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A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER'S CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY ENGLISH with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined medially along a high comb fitted at its apex with the remains a later iron spike for the attachment of a funerary crest and at its base with a large plume-holder, decorated to either side of the comb with a single incised line, and possessing a later lining of canvas faced with crimson buckram (detached), visor with stepped and centrally-divided vision-slit, formed medially as a forward extension of the comb and decorated at either side of its upper edge with a cusp, its right side pierced with a hole for a missing lifting-peg, bevor of upright, slightly concave profile, pierced at either side with nine small circular ventilation-holes and decorated at both its upper and lower edges with single incised lines, and at the latter with a plain inward turn, bevor fitted at its right side with pivoted visor-prop (seized in the upright position), and a single deep rigidly-riveted gorget-plate front and rear (the front one with short crack at left side), each decorated at its lower edge with a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border, the visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to the skull by common round-headed pivots, the last two secured at the right side by swivel-hooks and pierced studs, the surface of the helmet painted black overall (blistered and corroded) Although made for actual use, the helmet owes its survival to having subsequently been suspended over an English tomb as part of an heraldic funerary achievement. Its painted surface and fragmentary spike for the attachment of a wooden crest are typical of helmets converted to funerary use. The helmet can be compared with one in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Inv. No. IV. 1026, bearing the crowned A mark of the London Armourers' Company, and another three in the same collection, Inv. Nos IV. 53, 1028 & 1675, bearing the mark of the London armourer Peter Newton (T. Richardson 2004, pp. 7 & 62). These helmets are similar in form to contemporary Dutch examples, but differ from them in details. £4000-6000 | Nil |
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4000 |
| 362 | A FINE SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1580 with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, projecting forward and slightly upward to an acutely-pointed integral peak (small perforation at left of brow), fitted at its outward flanged lower edge with a matching neck-guard of one lame (point pierced with two later wiring-holes), and each of its sides with a hinged cheek-piece formed of three diagonally-articulated plates (the front two restored) riveted to an underlying leather, the crown fitted with an old, possibly original lining of twill-woven fabric stuffed with tow, the main edges of the burgonet decorated with file-roped inward turns £1400-1800 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 363 | A ZISCHÄGGE IN GERMAN MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with almond-shaped skull fitted with pointed peak, sliding nasal secured by a screw, neck-guard of six lames, a pair of pendant cheek-pieces 29cm; 11 1/2in high £100-150 | Nil |
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400 |
| 364 | A PAIR OF GERMAN GAUNTLETS WITH FLUTED DECORATION IN THE 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, CIRCA 1520 differing from one another in minor details and formed in each case of a short straight-ended cuff with a hinged inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, the first decorated at its outer end with a small almond-shaped boss, a knuckle-plate decorated with a boldly roped transverse rib, five finger-plates and a laterally hinged thumb-defence consisting of a shaped mainplate originally terminating in four scales (the first of the right and all of the left missing), the main edges of each gauntlet decorated with file-roped inward turns accompanied at the upper edge of the cuff by a double recessed border and at the lower edge of the final finger plate by a single one, its outer surfaces decorated with a pattern of continuous flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines (heavily patinated overall and pierced with a few small wiring holes and rust perforations; the cuff and first metacarpal-plate disarticulated at their outer end) (2) £8000-10000 | Nil |
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8000 |
| 365 | AVERY RARE PAIR OF GERMAN ETCHED AND BLUED GAUNTLETS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY each formed of a strongly flared and pointed cuff made in one piece with a riveted join at the inside of the wrist, its upper edge decorated with a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border and retaining its original lining-band, two wrist-plates, five metacarpal-plates, shaped knuckle-plate, scaled finger-defences and laterally-hinged thumb-defence with matching scales, the leathers of the scales in each case original, the cuff, wrist-plates and metacarpal-plates medially ridged, the subsidiary edges of all parts of the gauntlet bevelled, its surfaces blued and in the case of the outside of the cuff etched through the bluing with four framed panels of foliate scrolls (lightly pitted and patinated overall) Given its extreme delicacy, decoration of the kind seen here, produce by etching with a weak acid through a blued surface to bright metal, rarely survives. It can be recorded as early as 1477 on a bard made by Lorenz Helmschmied of Augsburg for the Emperor Frederick III, and now preserved in the Hofjagd-und Rüstkammer, Vienna, Inv. No. A 69 (Thomas & Gamber 1976, pp. 104-5, pls 32-3). A mid-16th century besague, probably of Brunswick make, in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, also shows such decoration, as does an early 17th century couter, possibly of Flemish make, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. £2500-3500 | Nil |
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2500 |
| 366 | A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GAUNTLETS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY DUTCH of notable weight, each formed of a flared and pointed cuff (pierced with later wiring-holes) with a fixed inner plate fitted at its lower edge with a short extension-plate projecting over the base of the thumb, two wrist-plates, five metacarpal-plates (the fourth and fifth of the right disarticulated), shaped knuckle-plate, detached fragmentary finger-scales (some not matching) and later buff leather lining-gloves (detached), the main edges of the gauntlets decorated with file- roped inward turns, all their edges, main and subsidiary, bordered by single incised lines, and their surfaces blued overall (now extensively pitted and patinated; the cuffs) £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 367 | A RARE PAIR OF STIRRUPS, 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN of arched form, with three flutes pierced at the base and narrowing towards the top on each side, with block-shaped top finial fitted with a rectangular loop for suspension, incised on either side with a pair of lines, and oval treads fitted with two central bars (pitted throughout) 19.5cm; 7 3/4in (2) A similar stirrup from the collection of the late R. T. Gwyn was sold Christie's 24th April 2001, lot 54. £500-700 | Nil |
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550 |
| 368 | A PARTIAL GERMAN LEFT VAMBRACE WITH FLUTED DECORATION IN THE 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, CIRCA 1520-30 formed of a tubular upper cannon with an overlapped and riveted join at its rear, its upper edge surmounted by a short one-piece tubular turner with a similar join at its inside, its lower edge cut-away in an arch at the inside of the elbow and fitted at the outside with a couter of three lames, the second of which encircles the arm, has an overlapped and riveted join at the rear and expands towards the inside as a large wing, the main edges of the vambraces decorated with finely roped inward turns accompanied by either double or single recessed borders, the surfaces decorated overall, except at the inside of the arm, with a continuous pattern of close-set flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines (the transverse rib of the turner and the crests of the flutes perforated at some points; the second lame of the couter repaired at the front with a riveted internal patch; the surfaces showing overall pitting with a mottled patina) Its boldly roped edges, close-set continuous fluting and double recessed borders place the vambrace within the latter part of the 'Maximilian' period. £1200-1800 | Nil |
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| 369 | A RARE ITALIAN INFANTRY BREASTPLATE, EARLY 16TH CENTURY of globose medially-ridged form, fitted at its recessed arm-openings with moveable gussets, each bearing a bold angular inward turn en suite that of its straight upper edge, and at its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of four lames (the first associated, the remainder restored), the upper ends of the gussets, the sides of the main plate and the third fauld respectively fitted with shoulder-straps, a waist belt and suspension-straps for tassets (all replaced), the turns, upper edges of the fauld-lames, the arm-openings of the main plate and the angle of the waist-plate decorated with single incised lines (lightly pitted and patinated) £2500-3000 | Nil |
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3800 |
| 370 | ELEMENTS OF NORTH EUROPEAN ARMOUR, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY comprising pot with heavy hemispherical skull formed in two pieces joined medially by a riveted overlap, fitted at the brow with a flat obtusely-pointed peak pierced at its rear with a slot to accommodate a missing nasal-bar, and fitted at the nape with a slightly down-turned matching neck-guard, the sides of the skull and the fronts and rears of the peak and neck-guard pierced with small circular holes for the attachment of a missing fabric covering, symmetrical pauldrons with later-scalloped front and rear edges, each of nine lames (partly disarticulated, the last four associated), the third and largest fitted at the front with a later radially-fluted circular besague, tubular upper cannon of a three-piece vambrace surmounted by the lowest lame of a turner, tassets each of six lames (partly disarticulated), the first (associated) pierced with a later suspension-hole, and the last fitted with a later stud and turning-pin for the attachment of extensions, and later left poleyn of four lames, the third bearing a small side-wing, and the first surmounted by the lowest lame of a long tasset, all elements except the pot decorated at their main edges with inward turns, partly roped or notched, and at their subsidiary edges with triple incised lines (all surfaces extensively oxidised) £600-900 | Nil |
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900 |
| 371 | ELEMENTS OF NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising symmetrical pauldrons with later-scalloped front and rear edges, each of five lames (partly disarticulated) connected by a turner of two lames (originally three) to an articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper cannon, winged bracelet couter of three lames and two-piece tubular lower cannon, and two gauntlets (not a pair, the right later) each formed of a flared and obtusely-pointed tubular cuff, the left formed in one piece with a join at the inside, the right with a separate inner plate, six and four metacarpal-plates respectively, a shaped knuckle-plate and incomplete scaled finger-defences (mainly detached), the elements variously decorated with plain inward turns and incised lines (showing cracks, perforations and patched repairs throughout; the surfaces extensively oxidised) £1000-1400 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 372 | ELEMENTS OF NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER ARMOURS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with eleven circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation and fitted at the right with a transversely-pierced stud for a swivel-hook (left terminal incomplete and pierced with later wiring-hole), front gorget-plate embossed to simulate two lames and decorated at its centre with thirteen round-headed rivets in rosette- formation (lower edge cracked at each side), rear gorget-plate (lower edge cracked at left side), pair of tassets each of eleven lames terminating in winged poleyns of three lames), the first lame of the tasset angled inwards at its upper edge, pierced with a keyhole slot and fitted with later strap (the third to fifth lames of the right corroded at their outer edges), and culet of three lames (associated), the first angled inwards at its upper edge and pierced at each side, above a swivel-hook, with a hole for a pierced stud, the elements variously decorated with plain inward turns, recessed borders and incised lines (their surfaces extensively oxidised) £600-900 | Nil |
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2000 |
| 373 | A GERMAN SHIELD FOR THE JOUST IN MID-15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of concave canvas-covered wood, with curved edges, strongly bouched on the right, the outer surface applied in gesso with the Baronial arms of von Hornstein highlighted in gilt (faded, small losses), and the inner face applied with a single woven enarme 41cm; 16 1/4in high £1500-2000 | Nil |
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| 374 | A GERMAN SHIELD FOR THE JOUST IN MID-15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of concave canvas-covered wood, with curved edges, strongly bouched on the right, the outer surface painted with the gilt Baronial arms of von Hornstein on a green ground filled with foliage, the border painted red (small losses), and the inner face applied with a single sinew enarme 46cm; 18 1/8in high £1500-2000 | Nil |
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| 375 | AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF THE GUADAGNI SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY with wooden body covered with gilt gesso of kite-shaped convex form, the inner surface left blank and fitted with rings for suspension, the outer charged with the arms of the Villani family, Or, a griffin rampant sable with a label of three points gules, within a bordure engrailed gules, the background finely tooled with scrolling foliage on a punched gilt ground, and remain in very fine condition throughout (small losses, cracks and chips) 43 3/4in; 111in high This shield is copied from that made for the Villani family formerly in Palazzo Guadagni, Florence and now preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no. 3-1865. The curator John Charles Robinson thought it 'a very rare and remarkable specimen' and purchased it for £40 from the dealer William Blundell Spence in Fiesole in 1865. See J. Fleming 1979, p. 572, footnote 41 and J. F. Hayward 1965, no. 1. £5000-7000 | Nil |
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| 376 | A FINELY CONSTRUCTED LARGE SHAFFRON AND CRINET IN GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE comprising main plate formed with a medial ridge and flaring out over the muzzle, fitted with a large cheek-plate on each side, poll-plate, a pair of pierced domed eye-defences, shield-shaped escutcheon, and a pair of ear defences, the main plates embossed with tapering flutes, with recessed borders, plain turns, and studded throughout with brass rivets; and a crinet of five lames, formed en suite with the shaffron (2) £2000-3000 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 377 | DEAN,BASHFORD. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords: including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs and Reubell Collections. New York, 1929, cloth bound boards £200-250 | Nil |
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| 378 | DEAN, BASHFORD. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalogue of European Daggers: including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs and Reubell Collections. New York, 1929, cloth binding and boards (small tears) £200-250 | Nil |
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| 380 | A PAINTED MILITARY CHEST, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY of wood bound with steel, fitted with a pair of doors opening at the front, with a steel lifting handle at each end, the interior with provision for shelves and drawers, the exterior painted with a portrait of Lieutenant General Sir John French, Lieutenant General Lord Methuen on the doors and on the top with the owner's name, Colonel J. McNeil, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Lord Baden Powell, the piper Corporal McKay, inscribed with the Battle Honour 'Kimberley', a field gun and the owner's title (areas of wear, small losses) 104cm; 41 1/4in x 50.8cm; 20in x 55.8cm;22in £800-1200 | 5% |
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| 381 | A PRESSURE GAUGE HYDROMETER FOR A GERMAN U-BOAT, CIRCA 1914-18 reputedly taken from U-9 when decommissioning in Scapa Flow in 1919 £100-150 | Nil |
