Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Thomas Del Mar Ltd In association with

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria London Wednesday 2nd December 2015

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd In association with

ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRINCE PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, FROM THE GEORGE F. HARDING COLLECTION AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS THE PROPERTY OF WELSEY I PAUL, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL ARMOURIES THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR PROPERTY SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN WOODMAN HIGGINS ARMORY COLLECTION TO BENEFIT ITS ONGOING STUDY AND DISPLAY AT THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD (1762-1814) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT Thomas Del Mar Ltd 25 Blythe Road London W14 0PD

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Important Information for Buyers All lots are offered subject to Thomas Del Mar Ltd’s Condition’s of Business and to reserves. The Conditions of Business for Buyers are published at the end of the catalogue.

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Select Bibliography Flayderman 1992

Flayderman, N., Collector’s Guide to Ames U.S. Contract Military Edged Weapons: 1832-1906, Union City, 1992

Flayderman 1998

Flayderman, N., Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and their values, Iola, 1998

Foulkes 1939

Foulkes, F., Arms and the Tower, London, 1939

Gamber 1978

Gamber, O., Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, Vienna, 1978

Godoy 1991

Godoy, J.A., “Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Patrimonio Nacional”, in Antonio D. Ortiz et.al, Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991

Grancsay 1961

Grancsay, S.V., The John Woodman Higgins Armoury, Worcester Massachusetts, 1961

Hill & Anthony 1978

Hill, R.T. & Anthony, W.E., Confederate Longarms and Pistols, Charlotte, 1978

Hoff 1972

Hoff, A., Airguns and other pneumatic arms, London, 1972

Hoff 1978

Hoff, A., Dutch Firearms, London, 1978

Hopkins 1967

Hopkins, R.E., Military Sharps Rifles & Carbines Volume I, Campbell, 1967

Houze 1996

Houze, H.G., Colt Rifles & Muskets from 1847 to 1870, Iola, 1996

Hull 1986

Hull, E.A., The Burnside Breech Loading Carbines, Lincoln, 1986

Johnson 1998

Johnson, P.D., Civil War Cartridge Boxes of the Union Infantryman, Lincoln, 1998

Kalman & Patterson

Kalman, J.M. & Patterson, C.M., A Pictorial History of U.S. Single Shot Martial Pistols, New York, 1957

Khorasani 2006

Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006

Madaus 1981

Madaus, H.M., The Warner Collector’s Guide to American Longarms, New York, 1981

Marcot 1998

Marcot, R., Spencer Repeating Firearms, Irvine, 1998

Meadows 1987

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Nickel 1989

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Peterson 1991

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Pflug 1988

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Rangstöm 1992

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Chivalry, Stockholm, 1992 Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc. 1980 Richard, A., Bourne Co., Inc., The Karl F. Moldenhauer Collection of Remington

Arms, Boston, 1980 Roads 1964

Roads, C.H., The British Soldier’s Firearm 1850-1864, London, 1964

Roberts 1991

Roberts, N.H., The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle, Manchester, 1991

Rywell 1984

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Rywell 1963

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Prices, Union City, 1963 Sawyer 1971

Sawyer, C.W., U.S. Single Shot Martial Pistols, Old Greenwich, 1971

Schedelmann 1944

Schedelmann, H, Die Wiener Büchsenmacher und Büchsenschäfter, Berlin, 1944

Schmidt 1996

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Schneider & Stüber 1980

Schneider, H. and Stüber, K., Waffen im Schweizerischen Landesmuseum, Griffwaffen l, Zurich, 1980

Scott-Edeson

Scott-Edeson, P.A., “Dating the Firearms of John Manton and John Manton & Son: 1789-1834”, in The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting. Volumes 37-40

1999-2000 & Index, Amherst, 2000 Seitz 1959

Seitz, H., Elghammarsamlingen, I belysning av några vapenhistoriska problem, in Svenska Vapenhistoriska Sållskapets Skrifter, 1959

Sellers 1988

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Sellers & Smith 1971

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Stocklein 1911

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Waffenkunde. 5 Band, Graz, 1972 Stroud 1983

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Walter 1976

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1 A JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY comprising sixty four plate kabuto profusely studded over its outer surface, fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on its underside, engraved brass maedate decorated with flowers and foliage (attaching peg broken), shikoro of six lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with fukigaeshi, iron mempo lacquered inside and out, fitted with a pair of pierced stylised ears, detachable nose, moustache and teeth, yodarekake of four lames, lacquered iron d么 applied with a dragon amidst flames in brass and copper, kusazuri, a pair of ko-sode, a pair of lacquered iron and mail kote, and a pair of laquered iron and mail haidate See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands. 拢3000-4000 1

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2 3 2 A JAPANESE DAGGER (AIKUCHI TANTO), 19TH/20TH CENTURY with single-edged blade with traces of hamon, carved bone grip decorated with a vertical arrangement of Samurai warriors within a landscape (small cracks and chips) 20 cm; 8 in blade £200-300 3 A JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER (HACHIWARA), POSSIBLY 14TH CENTURY AND A WAKIZASHI the first with slightly curved blade of square section, incised with an inscription on each face and formed with a basal lug, red lacquered wooden grip, in its matching saya; the second with carved single-edged blade, signed tang (Sukemitsu) pierced with a single mekugi-ana, plain iron tang, in its wooden saya the first: 42.2 cm; 16 ⅝ in blade (2) The inscription on the first reads ‘Nihon fukuji sokin — (Japan…? ancestor)’, ‘Genko gannen shogatsu kichijitsu’ (on a good January day of Genko, 1331 AD first year), ‘Kusunoki tamonbei Masashige’, ‘ Goro Nyudo Masamune zo kore’ (made by Goronyudo). £400-500

4 A CHINESE SO-CALLED SWORD BREAKER, TWO MINIATURE KATANA AND A COMMANDO KNIFE, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES the first with tapering blade of square section and hilt formed of a faceted moulding top and bottom; the second with curved single-edged blade with traces of a hamon, plain tang, engraved brass tsuba, in its lacquered saya; the third of cast iron and the fourth of regulation type 42 cm; 16 ½ in blade (4) £100-150 5 A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK CARBINE, EDO PERIOD with octagonal sighted barrel inlaid in soft metal with a fire breathing dragon above a mountain, associated vase-shaped muzzle (joined to the barrel by a later internal tube) and signed ‘Kishu ju Shibatsuji Riemon’ beneath the breech, fitted with integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, retained by a broad brass band at the breech, brass lock, sprung moulded brass serpentine, brass trigger, cherry wood full stock (possibly shortened, the brass with restorations), applied with engraved brass panels including bamboos beneath the foreend and flowerheads opposite the lock and brass mounts including trigger-guard and trigger-plate 38.5 cm; 15 ⅛ in barrel £400-600

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6 6 TWO MORO SWORDS (KAMPILAN), EARLY 20TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the first with hatchet-like blade pierced and inset with brass rondels at the tip, and rattan-bound carved wooden grip set with two United States Philippine peso dated 1907 and 1914 respectively; the second similar, in its rattan-bound scabbard the first: 69.5 cm; 27 ⅜ in blade (2) £200-300

9 TWO SUMATRAN SHORTSWORDS (PARANG), LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with patinated single-edged blade, carved horn hilt with monsterhead pommel, chased silver ferrule, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver chased with traditional foliage; the second with curved pattern-welded double-edged blade, carved horn hilt with chased silver ferrule, in its hardwood scabbard with large silver mounts the first: 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in blade (2) £350-450

7 A LARGE MORO SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with blackened wavy blade bound with two bands of chiselled silver at the forte, engraved silver hilt decorated with flowers, ‘beaked pommel’, in its scabbard with large silver pendok 53.5 cm; 21 in blade £350-450 8 TWO BALINESE SHORTSWORDS (KERIS), 19TH CENTURY the first with pattern-welded double-edged blade, paste-set selut, painted wooden grip bound with plaited string, in its figured hardwood scabbard with painted wranka; the second with pattern-welded wavy blade, fur-bound hardwood grip, in its hardwood scabbard the first: 42 cm; 16 ½ in blade (2) £240-300

10 FIVE SOUTH EAST ASIAN DAGGERS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a small Malaysian keris, in its figured hardwood scabbard; three Malaysian bade bade, two in their scabbards and the third with angular horn grip; and a Ceylonese piha kaetta with silver-mounted carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard the first: 14 cm; 5 ½ in blade (5) £200-250

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11 A LARGE MORO KERIS AND A DAGGER (BADE BADE), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad wavy blade bound with two silver bands at the forte, faceted hardwood hilt bound with plaited string, in its rattan-bound scabbard; the second with curved blade and hardwood grip carved with a mask on the pommel, in its leather scabbard the first: 57 cm; 22 ½ in blade (2)

14 AN IVORY-HILTED SHORTSWORD (KERIS) AND MORO SHORTSWORD (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad double-edged blade, silver hilt chased with a trellis design over the lower portion and carved ivory pommel (selut missing); the second with blackened singleedged blade inlaid with a brass line, paste-set selut, moulded hardwood hilt, in its scabbard the first: 51 cm; 20 ⅛ in blade (2)

£200-250

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12 THREE JAVANESE SHORTSWORDS (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with pattern-welded blades, the first and second with pasteset selut, faceted figured hardwood grips, and each in its figured hardwood scabbard the first: 45 cm; 17 ¾ in blade (3)

15 THREE SOUTH EAST ASIAN DAGGERS, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES comprising a Malaysian keris, with pattern welded blade, carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard; and two machetes with hardwood hilts, one with black hair finial the first: 31 cm; 12 ¼ in blade (3)

£300-500

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13 THREE JAVANESE SHORTSWORDS (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first two with pattern-welded wavy blades, the third blade straight, moulded figured hardwood hilts (selut missing) and each in its hardwood scabbard the first: 42 cm; 16 ½ in blade (3) £300-500

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16 FOUR SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a Javanese keris with wavy pattern-welded blade, paste-set gilt selut, and carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with chased white metal pendok; another, probably Sumatran, with carved grip and wranka, the latter involving a stylised lion; another keris; and a bade bade with fishbone blade and carved wooden grip and scabbard the first 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in blade (4) £220-250 17 THREE SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURIES comprising a Patani keris, with double-edged blade, carved hardwood hilt of characteristic beaked form, in its silvermounted hardwood scabbard; another keris, with carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with spirally moulded silver pendok; and a shortsword, with pattern-welded blade, carved ivory grip decorated with scrolls, in its scabbard the first: 25.5 cm; 10 in blade (3) ⦿ £300-350 18 A JAVANESE SHORTSWORD (KERIS) AND A SUMATRAN KERIS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with pattern-welded wavy blade, carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with chased silver pendok, the second with wavy blade, chased silver washer, carved angular hardwood grip with beaked pommel, in its scabbard with brass pendok the first: 34.2 cm; 13 ½ in blade (2)

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19 A MALAYSIAN SHORTSWORD (KERIS), PATANI, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with straight double-edged blade, finely carved hardwood grip incorporating a monstrous mask with long beak, in its hardwood scabbard 36.5 cm; 14 14 ⅜ in blade £200-250 20 A SUMATRAN KERIS AND A CELEBES DAGGER, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with wavy pattern-welded blade, and carved hardwood figurative grip; the second with slightly curved fullered blade, hardwood hilt, in its carved hardwood scabbard the first: 38.5 cm; 15 ⅛ in blade (2) £200-220 21 TWO JAVANESE SHORTSWORDS (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with pattern-welded blade, gilt selut, carved hardwood grip with two characteristic panels of scrollwork, in its scabbard with engraved brass pendok; the second with double-edged blade, paste-set selut, carved hilt, in its scabbard with white metal pendok the first: 35.5 cm; 14 in blade (2) £200-220

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22 THE CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (KASTANE) PRESENTED TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM HENRY GREGORY, K.C.M.G., 14TH GOVERNOR OF BRITISH CEYLON (1872-1877), FROM MRS ALWIS, CIRCA 1872-90 with curved single-edged blade formed with a long slender fuller on each face, the forte encased in engraved brass inlaid with silver scrolls and leaves (small losses), hilt of characteristic form almost entirely encased in chased silver plaques, comprising a pair of quillons, arms and knuckle-guard involving Simha and Makara heads and traditional scrollwork, the grip chased with further scrolls and the pommel formed as a Simha head with a single red stone eye (the other missing, small losses), in its wooden scabbard encased in gilt copper, decorated with traditional scrollwork at the top and bottom, fitted with a single ring for suspension, and with presentation inscription towards the top 64.7 cm; 25 ½ in blade The inscription reads: To The Right Honorable Sir W.H. Gregory, K.C.M.G., From Mrs Alwis.

Sir William Henry Gregory (1816-1892) was the son of Robert Gregory of Coole Park, co.

Galway, and Elizabeth O’Hara of Raheen. He was born on 13 July 1816 IN Dublin and educated at Harrow School from 1831 under Charles Thomas Longley, who considered him the cleverest boy he ever taught. Gregory was head of the school before leaving for Oxford.

At Harrow he began a lifelong friendship with Anthony Trollope. Gregory matriculated at Christ Church on 6 June 1835, but was less successful there, running second for the Craven scholarship in two successive years. Deeply disappointed by this failure, and increasingly distracted by an interest in horse-racing, he left Oxford without a degree.

Sir William Henry Gregory

In January 1842 he stood at a by-election as the Conservative candidate for Dublin, and was returned against the whig-Liberal Viscount Morpeth. The election cost £9000, of which the chief item was a ‘gratification for 1500 freemen at £3 a head’. Gregory was soon regarded as being among the promising young men of his day in the House of Commons. He was popular with all parties and attracted the attention and regard of men as different as Peel, Disraeli, and O’Connell. He was the author of the ‘Gregory clause’, which disentitled the possessor of more than a quarter of an acre of land, and his family, to relief. He declared in parliament on 29 March 1847 that the smallholding class was ‘no longer an object of pity’. He also procured the insertion of provisions for assisting emigration. Gregory inherited his father’s Galway estates in spring 1847, and soon acquired a reputation as a humane and improving landlord. In 1850 he was appointed high sheriff of Galway, and became active in local affairs. Gregory’s already considerably encumbered estates were pushed further into debt by his famine expenditure. His financial embarrassments were compounded by his passion for the turf, where he made heavy losses in the early 1850s and in 1857 he was obliged to sell more than half his estate. After this financial breakdown Gregory finally quitted the turf, but he retained his interest in racing matters to the end of his life.

Gregory became best known in parliament for his promotion of state funding for the arts. In 1860 he chaired a House of Commons inquiry into the British Museum, and he subsequently had much to do with the arrangement and development of the South Kensington collections. He was an ardent supporter of the opening of public museums on Sundays and took a keen interest in popularizing the study of the arts. In 1867 he was appointed by Disraeli a trustee of the National Gallery, and he took a very strong interest in the enlargement of the national collection. Shortly before his death he presented the best of his private collection to the National Gallery.

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Early in 1871 Gregory was sworn of the Irish privy council, and later that year he was appointed, governor of Ceylon. In January 1872 he sailed for that colony, in which he remained for over five years. In this position Gregory exhibited high administrative qualities, and his tenure of the governorship was one of considerable success and popularity. He spent more money on transport and irrigation works than any other governor, doing much to stimulate the cultivation of coffee and tea, and to improve the harbours of the island. His efforts at social reform and attempts to end the commercial monoculture of coffee were more circumspect and of limited success. He also took a great interest in the culture and antiquities of Ceylon, and established a museum at Colombo.

In 1875 he received the Prince of Wales in Colombo and was knighted. Increasingly bored by administrative routine, irritated by the criticisms made of him by the plantation interest, and having clashed with the Conservative colonial secretary over the privileges of the Anglican church in the colony, Gregory decided to resign in 1876. After a visit to Australia in January 1877, he returned to Ireland.

Thenceforward Gregory took no active part in public affairs, though his interest in them remained keen. As an Irish landlord he was deeply alarmed by the land war, and he vehemently criticized Gladstone’s Land Act of 1881. In 1882 he had a sharp confrontation with his tenants over rent levels, and relations were subsequently strained on the Coole estate. He was strongly opposed to the home-rule movement, and in 1881 he printed privately a ‘confidential letter’, attacking what he took to be the separatist aims of Parnell and his followers. From 1886 Gregory considered himself a Liberal Unionist, ready to support coercion against agrarian agitation, but looking increasingly to tenant purchase as the solution to the land question.

Gregory had a strong interest in the Middle East; he visited Egypt and north Africa in 1855-6, and published an account of his travels privately in 1859. In 1882 he advocated the cause of Arabi Pasha, the Egyptian nationalist leader, in letters to The Times. Subsequently to his retirement from the Ceylon government he paid three visits to that island. He contributed to The Racing Life of Lord George Bentinck by John Kent and Francis Lawley (1892) and in 1889 he published an article on Daniel O’Connell in the Nineteenth Century.

Gregory was twice married: first, on 11 January 1872, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Clay and widow of James Temple Bowdoin, a lady of considerable private fortune, who died in 1873; second, on 4 March 1880, to Isabella Augusta (1852-1932), youngest daughter of Dudley Persse of Roxborough, co. Galway. She survived him with one son, William Robert Gregory, and both published Gregory’s posthumous autobiography and turned Coole Park into the centre of the Irish literary renaissance. After 1890 Gregory’s health gradually failed, and he died at his London home, 3 St George’s Place, on 6 March 1892. A reduction, taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. £3000-5000

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23 A MORO SHORTSWORD (BARONG) AND THREE ACHEEN DAGGERS (BADE BADE), 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad leaf-shaped single-edged blade, hardwood hilt of characteristic form (cracked); the second with curved single-edged blade, polished ivory grip, and lightly carved wooden scabbard; the third with carved horn hilt and topscabbard mount, the latter bound with silver, and the last with carved hardwood grip the first: 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in blade (4)

26 A MINIATURE DISPLAY OF CHINESE HAFTED WEAPONS, 20TH CENTURY comprising six differing types, each with long moulded socket, on it cane haft with iron shoe, displayed in a wooden rack with one moulded foot (the other foot missing); together with two incense burners and a small dagger the first: 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in high, including rack (4)

⦿ £150-200

27 A SOUTHEAST ASIAN MACHETE, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with broad single-edged blade formed with a long slender fuller along the back-edge, carved horn grip fitted with a gilt shaped iron ferrule at the base, and bifurcated pommel (cracked through) 57 cm; 22 ½ in blade

24 A SOUTHEAST ASIAN SHORTSWORD OF KILIG FORM, 19TH CENTURY with broad etched pattern-welded blade formed with a pair of long fullers and a hatchet point, shaped at the forte with a scrolling notch, engraved silver stirrup hilt, hardwood grip bound with plaited silver wire, a broad ferrule at the base, and the pommel set with a silver foliate washer 58 cm, 22 ⅞ in blade £200-300 25 A SOUTH EAST ASIAN STAND FOR A KERIS, PROBABLY BALI LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of red painted figurative form, with gilt furrowed forehead, bulging eyes, wearing a chequered sarong, and the right hand with provision for a keris 54.5 cm; 21 ½ in high £200-300

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£50-60 28 TWO NORTH AFRICAN POWDER HORNS, 19TH CENTURY each formed of a polished tightly curled horn, fitted with engraved bone caps and large bone covers decorated with rondels and with provision for a stopper (missing) 21.5 cm; 8 ½ in, the larger (2) £100-150

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33 A BURMESE DHA DAGGER, A BHUTANESE DAGGER, AN AFRICAN MONEY SWORD AND A JAPANESE CLUB, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES the first with slightly curved single-edged blade, silver ferrule and ivory grip, in its wooden scabbard with large silver mounts; the second with single-edged blade in its white metal scabbard; the third of characteristic form; and the fourth carved with a traditional scene involving a Samurai in combat with a dragon the first: 21 cm; 8 ¼ in blade (4) ⦿ £100-150 34 AN INDIAN AXE, A MALAYSIAN SHORTSWORD (KERIS) AND AN ORIENTAL SWORD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with crescentic blade decorated with silver koftgari, rear pean formed as a brass elephant, and long iron haft; the second with straight blade, carved wooden grip in its scabbard with long white metal pendok, and the third formed with an arrow-point, bifurcated pommel and grip bound with rattan the first: 56 cm; 22 in overall (3) £200-250 35 FOUR SOUTH EAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS AND A PACIFIC AXE, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a campilan, with hatchet-like blade, and carved wooden hilt; a barong, with leaf-shaped blade, carved wooden hilt with large silver ferrule, in its scabbard; another shortsword, in its scabbard; a hatchet, probably Chinese, with rattan-bound grip; and the axe with engraved iron head and wooden haft the first: 80.2 cm; 31 ⅝ in blade (5) £200-250 36 A BORNEO HEAD HUNTERS SWORD (MANDAU), 19TH CENTURY with polished blade notched along the back-edge at the point, carved bone hilt with a white metal ferrule, bound at the base with plaited silver wire and the top with hair finial, in its rattan-bound carved wooden scabbard 51.5 cm; 21 ¼ in blade £200-250

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THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR 37 AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade, finely carved green jade hilt including a pair of scrolls and a lotus flower surrounded by foliage at the base, a spray of lotus flowers and foliage on each face of the pommel, a panel of conventional foliage along the top edge, and the grip shaped for the fingers, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with carved green jade locket decorated en suite with the hilt, the front with a loop for suspension, and iron chape decorated with lotus flowers and foliage in gold koftgari 23.5 cm; 9 ¼ in blade £3000-4000

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38 AN INDIAN JADE HILT FOR A DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY of carved green jade, comprising pistol-shaped grip decorated with a lotus flower surrounded by foliage at the base, a spray of lotus flowers and foliage on each face of the pommel, a panel of conventional foliage along the top edge, and moulded knuckleguard with recurved bud-shaped finial 14 cm; 5 ½ in overall £1000-1500 39 AN INDO-PERSIAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of watered steel, formed with a full-length central rib on each face and decorated with gold flowers and scrollwork at the forte on each face, ivory hilt (age cracks) of characteristic form, in a fabric-covered wooden scabbard 25.5 cm; 10 in blade ⦿ £600-800

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40 40 A PERSIAN DECORATED GARNITURE COMPRISING HELMET (KULAH KHUD), SHIELD (DHAL) AND ARM DEFENCE (BAZU BAND), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY the first with hemispherical skull formed in one piece decorated over almost its entire outer surface with finely chiselled designs of scrolling foliage and flowers carrying cartouche-shaped panels applied with engraved silver bouquets within gold frames, the base decorated with chiselled panels filled with calligraphic inscriptions and exotic birds all highlighted in silver, fitted with central spike and sliding nasal guard each decorated en suite, a pair of slender plume-holders and the neck fitted with a shaped defence of butted mail links (minor losses); the second of low convex form and formed of two plates, the outer face with four low domed bosses corresponding with loops for enarmes, decorated with foliage, calligraphy exotic birds and beasts all highlighted with silver and gold en suite with the kulah khud; and the third of gutter-shaped form, the interior with an early padded lining and three buckles for attaching to the arm, and the outer surface decorated en suite with the preceding two the first: 28.5 cm 11 Âź in high (3) ÂŁ4000-6000

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41 A FINE PERSIAN STEEL HELMET (KULAH KHUD), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY with well forged hemispherical skull decorated over its outer surface with an elaborate gold damascened framework enclosing vacant cartouches and around the base with calligraphic panels alternating with exotic birds, fitted at the front with a sliding nasal bar with retaining thumb-screw, a pair of plume-holders each decorated with gold en suite, at the top with a plain iron spike, and at the neck with a shaped mail defence of butted links 26.5 cm; 10 ½ in high £3000-4000

VARIOUS OWNERS 42 A PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH KHUD), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull embossed with a demon mask at the front, fitted with blade-like central spike, a pair of horns, sliding nasal pierced with a cross-shaped aperture at the base and mail neck-defence (patinated), on a wooden stand 44.5 cm; 17 ½ in high £300-500 43 A PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH KHUD), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull embossed with a series of slender ribs over its surface, fitted with central plume-holder, two further plume-holders and a sliding nasal bar at the front, and with traces of decoration (patinated), on a wooden stand 38.5 cm; 15 ¼ in high £200-300 44 AN INDIAN CIRCULAR SHIELD, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with wooden central core enclosed by cane wrapped in wool, the outer surface reinforced with a series of iron bars and the interior retaining a portion of its lining and a single enarme (worn) 27.5 cm; 10 ¾ in diameter £200-300 45 A PERSIAN LACQUERED HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), ZAND OR QAJAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY of convex form with curved brim, the interior fitted with an early pad and a pair of enarmes corresponding with four low brass bosses on the outer face, and the outer surface decorated with panels of scrollwork and flowers (small losses) 43.5 cm; 17 ⅛ in diameter For a related example see Khorasani 2006, cat. no. 371. £60-80

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46 47 46 AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY with straight double-edged blade of watered steel, formed with a long slender central rib on each face, mottled-grey jade hilt carved with flowers and foliage in low relief, in a leather scabbard with carved green jade locket decorated with lotus flowers and incorporating a loop on the outer face 27.5 cm; 10 ¾ in blade £1000-1500 47 AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) FOR A BOY, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade (rusted), iron hilt of characteristic form decorated with gold flowers within a frame of beadwork, in its scabbard (chape missing) 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade £250-300 48 AN INDIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, MODERN with engraved crescentic blade decorated with brass figures in traditional dress, spike rear finials formed as temples, on its wooden haft and the second of rudimentary construction the first: 74.5 cm; 29 ⅜ in overall (2) £100-120 49 A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH CENTURY with single-edged blade formed with a shallow fuller filled with brass engraved with foliage along the back-edge on each face, a further panel of chiselled silver foliage beneath, engraved and chiselled brass ferrule, and characteristic carved horn grip (small cracks) with small chased silver plaques 11 cm; 4 ⅜ in blade £120-180 15

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50 A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (KASTANE), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with a short slender central fuller on each face, applied with a finely chased panel of brass decorated with tightly scrolling foliage on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, almost entirely encased in finely chased silver (the back-strap missing) comprising triangular langets, a pair of down-curved arms, quillon and knuckle-guard all with monsterhead finials, and the grip encased in silver chased with traditional scrollwork rising to a monsterhead pommel 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade

52 A BALKAN SHORT DAGGER (YATAGHAN), BOKO KOTORSKA, DATED 1800 with single-edged blade with traces of silver inlay along the back-edge on each face (worn), retaining a portion of its chased silver hilt, fitted with a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by four pairs of rivets (one ear chipped), in its finely decorated dated nielloed silver scabbard, the locket and chape each chased with scrolls and beadwork, the remaining surface decorated with scrolls and flowers against a punched ground, with a loop for suspension 22 cm; 8 ⅝ in blade

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51 A BALKAN SHORT DAGGER (YATAGHAN), BOKO KOTORSKA, DATED 1794 with single-edged blade inlaid with silver along the back-edge on each face (losses, worn), retaining traces of its nielloed silver hilt, fitted with a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by four pairs of rivets, in its finely decorated dated nielloed silver scabbard, the locket and chape each chased with scrollwork, the remaining surface decorated with scrolls and flowers against a punched ground, with a loop for suspension 22.5 cm; 8 ⅞ in blade See Elgood 2009, p. 85 no. 70. ⦿ £300-500

See Elgood 2009, p. 85 no. 70.

53 A BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN), 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edge blade incised with a decorative panel incorporating a brief inscription, the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and their dog, on one face and the owner’s name ‘Ahmad’ on the other, silver hilt extending over the forte (losses), chased with foliage within a niello framework, in a contemporary wooden scabbard encased in silver repousée with scrolls and flowers, and a small loop for suspension 30.5 cm; 12 in blade ‡ £300-350 54 A CAUCASIAN SHORTSWORD (KINDJAL), LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade formed with an off-set fuller on each face, decorated with gilt scrollwork (rubbed) on one face, characteristic ivory hilt fitted with gilt russet-iron rivets, in a leather scabbard 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in blade ⦿ £400-600

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56 55 AN OTTOMAN BALKAN DAGGER (BICHAQ), 19TH CENTURY AND A MIDDLE EASTERN DAGGER the first with straight blade double-edged at the point, white metal hilt chased with flowers and foliage, bone grips, in its silver scabbard chased with foliage and a figure; the second with double-edged blade, brass cross-piece, and horn grip, in a brass-mounted leather scabbard the first: 19 cm; 7 ½ in blade (2) £200-250 56 AN OTTOMAN SWORD (KILIG), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade formed with a hatchet point, engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage on each face at the forte, brass hilt including a pair of straight quillons with budshaped finials, and pistol-shaped horn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard worn) 78.5 cm; 31 in blade £250-300

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58 58 AN OTTOMAN SWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade decorated in silver with four panels of calligraphy on one face and a star on the other, base metal hilt extending over the forte and set with coloured pastes, the back-strap set with fluted pear-shaped coral, and a pair of large ivory grip-scales retained by four brass rivets, rising to a large eared pommel, in its painted wooden scabbard, retaining its plain iron top mount (small chips) 57.5 cm; 22 ¾ in blade The inscriptions include, in the cartouches on the left, a couplet in Turkish (with mistakes), ‘ey gönül bir can içün her cana minnet eyleme/i ret-i dünya içün sultana minnet eyleme’, (Oh heart, for the sake of a single life, do not bow to every soul/And for the sake of worldly pleasure, do not bow to a sultan). In the cartouches on the right ‘sahib wa malik ibrahim agha tawakkaltu ‘ala allah/la fata illa ‘ali la sayf illa dhu’l-fiqar’ (The owner and possessor, Ibrahim Agha, I put my trust in God. There is no hero but ‘Ali and no sword but Dhu’l-Fiqar); in the roundel ‘’amal ‘ali sana 1277’ (Made by ‘Ali, year 1277 [1860-1]). ⦿ £300-400

57 AN OTTOMAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade etched with a ‘watered’ pattern and the owner’s initials ‘FW’ and crest, a greyhound, engraved brass hilt including langets and quillons chiselled with flowers and foliage, the latter with a pair of engraved button-shaped terminals, a pair of horn-grip-scales, and pierced pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with engraved copper mounts 80 cm; 31 ½ in blade

59 AN INDO-PERSIAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), LATE 19TH CENTURY with double-edged blade etched with calligraphy on each face, characteristic iron hilt and scabbard each decorated with foliage and cartouches filled with exotic animals and figures in traditional dress (worn) 28 cm; 11 in blade £80-120

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60 AN ARAB JAMBIYA, 20TH CENTURY with curved medially-ridged blade, horn hilt profusely studded with iron nails, embossed silver ferrule, in its silver-mounted scabbard embroidered with silver thread and complete with its fabric belt 17 cm; 6 ¾ in blade £100-150 61 A TURKISH SHAMSHIR AND A NEPALESE KORA, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved single-edged blade, engraved white metal cross-piece, and horn grip, in its scabbard (worn); the second of characteristic form with engraved blade decorated with naive figures the first: 79 cm; 31 ⅛ in blade (2) £200-250

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62 A GROUP OF EXCAVATED BRONZE DAGGERS AND SPEAR BUTTS, PROBABLY NORTH WEST PERSIAN, FIRST MILLENIUM B.C. including a shortsword with long leaf-shaped blade formed with a low medial ridge (tip chipped off but present), and short rectangular tang pierced with a single off-centre hole; three bronze dagger blades with short tangs; another shorter dagger of similar form; a bronze dagger with integral tang with flattened spatulate terminal, with typed find label inscribed ‘Funnen i. N.Mockleby mellan Borgholm o born. ca 500 f.K.’; two bronze spikes, probably from spears; two further daggers; an iron dagger in excavated condition (incomplete); and a crossbow bolt the first: 38.5 cm; 15 ¼ in overall (12) £250-300 63 SIX MIDDLE EASTERN DAGGERS, 19TH CENTURY comprising an Afghan pesh-kabz with brass ferrule and bone grip-scales, in its leather scabbard; two further pesh-kabz, each in its scabbard; and three further daggers the first: 25 cm; 9 ⅞ in blade (6) £120-180 64 THREE ORIENTAL EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY AND A REPRODUCTION SWORD the first a Chinese sword, with curved blade formed with a beaked point, iron hilt including stirrup guard, and horn grip; the second a Chinese polearm, the haft cut-down; the third a Philippine sword, with machete blade and carved horn hilt and the fourth cast in one piece, with cruciform hilt the first: 57.5 cm; 22 ¾ in blade (4) £100-150

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65 AN OTTOMAN SWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY AND A SUDANESE KASKARA, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved single-edged blade cut with an inscription involving a tughra on one face, chased silver hilt extending over the forte and around the back-strap, and a pair of large horn grip-scales rising to form an eared pommel; the second with broad double-edged blade engraved with a stylised city gate at the forte on each face, iron cross-piece and reptile skin grip the first: 60.2 cm; 23 ¾ in blade (2)

67 AN AFRICAN RHINOCEROS HORN CLUB, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND AN AFRICAN HARDWOOD CLUB, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first probably Masai, with globular head and long haft; the second Zulu, with bulbous head studded with brass nails with large domed heads, and bound with brass and copper wire at the top and bottom of its haft the first: 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in overall (2) ⦿ £700-1000

£200-250 66 A SILVER-MOUNTED YEMENI DAGGER (JAMBIYA) AND TWO INDIAN DAGGERS (BICHWA), 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with curved medially-ridged double-edged blade and silver-covered hilt, in its leather-covered scabbard with belt; the second and third with curved blades, loop-shaped guards and characteristic bud-shaped pommels the first: 17.2 cm; 6 ¾ in blade (3)

68 AN AFRICAN CLUB (KNOBKERRIE) AND A BACULUM, 19TH CENTURY the first with large bulbous head and short haft with a collar of plaited wire at the top; the second of characteristic form 47 cm; 18 ½ in overall (2) £150-200

