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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA

WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE 2023

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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA

PROPERTY FROM THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART II

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOE KINDIG, JR

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Beard 1924 Charles R. Beard, The Barberini Armour, Tulmin and Sons, 1924

Bertolotto 1982

Blair & Patterson 2005

Blair & Patterson 2006

Claudio Bertolotto, L’Armeria reale di Torino, Turin 1982

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Claude Blair & Angus Patterson, “Surrey Enamels Reattributed: Part 2, An Illustrated List of Known Types” in The Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Volume 14, June 2006

Boccia & Colho 1967

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Carpegna 1997

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Grancsay 1970

Hay 1949

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Karcheski & Richardson 2000

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Lionello G. Boccia, Le Armature di S.Maria delle Grazie di Curtatone di Mantova E’Larmatura Lombarda del ‘400, Busto Arsizio 1982

Nolfo di Carpegana, Brescian Firearms, Rome 1997

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John S. duMont, ‘Joe Kindig Jr., Master of Antiquities’ in Antique Arms Annual, sponsored by the Texas Gun Collectors Association, 1971

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La-Niece 1993

Lenk 1965

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Tosten Lenk, The Flintlock: Its Origin and Development, Stockport 1965

Lindsay 1967

Mohamed 2007

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A. V. B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820, London, 1980

A. V. B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820, London, 1980

Harold L. Peterson, The Book of the Gun, London 1962

William Reid, ‘A Relic of the Thirty Years War’ in Journal of The Royal Armoury Stockholm, 1970

Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossenbüchsenmacher, Braunschweig 1972

Hans Schedelmann, ‘The Master of the Animal-Head scroll’, in Arms and Armor Annual, Robert Held (ed.), 1975

Johannes Schöbel, Waffen und Ruestungen aus dem Historischen Museum

Dresden, Leipzig 1976

Eugene Heer, Der Neue Støckel, 1978-1982

L. Tarassuk, Antique European and American Firearms at the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad 1972

Bruno Thomas & Ortwin Gamber, Die Innsbrucher Plattnerkunst, Innsbruck 1954

Bruno Thomas & Otwin Gamber, Katalog der Leibrustkammer, I Teil, Vienna 1976

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Rudolf Wegeli, Inventar der Waffensammlung des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern, Volume 3, Bern 1939

Guy M. Wilson, ‘A Halberd-Head from the River Thames’, in David Oliver (ed.), The Second Park Lane Arms Fair Catalogue, London 1985

THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART II

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) had a lifelong passion for art and collecting. Born in Birmingham, he enjoyed drawing and painting as a child and later trained as a graphic designer. Roy inherited his family interest in antiques and started collecting furniture and decorative arts from an early age. In his teenage years one of his cousins, who was part of a travelling circus troupe, introduced him to the decorative styles of Asia. He immediately became fascinated by their intricacy and in the places of manufacture of Asian arms and armour, specifically that of India. He joined the family steel fabrication business and moved to a large Victorian house which was soon filled with the acquisitions from auctions, dealers and fellow collectors. In the 1970’s his interests expanded to World War II military vehicles and militaria, he became an active member of the Military Vehicle Trust, starting a business specialising in Austin Champs and founded an annual trade fair and exhibition in that field. Roy was a popular figure at auctions and arms fairs, his opinion being sought and valued by many. He was given access to the reserve collections at some of the leading international museums and extensively researched Hindu arms and armour. He travelled to India on two occasions, visiting historic sites and armouries, undertaking local research into the weapons in his collection. His collecting motto was ‘keep the best and sell the rest’, his family have now decided to offer this second selection of highlights for the next generation of collectors to enjoy.

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), PROBABLY VIJAYANAGARA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

with broad blade of flattened-diamond section flaring to a ‘cobra’s head’ tip (laminated where straightened), iron hilt extending over the lower third of the blade with a pair of shaped robust moulded bars terminating on each face with a pair of short prongs arranged at right angles to the blade (one chipped), each side with a pair of long moulded bars enclosing the edge of the blade, deep V-shaped guard, tall segmental stepped mace-like pommel formed in three stages, and beaded swelling iron integral grip (the hilt with restorations), 66.6 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C78

A related example is preserved in the British Museum (inv. no. 293374). See Elgood 2004, p. 82. Another, formerly in the collection of Henri Moser, is preserved in the Bernisches Historisches Museum, see Moser 1912, p. XIII, pl. XXIII, no. 107 and another was sold in this room, 7th December 2023, lot 1.

£600-800

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MEDIEVAL SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

in patinated condition, with curved single-edged blade formed with a short projection half way along the back-edge, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of finely pierced shaped plates, one retaining a portion of a silver inlaid cross, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard chased as a pair of addorsed elephant’s heads (small holes and chips), retaining some silver-encrusted details including plaited ‘eyes’, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with finely pierced tall conical stepped iron button, 75.7 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C92.

Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in this room 30th June 2010, lot 83. A fourth example, also from the Elvis collection, was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 3. Dating on this group varies, ranging from the 12th to 16th centuries. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5 and Rawson 1968, plate 12.

£700-900 3

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

in patinated condition, with curved single-edged blade (repaired in the centre), iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of chiselled langets, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard sparsely chased with scrolls and drawn-out to a pair of pierced terminals, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with finely pierced tall conical stepped iron button (restorations), 70.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C93.

See footnote to previous lot.

£600-800

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN

with long single-edged blade curved towards the double-edged tip (repairs), iron hilt comprising broad recurved knuckle-guard with wolf’s head terminal, tall pommel formed en suite with a bird’s head behind, and the grip inset with a pair of small horn panels (the iron parts pitted), 81.3 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C101.

The wolf’s head is perhaps a reference to Bhima, from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

The owner’s notes state that this is one of four known examples, one of which is preserved in the Junagarh Fort Museum, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

£500-700

A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SRIRANGAM

with broad tapering blade of hollow-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a pair of long pierced tapering langets, broad curved rectangular guard with some soft metal inlay on the outside, pommel en suite with the guard and fitted with a pierced triangular panel front and back, segmental button, and two-stage iron grip (the sides of the pommel and the button restored, pitted), 78.0 cm blade

Swords of this form are preserved at Junagarh Fort, Bikaner and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.25.1582). See Elgood 2004, p. 88, figs. 8.29, 8.30 and 8.31.

Roy Elvis collection number C40.

£800-1,000

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN BROADSWORD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS OR GINGEE

with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (perhaps associated), widening to the width of the hilt at the forte, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of long shaped langets, upward-curved guard, pommel en suite with the guard and fitted with an additional shaped bar (restorations, the iron parts pitted), and integral banded grip with central moulded collar, 77.7 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C66. Similar swords are preserved in the British Museum, London (nos. 096145 and 293376) and the Victoria and Albert Museum. See Elgood 2004, p. 89, figs 8.34 and 8.35 and Rawson 1968 plates 18-20. Another example from this collection was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 7.

£600-800

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, PROBABLY KERALA 17TH/18TH CENTURY

with broad tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, copper alloy hilt comprising a pair of long moulded langets with foliate terminals applied with a pronounced demon head behind, broad curved guard, moulded square pommel fitted with a rattle on each corner, sectional button, and integral gip, 88.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C96.

£800-1,000

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade of wootz steel swelling to a ‘Cobra’s head’ tip (small chips), engraved steel hilt formed with a pair of shaped langets decorated with scrolling foliage and extending over almost a third of the blade’s length on each side, the portion at the forte widening and down-curved with bladecatching lugs, dish-guard formed of a pair of curved D-shaped panels of V-section, the outer surface forming a pair of additional blade-catching lugs en suite and engraved with foliage around the border, engraved up-turned cup-shaped pommel (now open at the top), solid grip engraved with lines, and with some red pigment throughout (the hilt with areas of pitting), 85.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C121.

Two related examples of this distinctive type were sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lots 5 and 6.

£1,000-1,200

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH CENTURY with broad double-edged heavy blade swelling to a ‘Cobra’s head’ tip, engraved steel hilt formed with a pair of moulded langets extending over the forte, the portion at the forte widening and down-curved with blade-catching lugs, dish-guard formed of a pair of D-shaped panels of V-section and with decorative notches at the apex, the outer surface decorated with linear designs and foliage (later red pigment), engraved up-turned cup-shaped pommel (now open at the top), and solid grip engraved with lines in the centre, 77.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C22.

£1,000-1,200

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (SOSUN PATA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR

with broad flat blade swelling to a clipped-back point and cut with a brief inscription at the forte on one face, iron hilt of talwar form, comprising a pair of langets with pierced terminals, short mushroom-shaped quillons, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section with pierced beadwork border, broad recurved knuckleguard and dish-shaped pommel each pierced and chiselled en suite with the guard, angular button with bud-shaped finial, and integral grip decorated with chevron design, 61.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C52.

£600-800

A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, 17TH CENTURY with associated slender European blade, iron hilt with traces of silver inlaid linear decoration, including short quillons with conical terminals, disc pommel with up-turned brim, button fitted with later silver ring and integral grip (pitted throughout), 70.7 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C33.

£150-200

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A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR KARNATAKA with straight blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long shallow fuller on each face, silver-plated iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of langets with shaped foliate terminals (rivet replaced, silver with small losses), a pair of quillons with shaped terminals en suite, small pierced and gilt locket, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard chiselled with foliage and a central rib, cup-shaped pommel with long attenuated button, russet grip and the silver with some early gilding, 98.6 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C120.

£800-1,000

A NORTH INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

with broad flat double-edged blade of wootz steel swelling to a ‘cobra’s head’ tip, decorated on each face in silver with the figure of Vishnu (small losses), the lower portion enclosed by two pierced and filed decorative panels of differing length, engraved iron hilt decorated over its surface with fine linear designs and foliage, comprising a pair of langets with shaped terminals fitted on one side with an associated pierced and chiselled silver ring, D-shaped guard of low V-section with a small double pierced panel protruding on each face, broad knuckle-guard, flattened pear-shaped pommel with long attenuated button, and integral russet grip, 78.3 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C32.

£700-900

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AN INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD with broad blade of hollow-diamond section swelling to a ‘cobra’s head’ terminal, the edges reinforced with two panels of differing length each cut with a decorative architectural border, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with pierced terminals, shaped quillons, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard, drop-shaped pommel and attenuated button, decorated throughout in silver koftgari with scrolling foliage and flowers, and integral grip wrapped with a portion of early fabric, in later leather-covered wooden scabbard, 76.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis collection number C27.

£600-800

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, NORTH KARNATAKA

with slender European blade with traces of a bladesmith’s signature within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of langets with filed terminals formed as lotus flowers, robust circular guard with beaded border, recurved knuckle-guard, pommel en suite with the guard, attenuated button with fluted bud-shaped terminal, and integral grip, 93.7 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C55.

£600-800

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AN INDIAN SWORD, 18TH CENTURY

with associated, probably European, straight tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt including a pair of straight quillons with bulbous terminals, curved knuckle-guard chiselled as a reed, pronounced mushroom-shaped pommel cut with gills on the underside, and integral grip, 87.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C126.

£350-450

AN INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SRIRANGAM, THANJAVAR, TAMIL NADU with slender blade curved and double-edged towards the tip, formed with three long fullers on each face, silver-plated iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with cusped terminals, slender quillons, oval guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard and conical pommel fitted with later conical top and fluted button, and the grip with an early fabric covering (the silver with losses), 93.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C72.

A sword of this form is shown on a 16th century mounted warrior, Srirangam. See Elgood 2004, p. 93, fig. 8.47.

£600-800

AN INDIAN SWORD (PATA), PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU

with broad double-edged blade formed with a central fuller, iron gauntlet hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped panels, embossed over the greater part of its surface in the form of a scaly Yali head, low flange at the top, the inside with a slender grip bar and a flanged arm-guard with recurved terminals, 97.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C97

£800-1,200

A FINE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (PATA), LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU

with broad straight double-edged European blade formed with a short slender central fuller on each face, robust iron gauntlet hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets chiselled over their surface with a symmetrical design of flowers and foliage and with lotus flower terminals, a pair of low domed moulded panels over the hand finely pierced with a trellis design of small flowerheads, a panel of Chrysanthemum flowers and foliage inhabited by a fish on each side beneath, flaring over the fore-arm and pierced and chiselled en suite with an elliptical beadwork moulding in the middle, strongly moulded border, the interior with a single grip-bar and arm bar chiselled with foliage and with recurved bud-shaped finials, 87.2 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C16.

£2,000-3,000

A SOUTH INDIAN GAUNTLET SWORD (PATA), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU

with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, heavy iron gauntlet hilt formed as a stylised elephant’s head, its trunk extending over the forte on the outer langet, shaped over the fore-arm and the hand, the latter with a large pair of ‘eyes’, strongly moulded roped border at the top with a bud-shaped central finial, reinforced lower edges, retaining some early silver-plated finish, and the inside with a robust moulded grip-bar (arm bar missing), with its leather scabbard (chape missing) 71.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C74.

A sword with a hilt of related form, formerly in the collection of George Cameron Stone, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 36.25.1564).

£1,000-1,500

AN SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with curved 18th century blade double-edged towards the point, formed with two long fullers and etched with scrolling foliage over the forte on each face, rectangular ricasso etched with a brief inscription, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with pierced budshaped finials, quillons with pierced lobated terminals, recurved knuckle-guard with bird’s head finial, and integral faceted grip rising to a curved pommel (small areas of light pitting), in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 75.8 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C12.

The inscription reads Sardar Abdul Rahim Khan, inspector. A sword with a closely related hilt is preserved in the Furusiyya Art Foundation, see Mohamed 2007, p. 92, fig 56. £800-1,200

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long slender fuller on each face and struck with a mark at the forte, iron hilt chiselled with beadwork borders and panels of pierced floral trellis, comprising a pair of langets, quillons with swollen terminals, D-shaped guard and broad knuckle-guard with recurved terminal, dish pommel with up-turned brim, angular button with bud-shaped finial, and integral gip decorated en suite, 76.5 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number C47.

£500-700 23

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long fuller and with traces of an eyelash mark on each face at the forte, iron hilt chiselled with beadwork borders and panels of pierced floral trellis, comprising a pair of langets, quillons with swollen terminals, D-shaped guard and broad knuckle-guard with recurved terminal, dish pommel with up-turned brim (button incomplete), and integral gip decorated en suite, 76.5 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number C102.

£450-550

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with curved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with three long slender fullers, rectangular ricasso struck with the bladesmith’s mark on one face, russet iron hilt cast and chased in low relief and highlighted in gold with bold near symmetrical designs of flowers and foliage within linear frames, comprising a pair of langets, short quillons, disc pommel with a garland on the underside, domed button with locket, and integral grip decorated en suite (the gold with small losses), 69.4 cm blade

£350-450

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A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with curved blade formed with a spear point and two long slender fullers, blunted rectangular ricasso, copper alloy hilt with traces of silver plating, comprising a pair of langets with trishulashaped terminals, a pair of short quillons with rounded tips each engraved with an expanded flowerhead, a further engraved flowerhead in the centre on each face, recurved knuckle-guard with cusped border and recurved terminal with faceted budshaped finial, disc pommel with up-turned brim and angular button (restorations), and engraved integral grip decorated with linear patterns and a flowerhead, 82.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C10.

The form of the langets and quillons is frequently encountered on 18th century weapons from Karnataka.

£400-600

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AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

with curved broad polished blade formed with a reinforced spear point and blunted at the ricasso, iron hilt (originally blued) comprising a pair of langets with slender attenuated terminals, short quillons with rounded terminals, knuckle-guard with makara head terminal, disc pommel fitted with a large foliate washer, and moulded integral grip, 73.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C06.

£350-450

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with curved single-edged blade with pronounced angular tip, medial ridge over its upper portion, and sixteen pierced projections along the back at the base each fitted with a dropshaped rattle, hilt retained by an iron rivet, extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of engraved shaped panels with moulded terminals, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard cast and chased with a chakra in each quarter, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with copper alloy corners, moulded button and copper alloy grip (grip and button restored), 71.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number L10.

£600-800

28

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU

with curved blade of wootz steel, double-edged towards the point and formed with a pair of slender grooves along the back-edge on each face (small areas of pitting), brass hilt cast in low relief (small repairs, langets restored), including a pair of vestigial bud-shaped quillons, oval guard with beadwork border, knuckle-guard engraved with foliage and with recurved bud-shaped finial, and integral grip formed as a dragon rising to a Yali head pommel, in leather-covered wooden scabbard, perhaps the original, 70.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number C84.

£350-450

A NORTH INDIAN SILVER-HILTED SWORD (TALWAR), DATED 1834, POSSIBLY SHARPURA

with curved single-edged blade formed with a long shallow fuller on each face, silver hilt cast pierced and chased in low relief, comprising a pair of langets, disc pommel decorated on the top with foliage and cut with a Devenagari inscription including the date on the underside, fluted button, integral grip decorated with a chevron pattern and a collar of foliage on a punched ground around the top, European style guard pierced with a mounted maharajah amidst foliage on the underside, folding rear guard, and knuckle-guard with Yali head finial, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small losses) with large silver mounts cast, pierced and chased with foiage en suite with the hilt, 76.5 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C49. £1,200-1,800

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

with curved broad polished blade of watered steel double-edged towards the point and blunted at the ricasso, silver-plated iron hilt comprising a pair of langets, short quillons with rounded terminals, disc pommel with up-turned brim, integral grip and much silver-plating throughout, 67.3 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number C05.

£300-500

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, POSSIBLY MALABAR 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with associated straight double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, copper hilt engraved with beadwork borders and foliate panels, including a pair of langets, quillons with conical terminals, integral grip and moulded disc pommel fitted with an associated silver ring, 81.5 cm blade

Royal Elvis catalogue number C58.

£200-250

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (JAMADHAR KATAR), POSSIBLY 14TH/15TH CENTURY

with straight double-edged blade slightly recessed at the forte, iron hilt comprising a pair of small langets, slightly curved guard, integral moulded grip and angular horn-shaped pommel of T-section (pitted), 37.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D71.

£250-350

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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU

with broad double-edged wavy blade (laminated at the forte on one face), iron hilt comprising a pair of tongue-shaped langets, globular quillons formed as stylised parrot heads, swelling integral grip (small rust holes), pommel en suite with the guard and rising in the centre to a compressed spherical button (pitted throughout), 32.3 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D109.

A sword with a hilt of this type, also from the Elvis collection, was sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lot 8. The pommel symbolises the trimurti (Brama, Vishnu and Maheswara).

A sword of this type is illustrated on a sculpture in the Rama Temple, Kumbakonam, built circa 1610. See Elgood 2004, p. 122, figs 11.18 and 11.19.

£500-700

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS

with curved double-edged stout blade formed with a series of long deep fullers divided by a medial ridge, widening at the forte and pierced on each side to form a pair of stylised bird’s heads, iron hilt comprising curved guard, bifurcated pommel, budshaped button, integral grip formed with a globular central moulding and some early silver plated finish, 38.0 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D129

A chilanum of this type, formerly in the Oldman collection, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (acc. no. 36.25.751).

£400-600

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 16TH/17TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt including a pair of slender foliate langets enclosing the centre of the forte, a pair of inverted V-shaped quillons, bifurcated horn-shaped pommel (fluted button restored), integral grip formed with a central moulding and retaining some silver-plated finish throughout, 34.2 cm overall

Royal Elvis catalogue number D132.

£300-500

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 16TH/17TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of long fullers divided by a central rib, iron hilt comprising slightly concave oval guard with pierced scalloped border, a pair of short bud-shaped quillons with a pierced panel in the centre on each face, knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shaped finial, bifurcated pommel with globular button and a panel on each side en suite, and faceted grip interrupted by a central moulding (chemically cleaned), in a later scabbard, 39.8 cm overall

Royal Elvis catalogue number D131.

£400-600 37

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with recurved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of slender converging fullers on each face, iron hilt comprising flat oval guard with pierced border, a pair of short bud-shaped quillons, pierced quillon-block, knuckle-guard, bifurcated pommel with globular button, and faceted grip with a central moulding en suite, 39.0 cm overall Royal Elvis catalogue number D105.

£500-700

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TAMIL NADU

with recurved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced point, copper alloy hilt comprising waisted grip decorated with beadwork bands in the middle, twisted designs at the base, a pair of short beak-like quillons and short moulded button, 37.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D54.

A similar dagger is illustrated on Jalakanteshwara temple, Mandapam Vellore, built in the 16th century.

£500-700

39

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THANJAVUR OR MADRAS, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of rectangular langets, knuckle-guard issuant from a Yali head, chiselled with a moulding on the outer face and with recurved bud-shaped finial, integral grip rising to a tiger’s head pommel and with traces of early gilding (areas of pitting), 23.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number D107.

£500-700

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SRIRANGAM, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade formed with a reinforced point, a pair of long fullers divided by a rib on each face and widening at the ricasso, the latter chiselled with a bouquet on each face and retaining some early gilt finish, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets enclosing the forte and chiselled and gilt en suite, conical guard chiselled with a band of foliage and with pierced beadwork border, knuckle-guard and pommel decorated en suite, the former with Yali head terminals and the latter with chiselled and gilt moulded button, and integral grip formed with a central moulding framed by band of beadwork, 39.0 cm overall Royal Elvis catalogue number D43.

£700-1,000

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA

with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of converging fullers, iron hilt extending over the forte with a large pierced, shaped panel on each face, strongly recurved outer-guard with recurved Yali finial, reinforced at the borders and in the centre with foliate panels and with a cusped moulding at the base, a pair of tapering side-bars, and a pair of grip-bars each with a central globose moulding (areas of pitting), 49.8 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D74.

The cusped moulding is reminiscent of Muslim architecture that was employed at the Hindu Royal Court in the second half of the 16th century, such as the inward projecting balconies of the Queens’ Bath at Hampi. A dagger of this form, previously in the collection of George Cameron Stone, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (acc. no.36.25.905). See Elgood 2004, pp. 146-147 36.25.905.

£500-700

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of converging fullers, iron hilt extending over the forte with a large shaped panel engraved with a flower on each face, strongly recurved outer-guard engraved en suite and with recurved Yali finial and with a cusped moulding at the base, a pair of tapering side-bars, and a pair of grip-bars each with a central globose moulding (areas of pitting), 54.0 cm overall

Royal Elvis catalogue number D75.

£500-700

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CENTRAL INDIA with tapering blade of diamond-section, formed with a recessed panel divided by a central rib rising from a lotus flower on each face, integral russet iron hilt comprising a pair of side-bars chiselled with shaped panels filled with a conventional flower at the top, middle and the bottom on the outside, two further panels on the inside, a pair of moulded baluster-shaped grip-bars each chiselled with a tree of life and joined by a pair of quatrefoils, and with traces of early gilt finish throughout, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (losses), 45.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D122.

£600-800

44

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ARCOT, TAMIL NADU with tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of converging fullers on each face, iron hilt finely pierced with friezes of expanded flowerheads within beadwork frames, comprising a pair of shaped langets with lotus head terminals enclosing the forte, arched guard, a pair of tapering side-bars and a pair of moulded grip bars chiselled with foliage at the terminals, 43.4 cm overall

Royal Elvis catalogue number D65.

£700-900 45

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with flat double-edged fullered, probably European blade, iron hilt finely pierced with trellis panels carrying symmetrical designs of lotus flowers, comprising a pair of shaped langets enclosing the forte, arched guard, a pair of tapering side-bars and a pair of moulded grip bars joined by writhen mouldings and decorated with conventional foliage, 42.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D09.

£400-600

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR) WITH FINE SILVER CHISELLED HILT, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH

with associated earlier tapering blade formed with a reinforced point, a pair of converging fullers and a recessed slender central panel on each face, the forte chiselled and decorated with gilt foliage, silver hilt comprising architectural scalloped guard, a pair of side bars with pierced shaped terminals, a pair of baluster shaped grip-bars each on an openwork base formed of addorsed birds, and decorated throughout with a running pattern of garlands within foliate borders, 35.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D108.

£1,000-1,500

47

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU 18TH CENTURY, with recurved double-edged blade of flatteneddiamond section, brass hilt including a pair of short bud-shaped quillons, engraved guard decorated with addorsed birds, and integral grip rising to a Yali head, 26.5 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number D77.

£300-400

48

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade formed with a rectangular ricasso. brass hilt cast and chased in relief, comprising rounded langets (one restored), upturned bud-shaped quillon, integral grip rising to a Yali head pommel, the latter issuant with ears of wheat within a ropework frame forming the knuckle-guard, 24.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D42.

£200-300

49

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU

with recurved blade of flattened-diamond section, brass hilt cast with bud-shaped quillon, knuckle-guard, and scaly pommel rising to a Yali head, 25.0 cm blade

Roy Elvis catalogue number D44.

£200-250

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU

with near flat double-edged recurved blade formed with a reinforced tip, copper alloy hilt including faceted bud-shaped quillon, recurved knuckle-guard issuant from a Yali head and with a matching recurved finial, and integral grip formed as a heron rising to a large Yali head, 27.0 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D133.

£200-250

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), POSSIBLY MADRAS OR MALABAR COAST, KARNATAKA

with recurved double-edged blade (repaired at the forte), brass hilt cast as a heron rising to a Yali head, and recurved knuckleguard with foliate terminal, 11.7 cm

Royal Elvis catalogue number D33. £150-200

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE OR BANAGALORE, KARNATAKA with recurved double-edged blade struck with a mark on one face, rectangular ricasso, copper alloy hilt including a pair of short down-curved quillons, outer guard with pierced cusped border, inner guard of a moulded faceted bar and button-shaped pommel, 29.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D51.

£200-250

53

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU formed entirely of iron, with recurved doubleedged blade formed with a pair of long fullers on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of pierced langets enclosing the forte, outer guard of low triangular section with a pair of delicate scrolls the base, inner guard of a faceted bar interrupted by a moulding, and fluted budshaped pommel, 36.0 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D15.

£200-300

54

AN INDIAN DAGGER (BIDCHIR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY POSSIBLY MYSORE OR BANGALORE, KANATAKA with recurved double-edged blade formed with a pair of notches at the forte and fitted with a decorative shaped copper alloy washer on each face, integral oval grip, and pronged rear spikes with decorative mouldings en suite, 33.4 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D05.

£150-200

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIDAR, NORTH KARNATAKA

with associated recurved double-edged blade of flatteneddiamond section, brass hilt cast and chased in high relief, comprising a pair of langets (restored), outer guard decorated with the avatars of Vishnu, pommel with Nandi bull beneath a cobra canopy, and inner guard of an integral triangular section bar, 33.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D101.

£700-1,000

56

A SOUTH INDIAN KNUCKLE PUNCH (VAJRA MUSHTI), 18TH/19TH CENTURY

formed of a single piece of iron, with five short spikes, four holes for the fingers and a pair of short rounded prongs at the rear, 10.4 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number K08.

£100-150

57

A NEPALESE DAGGER (KUKRI), 19TH CENTURY with broad curved blade decorated with a series of incised panels along the back-edge on each face and with characteristic notch at the forte, silver-mounted polished horn hilt, including an engraved band around the middle of the grip and engraved cap pommel, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with engraved small chape, 44.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D34.

£200-300

58

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (PESH KABZ), 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with tapering reinforced blade of wootz steel, gilt forte, the back-edge decorated with a slender rib along its length and a scrolling moulding at the base, marine ivory grip (small age cracks) and gilt iron pommel loop, in its wooden scabbard with large silver chape with bud-shaped finial and later leather covering, 41.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D22.

