4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
250
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
with double-edged blade stamped 'Andrea' and 'Ferara' between a series of decorative marks on the respective faces, iron basket hilt of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of narrow and square fluted panels all pierced with hearts and circles, the narrow panels at the front and back each surmounting a ram's horn moulding (chipped), the square panels carried by a saltire arrangement of bars, scrolling quillon, fluted bun-shaped pommel, and spirally moulded fishskin-covered grip (binding missing), 83.0 cm blade
Sold for £2,000
with double-edged blade stamped 'Andrea' and 'Ferara' between a series of decorative marks on the respective faces, iron basket hilt of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of narrow and square fluted panels all pierced with hearts and circles, the narrow panels at the front and back each surmounting a ram's horn moulding (chipped), the square panels carried by a saltire arrangement of bars, scrolling quillon, fluted bun-shaped pommel, and spirally moulded fishskin-covered grip (binding missing), 83.0 cm blade
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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