91 |
AN INDO-PERSIAN KULAH-KHUD, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with hemi-spherical skull retaining traces of watered pattern and embossed with a series of slender radiating ribs, fitted with central spike, sliding nasal bar and a pair of plume-holders, and retaining its mail neck-defence of butted links (worn, the mail with minor losses) 23cm; 9in high £200-300 | 5% |
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550 |
| 92 | A PAIR OF OTTOMAN STEEL STIRRUPS, 18TH CENTURY with broad arched treads pierced with a pattern of slotted circles (one small chip), extending to form triangular sides, and with D-shaped loops at the top, one retaining traces of a mark 22cm; 8 3/4in high (2) £400-600 | Nil |
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| 93 | A FINE PERSIAN STEEL BELT BUCKLE, 18TH CENTURY the inner face fitted with a loop and a hook, the outer face applied with an elaborately pierced panel of scrollwork within linear frames and centring on a lengthy inscription 10.5cm; 4 1/2in by 7.8cm; 3 1/8in The inscriptions include Qur'an, surah al-Ikhlas (CXII), invocations to God, Muhammad and 'Ali. A similar example is preserved in the Tanavoli Collection. See J. Allan and B. Gilmour 2000, p. 65 cat. no. 44. £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 94 | A RARE LARGE CHINESE COMPOSITE BOW 18TH CENTURY of veneered bone, wood and sinew, the outer face of natural green horn, the inner applied with sinew and painted with tongues of red flames, the wood protruding at the ends, cut with a nock and with a block-shaped rest top and bottom, and waisted grip retaining some of its original covering 108cm; 42 1/2in £600-800 | Nil |
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| 95 | A RARE CHINESE COMPOSITE BOW 18TH CENTURY of veneered bone, wood and sinew, the outer face of natural green horn applied with a shaped panel top and bottom and two bands on each side of the grip, the inner face with traces of early paint, the wood protruding at the ends, cut with a nock and with a block-shaped rest top and bottom, and wasted grip bound with fishskin 78cm; 30 3/4in £400-500 | Nil |
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350 |
| 96 | A CAUCASIAN TOP, LATE 18TH CENTURY formed of a convex steel plate rising to a pronounced central boss decorated with gold koftgari cartouches filled with flowers and silver koftgari scrollwork (losses), pierced around its circumference with holes, fitted with a robust central spike, and with contemporary mail neck-defence of flattened riveted links 30cm; 11 3/4in high £500-700 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 97 | A RARE EASTERN HELMET, PROBABLY TIBETAN 17TH CENTURY with domed skull formed of thirty-four over-lapping plates, the edges embossed to form raised ribs, fitted at the top with a moulded baluster-shaped finial, at the front with angular peak, neck-guard of twenty-one overlapping plates (some loose, one missing), and the surface patinated brown 33.5cm; 13 1/4in high £600-800 | Nil |
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| 98 | TWO TURKISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSSES, 19TH CENTURY the first with swamped steel barrel decorated with silver, bevelled steel lock, hardwood full stock profusely studded with chevron patterns in silver nails, and brass trigger-guard; the second with swamped steel barrel decorated with silver, engraved lock, hardwood full stock carved with leaf ornament, and steel mounts (both worn) 43.5cm; 17 1/8in (2) £200-300 | Nil |
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380 |
| 99 | AN INDIAN FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, THE LOCK DATED 1817 with etched barrel strongly flaring at the muzzle and retained by three leather bands, East Indian Company lock struck with the rampant lion, lock inspector's mark and the date, hardwood full stock inlaid with bone on the butt, and brass mounts 94cm; 37in £150-200 | 5% |
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260 |
| 100 | A 22 BORE AFGHAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET, THE LOCK DATED 1817, AND A TURKISH BARREL FOR A PERCUSSION GUN, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY with etched twist multi-stage barrel retained by five slender brass bands, inlaid with engraved brass panels, vase-shaped muzzle, and the breech fitted with standing back-sight, border-engraved rounded lock stamped with the date, the East India Company ownership and view mark, figured walnut full stock with characteristic hooked butt, engraved steel trigger-guard (side-plate missing), and early leather sling; and the second, converted from miquelet-lock, fitted with silver fore-sight and retaining some silver-encrusted decoration including shaped cartouches and flowers, and in patinated condition overall the first: 114.5cm; 45 1/8in barrel (2) £100-150 | Nil |
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160 |
| 101 | A 25 BORE NORTH AFRICAN (KABYLE) SILVER-MOUNTED SNAPHAUNCE GUN, 19TH CENTURY with faceted sighted barrel swamped at the muzzle and retained by a series of engraved silver and brass bands, flat lock of characteristic form, hardwood full stock applied with nielloed silver plaquettes enriched with silver nails, and an orange paste opposite the lock, brass trigger-guard with nielloed silver tang set with an orange paste, and steel ramrod (worn, losses) 123cm; 48 3/8in barrel £300-500 | Nil |
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380 |
| 102 | A FINE 28 BORE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK GUN, CIRCA 1808-38 with two-stage barrel swamped at the muzzle, retained by six slender silver bands engraved with foliage, encrusted with gold scrolls and foliage at the muzzle, over the median and the breech, the latter stamped with a gold-lined barrelsmith's mark, a further mark on the left and fitted with standing back-sight also encrusted with gold, tapering rectangular tang with a brief gold inscription, characteristic lock stamped with a gold-lined maker's mark on the bridle and encrusted with gold scrolls, steel button trigger, figured hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with silver plaques over the full length of the fore-end and about the lock, enriched with brass rondels and pellets, applied with a plain silver plaque about the barrel tang stamped with a mark, engraved silver trigger-plate, faceted butt decorated en suite with the fore-end, incorporating a silver panel stamped with a mark top and bottom, and two panels of ivory inlaid with matching rondels and pellets, a pair of silver sling swivels, horn fore-end cap (later ramrod, small losses and light wear), and in untouched lightly patinated condition throughout 87cm; 34 1/4in barrel The silver marks include the Tughra of Mahmud II (1235-55/1808-38AD). The barrel is signed 'Work of Muhammad Tahir' and the tang is signed by the owner al-Hajj Husayn Agha £2000-2500 | Nil |
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14000 |
| 103 | AN 18 BORE TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed with a flat, grooved tang, engraved lock, wooden full stock almost entirely encased in brass with rudimentary engraving, brass trigger-guard and brass spurred pommel (chipped, worn throughout) 45.5cm; 17 7/8in £60-80 | Nil |
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160 |
| 104 | A RARE HUNGARIAN SWORD, 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 110cm; 43 1/4in blade A similar sword is preserved in the National Museum, Budapest. For a discussion of this group and its development see J. V. Kalmár 1935/6, pp. 150-155, and Tafel X no. 4. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 105 | A RARE VIKING SWORD, 9TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with broad double-edged blade with traces of a long shallow fuller over almost its entire length on each side, steel hilt comprising thick cross-guard of elliptical section, two-stage pommel comprising a thick oblong bar at the base and the upper section of slender cocked hat form, and the hilt retaining some brass and silver inlays in an alternating arrangement of slender vertical lines 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade A sword of similar form and proportion decorated in a related manner and with an 'Vlfberht' inscription is preserved in the Suomen Kansallismuse, Helsinki (inv. no. NM18402:1). Another is preserved in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (inv.no. WK-24) See I. Pierce pp. 54-57. £7000-9000 | Nil |
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13000 |
| 106 | A MEDIEVAL SWORD, MID-13TH/14TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade cut with a long fuller on each side (bent slightly in profile, one small crack), steel hilt comprising straight cross-piece of slightly faceted square section, and strongly formed wheel pommel 76.5cm; 30 1/8in blade This sword conforms to Oakeshott type XII. £4000-5000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 107 | A MEDIEVAL SWORD, 14TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with tapering blade of flattened diamond-section (the upper half missing), slightly down-slanting slender quillons, cross-piece, wheel pommel, and retaining a very small portion of its grip 33cm; 13in blade £900-1400 | Nil |
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| 108 | A RAPIER, LATE 16TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with blade of flattened-hexagonal section retaining traces of an inscription within a short fuller on each side, steel hilt including a pair of straight quillons with spherical terminals, outer ring-guard en suite with the quillons, large spherical pommel retaining some chiselled decoration in imitation of a mulberry, and with a portion of an early grip (losses) 89.5cm; 35 1/4in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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200 |
| 109 | A RARE MILITARY BACKSWORD 'KATZBALGER', SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS in excavated condition, with broad blade double-edged for its upper third, cut 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) 87.7cm; 34 1/2in blade 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 the Princes Odescalchi, Rome. (inv. no. 1370). See N. di Carpegna 1969, p. 37 no. 209. £7000-9000 | Nil |
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| 110 | 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 spiralling pattern of brass wire and with Turk's heads 107cm; 42 1/8in 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 J. F. Hayward 1963 no. 15 and L. G. Boccia & E. T. Coelho 1975, no. 561. £9000-9500 | Nil |
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| 111 | A NORTH EUROPEAN PAPPENHEIMER RAPIER, CIRCA 1630 with straight blade of flattened-hexagonal section, rectangular ricasso struck with a series of marks, symmetrical steel hilt of faceted bars interrupted by delicately filed mouldings, comprising vertically recurved quillons with bud-shaped tips, fluted écusson, knuckle-guard, upper ring-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, two lower ring-guards of decreasing size, fitted between with a scalloped plate, faceted ovoid pommel chiselled with a central foliate band (areas of light pitting), and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turks' heads' 94cm; 37in blade £4000-5000 | Nil |
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| 112 | A GERMAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH BLUED STEEL HILT, CIRCA 1600 with sharply tapering blade of diamond section, tapering ricasso stamped with a mark, probably the letters ST arranged vertically beneath a crown for Wolfgang Stantler (worn), reblued steel hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising down-curved forward-canted quillon with flattened globular pierced terminal (repairs), knuckle-guard with flattened globular terminal, bifurcated outer ring-guard joining the arms of the hilt at the base, lower ring-guard, trifurcated inner guard, and flattened barrel-shaped pommel (the hilt refinished and repaired), and later grip bound with plaited silver wire and 'Turk's heads' 91cm; 35 7/8in blade This sword belongs to the well known group of rapiers associated with the Munich Town Guard. The present example varies in the use of an s-shaped as opposed to curved bar joining the outer ring to the lower ring-guard. Others are preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, the Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels, and the Wallace Collection. Another example from this group was sold Sotheby's Olympia, 29th June 2005, lot 34 (£14,400, including premium). For a discussion of this group see A.V.B. Norman 1980, pp.127-129. £5500-6500 | Nil |
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| 113 | A FINE GERMAN SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section, cut with a short fuller on each side and stamped with a stylised running wolf mark at the forte on one side, the ricasso left blunt for the fingers, steel hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of écusson, strongly down-curved quillon with rounded terminal, knuckle-guard, and a pair of down-curved arms each en suite with the quillon, pierced pommel formed of a pair of fleur-de-lys arranged vertically, and retaining an early grip of plaited brass wire 82.3cm; 32 3/8in blade This sword was probably intended for use by an Austrian Imperial Guard or a similar body. Four further examples are preserved in the Hofjagd-und Rüstkammer, Vienna (inv. nos. A896, 1558, 1562 and 1584). Another example, with associated blade, is preserved in the James A. de Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor. See C. Blair 1974, pp.97-98. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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| 114 | AN ENGLISH PILLOW SWORD, CIRCA 1660 in excavated condition, the blade retaining traces of a brass inlaid running wolf mark and cutler's mark (the upper portion missing), steel hilt including a pair of large flattened globular quillons and lobated pommel, chiselled throughout with portrait profile medallions within framework of silver pellets 53cm; 20 3/4in blade £50-70 | Nil |
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160 |
| 115 | A SPANISH MILITARY RAPIER, 18TH CENTURY with double-edged blade stamped 'Enrique Coel' and 'en Alemania' on the respective faces within a short fuller, steel hilt including up-turned shell-guard, a pair of arms, straight tapering quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, and globular pommel and the grip bound with twisted copper wire 81.2cm; 32in blade £500-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 116 | A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, LATE 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY with broad flat blade formed with a blunt near square tip, cut with a short fuller on each side and etched with the inscription 'Justicia' above the figure of Justice and a scrollwork panel, one side decorated with a wheel at the end of the fuller and a bladesmith's mark at the forte, and the other with a Gibbet (the etching worn), steel hilt comprising a pair of straight tapering quillons with moulded bud-shaped finials, plummet-shaped pommel, and banded grip with later leather covering, in a modern scabbard 80cm; 31 1/2in blade £2000-3000 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 117 | A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with associated blade cut with a two pairs of short fullers framing the inscription Andrea and Farara on the respective faces and each interrupted by three King's Head marks, steel hilt of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of rectangular and square fluted panels pierced with hearts and circles, fluted bun-shaped pommel (quillon missing), and later grip carved with basket weave designs and studded with steel nails, in a regimental leather scabbard with steel mounts 86cm; 33 7/8in blade £2000-2500 | Nil |
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2800 |
| 118 | A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with associated blade cut with a short fuller on each side enclosed by the inscription 'Andria Farara' (polished bright), steel hilt of rounded bars carrying alternating panels pierced with hearts and circles, the two outer bars joined by s-shaped bars, and bun-shaped pommel (later grip, the hilt heavily pitted, quillon missing, losses) 81cm; 31 7/8in blade £800-1200 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 119 | A RARE SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED REGIMENTAL BACKSWORD BY KNUBLEY, 11 CHARING CROSS, LONDON, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, engraved on each side with pairs of trophies-of-arms, foliage and signed in full at the forte (edge nicks), regulation steel basket-hilt of characteristic type, pierced with circles and triangles, original conical pommel and wooden grip, in its original steel-mounted leather scabbard (losses, now in two pieces) 87.5cm; 34 1/2in blade Knubley is recorded at this address circa 1785-92. Swords of this type are relatively rare and the majority have plain Birmingham blades of inferior quality, in contrast to the present example. They were supplied by the colonels of their regiments and cost around eight shillings and six pence each. See A. D. Darling 1970, p.17. £1200-1800 | Nil |
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2400 |
| 120 | A SCOTTISH DIRK, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with straight single-edged blade cut with a short slender fuller on each side, retaining some of its rootwood grip carved with basketweave designs, lightly engraved brass cap pommel retained by a square iron button, and the blade applied with a brass plaque inscribed 'Given by Canon Petrie M. A. found at Old Leanach Culloden Moor 1920' 38.5cm; 15 1/8in £250-300 | Nil |
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1900 |
