, one stamped ‘ML’, probably the maker, etched on each face
with strapwork and leafy tendrils on a stippled ground over the lower portion of the spike extending down to the top of the straps,
the axe with the arms of Saxony within a strapwork cartouche enriched with garlands of fruit, one side with the date, the rear
fluke with the abbreviated inscription ‘I.H.G.H.Z.S’ for Johann Georg Herzog zu Sachsen within a panel on a stippled ground and
the straps each with a lion mask rondel (small areas of wear), on an early wooden haft, probably its original (areas of worm, the
base extended), retaining a portion of its leather trellis binding and an early green silk and silver thread tassel (losses), the haft
painted with an inventory number ‘Al481’, applied with a brass inventory tag ‘S.V.G.’, and another tag ‘L.64.14.39’
78.0 cm; 30 ¾ in head
Provenance
The former Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden
Armerican Art Association, New York, 24 November 1928, lot 272
Stephen V. Grancsay (1897-1980), Curator of Arms and Armor, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Howard Ricketts, London
Exhibited
Brooklyn Museum 1933, cat. no. 316
Allentown Art Museum 1964, cat. no. 93
Johan Georg had a guard of twelve men and one captain from the time of his marriage in 1604, which was augmented to fifty
men in Christmas that year. Half were armed with muskets and half with halberds. Another example, still preserved in Dresden,
is illustrated Churfürstliche Guardie 2012-13, cat. No. 67
£4000-6000
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A GERMAN ETCHED HALBERD FORTHE GUARD OF JOHANN GEORG, DUKE OF SAXONY (1585, 1611-1656)
AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BISHOPRIC OF MERSEBURG, DATED 1609
with tapering terminal spike of hollow-diamond section with a pair of lugs at the base, forward-leaning curved axe-blade, down-
curved rear fluke formed with a pair of inward curled lugs, tapering sockets, and a pair of long straps, one stamped ‘ML’, probably
the maker, etched with strapwork and leafy tendrils on a stippled ground over the lower portion of the spike and the centre of the
head on each face, the axe with the arms of Saxony and the arms of the Bishopric of Merseburg on the respective faces, each
within a strapwork cartouche with cross-hatched borders, above the date and beneath the abbreviated inscription ‘S.V.M.C.’ for
the ducal device Scopus Vitae mihi Christus, the rear fluke with the abbreviated inscription ‘H.G.H.Z.S’ for Hans Georg Herzog zu
Sachsen within a panel on a stippled ground, on a wooden haft with a green, purple, red and gold silk tassel
73.0 cm; 28 ¾ in head
Provenance
Another example, dated 1611, is preserved in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. See Müller and Kölling 1990, no. 25.
The Berlin example is etched with a similar inscription with the additional letters ‘G.V.B.C.’, reflecting his promotion to Elector that
year. The Diocese of Merseburg was secularized in 1562 and its various properties and lands passed into the ownership of the
Dukes of Saxony
£4000-6000
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A GERMAN ETCHED HALBERD FORTHE GUARD OF AUGUST, DUKE OF SAXONY (1589-1615), AS ADMINISTRATOR
OFTHE BISHOPRIC OF NAUMBURG, DATED 1614
with tapering terminal spike of hollow-diamond section and wasted at the base, concave axe-blade, down-curved rear fluke formed
with a pair of inward curled lugs, and a pair of long straps, one stamped ‘ML’, probably the maker, etched on each face over the lower
portion of the spike extending down to the centre of the head with strapwork and leafy tendrils on a stippled ground, the axe with
the arms of Saxony on one face and the arms of the bishopric of Naumburg on the respective faces, each within a scrollwork frame
above the date and beneath the abbreviated inscription ‘F.S.C.V.’ for the ducal device Fide Sed Cuide Vide, the rear fluke with the
abbreviated inscription ‘A.H.Z.S’ for August Herzog zu Sachsen in a panel on each face, on an early wooden haft, with a silk tassel
66.0 cm; 26 in head
Provenance
Halberds of this type were also carried by the Guard of Duke August’s brother, Johan Georg I, Elector (1611-56). Another example,
formerly in the Electoral Armoury, is preserved in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (inv. nr. S92). See Churfürstliche
Guardie 2012-13, cat. No. 66
£4000-6000
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A FRENCH PARTISAN FOR THE ROYAL GUARD OF KING LOUIS XIII (1601, 1614-43)
with tapering flat head formed with a medial ridge, a pair of up-turned and a pair of down-turned basal lugs, stamped ‘C. Gounod’
on one face and with another name, probably ‘Laine’ (unclear) on the other, tapering faceted socket moulded at the top, stamped
‘10’ on the reverse and with traces of an inscription including ‘Trent double’ on each face (rubbed), impaled by a transverse bolt
with a characteristic up-turned hook finial on one side, the head etched with crowned Royal arms enclosed by the Order of St
Michel and St Esprit above the letters ‘LL’ on one face and with the crowned arms of Navarre on the other enclosed by the same
orders, on a wooden haft with iron shoe
60.0 cm; 23 ⅝ in head
Provenance
George R. Hann, Treetops, Pennsylvania, sold Christie’s, 19 May 1980, lot 62
The maker Gounod is believed to have worked in Geneva. Another partisan of this type, formerly in the Kretzschmar von
Kienbusch Collection, is preserved in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. See von Kienbusch 1963, no. 601.
£2000-3000
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A FRENCH HALBERD OFTHE SWISS GUARD OF LOUIS XV (1710, 1723-74)
with tapering terminal blade formed with a wavy edge and medial ridge on each face, slightly concave axe-blade with wavy back-
edge, rear fluke formed with an additional wavy spike above and below, the centre of the head chiselled with a sun-in-splendour
mask in relief on each face and with traces of original gilding, tapering faceted socket formed with a moulding at the top, engraved
‘48’, and fitted with a transverse bolt (the up-turned spike finial missing), a pair of straps of differing length, on a wooden haft
62.8 cm; 24 ¾ in head
Provenance
Jeanne et Robert-Jean Charles, sold Tajan, Paris, 8 December 1993, lot 239
The Swiss Guard (Cent-Suisses) were introduced into the Royal household in 1679. They had three sets of dress, for war, daily
use and ceremony. The latter was decorated with blue vertical bands alternating with crimson silk velvet embroidered in white
silk thread with a chain design. An example of this uniform is preserved in the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, inv. no. 3641 DEP
£2000-2500
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A FRENCH PARTISAN FOR THE ROYAL GUARD OF LOUIS XIV AS DAUPHIN (1638, 1643-1715), CIRCA 1638-43
with tapering flat head formed with a medial ridge, a pair of up-turned and a pair of down-turned basal lugs, stamped ‘C. Gounod’
on one face and ‘Laine’ on the other, tapering faceted socket moulded at the top, impaled by a transverse bolt with a
characteristic up-turned hook finial on one side, the head etched with crowned Dauphin’s arms on each face, on an early wooden
haft with iron shoe
52.0 cm; 20 ½ in head
Provenance
George R. Hann, Treetops, Pennsylvania, sold Christie’s, 19 May 1980, lot 62
£1500-2000
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A RARE ITALIAN GLAIVE FOR THE GUARD OF CARLO GONZAGA, DUKE OF MANTUA (1580, 1627-37)
with knife-like blade formed with a curved leading edge, the upper half of the back-edge double-edged and formed with a rounded
finial engraved with a scroll in the centre, tapering socket formed with a moulding at the top, the head etched with the crowned
ducal arms on each face (worn, partly obscured), on a wooden haft with tassel
85.5 cm; 33 ⅝ in head
A similar glaive, in similar condition, is preserved in the Artillery Museum, Turin (inv. J114/5205). For this example, and a
discussion of the Gonzaga Armoury, see Turin 1995, pp. 369-403
£2000-2500
132
A FINE AND RARE VENETIAN PARADE GLAIVE FORTHE DOGES’ SLAVIC GUARD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with broad heavy single-edged blade with rear-swept tip, the back formed with a large pierced projection comprising a pair of
rampant horses centring on a shaped projection flanked by a pair of monsterheads, the base with a hippocamp on either side,
engraved on each face over the lower three-quarters with a female trumpeting angel holding a spear and standing on a crown
incorporating trophies-of-arms above an espagnolette mask supported by another pair of angels, robust moulded socket, with an
early faceted wooden haft covered with painted leather (small losses, the lower portion replaced)
113.7 cm; 44 ¾ in head
Provenance
Robin Wigington (1932-2002)
The immense weight of this glaive would suggest that it was for use by a standing guard or sentry. Other examples from this
group are preserved at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, and the former Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection, now in the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, no. 605. Two further glaives of the group were sold Sotheby’s New York, 11 January 1994, lot 444.
£3000-4000
133
A FINE AND RARE VENETIAN PARADE GLAIVE FORTHE DOGES’ SLAVIC GUARD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with broad heavy single-edged blade with rear-swept tip, the back formed with a large pierced projection comprising a pair of
rampant horses centring on a shaped projection flanked by a pair of monsterheads, the base with a hippocamp on either side, the
base engraved on each face over the lower three-quarters with a female angel trumpeting and holding a spear, standing on a
crown incorporating trophies-of-arms above an espagnolette mask supported by another pair of angels, robust moulded socket,
with an early faceted wooden haft covered with painted leather (small losses, the lower portion replaced)
113.7 cm; 44 ¾ in head
Provenance
See footnote to previous lot.
£3000-4000
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A RARE ETCHED PARTISAN OF THE GUARD OFTHE ELECTOR FRIEDRICH AUGUST I OF SAXONY, ‘THE STRONG’
(1670, 1694-1733), CIRCA 1694-7
with central blade of flattened-diamond section, broad base formed of a pair of flat notched flukes, etched at the base with a
pattern of scrolling foliage on each side and surmounted on the respective faces with the crowned electoral arms and the initials
‘CFA’ for Churfürst Friedrich August, moulded collar, faceted socket and a pair of long straps, on a wooden haft painted with an
inventory number
61.2 cm; 24 ⅛ in head
Provenance
The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden
Friedrich August I ruled as Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and twice as King August II of Poland (1697-1704 and 1709-33)
Similar partisans are preserved in the Wartburg (inv. no. 461) and the Wallace Collection, London (inv. Nos. A1002 & A1003).
Another partisan from this group with the same notable style of etching is preserved in the Deutsches Historiches Museum,
Berlin. See Müller and Kölling 1981, p. 311 no. 395
£2000-2500
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A RARE ETCHED PARTISAN, THIRD QUARTER OFTHE 17TH CENTURY
with two-stage central blade, formed with a pair of broad flat lugs cut with a series of notches at the base, etched over its surface
with foliate rondels within a stylised architectural framework, including the inscriptions ‘Nec Temer Nec Timide’ and ‘Fide sed
Cuide’ on one side and ‘Inter Arma Silent Leges’, ‘R.O.R.O.P.’ and ‘Proaris ——-’ on the other, moulded neck, faceted socket, and a
pair of short straps
52.6 cm; 20 ¾ in head
This belongs to a group of partisans variously dated 1631 and 1632 and were almost certainly used by a Protestant Army from
Saxony. Another, formerly in the collection of Count Dimitri de Nesselrode and William Randolph Hearst is the the Kretzschmar
von Kienbusch collection, inv. no. 594
£1500-2000
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A RARE ENGLISH PARTISAN FORTHE GUARD OF KING WILLIAM III (1650, 1689-1702) AND QUEEN MARY II (1662,
1689-1694), CIRCA 1689-94
with tapering central blade of flattened-diamond section, the base of broad crescentic form etched on each side with the Royal
cypher, moulded neck fitted with a pierced faceted collar, tapering socket, a pair of straps (the head worn), on its wooden haft
68.0 cm; 26 ¾ in head
Provenance
Six State Partisans of this shape are preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. They are dated to the early 18th century and are
described in a guide of 1788 as having been used at the funeral of William III. See Ffoulkes 1915, p. 229, nos 341-346
£1500-1800
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A RARE ENGLISH PARTISAN FORTHE GUARD OF QUEEN ANNE (1665, 1702-1714)
with tapering central blade of flattened-diamond section, the base of broad crescentic form incorporating two pairs of short
straight ribbon-like lugs, moulded socket, large pierced collar, the head with traces of the etched Royal arms and deeply incised
‘AR’ at the base on each face, and a pair of straps, on an early wooden haft with iron shoe (the head worn)
