4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
193
‡ A SPANISH OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with slender moulded brim, a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, small globular pommel (pitted throughout), and wooden grip with copper alloy collars (binding missing), 96.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1119
Sold for £600
with tapering blade formed with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with slender moulded brim, a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, small globular pommel (pitted throughout), and wooden grip with copper alloy collars (binding missing), 96.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1119
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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