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69 EIGHT AFRICAN EDGED WEAPONS AND THREE SPEARHEADS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first two daggers probably Southern Zaire, with shaped iron blades, copper-bound grips and heavy iron pommels the third a double-bladed dagger, with slender central grip; a Yaka shortsword, in its scabbard; three further daggers; an Azande sword, with characteristic curved blade and wooden grip; and three spearheads the first: 48.2 cm; 19 in overall (11) £150-200 70 SIX AFRICAN EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a Kuba sword (Ilwoon), with flat blade widening towards the tip, carved hardwood grip including large disc pommel; the second Central Africa, with yellow metal blade flaring towards the tip and hardwood grip; four sickle knives including a Mangebetu tribe knife, with beaked blade formed with a medial ridge and pierced with two holes at the base, and hardwood grip the first: 40 cm; 15 ¾ in blade (6) £150-200 71 FOUR AFRICAN SHORTSWORDS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POTO, DOKO OR NGOMBE TRIBE the first with broad blade pierced at the base and wooden grip bound with brass ribband; the second similar; the lower portion of the hilt encased in copper; the third with rattan bound hilt; the fourth with copper blade; and a Moroccan sword, with straight blade and hilt of jambiya form the first: 47 cm; 18 ½ in blade (5) £150-200 20

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73 72 FOUR AFRICAN SHIELDS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first Assande, Zaire, of woven wicker on a cane frame, and the inside with large wooden handle; the second probably Cameroon, of rattan bound cane, the inside with two handles; the third rectangular, of hide, the inside with a wooden handle and bound along the central portion; and the fourth circular, of hide, with a low central dome on the outside and a hide handle inside the first: 140 cm ; 55 ⅛ in high (4) £200-250 73 FOUR AFRICAN SPEARS AND THREE BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES the first two spears with broad leaf-shaped iron heads, short sockets and wooden hafts; the third with carved wooden head and pierced basal finial, the fourth of polished hardwood, with paddle-shaped head; the fifth of leaf-shaped form with carved borders; and two further bows the first: 46 cm; 18 ⅛ in head (7) £300-400 74 AN AFRICAN AND A MIDDLE EASTERN WHIP, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with two tails and bone-mounted paste-set grip; the second with broad chased silver grip the first 22.5 cm; 8 ⅞ in grip (2) £150-200

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80 75 THREE AFRICAN SONGYE CEREMONIAL AXES, 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, with iron heads each formed with a slightly curved leading edge, wooden hafts swelling at the top and the bottom, two almost entirely encased in sheet copper and the third covered with reptile skin the first: 45 cm; 17 ¾ in (3) £100-150

78 A MATTY ISLANDS AXE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 19TH CENTURY AND FIVE AFRICAN DAGGERS the first of characteristic form, with its wooden haft; the second with broad leaf-shaped blade, wooden grip, in its scabbard; the third probably Congo, with curved copper blade and copper bound hilt; and three further daggers and an Oriental stiletto 39.5 cm; 15 ½ in (7) £150-200

76 FIVE ABORIGINAL WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES comprising four wooden boomerangs and a short carved paddle club (5) £100-150

79 A PACIFIC ISLANDS SPEAR, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY of wood and rattan fitted with numerous sharks teeth arranged in four linear groups 123.5 cm; 48 ⅝ in overall £120-180

77 A TAIAHA for the tourist market, with carved head, shell eyes and rattan bound collar 156.5 cm; 61 ⅝ in overall £40-60

80 AN ABORIGINAL SPEAR THROWER, PROBABLY WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY of flat paddle-shaped figured wood, fitted at the top with a small carved wooden peg and with gum grip 56 cm; 22 in overall £400-500

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81 FOUR IRON INCENDIARY DEVICES, PROBABLY EASTERN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY each of mortar form, the first octagonal with a rudimentary pan at the breech; the second hexagonal, pierced at the breech; the third and fourth smaller the first: 18.5 cm; 7 ¼ in high 3.5 cm; 1 ⅜ in bore (4) £200-300 82 FIVE AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN FLASKS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a North African gourd-shaped flask, with hinged russet iron cap and a loop for suspension; a Caucasian leathercovered horn shaped flask, with iron spring cut-off; an Indian brass horn-shaped powder-flask, in 17th century style, with recurved bud-shaped finial, an engraved brass circular flask and an Arab brass flask, with iron cut-off the first: 29.5 cm; 11 ⅝ in overall (5) £250-300

83 AN INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel of ‘hog’s back’ form, chiselled with foliage at the breech and muzzle, fitted with integral pan with pivot-cover and standing back-sight, the action enclosed by a large iron plate on each side, each engraved with border ornament and shaped at the back, full stock reinforced with shaped iron plates en suite with the action, inlaid in bone with birds and flowers (losses), faceted slender butt, and iron sling swivels (pricker missing) 105.8 cm; 41 ⅝ in barrel £100-150 84 A 16 BORE ADRIATIC FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with swamped barrel formed with a long flat, strongly bevelled lock engraved with scrolls and chiselled with foliage on the tail, full stock finely carved with scrollwork over its entire length and inlaid with wire scrolls on the butt, chiselled brass mounts including openwork side-plate decorated with scrolls, triggerguard with foliate terminal, spurred pommel and simulated ramrod 14.5 cm; 14 in barrel £220-300

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European Edged Weapons VARIOUS OWNERS 85 A BRUNSWICK STATE TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD OF THE GUARD OF JULIUS, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG IN WOLFENBÜTTEL (1528-89), NO. 21, DATED 1573 with straight double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section sharply tapering at the point, stamped with the bladesmith’s marks, in a shield an anchor, rectangular ricasso formed with a pair of slender up-turned lugs in the middle, boldly incised with the crowned Ducal monogram, the number and the date within a linear frame on each side, iron hilt comprising a pair of ribbon-like quillons each interrupted by a chiselled and engraved fish-shaped moulding, curled forward and back at the respective downcurved terminals, a pair of small flat engraved serpentine lugs at the base, engraved inner and outer ring-guards, each interrupted with three baluster mouldings and filled with a saltire, the former with thumb-ring, thick pierced crutch-shaped pommel boldly engraved with foliage, and early leather-covered wooden grip 131.2 cm; 51 ¾in blade Provenance The Brunswick Ducal Zeughaus, Wolfenbüttel.

Duke Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1528-1589) inherited the title following the death of his two older brothers in battle. He was a keen supporter of the Reformation and introduced it into the Duchy of Wolfenbüttel. The swords from his Ducal Guard are all numbered and may be divided into two series, one dated 1573 and the other 1574. The blades are generally inscribed with the date, an arsenal number and the crowned Ducal monogram IH. There are minor variations within each series and it would appear from the numbered swords extant that there were a total of around 600 swords in this group - with numbers in each series being recorded in the 290’s. In 1573 a sword was delivered to Wolfenbüttel by the armourer Wolf Gabriel and it has been suggested that this was possibly a prototype for the group. Given the large number of differing bladesmith’s marks and the variation in minor details it is likely that the order for both the 1573 and 1574 swords was contracted to a number of swordsmiths. It is probable that they were originally stored in the Wolfenbüttel Zeughaus and transferred to the Brunswick Zeughaus when the family moved from Wolfenbüttel in 1753/54. The inventory of the Hanover Zeughaus in 1854 records six of these swords, three dated 1573 and three dated 1574. A document describing the decoration of Schloss Blankenburg in 1868 with arms and armour from the Brunswick Zeughaus records thirty-six swords which are probably from this group. ‡ £7000-9000 86 A FINE SOUTH GERMAN TWO-HAND SWORD FOR THE UBERLINGEN TOWN GUARD, DATED 1601 with double-edged flat blade sharply tapering at the point (the point of the tip bent), etched on each face with a panel at the forte, comprising the Imperial eagle charged with the town arms, a Lion rampant, beneath a crested helm surmounted by a rampant demi-lion clutching a sword, all on a stippled ground beneath, one one face, a trophy-of-arms, the inscription ‘S.MINO.CIVITATIO.VBRELINGEN [sic]’ and the date, and, on the other, a pair of addorsed serpents issuant from a grotesque above the inscription ‘S.MINO.CIVITATIO.VBERLINGEN’, iron hilt comprising a pair of drooping quillons each with tightly coiled terminal, a pair of lugs behind and a further lug beneath all coiled en suite, inner and outer ring-guard each filled with a fleur-de-lys, the leaves formed as matching coils, fluted plummet-shaped pommel, and early leather-covered wooden grip over bands of cord (small losses) 122.8 cm; 48 ⅜ in blade Überlingen, located on the north-western shore of Lake Constance, is first mentioned around 770. The town’s fortifications date to the 12th century and the reign of Emperor Frederick I ‘Barbarossa’. Given its location it was an important trade centre with considerable income from the local grain and wine. It became and Imperial Free City in the late 14th century. During the Thirty Years War the city was unsuccessfully besieged twice by Swedish troops in 1632 and 1634.

A sword with coiling quillons terminals and lugs of similar type is preserved in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, see Müller and Kölling 1990, p. 198 no. 118. ‡ £6000-8000 87 A NORTH EUROPEAN TWO-HANDED SWORD, POSSIBLY BRUNSWICK LATE 16TH CENTURY with wavy flat blade, rectangular ricasso incorporating a pair of up-turned lugs, retaining traces of engraving including a Maltese cross on each face (worn, slightly bent in profile), iron hilt comprising a pair of strongly arched ribbon-like quillons each interrupted by a chiselled and engraved fish-shaped moulding, curled forward and back at the respective terminals, a pair of small flat lugs at the base, inner and outer ring-guards, each filled with a plain plate (perhaps later), pierced thick crutch-shaped pommel, and later grip 130.2 cm; 51 ¼ in blade This sword is related to a North German group (distinct from that discussed under lot 85) that included a number formerly preserved in Schloss Blankenburg that almost certainly originated from the Brunswick Ducal zeughaus in Wolfenbüttel. Another example is preserved in the Bomann Museum, Celle, and another, formerly in the Hanoverian Royal Collection was sold Sotheby’s, October 2005, lot 230. A large number of related swords are preserved in other North European arsenals including that at Emden. ‡ £4000-6000 24

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88 A TWO HAND SWORD, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR ITALIAN with double-edged blade, stamped with the inscription ‘IL IUSTO VOLE OHA/SIAN PONITO AMIA’ within a pair of slender fullers and ‘ASITE DOMINE SIE/NIHIL DES IN NUCOLO/??P?’ within three further slender fullers on the lower portion on each face, the two groups of fullers divided by the sacred trigram ‘IHS’ and a sun-in-splendour on the respective faces and all enclosed by a framework of decorative lines and punched ornament, formed with a pair of basal lugs stamped with a Celestial mask on one face and with the bladesmith’s marks, an Imperial eagle and a crowned dragon on the other, engraved rectangular ricasso struck ‘JESU’ and ‘MARIA’ between a pair of grooves and enriched with further engraved lines and punched ornament (areas of pitting, the inscriptions rubbed and partly obscured in places), iron hilt comprising a pair of straight faceted quillons swelling towards the terminals, large inner-and outer ring-guards faceted en suite, rounded écusson with bead finial, faceted ovoid pommel, and the grip with an early leather binding over wood 132 cm; 52 in blade ‡ £3000-5000 89 A GERMAN TWO-HAND SWORD, POSSIBLY LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY with wavy blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso formed with a pair of slender up-turned lugs in the middle and covered with leather at the base, iron hilt comprising a pair of ribbon-like quillons incised with pairs of lines and formed with fleur-de-lys terminals, a pair of basal lugs, inner and outer ring-guards incised with matching pairs of lines (the rings repaired), plummet-shaped pommel chiselled with a petal design on top, and moulded leather-covered wooden grip 147.7 cm; 58 ⅛ in blade ‡ £2000-3000

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92 A GERMAN HUNTING KNIFE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with heavy single-edged cleaver-shaped blade, struck threetimes with the cutler’s mark, a hatchet, painted in red with an early inventory number at the forte and on the back-edge ‘4337.320.’, engraved brass hilt decorated with a trellis pattern, brass cap pommel decorated en suite, and natural staghorn grips retained by three Pairs of iron rivets with large brass washers 33 cm; 13 in blade

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91 A GERMAN COMBINED BAYONET AND HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with polished single-edged blade etched with trophies-of-arms and scrolls of foliage over the lower three-quarters on each face, gilt-brass hilt including a pair of straight quillons decorated with foliage and a lion mask on the outer face, the inner with a loop for a muzzle lug corresponding with a further loop behind the cap pommel and retaining its blued spring, natural staghorn grip, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass locket and chape 52 cm; 20 ½ in blade

93 A NORTH EUROPEAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY SWEDISH with tapering blade etched at the forte (shortened), gilt-brass hilt including shell-guard cast and chased with a series of diagonal panels filled with allegorical figures and bouquets, a pair of straight fluted quillons, knuckle-guard and pommel and the grip bound with plaited wire 64 cm; 25 ¼ in blade

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£100-150 94 A MEDITERRANEAN KNIFE, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering blade pierced with seven holes and engraved with a punched design, iron cross-piece, and bone grip with a large brass ferrule top and bottom, in its brass-mounted fabric scabbard 18.5 cm; 7 ¼ in blade £100-150

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95 95 AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, LONDON, CIRCA 1680-90 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, engraved with scrolls of foliage, stamped with the mark of the London Cutler’s Company and a crowned ‘L’ on one face and with the initials, ‘TP’ on the other (areas of pitting), gilt-brass hilt cast and chiselled in the round, comprising a pair of straight quillons with putto terminals, pommel formed en suite, all enriched with lightly punched ornament, turned wooden grip, and complete with engraved gilt-brass chape from its scabbard 31.5 cm; 12 ⅜ in blade The London Cutlers’ mark is first mentioned in an order of the Company’s Court dated 25th June 1606 when foreigners were instructed to strike it on their work. It is likely that this was to make them conform to the standard practice of the company.

See Blair 1974, pp. 443-444. The initials TP have been attributed to Thomas Pennington, Master of the Cutlers Company in 1684. See Evans 2002 p. 23, no. 35. £1000-1500 96 AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1680-90 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped with a King’s head mark and a blazing star mark, on one face at the forte, cast brass hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with putto terminals, pommel formed en suite, and turned wooden grip 28.2 cm; 11 ⅛ in blade

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97 97 AN ENGLISH PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1690-1700 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, stamped with a King’s head mark on one face at the forte and with traces of an inscription ‘__D_SA’ (worn, barely discernible) and, in feint gilt letters, ‘WILL/3’, cast brass hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons with warrior head terminals, pommel formed en suite, and turned wooden grip 28.2 cm; 11 ⅛ in blade The full inscription was probably ‘God Save King William 3’.

The present bayonet closely resembles a number made for the Royal Guard of James II and formerly preserved in the Warwick Castle Collections, sold in these rooms 12 December 2007, lots 297 and 298. £800-1000 98 A CONTINENTAL PLUG BAYONET, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, oval brass cross-piece, cylindrical grip with iron mounts top and bottom, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard 21.4 cm; 8 ½ in blade £300-400

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99 A RARE FRENCH COMBINED PLUG BAYONET AND TURNSCREW, DATED 1688 with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, inscribed in gilt letters ‘DU CANEL FOURBISSEUR RUE ST HONORE/ A LA CHASSE ROYAL A PARIS 1688’ on one face, signed Guillaume Cinges on the other beneath the owner’s initials ‘GD’ divided by a pair of antlers and enclosed within a pair of fronds (the blade probably shortened from a hunting sword, iron hilt comprising crosspiece with one quillon acting as a turnscrew and the other formed as a knapping head, turned burrwood grip (repaired) and iron cap pommel 33 cm; 13 in blade £600-800 100 A CONTINENTAL PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN with curved blade formed with a clipped-back point, etched with scrolls and a putto on each face, brass hilt comprising a pair of moulded recurved quillons, down-turned shell-guard, turned wooden grip and moulded brass pommel 38 cm; 15 in blade £600-800 101 A CONTINENTAL PLUG BAYONET, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN with tapering fullered blade, iron hilt with quillons formed as a combined turnscrew and a hammer head, turned wooden grip (wormed, repaired), and iron cap pommel 30.8 cm; 12 ⅛ in blade £400-600 30

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102 102 A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED COMBINED HUNTING KNIFE AND PLUG BAYONET, PARIS SMALL DISCHARGE MARK FOR 1756-62 with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a pair of integral rounded langets enclosing the forte, slender faceted tang threaded at the base for the reversible plug-grip, moulded silver hilt comprising cross-piece with scrolling terminals, small pommel button, carved ebony plug-grip, the lower portion chequered bulbous and the upper fluted, in its wooden scabbard covered with shagreen (the seams with losses) fitted with silver locket and chape 22.5 cm; 8 â…ž in blade A similar example, formerly in the Winsbury Collection, is illustrated in Blackmore 1971, no. 69. ÂŁ1000-1500

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105 104 103 103 AN ITALIAN GUNNER’S STILETTO, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of triangular section, engraved on the inner face with calibrated graduations from 1 to 120 (worn), moulded baluster-shaped forte, iron hilt formed of a pair of spirally moulded bud-shaped quillons and pommel en suite, spirally carved horn grip inset with horn rondels enriched with brass pellets (wire binding missing), and a brass collar top and bottom 28.5 cm; 11 ¼ in blade For a discussion of Fuestto di Bombardiere see Mann 1931, pp.46-50. £700-900 104 AN ITALIAN GUNNER’S STILETTO, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of triangular section, engraved on the inner face with calibrated graduations from 1 to 120 (worn), moulded baluster-shaped forte, brass hilt formed of a pair of spirally moulded bud-shaped quillons and pommel en suite, and spirally carved horn grip inset with horn rondels enriched with brass pellets (wire binding missing) 26.5 cm; 10 ½ in blade £600-800 105 AN ITALIAN GUNNER’S STILETTO, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of triangular section, engraved on the inner face with calibrated graduations from 1 to 120, moulded baluster-shaped forte, iron hilt formed of a pair of bud-shaped quillons and pommel en suite, and spirally carved horn grip inset with brass nails (wire binding missing) 19.8 cm; 7 ¾ in blade £600-800 32

106 A SMALL HUNTING KNIFE; TWO SMALL SCANDINAVIAN HUNTING KNIVES AND TWO ESKIMO KNIVES, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade inscribed ‘Vonderschmidt’, white metal ferrule chased with foliage and signed ‘Weidmannsheil’, natural staghorn grip and chased silver pommel cap, in its silver-mounted leather scabbard; the second with burrwood grip, in its red leather sheath; the third with leather scabbard and a leather thong for suspension; the fourth and fifth with Obsidian blades and a copy of a Soviet naval dagger the first: 9 cm; 3 ½ in blade (6) £200-250 107 AN ITALIAN HUNTING DAGGER, TWO FURTHER DAGGERS, AND TWO HUNTING SWORDS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first with tapering fullered blade double-edged toward the point, white metal cross-piece, horn grip decorated with a white bone flower, in its matching scabbard; the second from a cut-down small-sword, with brass grip chased with flowers; the third with weighted goats horn grip; the fourth from a cutdown small-sword and the last with brass cross-piece and bone grip the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in blade (5) £100-150

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108 A SAXON MINER S GUILD AXE, LATE 17TH CENTURY with iron head pierced with a rondel filled, in copper, with the miners’ emblem, a pair of stone hammers, square rear pean (upper tip slightly bent, light rust), engraved bone sectional haft decorated over its full surface with sixteen differing captioned scenes from miners’ lives, including a pair of praying miners in contemporary dress at the foot of the cross at the top, and engraved bone basal cap decorated with the crossed swords of the Archmarshallship of the empire and the arms of Saxony on one side and a pair of crossed stone hammers on the other (basal plaque missing, the haft slightly loose) 66 cm; 26 in haft £1000-1500 109 AN EAST EUROPEAN MACE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with iron head formed of seven angular wedge-shaped flanges, tapering faceted tubular socket, and later wooden haft 20.5 cm; 8 in head £400-500 110 A GERMAN MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, PROBABLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY with bulbous head formed of seven shaped flanges, moulded central finial, tubular iron haft faceted over the upper section, pierced for a thong, and spirally moulded at the base (areas of pitting, the haft rusted through in small areas) 60 cm; 23 ⅝ in overall £1000-1200 33

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111 111 TWO RARE JAVELINS FOR THE CAROUSEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY each with robust iron head of hollow-triangular section, tapering socket and a pair of short rectangular straps, on its original wooden shaft painted with a running pattern of red scrolling foliage and red and white flowerheads 26 cm; 10 ¼ in and 26.8 cm; 10 ⅜ in heads (2) Provenance The Armoury of the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 14 December 2005, lot 93 Similar javelins were used for running at the Quintain for the Carousel of Christian V in 1685. See Rangström 1992, p.173, no. 195 and p. 396. £800-1000 112 A BEARDED AXE, PROBABLY 14TH CENTURY, ANOTHER AXE, PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY AND TWO PICKS the first in excavated condition, of characteristic form, with integral socket incorporating a pair of low triangular panels on each face; the second, with wedge-shaped head, in excavated condition, on a later haft, the third and fourth with down-curved spikes, one on a wooden haft; together with two knuckle dusters; a long iron clout nail; a decorative wooden arrow, a pair of iron stirrups, 18th century; a horse shoe; a telescope, 19th century; a further iron axe head and another axe, on a wooden haft the first: 23.5 cm; 9 ¼ in long (14) £150-200

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113 A FINE SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED DIRK BY MARSHALL, PERTH, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade double-edged for its upper half, stamped with the maker’s details on one face at the forte, silver hilt comprising ferrule decorated with a pair of thistle flowers on each side, cap pommel engraved with a flowerhead, and figured rootwood grip carved with an entwined serpent or alligator, in its leather scabbard with four silver mounts chased and engraved with thistle flowers and foliage en suite with the hilt, the locket involving a vacant escutcheon, complete with its accompanying knife and fork, the former stamped with the maker’s name, and each with silver mounts and rootwood grips matching the dirk (the scabbard leather crazed and with losses) 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in blade £2000-2500

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114 A ROYAL HIGHLAND DIRK INSCRIBED KRALJU PETRU II FOR KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70), LIEUTENANT COLONEL DINITCH, MAJOR BOGDANOVITCH AND CAPTAIN MILETICH, 27TH MARCH 1941-27TH SEPTEMBER 1943, SCOTLAND, BY TAYLOR, INVERNESS with polished blade formed with a scalloped back-edge, carved grip decorated with thistle flowers, foliage and traditional woven patterns, silver (unmarked) ferrule inscribed ‘KRALJU PETRU’, the pommel set with a faceted citrine in a silver claw mount, in its leather-covered scabbard with further inscriptions on the mounts, complete with its accompanying pieces 27.5 cm; 10 ⅞ in blade King Peter II of Yugoslavia was born in Belgrade 6 September 1923 and was the godson of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Following his father’s assassination in 1934 King Peter II became regent aged 11. At the outbreak of war in 1939 Yugoslavia was surrounded by axis forces and consequently he signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. This resulted in protests culminating in a coup and the King’s exile to London where he was crowned in 1941. He continued his education at Cambridge and joined the Royal Air Force. In 1944 he married Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark and spent the remainder of his life in America where he died in Denver Colorado in 1970. £1000-1500 115 A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH IVORY-HILTED SKENE OCHLE, MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering polished blade formed with a slender fuller along the notched back-edge on each face, ivory grip carved with heads of wheat and a spiralling pattern of leaves, and the pommel set with a citrine in a silver mount, in its silver metal mounted leather scabbard 18.5 cm; 7¼ in blade ⦿ £300-400

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PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD (1762-1814)

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116 A FINE FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1770, RETAILED BY CULLUM, CHARING CROSS, BY TRADITION THAT OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HOOD AND A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HOOD R.N., ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD BULL (ACTIVE 1777-1809), CIRCA 1785 the first with tapering blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a gilt matted ground, comprising double shell-guard decorated with differing trophies-of-arms partially enclosed by fronds within a framework of scrolls on each side, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel decorated en suite with the shell, globular quillon decorated with foliage, and a pair of arms, and original grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband between ‘Turk’s heads’, in its parchmentcovered scabbard with iron locket, chape and middle band, all decorated en suite with the hilt, the locket and middle band each with a ring for suspension and the former signed by the retailer, together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink ‘Sword of Captain Alexander Hood killed in Mars at capture of L’Hercule’; and the second with powdered hair, blue coat, white facings and white jabot, on ivory, gilt-metal frame, glass lacking the sword: 79.5 cm; 31 ⅜ in (in scabbard) oval 4.8 cm; 1 ⅞ in (2) Alexander Hood was born on 23 April 1758 at Netherbury, Dorset and the second son of Samuel Hood, a purser in the navy and first cousin of Samuel Hood, Viscount Hood, and of Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport. His elder brother, Arthur, also served in the navy, and was lost in the sloop Pomona in August 1776. His younger brother was Sir Samuel Hood, baronet, and naval officer. Alexander’s entry into the navy is a matter of uncertainty, as an Alexander Hood appears on the books of two ships simultaneously, namely the Romney, carrying his cousin Samuel’s broad pendant on the North American station, between 15 April 1767 and 9 November 1770, and the yacht Katharine, commanded by his father, from 4 July 1768 to 4 March 1772. Although the Dictionary of National Biography places him in the Romney, it is not known by what authority, as his passing certificate for lieutenant mentions only the yacht, from which he was discharged into the Resolution (Captain James Cook) for the latter’s second voyage of exploration.

In 1776 Hood went to North America under the patronage of Lord Howe, by whom he was promoted lieutenant in the Raisonable on 18 July 1777. In March 1780 he was appointed to command the cutter Ranger, which in the early part of 1781 was sent to the West Indies, where Sir George Rodney gave him the rank of commander on 17 May 1781. On 27 July he was appointed to the Barfleur as flag-captain to his cousin Sir Samuel Hood, then in temporary command of the station. As captain of the Barfleur he took part in the action off Cape Henry on 5 September 1781, and again in that at St Kitts on 25-6 January 1782. A few days later he was appointed to the frigate Champion, one of the repeating ships in the actions off Dominica on 9 and 12 April, specially attached to the Red squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, with whom she was afterwards sent to the Mona passage; there she had the fortune to capture the corvette Cérès, with whose captain, the baron de Parois, a nephew of the Comte de Vaudreuil, Alexander Hood became friendly. On the arrival of the squadron at Port Royal he was moved into the Aimable, another of the prizes, which he took to England in the summer of 1783. In 1790-92 and again in 1793 he commanded the frigate Hebe in the channel, and in the following year he was appointed to the Audacious, but was compelled by ill health to leave her. He was unable to resume active service until February 1797, when he was appointed to the Mars (74 guns), attached to the Channel Fleet, then commanded by Lord Bridport. He experienced the mutinies at Spithead and St Helens, and was one of the captains sent on shore by the mutineers on 11 May. In the following spring the Mars was with the fleet off Brest, and late on the morning of 21 April 1798, in company with the other ships of the inshore squadron, the Ramillies and the Jason, discovered a French ship, the Hercule (74 guns), making for the harbour. About 9 p.m. the Mars, by herself, found the Hercule at anchor off the Pointe du Raz, waiting for the tide to turn. The darkness and the strength of the current prevented any attempt at manoeuvring. After an interchange of broadsides the Mars fell alongside the Hercule with the effect that the anchors at the bows became hooked together with the two ships touching, and the guns, which could not be run out, were fired in many cases from inboard. Such conditions led to the Hercule’s losing 315 men killed or wounded and with her guns dismounted she struck her colours.

Casualties on the Mars, a similarly sized but older ship, totalled no more than ninety. Early in the action Hood had been shot in the thigh by a musket-bullet which cut the femoral artery. He was carried below, and expired just as the sword of the French captain, who also died later, was placed in his hand. That sword is now preserved in the National Maritime Museum (see below). Hood’s body was taken to England, and buried in the churchyard of Butleigh, Somerset, beneath a monument erected by his widow, Elizabeth, daughter of John Periam of Butleigh. Although Hood undoubtedly benefited by his family connections, and he also showed some signs of being excessively strict, which resulted in his being put ashore in 1797, examples of his consideration also exist, and he was clearly an officer of ability and good powers of leadership.

His will, leaving all to his wife, was made after he received his fatal wound, and gives no indication of his financial position. He was survived by their two children, of whom Alexander (d. 1851) succeeded to the baronetcy conferred on his uncle Sir Samuel Hood; his children in turn included Sir Arthur William Acland Hood, naval officer. Abridged and taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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117 A ROBE SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BY TRADITION THE LAST WORN BY SIR SAMUEL HOOD, VICE ADMIRAL AND HIS COMBINED KNIFE AND FORK the first with straight double-edged blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), gilt copper hilt comprising a pair of straight flat quillons, ovoid pommel and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and ‘Turk’s heads’, in its leather-covered scabbard with gilt-brass chape, together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink ‘Sir Samuel Hood’s Sword, the last worn by him’; and the second with three slender prongs, a fourth broader prong incorporating a cutting edge, and ivory handle applied with a label inscribed in ink ‘Sir Samuel Hood’s knife & fork after he lost his arm as admiral’ the sword: 83.2 cm; 32 ¾ in (in scabbard) (2) Sir Samuel Hood, the third son of Samuel Hood of Kingsland, Dorset, was born on 27 November 1762. Captain Alexander Hood (1758-1798) was his brother (see previous lot). He entered the Navy in 1776 on the Courageux with his cousin Samuel (afterwards Lord) Hood. In 1778 he was moved to the Robust with Alexander Hood, the future Lord Bridport, and was present at the action off Ushant on 27 July. In 1779-80 he served in the sloop Lively in the channel. When Sir Samuel Hood was appointed second in command in the West Indies he took Samuel into his flagship, the Barfleur, on which he was promoted lieutenant on 11 October 1780. He was present in the several actions with De Grasse-off Martinique on 29 April 1781; at the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781; and at St Kitts on 25-6 January 1782.

On 31 January 1782 Hood was promoted by his cousin to the nominal command of the sloop Renard, then a hospital ship at Antigua. Hood remained in the Barfleur as a volunteer until the end of the war, and was thus at the actions off Dominica on 9 April, at the battle of the Saintes on 12 April, and in the Mona passage on 19 April 1782. He brought the Renard back to England at the end of the war. He lived two years in France, acquiring an intimate knowledge of the language. In 1785 he was appointed to the sloop Weasel on the Halifax station, where he surveyed the coasts and harbours, and on 24 May 1788 he was posted to the command of the frigate Thisbe, which he brought home and paid off in the autumn of 1789. In May 1790 he commissioned the frigate Juno (32 guns) in which he went out to Jamaica. On 3 February 1791, while lying in St Anne's harbour, he rescued three men from a wreck during a violent storm. With his bargemen reluctant to man his captain's barge, Hood himself jumped in, saying, ‘I never gave an order to a sailor in my life that I was not ready to undertake and execute myself’, and shoved off. For this the house of assembly of Jamaica voted 100 guineas for a sword to be presented to him.

The Juno returned to England in the summer of 1791, and through the autumn and the following year was stationed at Weymouth, in attendance on the king. Early in 1793 she went out to the Mediterranean with the fleet under Lord Hood, and was with it at the occupation of Toulon. However, the Juno was absent at Malta when Toulon fell, and Hood, unaware of developments, brought her back to the inner harbour on the dark and drizzling night of 9 January 1794; but then he made a dashing escape, under fire.

Soon after this Hood was engaged in the operations on the coast of Corsica, and after the capture of S. Fiorenzo Lord Hood transferred him to the fine frigate L'Aigle (36 guns), and sent him in 1795 in command of a small squadron into the archipelago to protect the trade and watch some French frigates which had taken refuge in Smyrna. In April 1796 Hood was moved into the Zealous (74 guns), one of the fleet with Sir John Jervis (afterwards the earl of St Vincent) off Toulon, and in 1797 off Cadiz. He won the confidence of his new commander (who had little love for Hood's cousins) by establishing discipline in a previously disorderly ship. He missed the battle of Cape St Vincent because the Zealous was refitting at Lisbon; but in July she was one of the squadron with Nelson in his disastrous attack on Santa Cruz. With the assault force almost out of ammunition and surrounded in a square, Hood was employed by Troubridge to conduct the extraordinary negotiations which extricated the survivors. Hood demanded of the Spanish governor that they be provided with boats to return to their squadron within ten minutes or they would burn the town; he stood with watch in hand until the Spaniard backed down.

In early 1798 the Zealous was in the Bay of Biscay and off Rochefort; but having again joined the fleet before Cadiz, she was one of the ships sent in May to reinforce Nelson in the Mediterranean. In the battle of Abu Qir Bay the Zealous's role was particularly brilliant: closely following the Goliath, Hood let go his anchor on the bow of the Guerrier, the leading French ship; he than heartened the oncoming British line by dismasting her within twelve minutes. After a three-hour pounding Guerrier surrendered, completely shattered, and Hood passed on to engage other ships. When Nelson quitted the coast of Egypt, Hood was senior officer commanding the squadron which continued to blockade the French army, and captured or destroyed some thirty of their transports.

In February 1799 he rejoined Nelson at Palermo, and was employed during the spring in the defence of Salerno, and afterwards as governor of Castel Nuovo at Naples. The king of the Two Sicilies awarded him the order of St Ferdinand and of Merit.

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In May 1800 the Zealous was paid off, and Hood was appointed to the Courageux, in the squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren off Ferrol. In January 1801 he was moved into the Venerable, which after a few months in the channel joined Sir James Saumarez (afterwards Lord de Saumarez) in time to take prominent parts in the unfortunate action at Algeciras on 6 July, and in the brilliant victory in the straits on 12 July. When leading the pursuit next day, the Venerable had all her masts shot away; she went ashore, and was later refloated with difficulty. The Venerable was paid off at the peace, and in October 1802 Hood was sent out as joint-commissioner for the government of Trinidad. By the death of Rear-Admiral Totty he became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands station, hoisting a broad pennant on board the Centaur; and on the renewal of the war he captured, together with the land forces, the islands of St Lucia and Tobago in June 1803, and, on the mainland, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice (September), and Surinam (May 1804). Under his command also a large number of the enemy's privateers and warships were captured or destroyed, to the great advantage of the English trade; and in January 1804 the Diamond Rock at the entrance to Fort Royal harbour, Martinique, was occupied, armed, and commissioned as ‘a sloop of war’. Hood's services were acknowledged by complimentary addresses from the legislative assemblies of the islands, and the present of plate of the value of 300 guineas; he was also nominated a KB (26 September 1804).

On 6 November he married the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie (1783–1862), eldest daughter of Lord Seaforth, governor of Barbados; they had no children.

