211 |
A QUANTITY OF ROYAL ARTILLERY ACCOUTREMENTS INCLUDING A SABRETACHE AND BELT POUCH, CIRCA 1900 AND LATER comprising full dress sabretache with outer velvet-lined leather cover, dress belt with hangers for sabretache, waist belt, full dress pouch and cover, undress belt pouch, holster for a Webley Mark I revolver, uniform epaulettes, buttons for a waistcoat and jacket, chin-scales for a busby etc (qty) £300-400 | Nil |
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850 |
| 212 | Withdrawn FIVE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND CEYLON, CIRCA 1891-1900 the first and second including the British Army in Durban and portraits of Boer War Commanders and Zulus, and Ladysmith, the remaining three covering Ceylon, the Canary Islands, including some watercolours, and the departure of troops from Dublin, together with a collection of engravings £100-150 | 5% |
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| 213 | A MOUNTED DISPLAY OF HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPERS DRESS, MODERN comprising brass helmet plate, chin-chain, breastplate, aiguilettes, shoulder straps, belt, spurs and bit, mounted on purple velvet £500-700 | Nil |
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550 |
| 214 | TWO AUSTRIAN REGULATION SADDLES complete with steel fittings (the leather with service wear), An Austrian all-steel ersatz bayonet, four Austrian military practice sabres, late 19th century, a buff-leather baldric for an officer's sword, late 17th/early 19th Century and a quantity of regulation scabbards and further edged weapons (qty) £500-800 | Nil |
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300 |
| 215 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF REGIMENTAL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CARDS, 1932-81 comprising approximately three hundred and seventy five Christmas cards, principally regimental with some diplomatic, bound in a large volume with blue cloth boards, impressed 'Christmas Cards' in gilt letters on the front 31cm; 12 1/8in by 45cm; 17 3/4in by 10.5cm; 4 1/8in £200-300 | Nil |
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350 |
| 216 | A COMPOSITE GERMAN ARMOUR FOR FIELD AND TOURNAMENT USE, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising close helmet with heavy rounded one-piece skull rising to a low comb (one small internally patched repair), fitted at the nape with conical plume-holder, and formed with a hollowed rim to fit over a collar, visor with prominent step beneath its centrally divided vision-slit, prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with a circular arrangement of eight holes around a further central hole, later bevor fitted at its right side with forked support for the upper bevor and formed at its neck with a hollowed rim continuing that of the skull, the bevor and upper bevor each secured at the right side by spring catches, the visor secured by a wing headed screw, gorget of three lames front and back, hinged on the left and secured at the right, medially-ridged breastplate projecting forward over the belly, boxed at each side, flanged outwards at its V-shaped lower edges to receive a single fauld lame, fitted with a pair of gussets formed en suite with the neck-opening, the inside thickened over the left of the chest, a pair of tassets of five lames, Italian late 16th Century backplate stamped with the letters GP for Gioco del Ponte at the base, a pair of full arm-defences, each comprising large pauldron of five lames, vambrace with tubular upper cannon surmounted by a turner, fully enclosed articulated couter with small pendant-shaped wing, tubular two-piece lower cannon, a pair of fingered gauntlets each formed of a long flared and pointed cuff embossed over the ulna, and fitted with a separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, shaped finger-lame, scaled finger-defences and hinged thumb-defence with matching scales, a pair of leg-defences, each comprising cuisse of a main plate and short upper extension plate, winged poleyn of three lames, tubular two-piece greave with integral broad-toed sabaton of ten lames, the armour finely etched in its main bands and borders with scrolling leafy tendrils and flowerheads on a stippled ground, and in its subsidiary borders with narrow guilloche bands, the principal edges with finely roped turns, and the etching retaining some gilding: on a fully articulated stand on an oak plinth (expertly releathered throughout) Provenance The Roselius Haus, Bremen The helmet with its distinctive upper bevor is similar to those worn in the Saxon tournaments of the latter part of the 16th Century. See L. Rangström 1992, p.98, no. 80 and p. 351. £20000-30000 | Nil |
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42000 |
| 217 | AN IMPORTANT BASINET, WESTERN EUROPEAN, EARLY 15TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a medially-ridged crown rising to a high point, the lower edge arched over the brow and turned outwards at the sides and rear, the base encircled by a series of small stitch-holes for the attachment of a lining, and each of its sides pierced above them with a pair of rivet-holes for the attaching a chin-strap, the left rear one retaining its rivet (the apex of the crown rusted through at the front, the lower edge chipped at three points, pierced at each side with a pair of small wiring-holes and the rear with an early patched repair), and in dark patinated condition throughout 26.5cm; 10 3/8in high An almost identical helmet, formerly in the collection of the French collector Georges Pauilhac, is now in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (Inv. No. M.Po.676). See