£600-800

59

THREE INDIAN FOLDING KNIVES, 19TH CENTURY

each with folding single-edged blade and spike, two with pointed faceted bud-shaped brass finial, one with ivory scales, one with blackened scales and two with hardwood scales, the largest 10.7 cm closed (3)

Roy Elvis catalogue number K3.

~ £80-100

60

AN INDIAN CLUB FORMED AS A SWORD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

of curved blackened wood, decorated with cross-hatched designs in place of hilt langets, bulbous pommel, and with further decorated panels in place of a chape and locket, 99.0 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number K22.

£150-200

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (AYDA KATTI), COORG, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with broad curved blade formed with a sharp inner edge, the forte formed with a short stepped lug at the base, the lower portion of the back-edge decorated with a cross-hatched design, recessed at the base with a stepped moulding with writhen borders beneath, horn grip swelling at the base and chequered over the upper portion, and large flattened pear-shaped pommel carved with a zig-zag design around the edge and fitted with an engraved domed brass button, together with its copper alloy belt mount, formed of an openwork frame, with robust faceted central spike, basal ring pierced on each side for suspension, and the central bar with a wedge-shaped aperture to accommodate the blade, the first: 53.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D56.

£600-800

62

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (MOPLAH), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR, KARNATAKA

with broad single-edged hatchet blade formed with a tapering flat-edged ricasso, the latter with symmetrical filed mouldings at the base, inlaid with silver scrolls, stars and ropework on each face, brass socket secured by a pair of rivets with engraved white metal washers, engraved with bands of ropework, and carved ebony grip applied with white metal rondels enriched with red enamel and the pommel fitted with a loop on a pair of crescentic washers, 56.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D68.

£350-450

63

A SOUTH INDIAN ELEPHANT GOAD (ANKUS), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BANGALORE, KARNATAKA with leaf-shaped terminal spike, robust hook curled at the base, the terminal formed as a brass-eyed beast engulfed by a snake, iron socket, turned wooden haft reinforced with scalloped iron bands over copper alloy, and fitted at the back with a swivelling loop, 50.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number K10.

£200-250

A SOUTH INDIAN LARGE SPEAR HEAD (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with broad leaf-shaped head of hollow-diamond section, formed with a deep recessed panel divided by a slender rib rising from a lotus flowerhead and chiselled with a symmetrical spray of flowering foliage beneath on each face, long tapering socket chiselled with a moulded collar at the top and bottom, the latter decorated with conventional foliage (the head with a small hole and small chips, pitted), 53.7 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number F26. £400-600

A SOUTH INDIAN LARGE SPEAR HEAD (VEL), PROBABLY MYSORE 17TH/18TH CENTURY

with tapering reinforced head of cruciform section, engraved with a deep leaf-shaped panel with a series of overlapping petals at the base on each face, a pair of short basal arms with engraved borders, recessed neck supported on each side by a pierced Yali head, tapering tubular socket (restored) formed with raised mouldings framed by pronounced mouldings and coronet terminals, 63.5 cm head

Roy Elvis catalogue number F33.

The owner’s notes state that the part deciphered inscription is in the Southwest Indian language Kannada and describes the weapon.

£700-1,000

66

A SPEAR HEAD (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA

with tapering blade of katar form with a pair of deep converging fullers on each face, the base enclosed by a pair of shaped panels extending from the socket, tapering faceted socket formed with raised mouldings at the top, middle and bottom, and the latter flaring and decorated with conventional foliage and beadwork (pitted), 42.0 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number F28.

£350-450

A SPEAR HEAD (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA

with tapering head formed with a reinforced point and a pair of deep recesses divided by a medial ridge on each face, tapering tubular socket (restored) formed with raised mouldings, two writhen panels and coronet terminal, 50.0 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number F32.

£500-700

TWO SOUTH INDIAN PARADE SPEAR HEADS (VEL), POSSIBLY MYSORE 17TH/18TH CENTURY

of near identical form, each with tapering reinforced head of cruciform section, engraved with a deep leaf-shaped panel on each face, the base formed with a pair of short engraved lugs with a pierced engraved Yali head beneath, tapering socket with raised collars framed by engraved lines, and coronet terminal, 42.0 cm (2)

Roy Elvis catalogue number F07.

£400-600

69

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with broad straight tapering head of hollowdiamond section terminating in a reinforced sharp point of diamond section (pitted, small repairs), flaring at the base to a pair of sharp lugs (slightly bent), tubular brass socket with three raised writhen collars and a further larger collar at the top, pierced and engraved downturned brim, on a later haft with iron shoe, 278.0 com overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F39.

£300-500

70

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), POSSIBLY LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, MYSORE, KARNATAKA with tapering head formed with a slender central rib on each face and hollowed on either side, tapering socket formed with raised mouldings and decorated with incised lines, strongly formed flanged base, on a later wooden haft, with associated foot formed of a tapering iron spike with two large fluted onionshaped mouldings, 58.0 cm head

Roy Elvis catalogue number F15.

£400-500

71

AN INDIAN SPEAR HEAD (VEL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering head of flattened-diamond section, robust tapering tubular socket formed with raised mouldings and flanged terminal filed with decorative notches, 41.0 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number F42.

£300-500

A SOUTH INDIAN RAVEN’S BEAK (MUJAWLI), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA

with slightly recurved blade formed with a reinforced doubleedged point and struck with a mark on one face, moulded base and long tang, turned wooden haft fixed to the tang by five iron rivets over engraved silver washers, and turned basal knob, 97.8 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E23.

£350-450

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA

with slender triangular head formed with a reinforced point, faceted socket, on a wooden haft with long faceted terminal interrupted by a globular moulding for weight and tapering to a wide base, 136.7 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number F28 (bis).

£150-200

AN INDIAN MACE, (GADA), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA

of russet iron, with bulbous head of six flanges, spirally-fluted bud-shaped terminal, tapering haft formed with a writhen collar top and bottom, grip of khanda hilt form comprising a pair of shaped langets, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, pierced broad grip (repaired), cup-shaped pommel and writhen bud-shaped button, and with traces of silver-plated finish throughout, 71.2 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E32.

£500-700

75

AN INDIAN COPPER ALLOY MACE, POSSIBLY 16TH/17TH CENTURY, NAIR, KERALA with tapering head swelling to a bulbous terminal, flanged at the base and decorated with two bands of beadwork, separate moulded grip joined by a pair of locking studs, decorated en suite and with onion-shaped basal cap, 41.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E18.

£250-350

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR COAST

with curved single-edged blade formed with a groove along the back edge and chiselled with scrolls and foliage on each face, engraved copper alloy hilt including circular guard with scalloped border and ferrule decorated en suite with the blade, wooden grip rising to an angular pommel carved with a band of conventional foliage, and the latter bound with a band of engraved copper alloy and fitted with attenuated button, 56.2 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E16.

£250-350

A NORTH INDIAN AXE (TABARZIN), 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY RAJASTHAN with heavy wedge-shaped head formed with a vestigial beard, slightly waisted square rear pean, chiselled over its surface with scrolls and flowers on a punched ground, on a later wooden haft with iron collar and grip decorated to match the head, 50.2 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E02.

£200-300

78

AN INDIAN AXE (BULOVA), 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KHOND with moustache-shaped head decorated with a punched design of conventional foliage over the greater part of its surface, tubular socket of wedge-section at the rear, decorated with a copper alloy line top and bottom and on each face at the rear of the head, on a later haft, 32.0 cm head

Roy Elvis catalogue number E04.

£150-200

79

A SOUTH INDIAN AXE HEAD (BULLOVA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY TRAVANCORE, KERALA with wedge-shaped iron head formed with recurved terminals with bud-shaped finials at the top and bottom, fitted at the rear with a tubular iron socket largely encased by a shaped copper alloy plaque engraved with flowerheads and fitted at the rear with an iron pean, 26.5 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number E28.

£200-250

80

A SOUTH INDIAN AXE (ARUVAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with cleaver-shaped single-edged blade, rectangular ricasso decorated with gold foliage and trellis and pierced with a lion on the back edge, tubular grip encased in silver and formed in three stages divided by raised mouldings with bulbous terminal, 65.2 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number E26.

£400-600

A RARE INDIAN COMBINED AXE AND MATCHLOCK PISTOL, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY TRAVANCORE, KERALA with iron head of triangular section formed with a moustacheshaped leading edge and chiselled with a band of dentile at the base, square socket decorated en suite, small faceted bud-shaped rear pean on a large flower-shaped rondel, tapering socket forming the barrel and decorated en suite, the breech reeded and fitted on the right with an integral pan (pivot-cover missing), curved serpentine, shaped trigger, long tang with wavy upper edge (the iron parts pitted), and wooden haft retained by a pair of rivets with foliate heads, turned basal terminal incorporating its iron ramrod, and traces of early red paint, 58.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number E24.

£500-800

A COMPOSITE SOUTH INDIAN HALF ARMOUR, 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ADONI GOLANDA, ANDHRA PRADESH comprising helmet (coif) of heavy riveted rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of the square section wire, open at the face, extending over the ears, upper chest, and the upper back, mail and lamellar shirt, of thicker wire over the chest, open at the front and fitted with two large plates on each side with eight hasps for closure, extending to the mid-thigh, a pair of full length arms, a pair of additional plates on each side, one front plate with an arsenal inscription on the inside, and a brief inscription, perhaps the owners name, on the outside, the back with three columns of downward-lapping rectangular plates, and an additional plate on each side (small losses)

Roy Elvis catalogue Number A17 and A19. £1,000-1,500

A COMPOSITE NORTH INDIAN HALF ARMOUR, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN

comprising helmet (coif) of heavy riveted rings of near circular section wire alternating with solid rings of similar section wire, enclosing the entire head, extending to the upper chest, over the shoulders and upper back, fitted at the front with Turkish style nasal bar sliding on a bracket retained by a rectangular iron plate and rising at its apex to a circular rondel with later bud-shaped finial, complete with an early padded liner, mail shirt of heavy riveted rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of similar section, open at the front, extending to the thigh and with a pair of long full length arms, the front with a near full width overlap closed by four curled iron hooks (perhaps later) and with lead ownership tag (small losses)

Roy Elvis catalogue Number A12 and A26

The length of the arms suggest this was designed for cavalry use. £1,000-1,500

A NORTH INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR HELMET (TOP), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN of riveted rings of D-section wire carrying four rows encircling the skull, the lower two rows interrupted for the face opening, the latter covered by a mail flap, extending at the front to cover the upper chest, at the rear to cover the neck and fitted at its apex with a low domed rondel with faceted bud-shaped finial (small losses and minor repairs), 50.5 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue Number A58.

£700-1,000

A SOUTH INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR HELMET (TOP), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIDJAPUR, KARNATAKA formed of twenty-six horizontally-lapping shaped plates joined by a narrow panel of riveted mail to a low-domed rondel with tapering plume-holder at its apex, a further narrow panel of matching mail carrying five curved rectangular panels at its base, fitted with rectangular face defence with pierced lower border for a mail flap (missing), a pair of two-piece pendent cheek-pieces each embossed with a triangle, mail neck-defence formed of two columns of rectangular plates joined by mail and an early padded lining (losses, small chips, areas of rust, restorations), 38.5 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue number A56. £600-800

A SOUTH INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR HELMET (TOP), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIDJAPUR, KARNATAKA formed of twenty-one horizontally-lapping shaped plates joined by a narrow panel of riveted mail to a low-domed rondel with later tapering plume-holder at its apex, a further narrow panel of matching mail carrying five curved rectangular panels at its base (small losses and repairs, five plates restored), 23.0 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue Number A37.

£400-600

87

A NORTH INDIAN MAIL HELMET (COIF), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN of heavy riveted rings of near D-section wire alternating with solid rings of near round section wire, open at the face, extending over the neck, and rising at its apex to a circular rondel with traces of an inscription, 35.5 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue Number A15.

£250-350

A COMPOSITE SOUTH INDIAN CUIRASS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH probably of crucible steel, comprising medially ridged breastplate and well formed backplate shaped to the shoulders, each reinforced with cusped turned panels at the arm openings and at the base, the neck reinforced en suite and with a central leaf-shaped moulding at the front and the back-plate with an up-standing fluted neck-defence (pitted, working life repairs), 45.7 cm high

This cuirass appears to have been adapted for a larger girth in its working life. Another cuirass of this type, of crucible steel, from the Hyderabad Royal Armoury, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 29.158.165). Another, in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, is illustrated Alexander 1992, p. 175, no. 108. Both examples have inscriptions recording them in the armoury of the fifth Nizam of Hyderabad (ruled 1762-1803) though their date of manufacture is almost certainly earlier.

£800-1,000

A NORTH INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE SHIRT (KAVANCHI), 18TH/19TH CENTURY

formed of slender D-section riveted links carrying a series of triangular and rectangular plates each chiselled with stylised flowerheads and arranged geometrically, closed at the front by a long pin joining the plates, vented at the rear, extending to the thigh, and a pair of full length arms (some rust, holes, repaired with butted links in places)

Roy Elvis catalogue number A55. £400-600

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH CENTURY of crucible steel, formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate rising to a pointed finial, chiselled with three elaborate symmetrical panels of foliage joined by a slender rib, all framed by a cusped border, reinforced border chiselled with foliage, inner plate chiselled with a pair of panels en suite, each plate incorporating a raised band terminating in a Yali head front and back, and pierced beneath for a mail hand-defence (patinated, areas of pitting), 31.3 cm

Provenance

Anthony Dove (1938-2021), sold in this room 8th December 2021, lot 73

£1,000-1,500

91

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate with slightly recurved terminal, hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced at the joins with a foliate panel, pierced at the cuff for a mitten, each plate embossed with a slender elliptical moulding at the wrist, the entire outer surface finely decorated in silver with a delicate repeated pattern of flowerheads within shaped linear frames (small losses), 31.8 cm

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A47.

£350-450

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ARCOT OR MADRAS, TAMIL NADU formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate with recurved bud-shaped terminal, hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced at the joins with a cusped panel, the upper portion pierced for a lining, each plate embossed with an elliptical moulding at the wrist, chiselled with a foliate panel surrounded by numerous piercings on each plate and with some early silver-plated finish, 31.3 cm

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A40.

£250-300

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate with recurved terminal, hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced at the joins with a pierced cusped panel, the upper portion pierced for a lining, each plate embossed with an elliptical moulding framed by two pairs of addorsed parrots, the outer plate decorated with a central foliate panel and a pair of addorsed Yali chiselled in the round at the wrist, and with traces of early silver plating (patinated), 34.0 cm

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A03.

£250-350

A CENTRAL INDIAN HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY of circular convex form with strongly outward-turned brim, the main surface embossed with a bold pattern of tapering flutes radiating from the centre, fitted with four low domed iron bosses with flanged pierced foliate rims and traces of silver plating, corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with enarmes, the outer surface painted in gilt polychrome with a central flower and alternating designs of green bouquets and gilt scrollwork, 46.5 cm diameter

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B16.

£300-400

95

A NORTH INDIAN HIGHLY DECORATED COPPER ALLOY SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJPUT of circular convex form with outward-turned brim and plain interior, the outer surface finely pierced with a circular design of a courtly boar hunt within a panel of dense foliage inhabited by exotic birds, framed by a broad panel of scrollwork, fitted with four lion mask bosses corresponding with iron rings for enarmes on the inside, and in fine condition throughout, 39.5 cm diameter

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B11.

£350-450

96

A SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY BUCKLER (PARICHA), POSSIBLY MALABAR COAST, KARNATAKA of circular convex form with strongly outward-turned brim, fitted with four attenuated bosses decorated with bands of foliage and corresponding to small rings on the inside for enarmes, the outer surface chiselled with a central flowerhead, and a broad frieze of flowers and foliage within a beadwork frame, and fitted at the top with two celestial bosses, 30.0 cm diameter

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B12.

£200-250

A NORTH INDIAN DARK RED LACQUERED BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN

of circular convex form with outward-turned brim, fitted at its centre with four iron hemispherical bosses with cusped rims, each chiselled and gilt with a bouquet of flowers and corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with later leather enarmes and a pad, the outer face fitted with a silver-plated iron crescent and pierced with two holes for mounting 51.0 cm diameter

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B10.

£400-600

A NORTH INDIAN BLACK LACQUERED BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN

of circular convex form with outward-turned brim, fitted at its centre with four iron bosses, each of hemispherical form, finely decorated with a geometric design of silver foliage and encrusted with silver and pierced in four places on the rim, and corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with enarmes, pierced with two holes for mounting, 55.0 cm diameter

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B05.

£300-400

99

A PAIR OF OTTOMAN PERSIAN DECORATED STEEL SCISSORS, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY formed of a pair of slender shallow guttershaped blades decorated over their outer surface with a central band filed with gold koftgari foliage becoming more dense at the pivot joint, and a pair of shaped gilt loops for the fingers, 27.3 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number K02.

£700-900

100

AN INDIAN SIGNAL MORTAR, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU with flanged muzzle, three pronounced sweatedon bands, decorated with bands of wrigglework and plain vent, 17.8 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number J03.

£250-350

101

A SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY BAND, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR AN ELEPHANT of curved rectangular form, decorated with a panel of ropework top and bottom, the latter with seven pierced leaf-shaped panels each carrying a shaped rattle, and with five integral loops for fitting

£120-180

A SOUTH INDIAN IRON STIRRUP, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU with small rectangular tread formed with a pierced lower edge (one small chip, previously fitted with a dome finial), curved slender side bars chiselled with cusped borders and rising to a loop for suspension, supported on each side by a pierced and chiselled parrot (light pitting), 17.5 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue number K21.

£150-250

103

A SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY STIRRUP, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU with small rectangular tread formed with a cusped lower edge with a Yali head on each side, curved side bars rising to a pointed terminal at the top, with two loops for suspension, and decorated with a parrot on each side 14.5 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue number K17.

£150-200

104

A NORTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY STIRRUP, LATE 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY RAJASTHAN with rectangular tread, arched side bars, a loop for suspension, and the outer surface engraved with foliage, 12.5 cm

Roy Elvis catalogue number K18.

£70-90

105

SIX SOUTH INDIAN ARROWS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS each with sharply tapering triangular iron head, short socket, on its reed shaft (one incomplete), 83.0 cm (6)

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number G13. £180-240

106

FIFTEEN NORTH INDIAN ARROWS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ALWAR, RAJASTHAN with differing pointed iron heads, including six with pyramidal points, each with reed shaft (one shortened) with carved nocks, 79.5 cm, the longest (15)

Roy Elvis catalogue number G10. £150-250

107

107

TWENTY THREE EAST INDIAN ARROWS, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ORISSA each with tall slender pyramidal head, short socket inlaid with two copper alloy lines, and reed shaft with carved nocks, 73.0 cm overall (23)

Roy Elvis catalogue number G08. £200-300

A SOUTH INDIAN COMPOSITE REFLEX BOW, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU

formed of wood, bone and sinew, lacquered over its surface with a red background decorated with traditional ornament in yellow and gold pigments, reinforced with bands of sinew, leather grip, fitted with an iron plaque at the front punched with the number ‘8’, 143.8 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number G19.

£300-400

109

A NORTH INDIAN DECORATED REFLEX BOW, 18TH CENTURY

of composite construction, the inner face decorated with gilt flowers and foliage on a green ground, the outer face with four panels en suite, and with traces of a signature in black pigment on one terminal, 52.5 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number G5.

£400-600

110

A NORTH INDIAN STEEL BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY, GWALIOR, RAJASTHAN of flat recurved form, with two pairs of flutes on the outside at the top and the bottom, decorated with gold-encrusted flowers and foliage at the top, bottom and centre on each face (small losses), and fitted with a pair of bone grips retained by a pair of rivets, 111.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number G02.

£400-600

111

A SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY POWDER FLASK, 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR with strongly curled horn-shaped body formed with a large faceted onion-shaped nozzle, the outer face decorated with panels of beadwork and rondels at the top, middle and bottom, and the centre with an integral spike, probably for suspension, 17.8 cm high

Roy Elvis catalogue number I01.

£200-250

112

A COPPER ALLOY PRIMING FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY, INDIAN OR PERSIAN of horn-shaped form, fitted with spring closure acting on one end and the other formed with a pronounced faceted bud-shaped finial, decorated over its surface with shaped silver panels within engraved frames, and the top with a loop for suspension, 14.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number I01.

£200-300

113

AN INDIAN COPPER ALLOY PRIMING FLASK IN 18TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY of horn-shaped form, fitted with spring closure acting on one end and the other formed as a Yali head, the top with suspension loop and applied with engraved copper panels, 22.8 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number I09.

£60-80

114

A BULLET MOULD, PROBABLY INDIAN 18TH/19TH CENTURY of green stone, with provision for casting three balls of approximately 32 bore, and retained by later leather bands, 5.8 cm long

Roy Elvis catalogue number I03.

£40-60

A 16 BORE NORTH INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with tapering sighted barrel retained by leather bands (restorations), chiselled with flowers at the muzzle and over the breech and a running frieze of foliage on each side of the barrels’ length, the latter fitted with engraved block-shaped back-sight and with integral pan with pivot-cover, action enclosed by a pair of iron plaques, each with flower-shaped rear terminal and chiselled borders en suite with the barrel, red-stained full stock, slender faceted butt profusely painted with gilt flowers and foliage, iron mounts including a pair of sling swivels, pricker with faceted cover and ramrod en suite with the muzzle, 117.5 cm barrel

Roy Elvis catalogue number H4.

£700-900

116

AN INDIAN BARREL FOR A MATCHLOCK GUN, (TORADOR), 18TH /19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN strongly swamped and formed in three stages, flaring at the muzzle and decorated with a band of gilt foliage, the breech with a gilt band, integral pan and standing back-sight, the remaining surface decorated with a fine punched pattern and with a single lug beneath the breech for attaching to the stock, 98.5 cm barrel

Roy Elvis catalogue number H16.

£120-180

A 20 BORE NORTH INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with tapering sighted barrel retained by later leather bands, flaring at the breech and chiselled with a band of conventional flowers, a large panel of flowers and foliage over the breech and finely punched over its remaining surface, the breech with integral pan with shaped pierced border (cover missing), action enclosed by a pair of iron plaques, each with finely pierced rear terminal decorated with a floral panel and the remaining border decorated with leaves, fitted with serpentine and foliate pierced trigger, full stock, slender faceted butt impressed ‘G16’ on the right, iron mounts comprising butt-cap engraved en suite with the action, a pair of sling mounts, pricker and ramrod, 101.5 cm barrel Roy Elvis catalogue number H9.

£600-800

A 60 BORE NORTH INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR) FOR A CHILD, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with tapering sighted barrel retained by leather bands (some replaced), flared at the muzzle and fitted with integral pan at the breech, action engraved by a pair of iron plaques with foliate terminals and borders, the forward section extending along the breech, the right hand plaque punched with an arsenal inscription, fitted with serpentine and pierced trigger, full stock impressed with a dentile design over the fore-end and on each side of the butt, the latter carved with foliage and further dentile on the spine, a pair of iron sling mounts, and iron ramrod, 75.5 cm barrel

Roy Elvis catalogue number H20.

£350-450

119

A 22 BORE NORTH WEST INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted etched barrel retained by five brass bands, the front four pierced with symmetrical scrollwork and the rearmost enclosing the standing back-sight (small areas of rust), flared muzzle chiselled with foliage, breech with integral pan with pivot cover, action enclosed by a pair of long iron plaques with shaped terminals, fitted with pierced serpentine and trigger, full stock applied with engraved ivory plaques about the tang, tapering butt of elliptical section inlaid with ivory plaques engraved en suite, bone butt-cap, a pair of brass sling swivels, brass fore-end cap, iron pricker, and iron ramrod with faceted terminal, 117.5 cm barrel

Roy Elvis catalogue number H01.

£600-800

Eastern Arms and Armour

VARIOUS OWNERS

120

A JAPANESE KATANA (LONG SWORD), 1650-1750

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), with a shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (point), kitae (forging pattern): faint itame; hamon (tempering pattern); shallow notare chôji (wavy with clove bud pattern); silvered copper habaki (collar); nagasa (length): 68.0 cm. Nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened), mumei (unsigned) with two mekugi-ana (pegfixing holes). Koshirae (mounting): plain black lacquered saya (scabbard) and kurikata (cord fitting) and copper alloy kojiri (chape) with raised floral decoration and inome (boars eye) motif, shakudô (copper alloy) fuchi-kashira (hilt collar and pommel) with gold relief decoration of autumnal grasses and a skull on the fuchi, wooden tsuka (handle) with brown silk itô (braiding) wrapped over samegawa (rayskin) with shakudô menuki (copper alloy hilt grips). Plain octagonal iron tsuba (hand guard) with gilded mimi (‘ears’ - rim)

£700-1,000

121

A JAPANESE KATANA (LONG SWORD), 1700-1800

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), with a shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (point); kitae (forging pattern): faint itame; Hamon (tempering pattern): shallow notare with chôji (slightly wavy with ‘clove flowers’) but details partially obscured by rubbing; gilded copper habaki (collar); Nagasa (length): 68.0 cm; Nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened), mumei (unsigned), one mekugi-ana (peg-fixing hole). Koshirae (mounting): plain black lacquered saya (scabbard) and kurikata (cord fitting) with semegane (reinforcing bands) and kojiri (chape) of copper alloy and gilt on a with nanako (fish-roe pattern) ground. Shakudô (copper alloy) fuchi and kabutogane (hilt collar and pommel) with a black silk itô (braiding) wrapped long tsuka (handle) over samegawa (rayskin) and gilded shakudô menuki (copper alloy hilt grips) The pierced iron tsuba (hand guard) with a russet surface patination and inlaid brass taka-zôgan (raised) decoration of waterwheels and stylised waves

£500-600

A

JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO, THE BLADE 1750-1850, MILITARY MOUNTS 1942-1945

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern): nashiji hada with areas of mokume (‘pear skin’ and wood burl); hamon (tempering pattern): broad suguha with some notare (straight, with some undulations); one broad hi (groove) on both sides of the blade which extend into the nakago; copper habaki (collar); nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened); mumei (unsigned); one mekugi-ana (peg hole). Mounted in shirasaya (magnolia wood scabbard). Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard): steel with protective leather cover and brass suspension ring; tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in brown silk ito (braiding) over fine white samegawa (ray skin); standard brass military fittings with finely detailed sakura (cherry blossom) on the tsuba (hand guard) and the menuki (hilt grips). The whole ensemble held together with a tsunagi (wooden blade used when original blade is held in a shirasaya)

£400-500 123

A

JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO, SHŌWA PERIOD (1926-1945)

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern): faint chôji (details obscured by rubbing); hamon (tempering pattern): obscured by rubbing; silvered habaki (collar); nakago (tang): one mekugi-ana (peg hole) visible but unable to remove the tsuka to inspect the nakago. Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard): steel with brass suspension ring, leather protective cover with lacing near the tsuba (hand guard); tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in brown leather over white samegawa (ray skin), standard brass military fuchi (collar) and kabutogane (hilt pommel) fittings with sakura (cherry blossom) menuki (hilt grips); plain round tsuba (hand guard)

£300-400

124

A JAPANESE SHIN-GUNTO, SHŌWA PERIOD (1926-1945)

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern): obscured by rubbing); hamon (tempering pattern): obscured by rubbing); gilded copper habaki (collar); nakago (tang): two mekugi-ana visible from the samegawa covered tsuka (handle), but unable to remove the nakago to inspect the nakago. Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard): steel with brass suspension ring, semegane (reinforcing bands) and kojiri (chape); tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in white samegawa (ray skin), standard brass military fittings with sakura (cherry blossom) on the tsuba (hand guard)

£200-300

A WAKIZASHI (SHORT SWORD) MOUNTED IN MAGNOLIA WOOD SHIRASAYA, SIGNED KUNIHIRO; PROBABLY HORIKAWA

KUNIHIRO, CIRCA 1596-1615

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line); medium kissaki; muzori (no curvature); kitae (forging pattern) masame and mokume hada (longitudinal and burl-grain ground); hamon (tempering pattern) suguha (straight line); omote (outer side of blade) with a short single hi (groove) ura (inner side of blade) with a bonji (Sanskrit Buddhist symbol) and much-polished narrow double hi; fitted with a silver foil covered habaki (collar); nakago (tang); nakago (tang) with one mekugi-ana (peg hole) and signed Kunihiro, probably Horikawa Kunihiro, 40 cm blade

£1,200-1,800

126

AN O-WAKIZASHI (LONGER SHORT SWORD) MOUNTED IN MAGNOLIA WOOD SHIRASAYA, UNSIGNED, 16TH CENTURY

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line); medium kissaki (tip of the blade); torii-zori (even curve); kitae (forging pattern): mokume hada (burl grain ground); hamon (forging pattern) broad chôji notare midare hamon with peaks in nioi (undulating tempered edge with fine steel grain) with some utsuri (‘reflected’ tempering above the hamon); fitted with a copper alloy habaki (collar); o-suriage nakago (much shortened tang, possibly originally a katana - long sword) with three mekugiana (peg holes); mumei (unsigned) possibly Mino School, 56.5 cm blade

£800-1,000

127

A WAKIZASHI (SHORT SWORD) MOUNTED IN MAGNOLIA WOOD SHIRASAYA, ICHI HIZEN DEWA NO KAMI YUKIHIRO, CIRCA 16501700

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), medium kissaki (point), kitae (forging pattern): mokume itame hada (mixed wood grain ground); hamon (tempering pattern): strong notare gunome (gently and abruptly undulating) with evident nioi (fine steel grain), and fitted with a copper habaki (collar). Nakago tang): ubu (unshortened) with one mekugi-an (peg hole) and signed on the omote (outer facing side of the blade) Ichi Hizen Dewa no Kami Yukihiro (probably first generation), 52 cm blade

£800-1,000

128

A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI (SHORT SWORD), 1650-1750

Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), with a deep tori-zori (even curve); medium kissaki (point); kitae (forging pattern): faint itame; hamon (tempering pattern): shallow peaks of gunome with notare (undulating) in nie (visible grain); gilded copper habaki (collar); nagasa (length): 49.0 cm; Nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened), mumei (unsigned), one mekugi-ana (peg-fixing hole). Koshirae (mounting): plain black lacquered saya (scabbard) with side pocket for a kogatana (utility knife), kogatana with relief decoration of a relief pheasant on the kozuka (handle). Copper alloy fuchi-kashira (hilt collar and pommel) with areas of gilding; fuchi with moon, bamboo and stylised geese, kashira with autumnal flowers, Wooden tsuka (handle) with black silk itô (braiding) wrapped over samegawa (rayskin) and gilded shakudô menuki (copper alloy hilt grips). The iron tsuba (hand guard) with a russet surface patination and inlaid gold decoration of geometric shapes, perhaps stylised Genji Mon £300-500

129

AN 18 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA, TEPPO OR HINAWAJU), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

with heavy tapering sighted iron barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle, inlaid in silver with silver mokko mon of the Oda family over the breech and signed and inscribed beneath, block-shaped back-sight, integral pan with brass pivot-cover, brass action with long plate fitted with faceted iron serpentine, full figured stock, brass trigger and brass finger rest, and associated wooden ramrod, 71.5 cm barrel

The barrel is signed: Settsu ju (Osaka area, province) Kagotani Gonbei, Biei (maker) and insrcibed Jitetsu Somakibari (the whole wrapped with iron).

£2,000-3,000

130

A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA, TEPPO OR HINAWAJU), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

with tapering sighted iron barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle, inlaid in silver with traditional motifs including a dragon amidst flames over the breech, block-shaped back-sight, integral pan with brass pivot-cover, brass action engraved with a flower and with pronounced writhen border, lacquered full stock with some gilt scrollwork decoration (losses), applied with engraved iron plaques including a kabuto behind the breech, bamboo foliage over the trigger-plate and a mounted warrior on the right of the butt, brass trigger and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing), 99.5 cm barrel

£600-800

TWO CHINESE BRONZE SWORDS (JIAN), PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES (1050-221 BC) AND TWO FURTHER SWORDS IN ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE

in excavated condition and cast in one piece, the first with broad double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section narrowing slightly over the upper third, guard formed with a downward ogee moulding on each face, integral grip with two raised bands and shallow concave pommel; the second similar, with rectangular guard; the third similar, with inscriptions on the blade; the fourth similar, the grip joining the guard and a shallow recess, the first: 55.3 cm overall (4)

Provenance

Anthony Dove (1938-2021)

£350-450

132

TWO CHINESE BRONZE SWORDS (JIAN), PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES (1050-221 BC) AND THREE FURTHER SWORDS IN ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE in excavated condition and cast in one piece, the first with broad double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section, guard formed with a downward ogee moulding on each face, integral grip with two raised bands and shallow concave pommel; the second with hollow-diamond section blade (now in two pieces), with a brief inscription on one face at the forte, slender guard, tapering tubular grip and flanged pommel; the third with two raised bands on the grip (pommel missing); the fourth inlaid with gold coloured panels on the blade and the guard (tip missing); and the fifth with tang of rectangular section (pommel missing), the first: 55.5 cm overall (5)

Provenance

Anthony Dove (1938-2021)

£300-500

133

A CHINESE GILT COPPER ALLOY CROSSBOW FITTING FOR A CHILD, POSSIBLY WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC) with rectangular socket, curved guard incorporating a monsterhead fitting and much gilding, 10.5 cm overall

Provenance

Anthony Dove (1938-2021)

£200-300

134

A CHINESE BRONZE HALBERD, PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES AND TWO SPEARHEADS

the first in excavated condition, with slightly curved terminal blade of flattened-diamond section, pierced along a basal flange with two slots and a hole, the tang pierced with a further slot and decorated at the top with a stylised flowerhead on each face; the second Luristan, circa 900-700 BC, with leaf-shaped blade formed with a medial ridge and short tang; the third African, 19th century, for fish, with leaf-shaped head and tapering barbed haft, the first: 31.0 cm overall (3)

Provenance

Anthony Dove (1938-2021)

£100-150

A KOREAN SILVER-MOUNTED TROUSSE COMPRISING KNIFE AND CHOPSTICKS (EUNJANGDO), 19TH CENTURY with single-edged iron blade of flattened-triangular section, silver grip chased with scrolling foiage and flowers on a punched ground, in its scabbard decorated en suite, complete with a pair of chopsticks joined by a stud, decorated at the front with a single leaf, and with a loop for suspension, 14.5 cm

£100-150

136

A SUMATRAN DAGGER (SIWAH), ACEH, 19TH CENTURY with slender slightly curved blade formed with a doubleedged point, silver gilt hilt of characteristic form, decorated with a band of four overlapping engraved coronets tapering from the base and rising to a round pommel with a filigree flowerhead with eleven corals in raised settings, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver, the upper portion decorated with a filigree panel en suite with the hilt and the lower portion (perhaps associated) engraved with panels filled with hatched designs, 19.3 cm blade

£400-600

137

TWO MALAYSIAN DAGGERS (KRIS), 20TH CENTURY the first with wavy blade chiselled over its length with a serpent, plaited selut, carved wooden grip, in its scabbard with carved wrangka; the second with wavy patterned blade, carved figural hilt, in its carved wooden scabbard (areas of wear), the first: 36.0 cm (2)

£100-150

138

TWO MALAYSIAN DAGGERS (KRIS), 20TH CENTURY for the tourist market, the first with wavy blade, pierced white metal selut, carved angular grip with beaked pommel, in its wooden scabbard, the second smaller, with wavy blade, petal-shaped selut, grip of similar form, in its scabbard, the first: 25.0 cm blade (2)

£20-30

139

A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with single-edged iron blade formed with a long slender fuller, the fuller and forte encrusted with sheet silver chiselled with designs of scrolling foliage within beadwork frames, the back-edge encased in silver chased with a frieze of flowerheads, silver hilt enclosing the forte and chased with scrolls, finely carved horn grip carved with traditional scrollwork, silver pommel cap chased en suite, in its carved wooden scabbard wih large silver locket, 17.0 cm blade

£250-450

140

A NEPALESE SWORD (KORA), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, with curved single-edged heavy blade flaring towards a cusped tip, reinforced back-edge inlaid in brass with a running panel of scrollwork terminating with a crescent and a flowerhead on the respective faces, brass hilt formed of a disc-shaped guard and domed pommel with attenuated button, 61.2 cm blade

£400-600

141

A NEPALESE DAGGER (KUKRI) AND AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the first with broad blade chiselled with foliage at the forte, and iron grip decorated en suite (detached); the second with double-edged blade, iron hilt chiselled with foliage and the pommel formed as a maned tiger’s head, in its scabbard decorated en suite, the first: 32.8 cm blade (2)

£100-150

142

AN INDIAN SACRIFICIAL SWORD (RAM DAO), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, BENGAL OR NEPAL, with characteristic heavy, curved single-edged blade inlaid on each face in brass with a series of lines, diamond-shaped panels and a running pattern of foliage along the back-edge, a monsterhead and the eye of Durgâ at the tip, a stylised mask at the forte and two further brass lines, perhaps a devotees arms, one face of the blade inlaid with a brass flower and cut with a brief inscription, tapering beneath and incorporating a cylindrical ferrule, turned wooden grip and brass pommel (areas of pitting), 115.0 cm overall

The inscription reads Bhadrakali for the Hindu Goddess Mahakali. Râm dâo were used to decapitate sacrificial buffalo in commemoration of the slaying of the buffalo demon, Mahisha, by Durgâ whose eye is engraved on the tip of the blade to watch over the sacrifice. A set of three sacrificial weapons decorated in a closely related manner is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 36.25.1286).

£500-700

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with a shallow fuller, bifurcated at the tip and pierced with a pine-cone shaped aperture behind, cut with a series of inscriptions at the tip and over the forte, the latter within a linear frame, gilt copper alloy hilt engraved with a dense pattern of flowerheads on a finely punched ground, comprising langets with shaped terminals, a pair of bulbous quillons, recurved knuckle-guard with shaped terminal, large dish-shaped pommel and integral grip, 82.5 cm blade

The inscriptions are Arabic and read, in part, at the forte: ‘… baldat al-kabul … husayn … ya ‘ali fatima imam(?)’ (… city of Kabul … Husayn … O ‘Ali, Fatima Imam(?)), at the tip ‘shir-i mardan … la fath [sic] illa ‘ali la sayf illa dhu’l-faqar husayn hasan imam bibi fatima … al-sayf … min baldat al-kabul’ (Lion of men (i.e. ‘Ali) .. there is no hero but ‘Ali no sword but Dhu’l-Faqar, Husayn, Hasan, Imam, Bibi Fatima … the sword … from the city of Kabul) and on the reverse at the forte: ‘la fata illa ‘ali la sayf illa dhu’l-faqar ..’ (There is no hero but ‘Ali, no sword but Dhu’l-Faqar). £1,000-1,200

144

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH CENTURY

with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long fuller and struck with a series of marks including a double eyelash and eight stars on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form including langets with pierced terminals, a pair of quillons with mushroom-shaped terminals, large disc pommel fitted with a washer on the top pierced en suite with the langets, in its fabriccovered wooden scabbard with large pierced gilt copper alloy mounts, comprising locket and chape each decorated with bold scrolls of foliage, 76.7 cm blade £400-600

145

A COORG DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point and decorated with scrolls along the back-edge, silver hilt of characteristic form retained by four rivets with gold heads, decorated with a gold geometric flowerhead on the back-strap, the pommel applied with a gold plaque and with three gold flowerhead washers, in its silver-mounted wooden scabbard enriched with a gold flowerhead and crescent, complete with its suspension chain and tassels with coral terminals, 18.2 cm blade

£1,000-1,200

146

A COORG DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point and decorated with scrolls along the back-edge, silver hilt of characteristic form retained by four rivets with silver heads (pommel washers missing), engraved with a flowerhead on the back-strap, in its silver-mounted wooden scabbard, complete with a portion of its suspension chain, 19.5 cm blade

£800-1,200

147

AN INDIAN DAGGER (BANK), 19TH CENTURY with hooked single-edged bade of watered steel, copper alloy hilt formed of a tapering grip embossed with a feather design and elephant’s head pommel (small cracks), and with traces of early gilding throughout, 25.0 cm overall

£600-1,000

148

148

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN with tapering double-edged blade formed with a reinforced point, chiselled with a large recessed triangular panel on each face filled with differing scenes involving elephants, a further elphant’s head on each side at the forte, iron hilt formed of a pair of tapering gutter-shaped side-bars engraved with flowers and foliage, a pair of baluster-shaped grip-bars, and with some early gold highlights thoguhout, in its openwork scabbard with fabric-covered wooden liner, decorated on each face with a pair of panels filled with an openwork design of scrolling foliage within a framework of gold koftgari (small losses), and with an iron loop for suspension, 24.5 cm blade

£500-700

150 149

149

AN INDIAN IRON ‘TIGER-CLAW’ (BICHWABAGH NAKH), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of four characteristic hook-shaped blades issuant at right angles from a slightly curved panel formed with a ring at each end, and with an additional blade at one terminal, 21.4 cm; 8 1/2 in overall

Provenance

Sold In this room, 30th June 2021, lot 242

£350-450

150

AN INDIAN DAGGER (PESH KABZ), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with crucible steel tapering blade of T-section and of a browned finely figured pattern, iron bolsters with traces of early gilt finish, a pair of carved marine ivory grip-scales retained by three rivets (small chips), in its English made leather-covered wooden scabbard with silvered mounts (the leather with small losses, cracked at the seam), 33.8 cm blade

£300-400

151

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU

with recurved blade double-edged over its upper half and engraved on the back edge on each side, copper alloy hilt including faceted bud-shaped quillon, recurved knuckle-guard with terminal en suite, and integral grip formed as a heron rising to a large yali head, 29.0 cm overall

£300-400

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

152

AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED JADE-HILTED DAGGER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, formed with a reinforced point, engraved with a pair of converging lines and a shaped linear frame at the forte on each face, silver ferrule cast and chased with a flower on each face against a finely matted ground with a tapering socket decorated with a trellis of foliage above, fluted figured smokey agate grip notched for the fingers, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large silver gilt mounts decorated with flowers en suite with the hilt within oval leafy frames, comprising chape with fluted bulbous terminal and locket with a loop for a tassel, 16.2 cm blade

£250-350

VARIOUS OWNERS

153

TWO INDIAN DAGGERS (BICHWA), 18TH/19TH CENTURIES each with characteristic recurved double-edged blade, the first with moulded brass hilt with pierced border and bud-shaped pommel, in leather-covered wooden scabbard with pierced brass chape; the second decorated with silver koftgari foliage at the forte, and iron hilt with filed border, the first: 34.0 cm (2)

Provenance

Sold In this room, 9th December 2009, lot 43

£200-300

154

A INDIAN COMBINED DAGGER AND MACE, 19TH CENTURY with reinforced katar style blade of cruciform section, arched guard, and the grip with a protruding bar with six spherical mouldings top and bottom, 43.5 cm overall

£150-200

156

155

AN INDIAN DETACHED ROCK CRYSTAL HILT FOR A DAGGER (KHANJAR), 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, with scrolling guard and the pommel set with a ruby in a raised gold setting on each face, 14.5 cm overall £500-700

156

AN INDIAN THROWING RING (CHAKRAM), LATE 19TH CENTURY of flattened iron, the inner border inlaid with silver foliage on each face (losses, small areas of pitting), 20.2 cm diameter

Provenance

John F. McGrann, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, probably acquired in Paris during the 1960s.

Sold in this room 27 June 2018, Lot 169.

£3,000-5,000

157

AN ARAB GOLD-AND SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SAIF), LATE 19TH CENTURY, with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, silver cross-piece with fluted conical terminals and applied with a chased gold plaque in the centre, the grip encased in chased gold rising to an angular pommel, all decorated with geometric designs, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with rings for suspension, all applied with chased gold plaques decorated en suite with the hilt, 79.5 cm in blade

£3,000-4,000

158

A HIGHLY DECORATED INDIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY

with crescentic iron head formed with a curved cutting edge and with traces of blued finish (areas of surface rust), encrusted with copper lotus flowers on a ground of silver koftgari flowers and foliage within a shaped frame, cube-shaped socket, bifurcated rear pean and stout central spike each decorated with silver koftgari foliage, on a wooden haft with six iron rivets over brass foliate washers, 64.5 cm overall

£300-500

159

AN INDIAN LANCE HEAD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped head of cruciform section and tapering socket, complete with its leather cover, 23.5 cm

£80-100

AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SAIF), THE BLADE DATED 1219AH (CIRCA 1804)

with curved broad blade double-edged at the point, formed with three long slender fullers, engraved with flowers and sprays of foiage on each face, and cut with an inscription incuding the date, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising a pair of straight quillons with pointed terminals, nimcha style grip rising to a large pommel with cusped outline and knuckle-chain, in its silver-encased scabbard chased with long panels of foliage incuding two middle-bands chased with brief inscriptions and each fitted with a pair of rings for suspension, and the chape set with a silver Maria Theresa thaler, 72.0 cm blade

£700-1,000

161

AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHAMSHIR), 19TH CENTURY, PROBABALY OMAN

with crucible steel curved single-edged blade with finely watered pattern, engraved silver hilt incuding straight quillons with bud-shaped finials, integral faceted grip fitted with angular cap pommel (knuckle-chain missing), in its silver-encased scabbard applied with shaped panels at the top and bottom, engraved with scrolls of foliage over its length en suite with the hilt, and with two rings for suspension, 86.7 cm blade

£1,000-1,300

162

AN ARAB SWORD (KATTARI), OMAN, 19TH CENTURY

with straight double-edged blade formed with a short fuller and rounded tip, leather-covered hilt with tapering near rectangular pierced iron pommel, chased silver-ferrule, and embroidered grip decorated with a flower in silver thread on each face, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising locket, chape and middle-band each chased with scrolling foliage and beadwork, a pair of suspension bands with rings, suspension chain and a short leather strap 78.0 cm blade

£350-450

163

163

AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (JAMBIYA), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, silver-encased hilt decorated with flowerheads, filigree and beadwork, in its wooden scabbard with leather inner face, the outer face encased in silver decorated en suite with the hilt, and with a diagonal silver band with six rings, 18.0 cm blade

£400-600

164

AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) WITH GOLD-MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN HILT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, rhinoceros horn hilt of characteristic form encased with a chased band of gold at the base (one small pieces missing) and in the centre, the front faced with a further gold plaque, in its fabriccovered wooden scabbard with large gold mounts decorated en suite, the lower portion embroidered in gold thread with a diagonal band with two rings, 17.0 cm blade

£350-450

165

AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN HILT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge on each face, rhinoceros horn hilt of characteric form encased with a chased band of gilt silver decorated with beadwork at the base, a silver plaque over the front, the centre bound with gold wire and the top of the pommel applied with a shaped silver plaque, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large silver gilt mounts decorated en suite, the lower portion embroidered in silver and gold thread with a diagonal band with four rings, with its belt 15.5 cm blade

AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (JAMBIYA), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, horn hilt with large chased silver ferrule, in its wooden scabbard with leather-covered inner face, and the outer face encased in fine silver filigree, with large chape and locket en suite with the hilt, and a diagonal band with four rings, 16.8 cm blade

£300-400

167

AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) WITH SILVER-MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN HILT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, rhinoceros horn hilt of characteristic form encased with a chased band of silver at the base and faced with a further silver plaque at the front, in its wooden scabbard with large silver mounts decorated en suite, the lower portion embroidered in silver thread with flowers and filigree, with a diagonal band with four rings, with its belt embroidered with silver thread and wire, 18.3 cm blade

£250-300

168

AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), WITH SILVER-MOUNTED HORN HILT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge and engraved with a criss-cross design on one face, horn hilt applied with silver plaques, filigree and coins, one dated circa 1909, in its wooden scabbard with pronounced terminal, the outer face applied with a chevron design of silver filigree and slender plaques, and the inside faced with leather, 22,8 cm blade

£200-250 167

169

A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHASQA), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with curved blade double-edged at the point, formed with a pair of long fullers and etched with celestial motifs at the forte on each face, nielloed silver hilt of characteristic form including eared pommel, decorated over its surface with flowers and scrolling foliage against a punched ground within a beadwork frame and a brief inscription on one side near the forte, in is leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising openwork locket and two bands, solid chape all decorated en suite with the hilt on the outer face and the inner face decorated with a yin-yang design, and with two rings for suspension, 83.2 cm blade

The inscription reads :‘sahibuhu mahmud [i]bn rashid ibn sulayman’ (Its owner, Mahmud ibn Rashid ibn Sulayman).

£3,000-4,000

AN OTTOMAN SWORD, TURKEY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with earlier style curved single-edged blade of wootz steel, formed with a series of recessed grooves and cross-shaped marks along the back-edge on each face, decorated on each face at the forte with three gold koftgari calligraphic cartouches, brass hilt comprising cross-piece with moulded terminals (cracked), a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by brass rivets, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with two iron mounts each decorated with calligraphy in gold koftgari, 81.4 cm blade

Provenance

On loan to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1936-2022), inv. no. 54-257

The inscriptions read, in the uppermost cartouche: ‘al-sultan nadir shah 981’ (The Sultan Nadir Shah, 981 (1573-4)); in the lower two cartouches: ‘[za] hush-i falatun/damash tiztar’ (Its tip is sharper than Plato’s wit). The latter is part of a poem frequently encountered on the carved bone handles of Qajar daggers.

£2,500-3,000

AN OTTOMAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of wootz steel, encrusted with gold over the forte on each face with calligraphic cartouches and traditional designs, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief with vines and trophies-of-music in foliate frames all against a finely matted ground, a pair of rhinoceros horn grip-scales shaped for the fingers and rising to a bulbous pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket, chape and two middlebands, all cast and chased in low relief en suite with the hilt, and the two bands each with a ring for suspension, 78.3 cm blade

Provenance

On loan to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1936-2022), inv. no. 54-264

The inscriptions include, cartouches on the blade: ‘ma sha’a allah’ (Whatsoever God wills), and ‘tawakkaltu ‘ala allah’ (I put my trust in God), in the six-pointed star ‘ya fattah’ (O Conqueror!), in the large, teardrop cartouche ‘ma sha’a allah’ (‘Whatsover God wills), in the oblong cartouche ‘bismallah sunqur’ (In the Name of God. Sunqur).

£1,500-2,500

A RARE INDIAN GOLD-ENCRUSTED BAYONET, 19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of hexagonal section at the base and reinforced diamond section towards the point, decorated with gold foliage in a tall triangular panel on each face, rectangular ricasso decorated with gold flowers, and a pair of long slender arms to fit along the sides of the barrel each decorated with gold foliage (small losses), 30.3 cm overall

£600-800

173

A PERSIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY with curved double-edged crucible steel blade, decorated with gold scrollwork and inscriptions on each face at the forte (losses), marine ivory grip carved with a pair of vestigial quillons (one chipped, age cracks), curved elliptical pommel and a pair of lines in the centre of the grip, in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 24.5 cm blade

~ £500-700

174

A KURDISH DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved crucible steel blade formed with a medial ridge on each face and traces of gold decoration at the forte, horn hilt of characteristic form (pommel missing), in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 26.0 cm blade

£250-350

A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, LATE 19TH CENTURY

with broad blade of crucible steel with finely watered pattern, tapering to a sharp point, formed with an off-set fuller on each face and with a pair of gold cartouches (worn) at the front, shaped iron tang with traces of gold decoration, fitted with contrasting marine ivory and dark horn scales retained by three iron rivets, the top and bottom with pronounced iron head and the middle with a silver washer chased with celestial motifs, in its leathercovered wooden scabbard with chased brass locket and chape, and an iron loop for suspension, 41.5 cm blade

£400-450

176

A RARE BOSNIAN OTTOMAN TROUSSE, SARAJEVO, DATED 1887 AND 1888 comprising knife with slightly curved single-edged broad blade with traces of blued finish and inscribed ‘Sarajevo 1888’ within a foliate and linear frame on one face, white metal bolster, engraved copper alloy back-strap, a pair of bone grips rising to form an eared pommel, inset over much of its surface with numerous brass studs, fork with two long prongs, shaped ricasso decorated with scrollwork and with the date ‘1887’ on one face, and bone hilt en suite, in leather-covered wooden scabbard with small base metal chape, an iron band at the locket and later suspension ring and short chain, 31.2 cm blade (the knife)

£400-600

177

A SPANISH FISHERMAN’S CLASP KNIFE (NAVAJA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with folding blade formed with a slender clipped-back point and with a red pigment-filled groove on one face, wooden body encased in engraved brass and with an iron clip on the back-edge, 27.7 cm overall (closed)

£40-60

178

A NORTH AFRICAN SWORD (KASKARA), SUDAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER SWORD

the first with double-edged broad blade formed with a long slender central fuller on each face and etched over its surface with calligraphy, copper alloy hilt formed of a cross-guard, and crocodile skin-covered grip, in its crocdile skin-covered scabbard, the second with blade from a sawfish and wooden grip, the first: 85.5 cm blade (2)

£120-180

179

AN AXE, 19TH CENTURY, EAST EUROPEAN OR OTTOMAN wth curved crescentic axe head of triangular section, rear blade formed en suite, on a later wooden haft, 52.0 cm overall

£100-200

TWO INDIAN STEEL BOWS, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

the first with foliate terminals incorporating a notch for the string, and wooden grip formed as a pair of addorsed bird’s heads; the second formed in three sections and with reinforced limbs, with an early string, the first: 107.0 cm

Provenance

Sold In this room, 24th June 2009, lot 90 (part)

£250-350

181

TWELVE INDIAN ARROWS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

ten with blunt iron heads for stunning game, one with conical iron head (one missing its head), each with reed haft with carved nocks, 76.5 cm overall, 73.0 cm, the longest (12)

£150-200

182

FOUR INDIAN ARROWS, 19TH CENTURY

the first two with pointed iron heads tubular sockets and reed shafts, the third with leafshaped head and reed shaft (now in two pieces) and the fourth a reed shaft (head missing); togethrr with a silver-topped swagger stick (worn), the first: 72.7 cm overall (5)

£100-150

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183

A RARE PAIR OF ARAB COPPER ALLOY HAWKING DRUMS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY each with bell-shaped body incorporating a basal lug, thirteen projecting retaining studs for the skins, a pair of pierced side-lugs for attachment and each with an early skin, 17.5 cm diameter (2)

£900-1,500

184

A MAIL SHIRT, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, INDIAN OR NORTH AFRICAN formed entirely of riveted rings of near round-section wire, open at the front and a pair of full-length sleeves (small holes, one small patch of rust), 60.0 cm

£350-450

185

TWO MAIL SLEEVES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY INDIAN each formed of solid rings of rectangular section wire alternating with riveted rings of D-section wire (small losses and holes), 56.0 cm long

