271 |
A CLOSE HELMET IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY MAXIMILIAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with one-piece skull formed with three low roped combs, fitted at the nape with a conical plume-holder and a neck-guard of two lames, bellows visor and bevor, the former pierced with a pair of slanted vision slits and four pairs of horizontal ventilation-slits, the latter flanged outwards at its base to form a short neck-guard at the front, the lower edge decorated with a roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border 31.8cm; 12 1/2in high £1500-2000 | 5% |
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1800 |
| 272 | A CLOSE HELMET IN GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with one-piece skull rising to a low cabled comb, fitted at the nape with a conical plume-holder and a rear neck-guard of four lames, visor and bevor, the former with a pair of vision slits and a series of vertical ventilation slits, the latter shaped for the chin and drawn-out at the base to form a short front neck-guard, decorated at its lower edge with a roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (areas of light pitting) 30.5cm; 12in high £1200-1800 | 5% |
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1200 |
| 273 | A GRAND GUARD IN GERMAN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of one-piece partly concave form, shaped for fitting over the left spaudler, strongly flanged outwards at the top and stamped with two small marks, pierced for attachment bolts, and with plain unturned edge 54cm; 21 1/4in high £200-300 | 5% |
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300 |
| 274 | A PAIR OF ELBOW GAUNTLETS IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580, 19TH CENTURY each formed of a long flaring cuff with a separate short fixed inner plate, five metacarpal plates, a knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate, finger-scales, and a hinged thumb-plate with two scales (one missing its scales), and the cuffs with plain inward-turned edges 43.5cm; 17 1/4in (2) £400-600 | 5% |
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| 275 | A PAIR OF GAUNTLETS EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY each formed of a short flaring cuff with a separate short inner plate, five metacarpal plates, knuckle-plates, finger scales, and a hinged thumb-plate with three scales, and with roped inward turns 31cm; 12 1/4in (2) £350-450 | Nil |
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320 |
| 276 | AN ELECTROTYPE COPPER SHIELD BY ELKINGTON & CO, CIRCA 1880 of convex form, decorated over the outer surface with classical scenes including a central rondel filled with two armoured figures in combat before a city, the inner surface applied with Department of Science and Art Elkington label 55cm; 21 3/4in diameter £350-450 | Nil |
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300 |
| 277 | A COD-PIECE IN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, AND LARGE STEEL DOOR LOCK, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, AND A PIKEMAN'S PART ARMOUR IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, MODERN the first fitted with a peg at the top, pierced with two holes at the base, embossed with a vertical strip and decorated in the so-called black and white fashion; the second formed of a large main plate and incorporating a single sliding bolt (heavily patinated throughout), and the third comprising gorget, breast-plate and a pair of tassets each of five lames the first: 18.5cm; 7 1/4in high (3) £150-200 | Nil |
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550 |
| 278 | A TARGET IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of circular convex form, fitted with a robust central spike, the border applied with a rounded brim, studded with large domed rivets, and fitted with a leather strap on the inside 61cm; 24in diameter £500-800 | Nil |
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| 279 | A PAINTED CIRCULAR SHIELD, 20TH CENTURY of wood, the outer face applied with painted canvas decorated in polychrome with the arms of Sforza of Milan and the crowned initials 'IO' and 'GA' on the respective sides 59.8cm; 23 1/2in diameter £300-400 | Nil |
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| 280 | A PANOPLY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR IN 15TH AND 16TH CENTURY STYLES, 20TH CENTURY based on the designs after Dr. F. Kottenkenp, comprising visor closed helmet, breast plate, shield, two gauntlets, spurs and a single sword, two swords, jousting lance with camplet and eighteen further hafted weapons: mounted on a red painted display board (qty) £150-200 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 281 | A MODERN DECORATED CASE FOR A SHOTGUN AND TWO LEATHER GAME BAGS the first lined with green baize, inlaid with finely engraved brass plaques including bold scrolls of flowers and foliage centring on a vase filled with a bouquet on the lid, and with a brass carrying handle at each end; one game bag applied with German silver studs on the flap, and the other embroidered with rattan, and each with its carrying strap the first: 90.8cm; 35 3/4in by 29cm; 11 1/2in (3) £250-350 | Nil |
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350 |
| 282 | A SILVER-MOUNTED COMBINED FLINTLOCK PISTOL AND HUNTING SWORD SIGNED T. RICHTER, CIRCA 1770 with straight blade cut with a slender fuller along the back-edge and stamped with a mark towards the forte, silver hilt comprising globular quillon, knuckle-guard and cap pommel lightly chiselled with scrolls and figures (rubbed), later scalloped shell-guard, fitted on the right with cannon barrel, signed silver action, and steel trigger, and fluted hardwood grip 54.5cm; 21 1/2in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 283 | A GERMAN LEATHER HUNTING BAG, 19TH CENTURY with large leather flap decorated with a pair of hooves on the front, with two internal compartments, a separate pouch attached by a pair of straps with provision for fourteen cartridges, complete with its carrying strap, and an associated horn flask 21.5cm; 8 1/2in high £200-300 | 5% |
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| 284 | A HATCHET, PROBABLY GERMAN, 18TH CENTURY with broad flat curved blade formed with a hooked point, stamped with two marks on one side, hardwood grip, complete with its wooden holder and buff leather belt for suspension 41.2cm; 16 1/4in £70-90 | 5% |
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70 |
| 285 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF VARIOUS SCABBARDS, COMPREHENSIVELY 19TH CENTURY including a nickel-plated and F.S. scabbard for a late 19th Century regulation sword, two further regulation steel scabbards, a mid-19th Century brass-mounted regulation scabbard (incomplete), and a large quantity of further scabbards (wear, losses) (qty) £100-150 | Nil |
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110 |
| 286 | CHRISTIE'S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA AND SPORTING GUN AUCTION CATALOGUES, including sales in London, Rome, Geneva, Glasgow, Dallas, New York, Melbourne and Sydney during the period 1966-2006, including the collections of McDonald-Peattie, J. F. R. Winsbury (two parts), Canon Charles Travers, Harold L. Peterson, Red Hackle Whiskey, A. C. C. Parker, Powerscourt, Howard Curtis, Bernard & Edna Braverman, J. C. L. Knapton, The Armoury of Their Serene Highnesses the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (two parts), Eugene Nielson, Wilfred Ward, Neal (three parts), Rothschild and R. T. Gwynn A full listing is available on request (qty) £400-800 | Nil |
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400 |
| 287 | May, Commander W. E. and Annis, P. G. W., Swords for Sea Service, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1970, 2 vols (in good, clean condition), with original cloth boards and dustcovers (2) £100-150 | Nil |
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140 |
| 288 | SOTHEBY'S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA AND SPORTING GUN AUCTION CATALOGUES, including sales in London, Florence, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Monte Carlo, Zurich, Sussex, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Glasgow, Dallas, New York, Melbourne and Sydney during the period 1964-2005, including the collections of Runes (three parts), Highly Important Arms from the Saxon Royal Collection, William Goodwin Renwick (ten parts), The Counts Von Giech (two parts), Her Majesty's Tower of London (two parts), John A. Williams, Sheid, John F. Hayward, Visser (two parts), Kynoch Collection, Rudolph Just and Alexander Davison (two parts) A full listing available on request (qty) £500-700 | Nil |
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400 |
| 289 | Trapp, Oswald Graf and Mann, James Gow, The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg 1929, numbered 172 of an edition of 400 (very, light wear and minor foxing), with original cloth boards £400-500 | Nil |
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400 |
| 290 | A CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, LATE 16TH CENTURY with circular gearbox engraved with the initials 'LFH' on one side and stamped with the maker's mark (perhaps Neue Støckel 3168) beneath, the ratchet bar engraved with the letter 'H' at the top, scrolling winder with turned wooden handle, pierced belt hook, and the inside fitted with a cord loop 35.5cm; 14in £700-900 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 291 | THREE CROSSBOW BOLTS, 16TH CENTURY each with steel head, one formed of five pyramidal points, the other two of tapering-diamond section, the first with ivory tip, and the second and third each with a portion of an early leather flight 29.5cm; 11 5/8in 37.2cm; 14 5/8in (3) £150-200 | Nil |
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380 |
| 292 | A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW AND WINDLASS, MID-18TH CENTURY with robust steel bow stamped with a mark 'N.D.' on the inside, fitted with an early string of twisted cord and retained by a pair of irons, figured walnut tiller applied with a large pierced iron plaque on each side of the nut cavity (the nut missing), the underside with characteristic rest, fitted with steel stirrup, folding back-sight and trigger, moulded brass trigger-guard and butt-cap with folding support, and complete with its steel windlass formed of a pair of wheels with hooks for attaching to the string, near rectangular cover pierced with tracery to fit over the tiller, dated on a panel above, and a pair of writhen steel arms with turned wooden handles for winding 89.5cm; 35 1/4in tiller (2) £2000-3000 | Nil |