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| 382 | A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW, LATE 17TH CENTURY with steel bow fitted with a later string, retained by later cords and with two pom-poms, fruitwood tiller applied with a panel of engraved staghorn on the top forming the bolt channel and with a low fore-sight, cheek-piece carved with a scroll at the front and inlaid with a star in contrasting colours of horn and bone, inlaid over the length of the tiller with further panels of engraved staghorn including ball flowers, fruit and scrolls, fitted with steel stirrup and nut, double set trigger, horn bolt clip (a working replacement), scalloped bone thumb rest, and a pair of very short lugs for a cranequin 68cm; 26 3/4in tiller £2500-3000 | Nil |
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| 383 | AN ENGLISH STONEBOW, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved steel bow retained by steel bands drawn-out at the front to a pronounced acorn finial, early string with bone spacers, built-in gaffle retained by a catch on the butt-plate, folding fore-sight (the lower wire broken), folding back-sight, figured walnut tiller of gunstock form, chequered grip, and steel trigger-guard (the steel parts pitted) 82.5cm; 32 1/2in tiller £400-600 | 5% |
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620 |
| 384 | A RARE PAIR OF MONGOLIAN LONG CEREMONIAL BANNERS, 19TH CENTURY of brocaded Chinese silk, each comprising a cylindrical canopy formed of a broad blue band between a pair of red and yellow bands, carrying twenty streamers in the colours of the Five Elements, with silk tassels and brass finials, woven throughout with with lotus flowers and foliage enriched with silver thread, and lined with blue cotton 204.5cm; 80 1/2in high The five elements theory was introduced from China along with feng-shui and astrological practices. The colours of the five elements are as follows, green for Wood, red for Fire, yellow for Earth, blue for Water, and white for Metal. This type of canopy was principally used in the palaces of important Lamas and in major temples. £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 385 | A SPORTING CROSS-BOW, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FRENCH with slender steel bow (now detached), fruitwood tiller inlaid with an engraved ivory plaque over the bolt channel, inlaid on each side with further shaped ivory plaques (three missing), fitted with steel stirrup and nut, set trigger, the butt with carved with an apple pierced by an arrow suspended from a swag and inlaid with a star in contrasting colours of horn on the cheek-piece, steel trigger-guard, horn butt-late (a working replacement) and ivory escutcheon fitted with an ivory skull (detached) 68cm; 26 3/4in tiller £400-600 | Nil |
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350 |
| 386 | TWO STONEBOWS, A POLYNESIAN CLUB A DIL DIL, A TRIBAL BOW AND A QUANTITY OF ARROWS in relic condition, the stonebows with slender steel bows, wooden tillers with built in gaffles (damaged) and a portion of an early string; a tribal longbow, two Australian clubs, one with large head with pronounced wavy borders, two spears, and a large quantity of arrows (qty) £200-250 | Nil |
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100 |
| 387 | TWO DETACHED WHEEL-LOCK MECHANISM, MID-17TH CENTURY the first with flat lock-plate, struck with a mark, the letters AS a hammer between, on the inside, fitted with external wheel retained by a shaped bracket and sliding pan-cover, the second probably for a Tschinke, stamped with a mark on the outside, and with external mechanism (restorations) the first: 18.4cm; 7 1/4in (2) £600-800 | Nil |
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5500 |
| 388 | A RARE ITALIAN WHEEL-LOCK MECHANISM FROM A RAMPART GUN FITTED WITH TWO DOGS, MID-17TH CENTURY with flat lock-plate formed with a shaped tail, external wheel retained by a semi-circular bracket, fitted with sliding pan-cover, and plain dogs with moulded necks 26cm; 10 1/4in £500-600 | Nil |
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700 |
| 389 | A COMBINED WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND TURNSCREW, MID-17TH CENTURY with head incorporating four apertures of differing size for the spanner, moulded faceted shank fitted with a rotating suspension ring, the terminal pierced with a slipped quatrefoil incorporating the turnscrew (pitted); and A BULLET MOULD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY the first: 20.2cm; 8in (2) £200-250 | Nil |
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180 |
| 390 | A FLINTLOCK TINDER LIGHTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with brass body incorporating a pierced shaped stand at the end (chipped, retaining screw replaced) and signed with the owner's initials 'J. D. R.' beneath, hinged tinder box on the right, brass action, flat-sided walnut butt boldly carved with a scroll at the base and foliage over the lower part of the spine, and steel trigger-guard (worn) 17cm; 6 3/4in £200-300 | Nil |
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320 |
| 391 | THREE POWDER TESTERS, LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES the first with graduated steel ratchet wheel retained by a long bevelled spring, rounded flintlock mechanism chiselled with foliage on the tail and the cock, walnut stock and engraved brass mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a flower and trigger-guard with baluster finial; the second with graduated brass disc and body with raised pan for hand ignition, and wooden grip; and the third with graduated steel wheel 26cm; 10 1/4in (3) £600-800 | Nil |
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700 |
