4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
191
‡ A SPANISH OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with slender blade stamped ‘IHN SOLINGEN’ within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with moulded brim, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard with a central moulding en suite, small faceted pommel and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire and ribband between iron collars, 85.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1269
Sold for £600
with slender blade stamped ‘IHN SOLINGEN’ within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with moulded brim, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard with a central moulding en suite, small faceted pommel and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire and ribband between iron collars, 85.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1269
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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