Early in 1805 Hood returned to England, where he was further rewarded with a colonelcy of the marines; continuing in the Centaur he was sent off Rochefort in command of a squadron of six battleships. On 25 September he fell in with a French squadron of five large frigates and two brigs bound for the West Indies with troops, but while his ships were capturing the four largest of these Hood's right elbow was smashed by a musket ball, entailing the amputation of the arm; for this he was awarded a pension of £500 per annum. In the 1806 election the government nominated him a ‘naval hero’ candidate for the Westminster seat once held by Lord Hood, and he topped the poll. His lust for active service afloat led him to decline a proffered seat on the Admiralty board. At the May 1807 election his friend Sir Evan Nepean provided him with a seat, Bridport, which he was to hold until 1812. Hood returned to sea in the Centaur in 1807, and was in Lord Gambier's fleet at Copenhagen. On 2 October Hood was promoted rear-admiral of the blue, and later, with his flag in the Centaur, he had naval command of the force which captured Madeira on 26 December 1807. In the following year he advanced to rear-admiral of the white and was second in command of the fleet in the Baltic, under Sir James Saumarez.

On 26 August the Centaur was with the Implacable (Captain Thomas Byam Martin), pursuing far ahead of the Swedish fleet to which they were attached; Hood cut off the Sevolod (80 guns) from the Russian line, and captured her after a stubborn defence in which the two ships, locked together, ran aground. The Sevolod had to be burnt, but the Centaur was saved from the Russian fleet by Byam Martin's intervention. The king of Sweden awarded him the grand cross of the order of the Sword.

In January 1809 Hood was second in command at Corunna during the re-embarkation of the army, for which he received the tumultuous thanks of the House of Commons in his seat as member for Bridport. He was created a baronet on 13 April 1809, and for the next two years he commanded a division in the Mediterranean. On 31 July 1810 he became rear-admiral of the red. On 1 August 1811 he was advanced to vice-admiral of the blue, and towards the end of the year was appointed commander-in-chief in the East Indies, where he arrived in the early summer of 1812. His command was uneventful, the war having been brought to an end with the capture of Java and Mauritius; and the time was mainly occupied in regulating and reforming points of organization or discipline and the methods of victualling, in which his reforms reportedly effected a saving to the government of something like 30 per cent. On 4 January 1814 he was appointed viceadmiral of the white. He died at Madras on 24 December 1814, of malaria, after three days' illness. Because Hood died without children, the baronetcy, by a special clause in the patent, passed to the son of his brother Alexander. Abridged and taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Another sword belonging to Vice Admiral Hood is preserved in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. See May and Annis 1970, p. 358. ⦿ £700-1000

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118 detail 119 118 118 AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1750, BY TRADITION THAT OF JOHN PERIAM OF BUTLEIGH with tapering blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), gilt brass hilt cast and chased in low relief against a punched ground, including double shell-guard decorated with differing scenes of putto, quillon-block and pommel decorated en suite, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass locket and chape, the former with a belt-hook (loose), together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink ‘Dress sword of Mr Periam’ 68.8 cm; 27 ⅛ in blade John Periam of Butleigh was the father-in-law of Alexander Hood (see earlier lot). £400-600 119 THE NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD OF COMMANDER ARTHUR AVALON MACKINNON, 36TH CHIEF OF MACKINNON, O.B.E., BY HENRY WILKINSON, NO. 44108 FOR 1913 of regulation type, with etched blade, brass hilt, sharkskin-covered grip, sword knot, in its scabbard and complete with its leather carrying case (top loose) the top cover embossed ‘A.A.M.’ in black letters, with a label inscribed ‘Arthur Avalon Cdr. A. A. Mackinnon His Naval Sword’ 80.2 cm; 31 ⅝ in blade The Wilkinson records state that sword no. 44108 was sold 8 July 1913 to Gieve & Co (outfitters). £400-600

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VARIOUS OWNERS 120 A RARE SWEDISH OFFICER’S SWORD, CIRCA 1771-92 with straight single-edged blade cut with a shallow fuller on each face, gilt-brass hilt comprising slightly up-turned guard cast and chased with the cypher of Gustav III (r. 1771-92) between a pair of fronds, quillon, knuckle-guard, faceted backstrap rising to form the pommel, and wire-bound horn grip (small cracks) 82.5 cm; 32 ½ in blade

122 TWENTY TWO BAYONETS, 19TH CENTURY including a Chassepot bayonet, dated 1870, in its scabbard; a socket bayonet, with blade of cruciform section; three spike bayonets, each with its scabbard; a British Wilkinson bayonet; fourteen further bayonets and two machetes (22)

A sword with a related hilt was worn by Baron Victor von Stedingk as officer of the Swedish Army’s fleet. The pattern was confirmed in 1790 after the Battle of Svenksund. See Seitz 1959, p. 79.

123 A SOCKET BAYONET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY for a musket of .750 calibre stamped with a crowned 6 at the forte 41.2 cm; 16 ¼ in

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£30-50 121 A CONTINENTAL INFANTRY SHORTSWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with broad saw-backed blade, iron hilt of French coupe-choux type, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard 47.5 cm; 18 ¾ in blade £200-250

124 THREE MODEL 1860 PATTERN LANCES, CIRCA 1860-68 each with regulation steel head and shoe, on a bamboo shaft, and remaining in good untouched condition throughout 57.5cm; 22 ¾ in head (3) Provenance Warwick Castle, sold in these rooms 14 December 2005, lot 98. £300-400 43

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125 AN EDWARD VIII 5TH BATTALION, KINGS ROYAL RIFLES OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with etched blade including crowned Royal cypher, regimental title and emblem, in its field service scabbard 82 cm; 32 ¼ in blade £150-200 126 A VICTORIAN 1897 PATTERN 1ST VOLUNTEER BATALLION SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT OFFICER’S SWORD of regulation type, with etched blade (ground), in its field service scabbard 82 cm; 32 ¼ in blade £100-150 127 A FRENCH MODEL 1822 CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, DATED 1833 the blade with Châtellerault arsenal inscription, brass hilt, in its iron scabbard 97.8 cm; 38 ½ in blade £150-200 128 AN 1846 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD BY BY J.R. GAUNT & SON LTD, LATE EDWARD THURKLE, LONDON & BIRMINGHAM with etched blade including crowned Royal arms and fouled anchor (worn), brass hilt with folding guard, in its scabbard (worn, cracked) 79.2 cm; 31 ¼ in blade £150-200 129 AN 1846 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD BY HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL with etched blade including crowned VR cypher and fouled anchor (worn), brass hilt with folding guard, in its scabbard (worn, now in two pieces) 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in blade £150-200

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Militaria VARIOUS OWNERS 130 A SPORRAN OF THE KING’S LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH REGIMENT, 20TH CENTURY with German silver cantle, regimental badge, complete with two tassels and its purse £80-120 131 AN ELIZABETH II TRUMPET BANNER of red silk, embroidered with gold and silver thread with the crowned royal arms, framed and glazed 70 cm; 27 ½ in x 58 cm; 22 ⅞ in £600-800 132 A PLAID BROOCH OF THE BLACK WATCH AND ANOTHER, 20TH CENTURY the first charged with the regimental device, motto and ‘Egypt’ battle honour; the second charged with St Andrew crucified, and each retaining its pin the first: 9.5 cm; 3 ¾ in diameter (2) £150-250 133 A PLAID BROOCH OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS AND ANOTHER FOR THE ROYAL SCOTS, 20TH CENTURY each charged with the regimental device and motto and retaining its pin 9 cm; 3 in diameters (2) £100-150 45

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134 A CASED SHAKO FOR AN OFFICER OF THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY BY SANDILANDS & SON, LONDON, 20TH CENTURY with cap badge, cockade and lines, in its case, the lid named to ‘C. R. Morrison Esq., The Highland Light Infantry’ 15 cm; 6 in high, the shako £350-450 135 A SPANISH CARTOUCHE POUCH AND GORGET, CIRCA 1886-1931 the first with black patent leather flap with gilt-brass mounts including the central badge with the Order of Santiago; the second of gilt-brass, charged with the silvered Royal cypher of Alphonse XIII, complete with its buff liner and cords the first: 16.5 cm; 6 ½ in wide (2) £250-350 136 A GEORGE V SWAGGER STICK OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS of cane, with characteristic silver metal knob 66.5 cm; 26¼ in overall £30-50

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137 A BLACK LEATHER CAVALRY HELMET AND SILVERMOUNTED CARTOUCHE POUCH OF 11TH (PRINCE ALBERT’S OWN) HUSSARS, CIRCA 1868-70 the first with black leather skull, white metal helmet plate, chin chain, plume-holder and white horse hair plume, the second with engraved silver cover (marks rubbed) applied with the regimental title in brass, and black leather pouch (both worn) the helmet: 35 cm; 13 ¾ in high (2) £300-500 138 A CAVALRY TROOPER’S HELMET PLATE, 20TH CENTURY mounted on a velvet board £80-120 139 A FRENCH LOUIS PHILIPPE PERIOD GORGET AND TWO CIVIC FLAG FINIALS, 19TH CENTURY the first applied with a cockerel between a spray of laurel foliage, and associated leather liner; the second including a crowned eagle displayed above the imperial letters ‘NIII’ with a socketed base; and the third probably made for the Imperial Russian visit of Czar Nicholas II to Paris, formed in two pieces, each embossed with the crowned double eagle charged with the order of St George (cracks and dents) the first: 14 cm; 5 ½ in wide (3) £150-250

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140 A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb (patched), and associated visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots, the ‘frog-mouthed’ visor fitted beneath the right of its pair of vision-slits with a short lifting-peg (replaced), and the blunt prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, the upper and lower bevor each fastened at the same side by means of hinged hasps and turning-pins, and the lower edges of the skull and bevor fitted with extension-plates formed with hollowed rims designed to fit over and rotate on the turned upper edge of the collar; the composite collar formed of three plates front and rear (the lowest front one restored); breastplate formed of a main plate of deep ‘peascod’ fashion fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame fitted at each side with a pair of straps supporting a pendent tasset of five lames (the waist-flange and left gusset of the breastplate each with a crack at its centre); one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge; two pauldrons (not a pair) of near-symmetrical design, each formed of seven lames (the uppermost two of the right and the lowest four of each associated); two vambraces (not a pair) of fully articulated tubular design, each fitted at its upper end with a turner, the right of two lames, and the left of one, and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of three lames; two gauntlets (not a pair), each formed of a flared and obtusely-pointed tubular cuff (the tip of the right chipped), closed at the inside of the wrist by an overlapped join, five metacarpal-plates (the last of the right restored and the inner end of the left disarticulated) and a shaped knuckle-plate (the right restored , both lacking their scaled finger-defences); two cuisses (not a pair) each formed of a short gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames formed at the outer end of its third with a small medially-puckered oval side-wing (the lowest lame of the right poleyn patched); and a pair of greaves (restored) each of full-length tubular form, articulated at the ankle and terminating in a moderately broad-toed integral sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns decorated, other than on the cuirass and gauntlets, with roping, and its surfaces etched in bands and borders on a blackened ground, variously stippled or cross-hatched, with trophies involving at some points busts, masks, cherubs and interlace, original in the case of that applied to the skull and bevor of the helmet, the upper lames of the collar and the main plate of the right pauldron, but more recently added elsewhere (the armour lightly to moderately patinated overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Duveen Brothers, New York, (no. 24444).

JWHA Inv. No. 424.

Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Massachussetts, 1928-30. ‡ £15000-20000

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141 A CAP-A-PIE ARMOUR FOR THE ‘JOUSTS REAL’, WITH ETCHED DECORATION, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1520 of exceptional weight, comprising helm of pronounced ‘frog-mouthed’ shape formed of a front and a rear section joined to one another at each side by a push-button operated spring-catch and a pair of screws, the front section formed of an upper and a lower plate joined by rivets at each side at the level of the broad vision-slit and pierced at the right with a large sub-rectangular ventilation-hole closed by a hinged trap-door secured by a sprung sliding catch, the rear section formed of a single plate contoured to the back of the head and neck, medially ridged in its upper part, fitted at the back with an upstanding plume-holder and pierced at each side with lace-holes fitted in each case with copper eyelets for the attachment of an arming-cap, and both the front and rear sections extending downwards over the cuirass to which it is attached by bolts; breastplate of rounded, medially-ridged form, pierced beneath its straight upper edge with a pair of threaded holes to accommodate the bolts that attached the helm and at the left of the chest with three similar holes for those that attach a shoulder-shield, and fitted within its right arm-opening with a large semi-circular flange, at the right of the chest with four pierced staples for the attachment of a rigid lance rest fitted at the centre of its arm with a red velvet-covered block of wood, and within its lower edge with waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of three lames, the lowest of which is cut at its centre with a shallow arch separating a pair of pendent medially-ridged one-piece tassets, the left of which is considerably longer than the right, each suspended by a pair of straps (broken) from the second lame of the fauld; backplate formed of a straight-topped main plate fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of three lames; shoulder-shield of sub-trapezoidal form, curving forward at its top and bottom, pierced to the right of centre with three holes to receive its retaining screws, and reinforced peripherally and in a diagonal trellis-pattern with applied half-round strips decorated with roping; spaudlers each of four lames, the first decorated medially with a rib, linked by a turner to a fully articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked to one another by an intervening winged bracelet couter and, in the case of the right, a series of lames protecting the inside of the elbow, the right couter decorated across its front with a medial rib and the left pierced at its front with a threaded hole for the attachment of a large shell-like reinforce covering its front and outside; mitten gauntlet for the right hand formed of a flared and rounded cuff boxed along its upper surface, closed by riveting at its inside, decorated with a large almond-shaped boss over the end of the ulna, and fitted with three metacarpal-plates and three shaped finger-plates; manifer for the left hand of similar form to the right gauntlet but having a larger and more markedly flared cuff and a single finger-plate fitted on its upper surface with a flanged thumb-defence; cuisses each formed medially with a raised rib and fitted at its lower end with a poleyn of five lames, the third of which is shaped to the point of the knee, decorated with a similar rib and formed at its outside with a large medially-puckered oval side-wing; and full-length tubular greaves each fitted within the arched lower edge of its front plate with a broad-toed sabaton of eight lames, the last of which is decorated with a medial rib; the main edges of the armour decorated at points with boldly roped inward turns, and its surfaces etched throughout with bands, borders and panels of foliate interlace and scrolls inhabited by grotesques and flower-heads, all on a blackened and stippled ground (some parts of the armour showing patches of light recent rust) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance The Duque del Infantado, Madrid, May 1931.

JWHA Inv. No. 1649.

Exhibited Rensselaer County Junior Museum, Troy, NewYork, 1 October - 5 September 1975.

Children’s Museum, Hartford, Connecticut, March - April 1976.

WBZ Television, 14 January 1980.

The design of the armour is inspired by that in the Real Armeria, Madrid, Inv. No. A 37, made for the Emperor Charles V, probably

by Koloman Helmschmied of Augsburg circa 1520. See Calvert 1907, pl. 23 and Godoy et.al 1991, pp. 118-22. ‡ £14000-18000

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142 A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN FIELD ARMOUR WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION, MID- TO LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising collar of three lames front and rear (the lowest two in each case associated); medially-ridged one-piece breastplate formed with a deep narrow neck-opening and matching arm-openings (the left cracked), and flanged outwards at its slightly Vshaped lower edge to receive a fauld of two lames (restored) of which the second is cut at the centre of its lower edge with a shallow arch separating a pair of tassets (restored) each of seven lames and attached by a pair of hasps and turning-pins; onepiece backplate en suite with the breastplate, well shaped to the shoulders and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of two lames of which the second is cut at the centre of its lower edge with a shallow arch; large symmetrical pauldrons each of six lames (the first to second and fourth to sixth of the left, and the second of the right restored); vambraces of fully articulated tubular form, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of two lames (the uppermost of the left restored) and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames (the wing of the left with a small rust-perforation) and the outer plate of the lower cannon in each case fitted within its lower end with a later nut to attach a gauntlet); gauntlets each formed of a moderately long, flared and pointed cuff closed at the inside of the wrist, pierced with a later hole to attach it to the underlying vambrace and fitted at its lower end with five metacarpal-plates and a shaped knuckle-plate (all except the cuff of the right gauntlet restored and the outer end of the second metacarpal plate of the left cracked through); cuisses each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate (the right pierced with a small rust-perforation medially) fitted at its convex upper edge with an extension-plate (the left possibly restored) and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of five lames (the entire right poleyn restored, and the second lame of the left lacking its inner end); and a pair of ankle-length greaves formed of a front plate (restored) fitted at its lower edge with an extension-plate (restored) and at its outside with a hinged side-plate leaving the inside of the calf open, it and the extension-lame each pierced at their lower edges with small stitch-holes for the attachment of mail sabatons; the main edges of the armour formed with boldly roped inward turns, and its surfaces later decorated with etched bands and borders of running foliage on a blackened and stippled ground, bordered to their outside by repeated voided scallops separated by small dags See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Duque del Infantado, Madrid, May 1931.

JWHA Inv. No. 1650.

The decoration of the armour is based on a design found on the scattered remains of at least one Italian garniture, represented by a locking-gauntlet and boot stirrup formerly in the respective collections of F.H. Cripps-Day and Dr Richard Williams and now in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. See Dufty & Reid 1968, pl. CXXXIV. ‥ £12000-18000

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143 A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN HALF-ARMOUR WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION, 16TH CENTURY comprising rounded one-piece skull (restored) of a close helmet, formed medially with a pair of low plain combs and at its lower edge with a prominent plain rib, the hollowed underside of which was designed to fit over the turned upper edge of a collar; heavy prognathous visor (restored) formed of seven vertical bars of rectangular section and an equal number of horizontal bars of circular section which pass through transverse holes in the former, and are riveted within a U-shaped frame closed at the top by a separate brow-band, and fitted at the right with a large-headed lifting-peg; mid-16th century collar of four lames front and rear (the first three of the front and the second and third of the rear restored using old plates), the lowest and deepest originally fitted with integral spaudlers; one-piece breastplate (restored) with straight-top, fitted at the right of the chest with a folding lance-rest attached by two internal screws, and at the shoulders and sides with hasps to connect it to its backplate; the latter, of early 16th century date, formed of a straight-topped central main plate and a pair of smaller side-plates (associated) riveted within its lateral edges, the three together fitted within their combined lower edge with a waist-lame (associated and cut at its upper edge), flanged outwards to receive a culet of two lames, the shorter upper one (restored) fitted within the flange, and the deeper lower one, having a sinuous lower border, fitted over it (the width of the latter increased by inserting extra metal at its centre); large asymmetrical pauldrons of late 16th century Italian make (not a pair) each formed of six lames (the lowest three of each and the upper two of the right associated), the third of the right fitted at its front with an early 16th century haute-piece, and the third of the left fitted at the same point with a threaded hole for the attachment of a reinforce; left vambrace (restored) formed of a tubular upper cannon fitted at its upper end with a two-part turner operating on transversely-sliding rivets, and connected by leathers to a tubular lower cannon opening at the inside of the arm; mid-16th century German mitten-gauntlet for the right hand formed of a short straight-ended flaring cuff (restored) fitted with a separate hinged inner plate, six metacarpal-plates (the second cracked through and disarticulated at its outer end), a shaped knuckle-plate, four finger-plates shaped to the individual fingers, and a laterally-hinged scaled thumb-defence (restored); and manifer (restored) formed of a flaring asymmetrical cuff (cut down and reworked from a late 16th century black-and-white elbow-length gauntlet), on the inside of the wrist with a separate fixed plate and on the outside with a large circular roundel mounted on a moulded stem, five metacarpal plates, a shaped knuckle-plate and four finger-plates shaped to the individual fingers; the main edges of the armour formed with full or partial inward turns, boldly roped in the case of those of the collar and originally file-roped in the case of those of the left pauldron, and accompanied, except on the vambrace, by borders, in part recessed, of finely etched running foliage and flower-heads on a blackened and stippled ground, and supplemented at points by narrower transverse bands of similar etching, accompanied on the pauldrons by engrailing See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York.

JWHA Inv. No. 2527.

These pieces were where necessary altered, restored and etched by Leonard Hugel and Leonard Heinrich, armourers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to match a group of fine early 16th century Augsburg reinforces for the tourney then belonging to Dr Bashford Dean, first Curator of the Museum’s Arms and Armour Department. The grilled visor was copied by Hugel from one in the Museum’s collections, from Burg Kreuzenstein, near Vienna. The etching in the upper border of the hautepiece of the left pauldron, is possibly original. A plain secondary border to the inside of it has been erased. ‡ £8000-14000

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144 A CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN ‘MAXIMILIAN’ STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded two-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb, fitted at its rear with a neck-guard of two lames and at its front with a bellows visor and bevor attached by common pivots, the visor stepped below its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced with three rows of ventilation-slots and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg, and the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form an integral front gorget-plate; collar of three lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a rounded main plate fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset, at its right with a cabled folding lance-rest and within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of four lames and integral tassets each of four lames; backplate formed of a main plate fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of three lames; large asymmetrical pauldrons formed in each case of five lames fitted at the front of the third and largest of them with an upstanding haute-piece; vambraces formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked by internal leathers to a large well-shaped intervening winged bracelet couter; mitten-gauntlets each formed of a short straight-ended cuff fitted with a separate hinged inner plate, four metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate and four finger-plates; cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its upper edge with a short crescentic extension-plate and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of four lames; and fulllength tubular greaves each fitted within the arched lower edge of its front plate with a broad-toed sabaton of seven lames; the main edges of the armour formed with boldly-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated overall, except on the visor, bevor, waist-lames, haute-pieces and greaves, with bands and panels of flutes See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Chateau Vic near Carcassone, France, 1926.

JWHA Inv. No. 1964. ‡ £10000-15000

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145 A CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR FOR A YOUTH, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1540-50 comprising close helmet with rounded two-piece skull joined by brazing along the right side of the crest of its low boldly roped medial comb, fitted at its rear with a slender tapering plume-holder and its front with a ‘sparrow’s beak’ visor and bevor attached by small common pivots with radially-fluted washers, the visor stepped and roped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced on the upper face of its ‘beak’ with small circular ventilation-holes, pierced on its lower face with diagonal ventilation-slots and fitted at its right with a baluster-ended lifting-peg, the visor secured to the bevor at its right by a spring-catch with push-button release and the bevor secured to the skull at the same side by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, the lower edges of the skull and bevor each formed with internally hollowed rims to lock over and rotate on the turned upper edge of the collar of four lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly as a pronounced so-called ‘tapul’, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames, the lowest of which has a small forward-projecting arch at the centre of its lower edge, separating a pair of tassets of five lames each suspended from a pair of iron hinges; backplate formed of a main plate flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of two lames; large symmetrical pauldrons formed in each case of six lames (the front end of the top one in each case disarticulated), the second fitted at its upper edge with an upstanding haute-piece, and the lowest one connected by a turner with a transverse roped rib to a fully articulated vambrace formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon (the inner plate of the right lower cannon detached) linked by an intervening winged bracelet couter of three lames; mitten-gauntlets each formed of a pointed cuff that flares abruptly at its upper end and is fitted with a short separate inner plate, four metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped fingerplate, and in the case of the left, the main plate of a scaled thumb-defence and the proximal portions of the four scaled finger-defences; fully articulated legharness each formed of a long gutter-shaped cuisse with a convex upper edge cuisse fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames of which the second is shaped to the point of the knee and formed at its outside with a medially-puckered oval side-wing; and a pair of integral tubular greaves each terminating in an integral sabaton of nine lames; the main edges of the armour formed with boldly-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Giulia Morosini, sold by the American Art Association, New York, 10 - 15th October 1932, lot 334.

JWHA Inv. No. 1824.

Exhibited Worcester YWCA, Worcester, Massachusetts, 12 - 14 December 1953.

Poughkeepsie Junior League, New York, 2-3 May 1969. ‡ £10000-15000

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146 A COMPOSITE GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR, PARTLY NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION comprising burgonet with rounded one-piece skull slightly boxed at each side and rising to a high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed peak struck at its centre with the quality-control mark of the City of Nuremberg and three circles in triangular formation, fitted at its flanged lower edge, just beneath a slender tapering plume-holder, with an obtusely-pointed neckguard of one lame, and at each side with a cheek-piece shaped at its upper front corner to fit over the rear of the peak and flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a continuation of the neck-guard, and pierced at its centre within a raised circular panel decorated with an eight-pointed recessed asterisk with nine small circular auditory holes arranged in rosette-formation; ‘Almain’ collar formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest front one struck internally with the Nuremberg mark of an N within a circle (the lowest rear one associated), and each side fitted with an integral spaudler, the left formed of seven lames and the right of eight (two of the left and five of the right restored or associated, and one of each patched); breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets (the right restored) and at its flanged lower edge with a fauld of three lames of which the lowest is cut at its centre with a shallow arch separating a pair of long pendent tassets each of seven lames extending to just above the knee (the right associated and reworked to match the left and the inner end of three of its lames patched); backplate formed in one piece with a broad shallow neck-opening and a short flange at the waist; a circular besague (restored) rising slightly to a conical boss at its centre; fingered gauntlets (the right restored) each formed of a long, flared and pointed cuff fitted with a short separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate, and scaled finger and thumb-defences, the latter laterally attached by a short leather hinge to the inner end of the last metacarpal-plate, and the whole retaining a fragmentary buff-leather lining-glove; the main edges of the armour turned inward and decorated, except on the backplate, with roping, the subsidiary edges of the burgonet decorated with pairs of incised lines, and the surface of the armour decorated with bands and borders of later etching consisting for the most part of running foliate scrolls executed on a blackened and stippled ground, but including on the breastplate three coats of arms and on the comb of the burgonet, warriors in combat accompanied by a bear and lion on the right and a scroll bearing the inscription HERCVLA on the left See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance The armour without burgonet, Charassé, rue Bonaparte, Paris, circa 1889.

The burgonet, Seymour Hayden, sold F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 26 April 1911, lot 219.

The armour with burgonet, Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold American Art Association, New York, 23 November 1928, lot 148.

JWHA Inv. No. 610.

Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1928-30.

Literature F.H. Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London, 1925, p.153. ‡ £10000-15000

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147 A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, GERMAN AND ITALIAN, MID-16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising close helmet of so-called ‘Savoyard’ type with rounded skull formed in two halves joined by a turn along a low medial comb, peak, face-defence and bevor attached to it by common pivots (replaced) with heads cast in relief as lions’ masks, the peak of narrow obtusely-pointed form, the face-defence formed as a human mask with flanged oval eye-opening, a nose embossed in high relief and pierced with nostrils, and an engraved grinning mouth pierced with five circular ventilation-holes, the face-defence and bevor each secured by a pierced stud and swivel-hook (the latter probably replaced), and the lower edges of the skull and bevor each flanged outwards to receive a single deep rounded gorget-plate (both associated and the lower edge of the rear one restored); collar of three lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, possessing a shallow neck-opening, fitted at its arm-openings with movable gussets, struck with four bullets, two of which have respectively pierced or cracked the metal, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames (associated) the lowest of which is cut with a shallow arch pierced just above its centre with a hole for the attachment of a codpiece and fitted to either side of it on three straps (the inner one in each case broken) supporting a knee-length tasset of ten lames, divisible between the fifth and sixth, and terminating in a winged poleyn of three lames; backplate (restored) formed in one piece with shallow neck and arm-openings and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of three lames; large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of eleven lames of which five at the front serve as a fan-like extension of the lower edge of the third and main one, operating about a pivot (replaced) furnished with a lion’s-mask head en suite with those of the helmet (the lowest three lames of the right pauldron protecting the outside of the arm associated); two fully articulated vambraces (not a pair), each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame and at its elbow with a winged couter of three lames open at the inside of the elbow, the second decorated at the point of the elbow with an embossed eight-petalled flower-head (the right couter cracked and patched at points and having associated upper and lower lames); fingered gauntlets each formed of a moderately long flared and pointed cuff fitted with a shorter separate inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (some scales detached or missing); and a pair of full-length tubular greaves each terminating in an integral broad-toed sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour turned inwards and, except on the helmet and greaves, extensively decorated with roping, and the subsidiary edges of the collar, tassets and pauldrons decorated with pairs of scored lines See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance The Vigier family, Solothurn.

Count R. von Kaunitz, sold Gallerie Fischer, 13 May 1936, lot 85.

JWHA Inv. No. 2354.

Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, The John Woodman Higgins Armoury, Worcester Masssachusetts, 1961, pp. 98-9. ‡ £10000-14000

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148 A COMPOSITE FIELD ARMOUR IN THE ‘GOTHIC’ FASHION, GERMAN, CIRCA 1480-90 AND LATER comprising bevor formed of a main plate shaped to the chin and throat, a tall face-plate (restored) articulated to its upper edge and supported at its right by a spring-catch, the right of the plate pierced with nine small circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation and three more holes to the outside of it, and two gorget-plates (restored) of which the lowest and deepest has a square lower edge pierced at each corner with a hole to accommodate a retaining-bolt; lance-rest (restored) with an arm of inverted L-shaped section fitted on its front face with a fretted decorative plate and issuing from an integral rectangular base-plate fitted with two screws of which the upper one is welded in place and the lower is secured by a nut; tassets (restored) each of scutiform outline and fitted at its upper end with a pair of suspension-buckles; backplate formed of three downward-overlapping plates (the first patched at its upper corners, the second restored and the third associated), the first cut at its upper edge with a V-shaped neckopening filled with a triangular gusset (restored), and at each side with an arm-opening, and the third flanged outwards at the waist to receive a culet of three lames descending to a multi-cusped lower edge; large left pauldron (restored) of Italian fashion, formed of four downward-overlapping lames; three-piece vambraces (restored and the right disarticulated), each formed of a gutter-shaped upper and lower cannon open linked by a shell-like couter open at the inside of the elbow; mitten gauntlets (the left and all but the cuff of the right restored), each formed of a long acutely-pointed cuff open at the inside of the wrist, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four fluted finger-plates and a laterally-hinged thumb-defence of four scales; cuisses (the left and all but the upper six lames of the poleyn of the right restored) each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its outer edge with a hinged side-plate and at its lower edge with a medially-cusped extension-plate terminating in a poleyn of seven lames overlapping outwards from the fourth which is shaped to the point of the knee and fitted at its outer end with a separate fan-like wing, and has medially-cusped upper and lower edges; ankle-length tubular greaves each open at the inside of the calf; and sabatons each formed of a rear section of one plate having a threaded hole at the heel for the attachment of a spur, and joined by a hinge at its inside to a front section of thirteen plates, the foremost of which takes the form of a long acutely-pointed toe-cap articulated to the preceding plate in such a way as to suggest that is detachable; the main edges of the armour formed in part with either inward or outward turns, the subsidiary edges of the backplate, pauldron, and gauntlets cusped at points, the surfaces of the backplate, pauldron vambraces and poleyns decorated with sprays of flutes in the ‘Gothic’ fashion and the bevor decorated with a roped transverse rib and incised lines (extensively pitted and patinated with some rust-perforations, cracks and patching) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Stadtrath Richard Zschille, Grossenhain, Saxony, sold Christie’s 25 January 1893, without present bevor, tassets and lance-rest.

Possibly Oliver H.P. Belmont, New York City and Newport,Rhode Island to 1911.

Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York (sold from his estate by Jaques Seligman & Co, New York, 9 November 1939).

JWHA Inv. No. 2608.

Exhibited Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 17 February - 12 December1941.

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1 April 1942 - 14 October 1947.

Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 4 October-28 November 1965.

‘Renaisance Hardware: The Art and Technology of Armor’, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, 4 September 1987 - 3 January 1988.

‘The Art of the Printmaker’, J. W. Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 2 June - 6 September 1998. ‡ £8000-14000

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149 A COMPOSITE ARMOUR FOR FOOT COMBAT, EUROPEAN, 16TH AND 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURIES comprising late 16th century German collar formed of four lames front and rear (the second and third in each case restored and the fourth associated); early 16th century German breastplate formed of a rounded main plate fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset having at its free edge a prominent angled inward turn matching that of the broad shallow neckopening, and overlain at its lower end by a low medially-cusped plackart cut from a near-contemporary breastplate and rigidly secured by three rivets of which the central one is formed with a large baluster head, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame (restored); early 17th century backplate formed of a main plate with a broad shallow neckopening (reshaped to match that of the breastplate) and overlain at its lower end by a plackart (restored) matching that of the breastplate and like it flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of one lame (restored); 19th century skirt formed in imitation of a deep flaring fabric base of the early 16th century and composed of eight lames front and rear, the two sections joined to one another by hinges at the right end of all the lames and by a turning-pin at the left of the uppermost of them which is fitted with a pair of loose rings for the suspension of a sword; late 16th century German pauldrons of large symmetrical fashion, each formed of seven upward-overlapping lames (the lowest two in each case associated and reworked), the second (originally the third) of which has riveted at its front an upstanding haute-piece (the interiors of all the lames retaining traces of a later but subsequently deleted embossed border of adorsed crescents); early 16th century Italian or Flemish vambraces (the left restored except for the lames protecting the inside of the elbow) each of fully articulated tubular form, fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame (that of the right struck with a spurious version of the mark of the mid-15th century Milanese partnership of Pier Innocenzo da Faerno and Antonio Missaglia), at its elbow with a couter of three lames (the lowest of the right restored), the second having at the centre of its medially-puckered oval wing a hole, threaded in the case of the right for the attachment of a reinforce, and both closed at the inside of the elbow by a series of twelve lames (associated); 19th century mitten-gauntlets each formed of a short straightended flaring cuff open at the inside of the wrist, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-ridged knuckle-plate, five fingerplates and a laterally-hinged scaled thumb-defence (the right missing); 19th or early 20th century cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its lower end with a winged poleyn of six lames, and at its outer edge with a hinged sideplate fitted at its lower end with a series of seven lames protecting the back of the knee; and 19th century full-length tubular greaves each fitted within the arched lower edge of its front plate with integral sabaton of eight lames terminating in a rounded toe-cap bearing fluted decoration ; the main edges of the armour largely formed with inward or outward turns of which those of the pauldrons and cuisses are partly roped (the armour dislocated at a few points, showing patches of active corrosion in places, and variably patinated overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

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150 A COMPOSITE PARTIAL NORTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY comprising burgonet with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the notched crest of a high medial comb, projecting forward to an acutely-pointed integral peak (chipped at its right rear edge), backwards to an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard and cut away at each side to receive a missing hinged cheek-piece; ‘Almain’ collar formed of three lames front and rear and fitted at each side with an integral spaudler of five lames (associated and in part composite); breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate with nearstraight upper edge, projecting forward over the belly and fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and at its flanged lower edge with a fauld of two (originally three) lames; backplate formed in one piece with a slightly convex upper edge and an outward-flanged lower edge bearing a culet of one lame cut with a notch at the centre of its lower edge; the main edges of the armour formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, those at the upper edges of the breastplate and backplate of ogival form, and its surfaces decorated in low relief with narrow bands enclosed by grooves, forming broader bands originally burnished bright against a black-from-the hammer ground in the ‘blackand-white’ fashion (now cleaned to a mottled patina overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance Possibly from the armoury of the Princes Radziwill, Niescwiez Castle, Poland, sold Christies, London, 29 June 1926, lot 49.

York Galleries, New York, July 1930.

JWHA Inv. No. 1125. ‡ £5000-7000

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151 A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN FIELD ARMOUR, MID- TO LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising collar formed of two lames front and rear, the lowest in each case of early 17th century make and projecting downwards over the chest and back for wear without a cuirass; one-piece breastplate of deep ‘peascod’ fashion (patched at its left arm-opening), boxed at each side, struck at its right edge with the inventory number 21 beneath two crosses each formed of a pair of 1s, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames (composite and associated), divisible between the first and second of them, and cut at the lower edge of the third with a shallow arch separating a pair of pendent tassets each of nine lames terminating in a detachable tasset of six lames overlapping outwards from the fourth which is formed at its outer end with a large medially-puckered oval side-wing (the tassets and poleyns composite and extensively restored), backplate formed of a main plate with a broad shallow neck-opening, fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outward to receive a culet of one lame with a cusped lower edge; inner elbow-defences (restored) each formed of fifteen lames overlapping inwards to the eighth; and full-length tubular greaves (restored) each cut over the heel with a slit to accommodate a spur and fitted within the arched lower edge of its front with an integral sabaton of ten lames, the last formed as a rounded toe-cap; the armour decorated at its main edges with file-roped inward turns accompanied, in the case of the fauld, tassets and backplate, by recessed borders, at the subsidiary edges of the first two with pairs of incised lines, and around the main edges of the breastplate with single later-added incised lines projecting inwards as cusps the centre of the neck and arm-openings (the leathering-rivets of the collar, fauld and tassets in part replaced by screws, those of the sabatons missing) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 208. ‡ £2500-3500

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153 153 A PAIR OF COMPOSITE PAULDRONS AND VAMBRACES, PARTLY NORTH ITALIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising large asymmetrical pauldrons (not a pair) each formed of six lames of which the lowest three extend only around the outside of the upper arm and are linked by a turner to a tubular vambrace consisting of an upper and a lower cannon (the former enlarged by the insertion of a gusset at its inside and the latter restored ), the two articulated to one another by a winged bracelet couter of three lames, the central one of which originally formed an independent element within a tree-piece vambrace (the right restored, the left originally open at the rear and subsequently closed by a short bridging-piece) and the lames above and below it restored; the main edges of the armour formed in part with inward turns, file-roped on the pauldrons and notched on the couters (all elements showing minor damage and slight patches of active rust) (2) Provenance A. Ullmann, Munich, sold Cologne, 1891, lot 2.

Julius Böhler, Munich.

William Randolph Hearst.

Gimbel Brothers, New York, 14 December 1942.

JWHA Inv.No. 2702.

Exhibited Children’s Museum, Hartford, Connecticut, March-April 1976.

Literature F. H. Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London, 1925, p. 30. ‡ £500-800

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154 154 A NORTH ITALIAN BACKPLATE OF ANIME CONSTRUCTION, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed of nine lames of which the first is deeper than the rest and shaped at its upper edge to the base of the neck where it at one time gave issue to an integral collar, the first to fifth are cut at each side with arm-openings, and its lowest is formed with a short flange, the main edge of the backplate formed with plain inward turns, its secondary edges cut with alternating scallops and dags enclosed within a single incised line, and its uppermost lame decorated with a transverse roped rib turned up at each end (heavily pitted overall and having patched repairs within its second, fourth and seventh to ninth lames) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 1501. ‡ £500-700

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155 155 A PAIR OF FINGERED GAUNTLETS FOR A CHILD, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF THE MID16TH CENTURY each formed of a short slightly flaring straight-ended cuff closed at the inside by a riveted join, a wrist-plate, four metacarpal plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, four scaled-finger defences and a laterally-hinged scaled thumb-defence (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 1524.

Exhibited Rensselaer County Junior Museum, Troy, New York, February April 1959.

Assumption Prep., Worcester, Massachusetts, 30 January 20 March 1964.

156 A PAIR OF GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS WITH BLACK AND WHITE DECORATION, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURIES each comprising a moderately long flaring obtusely-pointed cuff formed of an upper and a lower plate at the outside and a shorter fixed inner plate at the inside, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate and five finger-plates, the knuckle and fingerplates formed with V-shaped flutes between the fingers, the main edges of the gauntlets formed with plain inward turns, and their surfaces decorated in each case with a raised medial band and upper border burnished bright, along with the knuckle-plate, against a black ground (the right gauntlet and all except the lower outer cuff-plate and metacarpal-plates of the left gauntlet restored; both showing light to moderate pitting throughout) (2) ‡ £200-300

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 6 January - 21 February 1966.

Oneida County Junior Museum, New York, 11 September 1967 - 8 January 1968.

Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Massachusetts, 13 - 31 August 1968.

Poughkeepsie Junior League, New York, 2-3 May 1969. ‡ £300-500

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157 158 159 157 A GAUNTLET FOR THE RIGHT HAND FOR A CHILD, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY HIGH ‘GOTHIC’ STYLE formed of a long close-fitting acutely-pointed cuff, formed at its upper edge with a slender outward turn, open at its inside and connected by a short wrist-plate to two metacarpal-plates, the longer distal one of which has hinged to its inner edge the main plate of a thumb-defence, the last embossed over the first knuckle with a conical boss matching that formed over the distal end of the ulna at the outer end of the wrist-plate, and all elements except for the first metacarpal plate decorated with fluting in the ‘Gothic’ fashion (rusted overall) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. No. 828. ‡ £150-200 158 A SOUTH GERMAN FINGERED GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1560 formed of a fairly short flaring obtusely-pointed cuff fitted with a short fixed inner plate (bruised, associated and originally hinged), five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and the main plate of a scaled thumb-defence (restored), the upper edge of the cuff formed with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border pierced with laterstitch-holes repeated at the lower edge of the inner plate Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 204. ‡ £200-300 159 A NORTH ITALIAN FINGERED GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1560-70 formed of a medium-length flaring obtusely-pointed cuff closed at its inside by a riveted join, four metacarpal-plates (associated), a transversely-roped knuckle-plate (restored), and four scaled finger-defences (restored and incomplete), the main edges of the gauntlet formed with file-roped inward turns bordered in the case of that of the upper edge of the cuff with a file-roped rib, and its secondary edges bordered by pairs of incised line (moderately patinated and worn overall) Provenance March Brown, Surrey, England.

JWHA Inv. No. 1225. ‡ £200-300

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160 A COMPOSITE PAULDRON AND VAMBRACE FOR THE RIGHT ARM, ITALIAN AND GERMAN, CIRCA 1560 comprising narrow-fronted Italian pauldron formed of seven upward-overlapping lames (the first, the front half of the second and the flange of the rear wing of the third restored, and the sixth and seventh associated) of which the lowest four are cut away at the front of the armpit to accommodate a lance and connected by a short turner to a German vambrace formed of a tubular upper and a lower cannon linked by a three-piece winged bracelet couter (the second and main one originally constituting an independent element and the first and second associated with it), the main edges of both the pauldrons and vambraces formed with inward turns, etched with a narrow cabled design in the case of those of the former and filed-roped in the case of those of the latter, and the surfaces of both elements etched on a blackened ground with bands and borders of symmetrical foliate interlace, originally gilt, of which only that at the main edges of the third to fifth lames of the pauldron is original Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2364. ‡ £800-1200 161 THE COUTERS AND LOWER CANNONS OF A PAIR OF SPLINTS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY each comprising a large shell-like couter open at the rear, rounded to the point and front of the elbow, decorated across the latter with three broad flat ribs that converge towards the bend of the elbow, and connected by a pair of internal leathers to a slightly tapering gutter-shaped lower cannon (both elements lightly patinated and rusted overall) (2) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. No. 927. ‡ £200-350

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162 A PAIR OF LEG HARNESS, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1490 comprising cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its asymmetrical centrally-cusped upper edge with three extension-plates and at its lower edge with a poleyn of six lames, the transversely-boxed third of which terminates at its outer end in a medially-puckered spade-shaped wing, and the lowest of which descends to an acute central point; tubular greaves each formed of a front and rear plate, the former cut at its lower end with a deep arch to accommodate the foot, and the latter cut in the same position with a shallower arch and fitted top and bottom with articulated extension-lames; the upper edge of the main plate of each cuisse decorated with a broad raised rib tapering to its outer ends, and its upper and lower edges respectively with a groove and a rib, and the main edges of the greaves formed with plain outward turns (lightly patinated overall) (2)

164 TWO NORTH ITALIAN TASSETS, CIRCA 1550-60 of similar character to one another but not a pair, each formed of five upward-overlapping lames (the top two of the right associated and the fourth of the left restored), the uppermost fitted with a pair of suspension-buckles, the last formed at its lower edge with a file-roped inward turn bordered by a plain rib, and the subsidiary edges of most lames bordered by a single incised line (both tassets extensively patched and disarticulated, and moderately pitted overall) (2)

Provenance Sir Guy F. Laking, London, sold 1907.

165 THE LOWER ENDS OF TWO GERMAN TASSETS FOR LIGHT FIELD USE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY not a pair but probably deriving from the same series of armours, the left and right respectively formed of two and three upward overlapping lames (partly disarticulated), the lowest of which in each case descends to a convex edge formed with a prominent file-roped inward turn, the surfaces of each tasset decorated with a pair of raised vertical bands originally burnished bright against a black-from-the-hammer ground (now much worn and patinated) (2)

Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York.

Gimbel Brothers, New York, sold 1 June 1942.

JWHA Inv. No. 2686.

Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 36. ‡ £1000-1400 163 A PAIR OF LEG HARNESS, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1540 comprising cuisses each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower end with a winged poleyn of four lames; and full-length tubular greaves each cut at the heel with a slit to accommodate a spur and fitted within the arched lower end of its front plate with an integral broad-toed sabaton of eight lames, the last five decorated medially with a roped rib matching the inward turns of the main edges of all elements (the tops and bottoms of the cuisses and poleyns at one time formed with double recessed borders, subsequently erased, and all elements showing small patches of light active rust (2) Provenance A. Ullmann, Munich, sold Cologne, 1891, lot 2.

Julius Böhler, Munich.

William Randolph Hearst.

Gimbel Brothers, New York, 14 December 1942.

JWHA Inv.No. 2702.

Exhibited Children’s Museum, Hartford, Connecticut, March-April 1976.

Literature F. H. Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London, 1925, p. 30. ‡ £500-700

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Provenance Edward Hubbard Litchfield, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 5 December 1951, lot 160.

JWHA Inv. Nos 2961. ‡ £80-120

Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. No. 828. ‡ £100-150

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166 A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN VAMBRACE FOR THE LEFT ARM, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY comprising tubular upper cannon with one-piece turner articulated by a winged bracelet couter of three lames (the first and second associated, and the second reworked to fit its present context), to a tubular lower cannon (originally for the right arm) opening at the rear, the main edges of all elements formed with inward turns, roped in the case of those of the upper cannon, plain in the case of those of the couter and notched in the case of those of the lower canon, the turn at the cuff of the latter bordered by a matching notched rib dividing at the outside of the arm into a pair of adorsed volutes, the subsidiary edges of all elements decorated with pairs of incised lines accompanied on the main plate of the couter by further incised lines, in part showing traces of gilding, and the front of the same plate showing traces of a roped medial rib that has subsequently been removed, and all parts with a blued or blackened finish (now extensively and worn) Provenance The Tower of London Armouries, sold 17 July 1926.

JWHA Inv. No. 7.

Charles Ffoulkes, Curator of the Tower of London Armouries (1913-380, recorded in his Arms and the Tower, London, 1939, p. 176, that at some time shortly after 1924 it was decided that pieces of armour that were too damaged to be exhibited and not worth the time in cleaning them, should, as an experiment, be put on sale to visitors to the Tower rather than sent to the scrap merchant. ‡ £100-150 167 A SOUTH GERMAN OR SWISS PAULDRON FOR THE RIGHT SHOULDER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of broad-fronted form and composed of seven main lames that overlap outwards from the fourth which extends downwards over the armpit at the front as an additional series of five lames pivoting fan-wise on a single brass-capped rivet with brass rosettewasher (replaced), the main edges of the pauldron formed with plain inward turns, the flanged edges of the front and rear wings of the fourth lame and its extension punched with dots within a series of scallops, and its subsidiary edges decorated with pairs of scored lines (the centre of the fourth lame and the proximal end of the lowest of its extension-lames cracked, and the surface of the whole showing a mottled patination overall) Provenance William Randolph Hearst, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, New York, 24 November 1939, lot 107.

JWHA Inv. No. 2554.

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169 168 168 A GERMAN COLLAR AND ELEMENTS OF TWO VAMBRACES, PARTLY NUREMBERG, 16TH/17TH CENTURIES AND LATER comprising collar of three lames front and rear (the upper two in each case restored), the lowest front one, struck at the centre of its obtusely pointed lower edge with a pair of dots and the quality-control mark (worn) of the city of Nuremberg, originally forming part of an ‘Almain’ collar and, and the lowest rear one originally forming part of a pikeman’s armour; right vambrace, of three-piece construction, formed of a short upper cannon (restored) open at the inside of the arm, a large shell-like couter (restored) open at the rear, and a tubular lower cannon (its inner plate restored and its outer plate, later fitted internally with a slotted medial strip to attach a gauntlet, retaining traces at the inside of the elbow of a former recessed border), all articulated by means of internal leathers; and the lower cannon of a left vambrace closely resembling that of the right; the main edges of all elements except the upper cannon formed with full or partial plain turns) (3) Provenance Sir Guy Laking, London, sold 1907.

Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York.

Gimbel Brothers, New York, sold 1 June 1942.

JWHA Inv. No. 2686.

Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 36. ‡ £200-350 169 A COLLAR, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN STYLE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest front one descending to an obtuse central point and the lowest rear one to a straight edge, the main edges of the collar formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied in the case of the lower one by a recessed border (lightly patinated overall) Provenance Liberty & Co. Ltd, London.

JWHA Inv. No. 477.

Exhibited ‘Age of Armour’, J. W. Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 13 February - 31 August 2003.

Travelling exhibition to numerous locations, February 2004 - September 2008. ‡ £40-60

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170 A VISOR, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF THE MID-15TH CENTURY; THE SIDE-PLATE OF A CUISSE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY; AND THE REAR PLATES OF A PAIR OF GREAVES, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN A FANCIFUL LATE MEDIEVAL STYLE the first of near-upright form cut with a broad slightly ‘frog-mouthed’ vision-slit, pierced at each side of the face with seven circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, and formed at the distal ends of its short arms with integral hinges used to attach it to its pivots (heavily pitted and patinated overall); the second formed of a transversely-curved main plate that widens slightly to its upper end where it is fitted with a short extension-plate attached by means of a pair of sliding-rivets, its left and right edges respectively fitted with a pair of hinges and a rivet for the attachment of a strap (heavily pitted and patinated overall); and the third formed in each case of nine lames overlapping outwards from the second and eighth, and fitted with hinges at the inner ends of the second and seventh (the lower right one missing), and buckles at the outer ends of the third (lightly rusted overall and showing some damage and disarticulation (4) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. Nos 363, 3084 and 828.

The visor can be compared with that forming part of a great basinet in the Trapp family armoury at Schloss Curburg, South Tyrol, cat.no.19, made for the export market in the workshop of the Missaglia family of Milan (Boccia & Coelho 1967, pp. 84—9). ‡ £200-350 171 A LEFT-HAND DAGGER IN SAXON EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY with tapering fullered blade of flattened-diamond section, blackened iron hilt including drooping forward-canted quillons with fluted terminals, faceted bun-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ‘Turk’s heads’ 36.5 cm; 14 ⅜ in blade Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2002. ‡ £250-400

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172 A PAIR OF BESAGUES, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY each of slightly convex circular form decorated peripherally nine scallops separated by a flutes radiating from a tall fluted conical boss secured at the rear by a small cotter-pin that also retains a buff-leather suspension-strap (its surface moderately heavily pitted overall) (2) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. Nos 828. ‡ £150-200 173 A FAULD AND TASSETS IN THE LATE ‘GOTHIC’ FASHION, PARTLY NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN (POSSIBLY FLEMISH), 16TH CENTURY, AND PARTLY 19TH CENTURY comprising fauld of three lames (restored), the upper edge of each cusped three times, and the lower edge of the third formed at its centre with a small semi-circular boss separating a pair of one-piece tassets (the left restored), each suspended from a pair of straps and buckles, narrowing lightly to its convex lower end and formed at its concave inner edge with a flattened inward turn, its upper edge decorated with a narrow recessed border and its centre with a symmetrical spray of cascaded flutes diverging from the middle of that border and interrupted at its lower end by a horizontal step (probably later; both tassets showing light to moderate patination) Provenance Sir Guy Laking, London, sold 1907.

Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York.

Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1 June 1942.

JWHA Inv. No. 2686.

Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 36. ‡ £100-150 174 A BESAGUE, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY; AND ANOTHER, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE MID-16TH CENTURY the first of slightly convex circular form decorated with six flutes radiating from a central rivet with a spirally-fluted head that attaches a buff-leather suspension-strap at its rear (its surface showing a mottled patina overall); and the second of slightly convex circular form, decorated peripherally with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by eight round-headed rivets retaining, at the rear, a buff leather lining and suspension-strap (its surface lightly patinated overall) (2) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York.

JWHA Inv. No. 828. ‡ £100-150

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See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands.

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 1982.2216; 1982.2697a-h 1982.

2879a & b; 1982.3110; 1982.3113; and 1982.3143a & b.

The horse bit: His Imperial Highness, Archduke Eugen, Veste Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 4 March 1927, lot 932.

Literature Bashford Dean, Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, p. 10, pl. VII. The main and side-plates of the backplate, the turner and cannons of each vambrace and the stirrups are all of early 16th century date. The horse-bit is probably of 17th century date. ‡ £12000-18000 84

Courtesy of the Art Instutute of Chicago

175 A MOUNTED ARMOUR FOR THE ‘JOUSTS REAL’ IN THE SPANISH STYLE OF CIRCA 1500-10, MAINLY 19TH CENTURY WITH SOME EARLY 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS of great weight, comprising helm with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb, shaped to the nape, extending downwards over the top of the backplate and fitted at each side of the brow with a projecting sprung stud to engage a frog-mouthed visor and bevor formed in two pieces joined by rivets just behind the vision-slit, the bevor gently shaped to the chin and extending downwards over the upper part of the breastplate to which it is attached by bolts, and its right side fitted with a hinged trapdoor closing a large rectangular ventilation-hole; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate fitted at the top of its right arm-opening with a projecting flange and at its centre with a fixed reinforcing breastplate through which protrude at each side five pierced staples, retaining at the right a large rigid openwork lance-rest, and at the left, an even larger openwork frame fitted with studs to support a shield, and the lower edge of the main plate fitted with a waist-plate bearing at its left side a large loose ring to support the bridle-arm and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two lames, the lower edge of which retains on a pair of turning-pins at each side a medially-ridged onepiece tasset, the left longer than the right, and both cut away in a curve over the crotch; backplate formed of a central main plate that narrows to its lower end and two side-plates (the right patched at its lower end) rigidly connected to one another by rivets and overlain at their lower ends by a tall plackart formed at its upper end with three cusps and fitted within its lower edge with a culet of two lames; a pair of spaudlers each of three lames overlapping outwards from the second and boxed in six vertical panels, its fifth lame attached by a single rivet to a fully articulated tubular vambrace boxed en suite with the spaudler, fitted at its upper end with a one-piece turner, at its elbow with a winged couter of five lames open at the rear and decorated on the front of the wing of its two-piece main plate with a spray of flutes in the ‘gothic’ fashion, and at the upper end of the outer plate of the lower canon with a flange shaped to the base of the couter (the inner plates of both lower cannons patched); an asymmetrical wooden shield curving forward at its upper and lower ends, pierced towards its outside with a pair of large lace-holes, faced with overlapping rectangular plates secured in each case by a single nail and covered elsewhere with red velvet; a conical vamplate decorated peripherally within a recessed border with scallops; a wooden saddle covered overall with quilted crimson velvet (worn) decorated around its edge with a yellow fringe and faced on its upstanding bow and cantle with three saddle-steels in each case, those of the bow stepped at the right side and those of the cantle projecting at their upper corners as curved arms; two stirrups (not a pair), each with slightly flaring fluted sides and a tread of four bars, the two inner bars in one case writhen (each pitted and worn); a curb-bit of tinned iron with simple pierced and engraved ornament and fitted with later bridle of leather covered with crimson velvet edged with gold piping and decorated at intervals with rosettes and scrolls of gold braid; and an heraldically-decorated caparison of yellow fabric strips each faced with black velvet (now largely faded to green) and terminating in tassels of gold bullion

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176 AN ITALIC BRONZE HELMET OF MONTEFORTINO TYPE, 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece, the ogival crown rising to a flattened and pierced terminal, decorated with incised encircling bands and a border of incised chevrons between, at the rear an extending flange forming a short neck-guard, the brim with a carinated ridge and incised encircling bands, fitted inside with a bronze hook on one side and a corroded iron rivet in the rear flange (good condition, with mottled patina overall and limestone internal deposits) 20.5 cm; 8 in Provenance A Private Trust.

Acanthus, New York, 1997.

Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 5 October 2011, lot 77.

For a similar helmet preserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum,Vienna, found at Hรกtzeg, Transylvania, see Gamber 1978, fig.

345. The Montefortino helmet was initially a Celtic and then Roman type of domed helmet, modified over time, it was used for a lengthy period from 4th-1st Century B.C. ยฃ10000-15000

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177 A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN TYPE, 5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown turned outwards at its rear to form short neck-guard, with false eye-holes and forwardsloping nose-guard, the cheek guards projecting downwards at the front to form a deep face-defence cut, the brow embossed in low relief forming a pair of ‘horns’, the upper ridge continuing as a stepped ridge around the rear of the crown, the edges of the helmet and embossed areas decorated with engraved ornament, highlighted later in modern white paint, with borders of ovolo, scallops and palmettes on the brow and a palmette flanked by serpents above (heavily repaired, restored and repainted, consolidated with coloured resin, mottled patina overall, showing cracks, reinforced internally with glued gauze) 17.5 cm; 6 in Provenance A private Swiss collection, prior to 1988.

Guttmann Collection, Berlin, sold Christies, 28 April 2004, lot 85.

Royal Athena Galleries New York, 2009.

Literature A. Bottini et al., Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, pp.98-100, pl. 47; and H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XII (AG 161). £8000-12000

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178 A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown decorated with raised parallel medial ridges, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, the integral downward projecting cheek-pieces forming a rectangular facial-opening, bordered with a strip of applied sheet gold, the edges of the helmet decorated with a border of stamped circles, with further circles stamped at the temples (some repairs, gold re-glued, overall condition good with mottled patina) 25.5 cm; 10 in Provenance Hermann Historica, Munich, 4 May 2011, lot 1775. ÂŁ8000-12000

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179 A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF CHALCIDIAN TYPE, 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. the domed crown rising to a gentle medial ridge, around the crown base an encircling raised contour, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, the cut-out semi-circular openings at the ears and eyes, decorated with a raised border, extending into a short nasal-bar, each side with hinged cheek-pieces, the front edges scallop-shaped, (hinge pins replaced), the exterior surface with remnants of tinning (some repair and restoration, with a mottled tinned and pitted patina) 32.5 cm; 12ž in Provenance A German private collector.

Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 20 October 2005, lot 287. ÂŁ6000-8000

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180 AN ITALIC BRONZE HELMET OF NEGAU TYPE, MID-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece, the domed crown rising to a gentle medial ridge, at the brow a broad grooved band encircling the head, with a carinated brim below, pierced at each side with later square suspension-holes, the crown and sides with remnants of soft solder for attachment of decorative mounts, the brim with two incised maker’s marks (surfaces cleaned to a light patination) 18.0 cm; 7 in Provenance Axel Guttmann Collection, Berlin, sold Christie’s 6 November 2002, lot 37.

Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2009.

For a similar helmet preserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, found at Enns-Asten, Austria, see Gamber 1978, fig.

346. Also cf. Bottini et al. 1988, pp. 269 and 472, no.72 for the type. £4000-6000

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181 181 A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown decorated to either side with raised medial ridges, the inner ridges higher with two lower outer parallel ridges, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, pierced with a central iron rivet corroded on the inside, the integral downward projecting cheek-pieces forming a rectangular facial-opening, edged by a border of roundheaded studs within a raised band continuing around the helmet edge, the forehead with a secondary raised ridge, pierced centrally with a rivet for attachment (heavily repaired and restored, a mottled patina overall) 25.0 cm; 9 in Provenance Private Collection Vienna.

Property of an English lady, acquired around 1968-1978.

Bonhams, Antiquities and Tribal Art, London, 26 April 2007, lot 301.

Illyrian helmets originate in the Peloponnese region, with the majority having been excavated in Illyria (Northwestern part of the Balkan peninsula). Examples of these helmets belonging to Type III A, have been found in warrior graves belonging to Macedonian and Illyrian tribes, the closest example being from Sindos, Grave 115. See Pflug 1988. ÂŁ4000-6000

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182 182 A RARE GERMAN ETCHED AND GILT MORION OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE ELECTORS OF SAXONY, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580-90 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a high roped medial comb pierced towards its rear with a transverse hole for tying up a plume, and a narrow integral brim turned down at each side and rising front and rear to an acute point, the front point stuck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and a makers mark consisting of the conjoined initials ‘HP’ or ‘HR’, the edges of the brim formed with file-roped inward turns, the crown pierced at the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment a missing plume-holder and encircled around its base by sixteen lining-rivets of brass of which twelve are original and formed as lions’ masks, in three cases retaining brass rings in their mouths, and the remainder are old replacements formed as rosettes, and below them fourteen later lining-rivets of iron with small round heads and polygonal internal washers, the crown decorated with etched and gilt bands of scrolling strapwork enclosing in circular cartouches at the left and right sides respectively the figures of Mutius Scaevola before Porsena and Marcus Curtius leaping into the Gulf, the comb with further etched and gilt bands of repeated scrolls enclosing in smaller circular cartouches at the left and right sides respectively, the arms of the Archmarshalcy of Saxony and of the Dukes of Saxony, and the brim bordered by narrow bands of etched and gilt scrolls matching those of the comb (the right of the brim showing a small crack at its centre; the helmet worn and lightly patinated overall) 29.0 cm; 11 in Provenance The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden.

The morion belongs to a distinctive group of such helmets which were first made for the Trabantenleibgarde of the Elector August I of Saxony (1553-86) and continued to be used and probably added to in the time of his successors Christian I (1586-91) and Christian II (1601-11). They would have been worn with the black doublets and yellow trunk-hose that formed the uniform of the guard. A large number of helmets of this group , which may have included the present example, were removed from the Electoral armoury in the 1830s and sent to the State Opera House in Dresden for theatrical use, many of which were seen there by Dr Bashford Dean in 1912. See Nickel 1989, pp. 117-21; and Eaves 2002, pp. 149-50. £9000-12000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 183 A GROUP OF SAXON AND MEDIAEVAL BRONZE BUCKLES AND OTHER ITEMS NORTHERN EUROPE OR BRITAIN comprising a pair of bronze belt fittings, circa 1000AD, of triangular form, with five domed studs bordered by silver gilt, the central area with incised abstract designs and silver-gilt looped projections on the short edge and on the reverse; two quatrefoil buckles, probably 500-1000AD, the larger with curved bar on one end; a fragmentary mediaeval badge or ornament, 15th century, or earlier; two oval buckles, 450-1000AD, of oval section, one with ridged, the other incised geometric decoration the first 9.2 cm; 3 ⅝ in long and smaller (7) Provenance The fourth (larger quatrefoil buckle) fifth (badge) and sixth (larger oval buckle): Sumner Healey New York 30th April 1929.

John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, sold in these rooms, 20 March 2013, lot 125.

Exhibited Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art 25 April-22 June 1947.

Badges of circular openwork form were worn by pilgrims during the mediaeval period as mementoes and proof of pilgrimage.

See Adkins 1982, p.180. £300-400 184 A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANTIQUITIES comprising a Roman lead pyxis (cylindrical box), 3rd-4th century AD, an Iron Razor, probably Roman, the rectangular blade with tapered handle and plate finial; a Bronze Ferrule, Britain, probably late Bronze Age; a Bronze Key, Byzantine or later, and a Grey Stone Celt, of rounded triangular form the second: 12.5 cm; 5 in and smaller (5) Provenance The third: Sumner Healey New York 30 April 1929.

The fourth: Azeez Khayat New York 5 June 1928 found by him in Nazareth.

The last: gift to the Armoury by H. C. Hosier Braeside Wyoming Avenue South Orange New Jersey.

John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, sold in these rooms, 20 March 2013, lot 128. £300-400 185 ONE BRONZE AND THREE IRON AXE HEADS, BRONZE AGE-IRON AGE AND LATER the bronze axe-head probably from the Iberian Peninsula, the blade with pronounced flare, two small projections on either side, two of the iron axe heads with wrapped socket, the larger with remains of wood shaft, the fourth a fragmentary flared blade the first: 17 cm; 6 ¾ in (4) Provenance The first: Marques de Valderrey Castellana 14 Madrid 6 May 1931.

The third: Comtesse de Broussiere until circa 1913 said to have been found by her father Julian Greau in the Rhone Valley towards the end of 19th century Karl Freund (Anderson Galleries) 16 May 1928.

The last: Azeez Khayat Sale at Samuel T. Freeman and Co. of Philadelphia 11 April 1933.

