Thomas Del Mar Ltd | Arms, Armour & Militaria | 2 December 2020

Thomas Del Mar Ltd Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria London Wednesday 2nd December 2020

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, FROM THE GEORGE F. HARDING COLLECTION TO BENEFIT THE HARDING COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOUR PROPERTY OF THOMAS COOK AND VARIOUS OWNERS

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Select Bibliography Bailey 2002

De Witt Bailey, British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740 - 1840, 2002

Bennett 2018

Natasha Bennett, Chinese Arms and Armour, Leeds 2018

Blackmore 1999

Howard L. Blackmore, Gunmakers of London: Supplement 1350-1850, London 1999

Blair 1974

Claude Blair, Arms, Armour and Base-Metalwork: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, London 1974

Boccia & Coelho 1975

Lionello G. Boccia & Eduard T. Coelho, Armi Bianche Italiane, Milan, 1975

Bottini et al 1988

Angelo Bottini et al, Antike Helme Sammlung Lipperheide und Andere Bestände des Antikenmuseums Berlin, Mainz 1988

Claudelin 1928

Bengt Claudelin, Catalogue of the Collection of Arms and Armour at Hallwyl House Stockholm, Stockholm 1928

Cowan 2007

R.H. Cowan, ‘An Important Italic Herlmet Rediscovered’ in Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2007

Daubresse 2014

Alain Daubresse, Liège Gunmakers through their Work 1800-1950, Vol. I, 2014

Dean 1911

Bashford Dean, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, New York, 1911

Dickens 1999

Bernard Dickens, '"M.B." -, The Gunmakers Silversmith ...', in Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, vol. XVI, no. 2 (March 1999).

Dike 1983

Catherine Dike, Cane Curiosa from Gun to Gadget, Geneva 1983

Dufty 1974

Arthur Richard Dufty, European Swords and Daggers in the Tower of London, London 1974

Géza 1911

Nagy Géza, ‘Pozsonyi Puskam vesek s a régi magyar puskam vesség’ in Archaeologiai Értesit , Budapest 1911

Harding 1997

D. F. Harding, Small Arms of the East India Company 1600-1856, Volumes I & II, London, 1997

Hayward 1963

John F Hayward, The Art of the Gunmaker Volume II 1660-1830, Chatham 1963

Hiltl 1876

Georg Hiltl, Waffen Sammlung Sr Königlichen des Prinzen Carl von Preussen, Berlin 1876

János 1971

Dr. Kalmár János, Régi magyar fegyverek, Budapest 1971

Karcheski & Richardson 2000

Walter J. Karcheski & Thom Richardson, The Medieval Armour from Rhodes, Leeds 2000

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Laking 1911

Sir Guy Francis Laking, ‘Armaments of the Stage’ in Conoisseur, June 1911

Lenk 1965

Torsten Lenk, The Flintlock: Its Origin and Development, Stockport 1965

Mann 1931

J.G. Mann, ‘The Gunner’s Stiletto’, in Journal of the Society of Antiquaries

of London, Vol. XI, No. 1, London 1931 Mann 1932

J.G. Mann, ‘Sir John Smythe’s Armour in Portraiture’ in The Connoisseur, Vol. XC, August 1932

Meier 1982

Jürg Meier, “Sempacher Halbarten - Die schweizerische Halbartenrenaissance im 17. Jahrhundert” in Karl Stüber & Hans Wetter,

Blankwaffen, Zürich 1982 Mournetas 2007 Neal & Back 1966

Jean-Claude Mournetas, Lexique Onomastique, Biarritz 2007 William Keith Neal and David H. L. Back, The Mantons Gunmakers, London 1966

Neal & Back 1980

Neal, Keith & Back, D.H.L., British Gunmakers: Their Trade, Cards, Cases

and Equipment, 1760-1860, Braunton, 1980 Norman 1986

A.V.B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and

Armour Supplement, London 1986 O’Sullivan & Bailey 2019

John O’Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John

Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819, London 2019 Paine 1996

Jeff Paine, ‘The Light Horse Volunteers’ Rifled Carbine’ in Canadian

Journal of Arms Collecting, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1996 Ramos 2013

Roberto González Ramos, ‘The Armoury of the Dukes of the Infantado: Collecting, Prestige and Meaning’ in Journal of the History of Collections, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2013

Scott-Edeson 2000

Peter A. Scott-Edeson,, ‘Dating the firearms of John Manton and John Manton & Son: 1789-1834’, in Arms Collecting, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2000

Støckel 1978-1982 Troso 1988

Eugene Heer, Der Neue Støckel, 1978-1982 Troso, Mario, Le Armi in Asta. Delle Fanterie Europee (1000-1500), Novara (Italy), 1988

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Eastern Arms and Armour 1 AN IVORY TACHI, MEIJI PERIOD Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri, chu-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Indiscernible due to condition Hamon (tempering pattern): A wide suguha Boshi (tip): Ko-maru Nakago (tang): Not accessible Nagasa (length): Overall length 115 cm Koshirae: Decorated with various armed samurai fighting dragons and boar in a heavily wooded background. The large round tsuba has a coiled dragon forming its rim ~ ÂŁ1200-1800 2 AN IVORY TACHI Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri chu-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Not visible Hamon (tempering pattern): Appears to be togari-ba Boshi (tip): Ko-maru Nakago (tang): Details not available Nagasa (length): Overall length is 88.5 cm Koshirae: Decorated with Buddhist figures in a pine forest and under clouds ~ ÂŁ1200-1800

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3 AN IVORY TACHI, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860 Sugata (configuration): A wakizashi blade, shinogi-zukuri with ko-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Not visible due to condition Hamon (tempering pattern): Gunome-midare visible through bad scuffing Boshi (tip): Unavailable due to condition Nakago (tang): Not available Nagasa (length): Overall length 78.1 cm Koshirae: deeply carved Buddhist figures throughout in an overgrown background, the grip and saya finely carved in low relief with a vertical arrangement of pastoral scenes (loops missing) ~ £600-800 4 AN IVORY TACHI, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860 Sugata (configuration): The blade is shinogi-zukuri Kitae (forging pattern): Not visible Hamon (tempering pattern): A narrow suguha in nie Boshi (tip): Ko-maru Nakago (tang): One mekugi-ana and is kiri-jiri and mumei Nagasa (length): Overall length 73 cm Koshirae: the grip and saya finely carved in low relief with a vertical arrangement of courtly figures enclosed by scrolling tendrils and fitted with two loops for suspension ~ £600-800

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5 A KATANA IN TACHI KOSHIRAE Sugata (configuration): Suriage katana, tori-zori and chu-kissaki, a small su-ken horimono on the omote and an equally small futatsu koshi hi on the ura Kitae (forging pattern): Scratching and rubbing prevents detailed appraisal Hamon (tempering pattern): A faint gunomemidare is barely visible Boshi (tip): not visible Nakago (tang): O-suriage with two mekugi-ana, mumei Nagasa (length): 66.9 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.0 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 2.8 cm Koshirae: A tachi koshirae with a bright red saya flecked with black patches, a large iron mokko-gata tsuba and brown ito of flecked silk with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira and menuki £1200-1600 6 A KOTO TACHI Sugata (configuration): With bo-hi and kokissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Rubbed condition prevents viewing.

Hamon (tempering pattern): Appears to be suguha but condition prevents precise appraisal Boshi (tip): Probably ko-maru Nakago (tang): O-suriage with machi-okuri and two mekugi-ana, mumei Nagasa (length): 71.4 cm Koshirae: In shira-saya with faint saya-gaki £750-1250 7 A MINO SHINSHINTO KATANA, LATE EDO PERIOD Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri, wide mi-haba, shallow tori-zori and o-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Muji-hada Hamon (tempering pattern): Togari-ba, approaching sanbon-tsuji in ko-nie Boshi (tip): O-maru Nakago (tang): One mekugi-ana, kuri-jiri and mumei Nagasa (length): 64 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.4 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.2 cm Koshirae: A black lacquered saya (some damage), the tsuka has black ito over white samé. The fuchi-kashira, ko-jiri and the tsuba are all of rough iron £750-1250

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9 8 8 A KOTO TACHI Sugata (configuration): A slender tachi blade with bo-hi, koshi-zori and ko-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Appears to be kmokume but scuffing prevents precise appraisal Hamon (tempering pattern): There appears to be a faint and narrow suguha Boshi (tip): Ko-maru but not clearly visible Nakago (tang): Ubu with four mekugi-ana Nagasa (length): 69 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 1.9 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 2.7 cm Koshirae: Shin-gunto with defaced silver mon on the kabuto-gane £600-800

9 A KATANA IN GUNTO MOUNT Sugata (configuration): A wide shinogizukuri blade with futatsu-hi, iori-mune and o-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Rubbed condition prevents precise appraisal but it may be ko-mokume Hamon (tempering pattern): A gunomemidare hamon is just visible Boshi (tip): Faint but possibly ko-maru Nakago (tang): Ubu with a single mekugiana and is mumei Nagasa (length): 64.5 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.4 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.0 cm Koshirae: In shin-gunto mounts with officer’s tassel and a pierced tsuba £500-700

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10 A SHINTO WAKIZASHI Sugata (configuration): Shobu-zukuri Kitae (forging pattern): Not visible due to condition Hamon (tempering pattern): Appears to be a narrow suguha Boshi (tip): Ko-maru Nakago (tang): With one mekugi-ana and mumei Nagasa (length): 38 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.3 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.0 cm Koshirae: With a black lacquered saya (some damage), the tsuka with black ito over white samé and crude iron tsuba £300-500

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11 A JAPANESE DECORATED KOZUKA HANDLE AND KOGAI, SHŌWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY the carved, solid silver matching pair decorated with a spiralling garland of gilt flowers and fern foliage the first: 10.5 cm; 4 ⅛ in (2) £120-150 12 A JAPANESE IRON HELMET-BREAKER OR KABUTO-WARE, SHŌWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY modelled as a katana, with copper tsuba £30-50

13 A 14 BORE JAPANESE MATCHLOCK GUN (TEPO), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY with tapering iron barrel retained by two iron bands, the breech with integral iron pan with pivot-cover, brass lock-plate fitted with iron serpentine, full stock with cusped butt, iron trigger-plate and engraved brass butt-cap (mechanism defective, areas of wear, restorations) 117.5 cm; 46 ¼ in barrel £300-500 14 A 28 BORE CHINESE MATCHLOCK GUN (NIAO CHONG), QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering russet iron barrel formed with an integral iron pan at the breech, retained by slender brass band and an iron band, carved three-quarter stock with angular butt, and iron combined serpentine and trigger (areas of wear, restorations) 109.2 cm; 43 in barrel £200-300

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15 A RARE CHINESE SWORD (DADAO), QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with broad slightly curved blade formed with a hatchet point, the back-edge formed with a series of grooves and a pair of fullers enclosing three pierced brass lined quatrefoils, the ricasso inscribed with four characters on one face and with a dragon on the other, brass hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons with bud-shaped terminals, iron ring pommel applied with a spiralling design in copper, and the grip bound with red fabric over black leather 25.8 cm; 29 ⅞ in blade The inscription refers to an officer's promotion.

This appears to be a notably fine example of its type. £800-1000 16 A CHINESE SWORD (DAO) WITH SILVERED IRON MOUNTS, QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with slightly curved broad blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a full-length fuller and a shorter fuller along the back-edge on each face, octagonal iron guard (loose) decorated in silver with scrolling foliage in low relief on each face, iron ferrule and ‘Court Hat’ pommel each decorated with silver, the former en suite with the guard and the latter with geometrical designs, fabric-covered grip, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with characteristic iron mounts decorated with silver en suite with the hilt, with an associated leather thong and a silvered iron suspension 69.0 cm; 27 ¼ in blade £750-1000

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17 A JAPANESE BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed in five stages, moulded at the muzzle and incorporating a raised sight, the three sections at the chase engraved with traditional foliage and scrollwork, the first reinforce formed with a horizontally ribbed flat and with a matching back-sight, engraved on each side with a pair of addorsed dragons and with two brief inscriptions underneath, on its wooden field carriage with four small trucks and brass cap squares 35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in barrel 3.4 cm; 1 ¼ in bore The inscription includes ‘Nippon’, measurements and ‘trial’ suggesting that this was intended for testing gunpowder. £1500-2000

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18 A LARGE CHINESE CIRCULAR CANE INFANTRY SHIELD (TENGPAI), QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY of domed coiled cane wrapped with slender bands of rattan (the central boss missing), reinforced rim, the outer surface painted with a stylized tiger mask in black, white and red pigment, with the character wang between the eyes, and the inside with remnants of fittings for enarmes (small losses) 88.5 cm; 34 ⅞ in diameter Charles William Wason described the shield corps in his Reminiscences of 1922 as follows: ‘.....[the cane shield corps] knew their business better than the soldiers.....they came on in pairs, each man carrying a shield and matched with another man with either sword or spear.

They manoeuvred round and round the enclosure, cutting’ and parrying. Gradually the men with the shields worked round the men without shields, and encircled them. At this juncture about forty or fifty mounted soldiers came galloping in, and tried to attack the shielded men in order to save the surrounded men. The shielded men at once fell flat on the ground and began to roll and roll towards the horsemen. This was supposed to be a deadly attack upon the horses, and the latter retired. At the same time the men inside had got out, and so ended the attack......’

A related example is preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds (inv. no. XXVIA.56). See Bennett 2018, pp. 30-33. £1500-1800

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19 A RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CHINESE 6 POUNDER KRUPP SYSTEM BREECH-LOADING RIFLED MOUNTAIN GUNS, NANJING, NO. 19, DATED 1882 each with tapering rifled steel barrel cut with an inscription on top, characteristic block-shaped breech with sliding transverse wedge operated by a T-shaped horizontal bar, with a further inscription on the rear face, a pair of trunnions, adjustable brass back-sights, on its original carriage with steel axles and steel-shod spoked cambered wheels with brass fittings (one T-shaped bar, one breech-block locking lever, the cap-squares and back-sights all expertly restored) 126.5 cm; 49 ¾ in barrels 6.0 cm; 2 ⅜ in bore (2) Inscriptions: 光緒八年「壬午」金陵「機器局」監造 壬午」六十干支入面嘅第19 個 噐」- 古代標志名位，爵號的器物 Guangxu’s Eighth reigning year, 1882, no. 19th of 60, manufactured by the metal and weapons company, in Nanjing Another gun of this type, with the same inscription and dated 1881, in the collections of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris is exhibited at the Château de Vincennes.

The Najing (Nanking) and Shanghai arsenals were established in the 1860s as major arms manufacturing centres as well as places for the study of Western languages and technical literature. Opened as part of China’s Self-Strengthening movement they begun as ironworks with machinery purchased from abroad. At the beginning westerners were employed to instruct the local labourers in the manufacture and use of arms. By 1870 they were among the most successful and largest arsenals in Asia. £30000-50000

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20 A BURMESE BRASS-MOUNTED SWORD (DHA) OF PRESENTATION TYPE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, applied over the greater part of its length along the back of each face with a panel filled with silver inscriptions, figures in traditional dress and scrolling foliage, large brass hilt chased with foliage, including bulbous pommel decorated with an expanded flowerhead, brass grip, in its wooden scabbard entirely encased in brass embossed en suite 79.0 cm; 31 ⅛ in blade £700-900 21 A VERY FINE IVORY AND SILVER-MOUNTED BURMESE SWORD (DHA), ALAUNGPAYA DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade formed with a back-edge of triangular section and grooved over its length on each face, finely carved ivory grip formed of a long single piece of ivory pierced with a vertical arrangement of foliage inhabited by deities and warriors in traditional dress, fitted with chased silver ferrule and pommel, the latter with a low pointed finial, ivory scabbard decorated en suite with the hilt, with silver locket and chape chased with matching designs and with three slender beadwork bands (two loose) 51.2 cm; 20 ⅛ in blade ~ £700-900 22 A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH CENTURY with iron blade formed with a short fuller along the back-edge on each face, the base of the blade enclosed by a panel of chased brass, characteristic brass hilt enclosing the forte, carved ivory grip (cracked) and small applied silver panels (losses), in its wooden scabbard with large silver chape 11.5 cm; 4 ½ in blade Provenance Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser, KCSI, CIE (1864-1963) ~ £100-150

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23 AN INDONESIAN PRESENTATION KRIS, 20TH CENTURY, ANOTHER KRIS, AN INDIAN QUOIT (CHAKRAM) AND AN INDIAN BAR MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade of watered steel, carved hardwood grip with characteristic beaked pommel, in its scabbard with presentation plaque inscribed ‘Presented by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Prime Minister on the Occasion of Malaysia Day 16th September 1963’; the second with wavy blade, grip with two carved panels filled with traditional scrollwork, in its scabbard applied with a large brass sheet almost entirely encasing the pendak, the third formed of a circular steel band chiselled with scrolling foliage and fowerheads on each face, and the fourth formed of a faceted cylinder, flared at each end and slightly curved at the top 21.5 cm; 8 ½ in blade (4) ‡ £80-120

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24 A FINE SOUTH EAST ASIAN SHORTSWORD (KRIS), EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABALY BALI with fine wavy blade of pattern-welded steel, widening towards the forte, grooved and encrusted with scrolling foliage and flowers in low relief (small losses), and finely carved figurative ivory grip, probably Hanuman, with panels of foliage around the base 43.0 cm; 17 in blade ~ £800-1000

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25 AN INDIAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD (TEGHA), 19TH CENTURY with characteristic very broad blade formed with a reinforced back-edge, decorated with silver koftgari flowers and foliage at the forte (rubbed), iron hilt with traces of silver koftgari decoration, including a pair of quillons, knuckle-guard with vestigial monsterhead terminal, and disc-shaped pommel with pronounced tapering button 73.8 cm; 29 in blade £500-600 26 AN INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 19TH CENTURY with broad heavy blade double-edged towards the rounded point and formed with a long fuller, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with mushroom-shaped terminals, integral grip, discshaped pommel chiselled with an expanded flowerhead on the outer face and conical button, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard 66.2 cm; 26 in blade £400-600 27 AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with serrated edges, iron hilt of characteristic form including a pair of short quillons, integral grip and large shallow-cup-shaped pommel all decorated with gold koftgari borders (rubbed, losses), and the pommel encircled with an inscription on top 70.2 cm; 27 ¾ in blade £250-300

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28 AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER AND A TORAH POINTER, 20TH CENTURY the first with curved blade formed with a serrated edge and bifurcated point, etched in imitation of watered pattern and decorated with gold foliage at the forte, and mottled green jade grip, carved with foliage in place of the quillons and animal mask pommel, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with iron mounts decorated with gold scrollwork; the second with white metal body decorated with vine fruit and foliage and turned bone handle the first: 29.5 cm; 11 ⅝ in blade (2) £300-400

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29 THREE INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY the first with broad curved single-edged blade, iron hilt including bulbous quillons and knuckle-guard with recurved fluted budshaped finial; the second with curved blade (shortened), and iron hilt, the third similar, the hilt with large disc pommel with pointed button (cleaned throughout) 68.0 cm; 26 ¾ in (3)

33 AN OTTOMAN SMALL SILVER-MOUNTED YATAGHAN DAGGER, TURKEY, MID-19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade, silver hilt embossed and chased with traditional scrollwork, flowers and foliage, in its matching scabbard decorated en suite, the locket with a single flowerhead on a trellis and the chape formed as a scaly monsterhead 13.5 cm; 5 ¼ in blade £150-250

£200-300 30 THREE INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY the first with broad fullered double-edged blade, silver-plated hilt including large disc pommel with pointed button; the second with broad tapering blade struck with a pair of celestial mask marks on each face, and iron hilt including knuckle-guard; the third with curved single-edged blade (chipped) and iron hilt including knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shaped finial 80.2 cm; 31 ⅝ in blade (3) £200-300 31 AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a reinforced tip and a slender medial ridge, iron hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of moulded grip bars (rusted overall) 15.2 cm; 6 in blade £100-150 32 AN INDIAN CHAKRAM, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of a circular band of wootz steel of slender triangular section, decorated on each face with two symmetrical panels of gold foliage 25.7 cm; 10 ⅛ in diameter £400-600

34 AN OTTOMAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY with straight tapering double-edged blade decorated with gold koftgari at the forte on each face, brass hilt cast in low relief, including a pair of drooping quillons, integral grip and bulbous pommel, decorated throughout with flowers and scrolling foliage in low relief, in its decorated copper scabbard 35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in blade ‡ £60-80 35 AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, A NORTH AFRICAN DAGGER AND A SILVER-MOUNTED HORN the first with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, silver-encased hilt decorated with beadwork and filigree, in its silver-mounted fabric-covered wooden scabbard with four rings, complete with its silver thread embroidered belt ((incomplete); the second with tapering double-edged blade (seized in its scabbard) and carved wooden grip; the third carved with fish and a naive figure and the mounts chased with traditional knots, foliage and a goat the first:20.5 cm; 8 in blade (3) ‡ £150-250 36 AN INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA) AND A JAMBIYA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with recurved double-edged blade, and characteristic iron loop-shaped hilt; the second with recurved double-edged blade decorated with silver foliage and a pair of birds at the forte (worn), and iron ‘pistol-grip’ shaped hilt decorated with silver koftgari (losses) the first: 22.7 cm; 9 in blade (2) ‡ £150-200

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37 A PERSIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), QAJAR, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with double-edged russet blade formed with a medial ridge, decorated with gold koftgari calligraphy at the forte on each face (losses), carved marine ivory grip of characteristic form (small age cracks), decorated with two panels of masks with a field of beadwork above and below 26.5cm; 10 ½in ~ £1500-2000 38 AN OTTOMAN BALKAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with a medial ridge, marine ivory grip formed with a large elliptical guard and matching pommel, in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard 26.7 cm; 10 ½ in blade ~ £400-600

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 39 A FINE CAUCASIAN SILVER-GILT AND GOLD-INLAID IVORYMOUNTED PRESENTATION SABRE (SHASQA), CIRCA 1860-90, PROBABLY KUBACHI with curved fullered blade incised with a stylised running wolf mark on each face, cut with a brief inscription on the back-edge (chemically cleaned), marine ivory hilt of characteristic form, retained by three iron rivets and with bifurcated eared pommel (small cracks, one pommel ear reattached), profusely inlaid with gold scrollwork and silver ribband (small losses, lifting in places), in its wooden scabbard, the inner face covered with green velvet, the outer encased in marine ivory en suite with the hilt (small age cracks), the top panel with a gold-inlaid calligraphic cartouche, silver-gilt mounts chased with foliage, comprising locket, upper mount, middle-band and chape, the two central bands with a loop for suspension, and complete with its silver bullion belt with giltbrass mounts en suite 82.0 cm; 32 ¼ in blade Provenance The Margrave and Grand Duke of Baden, sold Sotheby’s BadenBaden, 5th - 21st October 1995, lot 2659.