£200-300

A FINE INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY of shallow convex form, fitted with four domed bosses on the outside, each with pierced flanged base and corresponding with an iron ring on the inside, the latter fitted with purple velvet enarmes, a purple velvet central pad and a green velvet lining (small tears), the outer surface with turned cusped reinforced edge and decorated over its entire surface in gold against a russet, previously blued, ground, including a central panel divided into quarters with four flower shaped panels and a central star all enriched with tightly scrolling tendrils, an outer frieze filled with a running design of flowers within a thick linear frame, the border with a cartouche inscribed with the owner’s name in gold, and in untouched condition throughout (light rust), 40.3 cm

The owner's name reads: Qutub al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman. The title Qutub al-Din (Pillar of the Faith) implies ownership of, or presentation to, a significant potentate. A possible candidate could be His Holiness Qutb-ul Aqtaab Naqib Al Ashraaf Syed Abd ar-Rahman al-Qadri al Gillani (1841–1927) first Prime Minister of Iraq (1920 –1922), and 15th direct descendant of Abdul Qadir Jilani, the Cardinal Sufi Saint in Sufi Islam, though the family name is not uncommon. £3,000-4,000

187

AN INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA) OF CRUCIBLE STEEL, 18TH CENTURY of tapering gutter-shaped form, the outer face with a long slender medial ridge and with fine watered pattern, a small elliptical moulding at the base, reinforced lower border for a hinge and inner guard (now missing), decorated at the base and around the border in gold with a running pttern of flowers and foliage, 34.2 cm

£600-800

188

A FINE SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY TANJORE of pronounced form, comprising a gutter-shaped main plate of V-section, outwardly curved, flaring towards the elbow and with recurved budshaped fiinal, embossed with two ellipses, hinged inner plate embossed en suite, both with reinforced border decorated with foliage, and chiselled over their surfaces with panels of flowers and foliage, and in rich brown patinated condition, 40.3 cm

£500-800

189

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY POSSIBLY TANJORE formed of a gutter-shaped main plate and hinged inner plate, each embossed with an ellipse, with pierced cusped reinforced border, and decorated over their surfaces with embossed chevron flutes (rubbed, areas of pitting), 32.7 cm

£250-350

190

TWO INDIAN ARM DEFENCES (DASTANA), 17TH CENTURY the first formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate slightly recurved at the terminal, embossed with a small ellipse over the wrist, hinged inner plate, with reinforced scalloped borders and with pierced edges for a mail hand-defence; the second formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted with a pair of hasps on one side and with pierced border for a lining, separate inner plate with matching hasps, studded throughout with copper rivets, the first: 31.7 cm (2)

Provenance

The second, Evan Perry, sold 29th September 1997, lot 162 Both, Anthony Dove (1938-2021)

£150-200

AN INDIAN BLACK LACQUERED BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY

of circular convex form, fitted at its centre with four iron bosses, each of hemispherical form with broad brim decorated with gold koftgari foliage and with filed wavy edge, the bosses corresponding on the inside with four iron rings for enarmes, and complete with a portion of an early padded velvet cushion (pierced with two later holes for display, small losses), 54.0 cm diameter

£300-500

192

A RARE INDIAN TURTLE SHELL SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY the outer face fitted with four fluted whie metal flowerhead bosses corresponding to iron enarmes on the inside, with a fragment of an early pad, and the outer face retaining some polish (small chips), 48.0 cm

£300-450

193

AN INDIAN LACQUERED HIDE SHIEILD, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JAIPUR

of circular convex form with outwardly turned brim, the outer face decorated with fifteen radiating panels filled with hunting scenes including boar, tigers, antelope and crocodiles within gilt frames, fitted with a central sun-in-splendour boss of finely embossed copper alloy, and corresponding with a single iron ring on the inside, 46.7 cm diameter

£300-350

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194

TWO NORTH INDIAN BUCKLERS (DHAL), LATE 19TH CENTURY, of convex form, the first of hide with reinforced iron rim, fitted on its outside with shaped copper alloy plaques including four crescents, and with four pronounced bosses corresponding to enarmes on the inside, the inside applied with a typed label ‘Two shields forfeits by the Harris (Baluchi) Tribesmen of the North West Frontier of India and handed over to the punitive column fighting against them in 1918, presented by Brig F.J. Miles, CB, CMG’; the second of hide fitted on the outer face with four pronounced floral bosses, corresponding to enarmes on the inside, and each fitted with brass loop for display, the first: 29.0 cm diameter (2)

£250-350

195

A SOUTH INDIAN SMALL BUCKLER (PARICHA), 19TH CENTURY of circular convex form with pronounced outwardly flanged rim, fitted on the outside with four domed chiselled bosses with flanged brims, each corresponding to a ring on the inside and fitted with green velvet-covered enarmes, fitted with a chiselled crescent on the outside, and decorated over its surface with bold scrolls of foliage against a punched ground, 29.2 cm diameter

£100-150

A RARE OTTOMAN CIRCULAR IRON SHIELD, EARLY 16TH CENTURY of shallow convex form embossed with a low domed central rondel enclosed by a series of radiating curved flutes, engraved with the mark of the Ottoman Court Arsenal at Hagia Eirene, pierced with ten holes for bosses, some to correspond with enarmes, the border pierced for a lining (lining, rivets and enarmes missing, painted black), and reinforced in its early life with a band aroud the circumference on the inside (small chips), 50.5 cm diameter

Provenance

The Ottoman Court Arsenal, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul.

A highly decorated shield of this distinctive form, previously in the Austrian Imperial Collection and described as Persian or Syrian, is now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. C94).

£3,000-5,000

197

A MAORI BLACK BASALT CLUB (PATU), 19TH CENTURY, of characteristic form, (small chips, cracked through and expertly repaired), carved with an elliptical moulding at its terminal and pierced at its base, 24.2 cm

Provenance

The Collection of a Distinguished Scholar and Collector £700-1,000

198

A NEW ZEALAND ENGRAVED COW HORN FLASK, MID-19TH CENTURY

of polished cow horn fitted with wooden basal cap and horn stopper, engraved with two Maori figures, one wearing a feather cap and holding a patu and a naked child feeding a sheep above, and all enclosed by with a border of foliage, 33.0cm overall A horn flask decorated in a similar manner is preserved in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (reg. no. ME011849). £250-500

A RARE OCEANIAN CUIRASS (TE TANA) OF COCONUT FIBRE (COIR), KIRBATI, PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY of tightly woven coconut fibre, with gussets at the front and back of the arm openings (small losses), 39.0 cm high Provenance

The Ethnographical Museum, Hamburg, by repute. A similar example, applied with rayskin at the front and on one side, is preserved in the British Museum (number Oc1904,0621.29).

£250-400

200

A RARE MAORI FIGHTING STICK OR QUARTER STAFF (TAIAHA OR HANI), 19TH CENTURY

with carved stylised blind face and plain tongue with a medial ridge on one face only, swollen and flattened towards the lower terminal, and with rich patina throughout, 173.0 cm overall

William Ockelford Oldman records two related examples in his catalogue of 1907 and catalogue number 84 of 1910 (no. 17). Taiaha is the Taranaki name for the weapon used on the North Island of New Zealand. Another name is hani

£300-500

201

THREE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL BOOMERANGS, 19TH CENTURY

of characteritic form, two with well executed ripple carving and the third smooth, and all with good age patina, 67.0 cm the longest (3)

£200-300

202

AN AFRICAN BOW, QUIVER AND ARROWS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the bow of hardwood, with recurved tapering tips (one chipped), the quiver leather-covered and of cylindrical form, with tassels at the base, complete with a carrying strap and with thirty one arrows, each with iron head, slender tang, and bamboo shaft, the bow 174.0 cm overall (33)

£100-150

203

A RARE 35 MM BORE BURMESE BREECH-LOADING RIFLED BRONZE CANNON, CIRCA 1871 with tapering sighted barrel rifled with six deep grooves, formed with a thick saddle and a pair of trunnions stamped on their respective faces ‘Thin-baw-set yon-daw’ (Royal Ship Factory) and the date 1233 AH (circa 1871 AD), rebated ahead of the breech, cylindrical breech with pierced end-cap (elevating mechanism missing, small losses): on black painted stepped wooden carriage 131.0 cm barrel (including breech)

The Royal Ship Factory (Yadarnarpon Factory) was built in Mandalay in 1864 on the Irrawaddy river by Prince Kanaung as part of the extensive modernization programme initiated by his older brother, King Mindon (1853-78) following the second Anglo Burma war of 1852. Prince Kanaung chose ninety of the best scholars to travel abroad to learn the latest industrial sciences and over the following five years more than fifty factories were set up which included four for the production of artillery, small arms, ammunition and ships. Olympia Auctions thanks Elizabeth Howard Moore, Prof. Emeritus, South East Asian Art & Archaeology, S.O.A.S., for her translations of the inscriptions on this cannon.

£1,000-2,000

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204

A BALKAN RAMROD (CHARBI, BAGETA OR OVELOS), 19TH CENTURY

formed of a pair of long iron tweezers contained in an iron cylindrical scabbard engraved with lines, fitted at one end with a threaded brass cap, and at the other with segmental grip formed of contrasting green and white horn and bone rondels with brass segments, globular pommel and brass stirrup mount, 53.8 cm overall £150-250

205

AN OTTOMAN BALKAN BRASS CARTRIDGE BOX (PALASKAS), 19TH CENTURY

the outer face engraved with a central flowerhead within a scrollwork frame, the inner face with a loop for suspension, hinged lid decorated en suite and fitted with a tall decorated panel; together with seven powder measures and a leather flask with turned horn nozzle with stopper, the first: 13,2 cm high (9) £100-150 204

206

A 20 BORE CAUCASIAN MIQUELET LOCK RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY

with tapering russet twist sighted barrel retained by four solid silver bands and a further chased openwork silver band, rifled with seven grooves, moulded muzzle, formed with a slender rib over the upper half, a series of panels and cartouches over the breech, the latter struck with the barrelsmith’s mark and with standing back-sight inlaid with three gold lines, iron tang decorated with gold koftgari flowers and foliage, russet iron lock decorated en suite with the tang (steel facing removed), full stock inlaid with small shaped panels of mother-of-pearl, green stained ivory and horn, the grip bound with plaited silver wire between a pair of collars, slender rounded butt with marine ivory butt-cap applied retained by a slender pierced silver bracket and further inlays en suite, faceted iron trigger, horn fore-end cap (chipped) and iron ramrod tip decorated with gold koftgari, 103.4 cm barrel

A similar gun, with Russian provincial silver marks and dated 1854, was sold in this room, 8th December 2010, lot 47.

~ £1,400-1,800

207

A 20 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), TURKEY, DATED 1192 A.H. (CIRCA 1778), with octagonal swamped twist barrel retained by four silver bands, rifled with eight grooves, encrusted with silver scrolls at the muzzle and over the breech, the latter including a frame enclosing the signature ‘Johan Fischer, Pressburg’, a brief inscription and number, struck on the left with the Ottoman barrelsmith’s mark, standing arch-shaped back-sight pierced with four apertures, silver-encrusted lock decorated with beadwork, inscribed with the date on the underside of the main spring, figured full stock applied with engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, a large openwork panel around the lock and a solid panel decorated with scrolling foliage and a tulip head about the tang, rounded two-piece butt (loose) decorated en suite, small faceted bud-shaped iron trigger, horn fore-end cap and iron ramrod, 74.7 cm barrel

Johann H. Fischer is recorded in Pressburg (Bratislava) circa 1730-40 Another gun by him, with a Turkish barrel, is preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. D195).

£1,200-1,800 207

208

AN 18 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel retained by nine brass bands (one split, small dents), standing back-sight, iron tang overlaid with an engraved silver plaque (a small portion missing), East Indian Company lock of regulation type engraved with rampant iron, pairs of incised lines and fitted with ring-neck cock, full stock sparsely inlaid with small shaped ivory plaques over the fore-end and about the tang, the latter enriched with minute brass nails, rounded butt previously fitted with a fabric grip (missing) retained by domed copper nails, inlaid with further dense geometric designs in ivory, engraved iron trigger-guard and iron ramrod, probably the original, 88.5 cm barrel

~ £400-600

209

A 20 BORE NORTH MOROCCAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TÉTOUAN with tapering sighted barrel formed in two stages, retained by nine chased white metal shaped bands, decorated with dense gold scrollwork behind the muzzle and over the breech, block-shaped back-sight, tang and lock decorated with gold en suite, the latter fitted with cock and battery also decorated with gold scrollwork (springs missing), hardwood full stock (small chips), inlaid in silver wire with a brief inscription ahead of the lock, leafy scrollwork about the tang, opposite the lock and around the butt, iron trigger-guard decorated with gold scrollwork en suite, and large ivory butt-plate (chipped), together with an embossed copper powder-flask by G. & J. W. Hawksley, with nozzle with spring cut-off, 142.5 cm barrel

The inscription reads ‘Al-Ruwa/al-Rawi(?)’, perhaps the name of the owner.

For a discusson of this group see Waelty, 2022 p. 92-101.

£400-600

210

AN 18 BORE INDIAN PERCUSSION SERVICE PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY with sighted barrel fitted with stirrup ramrod beneath, flush-fitting lock of regulation type with spurious date and crown, full stock, and brass mounts, 20.0 cm barrel

‡ £150-200

211

A 20 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (KUBUR), TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel chiselled over its surface with stylised figures, horsemen, animals including an elephant and birds, chiselled tang, chiselled rounded lock fitted with chiselled cock (action seized), full stock carved with scrolls and flowers over the fore-end and about the tang, iron trigger-guard, brass mounts comprising spurred pommel with engraved elliptical cap, side-plate, escutcheon and ramrod-pipe and simulated ramrod, 32.3 cm barrel

£250-400

212

A 16 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (KUBUR), TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel chiselled with foliage over the breech (rubbed), engraved bevelled lock fitted with engraved bevelled cock, moulded full stock carved with foliage over the fore-end and about the tang, and chiselled brass mounts decorated with foliage comprising pierced side-plate, spurred pommel, trigger-guard (finial missing) and a pair of ramrod-pipes (stock chipped, escutcheon missing, ramrod associated)

‡ £200-250

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971) was from a family of copers, his father had become one of the leading dealers of horses and mules in the United States, thriving until the 1920s, when horse-drawn carriages were overtaken by the automobile. As a boy, young Joe was keen to shoot but was forbidden from buying a gun by his father. Consequently he acquired his first antique gun for 30 cents and this happy accident started a journey that would see him become one of the great antique arms and armour collectors of the 20th century. He bought his first Kentucky rifle for $2 and later sold it for $12. Some decades later his collection included over 400 Kentucky rifles and he wrote the standard reference work on the subject: ‘Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age’ (New York, 1964). As a young man Joe would visit his father’s tenant farmers and take their flintlock rifles in trade for a few dollars of rent. He started a mail order business of selling guns which became a great success.

After graduating from Penn. State, Joe Jr. decided to become an antiques dealer and read extensively to hone his knowledge. In 1925 he opened his first shop at 304 West Market Street, York and was soon being visited by major New York dealers who now looked to him as a source to replenish their inventory. The American economy was booming and Joe Kindig Jr.’s business flourished. His knowledge of European arms and armour was considerable and his eye for detail exceptional. The business expanded and moved to 325 West Mark et Street, where it remained from 1934 until its relocation to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2010. Subsequent decades saw a number of significant sales in which Kindig’s name is frequently encountered among buyers. In 1947 Joe Jr.’s son, Joe Kindig III, graduated from Amherst. Having been raised in one of the earliest surviving Federal residences in York it came as no surprise that ‘Young Joe’ was drawn to architecture at an early age. He considered becoming an architectural historian and, during an interview with Dr. Charles Stewart, Dean of Arts at Yale, he was advised, ‘Go into business with your father. You’ll find no better place to learn.’. This he did, joining as a partner, and the business’ name was changed to ‘Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son.’. Interviewed at that time Joe Jr. declared, “I believe that my son has an eye for line and proportion as discriminating as my own; that he is as keen a student of antiques as I have prided myself in being.”(The Magazine Antiques, December 1948). As a team their personalities gained renown for immense intellect and knowledge as well as their willingness to explain and discuss works of art.

Father and son worked together for two decades. Joe Jr., or ‘Old Joe’, was as famous for his eccentricities as he was his business acumen. He was selective of his clientele, wanting his trade to extend only to those who would truly appreciate its worth. He saw the ownership of objects from a point of stewardship of its history as well as the pleasure of owning it. Joe III recalled of his father “…..he didn’t care if you didn’t buy, but you had to be serious about learning.”

The Kindig provenance is prevalent throughout many important public American collections including The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Colonial Williamsburg, Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A significant quantity of important arms and armour remained with the family when Joe Jr. died in 1971, and was sold subsequently to private collectors and museums. The present offering comprises the residual pieces with some notable highlights, including the North Italian Sallet of circa 1440-50, with the marks of Tommaso Missaglia (lot 282), a wheel-lock rifle and a pair of wheel-lock pistols by the celebrated Meister der Tierkopfranke (lots 360 and 364) and the superbly inlaid Saxon wheel-lock gun (lot 359). The last was Joe Jr.’s favourite gun, holding a particular resonance for him as a Menonite descendant and devout man, reading his Bible and meditating for two hours daily.

The family of Joe Kindig Jr. and Joe Kindig III are pleased to support the Arms and Armor department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: a portion of the sale proceeds, and Olympia Auction’s commission, will be given to their acquisition fund.

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213

A SOUTH EAST ASIAN SHORTSWORD AND A MALAYSIAN KRIS, 19TH CENTURY

with curved single-edged blade swelling towards the point and serrated at the forte, brass hilt in the European military style (cracked), carved horn grip with monsterhead pommel, and leather scabbard; the second with wavy blade and horn hilt carved with an amorous couple, the first: 46.5 cm (2)

‡ £400-600

214

FIVE BRONZE DAGGERS, MIDDLE AND FAR EASTERN, CIRCA 1,500-700 B.C. AND LATER AND A TRIBAL AXE in excavated condition, the first with tapering blade formed with a long medial ridge on each face, hollow waisted hilt and open basketwork pommel; the second with similar blade, straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, tapering grip and open basketwork pommel; the third with broad tapering blade of flattened-diamond section and near cylindrical tang (pommel missing); the fourth with tapering blade formed with a medial ridge, tapering hollow grip rising to a flanged pommel; the fifth with single-edged blade and integral hilt with ring pommel; and the sixth with slender slightly curved head of rectangular section, on its wooden haft, the first: 30.5 cm (6)

‡ £700-1,000

215

A SMALL SOUTH EAST ASIAN BRONZE SWIVEL GUN (LANTAKA), 19TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle and with a decorative scroll also forming the fore-sight, faceted first reinforce, raised vent field, strongly moulded cascabel with tubular button for a tiller, a pair of scrolling lifting handles, short plain trunnions (swivel mount missing), and patinated green throughout, 39.0 cm, 1.0 cm bore

‡ £150-250

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with associated German strongly tapering blade of flatteneddiamond section, recessed ricasso struck with a mark on each face (indistinct), iron hilt of rounded bars comprising a pair of slightly recurved quillons with spirally-fluted pointed bud-shaped finials decorated with beadwork, multi-ring outer-guard, the lower bars rooted at the pas d’âne and the upper joined to the knuckle-guard, the latter with terminal chiselled en suite with the quillons, trifurcated inner-guard, thumb-loop, large spirally fluted near spherical pommel ensuite with the quillons, and fluted grip retaining a portion wire binding and ‘Turk’s heads’, with brass inventory tag stamped ‘F28’, 96.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. ‡ £2,500-3,500

A NORTH ITALIAN ARMING SWORD, CIRCA 1620 with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section with traces of an inscription within a short fuller on each face, rectangular ricasso engraved with a pair of curved lines, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons of faceted bars with curled terminals, outer-guard formed as an up-turned clam-shell with low radiating ribs, flattened barrel-shaped pommel chiselled with a further scallop shell, and early grip of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 98.3 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,500-2,000

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1625-35 with associated tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stuck with the initials ‘SH’ between decorative marks in a short fuller on each face, tapering rectangular ricasso with incised border and struck with a pair of cross marks, iron hilt of rounded bars engraved with lines, comprising vertically recurved quillons with moulded near spherical terminals chiselled with a series of clam shells in the round, a pair of écusson chiselled with six clamshells, outer ring-guard, pas d’âne and knuckle-guard with mouldings en suite with the quillons (the quillons adapted, one outer ring missing, light pitting), associated openwork pommel decorated with scrolls, and later grip of plaited wire between copper alloy collars, 110 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. A sword decorated in a near identical manner is preserved in the Wallace Collection (inv. No. A585). See Norman 1980, plate 56.

‡ £1,500-2,000

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section, struck with a brief inscription within a deep fuller framed by slender lines on each face (worn), tapering recessed ricasso struck with a mark, iron hilt of rounded bars (slightly loose, small areas of pitting), including a pair of straight quillons swelling slightly towards the terminals, upper and lower ring-guard, a pair of arms, knuckleguard with recurved finial and joined at the base to the upper ring by an additional bar, trifurcated inner-guard, slightly tapering barrel-shaped pommel, and wooden grip with an early binding of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (loose), 106.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,000-1,200

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with associated stout blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge along its length on each face, iron hilt of faceted rounded bars, comprising slightly down-curved quillon swelling towards the terminal, quillon-block engraved with pairs of lines and chiselled with scrolls, upper and lower ring-guard, the former joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillon, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel, and spirally fluted grip with an early plaited wire binding between ‘Turk’s Heads’, 110.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,000-1,200

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with associated blade formed with a short fuller and grooved rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of slender faceted bars comprising a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the tips, three outer ring-guards rooted at the pas d’âne, the uppermost joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, inner-guard formed of a large ring and two smaller looped bars, earlier faceted compressed spherical pommel, and wooden grip with ‘Turk’s heads, 102.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £800-1,000

222

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with associated tapering blade struck with a brief inscription on each face at the forte, recessed ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising straight quillons, upper and lower ring-guard, the former joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, trifurcated inner-guard, barrel-shaped pommel decorated with a relief panel cut with a hatched design on the outer face, and the grip bound with wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (loose, areas of pitting), 114.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £800-1,000

A COMPOSITE RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising early tapering blade formed with a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt including straight quillon (the left quillon detached), outer ring-guards and knuckle-guard, plummet-shaped pommel with strong vertical flutes, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 102.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

224

A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with tapering blade signed ‘Ioanis Bragh’ in a short fuller, recessed ricasso, iron hilt of very slender near square-section bars, including a pair of up-turned frontal arms, recurved quillons, tall early ovoid pommel cut with a mark, and wooden grip, 103.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

225

A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a slender fuller, large iron hilt of flattened rounded bars, including vertically recurved quillons with small bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guards, and ovoid pommel, and moulded grip, 114.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

A COMPOSITE RAPIER, 17TH CENTURY

with tapering blade stamped with the sacred trigram ‘IHS’ at the forte on each face, recessed grooved rectangular ricasso, iron hilt comprising English style guard formed of a flowerhead of six petals each filled with a pierced sprung-in plate, a pair of quillons with tightly scrolling terminals, tall ovoid pommel finely chiselled with a frieze of military figures and later grip bound with plaited wire, 95.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £800-1,000

A COMPOSITE ARMING SWORD, 17TH CENTURY

with broad tapering blade struck with a King’s head mark (tip ground to a sharp point), iron hilt of rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons interrupted by filed lines, an additional short basal arm decorated en suite, later fluted pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 86.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

AN ARMING SWORD WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with two-stage fullered blade etched with foliage over the forte, iron hilt including a pair of arms and quillon with fluted drumshaped mouldings at the terminals, outer ring-guard, and shaped pommel after a medallion, and wooden grip, 90.8 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

229

A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a slender fuller on each face, recessed ricasso, multi-ring iron hilt of rounded bars, including recurved quillons, knuckle-guard and fluted pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire, 118.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

230

A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade formed with three slender fullers on each face, recessed ricasso, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars carrying large rondel panels decorated with trellis, including downturned quillon, ring-guards and pommel, and wire-bound grip, 88.7 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

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A NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWEDISH

with associated blade formed with three slender fullers on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons with pointed terminals, inner and outer ringguards of differing size swelling towards the centre and fitted with a finely pierced sprung-in D-shaped plate, flattened plummetshaped pommel, decorated throughout with finely punched and engraved flowers and scrolls, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (areas of pitting), 89.2 cm blade Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

For a discussion of this group see Reid 1970 pp. 60-68.

‡ £1,500-2,000

A COMPOSITE SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with an inscription (rubbed) within a slender fuller on each face, iron hilt including deep cup-guard pierced and chiselled with a pair of exotic birds front and back surrounded by scrolling foliage, (external base plate missing), a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, and plummet-shaped pommel chiselled with foliage around the base, and the grip bound with copper wire between iron collars, 94.2 cm blade, and brass inventory tag stamped ‘F61’

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

233

A COMPOSITE SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

with associated blade of flatteneddiamond section, iron hilt including cup-guard with moulded writhen brim, pierced guardapolvo, a pair of quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckleguard, and tall ovoid pommel fluted at the front, decorated throughout with engraved foliage and a flowerhead on the pommel, and spirally fluted grip with some wire binding, 98.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

234

A CUP-HILT RAPIER, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, SPANISH OR MEXICAN with wavy blade stamped ‘Gio Knecht’ and ‘in Solingen’ between a series of decorative marks on the respective faces, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with pronounced moulded brim, a pair of short quillons with moulded terminals, knuckleguard interrupted by a moulding en suite, small faceted pommel, and wooden grip with a brass collar top and bottom, 91.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

A COMPOSITE CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY

with double-edged fullered blade engraved with a trophies-of-arms and a star on each face at the forte (worn), iron hilt including cup-guard engraved with foliage, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, earlier globular pommel etched with scrollwork, and later wire-bound grip with iron collars, 83.4 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £700-1,000

236

A CUP-HILT RAPIER, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with slender blade formed with a pair of short fullers on each face, iron hilt including cup-guard decorated with a large scallop design front and back, the sides pierced with looped openwork, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, and associated pommel (guardapolvo and screws missing), and wire-bound grip between iron collars, 95.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £700-900

237

A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with tapering blade struck with an inscription within a short fuller on each face (indistinct), rectangular ricasso, iron hilt including cup-guard with scalloped brim, engraved with bold designs of flowers and foliage over its outer surface, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard with an additional scrolling arm at the base, compressed bun-shaped pommel, and wire-bound grip, 101.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

235

236

237

A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade formed with a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt including basket-guard formed of a trellis arrangement of fluted bars (small repairs), forward canted quillon, thumb-ring, associated faceted plummet-shaped pommel, and later grip bound with wire between moulded collars, 89.8 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

239

A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade stamped with a star mark ahead of a short slender central fuller on each face, iron hilt including basketguard formed of a trellis arrangement fluted bars, forward canted quillon, thumb-ring, characteristic shield-shaped pommel with a low domed boss front and back and connected to the guard by a later wire loop, and fishskin-covered grip (binding missing), 92.7 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,000-1,500

A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD, PARIS 1768-74 with tapering hollow-triangular blade etched with a sun-in-splendour and scrollwork at the forte (rubbed), openwork silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard decorated with a classical urn within a central oval draped with a festoon on a panel of trellis within a scrollwork border on each face, one pas d’âne struck with Paris small charge mark for 1768-74, quillon, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all decorated en suite, a pair of arms, and the grip with an early binding of plaited wire and ribband between Turk’s heads, 78.1 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

241

A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with tapering hollow-triangular blade, iron hilt, including double-shell-guard (repaired), quillon, knuckle-guard and pommel all pierced and chiselled with scrolling tendrils, and the grip with a binding of plaited wire, copper ribband between ‘Turk’s heads’, 78.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

242

A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with associated slender blade of hollowtriangular section, etched and gilt with trophies-of-arms and foliage on a blued panel at the forte, chiselled and parcel gilt iron hilt including double-shell-guard decorated on each face with a central rococo shell on a panel of scrolling foliage, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and pommel en suite, and the grip with a later plaited wire biding between ‘Turk’s heads’, 78.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700 242

A DAGGER IN GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY ‘LANDSKNECHT’ STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with tapering blade formed with a medial ridge on each face, iron hilt including lobated down-curved guard decorated with grotesque masks, embossed domed pommel, and wire-bound grip enclosed by pierced iron panels, in its iron scabbard decorated with two warriors divided by a pronounced central moulding and bulbous chape, 28.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

244

A LEFT-HAND DAGGER WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering fullered blade from a transitional sword, stamped with a brief inscription (indistinct) within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt, comprising Mamluk style quillons with faceted dome terminals, tapering faceted grip, bulbous pommel en suite with the quillons, and the upper portion of the grip and pommel inlaid with silver lines, 32.0 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

245

A LEFT-HAND DAGGER IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section (the tip with a very small chip), dished rectangular ricasso struck with a mark, ‘R’ crowned, on each face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of drooping quillons swelling towards the terminals, small side ring fluted on the back inside, tall ovoid fluted pommel (light wear and pitting throughout), and the grip with a later red velvet covering bound with plaited silver wire, 31.4 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

246

TWO RAPIER CARRIERS FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY the first formed of three sections, each with leather back, the front applied with green silk beneath a panel of leather chevron pierced with hearts and crescents, each with four gilt iron buckles on straps at the base and joining at the top to a gilt iron hook for the belt (one section detached); the second of similar design, with two sections each with three iron buckles and straps at the base and joining a large iron belt hook at the top, the first: 32.5 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-800

247

TWO RAPIER CARRIERS IN FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

each formed of three triangular panels of leather tooled on the outer face, with three iron buckles and straps at the base of each panel and joined by an iron hook at the top, 32.5 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

248

A GERMAN SMALL HUNTING TROUSSE, MID-18TH CENTURY comprising knife with broad single-edged blade struck with the letter ‘P’ on one face, moulded ferrule, natural staghorn scales retained by three rivets on foliate washers and engraved silver pommel, fork and bodkin mounted en suite, in its iron-mounted tooled leather scabbard (light insect damage), 26.0 cm overall

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £600-900

249

A GERMAN POCKET KNIFE, MID-18TH CENTURY with broad folding single-edged blade struck with a heart mark on one face, polished horn scales with moulded silver collar at one end, fitted with a pair of tweezers with polished horn grips retained by three rivets over foliate washers, and two accompanying dummy pieces, 13.4 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

A GERMAN HALBERD, MID-16TH CENTURY with knife-like terminal blade, forward-leaning axe-head formed with a notch behind at the top and bottom, rear spike formed en suite and struck with a mark, a pair of straps (areas of pitting), on a later wooden haft (in two pieces), with brass inventory tag ‘H. 77’, 110.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

251

A GERMAN HALBERD, PROBABLY MID-16TH CENTURY with terminal spike of diamond section and flattened at the base, slightly curved axe-blade, slightly reinforced rear spike, a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft, 70.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

252

A GERMAN HALBERD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with robust tapering terminal spike of hollow-diamond section, slightly curved axe-head formed with an additional lug top and bottom and pierced with an elaborate central cross, rear spike formed and pierced en suite, a pair of straps (light pitting), on a later wooden haft, 117.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

253

A GERMAN HALBERD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with robust terminal spike of diamond section (the tip shortened), struck at the base with a mark on each face, a pellet in a triangle above two further pellets, straight axe-blade pierced with three holes at the top and the bottom and a further group of three holes arranged vertically in the centre (chipped at the base), short rear spike, and a pair of long straps, on a later wooden haft, 95.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

A STYRIAN HALBERD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with long terminal spike of diamond section, curved axe-blade pierced with three apertures at the top and the bottom and a circular arrangement of seven apertures in the centre, rear spike struck with a mark and a four apertures arranged vertically, tapering socket, a pair of long straps (restored) and red painted inventory number, on later wooden haft, 146.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. The mark, four pellets divided by a saltire, is also found on halberds preserved in the former Styrian Zeughaus, Graz, now the Johaneum Museum. See Krenn 1997.

‡ £500-800

255

A SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, PROBABLY ZURICH, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with reinforced terminal spike long slightly curved axe-blade pierced with a cruciform aperture at the base, (top corner slightly chipped), triangular rear fluke struck with a mark on one side, a pair of addorsed fleur-de-lys, and a pair of long straps, on its wooden haft, branded with a mark beneath one of the straps, 86.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

256

A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, LATE 17TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged terminal blade, curved pierced axeblade formed with a pair of ’bird’s head’ lugs, rear spike formed en suite, tapering faceted socket, on a later wooden haft fitted with a pair of straps, 57.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £350-450

257

AN ITALIAN HALBERD, 17TH CENTURY with long terminal spike of diamond section, curved pierced axeblade formed with a pierced rounded moulding behind at the top and the bottom and reinforced tips, pierced reinforced rear spike, engraved throughout with scrolling foliage, flowers and ropework (worn), a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft (in two pieces), 84.7 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £350-450

257

AN ITALIAN BILL (RONCONE), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY

with short terminal spike, angular leading edge curling sharply at the top, stout rear spike, a pair of basal lugs, tapering faceted socket, and a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft 100.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £700-900

259

AN ITALIAN BILL (RONCONE), LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY with short terminal spike (slightly bent), curved leading edge curling sharply at the top, stout rear spike, a pair of basal lugs, tapering faceted socket fitted with a sweated-on copper alloy collar, on a later wooden haft, 86.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Another roncone with two copper alloy collars and struck with a sickle mark associated with the Tuscan town of Lucca, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 14.25.37). For another of this form see Trosso, 1988, p. 264, no. 12.

‡ £600-800

260

AN ITALIAN RUNKA, MID-16TH CENTURY

with broad tapering terminal blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a reinforced tip, recessed at the base and struck above six times with a mark, a quartered shield, a pair of strongly up-turned basal arms with curled reinforced tips, the arms each struck three times with a mark on one face en suite with the base of the blade, faceted socket and a pair of short straps, on a later wooden haft, 85.0 cm head

Provenance

American Art Association, 5th December 1924. Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

A related example is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Bern, see Wegeli 1939, p. 183, no. 1967.

‡ £1,000-1,200

261

AN ITALIAN SPETUM, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with long terminal spike of diamond section, a pair of flat curved basal arms each with reinforced tip, one struck with a mark (worn), tapering faceted socket, and a pair of straps (areas of pitting), on a later wooden haft, 96.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY

with broad tapering head formed with a medial ridge on each face and a pair of basal lugs, decorated with a panel of pointilée including an armoured figure on each face (light wear and small areas of pitting), faceted socket pierced by an associated transverse bolt with curved point, and later wooden haft with tassel (detached), 100.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The decoration is associated with a group of Italian hafted weapons supplied by Florentine merchants to Henry VIII. See Wilson 1985, pp. 15-20.

‡ £500-700 263

AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY

with broad tapering head formed with a medial ridge on each face and a pair of basal lugs, decorated with pointilée on each face (worn, small holes, areas of pitting), faceted socket, and later wooden haft, 85.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The decoration is associated with a group of Italian hafted weapons supplied by Florentine merchants to Henry VIII. See Wilson 1985, pp. 15-20.

‡ £300-400

AN ITALIAN RUNKA, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with broad tapering terminal blade of flattened-diamond section (one small chip), recessed at the base, a pair of long tapering basal lugs struck with letters, perhaps ‘acac’, tapering faceted socket, on a later wooden haft with associated straps, 78.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £700-900

265

AN ITALIAN CORSECA, MID-16TH CENTURY with tapering terminal blade formed with a medial rib, a pair of ‘bat-wing’ basal lugs formed en suite, tapering faceted socket fitted with a sweated-on copper alloy collar top and bottom (small chips, pitting, extensive patination), on a later wooden haft, 66.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

266

AN ITALIAN SPETUM, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with long terminal spike of diamond section, a pair of flat curved basal arms with reinforced tips (one chipped), one struck with a mark, decorated throughout with traces of engraved ornament, tapering faceted socket, and a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft, 90.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with tapering terminal blade formed with a medial ridge and a pair of vestigial basal lugs, tapering faceted socket pierced by a later transverse bolt, traces of engraved decoration, on a later wooden haft, 113.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

268

AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY with tapering terminal blade of hollow-diamond section, a pair of crescentic basal lugs, tapering socket, a single short strap (the other missing), on a later wooden haft (detached), 87.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

269

AN ITALIAN PARTISAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY

with broad tapering terminal blade formed with a medial ridge, a pair of up-turned basal lugs, traces of engraved decoration, tapering faceted socket, a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft, 109.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

270

A FRENCH ETCHED PARTISAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade formed with a medial ridge and a pair of vestigial basal lugs, decorated with a panel of scrolling foliage within a strapwork frame on each side at the base, faceted socket, on a later wooden haft, 95.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-800

271

A FRENCH ETCHED PARTISAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade formed with a medial ridge and a pair of curled basal lugs, with traces of etched scrollwork on each side at the base, faceted socket, on a later wooden haft with a pair of straps, 63.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

AN ITALIAN FAUCHARD, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY

with broad blade formed with a curved leading edge and sharp terminal point, the back-edge formed with a characteristic rounded moulding and curved spike, a pair of sharp basal lugs, decorated with engraved and pointilée ornament including a rampant lion on each face, faceted socket with a thick moulding at the top, on a later wooden haft, 88.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

273

A WOODEN LANCE, 17TH CENTURY AND TWO DECORATIVE LANCES, 19TH CENTURY

the first with tapering forward portion hollowed to cross-shaped section (incomplete), recessed grip, and cylindrical rear portion; the second and third with hollowed forward portions, recessed grips, and tapering rear sections, the first: 264.0 cm overall (3)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

274

A SPIKED FLAIL, 17TH CENTURY, AND ANOTHER, IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

the first formed of ten iron spikes set into a rudimentary wooden haft (wormed); the second with bulbous head fitted with an iron collar with two spikes (four missing), and leaf-shaped terminal blade, on a wooden haft, the first: 208.5 cm overall (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

275

A LUCERNE HAMMER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with long terminal spike of diamond section, three-pronged hammer head, stout rear spike, a pair of straps, on a wooden haft (worm damage) fitted with a pair of additional straps, 90.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

276

A LUCERNE HAMMER IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with terminal spike of diamond-section, four-pronged hammer head, rear spike, a pair of straps, on a wooden haft, 74.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

A HALBERD IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with terminal spike of diamond-section and flattened at the base, forward-leaning axe-blade (top corner chipped), triangular rear spike formed with two notches above and five below, a pair of long straps, on a wooden haft, 68.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

278

A HALBERD IN ITALIAN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with long terminal spike, curved axe blade pierced with three apertures top and bottom, angular rear spike, a pair of long straps, on a wooden haft with tassel, 70.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

279

A PARTISAN, IN FRENCH OR ITALIAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

with tapering terminal blade formed with a medial ridge, a pair of basal lugs, tapering faceted socket and a pair of straps, on a wooden haft painted with a chevron design at the top, 121.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

280

A BILL IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with broad curved axe-blade clipped at the terminal and formed with an up-turned lug at the rear, tapering socket, and wooden haft, 61.0 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

281

A HALBERD IN 18TH CENTURY STYLE with tapering terminal blade of flattened-diamond section, slightly curved axe-blade, triangular rear spike, a pair of straps, on a wooden haft, 119.5 cm head

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

282 marks

282

A VERY RARE NORTH ITALIAN SALLET, STRUCK WITH THE MARKS OF TOMMASO MISSAGLIA, MILAN, CIRCA 1440-50 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a low medial ridge, extending downwards and flaring slightly outwards at each side to just above the level of the shoulders, projecting rearwards over the nape as a short integral “tail” and cut at the front with a broad rounded face-opening; its rear struck with the maker’s marks, a gothic letter ‘M’ beneath a split cross at each side, and the gothic letters ‘MY’ at the centre, its lower edge (internally reinforced) formed with a plain outward turn bordered by four later domed and fluted liningrivets (two missing, the skull with one large internally-patched repair at its apex, three further smaller patched repairs, some plugged rivet-holes for the attachment of a lining and chin-straps, and its metal showing some delamination), 22.0 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The marks are those of Tommaso Missaglia and his workshop before 1450. The same marks appear on the armour of Count Galeazzo d’Arco, preserved at Schloss Churburg (CHS21), and the associated right gauntlet of the Avant armour also formerly at Schloss Churburg and now preserved in the Glasgow Museums (AGM 39-65e).

Tommaso dei Negroni da Ello, called Missaglia, is considered to be the founder of the great Milanese dynasty of armourers. He is first recorded around 1430 living in the parish of Santa Maria Beltrade in Milan when he contracted with the armourer Bellino Corio for the supply of armour to Tuscany and Romagna. In 1445 he made an armour for Lionello d’ Este, Marquis of Ferrara and Modena, that was presented to the Bishop of Liège and also supplied armour to the Dukes of Gonzaga in Mantua. When the celebrated condottieri Francesco Sforza (1401-66) became Duke of Milan in 1450 he appointed Tommaso and his son court armourers. The following year Tommaso made an armour for the Duke. There was evidently a close relationship between the two men, Tommaso lent the Duke a Flemish bed for the visit of Alessandro Sforza in 1452 and there are a number of instances when the armourer gave financial support to the Duke, gaining considerable favour that was to continue with future generations. Tommaso’s success was considerable, his will records estates and possessions in the Duchy of Milan, Central Italy, France, Naples and Spain. See Gamber in Thomas 1977 pp. 990-4, Boccia 1982, p. 290, marks 116 and 117, Boccia & Coelho 1967 p. 138, Trapp 1929, p. 56.

‡ £12,000-18,000

283

283

A COMPOSITE WESTERN EUROPEAN ‘GOTHIC’ BEVOR, CIRCA 1490-1500, POSSIBLY SPANISH formed of a medially-ridged main plate strongly shaped to the chin and flanged outwards at its base to receive a broad gorget-plate, the latter pierced at its right side with a key-hole slot, and fitted at its upper edge with a chevron-shaped face-plate (detached and internally patched at its centre, the whole showing areas of scattered pitting throughout)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. For similar bevors from the armoury of the Knights of St John at Rhodes see Richardson and Karcheski, 2000, pp. 32-50.

‡ £1,000-1,500

A COMPOSITE ITALIAN INFANTRY CUIRASS WITH FLUTED DECORATION, CIRCA 1510-20

comprising breastplate with main plate of globose form having a bold angular inward turn at its upper edge, a moveable gusset with inward-turned edge at each of its arm-openings (the left restored) and later short extension-plates at each of its lateral edges, its lower edge flanged outwards to receive an associated fauld of three upward-overlapping lames, the lowest of which is cut with a semi-circular notch separating a pair of deep tassets (restored) suspended in each case by a pair of hasps, and decorated with a central panel of shallow v-shaped flutes bordered top and bottom by a transverse flute, its edges formed with narrow inward turns; and a backplate formed of a main plate with a straight horizontal upper edge, decorated at each side of its upper half with a panel of shallow, v-shaped vertical flutes, and cut away at each side of its lower half to receive a lateral side extension-plate, and the main and side-plates each fitted within their lower edges with a deep one-piece culet cut at the centre of its lower edge with a v-shaped notch, the free outer edges of all elements formed with narrow partial turns (both the breastplate and backplate bearing a light mottled patina overall)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

For comparable breastplates with fluted decoration see Karcheski & Richardson 2000, pp. 76-81; and Norman & Eaves 2016, pp. 72-81. ‡ £3,000-4,000

285

TWO MAIL SLEEVES, LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURIES, PROBABLY EUROPEAN; AND TWO MAIL LEG-DEFENCES, PROBABLY INDIAN 19TH CENTURY

the first two probably cut from mail shirts, formed entirely of riveted rings of rectangular section wire, extending from the shoulder to the wrist and shaped to the elbow; the second two each formed of small riveted rings of round section wire (areas of rust) (4)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,000-1,500

286

TWO COMPOSITE ARM-DEFENCES OR ‘SPLINTS’, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH ITALIAN FOR EXPORT TO SOUTH GERMANY AND A PAIR OF BESAGUES IN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the first each comprising in each case an upper arm defence of three plates, a broad couter shaped to the point of the elbow and open at its rear, a gutter-shaped fore-arm defence cut with a central slot, and four shorter plates for the hands (restored, showing areas of pitting and minor delamination), the second in each case of convex circular form, embossed with eight radiating petal-shaped panels, fitted externally at its centre with a stout hexagonal spike, and internally with leather suspension-thongs, the first: 65.0 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Arm-defences such as these were typically provided as parts of infantry armour known as ‘Almain rivets’. A related pair from the armoury of the Knights of St John, Rhodes now preserved at Château de Grandson, Switzerland are illustrated by Richardson and Karcheski, 2000, p. 114, no. 8.6.

‡ £1,500-2,000

287

A RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN VAMBRACES FOR TOURNAMENT USE, CIRCA 1560, WITH AN ASSOCIATED PAIR OF SPAUDLERS OF THE SAME PERIOD

the vambraces of fully articulated construction, comprised in each case of an open upper cannon fitted near its upper end with a projecting locating-stud and at its lower edge with a winged couter of five lames linking it to a tapering tubular lower cannon, the couter open at its rear, and the lower cannon formed in two halves joined by a hinge at their rear and closed at the front by a self-sprung stud and hole, the point of the elbow embossed with curved ribs radiating from its centre, the wing of the left couter fitted with a threaded stud for the attachment of a reinforce, the wings of the couters and the cuffs of the lower cannons and the tops of the upper cannons each formed with boldly roped inwardturned edges accompanied by recessed borders, the first and fifth lame of the couter notched at their exposed edges, and the secondary borders of the second to fourth incised with pairs of lines; the spaudlers each formed of six lames overlapping outwards from the third, the first and last of which are formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the first additionally fitted at its apex with a buckle, 63.0 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,500-2,000

288

A COMPOSITE GERMAN ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ THREE-QUARTER INFANTRY ARMOUR (KNECHTISCHE HARNASCH), LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising burgonet with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute point fitted with stout pyramidal spike (restored), fitted at the nape with a neck-guard of one lame, at the brow with a pivoted peak, and at each side with an associated hinged cheek-piece embossed with a stylised tree and flanged outwards at its lower edge, ‘almain’ collar of three lames front and rear, the lowest front plate struck with two marks including the letter ‘N’ in a square (the other mark indistinct), with integral spaudlers each of six lames (one lame disarticulated), heavy breastplate of late ‘peascod’ fashion, flanged outwards at its lower edge, a pair of pendent tassets each of six upward overlapping lames (some disarticulation), and backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge, the main edges of the helmet and collar with file-roped inward turns, those of the breastplate and backplate plain, and its surfaces decorated with bright recessed bands and borders against a blackened ground (partly refreshed with black paint)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £5,000-7,000

288

289

A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising morion in the ‘Spanish’ fashion, with one-piece almond-shaped crown rising at its apex to a vestigial backward-directed ‘stalk’, and slightly down-turned narrow integral brim projecting to an obtuse ‘point’ front and rear, its edge formed with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a narrow groove with later brass rivets, fitted at the nape with a later brass plume-holder, and the base of the crown encircled by fourteen brass-capped lining-rivets with brass rosette-washers; collar of a deep main plate front and rear surmounted in each case by a restored upper extension-lame; breastplate formed of a main plate of deep ‘peascod’ fashion, fitted at its arm-openings with fixed gussets (restored) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a pair of pendent tassets attached in each case by three modern straps, and formed of nine simulated lames (cracked and patched across the width in two places); backplate formed in one piece and flanged outwards at its base; two large symmetrical pauldron (not a pair) formed of seven lames overlapping outwards from the third and largest, the lower four extending inwards only to the armpit; a pair of fully articulated tubular vambraces, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame, and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames; two gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a flared and round-ended tubular cuff, four metacarpal-plates, and a shaped knuckle-plate (thumb-plate and finger-scales restored and partly lost); a pair of cuisses (restored) each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames formed at the outer end of its second with a small medially-puckered oval sidewing, both cuisses engraved in a panel on the inside ‘jambière fait en Suisse 1914 gravé par R. Bartel 1916. 1 cotté de molette ancient, 2 grèves fait R. Bartel 1916’; and a pair of greaves (restored) each open at the rear and formed of two plates joined by hinges, the rear plate of the right greave painted in red ‘ancient part’ and a pair of toe-caps each engraved on the inside ‘piece fait en Suisse 1914 gravé par R. Bartel 1916’; the main edges of the armour formed almost throughout with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces decorated in bands and borders with etching on a stippled and blackened ground, that of the morion consisting of four warriors in strapwork cartouches, divided by trophies-of-arms within cabled borders, the remaining surfaces with bands of warriors, fabulous beasts, birds and trophies of arms within cabled borders framed by plain lines, and the breastplate, backplate and pauldrons with volutes filled with portrait profiles (the pauldrons, vambraces and gauntlets with restorations and showing extensive wear, the cuisses and greaves restored, the etching with restorations); all on a wooden stand with base

Provenance

Bashford Dean

The Cleveland Museum of Art, sold: Arms and Armor mainly removed from a Midwestern Educational Institution, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 30th March 1961, lot 205 ($325 to Kindig)

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent

Literature

Helen Ives Gilchrist, A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms and Armor presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland 1924, pp. 31-32 no. A10.

‡ £10,000-12,000

290

A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CORSLET WITH ETCHED DECORATION PARTLY BY THE ‘MASTER OF THE CASTLE’ OF MILAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY

comprising morion in the ‘Spanish’ fashion, with one-piece almond-shaped crown rising at its apex to a vestigial backward-directed ‘stalk’ (pierced with a small later hole at its rear), and slightly down-turned narrow integral brim, its edge formed with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a narrow groove with later rivets, the base of the crown encircled by fourteen later lining-rivets with brass rosettewashers; collar of a single deep plate front and rear; breastplate formed of a main plate of deep ‘peascod’ fashion, flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a pair of associated pendent tassets each of four lames (altered to match and partly disarticulated); wellmatched backplate flanged outwards at its base; two large symmetrical pauldrons (not a pair), each formed of seven lames of which the lowest four extend inwards only to the armpit (both partly disarticulated), two large symmetrical pauldrons (not a pair), each formed of seven lames of which the lowest four extend inwards only to the armpit (the uppermost two of each associated), a pair of fully articulated tubular vambraces, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame, and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames; and a pair of gauntlets each formed of a flared tubular pointed cuff (the right with small rust perforations), four metacarpal-plates (the third of the left cracked and patched at its inner end), a shaped knuckle-plate, and hinged thumb-plate (finger and thumb-scales missing); the main edges of the armour formed almost throughout with file-roped inward turns, the vambraces and gauntlets with file-roped secondary borders and its surfaces decorated with etching on a stippled and blackened ground, that of the morion consisting of eight radiating bands of trophies of arms framed by cabling within plain lines, and the brim with stylised acanthus foliage (areas of wear), and that of the remainder consisting of bands and borders of trophies of arms generally enclosed by narrow bands of cabling and enclosing in the interspaces and volutes on the fronts and rears of the pauldrons, busts and full-length figures of classical warriors, and involving at the neck-opening of the breastplate the device of a two-towered castle; on a wooden stand with base Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The device of a castle etched at the neck-opening of the breastplate represents the signature of one of the most important Milanese armourers of the late 16th century, know to scholars today as the ‘Master of the Castle’. It is possible that he, like his contemporary, Pompeo della Chiesa, was privileged to work in the Castello Sforzesco, residence of the Dukes of Milan. Other extant works bearing his signature include the fine garniture made for Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince Bishop of Salzburg, probably after 1587, and now divided between the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, the Wallace Collection, London, and the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, as well as various armours preserved in the Museo Civico L. Marzoli, Brescia, the Real Armeria, Turin, the Real Armeria, Madrid, the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, and the Wallace Collection, London. See Beard 1924, pp. 11-12; Norman 1986, pp. 29, 32-3 & 36-7; and LaRocca 2000, pp. 181-97.

A composite North Italian etched corselet with the same mark, formerly in the John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection, Worcester Massachusetts, was sold in this room 7th May 2014, lot 138.

‡ £10,000-12,000

291

A NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE FOOT TOURNEY, CIRCA 1590-1600 with a notably heavy rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb pierced to the front of its apex with one vertical and two horizontal holes (and showing there a small internally patched repair), visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to it by common domeheaded pivots (that on the right restored), the visor formed with a stepped and centrally-divided vision-slit (previously fitted with spring closure at the right now missing), the upper bevor pierced with a circular arrangement of nine ventilation holes and secured at its right for a locking-screw (missing, plugged at the top), and the skull and bevor fastened to one another at the right of the neck by a pierced hasp and turning-pin, and formed at their lower edges with internally hollowed rims intended to lock over and rotate on the upper edge of a collar, the skull fitted at the nape with a later iron plume-holder and pierced at the rear of the comb with further holes for securing a plume (the visor showing a number of sword cuts at each side, and the whole showing a light mottled patination overall), 27.0 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £10,000-15,000

292

A COMPOSITE GERMAN CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low slender medial comb (pierced at its centre to receive a later crest), associated ‘sparrow’s beak’ visor pierced with a centrally-divided vision-slit and at its right with six ventilation-holes arranged in two groups, associated bevor secured at the right by a spring-catch, and two associated neck-lames (bearing a light mottled patina overall), 26.0 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £6,000-8,000

292

293

293

A COMPOSITE ENGLISH OR FLEMISH CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1550 with one-piece skull rising to a low boldly roped medial comb pierced at its apex with two large holes, the foremost at one time retaining a later funerary crest, and visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to it by common pivots, the visor with stepped centrally-divided visionslit, fitted at its right side with a lifting-peg that also serves as a pull to release the spring-catch securing it to the upper bevor, the latter of prow-shaped form pierced in a raised rib across the mouth, the upper bevor and bevor each secured at their right sides by spring-catches with push-button releases (the spring for the bevor replaced), and two gorget-plates front and rear (associated), the main edges of the helmet formed with partly roped inward turns and partial turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the skull decorated to either side of its comb with a pair of similar recessed bands converging just above the nape (pitted and worn overall), 28.0 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The helmet owes its survival to having been suspended over an English tomb as part of an heraldic funerary achievement. Similar helmets can be seem in the churches of Whaddon, Buckinghamshire; Netherbury, Dorsetshire; Pembury, Kent, and Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. See Cripps-Day 1922, pp. 164-5, 174, 199-200, 263 & 266, figs 1597, 1608, 1661 & 1792).

