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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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 22nd June:12pm to 4pm
Monday 23rd June: 10am to 7pm
Tuesday 24th June: 10am to 5pm
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Name: Henry Metcalf
Email: henry.metcalf@olympiaauctions.com
Name: Simeon Beever
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Name: Thomas Del Mar
Email: thomas.delmar@olympiaauctions.com
Name: David Williams
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Lot 1
A JAPANESE SWORD, SIGNED FUJIWARA NO HIROTAKA, EARLY EDO PERIOD
Lot 3
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), SIGNED IZUMI (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISADA SAKU, 1620-1640
Lot 4
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), SIGNED KIYONDO, DATED 1866
Lot 5
A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD (WAKIZASHI), SIGNED YAMASHIRO DAIJO KUNITSUGU, PROBABLY EDO PERIOD
Lot 6
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY, THAVANJOUR, TAMIL NADU
Lot 7
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY SWORD (KOPIS KADUTHALA), PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY, KERALA
Lot 8
A MASSIVE INDIAN PROCESSIONAL HEADMAN’S SWORD (TEGHA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 10
A FINE INDIAN TALWAR WITH PERSIAN BLADE, EARLY TO MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 12
A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER (BAWANI), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KERALA
Lot 15
A LARGE OTTOMAN QAMA, TRABZON, BLACK SEA COAST, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 19
A VERY RARE INDIAN FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED POWDER-TESTER (EPROUVETTE), LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 20
AN INDIAN HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED BHAGUAN KHOOSALOA, AHMEDABAD
Lot 22
A FINE PERSIAN KULAH KHUD, DHAL AND BAZU BAND, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 23
‡ A RARE ALGERIAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 24
‡ A SOUTH EUROPEAN BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1500-20, POSSIBLY SPANISH
Lot 25
‡ A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, CIRCA 1600-20, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN
Lot 26
‡ A GERMAN HAND-AND-A HALF SWORD, CIRCA 1600-20
Lot 27
‡ A NORTH ITALIAN BROADSWORD, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 28
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN BASKET-HILTED MILITARY BACKSWORD (TESSAK), LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 30
‡ A NORTH GERMAN MILITARY SWORD (TESSAK), LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 35
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN SWORD RAPIER, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH OR GERMAN
Lot 44
‡ AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40, ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR THE PAPAL GUARD
Lot 45
‡ AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40
Lot 47
‡ A RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, ITALIAN OR SPANISH
Lot 52
‡ A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY POLISH
Lot 56
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY SWORD, CIRCA 1650-80, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 57
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 60
‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN
Lot 61
‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS
Lot 62
‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN
Lot 65
‡ AN ITALIAN SWORD WITH ‘CRAB-CLAW’ HILT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 67
‡ AN ITALIAN SWORD WITH ‘CRAB-CLAW’ HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 73
‡ A PORTUGUESE COLONIAL OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, BRAZIL, CIRCA 1750-80
Lot 81
‡ A COMBINED SPRING CLAMP, SPANNER AND TURNSCREW AND FOUR FURTHER TOOLS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Lot 82
‡ AN ITALIAN POWDER-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 83
‡ TWO GERMAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASKS, WHEEL-LOCK SPANNERS AND TURNSCREWS, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 84
‡ AN ITALIAN PRIMING-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 86
‡ A GERMAN CIRCULAR TURNED WOODEN PRIMING-FLASK, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 88
‡ TWO WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTERS OF MILITARY TYPE, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 89
‡ TWO ITALIAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTERS AND ANOTHER, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 91
‡ A LONG WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTER, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 92
‡ A VERY RARE LEATHER COVER FOR A WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY