25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SWORD, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
with flamboyantly recurved blade single-edged towards the bellied point and reinforced along the back, hilt of khanda form comprising beaked quillons and langet plate over each side of the forte, the latter each with palmette-shaped terminal secured by a rivet with silver floret-shaped washer on both sides, bent-up guard, integral knuckle-guard tapering up to join the disc-shaped pommel, the latter with stalk-like finial with fluted bud-shaped terminal, and slender grip with central swelling (old pitting overall), 65.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C48
Sold for £1,200
with flamboyantly recurved blade single-edged towards the bellied point and reinforced along the back, hilt of khanda form comprising beaked quillons and langet plate over each side of the forte, the latter each with palmette-shaped terminal secured by a rivet with silver floret-shaped washer on both sides, bent-up guard, integral knuckle-guard tapering up to join the disc-shaped pommel, the latter with stalk-like finial with fluted bud-shaped terminal, and slender grip with central swelling (old pitting overall), 65.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C48
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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