25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HUSSAR SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with curved blade formed with a long fuller on each face and double-edged towards the point, struck with a mark, a mullet, on the reverse at the forte, iron hilt showing copper brazing and formed of a pair of straight flattened quillons widening towards the terminals, a pair of slender langets extending into the grip, the inner face fitted with a thumb-loop, thick elliptical pommel, and cord-bound leather-covered grip fitted with a flower-head washer on each face, in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron mounts comprising chape, and a series of slender bands including two pairs of three each fitted with two rings for suspension (areas of pitting), 85.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S870
See Wagner 1967, p. 401, plate 319.
Sold for £5,000
with curved blade formed with a long fuller on each face and double-edged towards the point, struck with a mark, a mullet, on the reverse at the forte, iron hilt showing copper brazing and formed of a pair of straight flattened quillons widening towards the terminals, a pair of slender langets extending into the grip, the inner face fitted with a thumb-loop, thick elliptical pommel, and cord-bound leather-covered grip fitted with a flower-head washer on each face, in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron mounts comprising chape, and a series of slender bands including two pairs of three each fitted with two rings for suspension (areas of pitting), 85.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S870
See Wagner 1967, p. 401, plate 319.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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