25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A LARGE OTTOMAN QAMA, TRABZON, BLACK SEA COAST, 19TH CENTURY
with broad double-edged blade cut with converging central fullers over most of its length on each side, the forte struck with indistinct bladesmith’s mark on both sides, characteristic waisted hilt with domed pommel entirely covered in gilt metal profusely set overall with numerous pieces of fluted red coral (corallium rubrum) against a ground of small beads, in original wooden scabbard covered in silver engraved with ropework borders, the locket and chape en suite with the hilt, the latter with monster head terminal, 43.2 cm blade
For a related example see Hales 2013, p. 93, fig. 215
Sold for £7,000
with broad double-edged blade cut with converging central fullers over most of its length on each side, the forte struck with indistinct bladesmith’s mark on both sides, characteristic waisted hilt with domed pommel entirely covered in gilt metal profusely set overall with numerous pieces of fluted red coral (corallium rubrum) against a ground of small beads, in original wooden scabbard covered in silver engraved with ropework borders, the locket and chape en suite with the hilt, the latter with monster head terminal, 43.2 cm blade
For a related example see Hales 2013, p. 93, fig. 215
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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