John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, sold in these rooms, 20 March 2013, lot 115. £200-300

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Armour VARIOUS OWNERS 186 A CLOSE HELMET IN THE LATE 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with a rounded two-piece skull joined by brazing along the crest of a high roped medial comb, fitted at the nape with a tapering plume-holder and at the front with a visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots, the forward-sloping visor stepped and roped beneath its centrally divided vision-slit and fitted at the right with a baluster-ended lifting-peg, the near-upright prowshaped upper bevor pieced at each side with six X-shaped ventilation-slots arranged in two rows, the bevor proper fitted at its right with a pivoted visor-prop formed and decorated with incised lines as a stylised serpent, the upper bevor and bevor proper respectively secured by a spring-catch and a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and the flanged lower edge of the bevor and skull fitted in each case with a pair of rounded gorget-plates having file-roped inward turns at their lower edges accompanied by a recessed borders 33.0 cm; 13 in ‡ £1200-1800 187 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at its front with the quality-control mark of the City of Nuremburg, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a long slightly flaring, obtusely pointed neck-guard of four lames (associated, possibly within the working life of the piece), and fitted at each side with a pair of rivets for the attachment of pendent ear-defences, each doubling as part of the series for the attachment of the lining, the forward edge of the peak and the rear edge of the neck-guard both formed with file-roped inward turns, and the surface of the whole retaining much of its original blackened finish (now in part oxidised and worn) 28.0 cm; 11 in ‡ £900-1200

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188 A SOUTH GERMAN COMB-MORION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580, WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION with a hemispherical crown rising to a high roped medial comb, and an integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point front and rear, the right of the front one struck with the quality control mark of the City of Nuremburg, the edges of the brim formed with a file-roped inward turns (that at the right cracked near it front end and both sides pierced with later suspension-holes), the base of the crown encircled by sixteen round-headed lining-rivets with rosette washers of pewter, and the whole etched overall on a blackened and stippled ground with scrolling foliage inhabited by birds of prey, divided into seven vertical panels at each side of the crown and enclosing in circular cartouches at the centres of the left and right sides of the of the latter respectively, the Sacrifice of Isaac and a mounted huntsman, and in oval cartouches at the centres of the left and right sides of the comb respectively, a soldier holding a banner and a drummer (the decoration slightly worn at points) 29.0 cm; 11½ in ‡ £1200-1800

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190 189 A BRONZE HELMET IN GREEK 5TH CENTURY B.C. STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a rounded crown turned outwards at its rear to form a short neck-guard, with false eye-holes and forward-sloping nose-guard, the cheek guards projecting downwards at the front to form a face-defence, with engraved border, and in ‘aged’ condition 24 cm; 9 ½ in high ‡ £500-700 190 A SHAFFRON IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY formed of a medially-ridged main plate flanged outwards over the nostrils, fitted at each side of its upper end with a rounded sideplate, fitted within U-shaped cut-outs at its upper corners with gutter-shaped defences for the ears, fitted above circular cut-outs for the eyes at each side with protective flanges, and between them, at the centre of the brow, with a decorative escutcheon secured by a threaded spike terminating in three-side pyramidal head, the edges of the side-plates, eye-flanges and nose-flange each formed with plain inward turns and the upper edges of the ear-defences with short longitudinal flutes (the surface showing a mottled light patina overall) 58.0 cm; 28¾ in ‡ £1000-1500 191 A PAIR OF LONG TASSETS IN THE LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY each formed of eight lames extending downwards to just above the knees, the lowest six overlapping downwards and terminating in a convex inward-turned lower edge, and the upper two (associated) overlapping upwards and fitted on the second of them with a pair of iron suspension-buckles (evenly pitted overall and showing patches of active corrosion) each 43 cm; 17 in (2) £300-500 98

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192 A SOUTH GERMAN ‘MAXIMILIAN’ CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1510-20 with a broad rounded one-piece skull rising to a hollowed medial keel decorated along its centre with a pair of incised lines, broad neck-guard of three lames (the lowest two restored), and associated bellows visor and bevor attached by common pivots (restored), the visor (trimmed at its upper edge) formed with three prominent transverse ridges, the upper one serving as a step beneath a centrally-divided vision-slit, the spaces between the ridges pierced with small ventilation holes, the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short neck-guard and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch (restored), the rear of the skull and the neck-guard decorated with flutes enclosed between pairs of incised lines and arranged in groups of three, the visor decorated with both paired and single incised lines and the lower edge of the bevor and neck-guard formed with a raised rib of V-section accompanied by a recessed border enclosed between single lines (holed and patched at several points) 28.0 cm; 11 in ‡ £4000-6000

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193 AUCTION CATALOGUES: SOTHEBY'S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA, AND SPORTING GUNS including sales in London, Monaco, New York and Sussex covering the period 1974-2000, including the collections of John F. Hayward, Charles Draeger, Visser (part 1) and The Royal House of Hanover A full listing is available on request. £60-80 194 AUCTION CATALOGUES: CHRISTIE'S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA, AND SPORTING GUNS including sales in London, New York, Glasgow, Rome and Geneva covering the period 1968-2010, including the collections of Harold L. Peterson, The Lord Mostyn and Their Serence Highnesses the Princes zu Salm-Reiffercheidt-Dyck (part 2)

196 A GROUP OF MINIATURE EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY including a Central European officer’s sword, with curved blade, gilt-brass cross-piece and carved bone grip set with turquoise pastes; a Bavarian officer’s sword, in its scabbard; two bayonets, a Gurka kukri knife, a Balkan bichaq, in its scabbard; two hunting daggers and a Japanese katana; together with a silver-plated Jugendstil paperknife by WMF the first: 18 cm; 7 in blade (qty) £120-150 197 A CRIMEAN COPPER SAUCEPAN, TAKEN AT SEBASTOPOL 1855 of copper with tapering tubular iron handle engraved in cyrillic, with an anchor, the date 1853 and inscription ‘taken from the ruins of Sebastopol, the day after the fall Septr. 9th 1855 by A Farquharson, cook of the S. S. Imperatrix’ 15 cm; 6 in high £150-200

A full listing is available on request. £60-80 195 AFTER HORACE VERNET, NAPOLEON AT JENA 1806 on card, signed ‘Tony’ lower right, in glazed neo-classical gilt frame 11.8 by 12.8 cm; 4 ⅝ by 5 1/16 in £80-120

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198 A FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW AND WINDLASS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with robust steel bow retained by a pair of irons, shaped hardwood tiller, the top inset with an iron bolt channel and incorporating a shaped rest beneath, the sides with shaped iron plaques, fitted with bone nut, steel stirrup and long moulded iron trigger (worn, the elements loose, tiller cracked), complete with an iron windlass with cords and turned wooden handles 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in tiller (2) ‡ £800-1000

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199 199 A .34 CALIBRE BREECH-LOADING WALKING STICK RIFLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with rifled sighted barrel sleeved in brass,the breech accessed via an aperture with sliding cover ahead of the back-sight, the outside formed in imitation of root wood and painted black, with ivory top finial (small chips) and threaded brass basal cap 95.5 cm; 37 ⅝ in overall ⦿ £300-350 200 FOUR CONTINENTAL GANG BULLET MOULDS AND THREE FURTHER BULLET MOULDS, 19TH CENTURY the first for twenty four balls of approximately twenty bore, with wooden handles; the second, third and fourth for smaller bore balls; and the fifth with provision for three balls the first: 43 cm; 17 in overall (7) £150-200 201 THIRTEEN RUSSET IRON BULLET MOULDS, PROBABLY CENTRAL OR EAST EUROPEAN, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY each of rudimentary pincer form, unmarked the largest for 28 bore 18.5 cm; 7 ¼ in (13) £120-180

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203 202 A SMALL PRIMING FLASK FOR THE 9TH BATTALION OF ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, CIRCA 1790-1815 of polished horn, with brass nozzle with spring cut-off, brass basal cap engraved ‘9RRAB.976’, and two loops for suspension 18 cm; 7 ⅛ in These flasks were in use circa 1790-1815. Other examples are preserved at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson. See Blackmore 1976, p. 182, no. 270. £250-350 203 A RUSSIAN POWDER HORN, DATED 1855 of polished cow horn, inscribed ‘Sebastopol 1855’, fitted with brass nozzle with spring cut-off, shaped brass basal cap fitted with a wooden stopper, and two iron rings for suspension 39 cm; 15 ⅜ in £300-500 204 A GERMAN POWDER-FLASK, LATE 16TH CENTURY of bifurcated bone, the inner surface carved in imitation of staghorn and the outer decorated with Salome, Herodias and the head of John the Baptist within an architectural framework, iron mounts comprising two basal caps, nozzle with spring cut-off, belt hook, and four loops for suspension 24.5 cm; 9 ¾ in high £700-900

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205 TWO ARTILLERY SIGHTS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, NO. 183 AND 201, SPANISH OR SOUTH AMERICAN, PROBABLY FOR COASTAL DEFENCE each of curved T-shaped form, incorporating a bracket for attaching to the top of a gun, the main bar graduated from ‘1’ to ‘35’ milésimas and ‘1’ to ‘66’ hectometres, fitted with adjustable forward sight with level and back-sight operating on a further axis set at a right angle at the back 28.5 cm; 11 ¼ in overall (2) £450-550 206 THREE POWDER-FLASKS AND A POWDER MEASURE, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first of flattened cowhorn, engraved with a stag hunting scene on one face and with a goose set upon by a hawk on the other, with later wooden stopper; the second of polished cowhorn, fitted with brass nozzle; the third of carved horn with nozzle formed as a stylised monsterhead; the fourth with brass nozzle and iron spring cut-off; and a leather pouch the first: 16.5 cm; 6 ½ in (5) £100-150 207 A SMALL BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, A PAIR OF SMALL IRON SALUTING CANNON AND THREE MINIATURE CANNON, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first with tapering multi-stage barrel cast with raised mouldings, a pair of stylised dolphin lifting handles, plain trunnions and conical cascabel; the second cast in two longitudinal sections, with raised mouldings and globose cascabels; the fourth engraved ‘Royal George sunk 1782 raised 1840’; the fifth and sixth of brass the first: 26 cm 10 ¼ in barrel (6) £100-150

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208 A FINE GERMAN BRONZE SALUTING CANNON BARREL, DATED 1765 formed in tapering multi-stage sections, chiselled with inscriptions (obscured) including the date and a thunderbolt on the chase, further inscriptions including ‘ULTIMO RATIO REGIM’, a sun-in-splendour and the crowned Prussian eagle on the first reinforce, drawn-out at the rear to a globose cascable, a pair of plain trunnions and finely chiselled dolphin lifting handles (the inscriptions largely obscured) 51.5 cm; 21 ¼ in barrel 2 cm; ¾ in bore £1800-2400

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European and American Firearms THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR 209 A PAIR OF 15 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS SIGNED W. ADAMS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal twist sighted barrels fitted with stirrup ramrods beneath (one ramrod terminal missing), scroll-engraved tangs incorporating the back-sights, scroll-engraved side hammer actions, finely chequered walnut butts, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guards, butt-caps with traps and belt hooks (one later), and vacant German silver escutcheons 15.5 cm; 6 ⅛ in barrels (2) £1200-1800 210 A PAIR OF 28 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS BY BURNETT, SOUTHAMPTON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with signed blued octagonal sighted barrels fitted with stirrup ramrods beneath, scroll-engraved tangs incorporating the backsights, scroll-engraved side hammer actions, finely chequered walnut butts, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guards, butt-caps with traps and belt hooks retaining traces of blued finish, and vacant German silver oval escutcheons 14.5 cm; 5 ¾ in barrels (2) William Burnett is recorded in 18 St Mary’s Square, Southampton, Hants circa 1823-39 and at 153 High Street circa 1843-51. £1000-1500 106

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211 A PAIR OF 14 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION PISTOLS BY SMITH, LONDON, CIRCA 1840 each with blued barrels engraved with a band of foliage about the muzzles, the top barrel signed and fitted with brass bead fore-sight, engraved breeches with pierced platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened tang incorporating the back-sight, signed engraved back-action locks fitted with blued safety-catches, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved blued trigger-guard, stirrup ramrod and vacant white metal escutcheon 11.5 cm; 4 ½ in barrels (2) £3000-4000

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212 A HIGHLY DECORATED .36 CALIBRE COLT SECOND MODEL 1849 POCKET LONDON REVOLVER, NO. 455, CIRCA 1853 of standard production specifications, with 6 in octagonal sighted barrel, matching numbers throughout, and the iron parts decorated with gold scrolling foliage throughout (small losses) 15.2 cm; 6 in barrel ÂŁ2500-3000

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213 TWO SAXON LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE PRINCE ELECTOR CHRISTIAN II, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1610 almost forming a pair, with long slender barrels formed in three stages, the middle sections with characteristic triangular panels and hemispherical recesses, octagonal breeches stamped ‘HS’ for Hans Stockmann (Neue Støckel 3099) and with a series of decorative marks with a beadwork panel above and below, plain locks retained by two side nails, fitted with domed iron wheelcovers, sliding pan-covers with button releases, and moulded dogs engraved and punched with minute stars and pellets, fruitwood full stocks inlaid over their length in staghorn with strapwork plaques about the tangs, each with a pair of ovals charged with the arms of the Archmarshalcy of Saxony and the Dukes of Saxony, with the stockmaker’s initials ‘GP’ and ‘MM’ respectively between (rubbed), with further engraved staghorn pellets, differing rosettes, and, about the side nails, a snail and a marine monster, the rear portion set within segmental lines, fluted lemon-shaped pommels decorated en suite (the inlay with small losses, the stocks with minor repairs), engraved horn ramrod-pipes and fore-end caps, iron trigger-guards incorporating triggerreturn springs, and original ramrods each with engraved horn tip 48 cm; 18 ⅞ in barrels (2) Provenance The former Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden Hans Stockman is recorded working in Dresden from 1590 until his death in 1639. He became a master of the gunmaker’s guild in 1603 and Burger of Dresden in 1605. He made a number of arms for the Electoral Armoury of which well over one hundred still remain. See Schaal 1975, p. 46. £10000-12000

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214 A FINE CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED DUELLING PISTOLS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 314 ½ OXFORD STREET, LONDON, NOS. 2578 AND 2579 FOR 1834 with browned twist octagonal lightly swamped sighted barrels rifled with twelve grooves, signed in full along the top flat, stamped with the barrelsmith’s mark, serial numbers and London view and proof marks beneath, case-hardened breeches inlaid with platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, incorporating the back-sights and numbered on the faces, scroll-engraved casehardened tangs, signed bolted scroll-engraved case-hardened locks decorated en suite with the breeches, scroll-engraved case-hardened hammers, blued set triggers, highly figured walnut half-stocks, finely chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising blued numbered trigger-guards decorated with trophies-of-arms on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plates with scallop shell finials, case-hardened butt-caps decorated with scrolls, and case-hardened fore-end caps decorated with a sunburst, vacant border-engraved silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and in fine condition with much original finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (the lid expertly repaired, the trade label with small tears and staining), the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, and the interior with maker’s trade label, complete with accessories including Sykes patent flask, bullet mould, wad cutter and oil bottle 25.4 cm; 10 in barrels Literature L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p.134., stated as ‘2578-9, Single, [sold] 10 Apr. 1834 [for] £52. 10. 0.’ £15000-20000

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215 A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 9133, CIRCA 1822 with heavy browned twist octagonal sighted shallow-rifled barrels, signed in full along the top flats, stamped with the London view marks and the serial numbers beneath, engraved case-hardened breeches inlaid with platinum lines, fitted with blued backsights, percussion bolsters incorporating a raised fence, pierced platinum plugs, and serial numbered beneath, engraved case-hardened tangs decorated with scrolls and border ornament, engraved case-hardened locks signed ‘John Manton & Son Patent’, fitted with detents and bolt safety-catches, scroll-engraved case-hardened hammers, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved iron mounts including blued trigger-guards decorated with scrolls, vacant silver escutcheons, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, original brass-tipped wooden ramrods, and much early finish throughout: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, escutcheon engraved with the owner’s initials ‘H.M.B.’ and the interior with maker’s trade label for 6 Dover Street, complete with accessories including three-way flask, bullet mould, and mallet 25.4 cm; 10 in barrels Sold together with a transcript of a letter from David Back stating that these appear to have been made in 1825 and are the earliest recorded pair of pistols by John Manton to use copper caps. The proposed allocation of dates and serial numbers by Peter Scott-Edeson dates these pistols to September 1822, one year after Forsyth’s patent ran out. Notably Purdey’s produced their first copper cap pistols in the same year as did the Dublin gunmakers Rigby. It would appear that the present pistols incorporate flintlock lock plates, as evidenced by the plugged areas on the forward portion of the lock plates. See Scott-Edeson 2000, p. 131. £10000-15000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 216 A RARE 54 BORE FOUR SHOT FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION VOLLEY PISTOL OF ‘DUCK’S FOOT’ TYPE,

BY MCDERMOT, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1810-20 with turn-off barrels numbered 1 - 4, the breeches numbered correspondingly, struck beneath with London proof marks and above with ‘R&W’ and fleur-de-lys marks, box-lock action signed within an oval carried by a trophy-of-arms on the left, fitted with tap-lever operating the two left and two right barrels respectively, top-mounted thumb-piece safety-catch, and belt hook on the right, chequered walnut butt (cracked through and repaired), engraved iron trigger-guard, the butt inset with a vacant silver escutcheon on the pommel and another on the spine 7.5 cm; 3 in barrels Two maker’s of this name are recorded in Dublin at this date, Farrell McDermott circa 1796-1827 and Henry McDermott circa 1800-20. The use of a tap-action on a duck’s foot pistol is notably rare. ‡ £6000-8000

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217 A VERY RARE 32 BORE IRISH HAND ROTATED SEVEN-SHOT REVOLVING CARBINE BY W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1838 with octagonal barrel group arranged as a cluster of six around the seventh central barrel, signed on one flat and fitted with spring bayonet with sliding thumb-piece release, the breeches numbered 1-6, the central barrel detonated simultaneously by the sixth, the six barrels with correspondingly numbered breech plugs, engraved tang, engraved nipple fence decorated with a band of conventional foliage, fitted with a retaining screw for the barrels on the left and a further screw on the right, signed back-action lock decorated with scrolls of foliage and border ornament, signed engraved side-plate en suite with the lock, highly figured walnut half-stock with finely chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate each decorated en suite with the lock, the latter with hinged trap containing its brass-tipped wooden ramrod, vacant silver escutcheon, and with some early finish throughout (patinated to rich brown) 27.8 cm; 11 in barrels Literature David Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 83, illustrated.

Sold for £34.13.0 to S. Crothwaite, 1838. ‡ £7000-10000

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218 218 A COMPOSED CASED HIGHLAND DRESS GARNITURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF 32 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS, SKEAN DHU, PLAID BROOCH, POWDER HORN, SPORRAN AND BELTS, 19TH CENTURY the pistols with blued barrels formed in three stages, inscribed ‘London’ on top, struck with Birmingham proof marks, and engraved with traditional designs over the breeches and behind the muzzles, engraved blued locks signed ‘Donald Currie’ and decorated with serpents on the tails, fitted with engraved pierced cocks and rollers, engraved silver full stocks decorated with wrigglework borders, thistle flowers and foliage (unmarked), blued iron belt hooks, triggers and prickers, the latter two formed as acorns, and blued iron ramrods; skean dhu, with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, and silver-mounted grip in its scabbard; plaid brooch, stamped ‘AGW’ within a rectangle on the reverse, decorated on the front with a crest, a hand clasping a crown, enclosed by thistle flowers and foliage centring on a foil-backed paste; belt with silver buckle decorated en suite with the brooch; dress powder horn of stained flattened cow horn, with white metal mounts and chain; sporran with engraved white metal mounts decorated with Celtic serpents; a further belt matching the previous: all contained within a two tier fitted oak case lined in red velvet with brass lifting handles the pistols 17.7 cm; 6 ⅞ in the case 51.5 cm; 20 ¼ in x 32 cm; 12 ⅜ in £2500-3500 116

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219 A .700 SWISS TARGET RIFLE, GRENOBLE, CIRCA 1680, FITTED WITH ENGLISH LOCK BY SAMUEL & CHARLES SMITH, PRINCES STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1831-40 with scratch-rifled multi-stage barrel, cuboid muzzle incorporating the fore-sight, damascened with gold scrolls and marine monsters and faceted behind, the median fitted with a girdle-sight and damascened with further gold scrolls, and the breech with traces of gold decoration, tang previously fitted with back-sight, signed stepped lock fitted with roller, ‘dog’ safety-catch, rainproof pan, patent steel, and later cock, highly figured Grenoble walnut stock moulded over the fore-end (cracked and chipped), characteristic butt with hook-shaped moulding ahead of the comb, fitted with carved dark wood extension at the rear, iron mounts comprising finely pierced and engraved side-plate decorated with the temptation of Adam by Eve, plain iron butt-plate, triggerguard shaped for the fingers and with a trigger-support on the right, and no provision for a ramrod 76.5 cm; 30 ⅛ in barrel £1200-1500 220 A .750 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK FUSIL SIGNED W. TITTENSOR, CIRCA 1720 reconverted from percussion, with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages, signed rounded lock (signature refreshed), walnut full stock carved with a raised moulding about the tang, brass mounts comprising wavy side-plate, trigger-guard and buttplate each with moulded finial, and associated wooden ramrod 116.2 cm; 45 ¾ in barrel £1200-1800 221 A .750 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY WATKIN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with sighted barrel inscribed ‘No. 87’ over the breech and struck with Ordnance marks (worn, light surface patination), signed rounded lock, full stock impressed ‘Y+C’ and ‘96’ on the left of the butt (small chips), regulation brass mounts and associated wooden ramrod 106.5 cm; 42 in barrel £800-1000 117

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222 A .600 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSION RIFLE BY J. HENRY & SON, CIRCA 1860 with two-stage sighted barrel rifled with four grooves, stamped ‘J.Henry & Son’ at the breech and fitted with folding back-sight calibrated to 500 yards, signed lock, figured walnut half-stock, brass mounts of shaped outline comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate and trap on the right of the butt, white metal fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 89 cm; 35 in barrel James Henry is recorded in Boulton, Pennsylvania circa 1809-94, and as J. Henry & Son from 1860. £1000-1200 223 A 16 BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY DURS EGG, CIRCA 1800 converted from flintlock, with two-stage barrel with gold fore-sight, chiselled girdle, signed in gold block capitals over the breech, and inlaid with two gold lines, engraved grooved tang, signed stepped engraved lock, figured walnut half-stock (a working replacement), chequered grip, iron mounts (pitted) including trigger-guard with pineapple finial (screw missing), vacant gold escutcheon and associated ramrod 84.5 cm; 33 ¼ in barrel Stated by the vendor to have been purchased from the Duke of Bedfordhsire’s Woburn estate in 1957. £700-900 224 A .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION MILITARY CARBINE, THE LOCK DATED 1855 with cut-down barrel, associated lock, regulation walnut stock stamped with Ordnance mark on the right of the butt and brass mounts (iron parts pitted, worn) 68 cm; 26 ¾ in barrel £150-200 225 A .600 CALIBRE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION CADET’S MUSKET, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1830 converted from flintlock, with tapering barrel retained by three brass bands, the forward band incorporating the fore-sight, full stock, regulation brass mounts and iron ramrod 67.5 cm; 26 ⅝ in barrel £250-300 118

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226 AN UNSUAL PAIR OF .650 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY WALTHER, CIRCA 1750 with swamped octagonal sighted barrels rifled with seven grooves, chiselled with a band of beadwork and stamped with the brass-lined maker’s mark at the breeches (Neue Støckel 1134), breech tangs numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ respectively, signed rounded locks, double set triggers, figured walnut full stocks moulded over the fore-ends, carved with an anthemion ahead of the triggerguards, the butts with patchboxes with brass-mounted sliding covers on the left and carved raised cheek-pieces on the right, brass mounts comprising trigger-guards with moulded terminals, two-pieces side-plates engraved with a houndshead and foliage, brass butt-plates, and fore-end caps, and horn-tipped wooden ramrods 61 cm; 24 in barrels (2) Provenance The Gewehrkammer of the Counts von Giech, Schloss Thurnau, Franconia, sold Sotheby & Co., London 19 November 1974, lot 301.

This maker is recorded circa 1710-50 in Wasungen and Saxony where he worked for the Dukes of Saxe-Weimar. £2500-3000

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BY CHRISTOPH PELLMAN, CIRCA 1740 with reblued swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, struck with the silver-lined maker’s mark at the breech, in an oval the letters ‘C.P.M.’ above a wolf, platinum plug, signed engraved rounded lock, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right, brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, including trigger-guard decorated with a classical figure on the bow, butt-plate decorated with the paschal lamb on the tang, and openwork side-plate decorated with scrolling foliage involving a hunter, horn fore-end cap (sling swivels missing) and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 73.5 cm; 29 in barrel £1200-1500 228 AN UNUSUAL .650 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1700 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith’s mark (Neue Støckel 8015) over the breech, tang numbered ‘10’, rounded lock chiselled with a wavy moulding around the border, walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the right and patchbox with sliding cover on the left, iron mounts including engraved scrolling side-plate, butt-plate with foliate tang, and trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, and iron-tipped ramrod 70 cm; 27 ½ in barrel £1200-1800 120

229 A 40 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN FOR A BOY, CIRCA 1740 with two-stage sighted barrel formed with a short flat and inlaid with a brass portrait profile over the breech, grooved tang, bevelled lock engraved with rococo scrolls, walnut halfstock carved with a foliate moulding about the tang, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the left, brass mounts including pierced side-plate decorated en rocaille, engraved butt-plate and trigger-guard each decorated with scrolls and shell ornament, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 64.1 cm; 25 ¼ in barrel £600-900 230 A .700 CALIBRE ITALIAN PERCUSSION MUSKET, TURIN, DATED 1852 of regulation type, with sighted barrel retained by three iron bands, stamped with the date at the breech, screw-in backsight, regulation lock stamped ‘Fabbr. in Torino’, full stock, regulation iron mounts (areas of pitting), and iron ramrod 89.7 cm; 35 ⅜ in barrel £200-300

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231 A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER’S PISTOLS BY WILLIAM MOORE & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1860-70 with heavy browned twist octagonal sighted barrels stamped ‘W.M. & Co.’, engraved case-hardened breeches inlaid with platinum lines, platinum plugs, engraved flush-fitting bolted locks fitted with bolt safety-catches, detents and engraved hammers, set triggers, polished figured walnut half-stocks with finely chequered butts, engraved iron mounts comprising blued trigger-guards, case-hardened butt-caps and fore-end caps, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, German silver escutcheons engraved with the owner’s crest, no provision for ramrods, and some finish throughout: in their fitted oak case lined in green baize, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon and the interior with trade label for William Moore & Grey, 43 Old Bond Street, complete with some accessories including three-way brass flask by Hawkesley, bullet mould and oil bottle 25.5 cm; 10 in barrels William Moore & William Grey are recorded circa 1848-53 and were succeeded by William Moore & Co. the latter traded at 43 Old Bond Street 1854-72 after which they became William Moore & Grey.

The crest is that of a number of families including Cavendish, Fleming, Honor, Huxley, Lante, Melton, Simpson, and Southern. £5500-6000

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232 A CASED PAIR OF 34 BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER’S PISTOLS BY JOSEPH EGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 converted from flintlock, with heavy browned twist octagonal sighted barrels rifled with four shallow grooves, signed in gold on the top flats, engraved case-hardened breeches, engraved case-hardened tangs fitted with blued back-sights, signed engraved stepped case-hardened locks fitted with blued bolt safety-catches, set triggers, figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved iron mounts comprising blued trigger-guards with pineapple finials and trophies-of-arms on the bows, case-hardened butt-caps decorated with flowerheads, and silver fore-end caps, barrel bolt escutcheons and escutcheons, the latter engraved with the owner’s crest and initials, and horn-tipped wooden ramrods (refinished, the signatures refreshed, one ramrod replaced): in their fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid inset with a brass escutcheon engraved with the owner’s initials and crest, the interior with trade label for circa 1816-35 and with a brass three-way flask (case worn and with small losses) 25.5 cm; 10 in barrels Joseph Egg was in business at 1 Piccadilly as gunmaker and Patent Truss Manufacturer from 1816-35.

The owner’s crest is a dexter arm empowered proper holding in the hand a branch, and their initials TN. £4500-5500

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233 233 A PAIR OF .500 CALIBRE PERCUSSION RIFLED TRAVELLING PISTOLS PRESENTED TO JOHN BOULTON, CONSTABLE OF BIRMINGHAM, BY THE INHABITANTS OF THAT TOWN, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, DATED 1839 with tapering sighted barrels rifled with eight grooves, inscribed ‘John Boulton, Birmingham’ on the flats, scroll-engraved breeches inlaid with gold lines, scroll-engraved tangs incorporating the back-sights, scroll-engraved locks, highly figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, engraved blued iron trigger-guards, German silver escutcheons, swivel ramrods: in their fitted mahogany case lined in plum velvet, the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle inscribed ‘PRESENTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM TO MR JNO BOULTON FOR HIS SERVICES AS CONSTABLE FROM OCTOBER 1838 TO OCTOBER 1839’ (lid cracked), and complete with some accessories including copper three-way flask, and cleaning rod with iron jag, together with a number of documents relating to the pistols provenance and research and a copy of the article cited below 13 cm; 5 ⅛ in barrels Provenance Richard Hart, California 1954 Literature Leith Dunham, The Constable’s Pistols, in Livrustkammaren 1957, pp. 199-201.

The cited article records that the Constables of Birmingham were presented with a pair of pistols upon their retirement from 1820-39. This tradition replaced the much criticised lavish feasts that had previously happened on the occasion of their retirement.

John Boulton was Constable of Birmingham in for one year until October 1839, the regular police force being organised on 20 November of that year. £3500-4500

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234 A 40 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK PISTOL SIGNED LAMBERT DIT BIRON, LATE 18TH CENTURY with turn-off cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on the left and inscribed ‘Dit Brion’ on the right, flat-sided walnut butt, and engraved iron trigger-guard 11 cm; 4 ⅜ in barrel

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£450-500 235 A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL BY WILLIAM ASTON, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF, CIRCA 1790 with turn-off barrel, box-lock action signed on the left and engraved with a swag on the right, thumb-piece safety-catch, flat-sided walnut butt, and engraved iron trigger-guard 6.5 cm; 2 ½ in barrel £200-250

237 A .44 CALIBRE REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 45,345, CIRCA 1863-75 of standard production specifications (worn, serial number rubbed); together with a Continental d.b. percussion pistol and a modern model copy of a flintlock holster pistol the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in barrel (3) £350-450

236 A 40 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY W. JONES, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820-30 AND A PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL SIGNED FENTON, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 the first with turn-off barrel engraved around the muzzle, signed rounded action engraved with trophies-of-arms and fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, finely chequered walnut butt, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner’s initials; and the second with turnoff barrel, box-lock action signed on the left and flat-sided walnut butt the first: 3 cm; 1 ¼ in barrel (2) £300-350

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239 A 28 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOL BY JOSEPH MANTON, NO. 9054, CIRCA 1824 with heavy octagonal sighted barrel, numbered beneath and with census mark, probably for King’s County, IK-S 1010, patent breech engraved with a scroll on the right, inlaid with a platinum line, pierced platinum vent, and platinum-lined barrelsmith’s stamp, engraved breech tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll-and border-engraved bolted lock, hammer of early form, figured walnut half-stock (light bruising), chequered butt, engraved blued numbered trigger-guard, vacant silver escutcheon and silver barrel bolt escutcheon, and horn fore-end cap (later ramrod) 25.5 cm; 10 in barrel See Scott-Edeson 2000, p. 78. £1800-2200 240 A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY R. JOHNSTON, CIRCA 1810 with earlier rebrowned tapering barrel signed ‘Barnett London’ on the flat, gold-lined vent and engraved breech, engraved breech tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped bevelled lock fitted with bolt safety-catch, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, and engraved blued iron trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-music on the bow and with pineapple terminal, vacant silver escutcheon and horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 23.5 cm; 9 ½ in barrel £1500-2000

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241 A .577 CALIBRE VICTORIAN PISTOL OF COASTGUARD TYPE, DATED 1847 of regulation type, the barrel stamped at the breech ‘TP’ crowned, ‘B’ crowned ‘9’, with broad arrow and ‘17’ crowned twice, stepped regulation lock with VR crowned, ‘Tower’ and the date, walnut stock, brass mounts, stirrup ramrod, iron ring and belt hook 15 cm; 6 in barrel £300-350

243 AN 80 BORE D.B. CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL AND A 54 BORE CONTINENTAL PIN-FIRE PISTOL, CIRCA 1860-80 the first with turn-off barrels struck with Liège proof marks beneath, box-lock action, and walnut butt, the second with engraved box-lock action decorated with neo-rococo scrolls and flowers, and fluted ebony butt (worn, minor losses) the first: 8 cm; 3 ⅛ in barrels (2) £350-400

242 A 40 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal sighted barrel, engraved breech inlaid with a platinum line, signed stepped bolted lock with traces of a signature, probably Evans, walnut full stock, chequered grip (cracked through and repaired) and engraved iron trigger-guard (worn) 10.5 cm; 4 ⅛ in barrel £150-200

244 A PAIR OF 10 BORE IRISH PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS BY EDWARD BASSET, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1840 with signed octagonal twist sighted barrels, engraved breeches fitted with screw-in nipples, engraved breech tangs incorporating the back-sights, engraved side-hammer actions (one hammer missing, the other chipped), finely chequered walnut butts, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guards (one loose), butt-caps with traps, blued belt hooks, and each with its swivel ramrod (patinated throughout, areas of rust, small losses) 15.2 cm; 6 in (2) Edward Basset (or Bassit) is recorded in Dublin circa 1840-50. £400-600

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245 A PAIR OF 22 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY LABORDE, PARIS, CIRCA 1760 with blued tapering sighted barrels inlaid with sprays of flowers and foliage over the breeches and about the silver fore-sights, the former further enriched with a shaped gilt panel, engraved tangs, signed bevelled locks engraved with rococo scrolls on the tails, figured walnut full stocks carved with scrolls behind the rear ramrod-pipes and a spray of foliage and flowers behind the tangs, the butts enriched with silver wire scrolls, engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plates, spurred pommels and triggerguards all en suite with the locks, a pair of ramrod-pipes, and later ramrods 19.2 cm; 7 ⅝ in barrels (2) £2000-2500 246 A .700 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK RIFLED PISTOL BY PERRIN LEPAGE A PARIS, CIRCA 1830 with browned micro-groove rifled swamped sighted barrel signed on the top flat, blued breech, gold-lined vent, engraved tang fitted with back-sight, signed engraved lock, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved iron mounts including spurred trigger-guard, and iron ramrod (the metal parts refinished, engraving refreshed) 22 cm; 8 ⅝ in barrel £400-500 247 A .650 CALIBRE BELGIAN FLINTLOCK PISTOL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel stamped with Liège proof marks, rounded lock, full stock, and brass mounts (worn, trigger-guard broken and detached) 23 cm; 9 ⅛ in barrel £200-220

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248 A .300 CALIBRE MINIATURE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CENTRAL EUROPEAN with two-stage barrel reeded over the breech (loose), engraved rounded lock, full stock (fore-end cracked through and repairs), inlaid with brass wire scrolls and pellets centring on a mother-of-pearl heart-shaped panel behind the tang (small losses), iron mounts including trigger-guard and spurred pommel, engraved brass side-plate, and wooden ramrod 8.8 cm; 3 ½ in barrel £600-700 249 A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOL, POSSIBLY SWISS MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed in three stages, octagonal over the breech, slender tang, bevelled lock engraved with flowers and a bird-of-prey (refreshed), dark hardwood full stock moulded over the fore-end and flattened opposite the lock, and gilt-brass mounts comprising pommel cast and chased as a lionshead in the round, trigger-guard and two ramrod-pipes, and gilt-copper tipped wooden ramrod (restorations) 31.4 cm; 12 ⅜ in barrel £3000-3500 250 A 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1740 with two-stage barrel inscribed ‘29’ and reeded over the breech, rounded lock, walnut full stock carved about the tang (cracked through, repaired, fore-end cap missing), and brass mounts (repaired) 24.5 cm; 9 ⅝ in barrel £200-300

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251 A PAIR OF 13 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY MAGUIN PERE, CIRCA 1800 with tapering barrels inscribed ‘Canon Tordu’ in punched gilt letters (worn), the muzzles fitted with a moulded brass band, signed rounded brass locks, figured walnut full stocks, brass mounts comprising solid side-plates, trigger-guards with baluster finials, butt-caps of ‘bird’s head’ form, vacant silver escutcheons, a pair of brass ramrod-pipes (one missing) and iron ramrod 14.5 cm; 5 ¾ in barrels (2) £1400-1800

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252 A CASED 120 BORE SWISS PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOL BY VANNOD À LAUSANNE, CIRCA 1850 with octagonal sighted rifled barrel stamped 'ACIER FONDU' on the top flat and formed with a recessed muzzle, the breech engraved '1', border-engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed border-engraved stepped flush-fitting lock, set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved iron mounts comprising spurred trigger-guard, butt-cap with baluster finial, and small circular side nail washer, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons (the barrel bolt chipped): and no provision for a ramrod: in its fitted case with leather outer, the interior of the case lined in green baize (areas of wear, staining), complete with spare barrel numbered '2' at the breech (lug missing), bullet mould, copper flask with optic and associated turnscrew 22.7 cm; 9 in barrel Jean François Vannod is recorded in Orny, Vaude and Lausanne, circa 1802-84. £2500-3000