The inscription in the cartouche reads, in translation ‘It’s owner Chuchuzyazkan(?)’. ~ £5000-8000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 40 A FINE CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (KINDJAL), GEORGIA, TIBLISI ASSAY MARKS, DATED 1870 with broad double-edged blade formed with a central wootz panel including two long slender fullers and, over the forte with an incised frame enclosing the cutler’s mark on each face, iron hilt decorated around its border with gold koftgari scrolls, fitted with a large silver ferrule at the base, encircled with a band of filigree and decorated at the front with a panel of neillo scrollwork and, on the back, with a niello bird, fitted with a pair of grip-scales of dark horn and contrasting marine ivory, retained by three iron rivets, fitted at the front with three washers decorated with gold koftgari foliage, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard encased in silver over the entire outer face and the majority of the inner, the former decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of flowers and foliage within a leafy framework enclosing a pair of central birds, the latter with a pair of serpents on the chape and with a brief inscription on the locket, fitted with a pocket for an additional knife and a loop for suspension, the hilt and scabbard both struck with assay marks and the maker’s mark 40.0 cm; 15 ¾ in blade The assay master’s mark is that of Jegor Blumberg, active 1841-1886.

The inscription is in Georgian and includes the phrase ‘For home and family’. ~ £800-1000

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41 TWO AFRICAN SICKLE-SHAPED SHORTSWORDS (NGOMBE DOKO) AND A BROADSWORD (DOKO MOBAMPA), CONGO, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the first with partially blackened blade cut with grooves and cross-hatched designs, hardwood grip wrapped with copper ribband over the base (loose) and the upper portion profusely studded with copper rivets over its entire surface; the second similar, with plain moulded wooden grip; the third decorated with hatched and wavy designs on the blade and wooden grip bound with rattan the first: 41.0 cm; 16 ⅛ in blade (3) ‡ £250-350 42 A LARGE DECORATED AFRICAN AXE, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND A KENYAN WRIST KNIFE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with tapering head formed with a curved leading edge and medial ridge, and wooden haft with bulbous terminal; the second of characteristic C-shaped form, the edges bound with hide and small pieces of copper the first: 59.8 cm; 23 ¼ in haft (2) ‡ £80-120

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43 A CARVED AUSTRALASIAN CLUB AND A CARVED AXE HAFT, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with rectangular head carved with triangular panels of fluting and integral haft; the second pierced for an axe blade (missing), and decorated around the tip with hatched designs the first: 55.5 cm; 21 ⅞ in (2) ‡ £60-80 44 AN ABYSSINIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHIELD (TAJA), LATE 19TH CENTURY the inner face of hide and fitted with a robust enarme, the outer face retaining its black velvet covering applied with numerous embossed shaped silver plaques enclosing a central rondel drawn-out to a foliate button, decorated throughout with strapwork, fitted with a pair of domed bosses on each side to cover the enarme fixtures, and in untouched condition throughout 16.0 cm; 40.6 cm diameter A related example is preserved in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (inv. no. 1945.9.20) £700-900

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45 45 AN INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR SHIRT, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIJAPUR formed of rows of large riveted iron rings alternating with rows of butted rings, extending to above the knees, the chest area closely meshed and open at the front, vented at the back and applied with three rows of narrow vertically overlapping rectangular iron plates, the central row of plates with scalloped lower edges, the sides with pairs of longitudinal plates, a pair of full-length sleeves, the front with a pair of rectangular convex plates each fitted with pairs of shaped bars with loops for straps or laces, engraved with a brief inscription on the inside of the upper left plate (small early repairs, chemically cleaned throughout)

46 AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), MID-19TH CENTURY of shallow convex form, fitted with four domed bosses corresponding to enarmes on the inside, the outer faces each enclosed by an openwork frame, the central portion of the outer face left plain, and the border decorated with a concentric chiselled panel of flowers and foliage highlighted with gold koftgari, with four triangular panels protruding towards the centre, and plain edge studded with iron rivets over brass foliate washers (two early patched repairs) 52.8 cm; 20 ¾ in diameter

Provenance The Bikaner Armoury Rajasthan

47 AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY of shallow convex form, fitted with four domed bosses corresponding to enarmes on the inside (rings missing), the outer face decorated over its surface with calligraphic panels of scrolling foliage enriched with silver (rubbed, areas of pitting) 51.2 cm; 20 ⅜ in diameter

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48 A RARE OTTOMAN FOREARM DEFENCE, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate and a smaller inner plate joined by rivetted mail links of rounded wire, the plates engraved with scrolling foliage on a punched ground over the greater part of their surfaces and brief inscriptions, and traces of early gilding (the main plate with an early patched repair and small holes, the edges with small chips, patinated) 39.8 cm; 15 ⅜ in

49 A RARE LARGE OTTOMAN FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering tooled leather body of near oval-section and with stitched borders, the outer face embroidered with a panel of traditional foliage, the inner face fitted with a robust leather strap, and completed with its turned wooden stopper with an additional smaller stopper within 42.0 cm; 16 ½ in high

The inscriptions are Arabic: ‘ala niyyat al-ghuza wa fi’l-jihad’ (with the intention of the holy warriors and by way of holy war).

An earlier, more elaborate flask of this form was sold in this room 7th December 2006, lot 318

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50 A 14 BORE ALBANIAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with long tapering sighted barrel retained by four engraved brass bands (one replaced), formed with a vase-shaped muzzle, stamped with a brief inscription including ‘Antonio’ at the breech, plain tang, flat lock with engraved external mainspring, hardwood full stock almost entirely encased in engraved and pierced steel plaques, very slender butt of characteristic form inlaid with circular and diamond-shaped panels of mother-of-pearl (triggerguard missing), a pair of sling swivels, and steel ramrod 118.8 cm; 46 ¾ in barrel £300-500

51 A 22 BORE OTTOMAN PERCUSSION HOLSTER (KUBUR) PISTOL, BALKANS, LATE 18TH CENTURY; A MOROCCAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA); A MOROCCAN CLUB; AN ALGERIAN SWORD (FLYSSA); A TIBETAN RITUAL DAGGER (PHURBA) AND THREE FURTHER DAGGERS the first converted from miquelet-lock, with tapering barrel retained by a brass band, iron lock, full stock almost entirely encased in engraved brass, the butt with pommel of ‘rat’s tail’ form, and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing); the second with silver-plated brass-mounted hilt and scabbard (losses); the third probably for a shaman, with painted shell-encrusted head and bone haft; the fourth with characteristic blade, brass hilt including knuckle-guard with numerous chain pendants, in its scabbard; the fifth of characteristic form; the sixth a Gurkha kukri knife, with bone grip, in its scabbard; an African dagger, a machete and a whip the first: 26.7 cm; 10 ½ in barrel (9) £300-400

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European Edged Weapons 52 A RARE NORTH GERMAN ESTOC WITH FALSE-DAMASCENED HILT, CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY BRUNSWICK with long tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped ‘Valenca’ and with the sacred trigram ‘IHS’ within a short fuller on the respective faces, rectangular ricasso struck with a cross mark and engraved with lines at the border on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight flat quillons swelling to spatulate terminals, up-turned outer guard formed of a rounded plate, a pair of slender basal arms (one detached at one end), joined to a loop on the inside, the latter joined to the thumb-ring by a pair of slender bars, characteristic cushion-shaped pommel, with much early silver false-damascened finish, and wooden grip retaining its fishskin covering 107.0 cm; 42 ⅛ in blade A number of military rapiers and estocs with hilts of this form are associated with the armoury of the Dukes of Brunswick, sold Sotheby’s Hanover October 2005, lot numbers 218, 220 and 221. Another, from the same collection, was exhibited at the Tower of London 1952, cat. No. 67.

The use of silver false damascene is notably rare. The hilt conforms to Norman type 12. £10000-14000

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53 A FINE GERMAN SWORD-RAPIER, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with straight blade of flattened-diamond section, signed by the bladesmith within a slender fuller on each face (including ‘Andrea’, partly indistinct), rectangular ricasso engraved with lines at the borders and struck with four bladesmith’s marks, blackened iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of horizontally recurved quillons swelling towards the terminals, upper ring-guard swelling in the centre, lower ring-guard formed en suite and joined to the upper by a pair of arms, a pair of écusson, trifurcated inner-guard joined to the quillon-block by a thumb-loop, spherical pommel, early fishskin-covered wooden grip (binding missing), and the hilt retaining much early blued finish throughout 110.5 cm; 43 ½ in blade Provenance Baron Hans de Schultheis (1885-1951) An almost identical sword, probably from the same series, is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Turin. Another was sold In this room, 26th June 2007, lot 153 and another, formerly in the Peter Parsons Collection, was sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge 20th July 2011, lot 116. The hilt conforms to Norman type 43, see Norman 1986, pp. 140-1. £10000-12000

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54 A GERMAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY with broad flat blade of characteristic form, rounded at the tip and retaining traces of brass-lined latten marks on each side, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight trumpet-shaped quillons and tall conical fluted pommel, and original wooden grip bound with fishskin between brass collars, painted at the base on one side with a white inventory number, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape 82.3 cm; 32 ⅜ in blade Provenance The Welfen Museum, Hanover, circa 1910 The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s, Schloss Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 359. £5000-6000

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55 A GERMAN TWO-HAND SWORD, EARY 17TH CENTURY with straight broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso formed with a pair of slender lugs (one restored) and engraved with a wavy line in the centre on each face, iron hilt of flattened bars comprising a pair of slightly drooping quillons with basal lugs, swelling towards the terminal and with a further basal lug (the upper lugs removed), inner and outer ring-guards, decorated throughout with pairs of incised lines, later fluted pommel and the grip with a later spirally-bound covering 115.5 cm; 45 ½ in blade £1400-1800

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56 AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40 with long tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (small filled repairs), rectangular ricasso engraved with an oval mark on each face (rubbed, perhaps for Federico Piccinino), symmetrical iron hilt of slender rounded bars, comprising a pair of vertically recurved straight quillons, inner and outer ring-guards each of seven bars, the uppermost joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, fitted with a pierced and chased plate decorated with foliage enclosing a green man mask at the base, later ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s Heads’ 114.2 cm; 45 in blade

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57 A SPANISH BROADSWORD, DATED 1801 with tapering double-edged blade struck with the date and the initials ‘CIV’ for Carlos IV (ruled 1788-1808), iron hilt of regulation type, comprising straight quillons, knuckle-guard and bowlshaped-guard rising up on one side at the front, globular pommel and wire-bound grip between iron collars 78.5 cm; 31 in blade

59 A TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY with double-edged blade, leather-covered ricasso, iron hilt including straight quillons with curled terminals, inner-and outer ring-guard en suite, and mushroom shaped pommel decorated with sprays of foliage 129.0 cm; 50 ¾ in blade

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58 A RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a short fuller, iron hilt of rounded bars including a pair of straight quillons, outer ring-guard, knuckle-guard, trifurcated inner-guard and barrel-shaped pommel, and spirally-bound grip of plaited wire 109.5 cm; 43 ⅛ in blade

60 A SWORD IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY with double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, stamped ‘Verch & Flothow, Charlottenburg’ on one face at the forte, iron hilt of writhen bars, including a pair of straight quillons, inner-and outer ring-guards, and wire-bound grip, in its scabbard 98.0 cm; 38 ⅝ in blade

Provenance The Estate of Patrick Kelly

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61 AN ITALIAN SHORTSWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NEAPOLITAN OR SARDINIAN with curved fullered blade (rust patinated, one small hole), brass hilt of near pistol grip form, attached to the tang by three iron rivets, incorporating a lobated scrolling pommel formed as a monsterhead, decorated over its surface with traditional scrollwork and the sides with designs of foliage, the later date ‘1865’ and the initial ‘MJBD’ 61.4 cm; 24 ⅛ in blade £400-600 62 TWO AUSTRIAN HUNTING SWORDS, CIRCA 1780 with curved blades double-edged towards a clipped-back point, etched on each side with a pandur in contemporary dress and the inscription ‘Vivat Pandur’, brass hilts cast in relief, each with moulded slightly recurved quillons, shell-guard, one formed as a bird of prey, and shaped grips fitted with a pair of ivory gripscales each retained by three rivets with pairs of domed brass caps 44.5 cm; 17 ½ in and 43.2 cm; 17 in blades (2)

63 A HUNTING SWORD IN GERMAN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade struck with three shield-shaped marks on one face, iron hilt comprising down-turned scalloped guard, quillon with ovoid terminal fitted with a flower-shaped washer on each face, knuckle-guard with a central foliate washer, and the upper portion of the grip fitted with a pair of imitation staghorn grip-scales retained by three iron rivets with fluted heads, in its iron-mounted wooden scabbard fitted with band with a large ring for suspension 67.5 cm; 26 ⅝ in blade £200-300

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64 A GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade doubled-edged towards the tip, iron hilt including knuckleguard interrupted by a globular moulding, quillon and cap pommel, ivory grip carved with a woodland hunting scene involving a stag set upon by a hound and a hunter (small age cracks), in its scabbard faced at the front with large ivory plaques carved with scrolling foliage in low relief, including scenes from the chase at the top and bottom and the central panel with a fish attacked by a swan (small age cracks), and small iron chape 58.8 cm; 23 ⅛ in blade ~ £800-1200

65 A GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, MID-18TH CENTURY the first with curved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a long fuller, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased in low relief (repairs), comprising down-turned shell-guard decorated with a dragon subdued by a lion within a foliate frame and with a scallop shell at the base, slightly down-turned quillon with grotesque terminal, quillon-block decorated with an issuant mask on the front and a further mask on the reverse, knuckle-guard decorated with a further foliate mask and terminating in a serpent head, and swelling ivory grip carved with a woodland boar hunting scene in low relief; and the second with tapering slender blade etched with scenes from the chase, brass hilt cast in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a stag in a woodland, a pair of short recurved quillons, and later cap pommel, and spirally carved ivory grip the first: 62.0 cm; 24 ⅜ in blade (2) ~ £800-1000

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68 A COMPOSITE GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade etched and gilt on a blued panel (faded) over the lower portion with a figure beneath a canopy, a sun-in-splendour and a trophy-of-arms, the forte with Solingen ‘extra fin’ inscription, gilt brass hilt with down-turned shell decorated with the three fleur-de-lys within a wreath carried by a trophy-of-arms and carved ivory grip formed as a warrior head, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, locket and middle-band, the latter two each with a ring for suspension 52.7 cm; 20 ¾ in blade

70 A BAVARIAN HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER with early tapering blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with trophies-of-arms, scrolling foliage and the crowned Royal cypher ‘L’ on a blued panel on each face, white metal hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising down-turned shell-guard decorated with oak foliage, quillons with hound’s head terminals, integral grip applied with the gilt Royal cypher en suite with the blade, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard, the locket and chape each decorated with foliage and trophies-of-hunting, the former inscribed ‘Johann Stroblberger, Carlsthor in Munchen’ 63.5 cm; 24 ⅝ in blade

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69 A GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with slightly curved blade etched in imitation of watering pattern, etched, gilt and blued at the forte (restored), silver hilt cast and chased in low relief and enriched with later gilding, comprising a pair of moulded quillons with foliate terminals, and ivory grip carved with a vertical arrangement of a stag, a bear, a lion and a boar all set upon by hounds, in its leather scabbard with large silver locket, chape and middle-band each decorated with a neo rococo designs 62.7 cm; 24 ¾ in blade

71 A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the point, struck with the bladesmith’s mark at the forte, white metal hilt cast in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a hound in pursuit of a stag, quillons with hound’s head terminals, solid grip decorated with a boar hunting scene including a hunter in contemporary dress, and gadrooned pommel, in its leathercovered wooden scabbard with white metal mounts cast en suite with the hilt, including matching accompanying knife 51.5 cm; 20 ¼ in blade £400-600

~ £800-1000 72 A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with polished steel blade double-edged towards the point, and with maker’s mark of ‘W.K. & C’ at the forte, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a hound in pursuit of a stag, a pair of quillons with hound’s mask terminals, lion head pommel, and natural staghorn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large gilt-brass mounts en suite, complete with its matching accompanying knife and bullion sword knot 50.3 cm; 19 ¾ in blade £500-700

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73 A FINE GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER), SILVER MAKER’S MARK OF STROBLBERGER, MÜNCHEN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with burnished blade etched and gilt with hunting trophies and scrolls on a blued panel on both sides, German silver hilt cast in relief, including fluted shell-guard, the quillon terminals formed respectively as differing dogs’ heads, the pommel en suite, staghorn grip studded with German silver acorns, and in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard also mounted in German silver, the locket with maker’s stamp (by-knife missing); together with a dress baldrick, of black patent leather bordered with patterned silver wire lace, with elaborate full German silver mounts in the manner of the German rococo revival, including pricker pendant from a large stag’s head boss cast in the round, and with the arms of the Princes Hohenlohe-Langenburg cast within a circlet bearing the motto “Ex Flammis Orior” and surmounted by a fürstenhut 51 cm; 20 in blade (2) Provenance The Armoury of the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, removed from Schloss Langenburg, sold in this room 3rd December 2014, lot 198.

The galabandelier would have been worn with the full dress uniform of a senior official of the Princely Hunt £1500-2000

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74 A GERMAN DRESS HUNTING-SWORD AND COMPANION BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER), EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising a well made copy of a hunting sword, with blade etched and gilt against a blued panel with scenes from the chase and foliage, silver-coloured hilt including quillons with gilt hound’s head terminals, and down-turned shell with reclining deer, and ebony grip applied with a crowned coat-of-arms, in its scabbard with mounts en suite, together with early dress baldrick, of leather threaded with silver wire lace, with elaborate full German silver mounts in the manner of the German rococo revival, including a large stag’s head boss cast in the round, and with a later coat-of-arms 57.7 cm; 22 ¾ in blade (2)

75 AN AUSTRIAN HUNTING BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER) FOR THE COURT HUNT OF FERDINAND IV, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY in the German taste, of green patent leather faced with gilt silver wire lace, with elaborate full German silver mounts in the manner of the rococo revival, including a large stag’s head boss cast in the round joined to the Grand Ducal Arms by three chains, a further boss decorated with a stag set upon by a hound, and the two terminal plates decorated en suite 88.5 cm; 34 ⅞ in overall

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76 AN AUSTRIAN OR BOHEMIAN HUNTING BALDRICK (GALABANDELIER) FOR THE COURT HUNT OF PRINCE KINSKY, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY of green velvet faced with silver wire lace, with elaborate full German silver mounts in the manner of the rococo revival, including a large stag’s head boss cast in the round joined to the arms of the Princes Kinsky by three chains, a further boss and two terminal plates all decorated with the arms en suite 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in overall £400-600

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77 AN IMPRESSIVE KNIGHTLY SWORD IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with strongly tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight ribbon-like quillons, and diamond-shaped pommel, the latter with an oval recess on each face, and fabric-covered grip retained by wire mesh between ‘Turk’s heads’, in its wooden scabbard covered with crimson fabric, formed with a pronounced moulding at the mouth, and with gold-coloured metal mounts comprising locket, middle-band and chape, the former two incorporated stylised fleur-de-lys 89.5 cm; 35 ¼ in blade The present sword was probably designed by Sir Guy Francis Laking and made in the workshops of Felix Joubert in Chelsea, circa 1910 for Seymour Hick's celebrated production of Shakespeare's Richard III. See Laking 1911, pp. 105-8. Another example from this group was sold Christie's South Kensington, 16th July 1997, lot 59.

Seymour Hicks made an acclaimed tableau of Richard II at the Coliseum in 1910 where he employed no less than one hundred and eighty soldiers. He was quick to acknowledge the help he received from a number of people including Sir Guy Francis Laking and Felix Joubert, as reported in the Daily Telegraph 5th November 1910. The latter is illustrated here holding the present sword. £1000-1400

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78 A RARE VIKING DECORATED SWORD POMMEL, 9TH CENTURY in excavated condition, of two-piece hollow ‘tea cosy’ form, inlaid over its full surface with very slender silver lines (pitted, the inlays with losses, obscured and merged in places) 4.8 cm; 1 ⅞ in high £1000-1500 79 A RARE MEDIEVAL SWORD TANG WITH LATTEN POMMEL, 15TH CENTURY comprising the upper half of the tang and latten ‘wheel’ shaped pommel 11.2 cm; 4 ⅜ in

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Another pommel of this type is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IX-729). See Dufty 1974, p. 18, plate 23a. £700-900 80 FOUR DETACHED RAPIER POMMELS, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY the first plummet-shaped, with vertical flutes, and encrusted with silver pellets and rondels (rubbed); the second chiselled with four vertical green man mask panels; the third formed of an openwork design comprising a tall vertical central panel encrusted with silver (rubbed) and supported by a scroll on each side; and the fourth chiselled with two differing battle scenes front and back (pitted), mounted on an iron display stand the first: 6.0 cm; 2 ⅜ in high (4) £350-450

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81 A RARE FRENCH COMBINATION CANE ‘LA TERRIBLE’ with iron tip, painted brass body (the paint with small losses), the top with a turning collar concealing the locking catch, cane handle operating three characteristic fin-like blades when twisted and retracted, and chased silver-plated pommel 89.8 cm; 35 ⅜ in overall The present system, ‘La Terrible’, was patented in France in 1893. It is a refinement of the earlier cane ‘La Diabolique’ which had nine steel spikes concealed within the shaft, patented in 1882. See Dike 1983, p. 302, nos. 29/112-114. £800-1000

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PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, FROM THE GEORGE F. HARDING COLLECTION TO BENEFIT THE HARDING COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOUR 82 A HORSEMAN’S AXE, POSSIBLY LATE 16TH CENTURY with curved axe-blade pierced with a central segmented circle in the centre and seven semi-circular apertures along the back-edge, robust faceted terminal spike formed with a moulded based, slightly curved rear spike formed en suite, a pair of long straps, on its wooden haft fitted with an additional pair of long straps, the base retaining much of its stitched leather covering (flaking, small losses), and iron basal cap, with brass inventory tag ‘1287’ 94.7 cm; 37 ¼ in overall Provenance Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, acquired 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3276 ‡ £1200-1800

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83 A RARE SCANDINAVIAN COMBINED RAPIER AND MUSKET REST, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORWEGIAN with long slender tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, fitted at the base with a wooden collar carved in low relief, fitted in its early life with an iron head of U-shaped form with finely chiselled ram’s head finial, tapering socket pierced for a match hook (missing) and decorated beneath with foliage, in its wooden scabbard carved en suite with the wooden collar, decorated with horizontal panels of allegorical figures in low relief including a King, warriors and trophies-of-arms (small chips, repaired in three places), and spiked iron shoe decorated en suite with the socket, and with brass inventory tag ‘472’ 103.2 cm; 40 ⅝ in blade Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2855 A note in the museum archives by Stephen V. Grancsay states that this was originally a sword cane, later adapted to a musket rest and exhibited at the Columbian World Exhibition, Chicago, 1893. ‡ £800-1000

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84 A SILVER-ENCRUSTED RAPIER POMMEL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR GERMAN of slightly-flattened hollow ovoid form, decorated on each face in silver with a cherubic mask, scrolling tendrils, flowers and fruit against a finely matted ground (rubbed small losses), on a turned wooden stand 8.0 cm; 3 ⅛ in high Provenance S. J. Whawell, sold Sotheby & Co., 4th May 1927, lot 164 (one of twenty nine pommels) York Galleries, New York, 8th September 1927 (one of thirty-one pommels) George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3409 The Whawell catalogue states that the group was exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition. ‡ £200-300 85 A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER POMMEL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY of faceted ovoid form, waisted in the centre and with traces of gold-damascened ornament, on a turned wooden stand 6.0 cm; 2 ⅜ in Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3059 ‡ £120-180 86 AN ITALIAN STILETTO FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BRESCIA with tapering blade of stiff-triangular section, formed with a baluster moulding at the forte, chiselled hilt comprising quillons formed as monsters with bulbous heads at the terminals, openwork grip formed of a vertical arrangement of two allegorical figures of dumb and deaf divided by globular mouldings and bands of beadwork, in leather-covered wooden scabbard, probably the original (now in two pieces, with chiselled iron locket and chape 19.0 cm; 7 ½ in blade Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3481 A stiletto with a very similar grip, probably by the same maker, is preserved in the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan. See Boccia and Coelho 1975, no. 662-3. ‡ £800-1000

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87 A GERMAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER, CIRCA 1600, WITH LATER DECORATION with robust blade of hollow-diamond section cut with a series of very narrow deep fullers pierced with an arrangement of slots and circles and the ricasso flattened for the thumb on the inner face, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons, small side-ring swelling towards the centre, faceted barrel-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with panels of silver-encrusted foliage on a hatched ground, and spirally-carved grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s Heads’ 21.0 cm; 8 ¼ in blade Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3429 ‡ £1200-1800

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88 AN ITALIAN GUNNERS STILETTO (FUESTTO DI BOMBARDIERE), MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of triangular section engraved with calibrated graduations (worn), moulded baluster-shaped forte, steel hilt formed of a pair of spirally moulded quillons and pommel en suite, spirally carved horn grip inset with brass nails and bound with plaited brass wire 32.5 cm; 12 ¾ in blade Provenance The collection of His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke Eugen, from the Armoury, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, sold 1st March 1927, lot 89, illustrated.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3476 For a discussion of Fuestto di Bombardiere see Mann 1931, pp. 46-50.

