4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 72
 

72

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA

with broad straight tapering head formed with a pronounced medial ridge and a reinforced sharp point, flaring at the base to a pair of sharp lugs, associated tubular brass socket with three raised plain mouldings and a pierced top moulding with pierced and engraved brim, on a later wooden haft with iron shoe, 265.0 cm overall

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F40

Sold for £650


 

with broad straight tapering head formed with a pronounced medial ridge and a reinforced sharp point, flaring at the base to a pair of sharp lugs, associated tubular brass socket with three raised plain mouldings and a pierced top moulding with pierced and engraved brim, on a later wooden haft with iron shoe, 265.0 cm overall

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F40

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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