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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Lot 97
‡ A FINE AND RARE BRACE OF 40 BORE GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS (PUFFERS)
Lot 98
‡ A RARE 7 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PYROTECHNIC PISTOL, CIRCA 1590, PROBABLY AUGSBURG
Lot 99
‡ A RARE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PYROTECHNIC PISTOL, CIRCA 1580
Lot 100
‡ A RARE SOUTH GERMAN 40 BORE WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOL (PUFFER), CIRCA 1580-90
Lot 101
‡ A 54 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (PUFFER), NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1570-80
Lot 102
‡ A 90 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK CARBINE, CIRCA 1600-10
Lot 103
‡ A 64 BORE WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOL, CIRCA 1600/20, PROBABLY ITALIAN
Lot 104
‡ A 44 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOL, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1590
Lot 106
‡ A 56 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL OF NOTABLE LENGTH, CIRCA 1610-20
Lot 108
‡ A 28 BORE WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1620, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN
Lot 109
‡ A 74 BORE ITALIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1600-20
Lot 110
‡ A 28 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1630, DUTCH OR GERMAN
Lot 111
‡ A 25 BORE AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1630
Lot 112
‡ A 32 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1640-50
Lot 113
‡ A 30 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1640-60, PROBABLY DANISH
Lot 114
‡ A RARE PAIR OF 30 BORE DUTCH MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1650
Lot 115
‡ A 26 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1650, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 116
‡ A 20 BORE MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1660, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN
Lot 117
‡ AN AUSTRIAN 30 BORE WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1660
Lot 118
‡ A 21 BORE GERMAN MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1680
Lot 119
‡ A VERY RARE 28 BORE RUSSIAN MILITARY SNAPHAUNCE HOLSTER PISTOL
Lot 123
‡ A RAPIER IN FRENCH MID-16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 125
‡ A HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 127
‡ A MILITARY SKIRT (BASES) INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY FABRIC, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 128
‡ A SOUTH GERMAN DECORATED SPORTING CROSSBOW (HALBE RÜSTUNG), DATED 1586
Lot 129
A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
Lot 130
A MEDIEVAL SWORD, EARLY 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN
Lot 131
A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, THE HILT BY JOHN SIMPSON THE YOUNGER OF GLASGOW
Lot 132
A VERY RARE ENGLISH RAPIER WITH CHISELLED AND GOLD-DAMASCENED HILT, CIRCA 1630-40
Lot 133
AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 135
A FINE ENGLISH 'MORTUARY' HILTED BACKSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 136
AN EXTREMELY RARE GERMAN ‘LANDSKNECHT’ DAGGER, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 137
AN UNUSUAL COPPER ALLOY-HILTED SABRE, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SARDINIAN
Lot 138
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1740
Lot 140
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1760
Lot 141
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1760
Lot 142
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1760
Lot 143
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1767
Lot 144
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, INDISTINCT SILVER MARKS, CIRCA 1760-70
Lot 146
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, SMALL SILVER MARK, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 148
A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD SCABBARD LOCKET FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, CIRCA 1770-80
Lot 149
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 151
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 152
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 155
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 156
AN ORMOLU-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH
Lot 159
A STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH OR RUSSIAN
Lot 160
A STEEL-HILTED SMALL-SWORD LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH
Lot 161
A DUTCH LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 162
A RARE FRENCH VARIANT VOLUNTEER OFFICER’S SABRE OF THE GARDE NATIONALE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 163
A RARE FRENCH OFFICER’S SABRE OF THE GARDE NATIONALE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 164
◉ A RARE FRENCH DIRECTOIRE PERIOD OFFICER’S SABRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 166
A FRENCH LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 167
A FRENCH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY OFFICER’S SABRE OF REVOLUTIONARY TYPE IN LATE 18TH CENTURY STYLE
Lot 168
A FRENCH DRAGOON OFFICER’S SABRE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 169
◉ A FRENCH NAPOLEONIC LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 171
◉ A FRENCH NAPOLEONIC INFANTRY OFFICER’S SABRE SIGNED PIRMET A PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 173
◉ A FRENCH NAPOLEONIC CHIEF OF STAFF’S SABRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 177
THREE FRENCH 1821 MODEL INFANTRY OFFICER’S SABRES, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 179
A SPANISH OFFICER’S ORMOLU-HILTED BROADSWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 180
AN EAST EUROPEAN HUSSAR’S SABRE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HUNGARIAN OR POLISH
Lot 182
◉ AN OFFICER’S SABRE OF THE SUNDERLAND LOYAL VOLUNTEERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 183
A FINE 1796 PATTERN OFFICER’S SWORD BY GOLDNEY, ST. JAMES’S STREET
Lot 184
THE 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT OF BORTWICKBRAE
Lot 186
A 1796 PATTERN EAST INDA COMPANY LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 187
AN EAST INDA COMPANY OFFICER’S ORMOLU-HILTED FIVE-BALL SPADROON, CIRCA 1800
Lot 190
A VERY RARE CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BOMBAY REGIMENT LIGHT CAVALRY
Lot 191
AN 1803 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD RETAILED BY PROSSER
Lot 192
A 1796 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD RETAILED BY J. & J. GILL