25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ AN ENGLISH PROTO MORTUARY SWORD CIRCA 1630-40
with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, stamped ‘ME FECT’ and ‘SOLINGEN’ within a pair of long slender fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso formed with an additional groove, symmetrical russet iron hilt comprising scrolled quillon, scalloped guard rising to slender bar joining the pommel (repaired at the front), knuckle-guard interrupted by a scallop moulding en suite and joined to the front and rear guard by an S-shaped bar, globular pommel, and wooden grip (binding missing, some old rust patination and pitting overall), 83.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S466
Sold for £1,700
with tapering blade double-edged towards the point, stamped ‘ME FECT’ and ‘SOLINGEN’ within a pair of long slender fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso formed with an additional groove, symmetrical russet iron hilt comprising scrolled quillon, scalloped guard rising to slender bar joining the pommel (repaired at the front), knuckle-guard interrupted by a scallop moulding en suite and joined to the front and rear guard by an S-shaped bar, globular pommel, and wooden grip (binding missing, some old rust patination and pitting overall), 83.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S466
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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