4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
144
‡ A GERMAN RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
with broad tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, tapering ricasso struck with two marks, an arrow and a hatched shield on one face and further marks (rubbed) on the other, iron hilt of rounded bars with moulded roots adjacent to the écusson, comprising down-curved quillon swelling to apointed terminal, upper-and lower ring-guards, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillon, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (polished bright throughout), 97.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S823
Sold for £1,800
with broad tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, tapering ricasso struck with two marks, an arrow and a hatched shield on one face and further marks (rubbed) on the other, iron hilt of rounded bars with moulded roots adjacent to the écusson, comprising down-curved quillon swelling to apointed terminal, upper-and lower ring-guards, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillon, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel, and later grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (polished bright throughout), 97.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S823
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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