4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
95
AN INDIAN SWORD WITH ENAMELLED SILVER MOUNTS (SHAMSHIR), MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LUCKNOW
with curved single-edged watered steel blade, silver hilt cast in low relief, comprising a pair of langets with pierced terminals, quillons with monsterhead terminals, integral grip and pommel en suite with the quillon terminals, decorated throughout in polychrome enamels with an elaborate designs of foliage (small losses, restorations), in its red velvet-covered wooden scabbard (worn) with large silver chape (tip damaged) and two suspension bands each decorated in polychrome enamel en suite with the hilt, 77.0 cm blade
During the latter part of the 18th Century Lucknow was famous for its basse taille enamel, a tradition that was revived in the mid-19th century when a number of arms decorated in this manner were included in the Great Exhibition in London. See Missillier and Ricketts 1988, p. 132.
Sold for £2,400
with curved single-edged watered steel blade, silver hilt cast in low relief, comprising a pair of langets with pierced terminals, quillons with monsterhead terminals, integral grip and pommel en suite with the quillon terminals, decorated throughout in polychrome enamels with an elaborate designs of foliage (small losses, restorations), in its red velvet-covered wooden scabbard (worn) with large silver chape (tip damaged) and two suspension bands each decorated in polychrome enamel en suite with the hilt, 77.0 cm blade
During the latter part of the 18th Century Lucknow was famous for its basse taille enamel, a tradition that was revived in the mid-19th century when a number of arms decorated in this manner were included in the Great Exhibition in London. See Missillier and Ricketts 1988, p. 132.
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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