25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN INDIAN HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED BHAGUAN KHOOSALOA, AHMEDABAD
of concave form curved outwards at the brim, the outer surface lacquered and decorated with a band of foliage, fitted with four large engraved copper alloy bosses with foliate brims around a central panel en suite with the brim, the interior painted red, with a small pad, three rings for enarmes (the fourth missing), inscribed 'Bhaguan Khoosaloa, shield maker, Ahmedabad' and applied with two labels including 'Circle 3, Bombay and Sind no. 923', 38.3 cm diameter
Sold for £600
of concave form curved outwards at the brim, the outer surface lacquered and decorated with a band of foliage, fitted with four large engraved copper alloy bosses with foliate brims around a central panel en suite with the brim, the interior painted red, with a small pad, three rings for enarmes (the fourth missing), inscribed 'Bhaguan Khoosaloa, shield maker, Ahmedabad' and applied with two labels including 'Circle 3, Bombay and Sind no. 923', 38.3 cm diameter
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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