4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
73
A SOUTH INDIAN HALBERD, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY, MYSORE
with tapering terminal spike formed with a reinforced point, curved axe-blade of European form and re-curved rear blade each with a moulded base, tapering socket engraved with brief inscriptions and interrupted by a raised chiselled moulding, on its wooden haft with iron shoe, the head painted with a further white inventory number ‘118’, 218.2 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F14
Sold for £1,600
with tapering terminal spike formed with a reinforced point, curved axe-blade of European form and re-curved rear blade each with a moulded base, tapering socket engraved with brief inscriptions and interrupted by a raised chiselled moulding, on its wooden haft with iron shoe, the head painted with a further white inventory number ‘118’, 218.2 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F14
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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