4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
153
‡ A NORTH GERMAN MILITARY RAPIER, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with long slender blade of flattened-diamond section, formed with a short slender fuller on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of long straight quillons with globular terminals cut with a band of chequering, knuckle-guard and outer guard joined by a saltire, upper and lower ring-guards, the former with an S-shaped bar joined to the saltires, inner-guard with thumb-loop, compressed spherical pommel chiselled with a band of chequering, and leather-covered wooden grip, 109.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S812
The hilt is related to military ‘Tessaks’ associated with North Germany and Scandinavia. See Norman 1980, p. 149.
Sold for £2,400
with long slender blade of flattened-diamond section, formed with a short slender fuller on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of long straight quillons with globular terminals cut with a band of chequering, knuckle-guard and outer guard joined by a saltire, upper and lower ring-guards, the former with an S-shaped bar joined to the saltires, inner-guard with thumb-loop, compressed spherical pommel chiselled with a band of chequering, and leather-covered wooden grip, 109.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S812
The hilt is related to military ‘Tessaks’ associated with North Germany and Scandinavia. See Norman 1980, p. 149.
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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