67.0 cm; 26 ⅜ in head
English partisans of this type were re-used and decorated as the monarchs changed. There do not appear to be any partisans of
this type recorded in the Royal Armouries, Leeds
Provenance
£1200-1800
138
AN ENGLISH PARTISAN, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR THE GUARD OF KING GEORGE III (1738, 1760-1820)
straight ribbon-like lugs, threaded base, moulded socket, large pierced collar, the head with etched with the Royal arms on each
face above the Royal cypher ‘GR’ (worn), over painted in blue and gold on one face, on its original wooden haft with iron shoe, and
an early tassel
70.0 cm; 27 ½ in head
Provenance
£1200-1800
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AN ENGLISH PARTISAN FOR THE GUARD OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1819, 1837-1901)
straight ribbon-like lugs, threaded base, moulded socket, large pierced collar, the head painted with the Royal arms on each face in
blue and gold, on its original wooden haft with iron shoe, and an early tassel
70.0 cm; 27 ½ in head
Provenance
£1200-1800
140
AN ENGLISH PARTISAN FOR THE GUARD OF KING GEORGE VI (1895, 1936-1952)
with tapering central blade of flattened-diamond section, the base of broad crescentic form incorporating two pairs of very short
straight ribbon-like lugs, threaded base, moulded socket, large pierced brass collar, the head etched with the Royal arms on each
face in blue and gold above the Royal cypher ‘GviR’, retaining some early blued and gilt finish, on its original wooden haft with iron
shoe, and tassel
46 cm; 18 ⅛ in head
£400-600
141
AN ENGLISH PARTISAN FOR THE GUARD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1956, 1952-)
with tapering central blade of flattened-diamond section, the base of broad crescentic form incorporating two pairs of very short
lugs, threaded base numbered ‘24’ above, moulded brass socket, large pierced brass collar, the head etched and gilt with the
Royal arms above the Royal cypher ‘EiiR’ on a blued panel on each face, on its original wooden haft with iron shoe, and tassel, and
in very good condition throughout
47.0 cm; 18 ½ in head
£500-600
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A PARADE GLAIVE FOR THE GUARD OF MARIA THERESA AS DOWAGER EMPRESS OF AUSTRA (1717, 1740-80),
CIRCA 1765-80
with knife-like blade double-edged for the upper portion, etched on each face with the crowned Imperial eagle on crossed ragged
staves, charged with the Imperial arms and enclosed by the Order of the Golden Fleece, the back-edge inscribed ‘38 Du
Manufacturier J : Phil : Kirschbaum a Solingen’ (worn, partly illegible, the head pitted), moulded neck, and later haft, fitted at the
top with a brass inventory tag numbered 233
54.0 cm; 21 ¼ in head
Another example, by the same maker and numbered ‘29’ is preserved in the Wallace Collection, inv. no. A 941. See Norman
1986, p. 191-2. We are indebted to the vendor’s consultant for his assistance with this lot
£600-800
143
AN ITALIAN ETCHED GLAIVE, LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN
with broad knife-like blade formed with a curved leading edge and curved back-edge, stamped on one side with a large scorpion-
mark incorporating a cross above the letter ‘B’, upwardly projecting slender rear spike, a pair of pointed basal lugs, moulded
tapering socket (one small crack), and a pair of short straps, engraved over the lower portion of the head with strapwork
cartouches filled with stylised grotesques against a punched ground, over the socket with flowers within a trellis framework, and
all enclosed within a punched framework, on a later wooden haft
86.5 cm; 34 in head
Provenance
Schloss Mauensee, sold Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 26-28 May 1932
A similar example struck with the same mark and decorated with the arms of the Michiel family of Venice is preserved in the
Museo Civico Correr, Venice, inv. no. CC 695. See Boccia and Coehlo 1975, no. 457
£1000-1500
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