25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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◉ AN INDO-PERSIAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), 19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade, iron hilt encrusted with gold scrollwork, and ivory grip, in later scabbard, 80.5 cm blade
This item has been registered under the UK Ivory Act 2018, registration number X5BUAEXJ.
Sold for £500
with curved single-edged blade, iron hilt encrusted with gold scrollwork, and ivory grip, in later scabbard, 80.5 cm blade
This item has been registered under the UK Ivory Act 2018, registration number X5BUAEXJ.
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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