25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN INDIAN FIRANGI, 17TH CENTURY
with slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with three fullers along the back on each side, characteristic steel hilt pierced overall with designs of foliage and comprising bud-shaped quillons with bluntly-pointed extension over each side of the forte, one with later pierced silver suspension tab for a thong, bent-up guard with integral tapering knuckle-guard joining the disc-shaped pommel, the latter with fluted stalk-like finial with bud-shaped tip, and slender swelling grip of diamond section (old rust patination), 93.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C123
Sold for £800
with slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with three fullers along the back on each side, characteristic steel hilt pierced overall with designs of foliage and comprising bud-shaped quillons with bluntly-pointed extension over each side of the forte, one with later pierced silver suspension tab for a thong, bent-up guard with integral tapering knuckle-guard joining the disc-shaped pommel, the latter with fluted stalk-like finial with bud-shaped tip, and slender swelling grip of diamond section (old rust patination), 93.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C123
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
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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