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A FINE AND RARE .700 CALIBRE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE OF EXCEPTIONAL SIZE, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with very heavy slightly swamped octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves and retained by a single slender brass band, the muzzle fitted with blade fore-sight and decorated with a broad panel of gold-encrusted foliage and flowerheads within a ropework frame, the breech with a further panel of gold-encrusted foliage and differing flowerheads including a stylised vase in the centre, large arch-shaped back-sight pierced with eleven apertures and encrusted with gold over its entire surface en suite with the breech, the tang overlaid with a brass panel engraved with foliage, steel lock of characteristic form encrusted with gold foliage and beadwork on the lock-plate, cock, bridle and steel, steel button trigger, figured walnut full stock applied with brass plaques pierced with foliage beneath the muzzle, breech and opposite the lock, faceted butt applied with further plaquettes divided by a solid band of fluted brass in the centre and at the base (small losses, the butt-cap missing), bone fore-end cap, and remaining in fine condition throughout (later ramrod) 104.2cm; 41in barrel Provenance Jacques Arlaud, St Ouen, 1958 Exhibited Splendeurs de l'Art Turc, no. 75 £6000-8000 | Nil |
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28000 |
| 62 | A FINE 13 BORE TURKISH MATCHLOCK MUSKET, DATED ????, CIRCA 1751/2 with tapering etched twist barrel retained by two silver-gilt panels chased with scrolling foliage and stylised tulips, formed with a series of slender raised ribs over almost its entire length, decorated with gold-filled recessed panels and gold-encrusted foliage at each end, strongly moulded muzzle inlaid with small pellets on the face, gold-inlaid tear-shaped rondels behind and a broad panel divided by a twisted framework of gold and silver beadwork, the breech encrusted with a gold urn issuant with foliage and a small cartouche with the gold-lined barrelsmith's mark ahead, fitted with brass pan with pivot-cover, raised back-sight encrusted with gold scrollwork and pierced with a single aperture, the tang overlaid with a dated silver gilt panel chased en suite with the barrel bands, brass action including serpentine and trigger, figured walnut full stock decorated with a trellis pattern of twisted silver wire enclosing coral pellets and arrangements of bone rondels enriched with brass nails and wire, fitted on the right of the breech with a pricker and chain, faceted butt inlaid with further bone rondels alternating with broad silver gilt panels chased en suite with the barrel bands and set with red and yellow coral pellets, large ivory butt-cap and fore-end cap each decorated en suite, chased silver gilt trigger-plate, a pair of brass ring suspension mounts, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (the inlays with small losses and minor replacements) 101.5cm; 40in barrel Provenance Pierre Poisson, St Ouen, 1967 £4000-6000 | Nil |
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28000 |
| 63 | A .600 CALIBRE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, DATED ???? 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 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 72.5cm; 28 1/2in barrel £1200-1800 | Nil |
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7500 |
| 64 | A 16 BORE ALGERIAN SILVER-MOUNTED TOE-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 repousé 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 142.5cm; 56 1/8in barrel £1500-2000 | Nil |
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5500 |
| 65 | A FINE AND RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, PATALLAH, 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HOYSALA OR CHOLA with double-edged blade swelling to a rounded tip, steel hilt formed with a pair of finely engraved attenuated beaded langets extending over almost a third of the blade's length on each side, figure-of-eight shaped dish-guard up-turned on each side, with beaded border and engraved with further designs of foliage, the base incorporating a finely chiselled lion on each side enclosing the forte, up-turned cup-shaped pommel and solid grip each engraved en suite with the guard, retaining traces of red pigment and in fine untouched lightly patinated condition throughout 86cm; 33 7/8in blade The use of Lions or Tigers on the hilt are strongly suggestive of royal ownership as written in the Sinhala Vaijayanta. See R. Elgood 2004 pp. 113-114. A related sword, of lesser quality, is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum (rn.no. 1425-1855) See P.S. Rawson 1968, ill, 40. £3000-5000 | Nil |
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6500 |
| 66 | A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SPEARHEAD, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY with slightly curved double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section, cut with two pairs of converging fullers, a foliate moulding and a pair of addorsed dragons on each side at the forte, and tubular socket formed with four raised mouldings chiselled with beadwork (pitted throughout) 40.5cm; 16in An almost identical example is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai (no. 2236). Further related examples are preserved in the Clive Collection at Powis Castle. See R. Elgood 2004, p. 194 and R. Skelton et al, 1987, p.68. £700-900 | Nil |
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| 67 | AN INDIAN KHANJARLI, 17TH CENTURY with slightly recurved fullered blade swelling towards the tip, steel hilt including oval guard with beaded border, a pair of short globular quillons, and a pair of hardwood grip-scales retained by five rivets and rising to form a pronounced elliptical pommel (the steel parts patinated) 33.5cm; 13 1/8in For comparable examples see R. Elgood 2004, p. 172 and pp.178-9. £700-900 | Nil |