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253 253 A FINE CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY J. B. RONGÉ FILS À LIÈGE, CIRCA 1850 with blued multi-groove rifled sighted barrels formed in three stages, the centres with long slender flutes each terminating in a spray of foliage front and back, inscribed 'Acier Fondu' in gold 'gothic' letters ahead of the breeches, scroll-engraved casehardened breeches numbered '1' and '2' respectively in gold, scroll-engraved case-hardened tangs fitted with adjustable back-sights and numbered en suite, finely engraved case-hardened locks signed in full in gold capitals and decorated with differing game scenes within detailed landscapes, figured walnut half-stocks carved with scrolls at the fore-ends, fluted butts carved with panels of scrollwork on each side and over the spines, iron mounts comprising engraved case-hardened trigger-plates, engraved case-hardened blued spurred trigger-guards, engraved blued butt-caps, and German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods and much original finish throughout: in veneered fitted case inlaid with a brass band on the outside and with brass escutcheon engraved 'Antonin Saultner', the interior lined in red velvet (extensive moth damage) and complete with some accessories including bullet mould, very small flask, and ebonised hammer 24.5 cm; 9 ¾ in barrels J. B. Rongé Fils, the successors of J. B. Rongé, are recorded in Liège as gunmakers circa 1832-1929. £5000-6000

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254 A PAIR OF 32 BORE SWISS PERCUSSION RIFLED OFFICER'S PISTOLS BY F. SIBER A MORGES, CIRCA 1830 with octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrels stamped with the barrelsmith's name in a brass-lined recess ahead of the breeches and stamped 'CANON TORDU' on the left, engraved numbered breeches incorporating the back-sights, border-engraved flushfitting locks inscribed 'à Morges', set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with a panel of trellis chequering over the fore-ends and fine chequering over the butts, engraved German silver side-plates formed as a pair of addorsed scrolling serpents, engraved German silver butt-plates, engraved steel trigger-guards decorated with a neo-classical urn on the bows and a demi-figure on the finials, horn fore-end caps, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, moulded iron ramrod-pipes, and German silver-tipped iron ramrods 17.5 cm; 6 ⅞ in barrels Frederick Siber is recorded in Lausanne circa 1819-50, his father (recorded circa 1779-1841) was active in Morges. £1600-2000

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Le page Moutier a Paris', engraved case-hardened breech, stamped 'GB' and inscribed 'Acier Fondu' beneath, engraved case-hardened breech tang incorporating the back-sight, signed engraved flush-fitting lock contoured to the stock, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrolls over the fore-end, fluted butt, scrollengraved spurred trigger-guard and butt-cap, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and no provision for a ramrod 26.5 cm; 10 ½ in barrel Lepage Moutier are recorded in Paris circa 1842-68. £800-1200

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258 257 AN OTTOMAN DAGGER (KARD), BALKANS, 19TH CENTURY with single-edged blade, ivory hilt formed in two pieces and with a white metal ferrule at the base, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with a white metal band at the top and small white metal foliate chape 21.5 cm; 8 ½ in blade ⦿ £300-350 258 AN AFRICAN DAGGER, CONGO, 19TH CENTURY with broad flat blade formed with two pairs of sharp lugs and a series of grooves, blackened to contrast, and carved wooden grip (chipped) 54.5 cm; 21 ½ in overall £60-80 259 A CAUCASIAN SHORTSWORD (KINDJAL), LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a pair of etched long slender fullers on each face (tip chipped), marine ivory hilt of characteristic form, retained by a pair of iron rivets with large silver foliate washers, and the base enclosed by a nielloed silver band, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with mounts en suite with the hilt (small chips, accompanying knife missing) 37 cm; 14 ½ in blade ⦿ £350-450

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260 260 A RARE NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE TOMAHAWK, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with iron blade dove-tailed into the brass head, the latter of wedge-shaped section and engraved with a flower, rounded bowl, and associated wooden haft with turned horn mouth-piece 46.7 cm; 18 ¼ in overall £500-800

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263 263 A FINE HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS with broad flat double-edged blade rounded at the tip, formed with a threequarter length fuller and cut with a running wolf mark on each face, struck with a cross mark and a heart mark on the respective faces of the forte, iron hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons of tapering circular section swelling towards the terminals and etched with a flower on each terminal face, etched with a brief inscription including the sacred trigram ‘IHS’ on the quillon-block, tall pear-shaped pommel, and later wooden grip with an etched iron collar top and bottom 93.5 cm; 36 ⅞ in blade It would appear that the grip, and perhaps the etched decoration, were added in the sword’s early working life, probably for ceremonial purposes. A sword of related type, also struck with a running wolf and cross mark, is preserved in the Schweizerischen Landesmuseum, Zurich and another is preserved in the Odescalchi Collection, Rome. See Schneider & Stüber 1980, no. 60 and Carpegna 1969, no. 199. £3000-5000

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264 A COMPOSITE SWISS SABRE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with curved broad blade double-edged towards the point, incised with a hand grasping a falchion on one face (rubbed), iron hilt (loose) comprising vertically recurved quillons, inner and outer ring-guards, decorated with later filed ornament and petal-shaped terminals, lionhead pommel, and the grip with later binding 87.8 cm; 34 ⅝ in blade The mark is probably that of Christoph I Stantler, see Stocklein 1911, p. 287. £800-1200 265 A COMPOSITE RAPIER, 17TH CENTURY with tapering retaining traces of an inscription within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt including quillon, ring-guard with a central moulding, knuckle-guard and inner-guard, faceted pommel and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (chemically cleaned) 87.5 cm; 34 ½ in blade £400-600 266 A GERMAN MILITARY SABRE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with associated curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long slender fuller along the back-edge on each face, etched with brief inscriptions, portrait profiles and sprays of foliage, iron hilt of moulded bars including vertically recurved quillons with flattened terminals, the upper formed as a monster head (the lower adapted, plate missing, loose), associated sheetbrass grip and brass Lionhead pommel 68 cm; 26 ¾ in blade £200-300

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267 A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, 18TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a serrated back-edge and a long slender fuller on each face, etched on one face with two hounds in pursuit of a stag and on the other with an inscription (partly legible) and a boar hunting scene, iron hilt comprising down-curved quillon, knuckle-guard, and natural staghorn grip set with five iron rivets (pommel cap missing, the iron parts cleaned) 58.8 cm; 23 ⅛ in blade £250-350 268 A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, 17TH CENTURY with earlier broad tapering blade formed with a shallow central fuller and cut with a latten-inlaid running wolf and star mark on each face, iron hilt of military type, including forward-canted quillon with globular terminal, side-ring and knuckle-guard all formed en suite, thumb-loop (hilt loose) and natural staghorn grip 68.5 cm; 27 in blade £200-300 269 A HUNTING SWORD WITH FINELY CHISELLED IRON HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with broad double-edged 18th century blade etched with a fox and the spurious date ‘1414’ on each face, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons finely chiselled in the manner of the Munich court school with garlands of fruit and foliage, the terminals chiselled as openwork monsterheads, fitted with a later side-ring and ovoid pommel, the latter decorated to match, and wire-bound grip 76.7 cm; 30 ¼ in blade £400-600

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270 A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section, stamped ‘In Hanori’ twice within a pair of short fullers within a linear framework on each face at the forte (tip chipped), recessed ricasso struck with a mark, iron hilt of flattened bars, comprising vertically recurved quillons, upper and lower ring-guards each formed with a recessed central moulding, a pair of arms, trifurcated innerguard and tall ovoid pommel, and 18th century grip bound with plaited wire between Turk’s heads’ 94 cm; 37 in blade £800-1200 271 A NORTH EUROPEAN BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD (TESSAK), SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, NORTH GERMAN OR SCANDINAVIAN with long flat broad blade formed with three slender fullers along its entire length on each face (bent, the tip slightly shortened), rectangular ricasso with a pair of additional fullers on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form comprising basket-guard of rounded bars on a double shell-guard, a pair of wavy quillons (perhaps adapted) with bulbous terminals each boldly filed with a trellis design, the basket-guard with filed mouldings and thumb-loop, mushroom-shaped pommel engraved with a flowerhead on top and chiselled with patterns of raised dots, and wooden grip (cleaned, areas of pitting, the hilt loose) 92.5 cm; 36 ½ in blade £800-1200 272 A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with associated tapering blade stamped ‘OCSOCSOCSOCS’ within a short fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars, including a pair of straight quillons, éusson, lower ring-guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate, two further ringguards, the upper joined to the knuckle-guard by a diagonal bar, trifurcated inner-guard, faceted compressed spherical pommel, and later wooden grip with brass wire binding (areas of pitting) 91.5 cm; 36 in blade £800-1000

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273 273 A RARE NORTH EUROPEAN PAPPENHEIM RAPIER, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY FLEMISH with tapering blade of diamond-section, decorated on one face with later etching including trophies-of-arms and a running pattern of foliage, pomegranates, and differing flowers, the forte decorated with a shield charged with a pair of fish beneath a visored helm, recessed ricasso retaining an early velvet covering, symmetrical gilt-iron hilt of faceted bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons with fluted fishtail terminal (the other terminal missing), knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding and with terminal en suite with the quillon, outer guard joined to the knuckle-guard, upper ring-guards joined by a short moulded bar, the lower filled with a delicately pierced sprung-in plate, small lower ring-guard, matching inner-guard, and fluted pear-shaped pommel decorated with triangular mouldings, wooden grip with an early plaited wire binding between ‘Turk’s heads’, and much early gilt finish 96.5 cm; 38 in blade A sword with a similar hilt, finished with silver and also retaining its velvet covering at the ricasso, was formerly in the armoury of the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck at Schloss Dyck. Another example, from the de Cosson collection, is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. M.56-1946), and another is preserved in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. A645). The close similarity between the present and these three swords would suggest that they form part of a larger group that was intended for a specific guard. The hilt conforms to Norman type 67. £2500-3500

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274 A GERMAN COMBINED PICK AND CLAW, 17TH CENTURY adapted from a war hammer, with spiked head formed with a rounded claw-back, haft of rectangular section and writhen at the base, and spirally bound grip of plaited brass wire with Turk's heads (hand guard missing) 55 cm; 21 ⅝ in overall £600-800 275 A GERMAN MUSKET-REST, MID-17TH CENTURY with U-shaped iron rest formed with a pair of scrolling-S-shaped terminals and conical socket (cracked), on its wooden haft (warped) with iron shoe 146 cm; 57 in overall £200-300 276 A GERMAN IRON SCABBARD FOR A DAGGER, 17TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, DATED 1723 the first formed in one piece, of tapering circular section, and decorated with bouquets of fruit and scrolls (patinated); and the second of larger form, pierced with the initials 'MISF' and the date at the top, and the inner face with a saltire for suspension the first: 20.5 cm; 8 ⅛ in (2) £300-400

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277 A PAIR OF ROWEL SPURS IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY each with rounded oval plate fitted with a turning pin for attachment to the base of a greave, long necks, and eight-point star-shaped rowel 16 cm; 6 ⅜ in (2) £40-60 278 A SILVER-ENCRUSTED ROWEL SPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR GERMAN with U-shaped heel band rising to a low point, moulded neck fitted with five-point star-shaped rowel, decorated over the outer surface of the heel and neck with flowers and foliage in encrusted silver enriched with pellets, and retaining its attachment hooks 13 cm; 5 ⅛ in

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281 A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, LACKING ITS VISOR, CIRCA 1530 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial ridge (bruised and split at its apex), flanged outwards above its face-opening and fitted at its rear with a single neck-lame (originally accompanied by at least one further lame), its front fitted with a bevor attached by pivots at each side (both replaced and the right moved forwards) and flanged outwards at its lower end to receive a single rounded front gorget-plate, the flange issuing from the brow of the skull decorated top and bottom with a pair of incised lines, and the main edges of the helmet formed with partial inward turns (the front gorget-plate and rear neck-lame each formed of reworked old metal, the holes at the right of the neck to fasten the bevor to the skull, opened out, and the surface lightly patinated overall) 30.5 cm; 12 in £1400-1800 282 A GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE OF SHOT-PROOF WEIGHT, MID-17TH CENTURY with one-piece hemispherical skull fitted at its apex with a rivet (probably replacing a finial), at its brow with a broad obtuselypointed peak pierced at its centre with a transverse slot to accommodate a missing sliding nasal-bar and, immediately behind it, rivet-holes for the attachment of the staple and locking-screw that would have retained it, at the rear with a large flaring neckguard of five lame, the last (lacking its right edge) decorated at its obtusely-pointed centre with nine round-headed rivets in rosette-formation, and at each side with rounded pendent cheek-pieces (the right detached, the left partly detached), each pierced with five auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain partial inward turns and its surfaces, originally having a black-from-the-hammer finish, now cleaned to a mottled bright finish 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in (with cheek-pieces) £1200-1500

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284 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1580 with well-formed one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb and fitted within it with a quilted canvas lining, projecting forward at the brow as an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard fitted within its centre with a leather suspension-tab (split distally), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and partly reworked) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, shaped at its upper edge to fit over the rear of the peak and pierced at its centre with a pattern of small auditory holes, the main edges of the helmet formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the comb decorated to either side of its crest and base with single incised lines, and its surface blackened overall 28.5 cm; 11¼ in £1200-1600 285 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull (showing some losses at its left edge) rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at its brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at the front with two indistinct marks, and backwards to a matching one-piece neckguard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and partly reworked) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surface blackened overall 28.0 cm; 11 in £1100-1500

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286 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull (patched at the left of the neck) rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at its brow to a short acutely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a rounded one-piece neck-guard, fitted just below the rear end of the comb with a large later plume-tube and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the right associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surface retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish overall 27.0 cm; 10 ⅝ in £1100-1500 287 A GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1620 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within the skull with a quilted canvas lining, within its front edge with an obtusely pointed flat peak, at its flanged rear edge with a rounded one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the right associated) and stamped at its front edge with the arsenal number 941, flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five auditory holes in diceformation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surface retaining a black from the hammer finish overall 27.0 cm; 10 ⅝ in £1100-1500

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288 A GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1620 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within the skull with a quilted canvas lining, within its front edge with an obtusely pointed flat peak, at its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surface retaining a black from the hammer finish overall 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in £1100-1500 289 AN ITALIAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1570 with ounded one-piece skull rising to a high boldly roped medial comb (perforated towards its rear), projecting forward at the brow as an acutely-pointed integral peak (the point bent upwards), at its rear as a similarly pointed integral neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (in each case associated, the right cut and retaining traces of simple linear etching) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with small auditory holes, the main edges of the helmet formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the comb decorated to either side of its crest and base with single incised lines (painted black over an oxidised surface) 30.0 cm; 11 ¾ in £1100-1400 290 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at its brow to a short obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at the front with the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surface blackened overall 30.0 cm; 11 ¾ in £1100-1500

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291 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at its brow to a short acutely-pointed integral peak struck at the front with the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at its rear to receive an obtusely pointed onepiece neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surface retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish overall 30.0 cm; 11 ¾ in £1100-1500 292 A GERMAN BURGONET, MID-16TH CENTURY AND LATER with rounded one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to a slender backward-directed point, fitted within its front edge and its flanged rear edge respectively with a peak and neck-guard, in each case obtusely pointed and cut from the front plate of a gorget, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) formed with a concave front edge and flanged lower edge, both formed with file-roped inward turns (the left cheek-piece showing some bruising and cracking), and the whole blackened overall 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in £800-1000 293 A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within its brow with an obtusely-pointed peak, at its flanged rear edge with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, just above the latter with a conical plume-holder, and at the right side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left missing) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neckguard and pierced at its centre, within a circular boss, with five auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by narrow grooves, and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 29.5 cm; 11 ¾ in £900-1200

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294 A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ FASHION, CIRCA 1620 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within its front end with an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a short rounded one-piece neck-guard (the left end detached), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated and cut at its front edge) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (removed from the peak), its surfaces decorated with raised bands and borders originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 25.0 cm; 9 ⅞ in £800-1100 295 A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ FASHION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1570-80 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb and struck within its flanged rear edge with the Nuremberg quality-control mark of an 'N' within a circle, the flange fitted with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, its brow with a broad similarly-shaped pivoted peak (the point bruised and the pivots replaced), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and cracked in two places) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 28.0 cm; 11 in £1000-1400 296 A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ FASHION, CIRCA 1620-30 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, projecting forward and upwards at the brow as an obtusely-pointed integral peak, at its rear as an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheekpiece (associated and cut) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with seven auditory holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet unturned or cut and the skull decorated at each side with a raised band originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in £700-900

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297 A GERMAN ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with one-piece skull (patched at its left side) boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute backward-directed point, projecting forward at the brow to a broad acutely pointed peak, fitted at its flanged rear edge with a short rounded one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns (except on the left cheek-piece where they are roped) and its surfaces decorated with four raised, medially-ridged, radiating bands, and recessed borders, all burnished bright against a blackened ground (the burnished areas lightly patinated and the blackened ones refreshed with paint) 23.9 cm; 9 in £1100-1400 298 A GERMAN ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute point (showing welded repairs), fitted at the brow above its later-trimmed face-opening with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its flanged rear edge with a short obtuselypointed one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard (the left one fitted at its the centre with two small rivets above a pair of crudely-pierced holes), the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with four radiating recessed bands, medially-ridged on the skull, and burnished bright against a blackened ground (the burnished areas extensively patinated and the blackened ones refreshed with paint; the peak, neck-guard and cheek-pieces associated and later decorated to match the skull) 26.0 cm; 10 ¼ in £1000-1300

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299 A GERMAN ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BURGONET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of an exceptionally high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak and backwards to a flange bearing an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, fitted around the brow and nape with small lining-rivets and brass rosette-washers, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, in the case of the right, with five small auditory holes in dice formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated in low relief with bands and borders (the borders of the right cheek-piece recessed) burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 33.0 cm; 13 in £1200-1500 300 A SOUTH GERMAN ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BURGONET, NUREMBERG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a moderately high file-roped medial comb (pierced transversely with two later holes at the front and two more at the rear), projecting forward to a short obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at its front edge with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, and backwards to a flange bearing a more acutely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, within a low circular boss, with nine small auditory holes in rosette-formation, connected by radiating incised lines, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the neck-guard and cheek-pieces associated) 28.5 cm; 11 ¼ in £1100-1400

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312 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape and moderately broad flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by eleven lining-rivets (replaced), of which two at each side also serve to suspend a narrow slightly tapering one-piece cheek-piece, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (showing slight patination and wear at points) 34.0 cm; 13 ⅜ in (with cheek-pieces) £400-550 313 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (bruised at upper end of right front) and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets (replaced), two of which at each side also serve to suspend a narrow slightly tapering one-piece cheek-piece, and fitted at the rear with two similar rivets securing a later plume-holder of copper, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (showing slight patination and wear at points) 27.00 cm; 10 ⅝ in (with cheek-pieces)

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316 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (bruised at its left rear) and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets (replaced), two of which at the left side also serve to suspend a narrow slightly tapering asymmetrical one-piece cheek-piece (detached at its front) and fitted at the rear with two further such rivets securing a later plume-holder of copper, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (lightly pitted and patinated in parts) 31.0 cm; 12¼ in (with cheek-piece)

315 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (repaired with a large riveted patch at its rear) and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets (replaced), two of which at the right side also serve to suspend a narrow slightly tapering one-piece cheek-piece (detached at its rear), and fitted at the rear with two similar rivets securing a later plume-holder of copper, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (showing slight patination and wear at points) 27.00 cm; 10 ⅝ in (with cheek-pieces)

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320 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (patched at its rear) and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by eleven (originally twelve) lining-rivets (replaced) and fitted at the rear with two further such rivets securing a later plume-holder of copper, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (showing slight patination and wear at points) 31.0 cm; 12¼ in (with cheek-piece) £300-450

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318 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (slight bruising at front) and narrow flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns (showing evidence of delamination at three points) and the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets (replaced), two of which at each side also serve to suspend a narrow slightly tapering one-piece cheek-piece, and fitted at the rear with two similar rivets securing a later plume-holder of copper, and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (showing slight patination and wear at points) 30.0 cm; 11 in (with cheek-pieces)

322 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (cracked at the front right of its brow) and narrow flat integral brim (cracked and holed at its right) projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets (replaced), two of which at the left side also served to suspend a narrow slightly tapering one-piece cheek-piece (now detached), and the whole retaining its original black-from-the-hammer finish (lightly pitted and patinated in parts) 31.5 cm; 12 in (with cheek-piece) £250-400

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323 A GERMAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, CIRCA 1600 with one-piece crown of rounded almond shape (its metal showing extensive evidence of delamination) and narrow flat integral brim (cracked, holed and patched at several points) of uniform width all round, its edges formed with plain inward turns and the base of the crown encircled by twelve liningrivets (replaced), two of which at the rear also serve to secure a large later plume-holder of iron, and the whole retaining much of its original black-from-the-hammer finish (now extensively pitted and patinated) 19.5 cm; 7¾ in £250-400

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335 A GERMAN COLLAR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed of a single plate front and rear, each with a low upstanding flange at its neck-opening, the deep U-shaped front plate connected to the shorter rear one by a pivoting rivet (replaced) and closed at the right by a mushroom-headed stud and keyholeslot, the main edges of both plates formed with plain inward turns accompanied by small round-headed lining-rivets with circular internal washers retaining leather lining-bands, and their surfaces each decorated with three diverging bands composed in each instance of three lines scored through a former black-from-the-hammer finish (now cleaned to mottled bright finish; the rear plate with a small perforation above its centre and a larger notch to the right of its lower edge resulting from corrosion) 14.8 cm; 9 ¾ in £500-700 336 A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed of four lames front and rear (in part disarticulated), the lowest of which is in each case deeper than the rest and the first of which is formed at its upper edge with a prominent file-roped inward turn, the two sections joined at the left by an internal hinge at its upper end and a sliding-rivet at its lower end, and fastened at the right by a plain stud and hole at its upper end and a mushroom-shaped stud and keyhole-slot at its lower end, the upper and lower edges of the collar bordered by holes for lining rivets, and the latter together with the bevelled upper edges of the lowest three lames bordered by pairs of scored lines (slightly worn overall; the lowest front lame pierced at each side with two later holes) 13.0 cm; 3 ⅛ in £700-1000

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337 TWO MAIL SLEEVES, LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURIES, PROBABLY EUROPEAN the first formed entirely of riveted rings of rectangular section wire, extending from the shoulder to the wrist and shaped to the elbow; the second similar but later, slightly shorter and formed of smaller lighter-gauge rings of round section wire; both probably cut from mail shirts (fairly heavily patinated overall) ÂŁ350-500

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338 338 A EUROPEAN MAIL SHIRT, SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN formed entirely of riveted rings of rectangular section wire, with an upstanding collar, a short, overlapping opening at the centre of the neck, a pair of short sleeves of smaller, lighter-gauge rings, and a skirt extending to the upper thighs at the front and cut away over the rump for wear in the saddle (lightly patinated overall and showing some patches of active corrosion) ÂŁ2500-3000

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339 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 shorter fixed inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, scaled finger-defences 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; 13⅝ in £800-1000 340 A SOUTH GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1530-40 formed of a slightly flared moderately long cuff fitted with a short hinged inner plate (associated) and decorated over the distal end of the ulna with an almond-shaped boss, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a boldly roped transverse rib, five finger-plates, the last of them having a rounded distal end, and the main plate of a laterally-hinged thumb-defence (probably associated) attached to the inner end of the last metacarpal-plate and decorated over the knuckle with a file-roped almond-shaped boss, the transverse edges of the metacarpal-plates and finger-plates formed as lobes around their articulating rivets and between them as ogees, the upper and lower edges of the gauntlet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied in the case of the outer plate of the cuff by a recessed border encircled to the inside by a raised rib and groove (a later hole at the centre of the lower end of the cuff plugged, the articulating-rivet at the lower outer corner of the knuckle-plate broken out of its original hole and moved inwards, and the proximal end of the hinge attaching the inner cuff-plate and the distal end of the hinge attaching the thumb-defence each restored) 27.0 cm; 10⅝ in £400-700 341 A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN ‘MAXIMILIAN’ MITTEN GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1520 formed of a slightly flared moderately long cuff fitted with a short hinged inner plate (the plate associated and its hinge restored), five metacarpal-plates (associated, reworked to match and patched at several points), a knuckle-plate decorated with a file-roped transverse rib and five finger-plates, the last of them having a rounded distal end, the main edges of the gauntlet formed with fileroped inward turns accompanied, except at the lower edge of the inner cuff-plate, by a recessed border enclosed at the upper end of the cuff by a raised rib, and its surfaces decorated with longitudinal flutes enclose by pairs of incised lines (lightly pitted overall with small patches of surface rust) 26.5 cm; 10 ½ in £300-500

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342 A VERY RARE CHASTITY BELT, PROBABLY GERMAN SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY formed of a horizontal belt of nine hinged strips of iron from which descend at both the front and rear, two similar strips linked to one another at their lower end by a plate shaped around serrated apertures for the vulva and anus respectively, and widening over the mons where it is fretted and engraved with foliate scrolls extending the length of the plate, the latter pierced peripherally with small stitch-holes, the patinated whole fastening at the rear with a small padlock (replaced) 24.0 cm; 9 ½ in The style of the engraving found on this belt suggests for it a date in the latter part of the 17th century. Authenticated chastity belts of an early period are of the greatest rarity. Closely resembling the example offered here is one in the armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice, described in an inventory of 1548 as the braga de fero della moier del Signor de Padoa (iron panties of the wife of the Prince of Padua) Franzoi 1966, p. 82. Also of this form are two in the collections at Schloss Erbach, Oldenwald. See Dingwall, pp. 76-81. Another in Schloss Ambras, near Innsbruck, is illustrated Blackmore 1965, p. 86. £7000-10000 167

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Another group was sold in these rooms 24 June 2015, lot 478. £100-150 347 A SALUTING CANNON IN THE STYLE OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage bronze barrel moulded at the muzzle, spirally fluted over the chase, decorated with tongues of fire within triangular flames on the first reinforce, fitted with a pair of dolphin lifting handles, trunnions decorated with punched ornament, and serpentine cascable: on an iron-clad wooden carriage, probably earlier, with iron-shod spoked cambered wheels 43.5 cm; 17 ⅛ in barrel 1.8 cm; ¾ in bore £1000-1500

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348 A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer surface decorated with a running lion surrounded by foliage, and with iron mounts including nozzle with spring closure and cut-off, basal cap and a ring for suspension (belt hook and one ring missing) 34.5 cm; 13 ⅝ in £300-400

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349 A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body numbered ‘177’, the inner face engraved with foliate borders (chipped), the outer surface decorated with a musketeer in contemporary dress, and with iron mounts including nozzle with spring closure and cut-off, belt-hook, basal cap and a ring for suspension (one ring missing) 30.5 cm; 12 in £300-400

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354 A 60 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620-30 in the Italian taste, with tapering barrel formed in two-stages, moulded at the muzzle and octagonal over the breech, the latter struck with Augsburg town mark and the barrelsmith’s mark (unclear, perhaps the letters DF divided by a clover leaf), flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel, moulded dog and sliding pan-cover, the trigger with sprung safety-catch pivoting on the trigger-plate, hardwood full stock (chipped, inlaid plaques missing), the butt bound with a moulded iron band previously inset with a plaque, and a pair of engraved staghorn side nail washers (the iron parts with areas of pitting) 52 cm; 20 ½ in barrel £1400-1800 355 A 32 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed in two stages and struck with proof marks (probably Suhl) on the left of the breech, rounded lock engraved with a bouquet, fitted with external wheel retained by a foliate washer and sliding pan-cover (button release missing), fruitwood full stock (worm damage, cracks over the fore-end, chipped and cracked about the lock), carved with bold scrolls of foliage about the tang and opposite the lock, each enriched with brass nails and the latter with two engraved mother-of-pearl flowers (the third missing), the butt bound with an iron band and carved en suite, iron trigger-guard, iron ramrod-pipe and iron foreend cap, and a portion of its wooden ramrod 40 cm; 15 ¾ in barrel £1200-1800 356 A 32 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1650 with tapering barrel struck with Suhl control marks on the left of the breech, bevelled lock fitted with external wheel retained by a short C-shaped bracket, pan with sliding cover (button release missing), full stock moulded over the fore-end (extensively chipped and cracked), carved with a geometric design opposite the lock, iron mounts including trigger-guard, butt-cap, and fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 42 cm; 16 ½ in barrel £1200-1800 171

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357 A PAIR OF 25 BORE CENTRAL EUROPEAN LONG FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1740 with tapering sighted barrels formed with long flats, engraved with foliage over the breeches, stamped with the barrelsmith’s name ‘Cartie’ and inscribed ‘39’ and ‘40’ respectively, brass-lined vents, stepped bevelled locks with filed details, figured walnut full stocks carved in low relief (wormed, one fore-end incomplete, the other repaired and missing its cap), brass mounts including pierced scrolling side-plates involving monsterheads, spurred pommels, trigger-guards with foliate terminals, and a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes 37 cm; 14 ½ in barrels £2000-3000

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358 A PAIR OF 18 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN LONG FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS SIGNED L. VALLET, CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY LIÈGE with tapering sighted barrels formed with long flats, chiselled and engraved with foliage over the breech and inscribed ‘11’ and ‘12’ respectively, grooved bores (worn), engraved grooved tangs, stepped bevelled locks engraved with foliage and issuant monsters, signed twice on the tails (one cock retaining screw missing), figured walnut full stocks carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and about the tangs (one butt repaired, the other cracked), chiselled iron mounts comprising scrolling sideplates involving issuant monsters and foliage, spurred pommels, trigger-guards with moulded finials, vacant escutcheons and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrods 35 cm; 13 ¾ in barrels (2) A gun dealer named Jean Vallet, is recorded in Liège circa 1762-80. £1800-2400

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359 A PAIR OF 18 BORE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY CARL NESTOR IN PRIN, CIRCA 1740 with tapering sighted barrels signed in brass along the flats, engraved with the numbers ‘13’ and ‘14’ respectively and chiselled with scrolls over the breeches (rubbed), the tangs incorporating the back-sights, engraved locks decorated with figures and scrolls of foliage (worn, one top-jaw missing), figured walnut full stocks carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and an issuant grotesque about the tangs (one butt repaired), full brass mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates involving serpents spurred pommels with grotesque mask caps, trigger-guards engraved with scrolls, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, and horn fore-end cap (one missing), and each with its horn-tipped wooden ramrod 35.5 cm; 14 in barrels (2) Karl Josef Nester of Graz is recorded as a pupil of his father, circa 1696/9. See Schedlamn 1944, p. 46. £1800-2500

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360 A PAIR OF 40 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY C. DETTENRIEDERER A ULM, CIRCA 1760 with signed barrels formed in two stages, fitted with silver fore-sights and inscribed ‘54’ and ‘55’ over the respective breeches, grooved tangs, bevelled locks, figured walnut full stocks carved with foliage in low relief (fore-ends chipped, one butt cracked through), brass mounts comprising solid side-plates, bird’s head pommels with foliate terminals, and trigger-guards (one cracked) and rear ramrod-pipes en suite (ramrods missing) 24.5 cm; 9 ¾ in barrels (2) Christoph Dettenriederer is recorded in Ulm circa 1737-81. £1000-1400 361 A DETACHED BARREL FOR A BLUNDERBUSS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, TWO DETACHED BUTTS FOR PISTOL CARBINES AND THE BUTT OF A GERMAN SPORTING GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY the first formed in two stages, with elliptical muzzle and inscribed ‘16’ over the breech (tang chipped); the second with carved raised cheek-piece and iron butt-plate inscribed ‘13’; the third incised in imitation of a butt-plate; and the fourth with chequered grip and integral wooden trigger-guard the first: 65.8 cm; 25 ⅞ in barrel (4) £150-250 362 A 28 BORE AFGHAN PERCUSSION PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle, flat lock with two Eastern inscriptions, hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with shell ornament and brass nails and cast brass mounts 33.4 cm; 13 ⅛ in barrel £50-80

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363 A FRENCH 20 BORE FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOL BY LA CHAISE A PARIS, CIRCA 1730-40 with tapering sighted barrel fitted with silver bead fore-sight on a bed of gold scrolls, inscribed ‘6’, signed in gold and decorated with a gold trophy-of-arms over the breech (worn), engraved tang, signed engraved stepped bevelled lock involving a trumpeting putti ahead of the cock and a trophy-of-music on the tail (cock replaced, action defective), figured walnut full stock carved with foliage (cracked and chipped), engraved iron mounts comprising pierced side-plate formed of scrolls and foliage carrying a warrior profile medallion, spurred pommel, trigger-guard with acanthus finial, and a pair of ramrod-pipes and wooden ramrod 32.5 cm; 12 ¼ in barrel Laurent de Lachaise is recorded in Paris circa 1706-44. £600-800 364 A 12 BORE GERMAN MILITARY FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1750 AND A 40 BORE GERMAN OFFICER’S PISTOL

BY C. KOERBER IN INGOLFINGEN, CIRCA 1780 the first of regulation type, with sighted barrel formed in three stages, bevelled lock, full stock (chipped), and brass mounts of regulation type; the second with tapering sighted barrel signed in silver enclosed by scrolls, border-engraved rounded lock full stock carved with a stag behind the tang (butt missing), and brass mounts (trigger-guard incomplete) the first: 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in barrel (2) £500-800

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365 A 40 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER GERMAN FLINTLOCK PISTOL, CIRCA 1750 with tapering barrels (the lower burst), the upper sighted, inlaid with brass scrollwork over the breech and inscribed ‘25’, grooved tang (shortened), scroll-engraved lock fitted with sliding upper pan acting as a cover for the lower barrel vent, figured walnut butt carved about the tang (fore-end missing), brass mounts cast and chased with scrollwork en suite with the cock (worn, losses) 24.2 cm; 9 ½ in barrels £300-400 366 A 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL SIGNED G. ROGY, CIRCA 1740 with sighted barrel formed in two-stages, octagonal breech inscribed ‘53’, signed border-engraved lock decorated with foliage, moulded walnut full stock (wormed, the butt cracked through), brass mounts decorated en suite with the lock including bird’s head pommel (trigger-guard missing), and solid side-plate, and horn-tipped ramrod 26 cm; 10 ¼ in barrel £400-600 367 A 20 BORE LIÈGOIS FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL SIGNED A PRION, CIRCA 1740 with swamped sighted barrel formed with a series of moulded ribs over the breech, bevelled lock inscribed ‘A Prion’ (cock missing), figured walnut full stock carved with foliage (fore-end cracked, butt cracked through), brass mounts cast and chased in low relief including pierced side-plate formed of a pair of addorsed scrolling serpents, bird’s head pommel decorated with a horned grotesque, vacant escutcheon, and iron ramrod 31 cm; 12 ¼ in barrel Antoine Prion is recorded in Liège as a gun dealer circa 1733. £400-600

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368 A 22 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1730, PROBABLY CARLSBAD with tapering barrel decorated with gilt flowers and foliage (rubbed, shortened), the tang decorated en suite and incorporating the back-sight, engraved brass lock decorated with military trophies and a reclining warrior behind a cannon, signed ‘AP’ behind the steel spring, figured burrwood carved full stock (fore-end chipped, wormed), gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in low relief including pierced side-plate, spurred pommel, and moulded trigger-guard with acanthus finial (ramrod missing) 26.6 cm; 10 ½ in barrel £400-600 369 A 15 BORE SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, RIPOLL, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrel inscribed ‘43’, stamped with the brass-lined mark of B. Demas and a series of decorative marks over the breech, engraved lock of characteristic type decorated with scrollwork and inscribed ‘Ripoll’ on the steel (side nails replaced), figured walnut full stock (fore-end cracked, chipped about the lock) applied with an engraved brass plaque about the tang, engraved brass mounts including spurred pommel, side-plate and trigger-guard all decorated with traditional scrollwork, and brasstipped wooden ramrod 27.5 cm; 10 ¾ in barrel Possibly by Bartomeu Mas, active in Ripoll circa 1793. £400-600 370 A GERMAN 4MM GALLERY GUN BY SAUTER, CIRCA 1870 with octagonal sighted rifled barrel signed over the breech, walnut half-stock, chequered grip (cracked), brass trigger-guard and brass butt-plate 45 cm; 17 ¾ in barrel £40-60 371 A GERMAN MODEL 1871 DREYSE SYSTEM NEEDLE-FIRE RIFLE ADAPTED FOR BAYONET PRACTICE, DATED 1873 with tapering sprung bayonet with threaded tip, stamped with arsenal marks over the breech, the action removed and filled with wood, regulation stock and iron mounts (trigger-guard missing) 174 cm; 68 ½ in overall £120-180 178

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372 A RARE .550 CALIBRE GERMAN SUPER-IMPOSED LOAD SEVEN-SHOT SLIDING LOCK RIFLE BY F. X. WISTHALER IN MINCHEN, CIRCA 1750-60 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, decorated with silver scrolls, signed in silver and stamped with a silver-lined maker’s mark (in a rondel a stag on a mound, similar to Neue Støckel 1164, rubbed), the right of the breech with seven vents, signed bevelled lock sliding on a wooden body on iron runners beneath the breech released by a screw beneath (side nails missing, the release button probably replaced), fitted with a pierced bridle over the steel spring, the pans formed of a long slender plate corresponding with seven vents and screwed into the barrel, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the foliage and incised with scrolls (small chips), carved with sprays of foliage and scrollwork over the butt, with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right, each applied with brass plaques, brass mounts of shaped outline, comprising side-plate, trigger-guard, butt-plate, three ramrod-pipes and horn fore-end cap (fore-end cracked, foreend cap chipped, ramrod and forward sling swivel missing) 84.5 cm; 33 ¼ in barrel Literature Auguste Demmin, An Illustrated History of Arms and Armour from the earliest period to the present time, London and New York 1894, pp. 524-5, illustrated.

