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 193
◉ A NAVAL OFFICER’S SILVER-HILTED FIVE-BALL SPADROON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 195
AN 1834 PATTERN ROYAL HORSE GUARDS OFFICER’S SWORD, BY HAMBURGER, ROGERS & CO.
Lot 196
AN 1822 PATTERN EAST INDIA COMPANY INFANTRY OFFICER'S PRESENTATION SWORD
Lot 197
A FINE CASED SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD PRESENTED TO MAJOR G.A. SPOTTISWOODE
Lot 199
A REGIMENTAL SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 203
A RARE NORTH GERMAN ETCHED BURGONET, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1550-60
Lot 204
A RARE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER’S CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 209
A ‘SPANISH’ CABASSET, LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH ITALIAN
Lot 210
A LOBSTER-TAIL POT HELMET, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 211
A EUROPEAN SAPPER'S HELMET, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 212
THE UPPER PORTION OF A VAMBRACE IN GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 214
A FULL ARMOUR IN GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE BY CHRISTOPHER DOBSON
Lot 215
A CASED RUSSIAN ORDER OF ST. STANISLAS INSIGNIA
Lot 218
A LARGE CONTINENTAL STRONGBOX, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 220
A RARE MODEL 1814 HELMET OF THE FRENCH GARDE DU CORPS DU ROI
Lot 221
A FRENCH CAVALRY OFFICER’S HELMET, CIRCA 1825-30
Lot 223
A RARE FRENCH NAPOLEONIC DRUMMER’S BALDRIC, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 224
A HELMET OF THE PRUSSIAN GARDE DU CORPS OR GARDE KUIRASSIER REGIMENT, CIRCA 1900-1914
Lot 226
AN OFFICER’S PICKELHAUBE OF THE GARDE CORPS, CIRCA 1900-1914
Lot 227
AN OFFICER’S PICKELHAUBE OF THE GARDE CORPS, CIRCA 1900-1914
Lot 228
AN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE KINGDOM OF WURTTEMBERG, CIRCA 1900-1914
Lot 231
A GERMAN GUARDS OFFICER’S HELMET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 235
AN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE 3RD BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY, CIRCA 1847-70
Lot 236
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S SHAKO OF THE MADRAS LIGHT CAVALRY, CIRCA 1845-55
Lot 237
AN OFFICER’S ALBERT SHAKO OF THE INDIAN ARMY, CIRCA 1840-55
Lot 238
A MADRAS ARTILLERY OFFICER'S FULL DRESS COATEE, CIRCA 1840-55
Lot 239
A VICTORIAN INDIAN ARMY OFFICER’S SABRETACHE, CIRCA 1890-1900
Lot 240
◉ A TARLETON HELMET OF THE OSWESTRY RANGERS, CIRCA 1800-20
Lot 242
◉ A CAVALRY OFFICER’S ROMAN PATTERN HELMET OF THE INNISKILLING DRAGOONS, CIRCA 1834-43
Lot 244
AN OFFICER’S SHAKO OF THE QUEEN’S REGIMENT, CIRCA 1835-44
Lot 246
AN OFFICER’S BELL TOP SHAKO OF THE 66TH (BERKSHIRE) REGIMENT, CIRCA 1835-44
Lot 247
AN OFFICER’S SHAKO OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, CIRCA 1840-55
Lot 249
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S SHAKO OF THE KERRY MILITIA, H. POOLE & CO, CIRCA 1900
Lot 250
AN OFFICER’S CHAPKA OF THE CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL YEOMANRY, CIRCA 1910
Lot 252
AN 1871 PATTERN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE 2ND DRAGOON GUARDS (QUEEN’S BAYS)
Lot 254
◉ A CAVALRY TROOPER’S ROMAN PATTERN HELMET OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY, CIRCA 1818-34
Lot 256
◉ AN OFFICER’S BUSBY OF THE 3RD KING’S OWN HUSSARS, CIRCA 1910
Lot 257
AN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY, CIRCA 1910
Lot 258
AN OFFICER’S HELMET OF THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY, CIRCA 1910
Lot 259
A SILVER SHOULDER BELT PLATE, JOSEPH JENNENS & CO, BIRMINGHAM, 1802
Lot 260
AN OFFICER’S GILT SHOULDER BELT PLATE OF THE 7TH FOOT (ROYAL FUSILIERS), CIRCA 1840
Lot 261
A YEOMANRY OFFICER’S SABRETACHE OF THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE HUSSARS, CIRCA 1880
Lot 262
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S SABRETACHE OF THE 13TH HUSSARS, CIRCA 1890
Lot 263
A GEORGIAN OFFICER’S SABRETACHE OF THE 4TH (ROYAL IRISH) DRAGOON GUARDS, CIRCA 1820-30
Lot 264
A LATE GEORGIAN OR EARLY VICTORIAN OFFICER’S SABRETACHE OF THE 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS
Lot 265
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S SABRETACHE OF THE 11TH (PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN) HUSSARS, CIRCA 1890
Lot 267
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S SABRETACHE OF THE 8TH KING'S ROYAL IRISH HUSSARS, CIRCA 1850
Lot 270
A FINE GERMAN 50 BORE WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN FOR BALL, DATED 1586
Lot 271
A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED SPORTING GUN BY GRIFFIN & TOW, LONDON
Lot 272
A 15-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY GRIFFIN & TOW OF LONDON, CIRCA 1778
Lot 273
A FINE LIGHTWEIGHT FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS BY GRIFFIN & TOW, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
Lot 274
A 40-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET PISTOL BY H. DELANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
Lot 276
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY ROSS, EDINBURGH, NO. 60, CIRCA 1815
Lot 277
AN UNUSUAL 8 BORE FLINTLOCK GUN BY JOHN BLANCKLEY, CIRCA 1680
Lot 278
A RARE 22 BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY H. NOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1780-90
Lot 279
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
Lot 280
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY WILLIAM 2 OR 3 HENSHAW, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
Lot 281
A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN ALMOST CERTAINLY BY H.W. MORTIMER OF LONDON
Lot 282
AN 11 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH CLARKSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1730-40
Lot 283
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY SOUTHALL & SON OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1818
Lot 284
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY THEWLIS, HUDDERSFIELD, CIRCA 1815-20
Lot 285
AN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY BISSELL OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1815-20
Lot 286
AN UNUSUAL 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY KETLAND & CO., THE BARREL AND MOUNTS
Lot 288
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JOVER, LONDON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 289
A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH UNUSUAL DROP-DOWN PAN BY TURNEY
Lot 290
A FRENCH 22-BORE FLINTLOCK D.B. SPORTING GUN BY DUON, NANCY, CIRCA 1780-90