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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Sunday 22nd June:12pm to 4pm
Monday 23rd June: 10am to 7pm
Tuesday 24th June: 10am to 5pm
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Name: Henry Metcalf
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Name: Simeon Beever
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Name: Thomas Del Mar
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Name: David Williams
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Lot 1 - A JAPANESE SWORD, SIGNED FUJIWARA NO HIROTAKA, EARLY EDO PERIOD
Lot 3 - A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), SIGNED IZUMI (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISADA SAKU, 1620-1640
Lot 4 - A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), SIGNED KIYONDO, DATED 1866
Lot 5 - A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD (WAKIZASHI), SIGNED YAMASHIRO DAIJO KUNITSUGU, PROBABLY EDO PERIOD
Lot 6 - A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY, THAVANJOUR, TAMIL NADU
Lot 7 - A RARE SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY SWORD (KOPIS KADUTHALA), PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY, KERALA
Lot 8 - A MASSIVE INDIAN PROCESSIONAL HEADMAN’S SWORD (TEGHA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 10 - A FINE INDIAN TALWAR WITH PERSIAN BLADE, EARLY TO MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 12 - A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER (BAWANI), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KERALA
Lot 15 - A LARGE OTTOMAN QAMA, TRABZON, BLACK SEA COAST, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 19 - A VERY RARE INDIAN FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED POWDER-TESTER (EPROUVETTE), LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 20 - AN INDIAN HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED BHAGUAN KHOOSALOA, AHMEDABAD
Lot 22 - A FINE PERSIAN KULAH KHUD, DHAL AND BAZU BAND, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 23 - ‡ A RARE ALGERIAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 24 - ‡ A SOUTH EUROPEAN BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1500-20, POSSIBLY SPANISH
Lot 25 - ‡ A HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, CIRCA 1600-20, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN
Lot 26 - ‡ A GERMAN HAND-AND-A HALF SWORD, CIRCA 1600-20
Lot 27 - ‡ A NORTH ITALIAN BROADSWORD, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 28 - ‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN BASKET-HILTED MILITARY BACKSWORD (TESSAK), LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 30 - ‡ A NORTH GERMAN MILITARY SWORD (TESSAK), LATE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 41 - ‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, CIRCA 1610, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 43 - ‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, CIRCA 1620, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 44 - ‡ AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40, ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR THE PAPAL GUARD
Lot 45 - ‡ AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40
Lot 47 - ‡ A RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, ITALIAN OR SPANISH
Lot 52 - ‡ A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY POLISH
Lot 56 - ‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY SWORD, CIRCA 1650-80, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 57 - ‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 59 - ‡ A SWISS MILITARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 60 - ‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN
Lot 61 - ‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS
Lot 62 - ‡ A MILITARY SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AUSTRIAN OR GERMAN
Lot 65 - ‡ AN ITALIAN SWORD WITH ‘CRAB-CLAW’ HILT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 67 - ‡ AN ITALIAN SWORD WITH ‘CRAB-CLAW’ HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENETIAN
Lot 73 - ‡ A PORTUGUESE COLONIAL OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, BRAZIL, CIRCA 1750-80
Lot 81 - ‡ A COMBINED SPRING CLAMP, SPANNER AND TURNSCREW AND FOUR FURTHER TOOLS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Lot 82 - ‡ AN ITALIAN POWDER-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 83 - ‡ TWO GERMAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASKS, WHEEL-LOCK SPANNERS AND TURNSCREWS, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 84 - ‡ AN ITALIAN PRIMING-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Lot 86 - ‡ A GERMAN CIRCULAR TURNED WOODEN PRIMING-FLASK, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 87 - ‡ TWELVE VARIOUS RAMRODS FOR PISTOLS, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 88 - ‡ TWO WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTERS OF MILITARY TYPE, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 89 - ‡ TWO ITALIAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTERS AND ANOTHER, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 91 - ‡ A LONG WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL HOLSTER, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
Lot 92 - ‡ A VERY RARE LEATHER COVER FOR A WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY