4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
167
‡ A SWEDISH MILITARY SWORD, CIRCA 1620-30
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt of flattened bars comprising curved quillon, curved pear-shaped frontal guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate, rising to a single bar interrupted by a moulded, flattened pear-shaped pommel, small inner-guard fitted with a further pierced sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, and spirally-carved wooden grip (binding missing), 92.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S632
Sold for £650
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt of flattened bars comprising curved quillon, curved pear-shaped frontal guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate, rising to a single bar interrupted by a moulded, flattened pear-shaped pommel, small inner-guard fitted with a further pierced sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, and spirally-carved wooden grip (binding missing), 92.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S632
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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