‡ £5,000-7,000

294

A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET WITH PEAK AND FALLING BUFFE, CIRCA 1560-1570 with skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to a point surmounted by an acorn finial, peak and bevor attached to the skull by common pivots, the latter (with two large patched repairs) shaped to the chin, secured to the skull at each side by a hook and pierced stud (the left hook incomplete), buffe attached to the bevor and formed of two plates, each supported at the right side by a sprung stud and pierced with a series of ventilation-slots at the right and ventilation-holes at the left, the main edges decorated throughout with roped turns accompanied by recessed borders, the whole retaining some black-from-the-hammer finish, and fitted with a brass inventory tag ‘B31’, 26.5 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. ‡ £2,500-3,500

294

A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, ORIGINALLY OF ‘ALMAIN’ TYPE, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY

formed of three lames front and rear, the third of them in each case deeper than the rest, the first formed at its upper edge with a prominent file-roped inward turn, the front and rear sections of the collar joined at the left by an internal hinge at their upper ends and a pivoting-rivet at their lower ends, and fastened to one another at the right by a plain stud and hole at their upper end and a mushroom-headed stud and keyhole-slot at their lower ends, and the lowest front plate pierced with a key-hole slot for the former attachment of a spaulder (with a mottled overall corrosion), 16.0 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £350-450

296

A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, ORIGINALLY OF ‘ALMAIN’ TYPE, LATE 16TH CENTURY

formed of a deep plate front and rear, each decorated at its upper and lateral edges with a pair of incised lines, the two plates joined at the left by a pivoting-rivet, fastened to one another at the right by a stud and keyhole-slot, and fitted at each side with a later buckle, the lowest front plate lightly incised at its centre with a rectangle (the upper two lames front and back missing), 10.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

297

A COLLAR IN GERMAN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

formed of a single deep plate front and rear, joined at the left by a pivoting-rivet and fastened at the right by a plain stud and keyhole-slot, with plain turns at their edges accompanied by recessed borders, and painted black over a blued surface throughout, 14.0 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £200-300

298

298

A NORTH ITALIAN CUIRASS WITH ETCHED DECORATION, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1590-1600 comprising breastplate with heavy main plate of late ‘peascod’ fashion, formed with shallow neck and arm-openings, flanged outwards at its base, etched in borders around its neck and arm-openings and in seven diverging vertical bands with bands of interlacing strapwork, enclosed in each case by narrower bands of guilloche and engrailing, and involving oval cartouches enclosing classical subjects, fantastic animals and large overlapping crossover knots, fitted at the arm-openings with associated roped gussets, and matching one-piece backplate (extensive patination and wear throughout, the etching partly obscured), 46.0 cm high (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The etched decoration of the cuirass is of a pattern employed by several Milanese armourers of the late 16th century, including one who signed himself with the initials IFP on a half armour in the Art Institute, Chicago, (Acc. No. 1982.2194), another who signed himself with a triple-towered castle on a visor and bevor in the same collection (Acc. No. 1982.2493) and most particularly with Pompeo della Chiesa, recorded 1571-93, who had his workshop in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan (see Norman 1986, p. 31). The knot device is employed by the ducal family of Savoy and features on the armour of Carl Emanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562-1630) as well as other, unrelated armours of this period. See Bertlolotto et al 1982, pp. 39-40.

‡ £2,000-2,500

A PAIR OF NORTH GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS, CIRCA 1580, PROBABLY BRUNSWICK each formed of a slightly flared and pointed cuff with hinged inner plate fastened by a stud, the outer plate decorated over the ulna with a small roped almond-shaped boss, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate formed with a boldly-roped transverse rib, five finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence embossed to match the ulna (restored), the edges of the cuff and final finger-plate formed in each case with file-roped inward turns accompanied by a recessed border enclosed to the inside by a further groove, and that of the cuffs with a central ogee (showing mottled patination overall), 33.5 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,000-1,500

300

A GERMAN GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, CIRCA 1540-50 with strongly flaring rounded cuff embossed with a bi-lobate central panel, and recessed double border with file-roped inwardturned edge, three wrist-plates, knuckle-plate, finger-plate and a quantity of finger lames (detached, the whole extensively corroded), 20.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

301

AN AUSTRIAN TASSET FOR THE RIGHT LEG WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE ‘BLACK- AND-WHITE’ FASHION, INNSBRUCK, CIRCA 1550-5

formed of eight upward-lapping lames, the uppermost fitted with three later buckles, and the lowest embossed with a symmetrical design of stylised foliage, the principle edges formed with roped inward turns accompanied in each case by a recessed border enclosed within a narrow flute (extensively corroded overall, disarticulated, and showing a small perforation in its lowest lame), 43.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The embossed decoration is of a style characteristic of that found on officer’s-quality ‘black-and-white’ armours made in the middle years of the 16th century by Innsbruck armourers such as Michel Witz the Younger and Sebastian Katzmair. See Thomas & Gamber 1954, pp. 81, 86 and 78-9.

‡ £300-400

302

A CUISSE AND POLEYN FOR THE RIGHT LEG AND TWO TASSETLAMES IN THE GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE, AND A BESAGUE IN LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, ALL 19TH CENTURY

the cuisse formed of two lames embossed to simulate four, fitted at the outside with a hinged extension-plate, and at its lower end with a poleyn of seven lames overlapping outwards from the shaped fourth decorated on its centrally-puckered wing with a spray of curved flutes contained within an inward turned edge accompanied by a recessed border, and formed at the lower edges of the final two lames with cusps; the lower edges of the tasset-lames similarly formed and pierced at their centres in each case with a pair of holes; and the besagues rising at their respective centres to a conical point and formed peripherally with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border enclosed to the inside by a narrow groove; the cuisse and poleyns, the right tasset-lame and, to a lesser extent, the besague, showing overall mottled corrosion, the first: 48.5 cm (4)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

303

A QUANTITY OF ELEMENTS OF GERMAN FLUTED ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED ‘MAXIMILIAN’ FASHION, CIRCA 1510-25 AND LATER comprising a pair of mitten gauntlets, two lower cannons, the wings of two couters (one detachable), a one-piece tasset, two tassets each of three lames, several detached lames of other tassets, and several detached lames of pauldrons and spaulders (qty)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

304

FIVE ELEMENTS OF GERMAN ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY WITH LATER ETCHED AND GILT DECORATION

comprising a single rear plate of a collar, a pair of spaudlers each of six lames, and a tasset for the left leg of four lames, each decorated with etched central bands and borders bearing traces of gilding; a tasset of four lames, decorated in a similar manner and a further rear plate from a collar (extensively corroded throughout) (6)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

305

TWO MAIL SLEEVES, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, MIDDLE EASTERN OR INDIAN

each cut from a mail shirt formed of riveted rings of half-round section wire, full length in form and vented at the cuff, one fitted with a pair of buckles (restored at points with butted rings of round section wire, showing some losses and corrosion throughout), 80.0 cm long (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

306

AN ATTRACTIVE BURGONET AND FALLING BUFFE IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1570-80 comprising burgonet with rounded crown rising to a tall comb, flanged outward at the base to form an integral neck-guard and fitted at each side with hinged cheek-pieces, the buffe formed of three plates, the lowest shaped to the chin and the upper two secured at the left side by sprung studs, and the whole decorated throughout with applied brass strips at its borders, 34.0 cm high (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

307

A GERMAN SHOT-PROOF STEEL TARGET, LATE 16TH CENTURY of notable weight and convex circular form, fitted at is centre with a robust pyramidal spike on an elaborate foliate washer (replaced), fitted with round-headed lining-rivets around its edge, with four pairs of similar rivets for the attachment of enarmes around its spike, and internally with substantial portions of an early padded lining (corroded overall), 60.5 cm diameter

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £1,500-2,000

308

AN ITALIAN SHIELD IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY of convex form with a turned and boldly roped edge, fitted with spirally moulded central spike on an elaborate foliate washer, etched with eight radiating panels and a broad border involving allegorical figures, birds and animals accompanied by scrollwork and foliage, all on a stippled and blackened ground, 60.5 cm diameter

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £800-1,200

309

A MINIATURE FULL ARMOUR IN LATE 15TH CENTURY GERMAN HIGH ‘GOTHIC’ STYLE, 20TH CENTURY comprising sallet, bevor, breastplate with plackart, skirt, a pair of pendent tassets, backplate, mail skirt, a pair of full arm defences (gauntlets missing), a pair of full leg defences with pointed sabatons, on a wooden dummy with stand (stand now detached)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

A SOUTH GERMAN ETCHED CASKET, 17TH CENTURY with hinged lid fitted on the inside with the mechanism, including scrolling springs, etched brackets and three shooting bolts acting on the rim, the outer surface of the lid and body etched with scrolling tendrils on a stippled ground within a ropework frame, on iron bun-shaped feet, with associated key (the lid with small chips, areas of light wear) 13.0 cm wide

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

311

A EUROPEAN GILT-IRON SPUR, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with gently curved sides of rounded triangular section, curved moulded neck, fitted with eight point star-shaped rowel, and figure-of-eight terminals retaining a buckle on one side and a strap-fitting on the other, with brass inventory tag 16.1577, 17.7 cm overall

Provenance

Franz Thill, Vienna.

Frank Gair Macomber, Boston. Severance Collection.

Cleveland Museum of Art, deaccessioned 1961.

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Literature

Helen Ives Gilchrist, Catalogue of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor in the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924, p. 235, J18.

‡ £120-180

312

A SILVER-ENCRUSTED ROWEL SPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR GERMAN

with U-shaped heel band rising to a low point, moulded neck fitted with a ten-point star-shaped rowel (perhaps associated), decorated over the outer surface of the heel and neck with flowers and foliage in encrusted silver enriched with pellets, and retaining its attachment buckle and strap-fittings, 16.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

313

A PAIR OF SPURS, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with minor differences, with chiselled U-shaped heel bands, short curved necks fitted with small star-shaped rowels (small chips), and large figure-of-eight terminals, 17.5 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £150-200

314

A GILT-IRON STIRRUP, LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN with oval tread formed of a central bar interrupted by a spiked moulding for grip, a pair of curved outer bars each with filed upper edge, near rectangular side-bars formed of an alternating arrangement of addorsed scrolls and pierced circular panels, fitted with a swivelling loop for suspension, and retaining much early gilding throughout (the surface russet throughout), 17.0 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £300-400

315

A DECORATED IRON BUCKLE, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FROM AN EQUESTRIAN HARNESS with plain bar fitted with two pins, scrolling side-plates joined by a large rectangular panel pierced with a symmetrical arrangement of scrollwork enclosing the initials ‘AT’, and retaining some tinned finish, 17.8 cm wide

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

316

AN IRON POCKET WARMER, 19TH CENTURY of near rectangular form, with hinged cover secured by a sliding bolt, 15.0 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £80-120

Books

317

ACTON, JOHN

An Essay on Shooting. Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dressing gun barrels, printed for T. Cadell, London 1791, second edition

octavo (218 x 128 mm), marbled boards, half leather with corners, armorial bookplate of Tollemache (worn)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£250-350

318

ANGELO, DOMENICO

The School of Fencing with a general explanation of the principal attitudes and positions peculiar to the art. London: S. Hooper, 1765 oblong folio (289 x 457mm.), 47 engraved plates, boards, half leather with corners, gilt label on spine, bookplate of Lt Colonel Cecil Angelo (worn, plates 45, 46, 47 reinforced), with additional pasted pages at the back including illustrations of Henry Angleo’s fencing room.

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. Angelo, from Livorno, ran a fencing school in Soho and then in Eton and was a friend of David Garrick. The plates were designed by John Gwyn and drawn from life with Angelo as the model. These plates were subsequently used by the compilers of Diderot’s Encyclopédie. An English language edition was published in the same year.

This lot is sold not subject to return.

£700-1,000

319

ANGELO, DOMENICO

L’ecole des armes, avec l’explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l’escrime. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1763.

oblong folio (289 x 457mm.), 47 engraved plates, marbled boards, half leather with corners, gilt letters on spine (worn)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. See footnote to lot 318.

This lot is sold not subject to return.

£500-800

320

DEAN, BASHFORD

The Collection of Arms and Armor of Rutherford Stuyvesant (1843-1909), privately published 1914 folio (340 x 290 mm), portrait (covers and spine removed, split, worn), together with Album Militaire, Francaises, early 20th century (worn) (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£60-80

321

FORRER (R.)

Die Waffensammlung des Herrn Stadtrath Rich. Zschille [1894] 2 vols, folio (400 x 280 mm) plates, contemporary cloth (spines removed), book plate of Edward Hubbard Litchfield, with compliments note from Zchille and invitation to the sale in New York (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£400-600

322

GHEYN (J. DE)

Waffenhandlung von den Roren, Musquetten, undt Spiessen, folio (380 x 270 mm), 3 parts in one volume, engraved title page, part I (Schutzen) with 42 engraved plates, part II (Musquettirer) with 43 plates and part III (Doppelsoeldner) with 32 plates, later half vellum with corners and marbled boards, Hage, 1608, early bookplate involving a winged hourglass and skull (worn, some insect damage)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£1,000-1,500

321 322

323

AFTER GILLOT, CLAUDE

six engraved plates of gun and pistol designs from a pattern book of 1610

Austrian edition of Nouveaux Desseins d’Arquebuserie

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. See Lenk 1965, plate 125, lower. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£200-300

324

HOPE,

The Compleat Fencing Master, London 1691 octodecimo (160 x 101 mm), later leather covered boards (front detached), twelve engraved folding plates (some wear and staining)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£1,500-2,000

325

AFTER JACQUINET (THURAINE ET LE HOLLANDOIS)

fourteen engraved plates of gun and pistol designs from a pattern book together with Diderot, Denis and d’Alembert, Jean le Rond

Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, Paris 1762-72 two plates engraved by Jean Benard, Arquebusier, the development and use of a machine for rifling

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. The first edition of Thuraine et Le Hollandois’s celebrated pattern book was printed in 1660. See Grancsay 1970, pp. 28-41.

This lot is sold not subject to return.

£400-600

SIR W. KT.

326

KINCAID, CAPTAIN J.

Random Shots from a Rifleman, Philadelphia 1835 octavo (203 X 120 mm), later boards (worn, foxing)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£150-200

327

MANESSON MALLET, ALLAIN

Les Travaux de Mars ou la Fortification nouvelle tant reguliere, qu’irreguliere. Divisee en trois parties, Paris 1671

octavo (185 x 110 mm), later vellum covered boards (worn, foxing)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£300-400

328

MIETH, MICHAEL

Artilleriae Recentior Praxis oder Neuere Geschütz-Beschreibung. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Christoph Miethern, 1683. folio (310 x 200mm.), 4 parts in one vol. title printed in red and black, double-page engraved frontispiece, 32 folding engraved plates (some staining, binding worn)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return

£800-1,000

329

RADE, M

Königliches Historisches Museum Zu Dresden Auswahl von Ornamenten Zum Praktischen Gebrauch, Dresden 1883 Loose leaves with folio boards (incomplete, losses)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£100-150

330

AFTER SCHENCK, PIERRE AND DE LA FEUILLE, DANIEL engraved frontispiece and an engraved plate of gun and pistol designs, Amsterdam 1692

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The classical Louis XIV style was introduced to the Netherlands by Simonin’s pattern books and those of Pierre Schenck and Daniel de la Feuille. See Grancsay 1970, p, 14 and pp. 83-84. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£80-120

331

SCHRENK VON NOTZING (J.):

Augustissimorum imperatorum, serenissimorum regum, atque archiducum, illustrissimorum principum, necnon comitum, baronum, nobilium [.] gestarum succinctae descriptiones., Innsbruck 1601

folio (480 x 335 mm), 128 engraved plates with descriptions, later marbled boards, half leather with corners (title pages missing, small tears and some staining)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£1,500-2,000

332

AFTER SIMONIN, CLAUDE six engraved plates of gun and pistol designs from a pattern book of circa 1684.

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. See Grancsay 1970, pp. 73-78. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£250-350

330 331

333

333

AFTER WEIGEL, JOHANH CHRISTOPH AND RAAB, HEINRICH eight engraved plates of gun and pistol designs from a pattern book, early 18th century

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. See Grancsay 1970, pp. 86, 97, 87-89, 96, 90-91. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£300-400

334

WESTLEY RICHARDS, WILLIAM AND WEBSTER, WILLIAM two firearms patents, the first no. 4611, dated 1821, for gun and pistol locks, the second no. 4590 dated 1821, for discharging firearms, each in standard blue cover, published at the Queen’s Printing Office, 1854

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£50-80

335

REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES. PHILADELPHIA 1809 duodecimo (172 x 104 mm), later marbled boards (front detached, foxing, wear), six folding out engraved images number (nos I, III, V, VI, VII and VIII), together with SCOFFERN, JOHN, Projectile Weapons of War and Explosive Compounds, London, 1845 (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return.

£250-350

336

336

SALE CATALOGUE, GALERIE GEORGES PETIT

Catalogue des Armes & Armures faisant partie de la Collection Spitzer, folio (395 x 295 mm), plates, contemporary full leather (rubbed, losses), bookplate of Angel S. Leo, Paris 1895

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return

£200-300

337

SALE CATALOGUE, GALERIE GEORGES PETIT

Catalogue des Armes & Armures faisant partie de la Collection Spitzer, folio (395 x 295 mm), plates, contemporary half leather with corners (losses), Paris 1895

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return

£150-200

338

SALE CATALOGUE, GALERIE GEORGES PETIT

Catalogue des Armes & Armures faisant partie de la Collection Spitzer, folio (395 x 295 mm), plates, contemporary marbled boards with later leather (worn, spine missing) Paris 1895

This lot is sold not subject to return

£100-150

339

SALE CATALOGUE (GALERIE HELBING)

Kunstsammlungen des verewigten Herrn Geheimrats Dr. Jakob von Hefner-Alteneck, Munich, 1904 folio (240 x 320 mm), portrait, plates, some reproductions of marks, original boards (worn), with sale prices in dollars and dates on most lots

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return

£150-200

340

SALE CATALOGUE (RUDOLPH LEPKE)

Waffen-und Kunst Sammlung Karl Gimbel, Baden Baden 1904 folio (405 x 318 mm), plates (unbound, front cover missing, worn)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. This lot is sold not subject to return

£80-120

A GERMAN DECORATED SPORTING CROSSBOW (HALBE RÜSTUNG), LATE 16TH CENTURY with heavy steel bow struck with two marks on the inner face, the letters ‘HF’ on the left and a mill stone on the right, retained by later cords (pom poms and string missing), small iron stirrup, tiller swelling about the nut, inlaid and veneered over much of its surface with engraved staghorn plaques, the top applied with a large plaque over its entire surface, decorated with Jacob and the angel behind the nut, a classical figure wrestling with a stag behind, the cheek-piece with a large staghorn plaque engraved with a king, perhaps Joshua, being shot by classical archers, the sides of the tiller inlaid with a broad border at the top filled with classical figures and animals from the chase, a further border at the base filled with scrolls and snakes and segmental lines between, the underside decorated with female figures including an allegory of faith at the butt (areas of wear, minor restorations), fitted with bone nut, a pair of iron lugs for a cranequin, folding back-sight (added in it working life), scrolling trigger with brass knob, and staghorn butt-plate engraved with the figure of Hope, and the base of the tiller pierced for a cocking rod, 61.5 cm tiller

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £3,500-4,500

341

341

342

A LARGE GERMAN DECORATED SPORTING CROSSBOW (GANZE RÜSTUNG), LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, with heavy steel bow retained by later cords with red pom poms (the bow painted black, pom poms and cords loose and worn), small iron stirrup (loose, string missing), strongly formed tiller veneered over its full length on the top and bottom with a staghorn panel sparsely decorated with scrolling foliage, the sides each inlaid in engraved staghorn with bold scrolls of foliage at each end and, in the centre, a mermaid shooting an arrow at a shield held by an armoured merman, the shield charged with three mullets, fitted with iron trigger, a pair of iron lugs for a cranequin, later iron bolt clip, and the base of the tiller pierced for a cocking rod (nut missing, the engraving worn), 74.5 cm tiller

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £3,000-4,000

343

A CRANEQUIN FOR A CROSSBOW, PROBABALY GERMAN 17TH CENTURY comprising ratchet bar struck with a mark at one end, the letters F.B. beneath a cranequin, and a clawed terminal at the other, fitted with gear box, short winding arm and turned handle, together with a portion of a crossbow string, the first: 35.8 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £200-250

344

344

A MINIATURE BRONZE CANNON, 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER the first with tapering barrel formed in five stages divided by astragal mouldings, flared at the muzzle, plain vent field, rounded cascabel, and compressed spherical button and a pair of short trunnions, on an associated wooden naval type carriage with wooden trucks (two missing), and a miniature bronze cannon in 19th century style, the first: 24.7 cm barrel, 1.2 cm bore (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

345

A NORWEGIAN ENGRAVED COW HORN POWDER-FLASK, MARCUS PEDERSON, DATED 1664 with curved body of circular section, engraved over its surface with scenes from the Old Testament including Samson and Delilah and Daniel in the Lion’s den, signed Marcus Pederson and dated at the base, with turned nozzle (chipped) and wooden basal cap, 18.3 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £800-1,000

346

A NORWEGIAN COW HORN POWDER-FLASK, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved body of circular section carved in high relief with bold sprays of foliage, a stylised coat of arms surmounted by a papal tiara, reindeer and a traditional dwelling (small chips), 19.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £700-900

347

A NORWEGIAN COW HORN POWDER-FLASK, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved body of flattened circular section, the inner face plain, the outer carved in high relief with Christ crucified surmounted by a double eagle and with the instruments of the passion beneath, and wooden basal cap (a small number of small insect holes), 22.2 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £500-700

348

AN ITALIAN POWDER-FLASK FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering body of D-section, fitted with basal cap and nozzle each with moulded scalloped border, the nozzle faceted and with spring cut-off (spring replaced), and the inner face with iron belt hook (light pitting, small losses), 19.8 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £350-450

349

AN ITALIAN SMALL CUIR BOUILLI FLASK, LATE 16TH CENTURY with bag-shaped body formed with flat inner face and drawn-up to a pair of square shoulders with a threaded nozzle between (cap missing), decorated with a scallop shell on the outer face and a star on the inner face, 11.6 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £250-350

350

A TRIANGULAR MUSKETEER’S POWDER-FLASK IN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large openwork gilt-brass panels, decorated at the front with a pair of addorsed reclining female allegorical figures beneath a putti on a pedestal, the inner face with a large central trefoil, fitted with tapering moulded nozzle with spring cut-off (incomplete), three rings for suspension (one missing), and the upper two issuant from iron mask bosses, 24.5 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

351

A TRIANGULAR MUSKETEER’S POWDER-FLASK IN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with velvet-covered wooden body, applied with large pierced and chiselled iron panels, decorated at the front with a symmetrical panel of densely scrolling foliage with a pair of satyrs and a goat on each side, the reverse with a central green man mask issuant with foliage, fitted with engraved nozzle with spring cut-off (retaining screws missing), and a single ring for suspension (three missing), 23.3 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

352

A SMALL POWDER-FLASK IN ITALIAN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with velvet-covered wooden body, the outer face applied with a large gilt-brass panel pierced and chased with the Judgement of Paris in low relief, fitted with engraved tapering nozzle (inner face plaque missing) and four rings for suspension, 15.5 cm high

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

353

AN ENGRAVED COW HORN FLASK, 18TH CENTURY with curved flattened body, engraved with a vase of flowers on each face, further floral sprays, an ibex and an angelic mask, fitted with carved wooded cap at each end, the top with tapering nozzle with later stopper, and later rings for suspension, 15.0 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £200-250

354

A CHARGE FLASK MADE ENTIRELY OF STEEL, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN with tapering border-engraved body of knife handle form, fitted at one end with tapering nozzle with spring cap, with a further spring on the left of the body and pierced with two holes at the rear, probably for incorporating into a combination weapon (belt hook missing), 18.7 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £200-300

355

A GERMAN COMBINED WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER, TURNSCREW AND POWDER-MEASURE, 17TH CENTURY with triangular head formed with three spanner apertures and a turn screw, moulded shank pierced with a series of cavities engaging a sprung stud and lever on the faceted outer cover, the latter forming the power-measure, with a loop for suspension 17.3 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

‡ £200-300

356

TWO ENGLISH FLINTLOCK TINDER LIGHTERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, 18TH CENTURY PROBABLY GERMAN the first with brass ‘barrel’ with sprung muzzle cap to contain tinder, engraved box-lock action decorated with trophies-of-arms, flat-sided walnut butt and iron trigger-guard; the second with brass body and flat-sided walnut butt and iron trigger-guard; the third formed entirely of metal, with engraved brass body with hinged tinder-box cover and curved butt with bulbous terminal, the first: 18.5 cm overall (3)

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £400-600

357

TWO CONTINENTAL TINDER LIGHTERS, 18TH CENTURY AND A SMALL PISTOL FLASK

the first with engraved brass body decorated with scrolling foliage and a deer, drawn-out at the rear to a bulbous finial (losses, restorations), the second with external mechanism and wooden butt (worn), the third with copper alloy body and brass nozzle with spring cut-off, the first: 17.0 cm (3)

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £200-300

358

TWO DETACHED PISTOL BARRELS, 18TH CENTURY the first Spanish, second half of the 18th century, swamped and formed in two stages, polygonal muzzle section, octagonal breech section struck with the mark of Antonio Rovira (Neue Støckel 948), platinum lined vent, and engraved tang; the second perhaps Italian, formed in three stages, the first: 23.3 cm overall (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £80-120

359

AN IMPORTANT GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1605-10, PROBABLY DRESDEN with associated smooth-bored sighted barrel formed in two stages and struck with Amsterdam town mark at the breech, flat lock retained by two associated side nails, fitted with external wheel with gilt-brass cover chased with a pair of figures seated within a scrollwork frame and a winged cherub mask beneath, the rear portion of the plate applied with a large pierced and chiselled gilt-brass plaque decorated with Mars and Venus attended by Cupid above an espagnolette mask, dog engraved with a monsterhead, a pelican-in-piety concealing the dog-jaw screw, arm applied with a further decorated gilt-brass plaque (one plaque retaining screw missing), and the spur with a gilt-brass mask issuant from foliage, dog-spring decorated with filed scrolls, sliding pan-cover with button release, the inside of the lock retaining some blued finish (oxidised to black) and with filed springs (rear spring incomplete), double set trigger, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved bone over its entire surface with detailed scenes from the Old Testament all within a scrolling framework of trellis (losses, restorations along the full length of the barrel on each side), the butt carved with a scroll and with shaped cheek-piece on the left, with patchbox with sliding cover on the right and all decorated en suite (the butt and patchbox cover with losses), ramrod channel enclosed by a running openwork design of entwined scrolls (the forward portion missing), gilt copper alloy trigger-guard writhen at each end and shaped for the fingers (reversed), applied with a carved trophy-of-arms bone panel at the base of the ramrod channel, carved bone fore-end cap decorated with bouquets of fruit and foliage, and early horn-tipped wooden ramrod

106.2 cm barrel

Provenance

John Beardmore, Uplands, near Farnham, Hampshire, probably acquired after 1844. Beardmore Collection, sold Christie, Manson & Woods, 5th July 1921 , lot 97 $2,694.26 to Duveen (for Hearst).

William Randolph Hearst, sold Gimbel Bros., Inc., 30th May 1944, $355.

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Literature

Francis Henry Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London 1925, p. 225.

Jacob Hay, Arms and the Man, the Sunday Magazine, Baltimore, 16th January 1949, p. 8.

Harold L. Peterson, The Book of the Gun, London 1962. pp. 58, fig. 4.

Merrill Lindsay, One Hundred Great Guns, An Illustrated History of Firearms, New York 1967, p. 56.