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| 68 | AN INDO-PERSIAN SHAMSHIR, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of watered steel, inlaid with a brass calligraphic cartouche and chiselled with a stylised lion rondel beneath, steel cross-piece decorated with gold koftgari, and later hardwood grip inlaid with brass wire and flowerheads, in its fishsklin-covered wooden scabbard with steel chape and a pair of suspension mounts 88cm; 34 3/4in blade The inscription reads, in translation, 'The servant of the King of Trusteeship, Abbas'. £500-700 | Nil |
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2800 |
| 69 | AN INDIAN KHANDA, 18TH CENTURY, A NEPALESE KORA, 19TH CENTURY, AND A KHYBER KNIFE, 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt of characteristic form including a pair of langets with pierced tips, chiselled knuckle-guard, and retaining an early grip; the second with curved blade widening towards the tip and characteristic steel hilt; the third with tapering blade, and horn grips (incomplete) the first 82cm; 32 1/4in blade (3) £200-300 | Nil |
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320 |
| 70 | AN INDIAN SHORT SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with slightly recurved blade cut with a pair of long fullers on each side and swelling slightly at the tip, widening towards the forte, chiselled with a lotus flower highlighted with gold koftgari on each side, integral steel hilt comprising solid grip, double beaked pommel, and bud-shaped button decorated with gold koftgari en suite with the forte (light wear and pitting) 40cm; 15 3/4in blade £700-800 | Nil |
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| 71 | Withdrawn AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY formed entirely of steel, with tapering blade formed with a recessed panel chiselled with a gilt lotus flower at the forte, characteristic hilt decorated on the principal bars with gold deities and musicians and with flowers on the grip bars (losses, areas of wear), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver chape chased with foliage (the leather worn, the scabbard mouth chipped) 40.5cm; 16 1/8in £400-500 | Nil |
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| 72 | AN INDO PERSIAN PESH-KABZ, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade of polished steel, hilt of characteristic form fitted with a shaped ivory grip-scale on each side (small age cracks), in its wooden scabbard covered with green velvet 25.5cm;10in £150-200 | 5% |
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120 |
| 73 | withdrawn AN INDIAN DAGGER, MODERN with curved blade of watered steel, decorated with a panel of gold scrollwork at the forte, steel hilt decorated with en suite and the upper portion applied with numerous shaped panels of bone, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard 35.5cm; 14in £250-300 | Nil |
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| 74 | AN INDIAN PULOUAR, 18TH CENTURY AND AN ETHIOPIAN SABRE, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved blade of polished steel, steel hilt of characteristic form, set with a silver washer on each side, and pierced petal-shaped pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts scabbard; the second with curved fullered blade etched with foliage, white metal stirrup hilt including back-strap rising to a maned lionshead pommel, in its tooled hide scabbard (both worn) the first: 77cm; 30 3/8in blade £200-300 | 5% |
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220 |
| 75 | AN INDIAN ZAFAR TAKIEH, LATE 19TH CENTURY with short blade cut with a single fuller on one side and a pair on the other, steel ferrule decorated with silver koftgari lines mottled jade grip hollowed at each end, in its steel scabbard decorated with silver koftgari lines and foliage 44.7cm; 17 5/8in overall £150-200 | 5% |
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270 |
| 76 | AN INDIAN FOLDING KATAR, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the outer blade decorated on each side with a panel of silver koftgari foliage, steel hilt with a pair of grip bars, decorated throughout with further designs in silver koftgari 39.2cm; 15 1/2in £100-200 | 5% |
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| 77 | AN IVORY-HILTED JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERSIAN with curved double-edged blade of watered steel formed with a slender central ridge and decorated with gold koftgari at the forte (worn), and marine ivory grip swelling at the base and the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with light shagreen, with ivory locket and chape each decorated with a radiating pattern of lines (the chape chipped) 48.2cm; 19in £1200-1800 | 5% |
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1200 |
| 78 | AN INDIAN KHANJAR WITH PUDDINGSTONE HILT, 19TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN KHANJAR the first with slightly recurved flattened blade (the tip with a small chip), variegated puddingstone grip carved with petals at the base and a horsehead pommel (restorations and repairs); and the second with fullered blade and figured jade grip incorporating a horsehead pommel (chipped), in a wooden scabbard the first: 28cm; 11in (2) £200-300 | 5% |
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200 |
| 79 | AN INDIAN SWORD, 20TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with a scalloped leading-edge, decorated with silver koftgari at the forte, and white metal hilt cast in low relief with flowers and ram's head pommel 63cm; 24 3/4in blade £100-150 | Nil |
