4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
170
‡ A SWISS MILITARY SWORD, BERN, CIRCA 1640
with tapering double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section over its upper three-quarters etched with the inscription ‘fur Gott and das Vaterland’ on one face and with a shield charged with the arms of Bern on the other, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons, the lower with scrolling terminal, pear-shaped outer guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate (small chips) and rising to an outer guard interrupted by a moulding, inner-guard with a further pierced sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, decorated throughout with scrollwork, faceted pear-shaped pommel (areas of pitting), and spirally carved wooden grip, perhaps early, 79.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1370
For a related example see Wegeli 1929, p. 84, no. 304.
Sold for £950
with tapering double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section over its upper three-quarters etched with the inscription ‘fur Gott and das Vaterland’ on one face and with a shield charged with the arms of Bern on the other, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons, the lower with scrolling terminal, pear-shaped outer guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate (small chips) and rising to an outer guard interrupted by a moulding, inner-guard with a further pierced sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, decorated throughout with scrollwork, faceted pear-shaped pommel (areas of pitting), and spirally carved wooden grip, perhaps early, 79.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1370
For a related example see Wegeli 1929, p. 84, no. 304.
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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