4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
162
‡ A GERMAN MILITARY SWORD, LATE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY STYRIAN
with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a pair of fullers of differing length over the greater part of each face, engraved with celestial masks, a lion, cabalistic inscriptions and struck with a double eyelash mark at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising straight quillons with vertically recurved tips and spirally-moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, joined to the front and back by a scrolling bar, angular frontal guard formed a scalloped plate with spirally moulded recurved finial, inner-guard of a small semi-circular plate, thumb-loop, spirally moulded pommel, and the grip with a later leather covering, 76.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1188
Sold for £1,500
with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a pair of fullers of differing length over the greater part of each face, engraved with celestial masks, a lion, cabalistic inscriptions and struck with a double eyelash mark at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising straight quillons with vertically recurved tips and spirally-moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, joined to the front and back by a scrolling bar, angular frontal guard formed a scalloped plate with spirally moulded recurved finial, inner-guard of a small semi-circular plate, thumb-loop, spirally moulded pommel, and the grip with a later leather covering, 76.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1188
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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