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89 A COMPOSITE NORTH GERMAN ‘BLACK-AND-WHITE’ CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, LATE 16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising burgonet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely pointed pivoted peak, flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a neck-guard of one lame (patched), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left restored, patched), falling buffe (restored using old metal), formed of three overlapping plates, pierced at each side with a circular arrangement of nine ventilation-holes, the lowest plate shaped to the point of the chin and flanged outwards, each supported at its right side by a projecting spring-catch; ‘Almain’ collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, the front one with an additional plate at its base (restored) and fitted at each side with a spaudler of six lames; a pair of besgews (restored) each drawn-out to a central point; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate with near-straight upper edge, projecting forward over the belly, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and at its flanged lower edge with a fauld of three lames, the lowest of which is cut at its centre with a shallow arch separating a pair of long tassets each of eleven lames and fitted at its lower end with a poleyn of a single plate; one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a deep culet of one lame; fully articulated vambraces formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked to one another by an intervening winged couter of three lames, open at the inside of the elbow, the upper canon surmounted by a turner; a pair of fingered gauntlets each formed of a long flared and acutelypointed cuff with a fixed separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (restored); a pair of tubular greaves (restored) each terminating in an integral broad-toed sabaton of eight lames (restored), the main edges of the armour formed with roped inward turns, accompanied by borders embossed with stylised acanthus foliage burnished bright, and the skull and cheek-pieces of the burgonet, and the buff, couters, poleyns and sabatons all embossed with fleur-de-lys (extensively restored), against a contrasting black painted ground: on an articulated wooden stand with base 188.0 cm; 74 in high Provenance Henry Griffith Keasbey (1850-1932) by 1925 American Art Galleries, New York, 27th November 1925, lot 152 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. 2105 For similarly decorated North German armours, see Konrad Ullmann, “Zur Frage der Stillmermale an niederdeutschen Plattnerarbeiten”, in Waffen und Kostumkünde Vol. 5, 1962, pp.21-40 ‡ £12000-18000

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90 A GERMAN CAP-A PIE FIELD ARMOUR FOR A CHILD IN GERMAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted at its nape with a tubular brass plume-holder chased with a bouquet of flowers, and to either side of it with four brass eyelets to accommodate laces, and at the front with visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots having domed fluted heads, the visor formed with a prominent step and centrally divided vision-slit, secured to the upper bevor by a spring-catch at the right side and with a leather pull for opening, upper bevor pierced at the right with six slipped circular ventilation-holes and secured at the right side by a wing-headed screw, lower bevor secured by a swivel-hook and fitted with pivoted prop for the upper bevor, and the neck formed with an internally hollowed rim to fit over the collar; collar of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest; breastplate formed of a medially ridged main plate flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame carrying a pair of tassets each of five lames, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and descends to a convex edge; backplate formed of a main plate fitted at its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a broad culet of four lames; a pair of large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of six lames of which the lowest three extend inwards only as far as the armpit and are connected in each case by a turner to a fully articulated tubular vambrace with a winged bracelet couter of three lames, a pair of tubular lower canons; a pair of gauntlets each formed of a short, flaring, pointed cuff fitted at its inside with a hinged separate plate, five metacarpalplates, two knuckle-plates, four scaled finger-defences and a matching laterally-hinged thumb-defence; a pair of cuisses each formed of a short gutter-shaped main plate with two upper extension-plates and fitted at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of five lames; and a pair of greaves each of full-length tubular form fitted at the front with an integral broad-toed sabaton of nine lames; the main edges of the armour formed with plain inward turns; all mounted on a finely modelled and articulated gessocovered wooden mannequin with well modelled head 48.5 cm; 58 ½ in high Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. 1982.2414, the helmet 1982.2431 The mannequin, the Berlin Zeughaus The helmet is perhaps based on those of the well known group of armours made for Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560-91). ‡ £8000-10000

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91 A GERMAN COMPOSITE CLOSE HELMET FOR A YOUTH, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY WITH 19TH CENTURY ADDITIONS with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, its rear flanged outwards to receive a single gorget-plate, fitted with pivoting peak, later visor and later bevor attached by later common pivots, the visor pierced at the right with thirty-four ventilation holes and at the left with six vertical slots, the bevor flanged outwards at its base to receive a later gorget-plate and closed at the right by a swivelhook engaging a pierced stud on the skull, and the main edges decorated with recessed borders and plain roped inward turns, the earlier parts originally black-from-the hammer 28.5 cm; 11 ¼ in high Provenance Carl, Prince of Prussia (1881-1883) The State Arsenal, Berlin Ernst Kahlert & Son, Berlin, sold to George F. Harding Jr., Chicago 2nd July 1926 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2409 Literature Georg Hiltl, Waffen Sammlung Sr Königlichen des Prinzen Carl von Preussen, Berlin 1876, p. 178, cat. no. 1020, taf. LXXIX ‡ £1400-1800

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92 A COMPOSITE CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1580 with heavy rounded one-piece skull rising to a high, file-roped medial comb, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common low-domed square pivots (restored), the visor pierced in front of the file-roped step of its centrally-divided vision-slit with five rectangular ventilation-holes at each side, and fitted at the right with a lifting-peg that fits into a shaped notch cut into the upper edge of the prow-shaped upper bevor, the latter pierced at its right side with twelve cross-shaped apertures, the upper and lower bevors secured at the right side by spring-catches with push-button-releases, and the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges to receive two gorget-plates, and the lower edge with file-roped turn (plume-holder missing, cleaned bright throughout) 32.0 cm; 12 ½ in high Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392 ‡ £6000-8000

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93 A NORTH ITALIAN BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1580 formed of a main plate of deep ‘peascod’ fashion, fitted at the left arm-opening with a moveable gusset (the right missing), at the right of the chest with an associated lance-rest incised with pairs of lines proximally and on its upper surface, and having an elaborately shaped base-plate, flanged outwards at its lowest edge to receive an associated fauld of one lame, and the main edges decorated with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the subsidiary edges with pairs of incised lines 37.0 cm; 14 ⅝ in high Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392 ‡ £1400-1800

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94 A COMPOSITE COLLAR, CIRCA 1600 formed of two lames front and rear, hinged at the left (now riveted shut) and fitted with a metal loop at each side for the attachment of pauldrons, the main edges formed with file-roped turns (the roping later) accompanied, in the case of the lower ones, by recessed borders 15.5 cm; 6 ⅛ in high Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392 ‡ £350-450

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95 A NORTH ITALIAN BACKPLATE, CIRCA 1580 formed of a main plate flanged outwards at its lower edge, fitted at the shoulders with later buckles for straps and at the waist with a belt, the main edges decorated with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders 38.0 cm; 15 in high Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392 ‡ £600-800 96 AN ETCHED WAIST-PLATE AND FAULD IN GERMAN MID16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the waist-plate flanged outwards to receive the fauld of four lames attached by brass hooks engaging a pierced pin at each side, the lowest lame cut with an arch at its centre, etched with five vertical bands filled with trophies and foliage on a stippled ground within pelleted borders, and the bottom lame fitted with two pairs of brass turning-pins for attaching tassets 16.5 cm; 6 ½ in high Provenance Louis Bachereau, Paris (part of a composite armour) George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, 3rd August 1925 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982. 2884

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97 TWO SPANISH CUISSES, POLEYNS AND GREAVES, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND LATER forming a near pair and each consisting of a short, gutter-shaped cuisse boxed in five panels, a winged poleyn of five outwardoverlapping lames and a short, medially-ridged demi-greave extending only midway down the shin, the convex upper edge of the cuisse and the inner end of the oblique lower edge of the demi-greave each formed with angular outward turns accompanied by recessed borders, the wing of the mediallykeeled main plate of the poleyn embossed with a fan-shaped arrangement of fluting (extensively reworked); and the later greaves, of ankle-length form and composed of a medially-ridged front plate and rear plate joined by hinges at the outside and arched at the base to accommodate a sabaton 47.0 cm; 18 ½ in the cuisses and poleyns (4) Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, circa 1887 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, before 1911 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. Nos. 2406 Exhibited The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, cat. no. 9.

Literature Bashford Dean, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, New York, 1911, pp. 10-11, plate VII. ‡ £800-1200

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98 A PAIR OF CUISSES IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580, LATE 19TH CENTURY each consisting of a medially-ridged, gutter-shaped cuisse, a winged poleyn of five outward-overlapping lames, the upper edge of the cuisse with roped inward turn and recessed border, and the poleyns each decorated with incised lines 42.5 cm; 16 ¾ in (2) Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926.

George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392 ‡ £500-800

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99 A PAIR OF ITALIAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS, THE CUFFS EARLY 16TH CENTURY each formed of a medially ridged flared tubular cuff of ‘hourglass’ form and closed at the inside of the wrist by rivets, shaped to the base of the thumb and formed at its upper edge with an inward turn (the right trimmed), later metcarpal-plates, and two later finger-plates 26.6 cm; 10 ½ in (2) Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, before 1893 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, circa 1905 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. Nos. 2888 Exhibited The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, cat. no. 7.

Literature Bashford Dean, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, New York, 1911, pp. 8-9, plate V. ‡ £1400-1800

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100 101 A PAIR OF SABATONS IN THE GERMAN ‘GOTHIC’ STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY, LATE 19TH CENTURY each formed of a front and a rear section joined to one another by a hinge at the inside and fastened by a stud and hole at the outside, the two elements cut away at their junction at each side to clear the undersides of the ankle-bones, and the front section formed of a main plate fitted at its front with ten backwardoverlapping lames shaped to the top of the foot, terminating in a pointed toe-cap fitted with a turning pin for attaching an acutely pointed extension toe-cap, each curling slightly towards its terminal, the heels fitted with long spurs having six-pointed starshaped rowels, and in aged condition throughout 68.5 cm; 27 in long (2)

100 TWO COUTERS IN SPANISH EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY each formed of a single plate shaped to the point and inside of the elbow, pierced at the rear with a rectangular slot and fitted with later strap and buckle 16.0 cm; 6 ⅜ in (2) Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, by 1893.

Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, circa 1905 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2621

Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, circa 1887 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, before 1911 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. Nos. 2406

Exhibited The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, cat. no. 7. ‡ £350-450

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102 A “BLIND” SHAFFRON IN GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY formed of a broad medially-ridged main plate flanged outwards over the nostrils, with U-shaped cut-outs at its upper corners to accommodate the ears, embossed with characteristic almond-shaped panels over the eyes, sprays of fluting at the nose, beneath the eyes and around the ear openings, fitted with hinged poll-plate fluted en suite, tubular plume-holder and a central rosette-shaped roundel with spike (the surface in aged lightly pitted condition) 66.5 cm; 26 ¼ in Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2617 ‡ £1500-2000

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103 AN ARMOURED WAR-SADDLE IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580, 19TH CENTURY formed of an iron tree with upstanding front and rear wooden arçons, the base overlain with a pair of large rectangular panels of thick brown leather covered, like the arçons, with crimson velvet (now extensively worn) quilted on its upper surface with transverse towfilled panels, the main edges of the saddle decorated with twisted silver-gilt wire tassels, and the outer ends of the arçons faced with steels secured front and back with four and five screws respectively, each steel with file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders (the cantle-plate with a small hole at the base), with traces of etched decoration (worn), and the base of the saddle fitted with leather straps and buckles 56.5 cm; 22 ¼ in length 54.0 cm; 21 ¼ in high Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3575 ‡ £1500-2000

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104 AN ITALIAN BRONZE MODEL OF THE BARGELLO CANNON, CALLED THE SAN PAOLO, AFTER COSIMO CENNI, 19TH CENTURY of strongly tapering form, decorated with cherubic masks, trophies-of-arms, the Medici arms, the cascable formed as the head of St Paul, with a pair of lifting handles formed as ions and plain trunnions, and with a rich brown patina overall, on a wooden stand 57.4 cm; 22 ½ in overall 2.8 cm; 1 ⅛ in bore Provenance Adolph Loewi (1888-1977), Los Angeles, 1953 Acc. No. 1953.39 ‡ £2000-3000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 105 A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed in two-stages, the upper portion double-edged and the lower formed with a scalloped design along the back-edge, rectangular ricasso pierced with a pair of shaped scrolling apertures, engraved with stars and rondels on one face and with a bladesmith’s mark (indistinct), the inner face hollowed for the thumb, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight spirally-fluted quillons with trumpet-shaped terminals, curved triangular guard formed with a rounded turned edge with three groups of fluting on each side, the outer face engraved ‘M de E’ in large scrolling letters, spirally fluted bun-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with a later plaited brass wire binding between ‘Turk’s heads’ (areas of light pitting) 37.8 cm; 14 ⅞ in blade £700-900

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106 A RARE VENETIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, DATED 1786 with slender reinforced blade decorated with ornamental piercings within a pair of narrow fullers and a notched central ridge, silver hilt comprising a pair of drooping quillons, outer ringguard set with a filigree ‘doge’s’ crown set with coloured pastes, spirally fluted pommel, and retaining its original grip of plaited silver wire between Turk’s Heads’, in its original silver scabbard chased over its full surface with flowers and foliage incorporating the owner’s initials and the dates ‘1786 and ‘1734’ on the outer face, a galleon on the reverse, and fitted with a slender loop for suspension 35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in blade On 12th May 1797 the Venetian Great Council voted itself out of existence and thus ended the Republic. Napoleon’s army entered the city shortly after. £4000-5000

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107 A COMPOSITE EXPANDING LEFT-HAND DAGGER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with slender central blade of rectangular section, the sides fitted with a pair of springprongs released by a sliding catch on the inner face of the ricasso, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with pierced bulbous terminals, up-turned guard pierced with a design of scrolling foliage and flowers enclosed by slender rounded bars, later pommel and turned bone grip 29.0 cm; 11 ½ in blade £700-1000 108 A HUNTING DAGGER IN SAXON 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with robust single-edged blade, perhaps earlier, struck with three cross marks on one face, iron hilt including thumb-ring, and a pair of imitation staghorn grip-scales retained by five iron rivets with large domed brass washers 22.3 cm; 8 ¾ in blade £200-250 109 A DAGGER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY AND A STILETTO, 18TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade of hollow diamond-section, iron hilt including slightly drooping quillons with curling terminals, mushroom-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’; the second with slender tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (the upper half missing), straight brass cross-piece, and iron grip rising to a flattened globular pommel (worn) the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in blade (2) £300-400

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110 FOUR MEDITERRANEAN DAGGERS, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first with tapering double-edged blade, and swelling faceted grip composed of contrasting discs of bone and horn; the second with tapering blade of diamond-section, and later turned wooden cross-piece and guard; and the third and fourth each with horn grips the first: 18.0 cm; 7 ⅛ in blade (4) £200-250

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111 A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING KNIFE BY HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, CIRCA 1850 with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section double-edged towards the point, silver hilt comprising a pair of scrolling quillons engraved with foliage on top and with a scalloped moulding in the centre, moulded ferrule, foliate-engraved cap pommel fitted with a ring, and natural staghorn grip, in its leather scabbard (seam opened, small losses), with finely engraved silver locket and chape each decorated with neo-rococo scrolls of foliage, the former with a button for suspension 22.5 cm; 8 ⅞ in blade £500-700 112 A FRENCH IVORY-AND SILVER-MOUNTED COMBINED HUNTING KNIFE AND PLUG BAYONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with scrolls on a blued panel at the forte (small losses), slender tang threaded at the base for the reversible plug-grip, moulded silver hilt comprising cross-piece with scrolling terminals (marks rubbed, probably Paris small charge mark for 1768-74), engraved pommel, and carved ivory plug-grip spirally bound with plaited silver wire, and with an engraved ferrule at the base, in a contemporary silver-mounted leather scabbard (small dents, locket button missing) 32.3 cm; 12 ¾ in blade A similar example with ebony grip was sold in this room, 28th June 2017, lot 259. ~ £500-700 113 A DIVER’S KNIFE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with double-edged blade, brass cross-piece, turned hardwood grip, in its brass scabbard 19.8 cm; 7 ¾ in blade £250-300

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114 TWO ITALIAN HUNTING DAGGERS, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, SARDINIA OR NAPLES the first with tapering double-edged fullered blade, chiselled on one face of the forte with a reclining beast and engraved with foliage on the other, iron hilt comprising recurved cross-guard and fluted cap pommel, grip formed of contrasting discs of horn and bone; the second with curved blade from a hunting sword formed with a clipped-back point, and carved horn grip inlaid with engraved brass panels the first: 22.0 cm; 8 ⅝ in blade (2) £300-400 115 AN ITALIAN LARGE HUNTING DAGGER, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, SARDINIA OR NAPLES with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point, formed with a pair of slender fullers on each face chiselled with a running pattern of foliage issuant from a lion and a bird-of-prey on the respective faces and a further panel with opposing beasts on each face of the forte, moulded iron hilt ferrule, horn grip-scales inlaid with a figure and foliage in engraved German silver on each face, and a further engraved German silver ferrule at the base 28.2 cm; 11 ⅛ in blade

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£250-300 116 AN ITALIAN STILETTO, LATE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade of square-section, filed with a notched pattern at the forte, iron hilt comprising moulded cross-piece with globular terminals, and ovoid pommel (perhaps later) and later wooden grip (cracked) 26.0 cm; 10 ¼ in blade £200-250

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117 A SAXON MINERS GUILD AXE, LATE 18TH CENTURY with associated iron head pierced with a slipped circle, engraved bone sectional haft decorated over its full surface with differing scenes from miners’ lives, the crossed swords of the Archmarshallship of the empire and the arms of Saxony at the top, and shoe-shaped base decorated with large flowers 66.0 cm; 26 in overall Processions involving miners are first recorded in Saxony around 1574 when the Elector August led a masquerade in the role of the god Mercury accompanied by miners with their tools and landscape. This formed part of a tournament celebrating the recent boom in silver mining that had been brought about by modern technology introduced by the Elector. £600-800 118 A DECORATED IRON AXE AFTER THAT MADE FOR AUGUST I, ELECTOR OF SAXONY (1526-86), EARLY 20TH CENTURY formed entirely of steel, the head etched on each face with scrolling tendrils enclosing the Danish Royal arms, and integral haft decorated with bold scrolls of foliage and marine monsters 34.5 cm; 13 ½ in overall

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Axes of this type are illustrated in the decorative arms and armour catalogues of Husqvarna from 1902. The original is preserved in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (inv. no. P0008). £500-800 119 A BRONZE MACE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CENTRAL EUROPEAN with compressed head of hexahedral form, tapering faceted tubular socket, on a turned wooden hafft (he base wormed and chipped) 41.0 cm; 16 ⅛ in overall £400-600

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120 AN ITALIAN INFANTRY BILL (RONCONE), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with flat head formed with outwardly curved leading edge and robust terminal spike, struck on one face with a mark, triangular rear spike, a pair of slender basal lugs, tapering rectangular socket and short straps, on a later haft 46.5 cm; 18 ¼ in head The mark is similar to that of the Ottoman Imperial Arsenal at Haggia Irene. For related roncone see Troso 1988, p. 267.