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| 80 | AN ARAB NIMCHA, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, characteristic engraved steel hilt comprising three strongly down-curved quillons with lobated terminals and knuckle-guard each retaining traces of gilding, and large horn grip fitted with a silver ferrule chased with flowers at the base, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather and with large chased silver mounts comprising locket, middle band and chape each set with turquoise and red pastes on the outer face (small chips) 87cm; 34 1/4in blade £350-450 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 81 | A PHIA KAETTA AND A SPANISH KNIFE, 19TH CENTURY the first with steel blade enclosed with an engraved brass panel on each side at the base, and carved ivory grip decorated with characteristic scrolls the first 33cm; 13in. (2) £150-200 | Nil |
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320 |
| 82 | FOUR MALAYSIAN EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH CENTURY, AND A BURMESE DHA comprising barong stamped with a series of marks at the forte, characteristic hilt with large silver ferrule, in its rattan bound scabbard (small losses); a golok with engraved blade and horn hilt; a klewang with pattern-welded blade and horn hilt, in an associated scabbard of regulation type; a further Malaysian short sword with broad blade swelling towards a double-edged point, carved hardwood hilt, bound with plaited rattan and the upper portion rear-swept to form a spatulate pommel; and the fifth modern, in its bamboo scabbard the first: 49.5cm; 19 1/2in (5) £200-300 | 5% |
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400 |
| 83 | A SYRIAN AXE HEAD, 19TH CENTURY of crescentic form, chiselled with a small shaped cartouche filled with a bird behind the edge and a larger panel chiselled with flowerheads and foliage on each side, short socket chiselled with pairs of birds, and the rear pean formed as a solid monsterhead 19cm; 7 1/2in high £300-400 | Nil |
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500 |
| 84 | TWO CHINESE SWORDS AND A BAYONET the first with double-edged blade, engraved brass hilt, reeded wooden grip, in its tortoiseshell-mounted scabbard (cracks and small chips), the second similar (scabbard missing), and the third an 1856 pattern Enfield bayonet, in its scabbard the first: 46.5cm; 18 1/4in blade (3) £300-500 | Nil |
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250 |
| 85 | A FIJIAN GUNSTOCK CLUB AND A ZULU KNOBKERRIE, 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the first pierced with a pair of shaped and a pair of rectangular panels, chip-carved over the upper portion (small cracks) and in untouched patinated condition; the second with near spherical head of contrasting colours (cracks) and the haft pierced at the base 112cm; 44 1/8in and 58cm; 22 7/8in (2) £500-700 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 86 | A RARE OTTOMAN TURKISH CIRCULAR SHIELD, KALKAN, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY formed of a spiralling arrangement of cord-covered wicker, the outer face studded with ten rivets on circular iron washers with rings inside for enarmes, fitted with a circular iron boss retained by three rivets in the centre, the edge enclosed with leather, the inner face retaining its original blue lining and complete with five enarmes of plaited leather (one detached, the central padding missing, the lining mothed) 51cm; 20in diameter Four further examples from this group are preserved in the Türckische Kammer of the Margraves of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach. See E. Petrasch et al 1991, cat. Nos. 122-125. £4000-6000 | Nil |
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11000 |
| 87 | A RARE INDIAN ARMOUR FOR A BOY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of flattened rivetted and butted links, comprising Top rising to a central steel boss with slender tapering plume-holder, extending over the nose, the cheeks and the nape of the neck, mail shirt opening at the front and secured by three early silk loops on rectangular panels of padded red silk enriched with brass nails, extending over the shoulders, the neck fitted with an early padded green silk panel also studded with brass nails, lined throughout with padded red silk (the mail with restorations, the lining largely replaced), and with a brass inventory tag: on a blackened steel stand £2000-3000 | Nil |
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| 88 | A RARE INDIAN PART HORSE ARMOUR OF HARDENED HIDE, 18TH CENTURY comprising to large flank pieces each of five panels, shaped for the saddle and extending over the rump, each formed of numerous narrow strips of hide with invected edge, retaining some of its padded fabric lining and iron fittings (worn, small losses) Another armour of this type was sold Christie's King Street 12th December 2006, lot 267. £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 89 | AN INDO PERSIAN DHAL, KULAH KHUD AXE AND MACE, 20TH CENTURY the kulah khud with fixed nasal and mail neck-defence, chiselled over its surface with figures and scrolling flowers, and the dhal, mace and axe decorated en suite (4) £200-300 | 5% |
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150 |
| 90 | AN INDO PERSIAN KULAH KHUD, DHAL AND AN AFRICAN SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY the first with etched one-piece hemi-spherical steel skull embossed with a mask at the front, and fitted with sliding nasal (neck-defence, central spike and nasal retaining screw missing); the second of shallow convex form, fitted with four central bosses enclosed by a coiled serpent, surrounded by a series of brass branches with large foliate heads and decorated over its surface with gold and silver koftgari (worn); and the third of turned hardwood, the outer surface applied with a series of large white metal star-shaped plaques with central nodules and circular bosses of differing size the first: 14cm; 5 1/2in high (3) £1400-1800 | Nil |
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