4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
163
‡ A GERMAN CAVALRY SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with broad double-edged blade signed by the bladesmith ‘Herman Keisser’ within a pair of short fullers on each face, the forte with a further pair of short grooves, iron hilt of flattened bars, comprising straight quillon with scrolling terminal, up-turned scalloped outer guard, diagonal inner-guard joined by a further bar with trifurcated base to the knuckle-guard, and tall octagonal pommel, and the grip with a later binding of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s Heads’, 88.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1197
Herman Keisser is recorded in Solingen circa 1625-60.
Sold for £1,700
with broad double-edged blade signed by the bladesmith ‘Herman Keisser’ within a pair of short fullers on each face, the forte with a further pair of short grooves, iron hilt of flattened bars, comprising straight quillon with scrolling terminal, up-turned scalloped outer guard, diagonal inner-guard joined by a further bar with trifurcated base to the knuckle-guard, and tall octagonal pommel, and the grip with a later binding of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s Heads’, 88.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1197
Herman Keisser is recorded in Solingen circa 1625-60.
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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