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£800-1000 121 A HALBERD IN NORTH EUROPEAN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY with straight terminal spike, pierced axe-blade, long rear fluke, and flat solid socket, on a long wooden haft 54.0 cm; 21 ¼ in head £70-90 122 AN ITALIAN CORSECA, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, A LONG SPEARHEAD AND AN ASIAN LUGGED SPEAR, 19TH CENTURY the first with with tapering central blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge (tip bent), a pair of basal lugs formed en suite and tapering socket; the second with tapering medially-ridged blade formed with a reinforced tip, fitted with a later solid socket at the base; the third with slender double-edged terminal spike, a pair of down-curved basal lugs, and long tapering socket the first: 63.8 cm; 25 ⅛ in (3) £500-700

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123 A FINE SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ZURICH with reinforced terminal spike, long slightly curved axe-blade, triangular rear fluke stamped with a mark on one side, and a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft painted with the inventory number ‘K.Z.1492’, and impressed ‘ZHS Zurich’ at the base, and with brass shoe 93.2 cm; 36 ¾ in head Provenance The Zurich town Arsenal Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 11th November 1981, lot 30 Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 11th September 2008, lot 30 The mark is that of Lamprecht or Lambert Koller. A number of similar halberds by this maker are preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich. See Meier 1982 nos. 16 and 17. £1000-1500

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124 A FINE FRENCH FIRST EMPIRE SENIOR CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, CIRCA 1810 with deluxe curved blade double-edged towards the hilt, formed with a long fuller on each face and retaining some damascus pattern and some gilt celestial motifs on each side over the forte, gilt-brass triple-bar hilt, comprising down-curved quillon, knuckleguard and two outer bars all chiselled with laurel fruit and foliage, a pair of chiselled langets decorated with an expanded flowerhead, back-strap engraved with foliage and the pommel decorated with a flowerhead in low relief, and original leathercovered grip bound with plaited wire, in its steel scabbard with two large gilt-brass mounts cast on each face with a pair of bound wreaths in low relief, and with a pair of iron rings for suspension 87.0 cm; 34 ¼ in blade £1800-2200 125 A WELL MADE COPY OF A FRENCH AN XIII HEAVY CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, INSCRIBED 1813, 20TH CENTURY of regulation type, with fullered blade engraved with the date and arsenal inscription on the back-edge, struck with inspector’s marks after those of Bick and Lobstein at the forte, regulation brass hilt, wire-bound leather-covered grip (losses), in its scabbard 96.2 cm; 37 ⅞ in blade £100-150

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126 AN AMERICAN PRESENTATION CIVIL WAR SWORD

BY W. H. HORSTMANN & SONS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1865-70 with pipe-backed blade etched with laurel foliage, a tent, the motto ‘E.Pluribus Unum’, an American eagle, a US shield on a trophy-of-arms and oak foliage above the maker’s details on one face and similar designs including a native American warrior on the reverse, the back-edge etched ‘Iron Proof’ (very small chips, patches of staining and light pitting), brass hilt comprising a pair of scrolling frontal bars joining the knuckle-guard, the latter rising to a cap pommel, decorated throughout with foliage in low relief and retaining traces of gilding, vertically fluted nickel grip, in its original steel scabbard with brass mounts boldly engraved with foliage on the front, the locket and middle-band fitted with a ring for suspension, and the latter with presentation inscription (the scabbard with areas of light pitting and patinated overall) 89.5 cm; 35 ¼ in blade The presentation inscription reads: ‘Presented to Col. Geo. Gray by the Officers of the Mich. 6th Cavalry’.

On 12th December 1862 the Michigan Cavalry Brigade was formed in Washington D.C. with Colonel George Gray commanding the 6th Regiment. In July the following year Gray fought with Brigadier General George A. Custer at the Battle of Gettysburg. Custer recalls the ability of Colonel Gray and the men of the 6th Cavalry in his action report: ‘The 6th Michigan Cavalry rendered very good service by guarding both my right and left flank: also by supporting Battery ‘M’ under a very hot fire from the enemy’s battery.

Colonel Gray, commanding the regiment, was constantly seen wherever his presence was most needed and is deserving of special mention.’ £4000-6000

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127 A FINE GEORGIAN OFFICER’S SABRE, CIRCA 1803-5 with broad curved blade double-edged towards the point, frost etched and gilt with contrasting blue over almost its entire length on each face with scrolling foliage, neo-classical designs, the crowned Royal Arms, trophies-of-arms and the maker’s name ‘Osborn , Birmingham’ on one face and with further designs including the crowned Royal cypher, and ‘& Pall Mall, London’, on the other, gilt-brass stirrup hilt comprising scrolling quillons set with a chased silver flower enclosed by cut steel beads, crossguard cast with swags in low relief, a pair of langets set with silver flowers and with bead-set borders en suite with the quillon, knuckle-guard with a spray of acanthus, back-strap with a further spray of acanthus in high relief, and steel grip enriched with low domed ovoid silver beads, in its steel scabbard etched on the outer face with trophies-of-arms, foliage and a mounted cavalryman, with large gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket all cast with acanthus in high relief, the latter two enriched with a band of steel beadwork and with a foliate loop for suspension (one reattached), and the locket inscribed ‘H. Osborn Maker Birmingham & Pall Mall, London’ (rubbed in places, areas of wear) 81.0 cm; 32 in blade Provenance The Gary Bates Collection, sold Bonhams, Oxford, 5th December 2012, lot 155.

Henry Osborn was originally based in Birmingham and took premises in Pall Mall 1803-15. He was in partnership with John Gunby from around 1805. £8000-10000

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128 A SILVER-HILTED OFFICER’S HANGER, BIRMINGHAM 1801/1802, MARK OF CHARLES FREETH with curved single-edged fullered blade etched and gilt with scrolls, foliage, ‘GR’ crowned, and trophies on a blued panel at the forte (the bluing worn in places), silver hilt, comprising quillon, outer-guard filled with a diamond-shaped panel, knuckleguard and cushion-shaped pommel, and reeded ivory grip (cracked and repaired), in its original leather scabbard (the seam loose) with silver chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each fitted with a ring for suspension 66.8 cm; 26 ¼ in blade ~ £700-1000 129 AN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SPADROON, CIRCA 1780 with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt comprising quillon, outer-guard filled with a diamond-shaped panel, knuckle-guard and cushion-shaped pommel, and fluted hardwood grip (the iron parts with surface rust and light pitting) 66.8 cm; 26 ¼ in blade £120-180

130 AN 1803 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with German blade signed ‘J.J.Runkel, Soligen’ on the back-edge, etched blued and gilt with trophies-of-arms, foliage the crowned Royal arms and the crowned royal cypher on a blued panel over the forte, gilt-brass hilt (two bars detached), wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard, the locket and middle-band each with a ring for suspension, with its gold and crimson sword knot and strap with tassel (faded, worn) 75.5 cm; 29 ¾ in blade Provenance The Gary Bates Collection, sold Bonhams, Oxford, 5th December 2012, lot 155. £1500-2000 131 A GEORGIAN GRENADIER GUARD OFFICER’S SABRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with scrolls, foliage, crowned GR cypher, a grenadier, and ‘warranted’ on one face and with the crowned Royal Arms and the maker’s details ‘Cooper & Craven’ on the other, gilt brass hilt comprising knuckle-guard, outer-guard involving two scrolling bars and lion’s head pommel, chequered ivory grip (small cracks), in its brass-mounted leather scabbard, the locket and chape each with a ring for suspension 74.5 cm; 29 ⅜ in blade ~ £1200-1500

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132 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening and double-edged towards the tip (small edge nicks), etched and gilt on a blued panel over the lower portion with foliage ‘GR’ crowned, a mounted cavalryman on one face and with further foliage, trophies and the crowned Royal arms on the other, iron hilt comprising scrolling quillon, bevelled knuckle-guard, a pair of langets, faceted back-strap and pommel, and wire-bound leather-covered grip with a faceted iron collar at the base, in its iron scabbard (small dents) with two split rings for suspension 84.0 cm; 33 in blade £1200-1800

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133 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening towards the tip, etched and gilt on a blued panel over the lower portion with trophies, the crowned Royal arms and the cutler’s name ‘H. Osborn’ on one face and with foliage, the crowned Royal cypher ‘GR’ and trophies on the other, iron hilt comprising scrolling quillon, bevelled knuckle-guard and langets (the former with an old repair), faceted back-strap and pommel, and wirebound leather-covered grip with a faceted iron collar at the base, in its iron scabbard (small dents) with two split rings for suspension 80.0 cm; 31 ½ in blade

134 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening towards the tip, etched and gilt on a blued panel over the lower portion with foliage, the crowned Royal arms, a mounted cavalryman and trophies-of-arms on one face and with further foliage, the crowned royal cypher ‘GR’ and trophies on the other (areas of fading), iron hilt comprising scrolling quillon, bevelled knuckle-guard, a pair of langets, faceted back-strap and pommel, and wire-bound leather-covered grip (small losses) with a faceted iron collar at the base, in its iron scabbard with a split ring for suspension (the lower missing) 84.0 cm; 33 in blade

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135 A 1788 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY SABRE of regulation type, with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, etched ‘Gill Warranted’ on one side at the forte and ‘WYC No. 54’ on the other, iron hilt (areas of pitting), grip with later leather covering, in its iron scabbard engraved ‘WYC No. 54’ for Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry 81.5 cm; 32 ⅛ in blade £400-600

136 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening and double-edged towards the tip (small edge nicks), etched with foliage and ‘Osborn Warranted’ on one face (rubbed), iron hilt comprising scrolling quillon, bevelled knuckle-guard, a pair of langets, faceted back-strap and pommel, and leather-covered grip (small losses, wire binding missing), with an iron collar at the base, in its iron scabbard, perhaps the original, stamped ‘Osborn & Gunby, Birmingham’ and ‘RHA 464’ for Royal Horse Artillery, and with two split rings for suspension 83.0 cm; 32 ¾ in blade

137 A 1796 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with straight blade etched and gilt on a blued panel at the forte, including the owner’s name ‘Lloyd’, the crowned Royal Arms, ‘John Gill’s warranted’ on one face and with crowned GR cypher and trophies on the other, brass hilt retaining traces of silver plating and wooden grip (quillon and wirebinding missing), in its brass-mounted leather scabbard 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in blade £350-450

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138 A RARE 1796 PATTERN MYSORE HORSE OFFICER’S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY of regulation type, the blade etched with scrolling foliage, trophies-of-arms ‘Mysore Horse’ and with traces of the maker’s details on the forte, iron stirrup hilt, wire-bound grip (loose) with traces of fishskin covering, in its iron scabbard (pitted) 84.5 cm; 33 ¼ in blade

140 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening towards the tip, stamped ‘Wooley & Co’ on the back-edge, iron stirrup hilt, and leather-covered grip (wire binding missing), in its iron scabbard with two rings for suspension 83.5 cm; 32 ⅞ in blade £300-400

£300-400 139 A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD of regulation type, with curved blade broadening towards the tip (small chips), iron stirrup hilt with bevelled knuckle-guard, and wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its iron scabbard with two split rings for suspension 83.5 cm; 32 ⅞ in blade

141 A VICTORIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with etched blade decorated with scrolling foliage and the crowned Royal cypher on each face, the forte with ‘John Hutton & Sons, Newcastle’, nickel-plated hilt, in its nickelplated scabbard, expertly restored by Crisp & Sons 86.2 cm; 34 in blade

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£300-400 142 AN 1853 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD of regulation type, the blade stamped ‘WD’, with Government ownership broad arrow on one face and ‘3/92’ on the other at the forte, nickel-plated hilt (losses) and leather grips 90.0 cm; 35 ⅜ in blade £80-100

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Militaria 143 A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S UNIFORM OF THE MADRAS ARMY A double-breasted scarlet coatee with buff facings. Gold lace loops to the collar, cuffs and skirt-slashes. Five pairs of buttons each side to front; other buttons grouped singly. White turnbacks to skirts and eightpointed embroidered star ornaments with 42 in the centre. Hollow-backed gilt buttons bearing a crown above XLII within a strap inscribed REGIMENT. Epaulettes absent, minor moth and staining, lining AF £600-800

144 A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S COATEE OF THE 38TH MADRAS INFANTRY A double-breasted scarlet coatee with white facings. Gold lace loops to the collar, cuff-slashes and skirt-slashes. Five pairs of buttons each side to front. Brass buttons by Jennens, some retaining their original gilt, bearing QVC above XXXVIII within a strap inscribed AVA. White turnbacks to skirts and eight-pointed embroidered star ornaments with 38 in the centre. Epaulettes absent, cuffs removed, collar-lining and one button missing. Medium moth damage and staining

145 AN OFFICER’S TROPICAL UNIFORM A white drill patrol jacket, edged all round with white flat braid, ⅞ in. wide, traced with white Russia braid. Similar edging to the stand-and-fall collar, pocket-flaps and backseams, on which the Russia forms a trefoil at the top, and forming a pointed false cuff to sleeves. Five stitched holes to front for attachment of metal buttons, provision for some form of shoulder cords, and a slit for sword £80-120

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146 AN OFFICER’S TROPICAL UNIFORM A white drill patrol jacket, edged all round with white flat braid, ⅞ in. wide, traced with white Russia braid. Similar edging to the stand-and-fall collar, pocket-flaps and backseams, on which the Russia forms a trefoil at the top, and forming a pointed false cuff to sleeves. Five stitched holes to front for attachment of metal buttons, provision for some form of shoulder cords, and a slit for sword

151 A SIDE DRUM OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT A post-1952 rod-tensioned example for the 2nd Battalion, the yellow body decorated with QEC above the Sphinx, a red rose in a laurel wreath and motto Spectamur Agendo. 44 battle honours from Gibraltar 1704-5 to Burma 1944-45. Red and white hoops and plastic skins by Premier

£60-90

152 A SIDE DRUM OF THE BORDER REGIMENT A post-1952 rod-tensioned example, the yellow body bearing a QEC regimental badge of the Maltese Cross and “China”. 37 battle honours from Havanna to Burma 1943-45. Green and black hoops and plastic skins by Premier. In its fibre carrying-case

147 AN ASSORTMENT OF CAVALRY MESS DRESS A white drill mess jacket of “strangle pattern” upright collar style, with blue piping to collar-seam, edges of the pointed cuffs, and backseams (not extending to the arm-seams). Plain shoulderstraps with provision for one star. Beckets for miniature medals; A white drill mess jacket with blue piping of identical pattern; A mess vest of the 18th Bengal Lancers, of white cloth, edged with gold chain-gimp forming eleven eyes each side to fronts and trefoils on the pockets. Tailor’s label of FW Flight to Capt F Gwatkin 18th Bengal Lancers. Minor moth; A post-1902 white cloth mess waistcoat of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) with four small KC regimental buttons; Together with four white evening waistcoats, two white pique evening dress waistcoats and a white shirt (11) £80-120 148 A GUARDSMAN’S UNIFORM OF THE WELSH GUARDS A scarlet Full Dress tunic, with blue collar and cuffs, and white piping. Pre-1952 brass buttons. Generally good condition but minor moth damage £25-35 149 A TENOR DRUM OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT A pre-1952 rope-tensioned example for the 4th/5th Battalion. Plain body, the pale frontal section inscribed with regimental title, KC Royal Arms, Sphinx and 30 battle honours inscribed in manuscript in black paint on gilded background. Red and white hoops, vellum skins and plaited white drag-ropes. In a fibre carrying case inscribed LOYAL REGIMENT £250-350 150 A TENOR DRUM OF THE KING’S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT A post-1952 rod-tensioned example for the 1st Battalion, decorated with EIIR Royal Arms and 40 battle honours from Namur 1695 to Chindits 1944. Red, white and blue hoops and plastic “skins” by Premier £200-300

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£200-300 153 A SIDE DRUM OF THE BORDER REGIMENT A post-1952 rod-tensioned example for the 2nd Battalion, the yellow body bearing a QEC regimental star and 37 battle honours from Havanna to Burma 1943-45. Green and black hoops and plastic skins by Premier. Green and yellow hoops, plastic skins by Premier and plaited white drag-ropes £200-300 154 A BRASS NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION HELMET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined at a broad comb embossed on each face with a dragon, brass h.p., retaining its leather liner and a portion of its leather and brass chin-scales 23.0 cm; 9 ⅛ in high £120-180 155 TWO PAIRS OF CAVALRY SHOULDER-SCALES Polished brass straps, each formed of six plates with foliate edges, riveted to a metal backing. Crescents with struck decoration (bay leaves and a Trophy of Arms). The button apparently with “logger heads” device suggesting Shropshire Yeomanry. Two attachment loops to top end of the strap, those at the lower end now absent. No lining. The second pair with polished brass straps, each formed of seven plain plates with trilobe edges. Plain white metal button. Plain crescents, bearing the initials NSY in white metal. Two pairs of copper attachment loops to strap. No lining; the points of the crescents now distorted (4) £200-300 156 CORNWALL LIGHT INFANTRY BUTTONS, 20TH CENTURY four large by J. R. Gaunt & Son, six small buttons, two cap badges for the same, three further buttons and three badges (16) £50-80

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157 A SCOTTISH SPORRAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY retailed by R.W.Forsyth, with red leather body impressed with the gold retailer’s details, faced with white horse hair, fitted with two black tassels, and nickel cantle cast with celtic strapwork 20.7 cm; 8 ⅛ in pouch £60-80 158 A SCOTTISH SPORRAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with leather body faced with white horse hair, fitted with three black tassels, nickel cantle cast with thistle foliage in low relief and a rampant cat in the centre, with its belt 26.0 cm; 10 ¼ in pouch £60-80 159 A SCOTTISH SPORRAN FOR A BOY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with maroon leather body, faced with white horse hair, fitted with two black tassels, and white metal cantle engraved with the owner’s arms and border ornament, with its belt 15.5 cm; 6 ⅛ in pouch £60-80 160 FOUR COURT DRESS UNIFORMS A uniform tin with a plaque inscribed Sir Wm Ingram Bart MP, containing a cloth Court Dress coatee with gold embroidered edging to collar, cuffs and pocket-flaps. Six gilt buttons, mounted with QVC, to front (medium moth damage); a matching pair of trousers with narrow gold lace stripes; a folding cocked hat by W. Nash, 31 Savile Row, with a gold lace loop and gilt button. A fine white pique waistcoat with five small gilt buttons; a cloth sword-frog and an oilskin sword-bag (sword absent). Another uniform tin with a plaque inscribed Sir Duncan Swann Bt, containing a New Style coatee of extremely fine black velvet, with cut-steel buttons, by Lesley & Roberts, 16 George St; matching knee-breeches with cut-steel buckles; a white silk waistcoat; two pairs of black silk stockings; a pair of court shoes, with buckles in their original case; a folding bicorne hat with cut-steel loop; a velvet sword-frog and a black arm-band. A third uniform tin with a plaque inscribed Dr Nathan Raw, containing a New Style velvet Court Dress coatee, with matching waistcoat and knee-breeches; two folding bicorne hats; a pair of black stockings; a pair of white stockings; a pair of court shoes, complete with cut steel buckles; a sword-belt, sword-frog and sword-bag; together with a white lace collar. A fourth uniform tin with a plaque inscribed ‘E Barton Esq.’, containing a New Style coatee of black velvet, matching knee-breeches with cut-steel buckles, and a black velvet waistcoat.

Together with a bicorne hat with a cut steel loop and button, this last group in moderate condition (qty)

162 A UNIFORM OF A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT A fine post-1920 Full Dress scarlet tunic for a DL of an English county, trimmed with 1-inch silver Oakleaf lace to collar and cuffs.

Regulation KC plated buttons; twisted silver shoulder-cords bearing a Rose in gold embroidery. A good cocked hat with black velvet loop edged with a double row of silver cord, complete with its short white-over-red drooping feather plume. A pair of blue barathea trousers with 1¾ in. scarlet cloth stripes. In a smaller tin named to JD Cobbold Esq; the cocked hat in its separate tin (3) £200-300 163 A UNIFORM OF A VICTORIAN CONSUL AND OTHER ITEMS A uniform tin named to WM Gregory Esq containing a singlebreasted blue coatee with black velvet facings. Silver Laurel and Oakleaf embroidery within a saw-tooth gold edging, to collar, cuffs and pocket-flaps. Gilt QVC Royal Arms buttons. A military style cocked hat with a double bullion loop and gilt bullion tassels. A pair of blue cloth trousers with stripes of 1¾ in. silver lace, and a leather sword-frog with silk ribbon. Together with a blue double-breasted frock coat with turned down collar and black velvet cuffs; five buttons, with VR cypher within the Garter, each side in front. A plain blue cloth coatee and matching waistcoat, both with flat black silk buttons; a pair of black leather court shoes with brass (originally gilt) buckles; a pair of trousers of fine blue cloth; and sundry minor items, including a Victorian officer’s cocked hat of the Royal Navy (qty) £120-180

£250-350 161 A UNIFORM OF A VICTORIAN DEPUTY LIEUTENANT A large tin trunk with a plaque named to Capt JM Cobbold, containing a good Full Dress scarlet coatee for an English county, with regulation QVC plated buttons and silver oakleaf embroidery to collar, cuffs and skirt-slashes. A pair of trousers with 1¾ in. silver lace stripes. A silver-laced sword-belt with silver plate bearing a rose within an Oakleaf wreath; an extremely fine pair of epaulettes by HJ & D Nicoll, 114 Regent St, the crescents with a Rose in gold and silver embroidery, in their fitted tin case; and a tall bicorn hat of military style (the fan 8½ in. tall) with a loop of flat silver lace and gold bullion tassels; upright white over red feather plume (stem of plume now broken) (5)

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Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiserin Augusta with their entourage outside Jerusalem

PROPERTY OF THOMAS COOK (SOLD BY ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATORS) 164 KAISER WILHELM II AND KAISERIN AUGUSTA: TWO IMPERIAL GERMAN STANDARDS 1871-1918, FROM THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS’S TENTS AT JERSUALEM, 1898 the Kaiser’s: a large square golden flag, bearing an Iron Cross, touching the borders, inscribed ‘GOTT-MIT- UNS-1870’, in each golden quarter three black eagles and a golden crown, the centre bearing a golden shield with black eagle surmounted by a large Imperial crown, bordered with the collar of the black eagle and the hoist inscribed ‘Emperor’ in faded ink; the Kaiserin’s: a large square golden flag, with sixteen black eagles enclosing a central golden shield with black eagle surmounted by a large Imperial crown, bordered with the collar of the black eagle, and the hoist inscribed ‘Empress’ in faded ink, together with an accompanying typed note 103.5 cm; 40 ¾ x 96.8 cm; 38 ⅛ in 108.0 cm; 42 ½ in x 97.2 cm; 38 ¼ in (2) Provenance Joseph Sheen, private secretary to John Mason Cook The Corporate Collection of Thomas Cook & Sons On 29th October 1898 the Emperor and Empress of Prussia arrived in Jerusalem along with their entourage and were greeted by a twenty-one gun salute. The timing was planned to coincide with the German Reformation day on 31st October and considerable effort had been made to prepare the city for their visit. Six months earlier the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II had replaced the governor with an energetic officer from his court who oversaw plans. A number of renovations were carried out as well as the demolition of a section of wall near the Jaffa gate and the filling up of the moat to accommodate the Imperial entourage.

The German and Ottoman Imperial courts commissioned Thomas Cook & Son to manage the Imperial journey. This included building an encampment outside the city walls with seventy five residential tents, six hospitality tents and six fully equipped kitchen tents along with several prefabricated buildings sent from Germany. The tents were comfortably appointed with furniture, carpets and fittings lent by local families. The present flags were flown above the tents of the Kaiser and Kaiserin. £4000-6000

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European Armour VARIOUS OWNERS 165 A FINE GERMAN PART ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, NUREMBERG, DATED 1580 comprising burgonet with onepiece skull rising to a high roped comb (showing slight delamination at its apex) and boxed to either side of it, fitted at its nape with tapering plume-holder and neckguard of one lame at its the front with a pointed peak (cracked at its tip), struck at its left with the Nuremburg town mark and an armourer’s mark, a crested close helmet in profile, and fitted at its left side with a single hinged cheek-piece (that of the right missing), collar formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest, opening at the right and hinged at the left, the lowest front plate struck with two marks en suite with those of the burgonet, fitted with an integral spaudler of six lames at the right and two (originally six) at the left; and backplate formed of a mainplate, well shaped to the shoulders and boxed at each side, stamped with two marks en suite with those of the burgonet, fitted at its lower edge with a waist lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of a single lame; decorated throughout at its main edges with finely-roped inward turns and

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accompanying recessed borders, etched with two differing classical battle scenes on each side of the burgonet’s comb, with detailed trophies-of-arms and trophies-ofhunting, cornucopia and foliage in a panel to either side of the comb, three diverging bands on the collar and the backplate and a single central band on the spaudlers, the rear plate of the collar and the backplate each including a dated scrollwork panel surmounted by an elaborate trophy-of-arms, further designs of trophies-of-arms and foliage in the borders at the main edges, the secondary edges decorated with panels of conventional foliage, all against a finely stippled previously blackened ground, and accompanied throughout by delicately engrailed borders (areas of light pitting) burgonet: 31.0 cm; 12 ⅛ in high breastplate: 44.0 cm; 17 3⁄8 in high collar: 61.0 cm; 24 in wide (3) The same mark appears, along with the Nuremburg town mark, on a morion acquired in Eisenach in 1889, now preserved at Hallwyl House, Stockholm. See Claudelin 1928, pp. 14-15 no. F3. £15000-20000

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166 A WELL-MADE BUFF COAT IN MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY of four panels with a broad, flaring vented skirt, closed at the front by leather laces, the front edges embroidered at the base with gilt thread, standing collar, full-length double thickness sleeves each open at the elbow on the outer layer and bordered with a scalloped pattern, the shoulders secured by leather laces, and the laces with brass points throughout 87.0 cm; 34 ¼ in £600-800

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167 AN ETCHED FULL ARMOUR IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY comprising visored close helmet fitted with pivoting visor, gorget, breast-plate flanged outwards at the base to receive a skirt of one lame and a pair of tassets each of four lames, backplate, a pair of full leg defences with articulated sabatons, a pair of full arm defences with fingered gauntlets, decorated throughout with etched designs of boldly scrolling foliage terminating in demifigures, and the breast plate including two knightly figures in combat, on a wooden stand, together with a matching sword 194.2 cm; 76 ½ in high £800-1000

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168 A RARE NORTHWEST ITALIC BRONZE HELMET OF MONTELPARO TYPE, 6TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece, the domed crown rising to a medial band framed by a low ridge on each side and with two applied low domed bosses front and back, pierced with a pair of holes in the centre, probably for a further boss (now missing), waisted at the base and flanged outwards to a rounded brim, the skull fitted with a large domed boss on each side, embossed over the greater part of its surface with a dense pattern of small marks, and in rich green patinated condition overall (small dents, the brim apparently bent back from a compression), the inside of the skull with a typed note 21.0 cm; 8 ¼ in high Provenance Colonel Wesley McPheron (1911-1994), acquired circa 1930.

A very similar helmet from the collection of Major T. H. Jakobsson, Stockholm and previously in the collection of Count Calori, Rome, was sold Sotheby & Co., 11th May 1932, lot 214. Notably the treatment of the surface was the same as that of the present helmet. Another closely related helmet is preserved in the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (No. MS1607) and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 08.2.2). For a discussion of this group see Cowan 2007 and Bottini et al 1988, pp. 229-230, abb. 7, 9. ‡ £15000-20000

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169 A RARE POT HELMET INCORPORATING THE SKULL OF AN EARLY 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN SALLET, MID-17TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull embossed with eight tapering flutes from the nape to the brow (small dents and an early internal repair), fitted at the brow with an obtusely-pointed peak, at the nape with a rounded neck-guard of three plates, the uppermost flanged outwards, and at each side with a pendant cheek-piece of two plates, the uppermost pierced with six groups of three holes and the lower pierced with a star-shaped arrangement of thirteen holes, and the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, complete with an early quilted canvas liner 26.0 cm; 10 ¼ in high

171 A GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE, MID-17TH CENTURY with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a pierced finial and foliate washer, and at its brow with a flat ogival peak, pierced at its rear with a rectangular hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar secured at the brow by a rectangular staple and locking-screw (restored), at its nape with a broad ogival neck-guard of three upwardoverlapping lames, and at its sides with pendant cheek-pieces (restored), the main edges of the helmet formed throughout with plain inward turns (the surface showing patches of light pitting and minor denting) 23.0 cm; 9 in high

Provenance Robin Wigington, Arbour Antiques, 2nd June 1983

Provenance Robin Wigington, Arbour Antiques, 7th January 1989.

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170 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with heavy one-piece crown of rounded almond shape rising to a vestigial stalk at its apex and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edge formed with a plain inward turn and the base of the crown pierced with sixteen holes for lining-rivets and four for a plume-holder (missing, holed at the brim, the apex and on one side of the skull) 27.0; 10 ⅝ in high £500-600

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172 A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER’S HELMET, THE SKULL SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined down a high medial comb, pierced with two later transverse holes to tie up a plume and fitted at the nape with a tapering tubular plume-holder, associated peak, visor and bevor (the peak and visor restored) attached by common pivots (replaced), the bevor shaped to the chin and cut with a U-shaped face-opening, the bevor and visor each secured at the right side by a swivel-hook and stud (restored), and two gorget-plates front and rear (restored), the main edges of the peak, visor and gorget-plates each decorated with roped inward turns and the peak, visor and bevor decorated with pairs of incised lines 30.5 cm; 12 in high £1500-2000

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173 173 A COMPOSITE WESTERN EUROPEAN ‘GOTHIC’ BEVOR, CIRCA 1490-1500, PROBABLY SPANISH formed of a medially-ridged main plate strongly shaped to the chin, a rounded face-plate articulated to the main plate at each side, its convex upper edge turned inwards, and three gorget-plates articulated to the flanged lower edge of the main plate, the lowest projecting downwards to a rounded central point, fitted with a later leather strap and buckle (the main plate with four small riveted patches, and all elements with a mottled overall patination and some losses at their edges) 20.0 cm; 7 7/8 in high Provenance Probably the Armoury of the Duke of Osuna and Infantado, sold over three sales in 1880, 1890 and 1896.

Bashford Dean, New York French & Co., Inc. Another example, formerly in the Armoury of the Knights of St John at Rhodes, the collection of Sir Edward Barry and Anthony de Reuck was sold in this room 26th June 2013, lot 185.

A number of similar bevors are recorded from the former armoury of the Knights of St John at Rhodes, see Karcheski & Richardson, 2000, pp. 32-50. £1000-1500

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174 A RARE SPANISH INFANTRY BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1500 formed in one piece with a strong medial ridge and bold angular outward turns at the neck and arm-openings, struck with a mark to the right of the neck, its shoulders in each case fitted with a later short strap with an iron tab, its lower edge flanged outwards and pierced with two holes on each side (small areas of pitting and minor lamination) 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in high Provenance Probably the Armoury of the Duke of Osuna and Infantado, sold over three sales in 1880, 1890 and 1896.

Bashford Dean, New York French & Co., Inc. The mark is the same as that found on a right cuisse formerly in the armoury of the Dukes of Osuna, later in the collection of Francis Henry Cripps Day and also the left spaudler of an armour previously in the collection of Ambrose Monnell. See Mann 1932, p.

70 fig. 7 and Dean 1911, pp. 10-11 no. 9.

A large number of breastplates of this type were formerly in the armoury of the Dukes of Ossuna, some of which are to be found in the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Musée de l’Armée, Paris. A further series from the Armoury of the Dukes of Medinaceli is now preserved in the Army Museum, Madrid.

Several examples of the type from the armoury of the Knights of St John of Rhodes are to be found in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The armoury of the Dukes of the Infantado was the second most important collection of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula after the Royal Armoury in Madrid. At one time it had no less than one hundred and sixty-two full armours, many of which had been made for distinguished Royal and noble patrons. This collection was matched by an equally impressive array of edged weapons, firearms and also rarities such as a shield made from an elephant’s ear with a silver brim and another from a tortoiseshell. It also housed historic artefacts including the central gangplank from the Turkish flagship at the Battle of Lepanto presented

by Don Juan of Austria to the 5th Duke. Despite a fire in 1702 much of the armoury survived into the late 19th century when it was dispersed.

See Ramos 2013, pp. 1-16. For a discussion of the Spanish armour of this period see Mann 1932, p. 67.

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175 THE FAULD, CULET AND TASSETS OF A CUIRASSIER’S THREE-QUARTER ARMOUR, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY FLEMISH comprising fauld of five cusped and notched lames, the uppermost decorated with a cross-hatched raised transverse rib and pierced with a key-hole slot at each side for attaching a matching strongly flared culet of four lames, the uppermost pierced with a rectangular slot and swivel-hook for attaching the fauld and carrying a pair of tassets each of twenty-three lames, divisible beneath the ninth and incorporating a winged poleyn each embossed at its centre with a roped almond-shaped moulding and to the outside fitted with a roped transverse rib extending to the wing, the pointed lowest lames each with cut at their centres with a v-shaped notch, the whole decorated throughout with pairs of double incised lines and finely roped turns at its principal borders, and triple incised lines at its secondary borders, those of the tassetslames with an additional line above them and decorated throughout with numerous iron rivets (the outer surface with small areas of light pitting and patination, small internal laminations, the centre of one poleyn with a small early internally patched repair) 71.0 cm; 28 in (4) These elements are of a notably fine quality for the period. An armour of related type, formerly in the Dayton Art Museum, Ohio, was sold Sotheby’s, 30th June 2004, lot 87. £5000-7000

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176 A BACKPLATE IN MID 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY formed of a main plate, slightly curved at the neck, rounded arm-openings and flanged outward at the waist, decorated with roped inward turns throughout 37.5 cm; 14 ¾ in high £100-150

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177 A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN OR SWISS PAULDRONS AND VAMBRACES, CIRCA 1590 comprising symmetrical pauldrons of broad-fronted form, each composed of five main lames that overlap outwards from the third which extends downwards over the armpit at the front as an additional series of four lames pivoting fan-wise on a single brass-capped rivet with a brass rosette-washer, the uppermost plate struck with a mark, and vambraces consisting of a tubular upper and lower cannon joined by a couter of three lames, the second of which is formed in two pieces and struck with a mark en suite with the pauldrons, the upper canons each with a turner, the main edges of all elements formed throughout with plain inward turns, and their surfaces retaining an early blackened finish with bevelled and burnished secondary edges 58.0 cm; 22 ž in The mark is perhaps that of the Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), southwest Germany. £4000-6000

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178 178 A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN PAULDRON AND VAMBRACE WITH ETCHED DECORATION, CIRCA 1590-1600 comprising left pauldron formed of five (originally seven) lames overlapping outwards from the largest (associated and with three internally patched repairs), the lowest pierced with a rectangular slot to accommodate the vambrace turning-pin, right vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon joined by a bracelet couter of three lames, the winged central one formed of two fixed plates, the upper cannon fitted with a turner, the pauldron and vambrace formed throughout with file-roped inward turns and etched with bands and borders of strapwork interlace enclosing classical warriors, herms and trophies-of-arms, and enclosed to either side by narrow bands of guilloche separated by a pair of narrow plain bands (areas of pitting, small cracks and chips) 54.5 cm; 21 ½ in blade Provenance Dr Peter Parsons, sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 20th July 2011, lot 137 £800-1000

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179 A PAIR OF GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY each formed of a flared and pointed cuff with fixed separate inner plate, the outer plate decorated over the ulna with a small almondshaped boss, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate formed with a boldly-roped transverse rib, five finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence (releathered, the scales restored), the edges of the cuff and final finger-plate formed in each case with file-roped inward turns accompanied by a recessed border (lightly pitted throughout), and bearing a circular brass inventory tag numbered 185 32.5 cm; 12 ¾ in (2) Provenance Dr B. Giesker, Zurich until 1938 His Serene Highness the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein sold Christie’s 3rd July 1991, lot 44 £1000-1500

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180 A PAIR OF GERMAN CUIRASSIER’S GAUNTLETS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of large size, each formed of a moderately long flared and obtusely pointed cuff with a short fixed inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, scaled fingerdefences and a laterally-hinged scaled thumb-defence (the right missing and the left detached), and the main edges of both gauntlets formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining traces of erased etched bands and borders (lightly patinated overall) 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in (2) Provenance The Property of a European Prince, sold in this room, 2nd December 2015, lot 339. £700-900 181 A NORTH EUROPEAN FINGERED GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY DUTCH formed of a flared tubular cuff joined at its inside, and shaped to the base of the thumb, fitted with seven cusped metacarpal plates and a single knuckle-plate, the main edges of the cuff with fileroped inward turns, accompanied in the case of the upper one by a recessed border, and the subsidiary edges of the remaining plates with incised lines (the inside of the cuff pierced with later suspension-holes), painted black throughout 24.1 cm; 9 ½ in £500-700

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182 A PAIR OF GAUNTLETS IN GERMAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of large size, each formed of a moderately long flared cuff with a short fixed inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckleplate, scaled finger-defences, scaled thumb-defence and formed at its main edges with file-roped inward turns and accompanied by recessed borders 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in (2) £600-800 183 A PAIR OF EMBOSSED ELBOW GAUNTLETS IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each formed of a long flared and pointed cuff with a fixed separate inner plate, embossed with raised bands bearing filed ornament, the outer plate with a large flowerhead, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate formed with a file-roped transverse rib, and retaining one finger-lame (the remaining finger-lames missing, pitted), studded throughout with large flowerhead rivets, and the elbows retaining a portion of their padded lining 43.2 cm; 17 in (2) £400-600

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Miscellanea 184 A MINIATURE MAIL ARMOUR FOR MAN AND HORSE, 20TH CENTURY comprising copper mail coif of butted links, open at the face and covering the neck, iron shirt of butted links, extending to the wrist and thigh and vented front and rear, and a pair of full arm leg defences en suite, mounted on an articulated cloth-covered wooden mannequin, complete with shield, sword and lance and mounted on a well modelled horse, armoured in mail en suite, over a gold-trimmed red fabric caparison, and with shaffron and saddle in 16th century style 38.5 cm; 15 ⅛ in £300-400 185 AN UNUSUAL IRON SPUR, POSSIBLY SPANISH, 19TH CENTURY formed of a central star-shaped rowel on a T-shaped bar, fitted at each side with a bar incorporating a short spike and a hook with spring closure, and the terminals with iron rings 18.5 cm; 7 ⅜ in £150-300 186 NINE IRON CALTHROPS, PROBABLY 16TH/17TH CENTURIES each of characteristic form, comprising two tapering bars hammer welded in the centre, one with barbed finials, and three further barbed spikes, each mounted on a wooden peg 7.4 cm; 2 ⅞ in high (12) £350-450

187 EXTRACTS FROM GROSE, SIR FRANCIS, F.A.S., Military Antiquities respecting a history of the English Army, circa 1791, comprising three engravings: ‘a Horseman’s Arms, Armour & Accoutrements’; ‘A Soldier of the time of King James 1st armed with a Caliver’; and ‘An Officer of Pikemen’, each signed ‘K. C. Goodnight’ bottom right, framed and glazed 33.0 cm; 13 in x 40.5 cm; 16 in, the largest (3) £150-200 188 NYE, Nathaniel, Mathematician, Master Gunner of the City of Worcester, The Art of Gunnery, wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, Gunmatch, the Art of shooting in great and small Ordnance, engraved plates, later leather-covered boards (extensively worn, foxed, a number of pages loose), 16vo, London 1647 £300-400 189 DESIGN FOR AN EXHIBITION DAGGER, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FRENCH on Dutch mid-18th century paper, watermarked for Van der Ley, showing a dagger with etched and gilt blade, the hilt formed as a warrior figure set with a red gemstone, with the front and back of its scabbard either side, decorated with allegorical figures, cherubs and a demon mask, backed on card 22.2 cm; 8 ¾ in x 15.8 cm; 6 ¼ in, the drawing

190 A BRONZE PENANNULAR BRACELET, PERHAPS LATE BRONZE AGE 1100-900 BC of near circular section widening towards a pair of flattened flaring terminals, patinated green throughout 9.0 cm; 3 ½ in wide £60-80 191 A SILVER SOUVENIR MEDAL FOR THE 5TH BATTN DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S REGIMENT FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING TOURNAMENT, DATED 1923 inscribed to Private G.A. Hill of A Company 3.8 cm; 1 ½ in diameter £60-80 192 A VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF DETACHED SWORD BLADES, 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES including a blade for a hunting sword, double-edged, stamped ‘Sahagum’ within a short fuller and cut with a running wolf mark, another blade for a hunting sword, twenty one sharply tapering broadsword blades, and approximately eighty further blades (some tips missing) (qty) £200-300

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193 AN INDIAN CAVALRY PRESENTATION TRAY, A PIPE RACK OF SKINNER’S HORSE AND FOUR ASSORTED CARD CASES A massive oblong silver-plate tray, 24 in x 18 in, the rim with indented corners, engraved with a regimental device of the King’s crown above crossed lances, two scrolls, one inscribed SKINNERS HORSE, the other HIMMAT-IMARDAN-I-KHUDA, and DYO monogram, above another inscription: PRESENTED TO / MAJOR AM DANIELS / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE / BY THE OFFICERS OF THE / 1ST DUKE OF YORK’S OWN SKINNER’S HORSE / 1ST NOVEMBER 1922; together with an ornately carved wooden pipe-rack, designed to fold flat, with holes for six pipes, the back with regimental device as above, within a circle, and a lower circle containing the monogram AMD (presumably AM Daniels), minor damage to upper circle; a photograph of a lady, in a plain-edged oblong silver frame (HM Birmingham 1920); a textured black leather case for two packs of cards by De La Rue, with silver corners (HM London 1905/6), and green silk lining to the lid and front (minor wear); a case in the form of a book with mottled cover and spine inscribed BRIDGE MARKERS containing two packs of cards; a cardboard packet inscribed DE LA RUE Society PLAYING CARDS, containing two packs of cards in their unopened wrappers; and a blue cardboard box also containing two packs (probably not a pair) (7) £300-400 194 A SET OF SEVEN IMPLEMENTS FOR GARDENING OR HUNTING IN THE FRENCH STYLE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising two hand bills of differing size, a further small bill with attenuated point, hand-saw, and small axe each etched beneath a gilt wash with a panel of scrollwork on the blade, moulded gilt-brass ferrules and pommels and each fitted with a pair of engraved bone grip-scales retained by brass rivets; together with a bodkin and hammer of plain turned steel 34.8 cm; 13 ¾ in overall (7) See Blair 1974 pp. 450-452. £500-800

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 195 A FINE LARGE GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW (GANZE RÜSTUNG), LATE 17TH CENTURY with heavy steel bow retained by later gold-painted cords, small iron stirrup and string of twisted cord (the bow now painted black), fruitwood tiller swelling about the nut and shaped for the cheek, veneered over the full length on top with staghorn plaques engraved with symmetrical designs of conventional foliage, strapwork and a green man mask, the underside inlaid with a slender central panel decorated with a further mask incorporating a loading aperture for a cocking pin, the edges veneered with a slender frieze along their length, and the butt inlaid with further foliate panels on each side, fitted with folding adjustable iron sight, a pair of lugs for a cranequin, bone nut, iron trigger with brass terminal, and later brass bolt clip, together with a bolt with iron pyramidal tip 85.0 cm; 33 ½ in tiller £3000-4000

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196 A LARGE CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, DATED 1591, PROBABLY AUGSBURG with circular gearbox stamped with the maker’s mark (Neue Støckel 1808) on the cover and pierced with a tracery rondel on one side, ratchet bar engraved with the date and the maker’s initials ‘AB’ at the top behind the claw terminal (belt-hook missing), and faceted winder with turned wooden handle, and the inside fitted with a later cord loop 42.5 cm; 16 ¾ in Another cranequin by this maker (recorded by Støckel circa 1572-87, probably in Augsburg) was sold in this room 30th July 2020, lot 209. £800-1000

VARIOUS OWNERS 197 A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN CROSSBOW BOLTS, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with wooden shafts and flights (losses and chips), eight with pointed iron heads and short sockets and two with multi-point heads for stunning (one head missing, the iron pitted) 35.5 cm; 14 in average length ‡ £120-180

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198 SIX POWDER-FLASKS FOR SPORTNG GUNS AND TWO FOR PISTOLS, 19TH CENTURY the first of plain Britannia metal, with Dixon & Sons patent graduated nozzle and spring cut-off; the second with copper body embossed with a symmetrical design of foliage and Heath patent graduated nozzle with spring cut-off; the third with brass body embossed with a petal on each face, and Sykes patent graduated pivoting nozzle with spring cut-off; the fourth with copper body embossed with oak and vine foliage and a trophy-of-game and G. & J. W. Hawksley nozzle; the fifth with copper body embossed with a hunter taking aim and G. & J. W. Hawksley nozzle; the sixth with brass body embossed with foliage and James Dixon & Sons improved patent nozzle; the seventh smaller and matching the mast; the eighth French, embossed with a stag enclosure and the initials ‘P.Q.F. Paris’ and brass nozzle with spring cut-off; and the last 20th century, embossed with an American eagle the first: 18.0 cm; 7 ⅛ in high (8)

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201 TWO IRON CANNON BALLS, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY the first for a two pounder gun and the second, in excavated condition, for a six pounder gun (losses) (2) the first: 5.8 cm; 2 ¼ diameter Provenance The first, Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon and the second found in the Cotswolds by the present owner. £40-60

