4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
246
‡ A RARE MEDIEVAL SWORD, CIRCA 1300-50
in excavated condition, with broad tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid with six copper alloy flowerheads on each face (the inlay with extensive losses), short tang struck with five pellets in a cross formation (bent towards the pommel), iron hilt comprising slightly arched quillons of tapering-rectangular section flaring towards the terminals (one bent and heavily encrusted, the other incomplete), and octahedral pommel, 90.8 cm blade
Provenance
Norman Fargo, Sandpoint, Idaho
Expertly conserved by Zacov Barov, former head of conservation at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
in excavated condition, with broad tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid with six copper alloy flowerheads on each face (the inlay with extensive losses), short tang struck with five pellets in a cross formation (bent towards the pommel), iron hilt comprising slightly arched quillons of tapering-rectangular section flaring towards the terminals (one bent and heavily encrusted, the other incomplete), and octahedral pommel, 90.8 cm blade
Provenance
Norman Fargo, Sandpoint, Idaho
Expertly conserved by Zacov Barov, former head of conservation at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
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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