25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
96
‡ AN ENGLISH EXCAVATED SNAPHAUNCE LOCK, CIRCA 1630
in untouched heavily corroded condition, with handwritten provenance tag and metal collection tag, 22.0 cm
Provenance
Excavated circa 1938 from the site of the Battle of Lansdown, near Bath, fought in July 1643
William Keith Neal collection (A87), sold Christie’s 18th July 2002, lot 125 (first part)
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 1563
The tag reads ‘Dug up on the site of the Battle of Lansdown near Bath, 5th July 1643’ and ‘Discovered in Bath c. 1938 by W. Keith Neal’.
Sold for £380
in untouched heavily corroded condition, with handwritten provenance tag and metal collection tag, 22.0 cm
Provenance
Excavated circa 1938 from the site of the Battle of Lansdown, near Bath, fought in July 1643
William Keith Neal collection (A87), sold Christie’s 18th July 2002, lot 125 (first part)
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 1563
The tag reads ‘Dug up on the site of the Battle of Lansdown near Bath, 5th July 1643’ and ‘Discovered in Bath c. 1938 by W. Keith Neal’.
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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