£450-600 199 A LARGE LEATHER POWDER-FLASK, CIRCA 1770-80 of bottle-shaped form, the inner face flattened, the seam previously incorporating four loops (now missing), the base impressed ‘3’, fitted with copper nozzle with threaded top, and the latter with hinged locking catch 30.0 cm; 11 ⅝ in high See Neal and Back 1980, p. 20, no. 34. £150-200 200 A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY formed in five tapering stages divided by raised astragal mouldings and flaring at the muzzle, a pair of plain trunnions, flattened vent field, and globose cascable with small button: on its green-painted wooden field carriage with long trail with scrolling terminal, fitted with a pair of spoked cambered wheels 27.3 cm; 10 ¾ in barrel 1.4 cm; ⅝ in bore

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202 A PUMP FOR AN AIR CANE, 19TH CENTURY with iron body and brass fittings, fitted with threaded flat handle 34.0 cm; 13 ⅜ in overall ‡ £30-50

European and American Firearms

203 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN EQUERRY’S PISTOL HOLSTERS Two leather holsters, each with pleated blue cloth covers of the pattern worn by ADCs and equerries to the Queen, or members of the Royal Family. Edged with a double row of three-quarter inch gold oakleaf lace, showing a narrow light of scarlet cloth between the rows, and bearing a Guelphic crown in gold embroidery above the Garter; within the Garter, the VR cypher on scarlet backing between oakleaf sprays. A plain gilt button to secure a flounce (2)

205 THE BARREL AND STOCK OF A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages, the median formed with Saxon style triangular panels each terminating in a hemispherical recess, cut with the numerals ‘3637’ and struck with the barrelsmith’s mark over the breech (lock missing), moulded full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn panels including marine monsters opposite the lock, iron trigger-guard and iron-tipped wooden ramrod 106.2 cm; 41 ⅞ in barrel

£250-350

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204 A PAIR OF LEATHER CAVALRY HOLSTERS, MID-19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, joined by a stitched pigskin panel, retaining their inner tabs and belts 34.3 cm; 13 ½ in internal depth of each holster £250-300

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 206 A 12 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY HANNS ROHR IN BAYREUTS (SIC), DATED 1661 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with a series of slender grooves and engraved with a garland around the muzzle face, engraved with scrolling foliage and large expanded flowerheads over the breech and muzzle, the former signed and dated ahead of the backsight, engraved tang, flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a pierced openwork gilt-brass bracket decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of two sphinxes, fitted with sliding pan-cover with button release, finely engraved dog decorated with two monsterheads, fitted with giltbrass bridle formed as a cherubic mask, and with an additional gilt-brass dragon, double set trigger, blackened full stock lightly carved behind the rear ramrod pipe, covered over much of its surface with large engraved silver plaques depicting scenes from the chase, including a fox with a bird-of-prey, a hunter and

hound in pursuit of a boar on each side of the fore-end, a large prowling bear opposite the lock and a mounted nobleman beneath, the butt applied with further plaques including, on the left, a doe and stag in a woodland landscape on the cheek-piece and, on the right, with patchbox with sliding cover applied with a further silver plaque of a hunter in contemporary dress, pierced iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, silver butt-plate engraved with the owner’s coat-of-arms and numbered ‘9’, and silver fore-end cap (later ramrod and ramrodpipe, some silver plaques restored), the cheek-piece applied with an early red wax gewehrkammer seal 83.0 cm; 32 ¾ in barrel Hans Ruehrer is recorded active in Bayreuth, Bayern, circa 1658. £6000-8000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 208 A 22 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with octagonal sighted barrel fitted with moulded brass backsight, struck with a two-hand sword mark over the breech, engraved tang decorated with pairs of lines, bevelled lock with stepped rounded tail and retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a moulded brass bracket with pierced engraved cover (restored), sliding pan-cover, moulded dog, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn with comical scenes from a mythical chase, including two parading rabbits, one mounted on a jackal and the other beating a drum, further beasts and birds, enriched with tendrils, engraved mother-of-pearl panels, stellate and circular staghorn pellets (extensive restorations), the butt with carved cheek-piece on the left decorated en suite, with patchbox with sliding cover on the right, stamped with gewehrkammer ownership mark on the inside, iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, engraved staghorn ramrodpipes and fore-end cap, ivory butt-plate (restored) and associated staghorn tipped wooden ramrod 48.0 cm; 18 ⅞ in barrel

207 A 34 BORE COMPOSITE GERMAN BREECH-LOADING SELFSPANNING WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER SPORTING CARBINE, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND LATER with two-stage blued sighted barrel chiselled and gilt with foliage at the muzzle, median and breech, the latter with Augsburg town mark and fitted with hinged breech-cover decorated en suite with the muzzle and the median, released by a pair of pivoting catches on the tang, blued flat lock plate fitted with external wheel retained by a blued bracket and faced with an openwork engraved brass panel decorated with masks, engraved dog, ebonised full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn panels decorated with scrollwork, a pair of unicorns and a pair of horses opposite the lock, brass trigger guard and ramrod with engraved staghorn tip, complete with a brass cartridge (extensive restorations, including elements of the breech and lock and most of the stock decoration) 75.0 cm; 29 ½ in barrel A pistol built on this system and perhaps the inspiration for the present carbine was formerly in the collection of the Lord Astor of Hever, sold in this room 30th July 2020, lot 246. £6000-8000

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209 A .700 CALIBRE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY FLUNCK IN ST PÖLTEN, CIRCA 1760-70 with signed rebrowned octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, fitted with associated brass back-sight and stamped with the barrelsmith’s mark, a lion statant, its front paw on an orb above the initials ‘E.F.’, signed bevelled lock engraved with stag hunting scenes, fitted with engraved cock, steel and bridle (rubbed, top-jaw replaced), double set trigger, full stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe, the tang and over the butt, the latter with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right (butt repaired), engraved brass mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a boarhunting scene, trigger-guard, butt-cap and vacant escutcheon, three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 72.0 cm; 28 ⅜ in barrel

210 A 13 BORE ITALIAN ROMAN-LOCK SPORTING GUN, MID-18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel signed ‘Pietro Moretta’ over the breech, retained by a shaped brass band (the barrel chemically cleaned), rounded lock engraved with scrolling foliage and flowers on the tail, fitted with chiselled and engraved cock with scalloped bridle, half-stock with hooked butt (fore-end chipped and repaired, butt cracked through and repaired), brass mounts comprising flushfitting openwork side-plate, trigger-guard, vestigial butt-plate two ramrod-pipes, and associated brass-tipped iron ramrod 115.2 cm; 45 ⅜ in barrel This gun appears to have been modified in Germany in its early working life. Pietro Moretta is recorded in Gardone val Trompia, Brescia, circa 1680-1740. £1200-1800

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211 A 20 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY CHASTEAU, RUE DES ST PERES A PARIS, CIRCA 1772-3 with browned barrels formed in three stages, inlaid with gilt bands around the muzzles, fitted with silver fore-sight on a gilt starburst, the breech signed on the rib framed by beadwork and decorated with trophies-of-arms, struck with the barrelsmith’s mark of Jean Nicolas Leclerc (Neue Støckel 187), platinum plugs, engraved breech tang decorated with a star burst and grooved for sighting, border-engraved rounded locks signed in full in foliate letters and decorated with star bursts, fitted with bolt safety-catches and pans chiselled with delicate scrollwork, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrolling foliage and flowers behind the rear ramrod-pipe, about the tang and moulded about the lock and mounts, the butt with its original velvet-covered pad (worn) with silver bullion border, full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief against a finely matted ground, comprising trigger-guard decorated with an elaborate trophy-of-arms on the bow and forward terminal formed as a flaming urn, butt-pate struck with Paris mark, discharge and date marks, decorated with rococo flowers and martial trophies, rear ramrod-pipe decorated with a garland enclosing the owner’s crest, out of a cornet a hand grasping a serpent, and escutcheon en suite, two iron ramrod-pipes, and original brass-tipped baleen ramrod with iron worm 89.0 cm; 35 i8n barrels François Alexandre Chasteau is recorded at this address circa 1740 where he worked as arquebusier du Roi to Louis XV, see Mournetas 2007, p. 61. £4000-6000

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 212 A 22 BORE D.B. GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN FOR THE WURTTEMBERG COURT HUNT, THE BARRELS SIGNED BLAS SEILER VON EHING, CIRCA 1830 in the French taste, with blued barrels inlaid over their length with scrolling silver foliage and flowers, silver foresight, signed over the breeches and inlaid with a bouquet of flowers, silver vents, border-engraved tang decorated with foliage and decorated with the Royal arms of Wurttemberg in silver (rubbed), blued locks decorated with trophies-ofarms and trophies-of-hunting in inlaid and engraved silver, fitted with semi-rainproof pans and rollers, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip each inset with an alternating arrangement of foliate and plain silver studs, the locks and tang enclosed by further minute studs, the former further enriched with silver wire and the latter with a pair of silver Medusa masks and foliate rondels, carved butt with finely scrolling foliate terminal behind the trigger-guard, raised cheek-piece profusely inlaid with vine fruit and foliage on the left, the right decorated with a matching design enclosing a star formed of alternating panels of dark stained horn and mother-of-pearl, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with neo-classical finial including a warrior head, and a putto playing a flute on the bow, buttcap with a horse on the spur, rear ramrod-pipe with a bull’s head, silver fore-end cap, silver escutcheon numbered ‘2’, and associated steel ramrod 89.2 cm; 35 ⅛ in barrels Blasius Sailer is recorded repairing firearms in the town of Ehingen, Wurttemberg 1825-6 and as a resident of that town 1838-40. The decoration is reminiscent of Christian Koerber who also worked for the Wurttemberg royal family. £5000-7000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 213 A RARE .900 CALIBRE BREECH-LOADING FRENCH MODEL 1828 FLINTLOCK FUSIL DE RAMPART, CIRCA 1830 with sighted barrel rifled with twelve grooves, fitted with folding back-sight (leaves removed), tip-up breech secured by a thumb-screw and with an additional folding lever for a gas-tight fit behind, rounded lock with Charleville Royal arsenal inscription, fitted with pierced cock and brass pan, figured walnut butt (cracked through and repaired), regulation iron mounts including pivot mount for a wall or rampart, and struck throughout with inspector’s marks, L beneath a star 130.1 cm; 51 ¼ in barrel Rampart guns of this early flintlock model are notably rare. £3000-4000

214 A .700 CALIBRE FRENCH MODEL 1822 FLINTLOCK CARBINE, DATED 1834 with sighted barrel retained by a single brass band, struck with a series of marks at the breech including the date, and ‘Cde17-8’, tang with model designation, rounded lock with Tulle Royal arsenal inscription, three-quarter stock shaped for the cheek on the left and fitted with brass scalloped trapcover on the right, brass mounts including trigger-guard, side-plate and butt-cap, and steel saddle bar with a single ring 50.0 cm; 19 ¾ in barrel £600-800

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215 A FINE 14 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE FOR PRESENTATION TO A POTENTATE BY HENRY TATHAM, GUNMAKER TO THE KING, 37 CHARING CROSS LONDON, 1824 with long round tapering barrel fitted with silver bead fore-sight on a sunburst, signed in full in script within a linear frame over the breech and all retaining traces of early gilding, platinum-lined vent, finely engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, decorated with scrolls and foliage, stepped bevelled lock signed in block capitals, engraved with trophies-of-artillery, conventional foliage and a starburst, fitted with engraved cock en suite, rainproof pan and roller, highly figured full stock profusely inlaid with finely engraved silver plaques and silver wire including cornucopia, elaborate trophies-ofarms, flowerheads, leafy tendrils and foliage, a pair of cornucopia issuant with conventional foliage enriched

with pellets about the tang, further trophies-of-arms, war and music on each side of the butt (rubbed, minor losses), chequered grip enriched with minute silver nails (cracked through and expertly repaired), full silver mounts cast and chased with trophies-of-arms in low relief and enriched with gilding, comprising solid sideplate, trigger-guard including a further mark (E. the other letter unclear), butt-plate, vacant escutcheon and three ramrod-pipes, horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm, perhaps the original, and two iron sling loops 117.5 cm; 46 Âź in barrel Henry (1) Tatham was born at Frith Street Soho in 1770, became sword cutler and Beltmaker-in-Ordinary to George III in 1798. He was in partnership with Joseph Egg as Tatham and Egg circa 1801-14 and worked on his own at 37 Charing Cross 1815-34. He is recorded making a number of elaborate presentation firearms, including rifles for American Indian Chiefs, in 1816. See Blackmore 1999, p. 109. The maker's mark is probably that of Elizabeth Barnett, widow of Michael Barnett, who registered her mark 11th February 1823. See Dickens 1999, pp. 86- 117. ÂŁ7000-9000

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216 A RARE .65 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK VOLUNTEER RIFLED CARBINE WITH ENCLOSED LOCK BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 with two-stage sighted twist barrel rifled with seven Baker-style grooves, the muzzle with bayonet bar on the right, octagonal patent breech signed ‘H. Nock Patent’, engraved with a band of foliage, struck with proof marks beneath and numbered ‘46’, patent bevelled lock signed ‘H. Nock’ in script and with a sunburst at the front, figured walnut full stock (fore-end repaired), the butt with an early padded leather cheek-piece, struck with inspector’s mark opposite the lock and the initials ‘WT’ in the ramrod channel and numbered ‘136’ in the barrel channel, regulation brass mounts comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate engraved ‘No. 46’ on the heel, Baker pattern trap cover on the right of the butt, two ramrod-pipes, iron sling loops, and original iron ramrod, with an early iron charge measure 66.5 cm; 26 ¼ in barrel Rifled carbines of this type were produced by Henry Nock on a commercial basis for the London & Westminster Light Horse Volunteers and other Volunteer Companies. See Paine 1996, pp.

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217 A RARE .650 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MILITARY RIFLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves (pitted), grooved tang for sighting, border-engraved rounded regulation lock with ‘GR’ crowned and ‘Tower’, full stock (fore-end cracked and repaired), the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left, regulation brass mounts comprising trigger-guard inscribed ‘H1’, flush-fitting side-plate, butt-cap, three ramrod-pipes, escutcheon inscribed ‘HH’, and fore-end cap, iron saddle bar with ring, a pair of iron sling swivels and original iron ramrod 77.8 cm; 30 ⅝ in barrel Another rifle from this group is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, XII.3784. It has been suggested that the group was made for Hompesch’s Hussars though this appears extremely unlikely for a number of reasons. See DeWitt Bailey 2002, pp. 98-102. £1500-2000

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218 A .750 CALIBRE INDIA PATTERN FLINTLOCK MUSKET, LATE 18TH CENTURY of regulation specifications, the barrel struck with Tower proof marks at the breech, the lock engraved with crowned ‘GR’ crowned, figured walnut full stock (repaired behind the lock), regulation brass mounts, and steel ramrod, with socket bayonet by Atherton 99cm; 39in barrel £2000-2500

220 A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, 19TH CENTURY with long sighted two-stage barrel, flat lock stamped ‘Barnett, London’, full stock moulded about the tang (chipped behind the lock), impressed ‘Barnett Minories London’ on the right of the butt, iron mounts including trigger-guard, side-plate and three moulded rarmod-pipes, and original spirally painted ramrod with worm and brass tip 129.2 cm,; 50 ⅞ in barrel

219 A .750 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MUSKET FOR THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY TWIGG, THE LOCK DATED 1780 with tapering sighted barrel struck with East Indian Company, Ordnance and inspector’s marks at the breech (rubbed), signed dated lock with the mark of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Windus, W crowned, full stock, and regulation brass mounts, including side-plate, trigger-guard and three ramrod-pipes, with its iron ramrod and bayonet, the latter marked and dated en suite (light surface rust) 98.2 cm; 38 ⅝ in barrel

£250-300

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221 A D.B. 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY WILKIESON, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with browned twist barrels fitted with silver bead fore-sight and signed on the rib, engraved recessed case-hardened breeches with the platinum-lined barrelsmith’s marks and the owner’s crest, a bull’s head erased, platinum vents, signed border-engraved locks decorated with bold scrolls of foliage, fitted with pierced cocks, rainproof pans, steels with rollers and steel springs with humps (top-jaws and steels expertly replaced), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with foliate terminal, butt-plate and rear ramrodpipe, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 77.0 cm; 30 ⅜ in barrels Probably by Anthony Wilkieson, recorded in Edinburgh circa 17861829. £2000-2500

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222 A RARE 14 BORE D.B. BELGIAN PIN-FIRE BASTIN PATENT SPORTING GUN BY JH. MONTIGNY, ARQ.ER DU ROI DES PAYSBAS A BRUXELLES, NO. 119, CIRCA 1860 with browned twist sighted barrels signed in gold script on the rib and fitted with bead fore-sight, forward-sliding breech operated by a hinged under-lever accommodated within the fore-end and with hooked sprung catch chiselled with foliage, stamped on the inside with the number and ‘Bastin Frères Brevete’, chiselled tang decorated with foliage and strapwork, engraved locks chiselled en suite and decorated with differing deer vignettes, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, iron trigger-guard and butt cap, vacant silver escutcheon and a pair of sling mounts 77.5 cm; 30 ½ in barrels Bastin Frères are recorded in Hermalle sous Argentan, near Liège 1848-1881. In 1855 they registered improvements to the Montigny carbine under patent no. 2149 with subsequent improvements in 1856, no. 2365. See Daubresse 2014, vol. 1, p. 48. £1000-1500

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223 A FINE .900 CALIBRE PERCUSSION RIFLE FOR LARGE GAME BY W. G. RAWBONE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER, CAPE TOWN, NO. 2591, CIRCA 1865 with heavy octagonal barrel rifled with ten broad grooves, struck with Birmingham and black powder proof marks beneath the breech, the top flat matted, incised with a long slender sighting line terminating in a blued fore-sight at the muzzle and the rear terminal with a recessed circular panel (silver lining missing), folding back-sight of two blued leaves to 300 yards, signed ‘W. G. RAWBONE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER’ within a frame of Greek key behind, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech struck with the gold-lined barrelsmith’s mark, scroll-engraved bolster with engraved platinum plug (each side of the top flat with areas of light pitting), scroll-engraved case-hardened tang, border-and scroll-engraved signed case-hardened lock fitted with hammer en suite, half-stock with chequered grip (light bruising), inlaid with a small engraved German silver scroll on the left, scroll-engraved blued iron mounts (small areas of light pitting and wear) comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate, fore-end, rear ramrod-pipe and barrel bolt escutcheons, two further ramrod-pipes, the rear with a loop for a sling (the other sling swivel missing), and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod 81.5 cm; 32 ⅛ in barrel William George Rawbone (1809-93) is recorded as a gunmaker with workshops in Birmingham, England, Cape Town, South Africa and, latterly, in Toronto, Canada. In 1862 his patent no.

2530 was granted for ‘..... improvements in gun barrels, and in machinery to be employed in effecting [them]..... a sighting line formed on the top of the barrels, or the midrib, by fixing silver wire in a square groove therein.....’ £2000-3000

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225 A .577 CALIBRE PERCUSSION VOLUNTEER RIFLE BY JOHN COLE, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1860 with browned twist sighted barrel rifled with four grooves and retained by two engraved browned iron bands, the forward band stamped ‘Palmer’, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech with scroll-engraved bolster and screw-in plug, scroll-engraved casehardened tang, signed border-and scroll-engraved case-hardened lock fitted with hammer en suite and retaining its nipple protector, figured walnut full stock, chequered fore-end and grip, scrollengraved blued iron mounts (faded to brown), comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate, border-engraved fore-end cap, two sling swivels, and original iron ramrod 84.0 cm; 33 ⅛ in barrel

224 A NORWEGIAN MODEL 1834 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET, NO. 11252, CIRCA 1840 a regulation conversion from flintlock, with rebrowned barrel fitted with folding back-sight, pierced with a pair of apertures, numbered lock with dog-safety, stamped with Kongsberg proof marks, regulation beechwood stock, regulation brass mounts, and associated horn-tipped ramrod 105.5cm; 40 in barrel £500-800

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226 A FINE CASED .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION DOUBLE RIFLE BY J. PRATT, NO. 28 HANOVER STREET, EDINBURGH, NO. 188, CIRCA 1839-53 with rebrowned twist barrels signed on the broad flat flat, fitted with blade fore-sight and back-sight of two folding leaves to 200 yards, engraved case-hardened breech numbered beneath, pierced platinum plugs, scroll-engraved case-hardened tang, signed border-and scroll-engraved case-hardened locks finely decorated with differing tiger vignettes, fitted with bolt-safety-catches and case-hardened hammers en suite, highly figured walnut half-stock (light bruising), chequered fore-end and grip, scroll-engraved blued iron mounts comprising numbered trigger-guard decorated with a stag on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, butt-plate and patchbox-cover with differing stag scenes, and rear ramrod-pipe decorated with foliage and pineapple designs: in original brass-bound fitted mahogany case, the lid with flush-fitting carrying handle, the interior lined in green baize, with trade label (small tears and staining), and complete with accessories including Bartram & Co patent copper powder-flask, ‘improved no. 16’ bullet mould, additional spru-cutter and wad-cutter 74.0 cm; 29 ⅛ in £3000-5000

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227 A 6 BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN BY PEGLER, SOUTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1810 converted from flintlock, with tapering sighted barrel signed at the breech and inlaid with a gold line (rubbed, losses), engraved tang decorated with border ornament and a hound, signed flushfitting lock, figured walnut half-stock, engraved iron mounts comprising triggerguard with pineapple finial and butt-plate, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing, the iron parts worn) 127.0 cm; 50 in barrel £500-700

228 A 22 BORE D.B. BAVARIAN SPORTING GUN BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1835 with French barrels fitted with silver foresight on the rib and inscribed’ Canon a Ruban’ in gold letters at the breech, scrolland border-engraved breech tang, flush-fitting locks decorated en suite with the tang, signed on the left and insrcibed München on the right, figured walnut halfstock cut with a panel of chequering at the fore-end and on the grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece, wooden trigger-guard, engraved iron trigger-plate, vestigial buttplate, vacant escutcheon and original brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm 84.5 cm; 33 ¼ in barrels

229 A 22 BORE PERCUSSION TRADE MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY with sighted barrel retained by a single iron band, iron lock, half-stock, iron trigger-guard and the butt with trap on the right (cover missing, worn), with its ramrod 84.0 cm; 33 in barrel £80-100

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230 A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY HENRY (1) KIRBY, CIRCA 1690 with brass barrel formed in three stages, flaring towards the muzzle, engraved with strawberry foliage, struck with London proof marks and the barrel smith’s mark at the breech, engraved iron tang, associated iron lock (seized), highly figured rootwood full stock, brass mounts (rubbed) comprising trigger-guard engraved with foliage on the bow and with moulded finials, buttplate with pronounced heel finely engraved with strawberry foliage and a monsterhead and extending to a slender tang, escutcheon with a warrior mask and moulded ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing, worn throughout, the stock cracked through and repaired) 34.7 cm 13 ¾ in barrel Henry 1 Kirby was elected Beadle to the Gunmakers Company 1721 and died the following year.