John S. duMont, Joe Kindig Jr., Master of Antiquities., in Antique Arms Annual, sponsored by the Texas Gun Collectors Association, 1971, p. 153.

The scenes are taken from the Neuwe Biblische Figuren deß Alten und Neuwen Testaments, illustrated by Jost Amman and Johann Melchior Bocksberge, published in Frankfurt in 1565. There is a total of fifty six scenes on the gun, all taken from the old testament and running in order starting from the muzzle end, opposite the lock, continuing to and around the butt then, on the lock side to the muzzle. There are a very small number of variations from Amman’s illustrations, such as David and Goliath which were likely adapted to fit within the space. The sequence runs in strict order with only one anomaly: the final scene on the right of the muzzle taken from the first Psalm, which precedes Esther in the Old Testament. A possible explanation may lie in the text: ‘Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take…..but whose delight is in the law of the Lord…..that person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season…..Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.’ The choice of scenes was no doubt deliberate and possibly held a specific meaning for the recipient of the gun, such as those shown in the earlier garniture of Saxon edged weapons made for the Elector August around 1560 (Historisches Museum, Dresden, inv. Nos. VI-393, P210, IV195). The Elector is portrayed as Moses, the worship of the Golden Calf is symbolic of the rejection of the Papacy and warns of the forces at play in the Protestant church. The vignettes on the spine of the butt of the present gun are based on illustrations by Hans Brosamer for Martin Luther’s bible published in Wittemberg in 1551. A full account of the scenes is given below.

The intricacy and exceptional detail of the inlay is remarkable. It is likely that the stockmaker, who conceived the decorative trellis scheme, signed his work behind the tang where a small plaque is now missing. The gilt-brass decoration on the lock and the form of the pan-cover are characteristic of Dresden work of the first decade of the 17th century. A gun with a comparable lock is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Dresden (GG.237) and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. No. 2241-1855) . The barrels are struck with the mark of Georg Gessler (recorded 1569-1616) and dated 1611 and 1606 respectively. The stock of the present gun has a distinctive ‘eye’ motif on the scroll ahead of the cheek-piece, this is encountered on two other guns struck with the mark of Hans Stockman (recorded 1590-1639), both dated 1605, preserved in Dresden (GG235) and St Petersburg (no. 13). The Dresden gun is decorated with the initials of Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583-1611) and his wife, the Electress, Hedwig of Denmark (1581–1641). The St Petersburg gun is decorated with the monogram of Christian II. It is likely that the present gun was an Electoral commission from the workshop of either Stockman or Gessler. See Schobel 1975, p. 193 and p. 182 no. 125, Hayward 1955, no. 21, and Tarassuk 1971, p. 161, no. 72.

Order of scenes, opposite lock side from the muzzle: The creation of earth, all things living, Adam and Eve (Genesis I), Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit. (Genesis III), Adam and Eve are ashamed of their nakedness (Genesis I), The expulsion (Genesis III), Eve nursing Abel, Cain toils in the field (Genesis IV), Cain makes and offering to God (Genesis IV), Abel makes an offering to God (Genesis IV), Cain murders Abel (Genesis IV), God appears to Noah (Genesis VIII), Noah’s Ark and the flood (Genesis VIII), The flood recedes (Genesis VIII), The drunkenness of Noah (Genesis IX), The baking of bricks and the construction of the tower of Babel (Genesis XI), The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis XIX), Abraham and Isaac (Genesis XXII), Jacob’s dream (Genesis XXVIII), Jacob and Rachel (Genesis XXX), Jacob wrestles with an angel (Genesis XXXII), Jacob and Esau (Genesis XXXIII), Joseph sold into slavery (Genesis XXXVII), Joseph and Potiphar’s wife (Genesis XXXIX), Joseph advises Pharaoh (Genesis XLI). Lock side, from the butt above patchbox: the worship of the Golden Calf (Exodus XXXII), Moses appoints festivals (Leviticus XXIII), Exploring Canaan (Numbers XIII). Patchbox cover: Moses lifts a serpent of brass (Numbers XXI), Joshua warns people to be ready when the Ark of the covenant is moved (Joshua III). Beneath the lock: The fall of Jericho (Joshua VI), Israel is defeated by the inhabitants of the city of Ai, (Joshua VII), Battle in the valley of Gideon (Joshua X), Jael kills Sisera (Judges IV), Gideon defeats the Midianites (Judges VII), The heads of Oreb and Zeeb are brought to Gideon. (Judges VII), Jephthah is chosen as the captain of the armies of Israel (Judges XI), Samson slays the lion (Judges XIV). Behind trigger-guard: Samson slays 1000 Philistines (Judges XV), Samson and Delilah (Judges XVI), Samson destroys the temple (Judges XVI), Samuel anoints David (1 Samuel XVI). Ahead of the lock, from breech: David and Goliath (1 Samuel XVII), Saul tries to kill David (1 Samuel IX), David lies to Ahimelech (1 Samuel XXI), David and Abishai entered the camp under the cover of darkness (1 Samuel XXVI), The death of Saul and his sons (1 Samuel XXXI), David and Bathseba (2 Samuel XI), David appoints Joab, Abishai, and Itta as commanders of his army (2 Samuel XVIII), The Wisdom of Solomon (1 Kings III), Elijah at Mount Carmel (1 Kings XVIII), The King of Israel enters battle in disguise (1 Kings XXII), Elisha travels through the land of Shunem and is fed by the widow Bina (2 Kings IV), The Aramean camp is plundered (2 Kings VII), Jezebel is thrown to the dogs (2 Kings IX), Torment of Job (Job I), Esther appears before Ahasuerus (Esther V), The feast of Pentecost (Tobit II), Judith and Holofernes (Judith X111), and Psalm 1. The spine of the butt is decorated with the bread of presence, a menorah, and the ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25).

This gun was not featured in John Beardmore’s catalogue of 1844, suggesting it was acquired after that date. It was Joe Kindig Jr.’s favourite firearm.

‡ £25,000-35,000

AN IMPORTANT HIGHLY DECORATED 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE STOCKED BY THE SO-CALLED MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE, DATED 1628 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, encrusted with silver in high relief against a delicately matted ground over its entire outer surface with winged demi-figures, garlands, ball flowers, roses, espagnolette masks and grotesques all within ropework frames and enriched with silver pellets, the back-sight surrounded by the date and maker’s initials ‘16HW28’, integral tang decorated with flowers and pellets en suite, flat lock fitted with external wheel retained by a bracket and with domed cover, moulded dog, delicately filed dog spring, sliding pan-cover, and flash-guard, encrusted with silver en suite with the barrel, including a winged demi figure on the lockplate, an eagle displayed on the wheel-cover and a panel of small flowerheads at the base of the dog, double set trigger, full stock profusely carved over its surface with elaborate designs of delicate leafy scrolls with differing monsterhead terminals against a stippled ground (small cracks and minor losses, fore-end with very small internal repairs), including hounds in pursuit of a hare on each side of the fore-end, a trumpeting demi-figure seated on a scroll terminating in a hare and an espagnolette profile opposite the lock, a bouquet in a vase and a hound beneath, the cheek-piece decorated on the left with further monsterhead scrolls inhabited by game animals and with patchbox on the right, the latter with a panel above filled with a hound in pursuit of a stag (patchbox cover a 19th century replacement), carved with a panel of delicate scale ornament beneath the butt and at the tip of the foreend, inlaid with silver wire scrolls about the tang, barrel bolt apertures, cheek-piece, spine of the butt and above the patchbox (small losses, the central rondel of the cheek-piece missing, one piece lifting around the trigger-plate), silver trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, gilt iron trigger-plate, small engraved silver fore-end cap, iron butt-plate (perhaps an early working replacement) bordered by engraved silver plaques (one missing), associated iron-tipped ramrod and in fine condition throughout, 78.0 cm barrel

Provenance

Magniac Collection, sold Christies, Manson & Woods, 2nd July 1892, lot 1028 (£110 5s).

Zschille Collection, sold Christies, Manson & Woods, 25th January 1897, lot 19 (£56).

Sam Austin 26th April 1917, catalogue number 619 ($626).

William Randolph Hearst sold to Gimbel Bros., Inc., May 26, 1941 for $298.50.

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Literature

Francis Henry CrippsDay, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London 1925, p. 33 and p. 101.

Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949, p. 55 fig. 1. Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossenbüchsenmacher, Braunschweig 1972, p. 98. Hans Schedelmann, The Master of the Animal-Head scroll, in Arms and Armor Annual, Robert Held (ed.), 1975, pp. 182-3 (illustrated), p. 186.

This remarkable anonymous gunstocker, named the master of the animal head tendril (Meister Der Tierkopfranke), was probably employed at the Imperial court in Vienna where eleven firearms attributed to him remain extant and are now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Dated firearms suggest a period of activity between 1624-59 for this maker, or workshop, making the present gun one of his earlier works. More than fifty wheel-lock guns, rifles and pistols, and one flintlock rifle with this distinctive carving have been identified to date, three of which were made for Emperor Ferdinand III. The quality of the silver encrustation and carving on the present rifle is of a notably high quality within this group and compares closely with another sporting rifle by him, also from the collection of Joe Kindig Jr., now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 2018.103). The gun in New York has been described as a masterpiece of German baroque gunmaking.

‡ £30,000-40,000

361

AN 18 BORE SOUTH GERMAN COMBINED MATCH AND WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE DATED 1586 with tapering barrel formed in three stages (fore-sight removed), chiselled with foliage enclosing an amorous couple with a green man mask at the top over the breech, flat lock struck with a shield-shaped mark (worn) fitted with external wheel retained by a large circular bracket, dog, serpentine, sliding pan-cover, pivot safety-catch and external springs retained by plain brackets (restorations, areas of pitting), full stock profusely inlaid over the fore-end with engraved staghorn ball flowers and leafy tendrils inhabited by a hare and fox pursued by a hound and a pair of scrolling marine monsters, all framed by ropework segmental lines within a deeper foliate frame and enriched with pellets, the area opposite the lock decorated en suite and with a hunter in contemporary dress taking aim at a stag, the underside of the lock with further stag vignettes and a moustachioed demi-figure and a further plaque ahead with a crucifixion scene attended by Mary and a further saint accompanied by celestial motifs, the butt shaped for the cheek on the left and decorated with an elaborate boar hunting scene involving a mounted hunter and a foot hunter with boar spear accompanied by six hounds, the right of the butt with patchbox with sliding cover applied with an engraved staghorn plaque decorated with the figure of Eve, engraved staghorn butt-plate decorated with the owner’s coat-of-arms, iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipes and foreend cap (later ramrod, the stock with small losses and repairs including the fore-end cap, two ramrod-pipes), fitted with an additional staghorn thumb-rest beneath the lock, probably added in its early working life, 87.5 cm barrel

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

The arms on the butt-plate appear to be those of Count Jakob Hannibal I von Hohenems (1530-1587), adopted from 1585. Count Jakob spent part of his youth in North Italy in the army of Charles V and later distinguished himself, in 1557, at Doulens in Picardy. In 1559 his uncle, Giovanni Angelo Medici became Pope Pius IV and the following year the family were elevated to counts, and their dominion Voralberg to an Imperial county. Count Hannibal went to the court of Philip II as papal envoy and, in 1564, took part as colonel in an impresa of the Spanish fleet against the Moorish pirates off the coast of Morocco. In 1574-76 and 1578-79 he was colonel of the regiments under Philip II defending the southern Netherlands and, under the leadership of Duke Alexander Farnese, conquered the fortress of Maastricht. His two year stay in the garrison at Antwerp provided an opportunity to acquire some important works of art, including some seven hundred painted wall coverings, the winged altar by an Antwerp master (circa 1510, now preserved in the Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck) and groups of relief figures for the high altar of the newly built Hohenems parish church. In 1585 he was appointed Governor General of Rome and Vatican City by Pope Pius IV.

‡ £6,000-8,000

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362

AN 18 BORE BOHEMIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1720, POSSIBLY FOR A LADY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, engraved with scrolls at the muzzle and a panel of beadwork at the breech, gilt-brass folding leaf back-sight, associated flat lock engraved with scrolls (the engraving worn, iron parts with light surface rust), fitted with internal wheel, dog and pan with flash-guard, the latter with sliding cover, double set trigger, full stock carved with foliage and scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe, tang, lock and mounts (small chips), butt inlaid on the left with engraved staghorn lines with leafy tendrils enclosing a large inset gilt-brass oval plaque finely cast and chased with a woodland scene involving Endymion sleeping watched over by his hound and, in the heavens, the goddess Diana, the bottom of the cheek-piece with a small rectangular brass plaque decorated with a hound in pursuit of a hare, the spine of the butt inlaid with further engraved staghorn and gilt-brass plaques including Diana the huntress and a hound, the right of the butt with patch box with sliding cover decorated at each end with gilt-brass plaques decorated with a woodland stag hunt with hunters in contemporary dress and an engraved staghorn plaque with a hare in the centre, gilt-brass mounts finely cast and chased in low relief, comprising openwork side-plate involving scrolling foliage with a central green man mask and monsterhead terminals, butt-plate engraved with the bust of a noble woman, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers and with forward terminal decorated with a greenman mask enclosed by scrolling foliage, gilt-brass trigger-plate, three faceted ramrod-pipes, fore-end cap decorated with scrolls and foliage (associated iron-tipped ramrod), 77.3 cm barrel

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent. The inlay and brass mounts are of notable quality.

‡ £3,500-4,500

362

A FINE AND RARE 50 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK CARBINE, TESCHEN (CIESZNYKA), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight deep grooves, engraved with scrolls over the muzzle and breech and with traces of silver inlay (polished bright), rounded lock fitted with external wheel retained by a bar through the spindle and dog each chiselled and engraved with scrolls and foliage and inlaid with silver en suite with the breech, sliding pan-cover with button release, full stock inlaid over its length with pierced and engraved silver plaques against a hatched ground decorated with differing exotic birds and flowers, mother-of-pearl flowerheads and silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets, curved butt decorated en suite, including a large exotic bird silver plaque on the cheek-piece, the underside, and on the patchbox cover, further small silver plaques on the right of the spine and a small rectangular panel beneath the cheek-piece decorated with a running pattern of foliage (the fore-end chipped and repaired, the inlay with small losses and minor restorations), iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, silver butt-cap decorated with C-scrolls flowers and foliage, silver fore-end cap, and associated faceted ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing), 49.5 cm barrel

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

A wheel-lock birding rifle made for Elisabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Teschen (1599-1653), decorated in a similar manner, is preserved in the Magyar Nemzeti Museum, Budapest (inv. nr. 55.3686. See Kruczek 2001, p. 134, no. 156.

‡ £6,000-8,000

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364

A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 40 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS STOCKED BY THE SO-CALLED MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with octagonal barrels engraved with scrolls within triangular panels at the breeches, medians and behind the muzzles, the remaining surface chiselled with delicate scrolls and minute flowerheads against a very finely cross-hatched ground and with minute traces of early gold damascene, integral tangs decorated en suite, bevelled locks retained by two quick release screws, fitted with external wheels retained by a bracket, sliding pan-covers and moulded dogs, decorated en suite with the barrels and retaining minute traces of early gold damascene, full stocks carved with foliage and moulded over the fore-ends (small repairs), the ramrod-pipe aperture covered with a demi-figure issuant with scrolling tendrils, panels of leafy tendrils beneath the breech, a stylised bird-of-prey and a monsterhead scroll opposite the locks, a panel of scale ornament beneath, the tangs enclosed by a large panel filled with a bouquet of flowers and scrolling tendrils, the butts with a triangular panel filled with further scrollwork on each side and a grotesque on the spine, the principal panels all enriched with a finely matted ground and framed by minute circles, iron mounts comprising trigger-guards and faceted butt caps each with a very finely cross hatched ground and previously damascened, moulded iron ramrod-pipe, iron fore-end cap, and associated irontipped ramrods (one shortened), 32.8 cm barrels (2)

Provenance

John Wigington, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 3td October 1951, lot 221 (illustrated in catalogue and on cover).

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent.

Literature

Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossenbüchsenmacher, Braunschweig 1972, p. 98.

This remarkable anonymous gunstocker, named the master of the animal head tendril (Meister Der Tierkopfranke), was probably employed at the Imperial court in Vienna where eleven firearms attributed to him remain extant and are now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Dated firearms suggest a period of activity between 1624-59 for this maker, or workshop. Pistols stocked in this manner are rare, two are preserved in the Belgian Royal Collection and one in the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein. See Schedelmann, op. cit., pp. 98-99.

‡ £12,000-16,000

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365

A PAIR OF 28 BORE BRASS BARRELLED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS SIGNED ELIAS JOSEPH, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1800 with turn-off barrels, box-lock actions signed and inscribed ‘Liverpool’ beneath swags on the respective faces, sliding thumbpiece safety-catches, flat-sided walnut butts, and iron trigger-guards engraved with a rococo flowerhead on the bows (light pitting), 11.0 cm (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

366

A SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOL SIGNED NICHOLES, OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with tapering barrel engraved with a linear frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech, foliate-engraved tang, signed rounded lock, figured walnut full stock inlaid with silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets (butt cracked), iron trigger-guard engraved with a flowerhead on the bow and with acorn finial of early form, iron side-plate chased en rocaille, vacant iron escutcheon, and silver butt-cap cast and chased with a grotesque mask in low relief (later ramrod), 16.7 cm barrel

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

‡ £600-800

367

A PAIR OF 34 BORE ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE BELT PISTOLS, THE LOCKS SIGNED PIETRO MANANI, CIRCA 1700 with tapering barrels formed in three stages, signed ‘Lazarino’ over the breeches, plain tangs extending to an ‘S’ scroll behind, signed rounded border-engraved locks (one reconverted from percussion), fitted with sliding pan-covers, chiselled cocks and batteries, figured walnut full stocks (repairs, the last 12.0 cm of each fore-end replaced), carved with scrolls over the fore-ends and a raised moulding about the tangs, iron mounts comprising scrolling foliate side plates, spurred pommels with foliate caps en suite with the cock retaining screws, trigger-guards with a matching foliate moulding on the bows and with baluster terminals, two moulded ramrod-pipes, belt hooks with foliate terminals, and each with later iron-tipped wooden ramrod, 32.5 cm barrels (2)

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

Literature

Perhaps those cited in Nolfo di Carpegana, Brescian Firearms, Rome 1997, p. 191, C6.

Pietro Manani is one of the most active Brescian gunmakers of 17th and 18th centuries though little is known of him due to an absence of extant documents. See Carpegna 1997, p. 190.

‡ £2,500-3,000

368

AN UNUSUAL 120 BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, MID-18TH CENTURY

with tapering turn-off iron barrel, the breech enclosed by an engraved brass collar with fretted border, stepped bevelled lock with small faceted pan, copper alloy stock engraved with hounds in pursuit of a boar on a field of scrolls opposite the lock, the owner’s initials ‘AW’ beneath a crown behind the tang, tapering tubular butt threaded at each end, fitted with threaded bulbous butt cap with a ring for suspension, and decorated with bands of foliage, 27.2 cm barrel

Provenance

Joe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent.

This pistol appear to have been converted from an airpistol with dummy flintlock mechanism in its early working life.

‡ £800-1,200

European Edged Weapons

VARIOUS OWNERS

369

A TWO-HAND SWORD IN MEDIEVAL STYLE, 19TH CENTURY, THE BLADE PROBABLY LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURY with broad flat blade tapering to a sharp point, formed with three short fullers and cut with a series of gothic letters within a framework of incised lines terminating with a cross at each end on both faces at the forte (later), iron hilt comprising horizontally recurved quillons, pear-shaped pommel and wooden grip bound with cord (loose, areas of pitting), 92.3 cm blade

£1,000-1,500

A HIGHLY DECORATED RAPIER WITH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ENCRUSTED HILT, PROBABLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY, SOUTH GERMAN

with broad tapering double-edged blade, stamped ‘ANIMIM’ between decorative marks within a short fuller framed by incised lines on each face, tapering grooved ricasso struck with a crowned ‘S’ mark, perhaps for Wolfgang Stantler of Munich, on one face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars comprising upper and lower ring-guards joined by a diagonal bar, the lower fitted with an additional up-turned bar, a pair of arms, vertically recurved quillons, écusson, trifurcated inner-guard, tall barrel-shaped pommel, and spherical button, decorated throughout in encrusted silver with diamond-shaped panels filled with bouquets on a punched gilt ground enriched with further bouquets and pellets on the principle elements, the arms, lower ring-guard and button enriched with pellets on a gilt ground, and wooden grip bound with plaited wire and copper ribband (loose), 88.2 cm blade

Provenance

The property of an American collector, sold Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 28th November 1960, lot 14.

£5,000-8,000

371

AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons swelling slightly towards the terminals, three outer ringguards joined at the base, the middle ring swelling in the centre and the upper joined to the knuckle-guard by a further bar, écusson fluted on the outer face, a pair of arms, trifurcated innerguard, associated fluted barrel-shaped pommel and later grip bound with plaited wire (areas of pitting), 110.8 cm blade £1,000-1,500

A FINE FRENCH SMALLSWORD WITH ENAMELLED AND GOLD CLOSE-PLATED SILVER HILT, LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PARIS

with slender tapering German blade of hollow-triangular section (tip shortened), etched and gilt with scrolling foliage, a trophy-ofarms and the inscription ‘Me Fecit Solingen’ over the lower portion, silver hilt close-plated with gold, comprising oval shellguard engraved on the outer face with a central floral garland around the blade within a plaited frame, the inner face decorated in blue and white enamels with sprays of foliage and two ovals each filled with differing trophies-of-arms, down-curved quillon decorated with an enamelled flowerhead on each face, knuckleguard interrupted by a trophy-of-arms oval and quillon-block en suite, the latter with a pair of issuant arms formed as scrolling tendrils (one chipped), ovoid pommel decorated with an enamelled trophy-of-arms oval front and back and with a flower on each side, and the grip decorated with further trophies, garlands and foliage en suite (small dents, the enamel with losses) 73.0 cm blade

Provenance

Sold in this room, 27th June 2018, lot 246.

The unusual technique displayed on this hilt is an apparent variation of French plating. See La-Niece (ed). 1993, pp. 211-213. £3,000-4,000

AN ENGLISH SILVER GILT-HILTED SMALLSWORD, BIRMINGHAM 1779, MARKED CF FOR CHARLES FREETH with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, engraved with a panel of scrollwork at the forte (light wear), silver gilt hilt comprising oval guard, a pair of slender arms, quillon with flattened globular terminal, knuckle-guard swelling in the centre, tall ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband, 77.5 cm blade

£400-600

374

A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with short Spanish blade of hollowdiamond section, inscribed ‘Barcelona’ in gilt letters in an oval on each side of the forte, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased in relief, comprising down-turned shellguard decorated with a lion set upon by a hound in the centre and a further lion mask on each side, slightly recurved quillons with spirally fluted bud-shaped terminals, quillon-block with a hound on each face, cap pommel surmounted by a finely chiselled boar in the round, tortoiseshell veneered grip and retaining much early gilding throughout, 46.2 cm blade

‡ £300-400

375

A FRENCH HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1780, AND A RAPIER IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

the first with tapering blade double-edged towards the point and retaining traces of etched decoration at the forte, silver-plated hilt including down-turned scalloped shellguard and a pair of quillons with scrolling terminals, and natural staghorn grip, perhaps the original, pierced at the top for a thong or tassel; the second with straight double-edged blade, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons, ring-guards and faceted tall ovoid pommel and wirebound grip, the first: 56.7 cm blade

£300-500

A COURTSWORD, 19TH CENTURY

with double-edged blade etched with foliage and a crowned cypher on each face, white metal hilt including straight quillons, shell-guard applied with crowned cypher, knuckle-guard and crowned pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire, in its steel scabbard, 79.5 cm blade

£100-200

377

A COURTSWORD FOR CIVIL SERVICE INCLUDING THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS, 20TH CENTURY, AND A CONTINENTAL SWORD,

the first with etched blade including the maker’s details ‘Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt, Jermyn St’ at the forte, and gilt-brass beadwork hilt; the second with curved blade double-edged towards the point and brass stirrup hilt, the first: 81.5 cm (2)

£80-100

378

AN ITALIAN GUNNER’S STILETTO (FUSETTO DI BOMBARDIERE), MID-17TH CENTURY

with tapering blade of triangular section formed with a deep fuller pierced with three groups of holes and slots on each face, moulded baluster-shaped forte, steel hilt formed of a pair of spirally-moulded quillons and pommel en suite, spirally-carved horn grip inset with brass nails (losses), 23.2 cm blade

£200-300

A SOVIET RUSSIAN DIRK, DATED 1978 of regulation type, with dated blade, copper alloy hilt, in its scabbard with belt, 21.5 cm blade

£100-200

380

TWO HALBERDS IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY cast, each with tapering terminal spike (one detached), recurved axe-blade, rear spike, tapering socket, decorated with foliage and a stylised bird on each face (repairs), on a wooden haft 63.0 cm head (2)

£300-400

381

A COLLECTION OF FLEAMS AND OTHER POCKET KNIVES, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the first fleam French, with four folding blades inscribed ‘Ferras a Toulose’ and German silver body; another ‘Couts’ with three folding blades and brass scales in its case; another ‘Borwick’ with three folding blades and horn scales in its case; nine further fleams; a fruit knife with folding silver blade; and two further knives; the first: 11.5 cm (15)

£150-200

382

A VICTORIAN TRUNCHEON of turned painted wood decorated with the Royal cypher ‘VR’ crowned and banded grip (chipped), 46.5 cm overall

£20-30

383

A GILT AUSTRIAN MODEL 1869 CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, CIRCA 1870

plain curved single-edged fullered blade, regulation pattern hilt in gilt copper, black leather scabbard with gilt mounts and single suspension hook 85.0 cm blade

Provenance

The Brunswick Ducal Collections, inv. nos. 178 & 179

The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 3860

£700-900

384

A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1852 SHORTSWORD, TWO IRON AXE HEADS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY AND A DETACHED BLADE

the first stamped ‘FW’ crowned on the back-edge and with further marking at the forte (worn, areas of pitting) and bass hilt; the second of flattened-triangular section with curved leading edge, and large D-shaped socket; the third similar, slightly smaller; and the fourth double-edged, of flattened-diamond section, with robust tang (the last three pitted), the first: 47.2 cm blade (4)

£120-160

A RARE WORLD WAR I MACHINE GUNNER’S ‘WELSH KNIFE’ OF THE 9TH BATTALION, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS, CIRCA 1917-18 entirely of steel, or regulation type, with broad leaf-shaped blade, stepped folding circular guard locking into the forte, plain tang with a portion of cord binding, sharpened pommel, and original canvas-covered leather scabbard with belt loop, 59.8 cm Provenance

Herbert George Davis (1883-1967), who was in service with the Howard de Walden family before and after World War I. Thence by descent.

Allegedly based on an ancient Welsh weapon (later proved not to be the case), the “Welsh Knife” was designed by the sculptor and armourer Felix Joubert in 1916. A limited number were made by the Wilkinson Sword Company at the behest of Lord Howard de Walden who commanded the Battalion between September and December 1917. A memorandum of 27 January 1920 in the Imperial War Museum states “9th Batt’n. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. This battalion made use of a knife with which all machine gunners and bombers were always equipped. Every member of a raiding party was so armed and in one raid on the Messines Ridge two days before the battle of Messines they were used with conspicuous success. They were provided by Lord Howard de Walden and were a replica of a weapon used by Ancient Welsh tribes. They were double-edged, but were intended more for bayonetting than cutting.”

