4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
180
‡ A WALLOON SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with broad double-edged blade formed with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with mushroom-shaped terminal, pear-shaped outer-guard filled with a pierced sprung-in plate, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and spirally carved wooden grip retaining a small portion of its wire binding and collars, in a leather-covered iron-mounted scabbard, probably the original, the chape with a spherical moulding and the locket with a long belt hook, 80.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1209
Sold for £500
with broad double-edged blade formed with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with mushroom-shaped terminal, pear-shaped outer-guard filled with a pierced sprung-in plate, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and spirally carved wooden grip retaining a small portion of its wire binding and collars, in a leather-covered iron-mounted scabbard, probably the original, the chape with a spherical moulding and the locket with a long belt hook, 80.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1209
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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