25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, CIRCA 1650-90
with straight blade (areas of pitting) double-edged towards the point, stamped ‘ANDREA FARARA’, ‘SOILDEO’ and ‘GLORIA’ between a series of decorative marks within three long slender fullers on each face, rectangular ricasso with a further groove and struck with an indistinct mark, symmetrical iron basket-guard of rounded bars including vestigial quillons, a pair of saltires framed by the knuckle-guard and an additional bar at the rear, the latter joined to a looped guard by a horizontal bar interrupted by a ‘bow-tie’ panel, grooved bun-shaped pommel, and later leather-covered grip bound with a strand of twisted wire, 86.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S817
Sold for £2,800
with straight blade (areas of pitting) double-edged towards the point, stamped ‘ANDREA FARARA’, ‘SOILDEO’ and ‘GLORIA’ between a series of decorative marks within three long slender fullers on each face, rectangular ricasso with a further groove and struck with an indistinct mark, symmetrical iron basket-guard of rounded bars including vestigial quillons, a pair of saltires framed by the knuckle-guard and an additional bar at the rear, the latter joined to a looped guard by a horizontal bar interrupted by a ‘bow-tie’ panel, grooved bun-shaped pommel, and later leather-covered grip bound with a strand of twisted wire, 86.4 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S817
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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