4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
171
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN BASKET-HILTED SWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH
with associated double-edged fullered blade, iron basket-hilt of rounded bars comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, twelve frontal bars carrying a lobated plate engraved with a rampant lion (refreshed, probably later), inner-guard of two bars, associated small spherical pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire between iron collars, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with a ring for suspension, 79.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1176
Sold for £1,500
with associated double-edged fullered blade, iron basket-hilt of rounded bars comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, twelve frontal bars carrying a lobated plate engraved with a rampant lion (refreshed, probably later), inner-guard of two bars, associated small spherical pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire between iron collars, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with a ring for suspension, 79.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1176
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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