J-P. Reverseau 1982, pp. 22-3, fig. 25. This basinet is an extremely rare example of that from which the sallet probably evolved. Its crown can be compared in form with that of a kettle-hat in the Museé du Louvre, Paris, known from documentary evidence to have been owned by King Charles VI of France in 1411. See M. Fleury 1988, pp. 150-5. Similar helmets are depicted in contemporary French manuscript illuminations such as the Histoire Romaine, dated to circa 1410 [Biblioteque National Français, Paris, ms fr. 264, fol.138, illustrated in F. Autrand et al 2004, pp. 43 and 45]. They can also be seen in numerous early 15th century Spanish paintings such as the altarpiece of St George, by a Valencian artist, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and a Crucifixion scene by Jaume Cabrera in a private collection, Barcelona (C. M. Kaufmann, 1970, p. 72, fig. 6; and M. de Riquer, 1968, fig. 144. £12000-18000 | Nil |
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55000 |
| 218 | A GERMAN COMB MORION, NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece crown rising to a tall roped comb, integral brim down-turned on each side, stamped with Nuremburg town mark, rising to a low point front and back (one small chip), the base of the skull encircled by eighteen iron rivets, and with roped inward turns (patinated) 28cm; 11in high £1200-1500 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 219 | A GERMAN COMB MORION, NUREMBERG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a tall lightly roped comb, integral brim down-turned at each side and stamped with Nuremburg town mark, rising to a point front and back, its edge decorated with a roped turn accompanied by a recessed border, the base of the skull encircled by twelve iron rivets with rosette washers (one washer missing), and retaining traces of black from the hammer finish 31cm; 12 1/4in high £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 220 | A GERMAN COMB MORION, NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a tall roped comb, integral brim down-turned on each side, stamped with Nuremburg town mark and a further mark (both indistinct), rising to a point front and back, the base of the skull encircled by eighteen iron rivets with brass rosette washers (small losses), and decorated with recessed borders and with roped inward turns 29.5cm; 11 5/8in high £1000-1400 | Nil |
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950 |
| 221 | A GERMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece crown joined by a tall roped comb, integral down-turned brim rising to a point front and rear and with notched inwardly turned edge, the skull decorated on each side with a large embossed fleur-de-lys against a blackened ground, and the base encircled by nine iron rivets on brass rosette washers (one missing) 26cm; 10 1/4in high £1000-1500 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 222 | A GERMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a tall roped comb with recessed border, integral down-turned brim rising to a point front and rear and decorated at its edge with a notched inward turn, the skull decorated on each side with a large embossed fleur-de-lys on a blackened ground, and the base encircled by nine iron rivets on brass rosette washers (one missing) 24cm; 9 1/2in high £700-900 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 223 | A GERMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a tall roped comb, integral down-turned brim rising to a point front and rear and with notched inward turned edge, the skull decorated on each side with a broad raised crescentic band on a blackened ground, and the base encircled by ten iron rivets with brass rosette washers (two washers missing) 26cm; 10 1/4in high £700-900 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 224 | A GERMAN COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece heavy crown joined along the crest of a tall comb with a plain turn, integral brim down-turned on each side, rising to a low point front and back, the base of the skull encircled by fifteen iron rivets (one missing), plain inward turns, and retaining an early lining band (small dents, patinated) 27.5cm; 10 3/4in high £800-1200 | Nil |
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850 |
| 225 | AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece almond-shaped skull rising to a short rear-swept stalk (small holes on one side), fitted at the rear with a later plume-holder, slightly down-curved narrow integral brim drawn-out to a point front and rear, its edges decorated with roped inward turns (one small crack), the base of the crown encircled with iron rivets, and decorated throughout with later panels of etched trophies-of-arms and music within linear and ropework frames 21.7cm; 8 1/2in high £800-1000 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 226 | AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY with tall one-piece almond-shaped crown rising to a very short 'stalk' (the top holed), slightly down-turned narrow brim with recessed border and plain turned edges, and the base of the crown encircled by fourteen iron rivets 21cm; 8 1/4in high £400-600 | Nil |
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750 |
| 227 | A GERMAN MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with one-piece almond-shaped skull, near flat integral brim stamped with two marks (indistinct, small cracks) drawn-out to a point front and rear, with plain turned edges, and the base of the crown encircled by fourteen brass rosette washers (patinated) 17cm; 6 3/4in high £500-800 | Nil |
