3rd Dec, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria. December 2025
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AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHAMSHIR, 19TH CENTURY
with earlier Indo-Persian slender curved single-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel (areas of rust patination and polishing), hilt comprising border engraved quillon-block decorated with foliage and with pointed langets and tapering quillons, the latter each with faceted bud-shaped terminal, the forward one linked to the pommel by a later silver chain, reeded grip-strap and rounded horn grips indented for the fingers, the latter (one repaired at the base) retained by two transverse copper-alloy rivets, and pierced through the beaked pommel with a hole for a sword-knot, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with deep silver border engraved locket, chape and rounded suspension mounts all decorated with panels of foliage, the suspension mounts each with a ring for suspension, 80.5 cm blade
Sold for £1,800
with earlier Indo-Persian slender curved single-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel (areas of rust patination and polishing), hilt comprising border engraved quillon-block decorated with foliage and with pointed langets and tapering quillons, the latter each with faceted bud-shaped terminal, the forward one linked to the pommel by a later silver chain, reeded grip-strap and rounded horn grips indented for the fingers, the latter (one repaired at the base) retained by two transverse copper-alloy rivets, and pierced through the beaked pommel with a hole for a sword-knot, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with deep silver border engraved locket, chape and rounded suspension mounts all decorated with panels of foliage, the suspension mounts each with a ring for suspension, 80.5 cm blade
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria. December 2025, 3rd Dec, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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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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