4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
190
‡ A VENETIAN BROADSWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
with earlier broad flat blade struck with a mark in a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of long straight quillons with drooping terminals, up-turned shield-shaped outer guard cut with a pair of slots at the base, small spherical pommel, and blackened leather-covered grip between iron collars (areas of pitting), 63.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1303
Related examples are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice.
Sold for £650
with earlier broad flat blade struck with a mark in a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of long straight quillons with drooping terminals, up-turned shield-shaped outer guard cut with a pair of slots at the base, small spherical pommel, and blackened leather-covered grip between iron collars (areas of pitting), 63.2 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1303
Related examples are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice.
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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