4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 54
 

54

A FINE INDIAN SWORD WITH KHYBER STYLE BLADE AND SILVER TALWAR HILT, 19TH CENTURY

PROBABLY SHAHPURA, RAJASTHAN

with single-edged blade formed with a reinforced back-edge of T-sections and a sharp point, silver hilt formed of a pair of shaped langets, moulded quillons, disc-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, a low rectangular bracket carrying a silk tassel, moulded button on a foliate washer, and integral grip decorated with a chevron design, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with small shaped silver chape, complete with its velvet and silver embroidered brocade belt with gilt copper alloy buckle and mounts, 61.5 cm blade

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C01

Sold for £1,600


 

PROBABLY SHAHPURA, RAJASTHAN

with single-edged blade formed with a reinforced back-edge of T-sections and a sharp point, silver hilt formed of a pair of shaped langets, moulded quillons, disc-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, a low rectangular bracket carrying a silk tassel, moulded button on a foliate washer, and integral grip decorated with a chevron design, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with small shaped silver chape, complete with its velvet and silver embroidered brocade belt with gilt copper alloy buckle and mounts, 61.5 cm blade

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C01

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024

Auction Location: London, UK

Including:

THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY

THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT

AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION

THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

 

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