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231 A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN SIX-SHOT WHEEL-LOCK REVOLVING HOLSTER PISTOL, THE LOCK BEARING THE DATE 1596, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER with two-stage barrel moulded at the muzzle and octagonal over the breech, rotating cylinder secured by a top-mounted catch, enclosed by an openwork brass collar decorated with a portrait bust of a nobleman flanked by quatrefoils and rampant heraldic lions, dated lock stamped with a mark, DH conjoined in a recessed shield, fitted with external wheel retained by an openwork brass bracket en suite with the cylinder, full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn including a running pattern of foliage, marine monsters, the figure of a girl with a hedgehog on the spine and Leda and the swan opposite the lock, faceted lemon-shaped pommel and associated ramrod 73.0 cm; 28 ¾ in overall

232 A PAIR OF 24 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY WITH 19TH CENTURY DECORATION each with octagonal barrel struck with Suhl control marks on the left, bevelled lock of military type, fitted with external wheel retained by a slender bracket at the base, sliding pan-cover and angular dog, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn, bone and ivory including a running pattern of scrolling tendrils, ball flowers, game animals and scenes from the chase all within segmental frames, the butt decorated en suite, including an engraved bone collar decorated with pomegranates and foliage, and compressed pear-shaped pommel decorated with busts in contemporary dress on a matching field of foliage, iron triggerguard and ramrod-pipe, and matching ramrods 39.8 cm; 15 ⅝ in barrels

This pistol appears to be constructed from a number of earlier elements and is based on the celebrated example made for Matthias (1557-1619), Governor of Austria (1593), King of Hungary (1608), King of Bohemia (1611) and Holy Roman Emperor (1612) and now preserved in the Kunshistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. A1145), illustrated Schedelman 1972, p. 50 abb.92, Lindsay 1967, p. 142, Hayward 1962, p. 286, 23c.

~ £6000-8000

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233 A FINE PAIR OF .500 CALIBRE BOHEMIAN PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY ANTON VINCENT LEBEDA, PRAGUE, CIRCA 1850 with octagonal blued barrels rifled with eight grooves, inlaid with a gold line around the muzzles and fitted with blued fore-sights, chamfered over the medians, engraved at each end and signed in full in gold script between gold neo-gothic panels, numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ respectively and with further neo-gothic panels and foliage behind, fitted with moulded percussion bolsters with pierced platinum plugs beneath, engraved case-hardened breech tangs numbered en suite and incorporating blued adjustable back-sights, each decorated with a green man mask enclosed by elaborate foliage on a punched ground and enriched with gold, engraved case-hardened flush-fitting stepped locks signed in gold, decorated and numbered en suite with the breeches, the forward portions with differing scenes including a reclining satyr being serenaded, fitted with engraved case-hardened slender hammers with pierced bellies formed as a demi flowerhead, decorated with further foliage issuant from wolves heads and with a demon mask beneath, ebony half-stocks carved with demon heads in the round at the fore-ends, fluted butts (one with a closed crack) carved with panels of vine foliage involving bird and serpents heads on each side and green man masks over the spines, finely engraved and gilt case-hardened mounts en suite with the locks, comprising spurred scrolling trigger-guards, trigger-plates with shaped finials, flush-fitting side-plates involving a central bat displayed and inscribed ‘ v. Praze’ in gilt letters beneath, engraved pommels with blued finials, engraved and gilt barrel bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods, and in fine condition throughout: in their original brass-bound rosewood veneered case, the lid with a central vacant brass escutcheon enclosed by a circular flush-fitting carrying handle (repaired cracks), the interior lined in plum velvet (small areas of wear), the lid impressed in gold letters ‘A.V.Lebeda k k landesbetugler Gewehr-Fabrikant in Prag’, complete with accessories including Dixon & Sons patent powder-flask with embossed copper body, turned wooden patchbox with ivory lid carved with a cupid figure, ivory funnel, ivory-mounted wrench and mallet, and burnished steel bullet mould 27.4 cm; 10 ¾ in barrels Anton Vincent Lebeda (1797-1857) was apprenticed in Prague and became a journeyman in 1813. He worked briefly with Franz or Johann Contriner before joining the workshop of Matthias Brandej where he became master in 1822. His last recorded work was for a series of firearms comprising twelve double shotguns, six double rifles, and three rifled carbines made for the Emperor Franz Josef I. He stopped working in 1854 and his son Anton took over the business. ~ £10000-15000

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234 A FINE CASED PAIR OF PRESENTATION 0.236 CALIBRE FRENCH PERCUSSION GALLERY OR TARGET PISTOLS BY LE PAGE, ARQUEBUSIER DU ROI A PARIS, NO.3444, DATED 1833 with heavy browned octagonal barrels, signed in gilt letters on the top flats ‘Le Page Arqer du Roi’ between a pair of fronds, inscribed ‘Acier Fondu’ and numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ respectively in gold, struck with the date and the serial number beneath, case-hardened numbered breeches inlaid with two gold lines and fitted with pierced platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened tangs incorporating the back-sights, struck with serial numbers inside and numbered in gold en suite with the barrels on top, scroll-engraved case-hardened flush-fitting back-action locks signed in gold within gold ovals, engraved case-hardened hammers en suite, highly figured rootwood halfstocks numbered in the barrel channel and at the breeches, carved with a batwing design over the fore-ends, finely chequered butts with rightward protruding integral pommels carved with lions masks issuant with foliage, finely engraved case-hardened spurred steel trigger-guards, gold barrel bolt escutcheons, and much original finish throughout: in their original fitted case veneered in rosewood, the lid inlaid with brass bands (cracked across the top), the central escutcheon with presentation inscription, the interior of the lid lined in purple velvet (areas of wear, two patches bleached), the remaining interior lined in tooled gilt leather, complete with accessories comprising case-hardened bullet mould numbered en suite brass-mounted copper flask, mallet, and brass ramrod 22.5 cm; 8 ⅞ in barrels The presentation inscription reads: ‘Prix donné par Le Prince Royal Camp de Compiègne 1837’ Sold with a copy of the presentation details: ‘Ces pistolets ont été offerts par S. A. R. Monseigneur le duc d’Orléans à M. Trauers, Capitaine au 55e regiment d’infanterie de ligne, pour récompenser de son mémoire por lequel il reçut le premier prix, au camp de Compiègne, le 1er Septembre 1837.’ £6000-8000

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 235 A FINE AND RARE 30 BORE HUNGARIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY D. FLOCH A PEST, CIRCA 1760 with browned etched twist barrel fitted with silver fore-sight on a bed of silver scrollwork, signed ‘D. Floch a Pest’ in silver letters on the flat, encrusted with further silver scrollwork enclosing the owner’s arms supported by a pair of hunters in contemporary dress over the breech, gold-lined vent, chiselled tang, border-engraved blued rounded lock inlaid with silver wire scrolls en suite with the barrel, fitted with rounded cock and steel each decorated en suite, the latter with enclosed spring inside the lock plate, highly figured full stock (foreend expertly repaired) carved in low relief about the barrel lock and mounts including a green man mask issuant with silver wire scrollwork behind the tang, inlaid with silver wire scrolls over the fore-end, behind the rear ramrod-pipe, about the tang and over the butt, full silver mounts comprising openwork side-plate, spurred pommel chased with palmettes and the cap with a warrior mask profile, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, escutcheon decorated with the owner’s crowned arms supported by a pair of lions, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes and moulded fore-end cap and later silver-tipped wooden ramrod 30.2 cm; 12 in barrel Domonkos Floch is recorded in Pest circa 1760-70. Relatively few Hungarian firearms of this period are signed. See Géza 1911, pp. 209227 and János 1971, p. 228. £5000-7000

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236 A FINE 20 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY LAROCHE A PARIS, CIRCA 1740 with blued swamped barrel encrusted with gold scrolls, flowers, monsterheads and exotic birds on a matted ground at the muzzle and breech, the latter incorporating a mask and signed over the flat in gold letters within a beadwork frame, silver fore-sight on a bed of matching gold scrolls (the gold with small losses and restorations), gold vent, gold-encrusted tang en suite, border-engraved stepped bevelled lock engraved with a boar on the tail, signed beneath the pan and engraved with Diana the huntress resting with a hound, full stock carved with a moulding over the fore-end, scrolling foliage centring on a grotesque mask behind the rear ramrod-pipe and monsterhead scrolls on each side of the tang (the fore-end repaired, the butt cracked through and expertly repaired), engraved blued iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with foliate terminal, spurred pommel decorated with a gold classical warrior bust profile within a foliate frame, scrolling silver openwork side-plate involving a profile warrior bust and a serpent, silver escutcheon decorated with the crowned arms of a Bavarian prince, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, and later ramrod 36.7 cm; 14 ½ in barrel Jean Baptiste Laroche was the most outstanding gunmaker in Paris in the mid-18th century. He specialized in making firearms that were presented by the King of France to foreign potentates. He was granted a brevet de logement in the Galeries du Louvre on 21st August 1743 and was later joined by his son who succeeded to the logement in 1763. See Hayward 1963, pp. 182-183 and Lenk 1965 pp. 113-114. £4000-6000

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237 A CASED PAIR OF FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, WITH 20TH CENTURY DECORATION, SIGNED KONIGL GEWEHRFABRIK POTSDAM with octagonal blued multi-groove rifled barrels chiselled and gilt with neoclassical foliage at the muzzle and breech, borderengraved and gilt tang and lock, the latter signed and fitted with cock and steel en suite, full stock inlaid with finely engraved silver foliate plaques over the fore-end and opposite the locks, the butts carved with laurel foliage and fruit over the spines and cut with a panel of chequering bordered by silver nails on each side, full silver mounts cast an chased in low relief including trigger-guards with the gilt crowned monogram initials ‘FWR’: in their veneered case fitted with a monogrammed escutcheon on the outside of the lid, the interior lined in chamois and complete with its accessories 20.2 cm; 8 in barrels

238 A GERMAN D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with blued tapering sighted barrels inlaid with silver scrolls, signed ‘Chr Hampel a Ludwigsburg’ in gold letters, signed locks inscribed ‘11th February 1782’, full stock profusely inlaid with engraved silver scrolls, engraved silver mounts including triggerguard with the crowned cypher of C addorsed, slender spurred pommel, and fore-end cap inscribed ‘zur ehre der/ Carl Hohe Schule/ 11 Feb anno 1782’, and silver-tipped ramrod inscribed ‘Hat man Mich / gemacht zu disem festlichen tag / zu Stuttgart’ 21.8 cm; 8 ⅝ in barrels £800-1200

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION 239 A RARE PAIR OF 25 BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK WENDER PISTOLS BY FRIEDR. RIES, CIRCA 1730 each with sighted turn-over barrels with octagonal breeches and silver ‘spider’ fore-sights, fitted with engraved plates facing the breeches and actions engraved with rococo scrollwork and numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ respectively, iron tangs chiselled with further scrolls and an expanded flowerhead on a matted ground, signed border-engraved rounded locks, figured walnut full stocks carved with rococo foliage and scrollwork about the lock and breech tang, impressed with an early gewehrkammer number ‘109’ beneath the lock, gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief with rococo scrollwork and foliage on a finely matted ground, comprising trigger-guards incorporating a lever on the forward portion to release the barrels, solid side-plates, spurred pommels and a pair of ramrod-pipes, engraved gilt-brass foreend caps, and wooden ramrods with engraved gilt-brass tips 21.8 cm; 8 ⅝ in barrels (2) Friederich Riss von Grölln (?) is recorded in Vienna as the son of a master gunsmith 17th July 1718. £6000-8000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 240 A RARE PAIR OF 32 BORE ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE HOLSTER PISTOLS, LATE 17TH CENTURY, REFURBISHED BY DASCH IN GRAZ CIRCA 1830 with tapering barrels formed with a long slender rib over their entire length, moulded at the muzzles, stamped ‘Lazarino Cominazzo’ between a pair of stars over the breeches and framed by two further slender lines, tangs incorporating standing back-sights and engraved with scrolling foliage, flat locks stamped en suite with the barrels retained by a single side nail entering from the lock-side, decorated with double headed eagles on the tails, border ornament and bold scrolls of foliage, fitted with pierced cocks, pans with sliding covers, and batteries with external springs all chiselled with elaborate foliage, the inside of each lock signed ‘Dasch a Gratz’, full stocks carved with bands of conventional foliage beneath the fore-end and behind the locks, inlaid with characteristic pierced iron plaques decorated with hounds, double eagles and reclining figures within an elaborate framework of flowers and foliage opposite the locks, four further plaques en suite around the barrel bolts, ahead of the locks, about the triggers, on each side and the spine of the butt, pierced iron mounts decorated with further designs of foliage on the trigger-guards, butt-plates, fore-end-caps and ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrods (areas of wear, the ironwork cleaned and with restorations): in an early hardwood case with russet iron hinges and later green baize lining 41.7 cm; 16 ¼ in barrels The style of signature inside the locks would suggest a date of their restoration around 1830. Two members of the Dasch family are recorded in Graz at this time. £10000-14000

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241 A 28 BORE POLISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY I. G. SCHWARTZ A OHLAU, CIRCA 1760 with tapering barrel formed with a long flat and fitted with brass fore-sight, plain tang with moulded back-sight, signed rounded lock, full stock (fore-end cracked) moulded about the lock and mounts and carved with foliage behind the tang, slender butt, full brass mounts including engraved solid side-plate, trigger-guard with moulded finial, spurred pommel, and rear ramrod-pipe and horn fore-end cap (later ramrod) 22.0 cm; 8 ⅝ in barrel

243 A CASED 54 BORE BEAUMONT ADAMS PATENT FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER RETAILED BY ROBERT ADAMS, 76 KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON, NO. 30,118R, CIRCA 1860 with blued octagonal sighted barrel stamped ‘L.A.C.’ for London Armoury Company on the left, signed blued top-strap, serial numbered blued cylinder (one small area of wear) and frame, the latter border-engraved and also numbered B14,454, iron triggerguard and butt-cap (previously blued, now brown with bright areas), blued rammer, safety-stop, arbor-pin and catch, chequered rounded butt, and much original finish: in its original fitted oak case, the lid with vacant circular escutcheon on the outside (cracked), the interior with trade label, complete with accessories including patent bullet-mould, copper powder-flask by G. & J. W. Hawksley, and oil bottle 14.5 cm; 5 ¾ in barrel

£400-600 242 A PAIR OF 54 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PIN-FIRE PISTOLS, CIRCA 1870 each with octagonal barrels, box-lock-action fitted with a barrelrelease button on the right, and fluted butt 12.0 cm; 4 ¾ in barrels (2)

£1400-1800

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244 245 A CASED 120 BORE JAMES WEBLEY ‘LONGSPUR’ FIRST MODEL SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION POCKET REVOLVER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 241, CIRCA 1854 with reblued octagonal signed sighted rifled barrel engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzle, engraved cylinder, engraved reblued frame decorated with scrolls and foliage, signed ‘James Webley Patentee’ on the left, finely chequered butt, engraved reblued trigger-guard and butt-cap with trap: in its original fitted mahogany case (lid restored), the interior lined in green baize, complete with brass bullet mould, copper powder-flask, turnscrew, nipple-wrench and oil bottle 7.5 cm; 3 in barrel

244 A CASED 54 BORE FIVE-SHOT TRANTERS PATENT FOURTH MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER NO. 7682T, BY DEANE & SON, 30 KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1860 with blued sighted barrel engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzle, signed on the top strap and with engraved border, border-engraved blued frame fitted with safety-catch and numbered on the right and with patent loading lever and patent stamp on the left, chequered walnut grip, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-cap, and some early finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case, the lid with vacant circular brass escutcheon on the outside (key escutcheon missing), the interior lined in green baize, with facsimile trade label, complete with accessories including patent bullet mould, G. & J. W.Hawksley copper powder-flask with brass nozzle, turnscrew, nipple-wrench and oil bottle 15.5 cm; 6 in barrel

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246 246 A CASED 54 BORE BEAUMONT ADAMS PATENT FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 40,678, CIRCA 1860 with blued octagonal sighted barrel and top-strap, serial numbered blued cylinder and frame, the latter border-engraved, blued iron trigger-guard and butt-cap, blued rammer, safety-stop, arbor-pin and catch, and chequered rounded butt: in associated lined and fitted oak case, complete with Adams patent bullet mould, accessories including patent bullet-mould and copper powder-flask by James Dixon & Sons 15.0 cm; 4 ⅞ in barrel

247 A CASED 120 BORE FIVE-SHOT TRANTERS PATENT FOURTH MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER NO. 18,092T, LONDON PROOF MARKS, RETAILED BY ROBERTS, BRISTOL with blued sighted barrel engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzle and top-strap, scroll-engraved blued frame fitted with safety-catch and numbered on the right and with patent loading lever and patent stamp on the left, chequered walnut grip, engraved iron mounts comprising butt-cap and trigger-guard en suite with the frame and some early finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case, the lid with vacant circular brass escutcheon on the outside, the interior lined in green baize, with trade label inscribed ‘J. Edmund Roberts, 20 St. Augustine’s Parade Bristol’, complete with accessories including patent bullet mould, copper powder-flask, turnscrew, nipple-wrench and oil bottle 19.8 cm; 3 ⅞ in barrel

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248 A CASED PAIR OF 16 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS BY BLANCH, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 each with octagonal twist sighted barrel signed on the top flat, scroll-engraved tang fitted with adjustable back-sight, scrollengraved side-hammer action fitted with blued bolt safety-catch, finely chequered walnut butt, blued iron mounts (bluing faded and worn), comprising scroll-engraved trigger-guard, butt-cap with engraved trap, blued belt hook and swivel ramrod, and vacant German silver escutcheon: in a brass-bound mahogany case lined in purple velvet 15.0 cm; 6 in barrels

249 AN 1861 PATTERN EAST INDIA COMPANY PISTOL, DATED 1871 of regulation type, with browned sighted barrel struck with proof and ordnance marks at the breech, dated lock inscribed ‘Birmingham’ and with crowned ‘EIG’ and broad arrow on the tail, walnut full stock impressed with EIG acceptance mark opposite the lock and numbered on the reverse of the butt, brass mounts, stirrup ramrod, and in fine condition throughout 20.5 cm; 8 in barrel £400-600

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250 A CASED PAIR OF 54 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS RETAILED BY WILLIAMS AND POWELL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1833 with octagonal browned sighted barrels engraved around the muzzles, fitted beneath with German silver ramrod channels and steel swivel ramrods with blued steel links, scroll-engraved German silver tangs and side hammer actions (one hammer nose chipped), blued steel triggers, finely chequered walnut butts with spurs, the latter fitted with an oval vacant German silver escutcheon on top, the pommels encircled by an engraved German silver band and fitted with German silver traps with engraved steel caps, and in untouched clean condition throughout: in fitted mahogany case, the lid with brass escutcheon engraved ‘Liverpool Friendly Brother Knot of Saint Patrick’, the interior with retailers label of Williams & Powell, successors to the late A. Patrick Gun Makers, 10, Pool Lane, Liverpool, lined in green baize (one compartment chipped), and complete with accessories including powder-flask and bullet mould 14.5 cm; 5 ¾ in barrels The inscription possibly refers to The Liverpool Society of St. Patrick which was among a number of societies and brotherhoods that raised funds for the building of St Patrick’s, Park Place, Toxteth and other buildings in Liverpool following the mass immigrations of the 18th and early 19th centuries. £1000-1200

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251 A FINE CASED PAIR OF 24-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN MANTON, LONDON, NO. 3259 FOR 1799 with heavy rebrowned twist octagonal sighted scratch rifled barrels signed in gold capital letters on the top flats and numbered beneath, silver fore-sights, case-hardened patent breeches incorporating the back-sights, inlaid with gold-lines and with gold-lined vents, borderengraved case-hardened tangs decorated with foliage, trophies-of-arms and a starburst, signed case-hardened border-engraved flat bevelled locks, engraved with foliage on the borders, trophies on the tails and starbursts beneath the pans, fitted with detents, blued bolt safety-catches, semi-rainproof pans, and rollers on the steel and springs, highly figured walnut full stocks numbered inside the barrel channels, chequered rounded butts, blued spurred trigger-guards numbered within ovals carried by trophies-of-arms on the bows, blued trigger-plates with pineapple finials, horn-tipped ramrods, one perhaps the original (the other restored), and some early finish throughout: in an early fitted mahogany case, the lid with circular escutcheon incorporating a carrying handle (the rear left corner cracked), with ivory key escutcheon the interior lined in green baize (light wear, small holes), with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, bullet mould and turn-screw 28.2 cm; 11 ⅛ in barrels ~ £14000-18000

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252 A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, NO.6862 FOR 1816 with heavy rebrowned octagonal barrels (one with a small scratch), silver fore-sights, engraved case-hardened recessed breeches stamped ‘Joseph Manton Patent’ in a platinum-lined recess and inlaid with a platinum line, platinum-lined vents, engraved breeches incorporating the back-sights, engraved case-hardened locks with rainproof pans, decorated with a sunburst, foliate borders and a bouquet on the tails, fitted with bolt safety-catches, rollers, and steels engraved ‘7525 patent’ and ‘7526 patent’ respectively, figured walnut half-stocks (one cracked opposite the lock), chequered butts (one hairline crack), engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guards with pineapple finials and the number in an oval on the bows (worn), pear-shaped butt-caps engraved with border ornament, vacant silver escutcheons, horn fore-end caps (one chipped), silver barrel bolt escutcheons, one contemporary horn-tipped ramrod (the other an expert replacement): in their original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with flush-fitted carrying handle, the inside with trade label for Davies Street (the lid with small cracks, lining worn, label with small tears), complete with some accessories comprising three-way brass flask covered with later red morocco, rammer and associated bullet mould 37.5 cm; 14 ¾ in Provenance J. C. L. Knapton, sold Christie’s, South Kensington, 28th February 1990, lot 104.

A Private Collection, sold in this room 8th December 2010, lot 368.