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| 293 | A FINELY DECORATED GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER with heavy steel bow stamped on the inside with a mark, a rondel filled with three crescents, retained by gold-painted strings and with a series of black-and-white pom-poms, the tiller inlaid with staghorn plaques top and bottom finely engraved with foliage, mannerist masks and caryatids, the sides veneered with a chequerboard pattern of minute black and white staghorn plaques, fitted with bone nut, horn bolt clip, long steel lever trigger, steel stirrup, and a pair of lugs for a cranequin 75cm; 29 1/2in tiller It would appear that this bow was extensively decorated in the 19th Century £5000-7000 | Nil |
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5000 |
| 294 | AN ENGLISH STONEBOW BY J. JOHNSON, MANCHESTER, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with steel bow fitted with a later string of bound cord with brass spacers, retained by a pair of shaped steel plates drawn-out to a moulded finial at the front and extending over the forward portion of the tiller, the left plate inscribed with the owner's name 'Charles Waters, Bath', folding fore-sight (spring missing), figured walnut tiller with turned steel knop-shaped finial, built-in gaffle engraved with rococo ornament, signed folding back-sight decorated en suite, plain steel side-plates, and the top of the tiller inlaid with a shaped steel plate engraved with foliage, shell ornament and a trophy-of-arms 80.8cm; 31 3/4in tiller £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 295 | AN ENGLISH STONEBOW BY BARKER, WIGAN, CIRCA 1780 with steel bow fitted with a later string of bound cord with bone spacers, retained by a pair of shaped steel plates drawn-out to a moulded finial at the front and extending over the forward portion of the tiller, sprung folding fore-sight, figured walnut tiller of gun stock form, engraved built-in gaffle decorated with rococo shell ornament and foliage, signed folding back-sight decorated en suite, steel side-plates of shaped outline, and the top of the tiller inlaid with a shaped steel plate engraved with rococo foliage (the steel parts with areas of pitting, tiller cleaned) 73cm; 28 3/4in tiller £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 296 | AN ENGLISH STONEBOW, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with slender steel bow fitted with a later string of bound cord, slender fruitwood tiller (cracks), incised with pairs of lines over its full length and inlaid with an engraved shaped brass panel on the top, fitted with built-in steel gaffle with folding back-sight, button-shaped cocking lever retained by a slender steel band, folding fore-sight with later string and ivory ball, a pair of steel side-plates, and compressed steel pommel 72.2cm; 28 1/2in tiller £700-900 | Nil |
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700 |
| 297 | A GERMAN STONEBOW (SCHNEPPER) FOR A CHILD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with slender steel bow (string missing), a pair of fore-sight pillars, built-in gaffle retained by a spring-catch at the rear stamped with a maker's mark (Neue Støckel 3133), domed lever terminal, rectangular folding back-sight, fruitwood butt inlaid with staghorn lines, and steel trigger-guard (incomplete, the butt missing some inlay) 54.5cm; 21 1/2in tiller £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 298 | AN ITALIAN STONEBOW, 19TH CENTURY with slender steel bow retained by a pair of irons, fitted with later string, blackened hardwood tiller of characteristic form, inlaid with slender plaques of engraved bone, carved with a scrolling monster above the trigger, fitted with fixed moulded steel fore-sight, folding back-sight, slender trigger with moulded finial, carved frontal finial formed as a marine monster (chipped) and turned pommel inlaid with a bone rondel engraved with a crested coat-of-arms 96.5cm; 38in tiller £1500-2000 | 5% |
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| 299 | A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW DATED 1612 with associated recurved steel bow, walnut tiller decorated with engraved staghorn plaques including an escutcheon decorated with a pair of crossed keys and the date on the left of the cheek-piece and with patchbox with sliding cover on the right, fitted with steel nut, steel bolt clip, standing back-sight, double set trigger (incomplete), and trigger-guard shaped for the fingers (worn, areas of worm damage, restorations) 68cm; 26 3/4in tiller £800-1200 | Nil |
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800 |
| 300 | A GERMAN FLINTLOCK TINDER LIGHTER, LATE 18TH CENTURY formed entirely of steel, with box-shaped body with hinged side panel on the left for tinder, fitted at the front with a steel, and on the right with external mechanism, and extending at the rear to a globular finial 19.7cm; 7 3/4in £400-600 | 5% |
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400 |
