4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
173
‡ A SWISS MILITARY SWORD, ZURICH, THE BLADE DATED 1717
with tapering double-edged blade, engraved with the date within a short fuller, a running fox and the arms of Zurich on each face, iron hilt comprising forward-and rear-canted quillons with flattened scrolling terminals, pear-shaped outer guard fitted with a sprung-in plate chased with an eagle, outer guard swelling in the centre, knuckle-guard en suite, small inner guard fitted with a matching sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, fluted pear-shaped pommel, and associated copper alloy grip (areas of pitting), 87.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1047
Sold for £1,600
with tapering double-edged blade, engraved with the date within a short fuller, a running fox and the arms of Zurich on each face, iron hilt comprising forward-and rear-canted quillons with flattened scrolling terminals, pear-shaped outer guard fitted with a sprung-in plate chased with an eagle, outer guard swelling in the centre, knuckle-guard en suite, small inner guard fitted with a matching sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, fluted pear-shaped pommel, and associated copper alloy grip (areas of pitting), 87.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1047
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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