4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
172
‡ AN AUSTRIAN MILITARY PALLASCH, CIRCA 1711-30
with broad double-edged blade, etched with the crowned Imperial double eagle, ‘Vivat Printz Eugen’ and ‘Vivat Carolus Sixtus’, a classical Imperial portrait profile, ‘Imperator Germaniae Rex Bohemia’ on the respective faces at the forte, iron hilt of pallasch with a pair of straight langets, quillon with moulded terminal, engraved ‘3ZIII’ beneath, shaped outer-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an s-shaped bar, thumb-loop, back-strap engraved twice with the Cross of Burgundy, border-engraved cap pommel, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its leather-covered iron-clad Hungarian style scabbard, the edges reinforced with strips of differing length, bound with ten bands, engraved chape, and four rings for suspension, 85.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S869
Sold for £1,900
with broad double-edged blade, etched with the crowned Imperial double eagle, ‘Vivat Printz Eugen’ and ‘Vivat Carolus Sixtus’, a classical Imperial portrait profile, ‘Imperator Germaniae Rex Bohemia’ on the respective faces at the forte, iron hilt of pallasch with a pair of straight langets, quillon with moulded terminal, engraved ‘3ZIII’ beneath, shaped outer-guard joined to the knuckle-guard by an s-shaped bar, thumb-loop, back-strap engraved twice with the Cross of Burgundy, border-engraved cap pommel, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its leather-covered iron-clad Hungarian style scabbard, the edges reinforced with strips of differing length, bound with ten bands, engraved chape, and four rings for suspension, 85.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S869
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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