25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ A GERMAN HAND-AND-A HALF SWORD, CIRCA 1600-20
with broad blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped ‘IX’ twice with a cross on each side within a short fuller framed by punched dots and incised lines, rectangular ricasso struck with two differing flower-head marks on the respective faces, iron hilt of faceted bars comprising a pair of straight ribbon-like quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard en suite joined to the arms by a pair of bars also en suite, diagonal inner-guard with thumb-ring and a further small bar onto the quillon-block, tall faceted pear-shaped pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip, perhaps early, 108.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1109
Sold for £3,800
with broad blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped ‘IX’ twice with a cross on each side within a short fuller framed by punched dots and incised lines, rectangular ricasso struck with two differing flower-head marks on the respective faces, iron hilt of faceted bars comprising a pair of straight ribbon-like quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard en suite joined to the arms by a pair of bars also en suite, diagonal inner-guard with thumb-ring and a further small bar onto the quillon-block, tall faceted pear-shaped pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip, perhaps early, 108.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1109
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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