David R. Baxter, Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860, Hong Kong 1966, pp. 195-6, described as six-shot.

This gun is strikingly similar to the American made Jennings principle rifles that were manufactured during the early 19th century.

As Baxter observes it is likely that the sliding lock was introduced to America by an emigrant German gunmaker circa 1770-1800.

The maker of the present gun is perhaps the father of another gunsmith of this name recorded in Munich circa 1800-45 as gunmaker to the King’s Grenadier Regiment. Both maker’s use a mark involving a stag standing on a mound, though they face opposite directions. £2500-3500

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373 A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS IN THE ENGLISH TASTE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BELGIAN with three-stage brass barrel inscribed ‘Blair’, engraved with foliage and with a P and star-shaped mark over the breech, fitted with spring bayonet beneath and ramrod-pipes on the left (bayonet catch missing), engraved iron tang, engraved stepped bolted lock inscribed ‘London’, decorated with rococo scrolls and shell ornament and fitted with semi rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock (fore-end cracked), chequered grip, engraved brass mounts, comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate each decorated with rococo scrolls and flowers, and engraved brass saddle bar (ramrod missing) 49.2 cm; 19 ⅜ in barrel £600-800 374 A 25 BORE COMPOSITE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, MID-17TH CENTURY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, flat lock retained by two side nails (the second missing), fitted with internal wheel behind a pierced raised cover, double set trigger, full stock (cracks and chips), moulded over the fore-end, the butt inset with staghorn pellets around an engraved staghorn oval decorated with a sacred heart pierced by three nails and the trigram ‘IHS’ on the left, and with patchbox with sliding cover on the right (trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipe missing) and horn butt-cap 83.8 cm; 33 in barrel £1000-1500 375 AN 18 BORE BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN (DZEFERDAR), HERZEGOVINA OR MONTENEGRO, 19TH CENTURY with earlier Italian sighted barrel stamped ‘Becalo’s Franzini e Ferrari’ over the breech, flat lock of characteristic form, hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with shaped mother-of-pearl plaques enriched with minute brass nails (small losses), brass mounts comprising sideplate, trigger-guard and butt-plate, an iron ring for suspension and iron ramrod 115 cm; 45 ¼ in barrel See Elgood 1995, pp. 96-7. £350-450

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376 A .550 CALIBRE GERMAN BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE BY WENTSLAU A EHRNBREITSTEIN, NO. 171, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel (back-sight removed), engraved with scrolls and numbered ‘99’ over the breech, signed bevelled lock numbered ‘171’, fitted with dummy flintlock mechanism, engraved with an artilleryman within a scroll (cock missing), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with a raised moulding about the rear ramrod-pipe and the trigger-guard, the butt with raised cheek-piece carved with scrolls, engraved brass mounts comprising pierced side-plate decorated with hounds in pursuit of a doe, and incorporating the cocking indicator, butt-plate with engraved trap covering the reservoir valve, decorated with a pair of hounds beneath a stag on a plinth, three ramrod-pipes (fore-end cap missing), and horn-tipped ramrod 79.8 cm; 31 ⅜ in barrel Wentzlau is recorded in Koblenz circa 1747-84 and was hofbüchsenmacher to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt for whom he made at least six airguns. Guns by him are signed both in Neuwiedt and Ehrenbreitstein, the latter are apparently always serial numbered. The lowest serial number recorded is 76 and the highest is 147, on a gun now preserved in the Badisches Landesmuseum. A gun by Friedrich Jakob Bosler of Darmstadt, formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection, has a strikingly similar side-plate to the present gun and was sold Christie’s 9th November 2000, lot 130. See A. Hoff 1972, pp. 52-3. £1400-1800 377 A 6MM NEEDLE-FIRE RIFLE FOR A CHILD, CIRCA 1860 with octagonal sighted barrel struck with Spandau proof mark over the breech, walnut half-stock (cracked through and extensively chipped, and iron trigger-guard 37.5 cm; 14 ¾ in barrel £150-250 378 A 16 BORE GERMAN D.B. NEEDLE-FIRE SHOTGUN, NO. 448, CIRCA 1860 with tapering sighted barrels formed with a rib, stamped with Spandau proof mark, rotary lever actions, numbered chambers, walnut half-stock (cracked through at the breech), chequered grip, and iron trigger-guard 82 cm; 32 ¼ in barrels £150-200 181

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379 A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK OVER-AND-UNDER SPORTING GUN BY C. VILLEMAR A LUXEMBOURG, CIRCA 1760 with tapering barrels formed with long flats, the upper sighted, inscribed ‘55’ and chiselled with foliage over the breech, stepped bevelled lock signed on the lower edge and engraved with scrolls, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end, carved with a raised moulding about the tang (extensively chipped around the lock), brass mounts comprising pierced side-plate decorated with scrolls of foliage centring on a devils mask, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, butt-plate decorated with scrolls and foliage around the borders, warrior profile escutcheon, and three ramrod-pipes (the forward ramrod-pipe missing) and horn tipped wooden ramrod 109 cm; 43 in barrel £1200-1800 380 A 22/28 BORE GERMAN PERCUSSION WENDER GUN, CIRCA 1750 converted from flintlock, with two-stage sighted turn-over barrels released by a catch impaling the front of the trigger-guard, the upper barrel inscribed ‘9’, the breech face separated from the action by a brass washer, bevelled locks, figured walnut full stock carved with scrolls over the butt (worm damage, the fore-end repaired), brass mounts of shaped outline, brass fore-end caps, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 79.5 cm; 31 ¼ in barrels £700-900

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381 A PAIR OF 16 BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUNS BY JOHAN SCHIFTER IN NEUSTADT, CIRCA 1730 with minor differences, octagonal twist swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights on silver beds, stamped with the gold-lined barrelsmith’s marks (Neue Støckel 8210 and 8211) over the breeches, and inscribed ‘13’ and ‘14’ respectively, border-engraved tangs numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ and each inscribed ‘Z’, signed locks finely engraved with differing hunting scenes comprising water fowl and rabbits, lightly carved walnut half-stocks (small chips), the butts fitted with raised cheek-pieces (an early working addition), border-engraved iron mounts including solid side-plates, trigger-guards, butt-plates, and escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, iron sling swivels and horn-tipped wooden ramrods 103.5 cm; 40 ¾ in and 97.5 cm; 38 ½ in barrels (2) Hans Johan Schifter, a native of Bohemia, is recorded in Wiener Neustadt circa 1694-1730. £1500-2000

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382 A PAIR OF 18 BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUNS BY JOHAN SCHIFTER, CIRCA 1730 with two-stage barrels fitted with brass ‘spider’ fore-sights, stamped with the barrelsmith’s marks (Neue Støckel 8210 and 8211) over the breeches, and inscribed ‘33’ and ‘34’ respectively, tapering tangs numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’, signed locks each engraved with a running rabbit within a scrollwork frame, figured walnut moulded half-stocks (small chips), engraved brass mounts of shaped outline, comprising solid side-plates, butt-plates and trigger-guards decorated en suite with the locks, and each with a pair of ramrod-pipes (one chipped), horn fore-end cap (one chipped) and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 103 cm; 40 ½ in barrels (2) Hans Johan Schifter, a native of Bohemia, is recorded in Wiener Neustadt circa 1694-1730. £1400-1800

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383 A MATCHED PAIR OF .600 CALIBRE TYROLEAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY JOHANN NEIREITER IN SALZBURG, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal sighted barrels, respectively rifled with seven and eight grooves, one signed and inscribed ‘101’ and the other inscribed ‘Salzburg’ and ‘100’ over the breech, bevelled locks with chiselled cocks, double set triggers, carved figured walnut full stocks (cracks and chips, fore-end caps missing), the butts with raised cheek-pieces recessed for decorative rondels (missing) on the left and with patchboxes on the right, iron mounts decorated with naive foliage including trigger-guards, butt-plates and ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrods, one retaining its horn tip (the other missing) 57 cm; 22 ½ in and 61 cm; 24 in barrels (2) Johan Neireiter is recorded in Salzburg circa 1669-1754, becoming hofbuchsenmacher in 1734. Wheel-lock and flintlock firearms by him are recorded in the gunroom of the Prince Bishops of Salzburg. See Ramharter 2009, pp. 297-372. £1400-1800

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384 A PAIR OF .600 CALIBRE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY MATHEUS MUCK A BRINN, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrels rifled with seven grooves, signed in silver and inscribed ‘81’ and ‘82’ over the respective breeches, border-engraved tangs numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’, bevelled locks engraved with wavy scrolls around the borders and signed beneath the faceted pans, figured walnut full stocks carved over the fore-ends (cracks and chips, one with light worm damage), decorated with scrolls about the tangs, the butts with carved cheek-pieces and patchbox covers, brass mounts of shaped outline comprising side-plates, trigger-guards (one missing the tip of its rear finial), butt-plates, ramrod-pipes and fore-end caps all engraved with border ornament en suite with the locks, and brass-tipped wooden ramrods 60.5 cm; 23 ¾ in barrels (2) Matheus Muck is recorded in Brno, Bohemia, circa 1716-40 £1000-1500

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385 A PAIR OF TYROLEAN 25 BORE FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES, AURACH, DATED 1752 with octagonal swamped sighted barrels rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘Arach’, dated and with the numbers ‘83’ and ‘84’ over the respective breeches, rounded locks (one cock incomplete), double set triggers, walnut full stocks moulded over the foreends and lightly carved with foliage, the butts with raised cheek-pieces inlaid with stars in contrasting pieces of horn on the left and with patchboxes with moulded covers on the right, carved in imitation of side-plates, butt-plates, wooden trigger-guards with carved finials, the bows reinforced with iron strips, and ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap (one missing), and horn-tipped wooden ramrods 64 cm; 25 ¼ in barrels (2) £800-1200

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386 A PAIR OF .600 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY J. G. LAUSER A BOBLINGEN, CIRCA 1740 with signed octagonal swamped sighted barrels rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith’s mark (Neue Støckel 7766, 7767) over the breeches and inscribed ‘’73’ and ‘74’ respectively, the tangs numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ (one cracked), signed bevelled locks (one top-jaw and screw missing), figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end cracked through, the other chipped above the lock) carved with raised mouldings over the fore-ends and scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipes, the butts carved with further rococo scrolls and with raised cheek-pieces on the left and patchboxes with sliding covers on the right, brass mounts (rubbed) cast and chased with rococo hunting scenes in low relief, including pierced side-plates decorated with a falconer and his hound (one trigger-guard missing its rear terminal the other repaired), butt-plates decorated with a hunter and his female companion on the tangs, and escutcheons decorated with stags, horn fore-end caps (rear sling swivels missing), and horn-tipped wooden ramrods 73.5 cm; 29 in barrels (2) Johan George Lauser is recorded in Böblingen, Württemberg circa 1720-60. £1000-1500

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387 A PAIR OF 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUNS BY MATHIAS KARCH IN HECHINGEN, CIRCA 1750 with signed octagonal sighted barrels inscribed ‘112’ and ‘113’ respectively over the breeches, tangs numbered ‘1’ and 2’, signed stepped locks (one cock missing), figured walnut full stocks (areas of worm, small chips), moulded over the fore-ends and carved with rococo scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipes and the tangs, the butts with raised cheek-pieces and carved with rococo scrolls, foliage and shell ornament, brass mounts of shaped outline comprising side-plates (one missing two screws), butt-plates, wooden trigger-guards with brass reinforces with matching terminals, and three ramrod-pipes (fore-end caps and ramrods missing) 79.4 cm; 31 ¼ in barrels (2) Mathias Karch is recorded in Hechingen, in the Duchy of Wurttemburg, circa 1730-90. £1200-1800

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388 A .700 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1740 with swamped barrel formed with a long flat, the interior cut with a series of straight grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight on a silver foliate bed, chiselled with foliage, scrolls, an enthroned figure, a pair of opposed masks and inscribed with the number ‘130’ over the breech, the tang overlaid by an engraved brass plaque, rounded lock (pan screw missing) chiselled with foliage inhabited by a profile mask ahead of the cock and a bird behind, the cock decorated en suite and the steel involving a serpent at the base, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and the over the butt, the latter with raised cheek-piece on the left, applied with a brass plaque chased with foliage involving a stag about the tang, brass mounts including butt-plate decorated with bold scrolls of foliage (the heel damaged), pierced side-plate (repaired), matching trigger-guard repaired, rear ramrod-pipe incomplete), horn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod (tip missing) 105.5 cm; 41 ½ in barrel £800-1000 389 AN 18 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ROSS IN HALL, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘94’ and signed over the breech, stepped bevelled lock, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with scrolls about the tang and behind the rear ramrodpipe, the butt carved with further scrolls, with raised cheek-piece on the left and patch-box with sliding cover on the right (small cracks), the former inlaid with a star in contrasting pieces of horn, moulded brass mounts comprising openwork dragonesque side-plate, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, butt-plate with ridged tang, and three faceted ramrod-pipes, iron sling swivel (the rear swivel missing), horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 68.5 cm; 27 in barrel £800-1000 390 A .600 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE WITH DUTCH LOCK BY JEAN DE WYCK A UTRECHT, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘89’, signed rounded lock (faint, the upper half of the cock missing, defective), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock incised with scrolls, the butt with raised cheek-piece carved with sprays of foliage, on the right and with patchbox with fluted cover on the right, the latter inscribed ‘Birk 1881’ in ink on the inside, brass mounts including solid side-plate rigger-guard with foliate terminal and butt-cap formed en suite, and horn fore-end cap (chipped, ramrod missing) 78 cm; 30 ¾ in barrel For a discussion of this maker see Hoff 1978, pp. 127-129. £800-1000

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391 A .650 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1740 with heavy octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘110’, and engraved on the muzzle face (back-sight removed), engraved bevelled lock fitted with an engraved bridle over the steel spring, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock (cracks and chips), carved with scrolls and foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe, the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with a star in contrasting colours of horn on the left and with patchbox with sliding cover on the right, the latter decorated with a star en suite and further pieces of engraved staghorn, brass mounts including pierced side-plate decorated with foliage and trigger-guard with moulded foliate terminal and associated steel-tipped ramrod 93 cm; 36 ⅝ in barrel £700-900 392 AN 18 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1750 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘96’ and signed ‘Johann Waas In Bamberg’ over the breech, tang numbered ‘1’, bevelled lock signed ‘Mathias Karch a Hechingen’ (inoperative), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with scrolls about the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patch-box with sliding cover on the right (cracks), engraved iron mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a hunter taking aim at a stag, trigger-guard and butt-plate each decorated with scrolls enclosing a portrait bust, (fore-end cap missing) and horntipped ramrod 74.5 cm; 29 ⅜ in barrel A Mathias Karch is recorded in Hechingen, Württemberg, circa 1730-90. £700-1000 393 A .25 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE FOR A CHILD BY SCHEDEL A STUTTGART, CIRCA 1770 with octagonal sighted barrel engraved ‘6’ over the breech and rifled with six slender grooves, signed bevelled lock (side nail replaced), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock (fore-end chipped, cracked through around the grip), carved with scrolls about the tang and mounts, the butt carved with rococo scrolls and shell ornament (wormed), with raised cheek-piece inset with a brass panel on the left, brass mounts including openwork side-plate, butt-plate with openwork tang and triggerguard with wavy terminal, (fore-end cap and ramrod missing) 48.8 cm; 19 ¼ in barrel £600-800

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394 A .577 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE BY ANTON MOCK IN TETNANG, CIRCA 1740 with signed octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, inscribed ‘98’ and engraved with scrolls over the breech, bevelled lock (jammed), double set trigger, figured walnut full stock(small chips and cracks), carved with rococo scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the butt carved with a stag and scrolls behind the cheek-piece on the left and patch box with sliding cover on the right, iron mounts including solid side-plate chiselled with scrolls, butt-plate with foliate tang and trigger-guard with finial en suite (fore-end cap and ramrod missing) 67.5 cm; 26 ⅝ in barrel £500-800 395 A 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1740 in the Italian taste, with Italian sighted barrel formed with a long flat, signed Gabriel Chinelli and engraved with bold scrolls of foliage, stepped bevelled lock, figured walnut half-stock carved with foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left carved with further scrolls involving a delicate Stag’s head behind, brass mounts including pierced side-plate involving an issuant grotesque, butt-plate with a grotesque and scrolls on the tang, engraved trigger-guard (incomplete, fore-end cap and sling swivel missing), and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 121.5 cm; 47 ⅞ in barrel £500-700 396 A .550 CALIBRE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel engraved ‘95’ over the breech, stamped with the brass-lined barrelsmith’s mark, a standing figure in a shaped recess over the breech and rifled with seven grooves, bevelled lock, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the fore-end (extensive chips and cracks), carved with a raised moulding about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with sliding cover on the right, brass mounts including solid sideplate, butt-plate with foliate tang, trigger-guard en suite, and three ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and associated horn-tipped ramrod 73 cm; 28 ¾ in barrel £500-800

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397 A 16 BORE GERMAN SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1740 with swamped etched barrel decorated with silver scrolls in the Turkish taste including a calligraphic panel over the breech, engraved tang, rounded lock with drain, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrolls and shell ornament behind the rear ramrodpipe and over the butt, the latter with carved raised cheek-piece, two-piece silver side-plate, and silver forward ramrod-pipe (the remaining mounts, fore-end cap and ramrod missing) 97 cm; 38 ¼ in barrel £400-700 398 AN 18 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1740 with two-stage barrel fitted with silver ‘spider’ fore-sight, engraved ‘56’ and stamped with the brass-lined barrelsmith’s marks of Gratzl over the breech, a running horse in a rectangular panel and the maker’s name in a shaped recess, along with a further series of marks all in the Spanish manner over the breech (tang screw missing), strongly bevelled lock, figured walnut half-stock (cracked through at the fore-end), carved with rococo scrolls behind the tang and over the butt, the latter with raised cheek-piece and carved in imitation of a tang (wormed), and wooden trigger-guard reinforced with an iron strip (fore-end cap, ramrod-pipe and butt screws missing) 114 cm; 45 in barrel Two maker’s of this name are recorded in Vienna circa 1690-1753. £350-450 399 A 14 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN CIRCA 1740 with two-stage sighted barrel with grooved bore, signed ‘Bendel’ and numbered ‘53’ over the breech, bevelled lock initialed ‘HCBD’ behind the steel spring, carved walnut halfstock (chips), and brass mounts including pierced side-plate, butt-plate, and trigger-guard with foliate terminal, and brasstipped wooden ramrod 115 cm; 45 ½ in barrel £350-450 400 A 22 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY CARL GIERARDE, DONAUÖSCHINGEN, CIRCA 1830 with tapering barrel formed in two stages, polygonal over the upper section and octagonal over the breech, the latter signed in gold, inlaid with a gold line and fitted with gold vent (protruding), inscribed ‘Donauöschingen’ in gold letters over the breech, and engraved with a running stag, engraved breech tang, flat lock signed in gold within an oval, engraved with a reclining stag on the tail, fitted with ‘French’ cock, rainproof pan, roller and detent (top-jaw replaced), figured walnut half-stock, carved grip formed as a stag’s head in the round (cracked through), engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard and butt plate each decorated with a game bird, engraved gilt barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 78.4 cm; 30 ⅞ in barrel £350-450

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401 A MOUNTED ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SABRE, CIRCA 1780-1800 with curved single-edged blade formed with a long fuller on each face over three-quarters of its length, etched and gilt on a blued ground with eagle, and the motto ‘E Pluribus Unam’ on one face and with trophies including cannon on the other, gilt-brass stirrup hilt engraved with border ornament on the langet and hounds head pommel, leather-covered grip (binding missing), in its brassmounted leather scabbard 82 cm; 32 ¼ in blade £500-700 402 A BRITISH NAVAL ‘TWO-DISC’ SHORTSWORD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade retaining traces of etched Royal arms and crowned cypher, iron hilt of characteristic form and iron grip (areas of heavy pitting and corrosion) 70.5 cm; 27 ¾ in blade £150-200 403 AN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a three-quarter length fuller on each face, etched with a shield charged with stars and stripes, trophies and foliage, brass stirrup hilt, foliate langets, polished bone grip (cracked), in its brass scabbard boldly engraved with foliage and a shield charged with fifteen stars and surmounted by an eagle, and two suspension rings 79.2 cm; 31 ⅛ in blade £600-800

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404 AN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with a three-quarter length fuller, etched and gilt with scrolls ‘E. Pluribus Unum’, eagle, trophies and scrolls on a blued panel brass slotted hilt, eagle head pommel and fluted bone grip, in brass-mounted leather scabbard, probably the original (one suspension ring missing) 71 cm; 28 in blade £600-800 405 A MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD BY W.H. HORSTMANN & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830-50 with etched fullered blade double-edged towards its point, decorated with scrolls of foliage and trophies on each face and with the bladesmith’s details at the forte, iron triple-bar hilt wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its scabbard 86.5 cm; 34 in blade £300-400 406 A MODEL 1832 FOOT ARTILLERY SWORD BY AMES, SPRINGFIELD, DATED 1860 of regulation type, the blade stamped with arsenal and maker’s marks at the forte, and brass hilt stamped ‘MS’ for Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 47.8 cm; 18 ⅞ in blade £150-200

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407 A MODEL 1840 ARTILLERY SWORD BY TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK the blade stamped ‘TIFFANY & CO./NEW YORK’ and ‘P.D.L.’ at the forte, regulation hilt, in its scabbard 83.4 cm; 32 ⅞ in blade £150-200 408 A MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABRE with German blade stamped with the profile helmet mark of W.R.Kirschbaum of Solingen, in its scabbard 90.2 cm; 35 ½ in blade £150-200 409 A MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABRE with German blade stamped with traces of ‘Clemen & Jung’ at the forte, in its scabbard 91.4 cm; 36 in blade £150-200 410 TWO MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SWORDS the first with German blade by W. Claberg, Solingen, brass hilt retaining a portion of early leather covering at the top of the knuckle-guard, in its scabbard; and the second with blade by ‘Sheble & Fisher, Philada.’, in its scabbard the first: 87.5 cm; 34 ⅜ in blade (2) £200-250

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411 411 THE MODEL 1850 INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF CAPTAIN DANIEL METZGER, 29TH NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS REGIMENT (ASTOR RIFLES) with slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched with scrolls ‘E. Pluribus unum’ eagle and trophies on one face and ‘U.S.’ trophies and foliage on the other, the forte signed ‘W. H. Horstmann & Sons Philadelphia’, brass hilt cast and pierced with foliage, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its brass-mounted iron scabbard, the locket inscribed ‘Gewidmet/dem Turner/D.Metzger/von seinen/ Turn bruedern/Philada./Februar 1862’, and with two rings for suspension 85.5 cm; 33 ⅝ in blade Sold together with a biographical file including official records from Federal and Confederate armies.

Daniel Metzger was mustered as Lieutenant on 4th June 1861 and was honorably discharged 20th June 1863 after which time he worked as a carpenter.

The 29th Regiment Infantry (‘Astor Rifles’ or ‘1st German Infantry’), saw service at the Advance on Manassas, Virginia 16-21 July 1861 and Battle of Bullrun 21 July. £300-400

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412 TWO MODEL 1840 MUSICIAN’S SWORDS of regulation type, the first dated 1864, stamped ‘U.S.’ and ‘J.H’ at the forte, brass hilt, in its brass-mounted black leather scabbard (repaired at the base); the second stamped ‘HORSTMANN & SONS, PHILADELPHIA’ at the forte, brass hilt, in its brass-mounted brown leather scabbard the first: 72 cm; 28 ⅜ in blade (2)

414 TWO MODEL 1840 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER’S SWORDS the first dated 1862 at the forte, in its scabbard and complete with its leather baldrick with brass eagle boss; the second stamped ‘EMERSON & SILVER, TRENTON N.J.’ at the forte, in its brass and iron scabbard the first: 81.3 cm; 32 in blade (2)

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413 THE MODEL 1852 NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD OF GUSTAV FREDENBURG, CIRCA 1877-80 with etched blade decorated with trophies, a fouled anchor charged with the Union lag, fifteen stars, the owner’s name, U.S.N. and eagle, gilt-brass regulation hilt, in brass-mounted leather scabbard 80.8 cm; 31 ¾ in blade

415 THE SOCIETY SWORD OF REUBEN BUCHER, KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE, MID-19TH CENTURY with etched blade including the owner’s name and order, gilt-brass hilt of characteristic type, in its scabbard 68 cm; 26 ¾ in blade

Sold together with two files of biographical notes including an extract from the national archives, Washington. Gustav Frendendorf was born in Riga 20 October 1867 and moved to California. In 1901 he was appointed acting Boatswain and rose to Lieutenant by July 1918. £250-350

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416 416 detail 416 A MODEL 1850 OFFICER’S SWORD, THE SCABBARD WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO COLONEL ANTHONY CONK OF 139TH REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS BY MAJOR GENERAL H.B. DURYEA, 8TH SEPTEMBER 1862 with etched regulation blade decorated with foliage, trophies, eagle and motto, the forte inscribed ‘Ames Mfg Co./Chicopee/Mass’ gilt-brass hilt cast and pierced with foliage and ‘U.S.’ (the knuckle-guard with an early repair), wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in brass-mounted iron scabbard, probably its original, the top mount inscribed ‘Presented/to/ Col. Anthony Conk/139th Regt. N.Y.V./ by his friend /Major Genl. H. B. Duryea/Sept. 8th 1862’, complete with its knot 81.5 cm; 32 ⅛ in blade Provenance Tony Cowan, Collection.

Literature David H. Stroud, Inscribed Union Swords 1861-1865, Texas 1983, pp. 61-62, the abridged biographical information set out below.

Sold together with two biographical files concerning the life and career of Colonel Anthony Conk, including official records of the Federal and Confederate armies reports.

Anthony Conk was commissioned Colonel of the 139th New York Volunteers on 9th September 1862, the regiment having been formed and mustered into federal service the same month. Shortly after the New York Times ran an article in the Brooklyn News concerning the departure of ‘….This Regiment designated as the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth, finally left Camp Arthur, near the Navy Yard last evening, and after marching up Nassau to Bridge-street, up Myrtle-avenue to Pearl-street, and down Pearl, they were conveyed to an ocean steamer...….During the day the City Park….. [where]…… the regiment had encamped presented a busy and exciting scene. Thousands thronged the inclosure, many the wives and relatives of the soldiers, who came to bid them good-bye. The men were provided with overcoats, knapsacks, canteens and three day’s rations. Meanwhile the officer’s assembled at the head-quarters, corner of Nassau-street and Hudson-avenue, and presented Col. Conk with an elegant sword, sash, belt and haversack. A brief address was made by Dr. Thomas P. Norris, and an appropriate patriotic response on behalf of the recipient by S. D. Morris Esq.’ Whether the present sword is that mentioned in the article or not is doubtful given that the article cited does not mention Major General Duryea. Other officer’s are recorded being presented with more than one sword during the civil war.

