4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
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A RARE GERMAN GOTHIC STEEL MACE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 15TH CENTURY
with bulbous head formed of six shaped flanges of wedge-section, moulded terminal button and moulding at the base of the head, tapering octagonal haft interrupted by a central moulding, guard formed of a disc top and bottom, the former pierced with two holes, probably for a thong (a further filled rectangular aperture probably the remains of a belt hook), and early, perhaps original, leather-covered wooden grip, 49.8 cm overall
Provenance
An Important English Private Collection
Literature
Clive Thomas, The Gothic Mace, in The London Park Lane Arms Fair, Spring 2014, p. 29, illustrated.
Sold for £13,000
with bulbous head formed of six shaped flanges of wedge-section, moulded terminal button and moulding at the base of the head, tapering octagonal haft interrupted by a central moulding, guard formed of a disc top and bottom, the former pierced with two holes, probably for a thong (a further filled rectangular aperture probably the remains of a belt hook), and early, perhaps original, leather-covered wooden grip, 49.8 cm overall
Provenance
An Important English Private Collection
Literature
Clive Thomas, The Gothic Mace, in The London Park Lane Arms Fair, Spring 2014, p. 29, illustrated.
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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