25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
50
‡ A RARE SAXON PALLASCH, CIRCA 1650-1700
with broad straight blade double-edged towards the point etched with celestial motifs and with traces of a hussar figure, iron stirrup hilt, including a pair of very slender langets extending into the grip, elliptical pommel with scalloped back-strap, and leather-covered banded grip (minor old worming) retained by a rivet with copper alloy head (the reverse head missing), in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard (areas of light worm damage) with iron mounts, comprising small chape extending part-way up on both sides, and four iron bands, the upper two each fitted with a ring for suspension, 92.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S98
Sold for £2,600
with broad straight blade double-edged towards the point etched with celestial motifs and with traces of a hussar figure, iron stirrup hilt, including a pair of very slender langets extending into the grip, elliptical pommel with scalloped back-strap, and leather-covered banded grip (minor old worming) retained by a rivet with copper alloy head (the reverse head missing), in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard (areas of light worm damage) with iron mounts, comprising small chape extending part-way up on both sides, and four iron bands, the upper two each fitted with a ring for suspension, 92.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S98
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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