4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 71
 

71

A FINE INDIAN SPEARHEAD (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY

with very broad head of flattened-diamond section towards the point, formed with a pair of slender grooves tapering to a single point over the lower portion on each face and flaring to a pair of sharp basal terminals, inlaid in copper alloy on one face with a rampant, perhaps Royal, lion, a lotus flower and a brief inscription on one face and a further leaf on the other, tapering socket (associated) with raised mouldings and coronet-shaped terminal, 67.2 cm

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F34

Sold for £350


 

with very broad head of flattened-diamond section towards the point, formed with a pair of slender grooves tapering to a single point over the lower portion on each face and flaring to a pair of sharp basal terminals, inlaid in copper alloy on one face with a rampant, perhaps Royal, lion, a lotus flower and a brief inscription on one face and a further leaf on the other, tapering socket (associated) with raised mouldings and coronet-shaped terminal, 67.2 cm

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F34

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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