25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ AN ITALIAN INFANTRY SWORD, CIRCA 1600
with broad straight 18th century blade of flattened-hexagonal section, struck with a mark, ‘B’ crowned for Clemens Broch of Solingen (1718-1772), twice at the forte on one face, iron hilt comprising down-curved quillon of flat rectangular section slightly swelling and incised with a line at the terminal, down-turned shell-guard chiselled with a triangular panel of foliage, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillon, flattened figure-of-eight shaped pommel decorated with further triangular panels of foliage at the top and bottom on both sides, and grip with later twisted copper wire binding between ‘Turk’s heads’ (old pitting), 78.3 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S804
Sold for £1,100
with broad straight 18th century blade of flattened-hexagonal section, struck with a mark, ‘B’ crowned for Clemens Broch of Solingen (1718-1772), twice at the forte on one face, iron hilt comprising down-curved quillon of flat rectangular section slightly swelling and incised with a line at the terminal, down-turned shell-guard chiselled with a triangular panel of foliage, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillon, flattened figure-of-eight shaped pommel decorated with further triangular panels of foliage at the top and bottom on both sides, and grip with later twisted copper wire binding between ‘Turk’s heads’ (old pitting), 78.3 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S804
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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