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850 |
| 228 | AN EAST EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with one-piece hemispherical crown, embossed with forty-eight radiating flutes from a central boss accompanied by a recessed border, fitted with a globular finial at its apex, pointed peak with sliding nasal bar (locking screw missing), neck-guard of four downward-lapping lames (now attached to the skull with later fasteners), with plain inward turns, studded throughout with domed brass rivets, and retaining some early white paint (cheek-pieces missing, patinated) 28.5cm; 11 1/4in high £1400-1800 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 229 | A RARE EAST EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE OF SIEGE WEIGHT, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with two-piece hemispherical crown joined along the crest of a low comb, fitted at each side with a heavy reinforcing plate, the left with a proof mark of a bullet, pointed peak with sliding nasal bar secured by a locking screw, neck-guard of four upward-lapping lames (some rivets missing, one lame holed), two large pendent cheek-pieces pierced with seven holes (now detached), decorated throughout with incised borders, plain bevelled edges, iron rivets, and much original black finish 33cm; 13in high £1000-1400 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 230 | AN EAST EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with one-piece hemispherical skull (pierced with two holes, delaminated inside), fitted with a flat headed rivet at its apex, pointed peak with sliding nasal bar secured by a locking screw, neck-guard of four downward-lapping lames, a pair of large pendant ear defences pierced with nine holes (now detached), decorated with plain inward turns and studded throughout with domed steel rivets 27cm; 10 5/8in high £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 231 | A ZISCHÄGGE, PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-17TH CENTURY formed of a one-piece hemispherical skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a pierced finial on a circular washer, at its brow with a flat peak with sliding nasal-bar stamped at its leaf-shaped lower end with the letter 'M' and retained by a locking screw, at the nape with a flaring neck-guard of four lames, the main edges of the helmet decorated with plain inward turns, and blackened throughout (cheek-pieces missing) 21cm 8 1/4in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle £700-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 232 | A RARE ENGLISH BURGONET, PROBABLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630 with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a low comb, embossed on each side with a trio of stepped flutes interrupted by a central chevron (the right side with an internally patched repair), fitted with pivoting peak embossed with further chevron patterns, later plume-holder, and articulated neck-guard of three downward-lapping lames, the lowest turned outwards and embossed en suite with the peak (the point repaired), and of a pair of fretted brass hinges for cheek-pieces (incomplete, cheek-pieces missing), and studded throughout with domed brass rivets (pitted, areas of delaminations, losses) 21.5cm; 8 1/2in high A very similar helmet is preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum Leeds (inv. no. IV. 159). Other related examples are preserved in the York Castle Museum (Acc. No. T188), Warwick Castle, Hatfield House, the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, London, and another in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IV. 2016). See D. Blackmore 1990, fig.13 and T. Richardson 2004, pp. 33-37, figs 1-3. £600-800 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 233 | A VERY RARE GERMAN CUIRASS FOR A CHILD, CIRCA 1600 comprising medially ridged breastplate of peascod form with plain turns at the neck and arm-openings, fitted at the base with two articulated waist-lames incised with pairs of lines at the top, the lower plate flanged outwards to receive a pair of tassets of four articulated lames (the lower three restored), the uppermost embossed with a pronounced rib to fit over the turned lower edge of the lowest waist-lame, back-plate formed en suite with the breast and shaped to the shoulders, with plain inward turns, decorated throughout with domed tinned iron rivets, fitted with a pair of later shoulder straps and a portion of a leather belt the breast-plate: 25cm; 9 7/8in high Child's armour is notably rare. A number of related adult cuirasses of this form are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz. See P. Krenn 1987, p. 42. £4000-7000 | Nil |
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8000 |
| 234 | AN ITALIAN BLUED AND GILT CUIRASSIER'S CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb and fitted at the nape with a chiselled and gilt steel plume-holder in the form of a winged dragon, obtusely pointed peak, flat upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots with gilt heads of rosette form, and two gorget-plates front and rear, the upper bevor formerly secured to the bevor at the right side by a swivel-hook and pierced stud (the hook now missing), and pierced with fourteen vertical-ventilation slots separated by roped and gilt ribs, the bevor secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a hinged hasp and turning-pin, the main edges of the helmet decorated with roped and gilt inward turns, its surfaces decorated on a blued ground with transverse gilt bands interrupted by alternating cusps and fishtailed projections, their lower edges bordered by pointillé trefoils issuing from cusps (the gilding and bluing extensively refreshed) Provenance Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 March 1970, lot 63 The helmet is closely similar in form to examples of early 17th century Italian make preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. Nos 38.148.1 and 26.210, the Art Institute, Chicago, The Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Inv. No. CA 4371, and the Wallace Collection, London, Cat. No. A 63 (L. G. Boccia & E. T. Coelho, 1967, figs 415, 421 & 424-5; and W. J. Karcheski, 1995, p. 33). £18000-25000 | Nil |
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18000 |
| 235 | A RARE SPANISH INFANTRY BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1500 formed in one piece with a strong medial ridge and bold angular outward turns at its neck and arm-openings, its shoulders in each case fitted with a later buckle, the right struck with the "crow's-foot" mark, the inside of the right arm-opening and the inside of the waist in each case painted in red with the collection-number 297, and the inside of its outward-flanged lower edge struck with a series of linear construction-marks (the lower corners of the breastplate cropped, the flange patched and cracked) 39cm; 15 1/4in high It has been suggested that the "crow's-foot" mark struck is that of the Aragonese town of Calayatud, known from contemporary documents to have been an important centre for the manufacture of armour. Many pieces from the former armouries of the Dukes of Ossuna and Medinaceli bear this mark. See J. G. Mann 1933, (2003 ed.) pp. 66-7 & 69. £3000-4000 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 236 | A SOUTH GERMAN BREASTPLATE FOR LIGHT FIELD USE, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, boxed at each side, decorated at the edges of the gussets of its arm-openings and at its neck-opening with finely roped prominent inward turns, fitted at each shoulder with a double-ended iron buckle, at each side of the top of the chest with a pair of rivets for the attachment of an internal shoulder-strap, and flanged outwards at its V-shaped lower edges to receive a fauld of two (probably originally three) fauld-lames each medially ridged and boxed en suite with the main (the right gusset disarticulated at its upper end, the surface lightly patinated overall) Provenance Edward Croft-Murray, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1954-72 Croft-Murray was author of Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837. He was described in his obituary in the Burlington Magazine as "a meticulous scholar, an enthusiastic connoisseur, and an endearing character". £3000-5000 | Nil |
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4000 |
| 237 | A SIEGE WEIGHT BREASTPLATE, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH formed of a rounded main plate with plain turns at the neck and arm-openings, fitted at the base with a single waist-lame, and at the shoulders with a pair of later buckles (one incomplete), and in patinated condition throughout 35.5cm; 14in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle £500-700 | Nil |
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500 |
| 238 | A GERMAN BACKPLATE OF SIEGE WEIGHT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY BREASTPLATE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first flanged outwards at the base, with plain turns at the neck and arm-openings, decorated around the neck and in three bands diverging upwards from the waist with trios of incised lines, struck twice with a bullet mark, original black finish, and retaining an early leather strap numbered '35'; the second, with low medial ridge, struck with a bullet mark, flanged outwards at the base, short flanged main edges pierced for a lining, fitted with a pair of studs for attaching shoulder straps, and two hooks and a further stud for a belt (patinated black) the first: 41.5cm; 16 3/8in high (2) £600-800 | Nil |
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600 |
| 239 | A GERMAN GORGET, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY formed of a single plate front and rear, connected by a rivet at the left and secured by a stud and keyhole slot at the right, the front plate formed with a medial ridge and extending to a point, the rear of slight ogee form, the neck with plain inward turn, decorated throughout with incised lines around the borders, the lower edges with plain turns, the neck encircled by twenty-three domed brass rivets, the outer surface 'black-from-the hammer', and retaining a small portion of its fabric lining with silver brocade scalloped borders 14.5cm; 5 5/8in high A number of similar gorgets are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz. The present example is apparently for an 'aristocratic private'. See P. Krenn 1987, pp.56-587. £400-500 | Nil |
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1050 |
| 240 | A GERMAN GORGET, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY formed of a single plate front and rear, connected by a single rivet at the left and secured by a stud and keyhole slot on the right (small chips), the front plate formed with a medial ridge and extending down to a point, the rear slightly curved, the neck with plain inward turn and the outer edges bevelled, bordered top and bottom with low domed brass lining rivets, the surface 'black-from the hammer', and retaining traces of an early lining band 14cm; 5 1/2in high See footnote to previous lot. £400-600 | Nil |
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900 |