The 39th New York left for Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and was attached to Camp Hamilton until April 1863. They fought at Whittaker’s Mills, Williamsburg, and Fort Magruder in April 1863. After the actions the regiment moved to York down where they served until April 1864. Colonel Conk was honourably discharged for reasons of health on 28 July 1863. £1500-2000

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417 A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1852 SHORTSWORD WITH U.S. MARKINGS, DATED 1860 the blade stamped with ‘FW’ crowned on the back-edge, stamped ‘J.E.BLECKMANN’ at the forte, in its scabbard stamped ‘U.S.z.J.’ on the locket 48.2 cm; 19 in blade £150-200 418 A MODEL 1853 NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD, 20TH CENTURY with etched blade by Hilborn, Hamburger Inc. of New York, decorated with eagle, fouled anchor and ‘U.S.N.’, gilt-brass hilt, in its scabbard and complete with its knot 78.5 cm; 30 ⅞ in blade £250-300 419 A BRITISH 1859 PATTERN NAVAL CUTLASS BAYONET the blade stamped with the profile plumed helmet of Schnitzler and Kirchbaum of Solingen, in its scabbard 68.5 cm; 27 in blade £400-600 420 TWO MODEL 1860 CAVALRY SWORDS, DATED 1865 the first with blade by Ames and stamped ‘A.D.K.’ at the forte, in its scabbard; the second with blade by Ames stamped ‘U.S.’ and ‘G.W.G.’ at the forte, in its scabbard the first: 88.8 cm; 34 ⅞ in blade (2) £250-300

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421 A MODEL 1860 LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, DATED 1864 stamped ‘C.ROBI/W.CHELMSFORD/MASS’ at the forte, in its scabbard 89 cm; 35 in blade £200-250 422 A MODEL 1860 LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, DATED 1864 stamped ‘A.G.M’ on one side and ‘C.ROBI/W.CHELMSFORD/MASS’ at the forte, in its scabbard 89 cm; 35 in blade £200-250 423 A MODEL 1860 STAFF AND FIELD OFFICER’S SWORD with etched blade including eagle, scrolls and ‘U.S’, the forte etched ‘J.M./LITCHFIELD/& CO/SAN/FRANCISCO/CAL’, in its scabbard 76.2 cm; 30 ⅛ in blade £150-200 424 A MODEL 1860 CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD with German blade with traces of etched decoration including eagle, ‘.U.S.’ and foliage, stamped ‘W.CLAUBERG/SOLINGEN’ at the forte, the hilt cast with foliage, in its scabbard 87.7 cm; 34 ½ in blade £150-200

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425 THE MODEL 1908 OFFICER’S SWORD OF R. B. ATWOOD of regulation type, with etched blade including the owner’s name, ‘U.S.’ eagle, motto and scrollwork, the forte with ‘HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA’ inscription, nickel-plated hilt, in its scabbard, complete with its leather tassel and in good clean condition 76 cm; 30 in blade

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£150-200 426 A MODEL 1861 BAYONET, NO. 5119; A BAYONET FOR A ZOUAVE RIFLE; AND A MODEL 1861 BAYONET FOR THE MERRILL NAVY RIFLE, NO. 3538 the first stamped ‘COLLINS& CO., HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT’, By Collins & Co., numbered brass hilt, in its scabbard; the second stamped ‘B.H.’ on the hilt, in its scabbard; and the third stamped with the date at the forte, numbered brass hilt (no scabbard) the first: 57.4 cm; 22 ⅝ in blade (3) £400-600

428 A MODEL 1835/42 SOCKET BAYONET, ANOTHER, PROBABLY MODEL 1873 AND A BRITISH 1856 PATTERN ENFIELD BAYONET the first in its scabbard; the second in its scabbard with leather frog and brass ‘US’ mounts, and the third of characteristic type the first: 45 cm; 17 ¾ in blade (3) £150-250 429 A BRITISH 1848 PATTERN BRUNSWICK RIFLE BAYONET the blade stamped ‘V.R.’ crowned, ‘B.T.’ and ‘ENFIELD’ at the forte, and brass hilt with spring attachment mechanism 55.9 cm; 22 in blade £200-300

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430 A LEATHER CARTRIDGE BOX, CIRCA 1855-65 of stitched leather, the inner flap embossed ‘H.W.OLIVER, PITTSBURGH, PA’ complete with its tinned compartment liners, the flap with ‘U.S.’ brass plaque and the strap with brass eagle 21 cm; 8 ¼ in wide £250-350 431 A THIRD PATTERN MCKEEVER CARTRIDGE BOX AND A PISTOL CARTRDGE BOX, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY the first of black leather, embossed US on the flap, with its elasticated fabric lining and belt loops; and the second of brown leather, with two compartments the first:17.5 cm; 6 ⅞ in wide (2) £120-180 432 A LEATHER HOLSTER FOR A POCKET REVOLVER OF MILITARY TYPE, CIRCA 1860-70 of stitched black leather, with integral flap and a loop for closing 28 cm; 11 in See Meadows 1987, p. 57. £300-400

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433 AN 1874 PATTERN OFFICER’S BELT BY H.E.LILLEY-AMES CO., COLUMBUS, OHIO of regulation specifications, with maker’s stamp on the flap, complete with its brass plate stamped ‘REGAL/ENGLAND’ on the reverse See Bazelon & McGuinn 1987, p. 50 for an account of Lilley. £200-250 434 A NON-REGULATION OFFICER’S SWORD BELT, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY of stitched black leather, with brass buckle charged a laurel wreath, eagle and motto £80-120 435 A SOCKET BAYONET, A PAIR OF IRON HAND CUFFS AND HARPER’S WEEKLY, 1862 the first, of hollow T-section, stamped ‘U.S. at the forte, socket with securing ring, in its scabbard complete with black leather belt with ‘U.S.’ brass oval plate and black leather pouch with mark of Reuben Nece; the second of rudimentary construction, operated by a socket key stamped ‘254’; the third dated February 15, 1862, one page mounted illustrating ‘THE “NASHVILLE” AND “TUSCARORA” AT SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND’ the first: 47 cm; 18 ½ blade (3) For the first see Johnson 1998, p. 251. £120-180

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445 A RARE .42 CALIBRE SECOND MODEL LEMAT TEN-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 2115 AND 2143, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1856-65 with octagonal sighted barrel inscribed ‘SYSTEME LE MAT BTE S.G.D.G. PARIS’, numbered ‘2143’ at the breech, and carrying swivel rammer on the left, nine-shot cylinder numbered ‘2143’, 18 bore central buckshot barrel, frame numbered ‘2115’, chequered walnut butt, iron trigger-guard and butt-cap, and the latter incorporating a loop for a lanyard 17 cm; 6 ¾ in top barrel Dr. LeMat patented his revolver in America in 1856 and subsequently in a number of European countries. £5000-7000

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446 A .44 RIM-FIRE COLT MODEL 1871-2 OPEN-TOP REVOLVER, NO. 2785 FOR 1871-2 of standard production specifications, with some original finish 19 cm; 7 ½ in barrel £1500-2000 447 A .36 CALIBRE WHITNEY NAVY SECOND MODEL SECOND TYPE PERCUSSION REVOLVER, NO. 12851, CIRCA 1855-65 of standard production specifications, with blued barrel, engraved blued cylinder, case-hardened frame, polished walnut grips (some wear), and silver-plated brass trigger-guard, and some finish throughout 19 cm; 7 ½ in barrel £900-1200 448 THE .31 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET REVOLVER OF ROBERT S. HAMILTON, NO. 202639 FOR 1863 of standard production specifications, with sighted barrel with two line Hartford address, engraved cylinder, in good condition and retaining some original finish and silver-plating 10.2 cm; 4 in barrel Sold together with a file from the official records of the Federal and Confederate armies. Robert S. Hamilton is recorded in the Massachusetts 1st Regiment of Infantry 22 May 1861 until 30th June of the following year when he was wounded in action at Glendale and subsequently discharged. £400-500 211

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449 A .44 CALIBRE REMINGTON NEW MODEL ARMY REVOLVER, NO. 45378 FOR 1863 of standard production specifications, the barrel and frame with some blued finish (the cylinder cleaned), walnut grips and brass trigger-guard 20.4 cm; 8 in barrel £700-900 450 A .31 CALIBRE SPRINGFIELD SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION DOUBLE TRIGGER REVOLVER, CIRCA 1851-60 with sighted barrel, faceted top-strap, etched cylinder, rounded action recessed with near flat panels on the left and the right, figured walnut butt, and iron trigger-guard 12.7 cm; 5 in barrel See Sellers 1971, pp. 164-5. £600-700 451 A .32 RIM-FIRE SMITH AND WESSON MODEL NO. 2 REVOLVER ENGRAVED TO WALCH, NO. 11577 FOR 1863 of standard production specifications, the inside of the grip inscribed ‘_ _ Walch’, retaining much original finish and in very good condition throughout 15.3 cm; 6 in barrel Sold together with a file from the official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, recording George Walch (or Walsh) in B Company, the 18th Kentucky Infantry 20th October 1864 and deserted while on campaign the following month. £600-800

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452 THE .44 CALIBRE RIMFIRE HENRY’S PATENT LATE BRASS FRAME MODEL 1860 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE NO. 6699, ENGRAVED WALTER PASSAVANT, PITTSBURGH, PENNA, CIRCA 1864 of standard late model specifications, the barrel stamped ‘HENRY’S PATENT. OCT. 16. 1860/MANUFACT’D. BY THE NEWHAVEN ARMS. CO. NEWHAVEN. CT.’, ladder back-sight graduated to 800 yards, brass action engraved ‘Walter Passavant, Pittsburgh, Penna.’ on the right, case-hardened loading lever, figured walnut butt, brass butt-plate stamped with the serial number on the inside, two sling swivels, and some original finish throughout, together with a biographical file concerning Walter Passavant and his family 61.6 cm; 24 ¼ in barrel Literature Wiley Sword, The Historic Henry Rifle, Oliver Winchester’s Famous Civil War Repeater, Rhode Island 2002, p. 73.

Walter Passavant (1852-1914) was the grandson of Phillippe Louis Passavant and Frederic Wilhelmina ‘Zelia’ Basse. Zelia Basse was brought to America by her father, Baron Frederick William Dettmar Basse around 1807 and lived in the town her father planned and named after her, Zelienople. They lived at Passavant House, built around 1808-10, which now houses the Zelienople Historical Society. Their son, Reverend Dr William Alfred Passavant (1821-94) devoted his life to benevolent institutions including hospitals and orphanages. In addition to his missionary work he was known as a good preacher, so great was his influence on American Lutheranism that some church historians refer to the 1849-93 period as ‘The Passavant Era’. He and his wife, Eliza, had eight children, his second being Walter Passavant who died in Montana and was buried in Forestvale Cemetery in 1914. £8000-10000

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453 A .52 CALIBRE SHARPS MODEL 1853 ‘JOHN BROWN’ RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 15699, CIRCA 1855 with barrel stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG.CO/HARTFORD CON.’, fitted with ladder back-sight calibrated to 800 yards, the tang stamped with the serial number and ‘SHARPS PATENT 1848’, the lock stamped ‘SHARP’S 1852’, walnut three-quarter stock (butt with early repairs), brass mounts comprising patchbox cover, butt-plate, and barrel band, iron saddle bar and ring, and some original finish 52 cm; 22 ½ in barrel Sold with a copy of a letter from the Armory of the Sharp’s Rifle confirming that this gun was inventoried July 24, 1855 as a Model 1853 Service Type Military Carbine with round barrel with army finish. For an account of the John Brown guns shipped from New England in crates marked ‘Bibles’ and ‘Books’ to arm the various anti slavery groups see Sellers 1978 pp. 91-97. A number of these guns were subsequently issued to the first California Cavalry, including a quantity with serial numbers close to that of the present gun. See Coates and McAulay 1996, p. 7. £1000-1500 454 A .577 CALIBRE SHARPS MODEL 1855 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE FOR BRITISH USE, NO. 24,195, CIRCA 1856-7, WITH REGIMENTAL MARKINGS OF THE KING’S DRAGOON GUARDS with sighted barrel struck with a broad arrow mark on the left of the breech, numbered tang stamped ‘SHARP’S/PATENT/1848’, lock with patent primer stamped ‘EDWARD MAYNARD/PATENTEE 1845’, walnut half-stock (small cracks and bruises), brass butt-plate stamped ‘K.D.G./36’, brass patchbox-cover stamped ‘80’ on the inside, iron trigger-guard and saddle bar with ring, and polished bright throughout 45.6 cm; 18 in barrel Sharp’s carbine is first recorded by British Ordnance in April 1854 when a self-priming version was sent to the Sub-Committee on Small Arms. It received a favourable report upon trial in February the following year and consequently 6,000 carbines were ordered by the British Government of which 3,000 were of this type with 18in barrels. See Roads 1964 pp. 277-80 and Sellers 1978, p. 61. £2000-2500

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455 A .52 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1859 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 69567, CIRCA 1861-62 with blued barrel stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG.CO/HARTFORD CON.’, ‘NEW MODEL 1859’, the back-sight calibrated to 800 yards and stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 18th 1859’ on the bed, the tang stamped with the serial number, the lock stamped ‘C.SHARPS’ PAT/OCT.5th 1852’ and ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12th 1859’, stamped ‘C.SHARP’S PAT./SEPT 12th 1848’ on the left of the action, walnut three-quarter stock stamped ‘E.C.B.’ and ‘J.T.’ for John Taylor on the left, and ‘G.C.’ beneath the fore-end, iron mounts comprising saddle bar with ring stamped ‘G.C.’, patchbox cover stamped ‘20’ in the wood on the inside, butt-plate, trigger-guard and barrel band, and much original finish throughout 55.8 cm; 22 in barrel £2000-2500 456 A .52 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1859 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 35735, CIRCA 1859-61, PROBABLY FOR THE CONFEDERATE STATE OF GEORGIA with sighted barrel stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG. CO/HARTFORD CONN’, ‘NEW MODEL 1859’, folding back-sight calibrated to 800 yards stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB. 15th 1859’, stamped with the serial number on the tang, the lock stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT./APRIL 12TH 1859’ and ‘C.SHARPS PAT.OCT.5TH 1852’, stamped ‘C.SHARPS PAT./SEPT. 12TH 1848’ on the left, walnut half-stock (small cracks), brass butt-late and patchbox, the latter stamped ‘85’ inside the cover, iron trigger-guard stamped ‘H’ on the inside, saddle bar, and some original finish 56 cm; 22 in barrel Following Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 a number of the Southern States started to acquire arms including the state of Georgia which contacted Sharps to purchase 2000 of its patented rifled carbines. The following month Governor Joseph E. Brown reported that 1600 had been delivered and were in state storage, these carbines were brass mounted and serial numbered between 31,000 and 36,000. During the war these were eventually issued to the 1st and 5th Georgia Sate Cavalry, the 2nd Georgia Infantry State troops and 57th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. See Coates and McAulay 1996, p. 8. £1000-1500

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457 A .500 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1859 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 55751, CIRCA 1861-2, CONVERTED 1867 with sighted barrel, the back-sight calibrated to 800 yards and stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 18th 1859’ on the bed, the tang stamped with the serial number, the lock stamped ‘C.SHARPS’ PAT/OCT.5th 1852’ and ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12th 1859’, and stamped ‘C.SHARP’S PAT./SEPT 12th 1848’ on the left of the action, walnut three-quarter stock (probably a factory replacement at time of conversion), iron mounts comprising saddle bar with ring, butt-plate, trigger-guard and barrel band, and traces of original finish 55.8 cm; 22 in barrel One of 27,000 guns converted under the United States government contract of 1867 with relined bore and cam-operated firing pin. £1000-1500 458 A .54 CALIBRE RIM-FIRE SHARPS & HANKINS NEW MODEL 1862 NAVY RIFLED CARBINE, NO. 5778, CIRCA 1862-5 with leather-covered barrel with folding back-sight (the leather with losses around the action), the action stamped ‘SHARP’S/&/HANKIN’S/PHILADA’, on the right and ‘SHARP’S/PATENT/1859’ on the left, polished walnut butt, brass butt-plate, iron trigger-guard, iron sling swivel, and some original finish 60.5 cm; 23 ¾ in barrel £800-1200

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459 A .500 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1863 CONVERSION RIFLE, NO. C34714, CIRCA 1863-68 with reblued sighted barrel, numbered tang, case-hardened action stamped ‘C. SHARPS PAT/OCT. 5TH 1852’ and ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12TH 1859’, on the right and ‘C. SHARPS PAT/SEPT 12TH/1848’ on the left, walnut full stock stamped ‘TWR’ for Thomas W Russell, ‘TWB’ for T.W.Booth, and ‘DFC’ for David F. Clark on the left, and iron mounts including butt-pate, trigger-guard and a pair of sling swivels 76.2 cm; 30 in barrel £1700-2200 460 A .500 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1863 CONVERSION RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 94287, CIRCA 1867 with blued barrel fitted with folding back-sight stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12th 1859’ on the bed, the tang stamped with the serial number, the lock stamped ‘C.SHARPS’ PAT/OCT.5th 1852’, walnut three-quarter stock, iron mounts comprising saddle bar stamped ‘EAW’, butt-plate, trigger-guard and barrel band, no provision for a patchbox, and some original finish throughout 56 cm; 22 in barrel One of 27,000 carbines converted under the 1867 contract for the United States Government. See Sellers 1978, p. 177. £1000-1500

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461 A RARE .52 CALIBRE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1865 MILITARY RIFLE, NO. C.49610, CIRCA 1865-66 with blued barrel stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE MANUFG CO/HARTFORD CONN, folding back-sight calibrated to 800 yards stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB.15TH 1859’, numbered tang, the action stamped ‘C.SHARPS PAT/OCT 5TH 1852’ and ‘R.S.LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12TH 1859’ on the right and ‘C.SHARPS PAT/SEPT 12TH 1848’ on the left, walnut full stock with no provision for a patchbox, the butt with case-hardened iron mounts, and some original finish 76 cm; 30 in barrel One thousand rifles of this type were made during the period 1865-66 in the serial number range C40,000 to C50,000. See Sellers 1978, p. 86. £1000-1500 462 A 24 BORE SHARPS NEW MODEL 1869 SHORT CARBINE, NO. CL369, CIRCA 1869-71 with blued barrel stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG Co/HARTFORD CONN’ and ‘NEW MODEL’, folding back-sight calibrated to 800 yards and stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 15TH 1869’ on the bed, stamped ‘SHARPS PAT/SEPT 12th 1848’ on the left of the lock, iron mounts and some original finish 55.8 cm; 22 in barrel £1500-2000

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463 A .44 CALIBRE SHARPS MODEL 1874 ‘OLD RELIABLE’ BUFFALO RIFLE, NO. 157831, CIRCA 1876 with blued octagonal barrel engraved ‘Old Reliable’, stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE CO. BRIDGEPORT CONN.’ and ‘CALIBRE 44’, fitted with German silver fore-sight and folding back-sight, the latter calibrated to 800 yards and stamped ‘R.S.LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB. 15TH 1859’ on the bed, numbered tang, the action stamped ‘SHARP’S RIFLE CO./PAT. APR 6 1869’ on the left, double set trigger, walnut half-stock (small chips and dents), chequered iron die-formed butt-plate and triggerguard, and some original finish 76.2 cm; 30 in barrel Sold with a copy of a letter from the Armory of the Sharp’s Rifle company recording this gun in the original Sharp’s Rifle Company records of the Old Reliable Bridgeport, Connecticut plant. It was invoiced on August 25, 1876, to Ben Kittredge and Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sharp’s Western Dealer. The list price was $42 and there were ten similar guns in the order. See Sellers 1978, pp. 211-40. £2200-2400 464 A .40 CALIBRE SHARPS MODEL 1874 ‘OLD RELIABLE’ SCHUETZEN RIFLE, NO. 161217, CIRCA 1877, PROBABLY MADE AS A TEST PIECE OR PROTOTYPE with blued octagonal barrel engraved ‘Old Reliable’, stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE CO. BRIDGEPORT CONN.’ and ‘CALIBRE 40’, fitted with fully adjustable fore-sight signed ‘SHARPS RIFLE CO.’ with level, and folding uncalibrated back-sight, numbered tang with adjustable peep-sight, the action stamped ‘SHARP’S RIFLE CO./PAT. APR 6 1869’ on the left, double set triggers, polished select quality walnut half-stock with chequered fore-end and pistol grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece, iron mounts including schuetzen butt-plate and trigger-guard, and some original finish 76.2 cm; 30 in barrel Sold with a copy of a letter from the Armory of the Sharp’s Rifle company recording this gun being invoiced on four separate occasions: On June 27, 1877, to Wallace Gunn, an employee and test shooter for the Sharp’s Rifle Company On July 25, 1877, to S. C. Kingman, probably also testing the gun On 30 October, 1877, to George Baur On 23 January, 1878, to C. E. Overbaugh, noted as one ‘Dutch mid-range’ with 20 cartridges at a list price of $60. Overbaugh was a gun designer and employee of Sharps and designed and sold most of the German pattern, or Schutzen or Dutch model 1874s. It is likely that the present gun was a test gun or prototype. £6000-9000 219

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465 A FINE .400 CALIBRE BORCHARDT PATENT SHARPS MODEL 1878 RIFLE, NO. 8005 FOR 1878, SOLD TO HUGO BORCHARDT, PATENTEE OF THE SYSTEM AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SHARPS RIFLE COMPANY with blued barrel inscribed ‘Old Reliable’, stamped ‘SHARPS RIFLE CO. BRIDGEPORT. CONN.’, fitted with adjustable shaded fore-sight and folding back-sight, the latter stamped ‘R.S. LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB. 15TH 1859’, case-hardened action stamped’ BORCHARDT PATENT/SHARP’S RIFLE CO. BRIDGEPORT CONN./U.S.A.’, polished three-quarter walnut stock, blued iron butt-plate and case-hardened trigger-guard, and retaining much original finish in fine condition throughout 66 cm; 26 in barrel Sold together with a cheque for $25, from The Connecticut National Bank made in favour of Mr Borchardt from the Sharps Rifle Company; a Telegram dated 1877 from Borchardt; a copy of a photograph of Borchardt and a copy of a letter dated 12th March 1878 from Borchardt to the Sharp’s Rifle Company in which he criticises the working situation and requests further material in order to proceed with his work; and a letter from the Sharp’s Rifle Company (dated 2004) recording the sale of this rifle, serial number 8005 a Model 1878 Hunter’s Rifle, at the Bridgeport factory on 13th November 1878 to Hugo Borchardt. A further note in the entry records ‘For Fair’ suggesting that this was taken by Borchardt for display at a fair with other firearms.

Hugo Borchardt (1844-1924) is perhaps most famous for inventing the Borchardt C-93 pistol, the first mass produced semiautomatic pistol. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany and emigrated to America in 1860 where he became Superintendent of Works for Pioneer Breech-Loading Arms Co.. He became foreman for the Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1874, was then employed by Colt’s Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, followed by Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and was Superintendent to Sharps Rifle Company 1876-81. £3000-5000

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466 A .500 CALIBRE BURNSIDE FIFTH MODEL 1864 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 11569, CIRCA 1864 with blued sighted barrel, stamped ‘CAST STEEL’, folding back-sight calibrated to 500 yards and stamped ‘W’ behind, stamped ‘BURNSIDE MODEL OF 1864’ and numbered at the breech, blued numbered breech-block, blued tang, case hardened action and lock, the latter stamped ‘’BURNSIDE RIFLE CO/PROVIDENCE R.I.’, walnut three-quarter stock impressed ‘HDH’, probably for Henry D Hastings, and ‘GC’, probably for George Curtis, on the left, case-hardened iron butt-plate, blued trigger-guard stamped ‘’H’ and ‘W’ in front, saddle bar stamped ‘W’, one sling swivel, much original finish and in fine condition throughout 53.2 cm; 21 in barrels £700-900 467 A .550 CALIBRE BURNSIDE FOURTH MODEL RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 6954, CIRCA 1863-4 with sighted barrel, folding back-sight calibrated to 500 yards, numbered at the breech and on the breech-block, the lock marked ‘BURNSIDE RIFLE CO/PROVIDENCE R.I.’ (worn), walnut three-quarter stock (small dents and bruises) and iron mounts (areas of wear) 53.2 cm; 21 in barrel £500-600 468 A .50 CALIBRE BELGIAN SPENCER REPEATING RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 3000, DATED 1873 with blued sighted barrel stamped ‘UNION ARMURIERE BELGE/LIÈGE’ over the breech and with the serial number beneath, fitted with folding back-sight calibrated to 900 yards, blued action, walnut three-quarter stock impressed ‘FALISSE & TRAPMANN LIÈGE 1873’ on the right, iron mounts, retaining its numbered tubular magazine, and some finish 50.8 cm; 20 in barrel Falisse & Trappman produced less than one thousand of these carbines, all in 1873. The first digit of the serial numbers are probably inspection numbers which would suggest that the present carbine might be a prototype as number ‘000’. See Marcot 1990, pp. 157-8. £900-1200 469 A .500 CALIBRE SPENCER MODEL 1865 REPEATING RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 15056, CIRCA 1865-6 of standard production specifications, with blued barrel stamped ‘W’ on the left of the breech, case-hardened action, the hammer stamped ‘W’, stock with inspectors cartouche ‘DAP’ ‘E.C.W’ and impressed ‘U.S.COL.TER.’, iron mounts, retaining its tubular magazine, with much original finish and in good condition 50.8 cm; 20 in barrel Five hundred Spencer carbines were supplied to Colorado Territory on 16 October 1868. See Marcot 1990, pp. 80-81 and 129. £1000-1500 470 A .50 RIM-FIRE PALMER PATENT BOLT ACTION RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, BY E.G. LAMSON & CO., WINDSOR, VT, CIRCA 1865 of standard production specifications, with traces of finish, the stock with inspector’s mark ‘MM’ for M. Moulton Armory opposite the lock and stamped ‘C.E.B’ for C. E. Buckland on the spine of the butt 50.8 cm; 20 in barrel The Palmer was contracted late in the Civil War with delivery being made in June 1865, it was the first bolt action metallic cartridge arm accepted for issue in the United States and apparently one thousand and one were made. £600-800 471 A .54 CALIBRE JENKS CARBINE WITH TAPE PRIMER FOR THE U.S. NAVY, DATED 1847 of standard production specifications, with browned barrel stamped ‘W.JENKS/U.S.N./RP/P/1847/CAST STEEL’ at the breech, case-hardened lock with ‘mule ear’ action, walnut three-quarter stock with inspectors stamp ‘RP’ for Richard Paine opposite the lock, brass mounts, and in good condition with much early finish 63.5 cm; 25 in barrel £1000-1500

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472 A .54 CALIBRE JOSLYN FIRST MODEL ‘MONKEY TAIL’ 1855 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, CIRCA 1855-6, PROBABLY CARRIED BY JOHN H. COONS OF THE 4TH OHIO CAVALRY BY L. H. WATERS & CO., MILBURY, MASS. of standard production specifications, fitted with folding back-sight, case-hardened lock, walnut three-quarter stock impressed ‘JHC’ on the right and ‘JC’ on the left, probably for John H, brass trigger-guard and butt-plate, and some original finish 57.1 cm; 22 ½ in barrel Flayderman estimates that one thousand five hundred carbines of this type were made with twelve hundred being sold to the United States. It was carried by the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Ohio Cavalry during the 1862 campaigns.

Sold together with biographical notes on John H. Coons recorded as a private in the 4th Ohio Cavalry from 1861 until incapacitated in 1865, from official records of the federal and confederate armies. £1000-1200 473 A .52 RIM-FIRE JOSYLN MODEL 1864 NAVY RIFLED CARBINE, NO. 4659, CIRCA 1864 of standard production specifications, with blued barrel, breech block numbered 4639, tang numbered 4659, case-hardened lock, walnut full stock (small chip opposite the lock, small dents), impressed with anchor mark beneath butt and with inspector’s marks on the left, case-hardened iron mounts, butt-plate, trigger-guard and including saddle bar, and in good condition with much original finish 56 cm; 22 in barrel £700-900 474 A .56 CALIBRE BALLARD PATENT MILITARY RIFLED CARBINE, NO. 1118, CIRCA 1864, with blued barrel fitted with folding back-sight calibrated to 500 yards, blued action stamped ‘BALLARDS PATENT’ on the right, and MERWIN & BRAY. AGTS/NEW YORK’ on the left (indistinct), walnut butt and iron mounts (refinished) 55.8 cm; 22 in barrel Approximately one thousand of these carbines were assembled by Ball & Williams, all were purchased by the State of Kentucky

by April 1864. See Flayderman 1998, pp. 125-6 and Dutcher 2002, pp. 1-30 £600-800 475 A .52 CALIBRE GWYN & CAMPBELL UNION TYPE TWO RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, DATED 1862, PROBABLY FOR CONFEDERATE USE of standard production specifications, with sighted barrel fitted with back-sight bed (folding sight missing), stamped ‘CSA’ over the breech and serial numbered ‘4323’ beneath, the frame action and trigger-guard numbered ‘3569’, the lock with maker’s inscription (partly restruck), walnut butt with inspector’s marks (iron parts with areas of pitting, the butt with dents and worn), iron mounts including saddle bar (loose, ring missing) and butt-plate 48.2 cm; 19 in barrel £350-400 476 A .50 CALIBRE SMITH RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 17579, CIRCA 1857 of standard production specifications, the barrel with German silver fore-sight, the action with standard marking on the left including Mass. Arms Co. inscription, the butt apparently unmarked, and in good condition with some original finish 54.7 cm; 21 ½ in barrel Schuyler, Hartley & Graham of New York prominently advertised the Smith Carbine in their 1864 catalogue which may account for the good condition and absence of markings on the stock of the present carbine. See Flayderman 1998, p. 512. £800-900 477 A .577 CALIBRE GREENE (BRITISH TYPE) RIFLED CARBINE BY THE MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., DATED 1856 with browned sighted barrel, blued receiver with broad arrow mark, back-action lock with VR crowned, Mass Arms Company inscription and Maynard’s primer, double trigger, the forward trigger for barrel release, walnut half-stock impressed ‘1’ on the right, blued patchbox cover stamped with ‘A’ ‘5’ and a crown, blued butt-plate, and trigger-guard, and in good condition with some original fish 45.7 cm; 18 in barrel See Flayderman 1998, pp. 503-4. £1500-2000 224

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478 A .577 CALIBRE TERRY’S PATENT RIFLED CARBINE BY REEVES & CO., CIRCA 1861 with tapering sighted barrel stamped ‘TERRY’S PATENT’ over the breech, folding back-sight, hinged patent breech-bolt, borderengraved lock signed ‘Reeves & Co.’ (hammer replaced), regulation walnut stock, brass mounts and two iron sling swivels 63.5 cm; 25 in barrel £700-900 479 A .54 CALIBRE MERRILL MODEL 1858 FIRST TYPE RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 5843 of standard production specifications, with blade fore-sight, folding back-sight, bevelled lock, three-quarter stock and brass mounts including patchbox (cover restored), saddle bar and ring 56.2 cm; 22 ⅛ in barrel £600-700 480 A .54 CALIBRE STARR MODEL 1858 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 11069, CIRCA 1862-5 of standard percussion specifications, with standard markings, walnut half-stock incised ‘J.A.R.’ on the left (the iron parts with areas of pitting) 53.2 cm; 21 in barrel Together with a file of documents concerning the life of Private John A. Rhode, Private in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1864, from official records of the federal and confederate armies. £400-600 481 A .58 CALIBRE SECOND TYPE LINDNER’S PATENT RIFLED CARBINE, DATED 1864 of standard production specifications, with sighted barrel with patent inscription on the breech, dated lock with ‘Amoskeag Mfg. Co.’ inscription, walnut three-quarter stock and iron mounts, together with a U.S. socket bayonet, circa 1855-65 the first: 50.5 cm; 20 ¼ in barrel (2) £900-1200 482 A .50 CALIBRE MASSACHUSETTS ARMS COMPANY SECOND MODEL 1859 RIFLED CAVALRY CARBINE, NO. 21617, CIRCA 1863-5 of standard production specifications, with blued sighted barrel, case-hardened action, walnut butt impressed ‘AHN’ for A. H. North and ‘JM’ for John Maggs on the left, case-hardened iron mounts, in very good condition with much finish 50.8 cm; 20 in barrel £500-700 483 A .46 RIM-FIRE REMINGTON SPLIT BREECH SADDLE RING CARBINE, NO. 1396, CIRCA 1865 of standard production specifications, with folding back-sight calibrated to 500 yards, in good condition with some early finish 50.8 cm; 20 in barrel £500-700

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490 A .38 CALIBRE BROWN BALLARD TARGET RIFLE, NO. 21792, CIRCA 1869-73 with very heavy browned octagonal numbered barrel fitted with covered fore-sight, case-hardened numbered breech incorporating the action, the latter stamped ‘BROWN MFG. CO.NEWBURY PORT. MASS/ BALLARDS PATENT/NOV 5 1861’ on the left and fitted with knurled hammer stamped ‘PATENTED JAN. 5 1864’ on the left, and adjustable peep-sight, walnut halfstock and iron mounts comprising butt-plate, lever trigger-guard and fore-end cap 75.8 cm; 29 ⅞ in barrel Provenance Ed Kennedy Literature John T. Dutcher, Ballard, The Great American Single Shot Rifle, 2002, p. 72.

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Sale Results for 24th June 2015 The following prices are the hammer prices GBP/£. Unsold lots are not shown.

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Armour of the English Knight

1400-1450

Tobias Capwell

This detailed, lavishly illustrated book chronicles the armour worn by English men-at-arms during the later phases of the Hundred Years War, as they fought through the great victories and humiliating defeats in France that would ultimately lead them into the War of the Roses.

For the first time, many unknown or rarely published visual and documentary sources have been brought together to reveal the beautiful and intimidating accoutrements of the war-like English. Hugh sums were paid by the chivalric elite for human exo-skeletons of hardened steel glittering with engraved and gilded decoration, the form, function and style of which was as characteristic of the English as were their feared longbowmen.

Employing rich imagery in diverse media, combined with detailed technical and decorative analysis, Armour of the English Knight creates a unique visual journey through the physical world of the late medieval armoured warrior.

Dr. Tobias Capwell will be signing copies of his book,

‘Armour of the English Knight: 1400-1450’

at the gallery on 30th November between 18:00-20:00

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and/ or the Seller by a Bidder is limited to the Purchase Price for the relevant lot. Neither TDM nor the Seller shall be liable for any indirect or consequential losses.

5. Bidding at Auction (a) TDM has absolute discretion to refuse admission to the auction. Before sale, Bidders must complete a Registration Form and supply such information and references as TDM requires. Bidders are personally liable for their bid and are jointly and severally liable with their principal, if bidding as agent (in which case TDM’s prior and express consent must be obtained). (b) TDM advises Bidders to attend the auction, but TDM will endeavour to execute absentee written bids provided that they are, in TDM’s opinion, received in sufficient time and in legible form. (c) When available, written and telephone bidding is offered as a free service at the Bidder’s risk and subject to TDM’s other commitments; TDM is therefore not liable for failure to execute such bids. Telephone bidding may be recorded.

6. Import, Export and Copyright Restrictions TDM 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 licenses required under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

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. (c) Subject to Condition 7(a), the contract between the Buyer and the Seller is concluded on the striking of the auctioneer's hammer. (d) Any post-auction sale of lots shall incorporate these Conditions of Business.

8. Payment and Collection (a) Unless otherwise agreed in advance, payment of the Purchase Price is due in pounds sterling immediately after the auction (the "Payment Date"). (b) Title in a lot will not pass to the Buyer until TDM has received the Purchase Price in cleared funds. TDM 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, TDM 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. TDM’s 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. TDM will not be liable for any acts or omissions of third party packers or shippers.

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9. 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, TDM 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 TDM against any amounts owed to TDM by 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 TDM’s 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 TDM’s possession, applying the sale proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer to TDM. TDM 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 20 working days of the auction, the lot will be stored at the Buyer's expense and risk at TDM’s 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, TDM will re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at TDM’s discretion. The sale proceeds, less all TDM’s costs, will be forfeited unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction.

11. Data Protection (a) TDM will use information supplied by Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by TDM for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law. (b) 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) and to Sellers as per Condition 9(i).

12. Miscellaneous (a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by TDM are the copyright of TDM. (b) These Conditions of Business are not assignable by any Buyer without TDM’s prior written consent, but are binding on Bidders' successors, assigns and representatives. (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 TDM.

Thomas Del Mar Ltd.‘s Authenticity Guarantee If Thomas Del Mar Ltd. sells an item of Property which is later shown to be a “Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below Thomas Del Mar Ltd. will rescind the sale and refund the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to Thomas Del Mar Ltd. 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd.’s 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 reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event Thomas Del Mar Ltd. 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd. (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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd.’s 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd. in writing within one (1) month of receiving any informationthat 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd. 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. Thomas Del Mar Ltd. has discretion to waive any of the above requirements.

Thomas Del Mar Ltd. may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer's cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and acceptable to Thomas Del Mar Ltd. Thomas Del Mar Ltd. 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd. 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 Thomas Del Mar Ltd.

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Thomas Del Mar Ltd

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Sale Title Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Date 2nd December 2015

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Code: MATILDA Please mail, fax, or scan and email to: Thomas Del Mar 25 Blythe Road London W14 0PD Fax +44 (0) 207 602 5973

Important

Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the hammer price(s) mentioned below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves and in an amount up to but not exceeding the specified amount. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve by placing responsive or consecutive bids for a lot.

I agree to be bound by Thomas Del Mar Ltd’s Conditions of Business. If any bid is successful, I agree to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price at the rate stated in the front of the catalogue and any VAT, or amounts in lieu of VAT, which may be due on the buyer’s premium and the hammer price.

Methods of Payment Thomas Del Mar Ltd. welcomes the following methods of payment, most of which will facilitate immediate release of your purchases.

Wire Transfer to our Bank Electronic transfers may be sent directly to our Bank: HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DG

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