25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY POLISH
with straight single-edged blade formed with a long shallow fuller on each face and struck with a small cross and orb mark (rubbed), hilt in the Ottoman taste, formed of a pair of sharply down-turned iron quillons with flattened foliate terminals and a pair of langets, copper alloy back-strap, and a pair of horn grips carved with pairs of chevrons on each face (one side with a small chip at the pommel), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small restorations) with iron mounts comprising large chape, and a pair of slender shaped bands each carrying a ring for suspension, 84.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S259
See Wagner 1967, p. 214, plate 9.
Sold for £6,000
with straight single-edged blade formed with a long shallow fuller on each face and struck with a small cross and orb mark (rubbed), hilt in the Ottoman taste, formed of a pair of sharply down-turned iron quillons with flattened foliate terminals and a pair of langets, copper alloy back-strap, and a pair of horn grips carved with pairs of chevrons on each face (one side with a small chip at the pommel), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small restorations) with iron mounts comprising large chape, and a pair of slender shaped bands each carrying a ring for suspension, 84.5 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S259
See Wagner 1967, p. 214, plate 9.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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