Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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Monday 1st December: 10am to 7pm
Tuesday 2nd December: 10am to 5pm
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Lot 2
A VERY RARE SOUTH INDIAN OR DECCAN SHORT SWORD, THE HILT 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Lot 7
A VERY RARE INDIAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD BROUGHT HOME BY CAPT. SIR WILLIAM PEEL R.N., C.B.
Lot 11
A VERY RARE SOUTH INDIAN BICH’HWAS, THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 12
AN UNUSUAL SOUTH INDIAN KATAR WITH EUROPEAN BLADE, VIJAYANAGARA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Lot 13
A SOUTH INDIAN KATAR, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TANJORE OR GOLCONDA
Lot 17
AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED KARD WITH RAM’S HEAD POMMEL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 19
A RARE INDIAN FAKIR'S CRUTCH (ZAFAR TAKIYA), 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Lot 20
AN INDIAN BUHJ, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KUTCH
Lot 23
AN INDIAN MACE (GURZ) WITH HILT OF FIRANGI FORM, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 24
AN INDIAN MACE (GURZ) WITH HILT OF FIRANGI FORM, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Lot 27
A FINE PERSIAN KULAH KHUD, DHAL AND BAZU BAND, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 30
A PERSIAN SWORD WITH UNUSUAL STRAIGHT BLADE, QAJAR, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 33
AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, TURKEY, DATED 1217 A.H. CORRESPONDING TO 1805 A.D., PROBABLY FOCA
Lot 34
A RARE OTTOMAN PALLASCH SCABBARD WITH NIELLOED SILVER-GILT MOUNTS, TURKEY, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 36
A RARE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, TURKEY, REIGN OF MUSTAFA II (1695-1703)
Lot 40
A RARE RUSSIAN (TULA) HUNTING DAGGER OF KINDJAL FORM, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 43
◉ A VERY RARE OTTOMAN 12 BORE MUSKET FOR BALL, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 44
A FINE TURKISH 25 BORE MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 45
AN OTTOMAN 25 BORE MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), TURKEY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 46
AN INDIAN 28 BORE MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADAR) WITH CHISELLED BARREL, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 47
AN UNUSUAL INDIAN PERCUSSION GUN (TORADOR) WITH ENGLISH FEATURES, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 48
A PAIR OF OTTOMAN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS WITH LIÈGE BARRELS AND LOCKS, TURKEY
Lot 49
AN OTTOMAN 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 50
AN UNUSUAL INDIAN 28 BORE FLINTLOCK ALL-METAL PISTOL IN THE ENGLISH TASTE, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 51
A BALKAN (SOULIOT) 20 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH SILVER STOCK
Lot 52
A BALKAN 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (ZLATKAS), BOKA KOTORSKA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 53
A PAIR OF ALBANIAN 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 54
◉ A FINE AND VERY RARE ITALIAN SHORTSWORD (CINQUEDEA), CIRCA 1500
Lot 56
A RARE ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, CIRCA 1560-70
Lot 57
AN UNUSUAL ENGLISH RAPIER WITH ENGLISH CIVIL WAR CONNECTIONS, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 58
A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 59
AN EAST EUROPEAN KARABELA, 17TH CENTURY, POLISH OR TURKISH
Lot 60
A CENTRAL EUROPEAN PALLASCH, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 61
A RARE POLISH SABRE OF KARABELA TYPE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 63
A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN PALLASCH, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 65
A CENTRAL EUROPEAN SWORD, POSSIBLY POLISH, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 66
A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN ESTOC, PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 69
A POLISH SABRE OF HUNGARIAN TYPE, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 70
A POLISH SABRE OF HUNGARIAN TYPE, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 71
A SABRE IN POLISH 17TH/18TH CENTURY STYLE
Lot 75
A CONTINENTAL SABRE IN THE EASTERN FASHION, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN
Lot 76
A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD BY FEESEY, CUTLER TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL MALL
Lot 78
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, INDISTINCT SILVER MARKS, CIRCA 1770
Lot 80
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1754
Lot 81
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1775, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS
Lot 85
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED HUNTING SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1741
Lot 92
A RARE POLISH HORSEMAN’S HAMMER (NADZIAK), THE HEAD EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 93
AN EAST EUROPEAN WAR-HAMMER (OBUCH), THE HEAD 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 95
A HORSEMAN’S HAMMER (NADZIAK) IN POLISH LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 96
A POLISH HORSEMAN’S HAMMER AND AXE (CZEKAN) IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY