181 |
A PARTISAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering central blade of flattened-diamond section swelling towards the tip, a pair of flat basal lugs with further short lugs top and bottom, retaining traces of engraving including addorsed cannon on each face, moulded faceted socket, and a pair of short straps, on an associated wooden haft 56.2cm; 22 1/8in head £500-700 | Nil |
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| 182 | A RARE ETCHED PARTISAN THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad flat tapering central blade, formed with a pair of broad lugs cut with a series of notches at the base, retaining some etching over its surface including foliate rondels within a stylised architectural framework, the inscription 'Fide sed Cuide' on one side and further inscriptions on the other, moulded neck, faceted socket, and a pair of short straps, on a later wooden haft 84cm; 33in 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. Another was sold in these rooms 26th June 2007, lot 219 (£3600 including premium). £500-700 | Nil |
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750 |
| 183 | AN ITALIAN SPONTOON, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-stage blade, the upper portion leaf-shaped, engraved with a pair of figures amidst foliage on either side of a pair of pierced rectangular panels, and the lower portion formed with a pair of slender lugs, engraved with foliage, and pierced with crescents and circles, a pair of strongly up-turned basal arms, engraved conical socket incorporating a characteristic openwork collar of six vertical bars each interrupted by a chiselled mask, and a pair of short straps, on an early wooden haft (light worm damage) studded with numerous brass-capped nails and with its iron shoe 31.5cm; 12 1/4in head A similar example is preserved in the National Museum, Prague. See J. Šach 1999, p. 80. It has been suggested that these were intended for use by a sergeant of artillery originating from the earlier Buttafuochi. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 184 | A FINE SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ZURICH with reinforced central spike, long slightly curved axe-blade, triangular rear fluke stamped with a double lily mark on one side, and a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft incised with the letters HR at the top (worm damage) 31.5cm; 12 3/8in head Provenance The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, circa 1920 The mark is that of Lamprecht or Lambert Koller. Similar halberds struck with this mark are preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich. See J. A. Meier 1982 nos. 16 and 17. £2500-3500 | 5% |
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2500 |
| 185 | A RARE BAVARIAN SWORD HALBERD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with slightly curved sword blade swelling to a double-edged point and cut with a long slender fuller along the back-edge on each side, curved axe-blade, tapering socket with bevelled edges, a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft with an additional pair of straps 109cm; 43in head Provenance Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 7/8th May 1935, lot 30 Another halberd from this group is preserved in the Czech Republic Army Museum, Prague. See J.Sach 1999, p. 110. Another, formerly in the Collection of His Royal Highness Archduke Eugen preserved in the Armoury at Schloss Hohenwerfen was sold Anderson Galleries, New York 1927, lot 1107. £2000-3000 | 5% |
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2600 |
| 186 | A GERMAN HALBERD, 17TH CENTURY with broad leaf-shaped blade, recurved axe-blade formed with a forward-leaning upper tip (cut-down from a larger blade), down-curved rear spike stamped with a mark, conical socket, and a pair of short straps, on a later wooden haft studded with domed brass nails 38cm; 15in head £500-700 | Nil |
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500 |
| 187 | AN ETCHED HALBERD MOUNTED ON A FINELY CARVED IVORY HAFT DECORATED WITH A PORTRAIT OF PETER I, EMPEROR OF ALL RUSSIA, DIEPPE, 19TH CENTURY with long central spike, forward-leaning axe-blade, slightly down-curved rear blade, the latter two etched over much of their surface with trophies surrounded by a trellis pattern filled with flowerheads, composite haft formed of numerous sections of ivory, carved with a running pattern of differing designs of scrolling foliage, panels of beadwork, fitted with a curved guard carved with a trophy-of-arms and a crown in low relief (repaired on each side), the base incorporating an oval filled with a portrait of Peter I with the initials 'PA' for Pyotr Alexeyevich above the numeral X and 'Czaar', and the lowest segment carved 'Petrus Alexius', the coronation date 1721 in roman numerals, and the crowned Imperial arms 187.5cm; 73 7/8in overall Provenance Mark Dinely Peter I 'The Great' was crowned Emperor of all Russia in 1721. The style of carving on the haft is characteristic of the quality and ingenuity of Dieppe craftsmen of the 19th century. £10000-15000 | Nil |
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| 188 | A VERY RARE SAXON DECORATED COMBINED GUN REST AND SPEAR, CIRCA 1730, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY JOHANN TOBIAS GRAEFENSTEIN with U-shaped head formed with a recurved flat edge on each side, robust faceted socket moulded at the top, fitted with a long hinged sprung spear blade forming the central spike, secured to the socket by a pierced rectangular lug engaged by a press stud when extended and to the haft by a sliding button when retracted, the head and the blade all finely etched and gilt with scrolling foliage within linear borders, on its original wooden haft with an additional pair of straps and conical steel shoe 76.8cm; 30 1/4in head, when extended An almost identical combined gun rest and spear decorated in the same manner is preserved in the former Electoral Armoury, Dresden, inv. no. T-98. See H-W Lewerken 1989, p. 273, no. 149b. Johann Tobias Graefenstein is recorded circa 1713-1771. He succeeded Peter Tanner as Hofbüchsenmacher in 1750. £6000-8000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 189 | A GERMAN BOAR SPEAR, 18TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped blade of flattened-diamond section, stamped with a pellet mark on each side, conical socket fitted with a fixed steel toggle bar on one side, on its original knotted softwood haft 38.7cm; 15 1/4in head £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 190 | A GERMAN BOAR SPEAR, 18TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section, stamped with the bladesmith's initials' 'TP' within a rectangle on one side, conical socket fitted with a fixed steel toggle bar on one side, on its original knotted softwood haft 50cm; 19 3/4in head £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 191 | AN AUSTRIAN SPONTOON FOR THE GUARD OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES VI, CIRCA 1730 with broad central blade of flattened-diamond section, pierced at the base with four holes and formed with a pair of up-turned lugs, etched and gilt over almost its entire surface with differing trophies-of-arms including a cannon and mortars, and the respective faces with the imperial double eagle charged with the monogram 'CVI' on one side and the addorsed crowned imperial cypher 'CVI' on the other, moulded tapering socket, and a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft complete with moulded iron shoe en suite with the socket 35cm; 13 3/4in head Provenance The Moser Collection A similar example is preserved in the Vienna City Museum, inv. no. 126.140. £2000-3000 | 5% |
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2000 |
| 192 | A SWISS HALBERD, ZURICH, CIRCA 1780 with broad central blade drawn-out to a short point at the tip and formed with a moulded waist at the base, triangular head pierced and engraved with the rampant lion of Zurich clasping the letter Z beneath enclosed within a wreath of foliage, pierced down-turned rear spike, moulded socket, a pair of long straps and conical steel shoe 66cm; 26in head Provenance The Moser Collection A similar example is preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich. See Dr E. A. Gessler 1928 taf.21. £1200-1800 | 5% |
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| 193 | A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN SPANISH MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with the inscription 'Si Deus Pro Nobis' and 'Qui Contra Nos' on the respective faces, steel hilt including cup-guard embossed with four fleur-de-lys, a pair of quillons with bud-shaped terminals, en suite with the quillons, and compressed barrel-shaped pommel decorated with a fleur-de-lys on each side, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads' 111cm; 43 3/4in blade £600-800 | 5% |
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620 |
| 194 | A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN SPANISH MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, steel hilt including deep cup-guard pierced and chiselled with cornucopia, demon masks and scrolling tendrils carrying four chiselled oval panels filled with classical figures and warrior busts, a pair of quillons with button terminals, knuckle-guard, and barrel-shaped pommel decorated with further demon masks, and spirally-carved wooden grip retaining some wire binding 106.7cm; 42in blade £400-600 | 5% |
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700 |
| 195 | AN ESTOC IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY with tapering blade of stiff-diamond section, inlaid with a brass-lined mark on each side, steel hilt comprising slightly drooping engraved cross-piece, and two-stage medially-ridged pommel, the grip bound with plaited string, twisted wire, and 'Turk's heads', and in 'aged' condition throughout 104cm; 41in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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| 196 | A SO-CALLED HEADSMAN'S AXE AND FOUR CHINESE SWORDS, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved blade and long faceted socket, on a short wooden haft; the swords with flat blades, three with disc-guards and ring pommels and one with cap pommel (rusted throughout) the first: 24cm; 9 1/2in head (5) £100-150 | Nil |
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300 |
| 197 | A COLLECTION OF FOURTEEN VARIOUS SPEARS, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER some with leaf-shaped blades and conical sockets, each on a wooden haft (the steel pitted throughout (14) £200-300 | Nil |
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200 |
| 198 | A RUSSIAN MODEL 1798 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD with earlier blade of regulation type stamped 'Vivat Catharina' within a short gilt fuller surrounded by etched and gilt foliage on a blued ground, stamped with a commemorative inscription over the greater part of its length including, in translation, 'Grand Duke Alexander Commander in Chief of the Semenovsky Regiment' on one side (surface rust), regulation brass hilt including up-turned double shell-guard, short quillon chiselled with foliage, knuckle-guard and faceted plummet-shaped pommel, and the grip with its original wire binding 84.5cm; 33 1/4in blade £1000-1500 | Nil |
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19000 |
| 199 | A RUSSIAN OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1763-96 with curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long slender fuller along the back-edge and stamped with the crowned Imperial cypher on each side, steel triple-bar hilt, and wooden grip retaining its original leather covering (small losses) 84.7cm; 33 3/8in blade £500-800 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 200 | A FRENCH MODEL AN XIII HEAVY CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD, DATED 1811 the blade with traces of an arsenal inscription and the date on the back-edge, stamped with inspector's marks at the forte, brass hilt, in its steel scabbard (heavily patinated throughout) 96cm; 37 3/4in blade £250-300 | Nil |
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850 |
| 201 | A SWISS MODEL 1835 BERN SHARPSHOOTER OFFICER'S SWORD with two-stage blade etched and gilt with foliage, trophies and the inscription 'Treue und Ehre' and 'Fürs Vaterland' on a blued panel on the respective faces at the forte, signed by the bladesmith Wester & Co., regulation gilt-brass hilt including down-turned shell-guard cast with the Swiss arms and a spray of oak foliage, bear mask pommel, and fluted horn grip, in its leather covered steel scabbard (the leather detached at the top) 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade £800-1000 | 5% |
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800 |
| 202 | A SWISS OFFICER'S SWORD, GENEVA, CIRCA 1825 with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with trophies and foliage on a blued panel and signed by the bladesmith 'G. A Baun, Solingen', gilt-brass stirrup hilt including back-strap chiselled with plumage rising to an eagle-head pommel, and chequered ebony grip, in its brass-mounted steel scabbard, and remaining in fine condition throughout 84cm; 33in blade Provenance The Collection of Colonel Brüderlin, sold April 1926 £700-900 | 5% |
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1100 |
| 203 | A SWISS DRAGOON OFFICER'S SWORD FOR THE CANTON OF ZURICH, CIRCA 1780 with double-edged blade retaining traces of etching towards the forte, brass regulation hilt comprising solid double shell-guard, short straight quillon, knuckle-guard (a small crack at the base), additional scrolling outer bar, and ovoid pommel with a raised rib on each side, and retaining an early grip of plaited copper wire 80cm; 31 1/2in blade For a similar example in the Carl Beck Collection see J. A. Meier 2002, no. 48. £350-450 | 5% |
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600 |
| 204 | A FINE PRUSSIAN PRESENTATION SWORD, DATED 1912 with pipe-backed blade etched in imitation of watered steel, decorated with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage on each side enclosing the inscription '1912 von Trotha s./l. von Thun' and with the crowned Prussian eagle at the forte on one side, and '4. Garde -Feldartillerie Regiment Potsdam' and 'Eisenhauer Damastahl' on the other, signed along the back-edge at the forte 'Richard Jablokoff, Potsdam', gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast with foliage in low relief including down-turned quillon formed as a hound's head, a pair of langets decorated with crossed cannon on the outer face and with a vacant shield on the inner, and the pommel formed as a maned lion extending over the back-strap, and original fishskin-covered grip applied with enamel garde star (small chips), in its blackened steel scabbard with a pair of brass suspension rings 84.5cm; 33 1/4in blade £3000-4000 | Nil |
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5500 |
| 205 | A GERMAN OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1820 with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with foliage and trophies on a blued panel at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt with fluted knuckle-guard and gadrooned pommel, and fluted hardwood grip (small cracks), in its brass scabbard 82.7cm; 32 5/8in blade Provenance The Collection of Colonel Brüderlin, sold April 1926 £600-800 | 5% |
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1050 |
| 206 | A MAMELUKE-HILTED NIGERIAN DIPLOMATIC OFFICER'S SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, including the fully supported arms of Nigeria and motto,and a pair of ivorine grip-scales rising to a pierced pommel 79.8cm; 31 3/8in blade £80-100 | Nil |
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130 |
| 207 | A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, CIRCA 1815-33 in the Turkish manner, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising cross-piece with acorn finials, and a pair of ivory grip-scales rising to form a pierced rounded pommel and shaped for the fingers, in its steel scabbard 76cm; 30in blade Provenance Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden, inv. nos. 1529, 1530 Schloss Marienburg, Hanover, sold Sotheby's October 2005, lot 3690 £500-700 | Nil |
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950 |
| 208 | AN AMERICAN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1830-40 with straight blade double-edged towards the point (the tip shortened, areas of rust), regulation brass hilt including down-turned shell-guard decorated with the Federal Eagle and foliage, eagle head pommel, and fluted bone grip, in its leather scabbard with brass locket (the tip of the scabbard missing, worn) 70.6cm; 27 3/4in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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350 |
| 209 | TWO TRADE AXES AND A PIKE HEAD, 19TH CENTURY the first two of characteristic form, each stamped with a maker's mark on one side of the head, and each on a wooden haft; the third of rudimentary construction, formed of a broad blade with two basal spikes, tubular socket, and the modern inscription 'Battle of Lake George' the first: 59.5cm; 23 1/2in (3) £250-350 | Nil |
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| 210 | AN AMERICAN SWORD RETAILER'S SIGN FOR AMES & CO, A LARGE BOWIE KNIFE, AND A FIGHTING KNIFE IN 19TH CENTURY STYLE the first with slightly curved long iron blade, rudimentary stirrup hilt, in its scabbard painted 'Agents for Ames N. P. Co. Mass' in red on each side, and with a chain for suspension; the second with very broad etched blade, German silver cross-piece and hardwood grip with German silver inlays, in its leather sheath with engraved German silver mounts, and the third with polished steel blade, chequered hardwood grips inlaid with a gold rondel with the later inscription 'A token of Loyalty from J. P. Lee to W. L. S. 1882' the first: 133.3cm; 52 1/2in blade (3) £300-400 | Nil |
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450 |