Literature W. Keith Neal and D. H. L. Back, The Mantons 1966, p. 260 P. A. Scott-Edeson, Dating the Firearms of Joseph Manton: 1792-1825, 2000, p.78. £10000-14000

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253 A FINE CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN BARTON, CIRCA 1805 with slightly swamped octagonal rebrowned twist barrels signed ‘J. Barton, London’ in script on the flats, struck with view mark beneath the breeches, the barrelsmith’s mark ‘IB’, two pellets including the numeral ‘1’ on one barrel, gold-lined vents, border-engraved casehardened tangs incorporating the back-sights and decorated with scrolls and flowers and a band of foliage behind the breeches, signed stepped bevelled locks engraved with foliage on the tails, signed beneath the pans and with starbursts above, fitted with engraved bevelled cocks, gold-lined semi-rainproof pans, bolt safety-catches, and steel springs with rollers, highly figured walnut full stocks, flatsided butts cut with a diamond-shaped trellis design enclosing minute flowerheads, blued iron mounts comprising border-engraved trigger-guards decorated with a central bouquet and with pineapple finials, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, and each with its original ramrod, one with Wogdon type iron powder-measure and worm and the other with horn tip: in their original fitted mahogany case, the lid (bruised) with circular escutcheon incorporating a semi-circular carrying handle, the interior lined in green baize (areas of wear and small moth holes, the lid with trade label for 14 Haymarket and complete with accessories including copper three-way flask, bullet mould, turnscrew and mainspring clamp 25,.5 cm; 10 in barrels Provenance Christie’s, South Kensington 20th November 1996, lot 332 B. G. S. Coles Collection Literature John O’Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819, London 2019, p. 191 cat. no. DP1.

John Barton apprenticed to Robert Wogdon and became his partner in 1794, working as Wogdon & Barton until 1803. Following this he worked under his own name until 1819. Firearms by him from this later period are comparatively rare. For a full account of his life see O’Sullivan & De Witt Bailey, op. cit., pp. 32-40. £7000-10000

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254

254 A PAIR OF 32 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY CALVERTS, LEEDS, CIRCA 1830 each with browned twist sighted barrels inscribed ‘Leeds’ on the rib and struck with London proof marks beneath, engraved breeches with gold lines and platinum plugs, engraved grooved breech tang decorated with foliage, signed stepped locks decorated with foliage and starbursts, fitted with bolt safety-catches, pierced cocks, rainproof pans and steel springs with rollers, three-quarter walnut stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel trigger-guards with pineapple finials and trophies-of-arms on the bows, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, vacant silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, one with iron worm (the other replaced) 17.2 cm; 6 ¾ in barrels (2) £4000-6000

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255 A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OVER PISTOLS SIGNED BOURNE AND HAWKINS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS 1783, MAKERS MARK WS with reblued turn-off barrels, released by a sliding bolt on the front of the trigger-guards, box-lock actions, finely engraved with a bird perched on a rococo urn carried by a delicate bouquet of flowers on the right, signed on rococo scrolls on a shell on the left, fitted with pierced cocks and sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steels, swelling walnut butts profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets, pear-shaped silver butt-caps, border-engraved vacant silver escutcheons, and iron trigger-guards decorated with a flower within a diamond-shaped frame on the bows 6.0 cm; 2 ⅜ in barrels (2) £4000-6000

detail

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256 A PAIR OF 28 BORE IRISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY LEWIS ALLEY, DUBLIN, DUBLIN SILVER HALLMARKS, CIRCA 1767-75 each with rebrowned barrel signed ‘L. Alley, Dublin Fecit’ and struck with two marks, the harp of Erin and ‘Dublin’, over the breech, engraved tangs fitted with folding back-sights (one replaced), signed stepped locks engraved with border ornament and a scroll on the tails, figured walnut stocks carved about the barrel tangs (one fore-end replaced, the other cracked at the muzzle, one butt repaired), full silver mounts comprising side-plates engraved with flowers, spurred pommels fitted with grotesque mask caps, trigger-guards engraved with rococo bouquets, vacant rococo escutcheons, and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and later steel-tipped ramrods 20.5 cm; 8 ⅛ in barrels (2) Provenance Sotheby’s Olympia, 7th December 2001, lot 114.

These pistols have been shortened within their working life. £3000-3500

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257 A PAIR OF 20 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOLS BY BRUNN, 56 CHARING CROSS, LONDON, 1803-4, MARK OF MICHAEL BARNETT with rebrowned twist octagonal barrels fitted with silver fore-sights, inscribed ‘56 Charing Cross, London’ over the breeches, inlaid with gold lines and with gold-lined vents, border-engraved tangs incorporating the backsights and decorated with trophies-of-arms, signed stepped bevelled locks decorated with foliage on the tails, fitted with bolt safety-catches, cocks decorated en suite, rainproof pans and steel springs with rollers, figured walnut half-stocks, finely chequered butts with slender terminals in the German taste, engraved iron trigger-guards with pineapple finials and trophies-ofarms on the bows, silver pommels engraved with border ornament, starbursts and expanded flowerheads, vacant shield-shaped escutcheons, foreend caps with starbursts, barrel bolt escutcheons engraved with foliage, and iron-tipped wooden ramrods 24.5 cm; 9 ⅝ in barrels (2) For a discussion of Michael Barnett see Dickens 1999, pp. 86- 117. £6000-8000

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258 AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOL BY DAWES, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel inscribed ‘London’, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped bolted lock with roller on the steel spring and semi-rainproof pan, full stock (fore-end cracked), iron mounts comprising triggerguard with pineapple finial and a pair of ramrod-pipes (the iron parts with areas of pitting) and vacant silver escutcheon 22.7 cm; 9 in barrel

259 A PAIR OF 10 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOLS SIGNED D. EGG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY reconverted from percussion, with rebrowned octagonal barrels fitted with top-mounted spring bayonets released by a sliding catch on the tangs, signed stepped bolted locks engraved with swags, full stocks, chequered butts and iron mounts including trigger-guards with finials of shaped outline (pitting), vacant silver escutcheons and later brass-tipped ramrods 22.0 cm; 8 ⅝ in barrels (2)

£400-600

£1200-1800

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260 A 50 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL SIGNED H.W. MORTIMER & CO, LONDON, CIRCA 1800, PROBABALY LIÈGE in the French taste, with turn-off barrel numbered ‘2’, signed breech numbered en suite, box-lock action finely engraved with a hound on the left and a reclining stag on the right, folding trigger engraved with foliage, sliding safety-catch also locking the steel, and slender bag-shaped butt carved with palmette and scale over its surface 4.7 cm; 1 ⅞ in barrel

261 A 54 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK PISTOL, LONDON PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1780 with turn-off barrels, box-lock action decorated with swags enclosing ovals with the modern inscription ‘Joseph’ and ‘Manton’ on the respective sides, fitted with tap-lever on the left, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, flat-sided walnut butt and vacant silver escutcheon 7.5 cm; 3 in barrels £300-350

£400-500

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria 30th June 2021

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Tournaments: A Thousand Years of Chivalry Edited by Stefan Krause, Curator of the Imperial Armoury, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Profusely illustrated in colour, this book explores numerous aspects of the rich history of tournament from its beginning until modern times The book will be published in 2021 – reserve your copy now at www.olympiaauctions.com/publications

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Sale Results for 30th July 2020 The following prices are the hammer prices GBP/£. Unsold lots are not shown.

Thomas Del Mar Ltd is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions 1

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49

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92

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141

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182

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225

£125

266

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2

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50

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93

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142

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183

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226

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267

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3

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51

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94

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143

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184

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227

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268

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4

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52

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95

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144

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185

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228

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269

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6

£950

54

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96

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145

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186

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229

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270

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7

£50

55

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97

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146

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187

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230

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271

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8

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56

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98

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147

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188

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231

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272

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11

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57

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99

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148

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189

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232

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273

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12

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58

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100

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149

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190

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233

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274

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13

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59

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101

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192

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234

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275

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60

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103

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61

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104

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152

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276

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62

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105

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237

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277

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107

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154

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196

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238

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280

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18

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108

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155

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239

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19

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65

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109

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156

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198

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240

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281

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20

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66

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110

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199

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241

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282

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21

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67

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111

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158

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200

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242

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283

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68

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113

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159

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201

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243

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284

23

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69

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115

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160

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202

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244

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24

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70

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118

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161

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203

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245

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287

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27

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71

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119

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162

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204

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246

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288

£300

28

£130

72

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120

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163

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205

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247

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289

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29

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73

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121

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164

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206

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248

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290

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30

£160

74

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122

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165

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207

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249

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291

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31

£2800

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123

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166

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208

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250

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292

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32

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76

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124

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209

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251

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293

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33

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125

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168

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210

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252

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34

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78

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126

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169

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211

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253

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295

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35

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79

£900

127

£420

170

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212

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254

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296

£1500

36

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80

£1000

128

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171

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213

£900

255

£300 297

£750

298

£1200

299

£4000

37

£420

81

£850

129

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172

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215

£850

256

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38

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82

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130

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173

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216

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257

£280

39

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131

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174

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217

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258

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40

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84

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132

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218

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259

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43

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86

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133

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219

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260

£260

44

£480

87

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135

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177

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220

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261

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45

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88

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136

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178

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221

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262

£3600

46

£600

89

£480

137

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179

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222

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263

£120

47

£450

90

£120

138

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180

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223

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264

£400

48

£300

91

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140

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181

£7500

224

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265

£320

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Conditions of Business for Buyers 1.

Introduction

(ii) gives any guarantee or warranty to Bidders and any implied warranties and conditions are excluded (save in so far as such obligations cannot be excluded by English law), other than the express warranties given by the Sellerto the Buyer (for which the Seller is solely responsible) under the Conditions of Business for Sellers;

(a) The contractual relationship of the Auctioneers and Sellers with prospective Buyers is governed by:(i) these Conditions of Business for Buyers; (ii) the Conditions of Business for Sellers displayed in the saleroom and available from the Auctioneers;

(iii) accepts responsibility to Bidders for acts or omissions (whether negligent or otherwise) by the Auctioneers in connection with the conduct of auctions or for any matter relating to the sale of any lot.

(iii) The Auctioneers Authenticity Guarantee; (iv) any additional notices and terms printed in the sale catalogue, in each case as amended by any Saleroom Notice or Auctioneers Announcement.

(c) Without prejudice to Condition 4(b), any claim against the Auctioneers and/or the Seller by a Bidder is limited to the Purchase Price for the relevant lot. Neither the Auctioneers nor the Seller shall be liable for any indirect or consequential losses.

(b) As Auctioneers, the Ltd Company hosting the auction acts as agent for the Seller. Occasionally, the Auctioneers may own or have a financial interest in a lot.

2.

(d) Nothing in Condition 4 shall exclude or limit the liability of the Auctioneers or the Seller for death or personal injury caused by the negligent acts or omissions of the Auctioneers or the Seller.

Definitions “Bidder” is any person making, attempting or considering making a bid, including Buyers; “Buyer” is the person who makes the highest bid or offer accepted by the auctioneer, including a Buyer’s principal when bidding as agent;

5.

“Seller” is the person offering a lot for sale, including their agent, or executors; “Auctioneers” Thomas Del Mar Ltd, Matthew Barton Ltd and 25 Blythe Road Ltd trading as Olympia Auctions. For other auctioneer’s at 25 Blythe Road, such as Charles Miller Ltd, please see their website for their Conditions of Business

(b) The Auctioneers advises Bidders to attend the auction, but the Auctioneers will endeavour to execute absentee written bids provided that they are, in the Auctioneers opinion, received in sufficient time and in legible form.

“Buyer’s Expenses” are any costs or expenses due to the Auctioneers from the Buyer; “Buyer’s Premium” is the commission payable by the Buyer on the Hammer Price at the rates set out in the Guide for Prospective Buyers; “Hammer Price” is the highest bid for the Property accepted by the Auctioneers at the auction or the post auction sale price;

(c) When available, written and telephone bidding is offered as a free service at the Bidder’s risk and subject to the Auctioneers other commitments; the Auctioneers is therefore not liable for failure to execute such bids. Telephone bidding may be recorded.

6.

“Purchase Price” is the Hammer Price plus applicable Buyer’s Premium and Buyer’s Expenses;

The Buyer’s Premium, Buyer’s Expenses and Hammer Price are subject to VAT, where applicable.

Examination of Lots

(b) Ivory and Restricted Materials (CITES) ‘~’ Lots marked with the symbol ~ have been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding import or export. As the Auctioneers of these articles, the Auctioneers undertakes to comply fully with CITES and DEFRA regulation. Buyers are advised to inform themselves of all such regulations and should expect the exportation of items to take some time to arrange. The information is made available for the convenience of Bidders and the absence of the symbol is not a warranty that there are no restrictions regarding import or export of the Lot. The Auctioneers accepts no liability for any lots which may be subject to CITES but have not be identified as such.

(a) The Auctioneers knowledge of lots is partly dependent on information provided by the Seller and the Auctioneers are unable to exercise exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Each lot is available for examination before sale. Bidders are responsible for carrying out examinations and research before sale to satisfy themselves over the condition of lots and accuracy of descriptions. (b) All oral and/or written information provided to Bidders relating to lots, including descriptions in the catalogue, condition reports or elsewhere are statements of the Auctioneers opinion and not representations of fact. Estimates may not be relied on as a prediction of the selling price or value of the lot and may be revised from time to time at the Auctioneers absolute discretion.

4.

Exclusions and limitations of liability to Buyers (a) The Auctioneers shall refund the Purchase Price to the Buyer in circumstances where it deems that the lot is a Counterfeit, subject to the terms of the Auctioneers Authenticity Guarantee. (b) Subject to Condition 4(a), neither the Auctioneers nor the Seller:(i) is liable for any errors or omissions in any oral or written information provided to Bidders by the Auctioneers, whether negligent or otherwise;

Import, Export and Copyright Restrictions (a) The Auctioneers and the Seller make no representations or warranties as to whether any lot is subject to import, export or copyright restrictions. It is the Buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any copyright clearance or any necessary import, export or other licence required by law, including licences required under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

“Reserve Price” (where applicable) is the minimum Hammer Price at which the Seller has agreed to sell a lot.

3.

Bidding at Auction (a) The Auctioneers has absolute discretion to refuse admission to the auction. Before sale, Bidders must complete a Registration Form and supply such information and references as the Auctioneers requires. Bidders are personally liable for their bid and are jointly and severally liable with their principal, if bidding as agent (in which case the Auctioneers prior and express consent must be obtained).

7.

Conduct of the Auction (a) The auctioneer has discretion to refuse bids, withdraw or reoffer lots for sale (including after the fall of the hammer) if (s)he believes that there may be an error or dispute, and may also take such other action as (s)he reasonably deems necessary. (b) The auctioneer will commence and advance the bidding in such increments as (s)he considers appropriate and is entitled to place bids on the Seller’s behalf up to the Reserve Price for the lot, where applicable.

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(c) Subject to Condition 7(a), the contract between the Buyer and the Seller is concluded on the striking of the auctioneer's hammer.

8.

(a) What is the legal basis on which the Auctioneers relies to process your data?

Payment and Collection

On some occasions, the Auctioneers processes your data with your consent (e.g., when you agree that the Auctioneers may place cookies, or if you ask, the Auctioneers, to send you information about upcoming events).

(b) Title in a lot will not pass to the Buyer until the Auctioneers has received the Purchase Price in cleared funds. The Auctioneers will generally not release a lot to a Buyer before payment. Earlier release shall not affect passing of title or the Buyer's obligation to pay the Purchase Price, as above. (c) The refusal of any licence or permit required by law, as outlined in Condition 6, shall not affect the Buyer’s obligation to pay for the lot, as per Condition 8(a). (d) The Buyer must arrange collection of lots within 10 working days of the auction. Purchased lots are at the Buyer's risk from the earlier of (i) collection or (ii) 10 working days after the auction.

Until risk passes, the Auctioneers will compensate the Buyer for any loss or damage to the lot up to a maximum of the Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyer. The Auctioneers assumption of risk is subject to the exclusions detailed in Condition 5(d) of the Conditions of Business for Sellers. (e) All packing and handling of lots is at the Buyer's risk. The Auctioneers will not be liable for any acts or omissions of third party packers or shippers.

Remedies for non-payment Without prejudice to any rights that the Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior agreement fails to make payment for the lot within 5 working days of the auction, the Auctioneers may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more of the following remedies:(a) store the lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense; (b) cancel the sale of the lot; (c) set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by the Auctioneers against any amounts owed to the Auctioneersby the Buyer for the lot; (d) reject future bids from the Buyer; (e) charge interest at 4% per annum above HSBC Bank plc Base Rate from the Payment Date to the date that the Purchase Price is received in cleared funds; (f) re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at the Auctioneers discretion, in which case the Buyer will be liable for any shortfall between the original Purchase Price and the amount achieved on re-sale, including all costs incurred in such re-sale; (g) Exercise a lien over any Buyer’s Property in the Auctioneers possession, applying the sale proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer to the Auctioneers. The Auctioneers shall give the Buyer 14 days' written notice before exercising such lien; (h) commence legal proceedings to recover the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest and legal costs; (i) disclose the Buyer’s details to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings 10. Failure to collect purchases (a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but does not collect the lot within 10 working days of the auction, the lot will be stored at the Buyer's expense and risk at the Auctioneers premises or in independent storage (b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within 6 months of the auction, following 60 days written notice to the Buyer, the Auctioneers will re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at the Auctioneers discretion. The sale proceeds, less all the Auctioneers costs, will be forfeited unless funds or the unsold items collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction.

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(d) Any post-auction sale of lots shall incorporate these Conditions of Business. (a) Unless otherwise agreed in advance, payment of the Purchase Price is due in pounds sterling immediately after the auction (the "Payment Date").

9.

11. Data Protection

On other occasions, the Auctioneers processes your data when the Auctioneers need to do this to fulfil a contract with you (e.g., for billing purposes) or where the Auctioneers are required to do this by law (e.g., where we have to fulfil anti-money laundering requirements). If it is mandatory for you to provide data for these purposes, the Auctioneers will make this clear at the time and will also explain what will happen if you do not provide the data (e.g., that the Auctioneers will not be able to process a bid at auction).

The Auctioneers also processes your data when it is the Auctioneers legitimate interests to do this and when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. For example, the Auctioneers has a legitimate interest in ensuring the security and integrity of the auctions, in learning about the interests and preferences of current and prospective clients, in developing new business opportunities, in maintaining accurate business and provenance records, and in ensuring that the Auctioneers websites and apps operate effectively. When the Auctioneers process personal information to meet the Auctioneers legitimate interests, the Auctioneers put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that the Auctioneers legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. (i) The Auctioneers will use information supplied by Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by the Auctioneers for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law. (ii) By agreeing to these Conditions of Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing of their personal information and to the disclosure of such information to third parties world-wide for the purposes outlined in Condition 11(a) (i). (b) Who gets to see your personal data?

The Auctioneers and other auctioneer’s at Olympia Auctions, such as Charles Miller Ltd. The Ltd company that initially receives your data will process it. Your data may also be transferred to and processed by other companies within the group of Auctioneers.

The Auctioneers uses EU Commission approved standard contractual clauses to regulate the transfer and processing of data between the Auctioneers.

Outside the Auctioneers The Auctioneers do not transfer your personal data to organisations who wish to use it for their own marketing promotions or other purposes. The Auctioneers only transfer your personal data to other organisations where it Is necessary to enable the Auctioneers to provide you with the services you have requested (for example: the Auctioneers may transfer your data to the Auctioneers bank, payment card acquirers, shippers, warehouses, insurers, experts who help the Auctioneers authenticate or value property, event venues, caterers, catalogue and direct marketing fulfilment and distribution). Where the Auctioneers do it will be on the basis that these organisations are required to keep the information confidential and secure, and they will only use the information to carry out the instructed services.

Some of these organisations may be located outside the EEA. The Auctioneers may also need to retain and disclose certain information about you to appropriate agencies to conduct antimoney laundering and trade sanction checks and to assist with fraud and crime prevention and detection.

When the Auctioneers receive a request for information from a government or law enforcement agency the Auctioneers will disclose information which is the subject matter of that request, if the Auctioneers are satisfied that the government or law enforcement agency has the right to seek disclosure and the

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correct procedure has been followed. In all other circumstances such information will only be disclosed if the Auctioneers are ordered to do so by a court of law. (c) How long will the Auctioneers keep your personal data?

The Auctioneers will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to provide the relevant services, maintain business records to satisfy tax, legal and other regulatory requirements, and protect and defend against potential legal claims.

In the context of our research and records on ownership of art objects to assist with checks on authenticity provenance and title, we will keep this data for as long as the record is relevant to our legitimate business interest and the public interest.

What steps do the Auctioneers take to keep your personal data secure?

The Auctioneers will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the security and integrity of all personal information provided via our website, or by any other means electronic or otherwise.

(e) Your data You have the right to request deletion of your personal data. The Auctioneers will comply with this request, subject to our legitimate interests as noted above.

How can I access the information you hold about me?

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information then please write to the Auctioneers or email the Auctioneers.

The Auctioneers have an obligation to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Please write to the Auctioneers or email the Auctioneers to correct or remove any information that you think is incorrect. (f) Complaints If you have any queries or complaints in relation to the Auctioneers processing your personal data please contact the Auctioneers.

12. Miscellaneous

The Auctioneers use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal details from unauthorised physical and electronic access.

(a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by the Auctioneers are the copyright of the Auctioneers.

As effective as modern security practices are, we cannot guarantee the complete security of personal data held in our systems, nor that information you supply through the internet or any computer related network is entirely safe from unauthorised intrusion, access or manipulation during transmission. Any transmission is at your own risk. We will not be liable for any resulting misuse of your personal data.

(b) These Conditions of Business are not assignable by any Buyer or Seller without the Auctioneers prior written consent, but are binding on Bidders' successors, assigns and representatives.

(d) Third party websites The Auctioneers website may contain links to other websites not operated by us, the Auctioneers. The information you provide to us will not be transmitted to other websites, but these other websites may collect personal information about you in accordance with their own privacy notice. We as the Auctioneers cannot accept any responsibility for the privacy practices or content of those websites.

(c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set out the entire agreement between the parties. (d) If any part of these Conditions of Business be held unenforceable, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. (e) These Conditions of Business shall be interpreted in accordance with English Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts, in favour of the Auctioneers.

Thomas Del Mar Ltd’s Authenticity Guarantee If the Auctioneers sell an item of Property which is later shown to be a “Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below the Auctioneers will rescind the sale and refund the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to the Auctioneers for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price.

The Guarantee lasts for one (1) year after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable.

“Counterfeit” means an item of Property that in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue description for the Property.

Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including, but not limited to, recolouring, tooling or repatinating).

Please note that this Guarantee does not apply if either:(i) the catalogue description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the item was a Counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion); or

(iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded with its catalogue description.

To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer must:(i) notify the Auctioneers in writing within one (1) month of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and (ii) return the Property to the Auctioneers in the same condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale.

The Auctioneers have discretion to waive any of the above requirements. The Auctioneers may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and that are acceptable to the Auctioneers. The Auctioneers shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event the Auctioneers decides to rescind the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert reports, provided always that the costs of such reports have been approved in advance and in writing by the Auctioneers.

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