£3,000-6,000

A GEORGE III OFFICER’S SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY of regulation type, with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched with trophies of arms, the crowned Royal cypher and Royal Arms, brass stirrup hilt with lionhead pommel, and leather-covered grip bound with plaited wire, with a label inscribed ‘This sword was carried by Dr Richard Morgan R.N. surgeon on board H.M.S. Belleraphon at the Battle of Trafalgar’, 81.5 cm blade

£400-600

387

A VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD BY WILKINSON, NO. 23512, FOR 1880

of regulation type, with etched blade decorated with scrolls, the crowned Royal cypher and the maker’s details, brass hilt, wirebound fishskin-covered grip, in its brass scabbard and in good to fine condition throughout, 83.5 cm blade

This sword belonged to Lt. Col. Boyd Francis Alexander of the Rifle Brigade. He served with the Rifle Brigade during the Indian Mutiny fighting at the Battle of Cawnpore (1857), the capture of Lucknow, and led the storming party on the fort at Birwah. He was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. His son, Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, also of the Rifle Brigade (who perhaps carried this sword as well) gained fame as an explorer and ornithologist. He was a member of the expedition to travel by boat from Niger to the Nile, exploring Lake Chad in 1904. His account was published and he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.

£350-450

388

A POST 1902 ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD, A VICTORIAN ROYAL ENGINEER’S SWORD, A 1908 PATTERN CAVALRY

TROOPERS SWORD BY WILKINSON, AN 1889 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, A GEORGE V NAVAL SWORD, AND A ROBE SWORD

the first five of regulation type, the first with etched blade decorated with scrolling foliage, regimental designation, insignia and the Royal cypher ‘GVR’, nickel-plated hilt, in its field service scabbard with frog and belt; the second with etched blade (worn), nickel-plated hilt decorated with foliage, in its field service scabbard with frog; the third with sheet steel guard (bent), plastic pistol grip, in its scabbard; the fourth with sheet steel guard, composite grip, in its scabbard; the fifth nickel plated; and the sixth with etched blade and gold coloured hilt, in its scabbard, the first: 86.5 cm blade (6)

£350-450

389

AN 1853 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, A FRENCH MODEL 1866 CHASSEPOT BAYONET, A FRENCH MODEL 1875 GRAS BAYONET, A TURKISH MODEL 1890 MAUSER BAYONET, A SOCKET BAYONET AND A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (PESH KABZ), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the first of regulation type, the forte sleeved, in its scabbard (one grip detached); the second incomplete; the third, fourth and fifth in their scabbards; and the sixth with horn grips, in its scabbard (extensive rust throughout), the first: 90.5 cm blade (6)

£120-180

390

TEN BAYONETS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising two socket bayonets; French: a model 1866 Chassepot dated 1868, in scabbard; a model 1874 Gras dated 1877 in scabbard; another dated 1882 in scabbard; an 1886 Lebel, in scabbard, a British 1856 pattern bayonet (worn) and three further bayonets (10), the first 54.2 cm overall

£200-300

391

AN AMERICAN CAVALRY UNIFORM the single-breasted tunic, stated to be of US Cavalry circa 1870s, of good quality blue cloth, front, side-vents and skirts edged with narrow yellow piping, yellow cloth collar, shoulderstraps, cuff-slashes and backskirt ornament, quilted cotton lining; together with a black felt helmet with patent leather band and peakbinding, gilt metal socket, probably for a spike, at the top, and two small bosses with rings to carry plaited yellow cap-lines with tassel finials, and a large gilt Eagle helmet-plate

£180-250

392

A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CAP-BADGES AND SHOULDERTITLES

on a card bearing some 80 items, the majority with loop-fittings

£250-350

393

A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BADGES on three cards, containing some 80 Canadian, US and UN badges in white metal and enamel

£350-450

394

A GROUP OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BADGES on a card bearing 18 mainly Police items, including a fine gilt cap-badge of The UP & Oudh Police Force, bearing the Imperial cypher of King Edward VII

£120-180

395

A COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN MILITARY BADGES on two cards, the first mounted with some 40 assorted brass cap-badges; the second with approximately 70 South African and Rhodesian cap-badges and shoulder-titles

£400-600

396

A JAPANESE WW2 NAVAL HELMET of pale khaki-painted steel, the front mounted with a small metal chrysanthemum device, the pale leather headband stamped ‘BHW 1941’

£400-600

397

A FRENCH KHAKI-PAINTED ALBERT HELMET, AND A BELGIAN HELMET

the French helmet front mounted with a grenade bearing initials ‘RF’ complete with its six-tongue leather lining; together with a Belgian helmet of similar style to the French Albert, but the front mounted with a lion’s head, complete with lining

£60-100

398

A GERMAN WW1 STAHLHELM painted in camouflage colours, with pale leather lining (lacking chinstrap)

£300-400

399

AN IMPERIAL GERMAN INFANTRY SOLDIER’S PICKELHAUBE with black metal skull and standard brass Eagle helmet-plate, brass spike and peak-binding, leather chinstrap with National and Imperial rosettes; together with a crudely-made steel helmet, possibly Russian, similar in style to a German Stahlhelm, but with a raw edge, the front bearing a star in red paint, with pale leather head-band stamped ‘1941’ and plain leather chinstrap

£150-250

400

THREE IMPERIAL GERMAN HELMET PLATES

comprising a good example of a Prussian line infantry officer’s gilt Pickelhaube-plate, bearing the FR cypher and motto scroll (lacking its fixings); together with a brass Garde Eagle mounted with the star of the Order of the Black Eagle, complete with fixings; and a white metal plate of similar pattern, also mounted with the star of the Black Eagle

£80-120

396 398

A GROUP OF THREE CONTINENTAL UNIFORMS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the first a Parade Attila (Full Dress Tunic) of the German Life Guard Hussars, of scarlet cloth, edged and trimmed with yellow worsted Russia braid, forming five loops each side in front with brass metal rosettes and olivets (one detached but present), red cotton lining stamped with ‘EB’ and ‘1891’, with a trooper’s peakless Undress cap of the same regiment, with scarlet top and blue band edged with yellow piping (lining and headband defective), and a black sealskin busby bearing the brass W1R badge of Regiment No.7, with domed brass chinscales and an imperial rosette (lining replaced, bag, lines and plume absent); the second a Parade Ulanka (Full Dress Tunic) of German Uhlan Regiment No.13. Dark blue cloth with white cloth collar and cuffs, and white piping to central plastron, backseams and skirt-slashes, the plastron with six white metal buttons each side and one at the upper points, stamped inside ‘5EUR13 88’, white cloth binders for shoulder scales (scales absent) and shoulder-buttons bearing number 5, with a black patent leather chapka, with white metal edging to peak, a massive white metal Eagle plate, mounted with a small brass star of the Black Eagle, domed brass chinstrap with Imperial rosette, and leather internal headband, and another patent leather chapka, lacking all fittings; the third a cornflower blue tunic of thin twill, with scarlet collar, cuffs, slashes and piping, the ends of the collar bearing leaves in silver embroidery, shoulder-straps of silver/blue heavy Russia braid, grey cotton lining with label of ‘Uniformhaus Karl Hintzen, Korschenbroich’

£350-500

402

A LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY MILITARY OFFICER’S SASH

an extremely rare and fine sash of knotted crimson silk, approximately 9 ft long including the tassels. The original purpose of sashes was for carrying a wounded officer off the battlefield. They were made by a crochet technique known as Sprang, which enabled them to stretch laterally but not lengthways.

18th Century portraits show officers wearing their sashes both around the waist (normally under the coat and over the waistcoat as prescribed in the 1768 Clothing Warrant) or over the shoulder. Portraits suggest that cavalry officers tended to wear them over the left shoulder while infantry officers wore them on the right shoulder. In many cases officers are depicted without a sash, indicating that this item was mainly reserved for active service. Olympia Auctions gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Andrew Cormack with the cataloguing of this lot.

£350-450

403

AN 18TH CENTURY SOLDIER’S WATERING CAP formed of two massive semicircles of black leather, laced together around a folded leather cap, lined with hessian. The front of the cap mounted with a rectangular brass plate engraved with the title KINGS OWN above a crown and Lion Passant (the lining partially detached)

The King’s Own became the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1751, and the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in 1881.

£400-700

403

404

A SECTION OF AN EARLY VICTORIAN STANDARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY

a section, 57.5 x x71.5 cm, of crimson damask oblong bearing gold-painted crowns and VR cyphers, and a Union spray in proper colours, with battle-honours for Waterloo and Peninsula, also in gold, above and below, now edged all round with narrow gold lace, and with a wooden backing (minimal moth damage to the silk)

£1,500-2,000

UNIFORMS OF A CAVALRY OFFICER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the first a Full Dress tunic and overalls of Captain AMD Chapman of the Royal Dragoons, the scarlet tunic with blue cloth facings and piping, the collar edged with gold lace and bearing fine badges of the Napoleonic Eagle in gold embroidery above the numeral ‘105’, cuffs edged with gold cord and Russia braid forming an Austrian knot above, plaited gold shoulder-cords with Captain’s rank-badges in silver embroidery (the lining frayed and minor surface moth damage), together with a pair of pantaloons in blue cavalry twill with wide yellow cloth stripes; the second a Universal Pattern double-breasted blue frock coat with gilt mounted buttons and collar-badges similar to those on the Full Dress tunic, and fine quilted black lining; the third a pair of scarlet mess jackets with blue cloth roll collar and pointed cuffs, each with a blue cloth mess waistcoat (minor moth damage and dulling to the gold-embroidered collar-badges); the fourth a “Serge Frock A”, similar to a present-day No.1 Dress jacket, the high upright collar with good bi-metal badges, plain cloth shoulder straps with gilt rank-badges and patch pockets, together with a pair of blue overalls with yellow stripes matching those on the pantaloons; the fifth a gentleman’s morning dress black tailcoat and doublebreasted waistcoat, both with woven buttons and edged with black braid, and striped trousers

AMD Chapman appears in the 1914 Army List as a Captain in the Royal Dragoons.

£350-500

406

THE UNIFORMS OF MAJOR GV KEANE OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

the first a particularly good and rare Service Dress tunic of the pre-1913 pattern by Holt & Son, Sackville St., khaki serge with a high stand-and-fall collar bearing brass Corps badges and complete with white linen liner, plaited shoulder-straps, and Lieutenant’s rank-badges in a white worsted slash on the sleeves; the second a blue Full Dress tunic of the RAMC, also by Holt & Son, with “Dull Cherry” collar and gauntlet cuffs, both edged with gold staff pattern lace, gilt KC buttons, bimetal collar-badges and round gold shoulder-cords of infantry pattern, bearing Captain’s rank-badges in silver embroidery (lining frayed, minor surface moth damage); together with a Universal Pattern blue frock coat and a blue mess jacket with “Dull Cherry” roll collar and gauntlet cuffs, and a companion waistcoat of the same colour, with very small mounted silver buttons; and a pair of blue overalls with triple maroon stripes

£250-400

407

THREE SOLDIERS’ WAISTBELT CLASPS

the first a rare and ornate clasp of the Dunbartonshire Volunteers, in white metal, with foliate decoration to the loops, and the centre mounted with an Elephant bearing a Castle, within a circle inscribed with the regimental title; the second a brass General Service clasp bearing KC crest and motto; the third similar, but with a plain QVC in the centre

£120-180

408

THREE ROBE SWORDS AND TWO HERALDIC TRUMPETS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the first two each with straight blade, brass hilt comprising arched guard with bud-shaped quillon terminals, gadrooned and spirally fluted pommels respectively and wire-bound grips, the third with pommel of Ambras type; the third and fourth for display, of brass and each with a banner charged with the arms of Great Britain, the first 83.2 cm blade (5)

£400-500

409

A GROUP OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY MILITARIA ITEMS including two revolver-holsters (one black, one brown); a khaki webbing pistol-holster and belt, and a pouch with shoulder-strap; a brown leather case, possibly for a compass; a 1937 Pattern webbing ammunition-pouch (unused); a copper bugle with brass fittings, mounted with KC badges of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment; and a good white metal cap-badge in the form of a curled bugle-horn containing the letter ‘I’ below a QVC

£60-80

410

A BRITISH WW2 STEEL HELMET AND AN ASSORTMENT OF PEAKED CAPS

the first complete with its scrim-net, the left side painted with a patch of red, blue and yellow stripes, with fitted elasticated webbing chinstrap (now sheared); the peaked caps including an officer’s forage cap of the Royal Engineers with QEC metal badge; a Royal Navy officer’s cap with white plastic top and black braid band bearing an embroidered badge; an RAF officer’s cap by Gieves, with embroidered QEC badge; an issue blue beret now bearing a General Officer’s KC embroidered badge, and fitted in ‘Monty’ style with a white metal badge of the Royal Tank Corps; together with four other peaked caps

£80-120

413

A COLLECTION OF BRITISH INFANTRY OTHER RANKS’ GLENGARRY BADGES on three cards, the first bearing badges of twenty-one pre-1881 numbered infantry regiments; the second also with twentyone badges, mainly of regular battalions, a few Militia; the third with eleven similar badges, mainly Victorian but two of them post-1900, and some Volunteer battalions

£200-300

414

AN ASSEMBLAGE OF OTHER RANKS’ BRITISH MILITARY BADGES on a card mounted with some twelve items, including an 1869-pattern shako plate of the 84th Regiment, a pouch-badge of the 5th Dragoon Guards, helmet-plates of the Royal Marines, the Reserve Regiment of Lancers, Royal Engineers (QVC and KC), the Cameronians, Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry, Regular and Militia Artillery, a fine gilt QEC Royal Arms (blade fixings) and a bed-plate of the DCLI

£150-200

415

411

AN ASSEMBLAGE OF 20TH CENTURY MILITARIA ITEMS

including a field officer’s post-1952 forage cap of the Royal Artillery, with QEC badge (lining frayed, peak embroidery tarnished); an officer’s Service Dress cap, also of the RA, with plastic KC badge (lining partly detached, front edge of peak frayed, chinstrap-button missing); and another khaki SD cap (all fittings removed); two khaki cotton Hats Jungle; a cloth waistbelt for a bush-jacket, complete with brass buckle; a pair of brown leather gauntlets; a Queen Mary 1914 gift tin with embossed decoration to lid, containing a card with Princess Mary’s cypher, dated 1915; and a tin containing “The Small Book” (Army Form B 50) of Gunner William Booth RA, in its fabric cover, and assorted items including some military badges and shoulder-titles, and a post-1952 chrome and enamel car bumper-badge of the Royal Horse Artillery

£80-120

412

A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY BADGES on two cards, the first bearing some 35 items, including Other Ranks’ KC vintage cap-badges of cavalry regiments and a Tropical helmet-plate of the Coldstream Guards, together with a helmet-plate of the Royal Marines; the second mounted with some 20 cap-badges and collarbadges of the Queen’s Regiment, mostly in bronze or white metal

£250-350

A COLLECTION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL BUTTONS including items of various Naval services, including the RN, RNR, RMLI and the Australian Navy, civil and commercial lines including the Shipping Federation, Cunard, the African Royal Mail, Clyde Navigation, Aberdeen Harbour Commission and the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.; buttons of foreign military interest, with examples from the USA, Trinidad and Tobago, France (including some Foreign Legion), Aden, Iraq, Rangoon, Libya, Ghana, Rhodesia, Kenya and Zambia; and items of British military interest, including some ten infantry regiments including the Artists Rifles, regular cavalry and yeomanry regiments, Royal Artillery and Corps, together with RAF and Police examples

£200-300

416

A COLLECTION OF BRITISH POLICE ITEMS

on two cards, containing some 27 Police helmet-plates, the majority black

£180-220

417

A COLLECTION OF BRITISH POLICE ITEMS

on two cards, containing some 24 Police helmet-plates, the majority black, with two in brass

£180-250

418

AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE ‘SPANISH’ FASHION, CIRCA 1590 formed in one piece with a rounded almond-shaped crown rising to a curved ‘stalk’ and a flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, pierced with a later wiring-hole, its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by thirteen round-headed lining-rivets with copper alloy cap and washers (one missing, a small hole, small losses), the surface of the helmet retaining a rough from the hammer finish, 22.0 cm high

Provenance

The Papal Armoury, Rome

Fenton & Son, London, by 1919

£300-400

419

AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE ‘SPANISH’ FASHION, CIRCA 1590 formed in one piece with a rounded almond-shaped crown rising to a slight ‘stalk’ and a flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, pierced with a later wiring-hole, its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by thirteen round-headed lining-rivets with copper alloy cap and washers (one missing, small losses), the surface of the helmet retaining a rough from the hammer finish, 20.0 cm high

Provenance

The Papal Armoury, Rome

Fenton & Son, London, by 1919

£300-400

420

AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE ‘SPANISH’ FASHION, CIRCA 1590 formed in one piece with a rounded almond-shaped crown rising to a slight ‘stalk’ and a flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear, pierced with a later wiring-hole (plugged), its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by fourteen round-headed lining-rivets with copper alloy cap washers (small losses), the surface of the helmet with a smooth grey (previously blued) finish, 19.0 cm high

Provenance

The Papal Armoury, Rome

Fenton & Son, London, by 1919

£300-400

418

421

A NORTH EUROPEAN BACKPLATE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY PROBABLY FLEMISH

formed in one piece with a slightly upstanding neck-opening and an outward-flanged lower edge, the main edges formed with plain inward turns, incised with a series of vertical lines in the centre, at each side and at the principle borders, all accompanied by punched circles, and studded with brass-capped lining rivets throughout (areas of pitting and light surface rust), 37.5 cm

£500-700

422

A GAUNTLET IN THE ‘GOTHIC’ STYLE, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, incorporating earlier elements, formed of a short medially-ridged wrist-plate embossed for the ulna, a metacarpal plate, a knuckleplate embossed over each knuckle, and two finger-plates shaped to the fingers

£150-200

423

A TARGE IN 18TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with wooden core, the inner face with four vestigial tabs for enarmes, the outer face covered with boar skin (small losses) and profusely studded with a geometric arrangement of domed brass nails enclosing a central rondel, 48.5 cm diameter

£500-700

424

A LARGE TARGET IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

formed in one piece, of convex form, fitted at its centre with a spike and at its edge with a roped border, embossed over its surface as a large flowerhead, and studded with rivets at the border, 74.5 cm diameter

£400-600

425

A HIGH-QUALITY CAST OF THE CELEBRATED SHIELD FROM THE ARMERIA REALE, PRODUCED IN THE FACTORY OF THE COUNTS OF ILSENBURG AM HARTZ , CIRCA 1880-90 IN THE FRENCH STYLE OF CIRCA 1570

of kite-shaped form, studded around the border in imitation of lining rivets, decorated in relief with a large central oval panel and four smaller panels depicting scenes of Roman Triumphs in Africa, surrounded by large bound warriors, trophies-of-arms and, at the base with the crescent-crowned head of Diana, the inside with a circular seal inscribed around a central coat of arms with the words ‘GRAFL. FACTOREI · ILSENBURG’ and fitted with a suspension loop 68.8 cm high

£250-300

426

ELEMENTS OF MAIL AND PLATE ARMOUR, INDIAN, 17TH CENTURY

formed of riveted rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of D-section wire, carrying fourteen lamellar plates; three further plates; an inner plate from an Indian dastana, 17th century, chiselled with foliage (pitted); two Indian plates from a dastana, 18th/19th century, decorated with silver scrollwork; a small number of wire mail rings, the first: 11.0 cm (qty)

£60-80

427

A BREASTPLATE IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY formed in one piece, medially ridged, rising sharply in the centre, outwardly flanged lower edge, and with recessed borders and roped turns, 45.3 cm high

£200-300

428

A MINIATURE ARMOUR IN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

comprising close helmet with pierced pivoting visor, gorget, breastplate fitted with a fauld of two lames carrying a pair of tassets each of three lames, a pair of full arm-defences with winged cowters and mitten gauntlets (one arm detached), a pair of leg defences with sabatons, complete with shield, axe and a pair of miniature cup-hilt rapiers, on a wooden stand, 40.0 cm high (4)

£150-200

Miscellaneous

429

THREE ENAMELLED COPPER ALLOY BELT FITTINGS, LONDON, CIRCA 1660-70

comprising two flower-shaped plaques joined by a ring and link and a third smaller flowerhead with a pair of prong fittings on the back, all enamelled in blued and white (small losses) the first two: 7.0 cm

This distinctive style of Stuart enamelling was originally attributed to Esher, Surrey by Charles Beard in 1931, and the group named ‘Surrey enamels’. There is now a strong case to reattribute them to Stephen Pilcherd and Anthony Hatch, the former is recorded in the Royal Wardrobe accounts on 25th March 1661 for “.....making enamelling and gilding our Armes in foure large and eight smaller pieces of brasse.....” For the most recent research on this group see Blair and Patterson, 2005, pp. 2-9 and 2006, 10-21.

£200-300

430

A MEDIEVAL STYLE ‘BILLY AND CHARLEY’ MEDALLION cast in one piece with integral loop, decorated on each face with differing saint like busts enclosed with an inscription including the date ‘1011’, 7.8 cm high

For a discussion of Billies and Charlies, otherwise known as Shadwell Dock Forgeries, see lot 501 to be offered in this room 29th June 2023.

£30-50

431

A SILVERED MACE OF OFFICE, 20TH CENTURY with openwork crown head and moulded tubular haft, 44.5 cm overall

£50-80

432

ROYAL ARMOURIES YEAR BOOK AND ARMS AND ARMOUR 1996-2009 a run, comprising Royal Armouries Yearbook volume 1 -7 (19962002); and Arms and Armour, Journal of the Royal Armouries, volume 1 number 1 to volume 6 number 2 (2004-2009), (19) This lot is sold not subject to return.

£100-150

433

A RARE SCOTTISH ENGRAVED POWDER-FLASK, DATED 1731 of flattened cowhorn, engraved on each side with the date, a pair of thistles beneath a stylised crown and a geometric rondel, and with the initials ‘O.B’, on one face and ‘W’ on the other, with provision for a basal cap and stopper (now missing, small chips), 17.5 cm Flasks of this type are associated with North East Scotland, particularly Aberdeenshire, Angus and Mearns.

£300-500

434

434

A NORTH EUROPEAN CROSSBOW AND A WINDLASS FOR A CROSSBOW, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLEMISH, the first with robust steel bow (string missing), figured walnut tiller of gun-stock form with carved bolt channel, fitted with a pair of long iron plaques on each side over three-quarters of its length enclosing the nut, fitted with steel spike, iron nut, a pair of iron lugs for a windlass, iron trigger, iron trigger-plate, and iron butt-cap (iron parts pitted, butt repaired), the second comprising rectangular box pierced with two trefoils and a pair of slots on each side, fitted with a brass wheel either side, a pair of slightly curved iron arms and turned wooden handles, the first: 87.5 cm tiller

£150-200

435

A DETACHED FLINTLOCK MECHANISM, CIRCA 1815 AND THREE FURTHER DETACHED LOCK MECHANISMS

the first of 1813 pattern for a light cavalry pistol or rifle (cock associated); the second flintlock, of modern construction; the third and fourth percussion, regulation type, each marked with ‘VR’ crowned on the tail, Enfield broad arrow and the dates1862 and 1864 respectively and a detached trigger mechanism, with brass trigger-plate, the first: 13.7 cm (5)

£150-250

436

AN ASSORTMENT OF FIREARMS ACCESSORIES

including a wooden box, the lid bearing a photograph of the Giant’s Causeway, containing two glass and three metal oil-bottles (two by Holland & Holland); three cleaning-rods and seven brushes for shotgun barrels; three metal powder-measures with turned and polished wooden handles; two gun-slips (one leather or plastic, the other canvas); a black leather cartridge-belt, probably for shotgun cartridges, a brown leather cartridge-belt, with a pistol-holster attached, and a red leather cartridge-belt for small calibre ammunition

£150-200

437

TWO POWDER MEASURES, 19TH CENTURY

one with copper alloy graduated head and the other with nickel graduated head, and turned ebonised handles, and two further tools, the first: 12.5 cm (4)

‡ £30-50

European and American Firearms

438

A .56 CALIBRE U.S. MODEL 1868 BREECH-LOADING ‘TRAPDOOR’ SPRINGFIELD RIFLE, NO. 5785, DATED 1870 of regulation type, with sighted barrel retained by two bands and dated 1870, Springfield arsenal lock dated 1863, full stock stamped 19 on the butt and iron mounts including butt-plate stamped en suite, with its iron clearing rod, 91.5 cm barrel £350-450

439

A CASED 15 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY C. PLAYFAIR, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with rebrowned sighted barrel signed on the rib, engraved breeches with platinum plugs, engraved tang, signed foliate scroll-engraved flush fitting flat locks fitted with engraved reblued hammers, highly figured walnut half-stock chequered grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts and vacant escutcheon (the iron pats pitted), with brass-tipped ramrod: in associated fitted mahogany case lined in blue baize, with powder-and shot-flask and turned hardwood box for percussion caps, 73.5 cm barrels £1,200-1,800

440

A .577 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY RIVIERE, LONDON PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1840 with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted multi-groove barrel signed ‘Riviere Rifle Gunmaker London’ on the top, folding leaf back-sight, engraved breech and percussion bolster, engraved reblued tang, signed engraved reblued stepped lock fitted with reblued hammer, set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, carved cheek-piece, engraved reblued steel mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, butt-plate and rear ramrod-pipe en suite with the triggerguard (engraving worn throughout), and associated steel ramrod, 72.0 cm barrel

‡ £300-400

441

A 14 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1860 with tapering sighted barrels inscribed ‘Bienbien Make’, perhaps a continental retailer, on the rib and inlaid with a pair of gold lines at the breech, platinum plugs, scroll-engraved slender tang, scrollengraved back-action locks, half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-plate with pineapple finial, and vacant white metal escutcheon (iron parts pitted) and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, 78.0 cm barrels ‡ £150-300

442

A PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY

with rebrowned iron barrel flaring towards the muzzle, fitted on top with a spring bayonet operated by a catch on the tang, the breech with platinum plug, engraved back-action lock decorated with scrolling foliage and a game vignette, walnut full stock, chequered grip and iron mounts (the iron parts with areas of pitting), and associated brass-tipped wooden ramrod, 36.5 cm barrel

Provenance

David Jeffcoat (1945-2020).

£400-600

AN 18 BORE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY IOHANN WAASS IN WIEN, CIRCA 1720

with swamped barrel of “Spanish” form, fitted with silver “spider” fore-sight, and stamped with the barrel smiths mark (Neue Støckel 8386 and 8503), and a series of decorative marks all lined in gold over the breech, gold-lined vent (areas of light pitting), engraved barrel tang, signed lock engraved with scrolling foliage and a rabbit pursued by a mounted hunter taking aim, figured walnut half-stock carved with an elaborate arrangement of scrolls about the barrel tang and over the butt, gilt-brass mounts chiselled and engraved in low relief with rococo scrolls and foliage, including side-plate pierced with an arrangement of scrolling foliage inhabited by three putti and serpent heads, trigger-guard, butt-plate and crowned vacant escutcheon, horn fore-end cap, horn-tipped wooden ramrod, 111.0 cm barrel

Provenance

The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s Marienburg, 6th October 2005, lot 857

The Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, Königliche Waffen 1895 inv. nr. 569, one of a pair

A pair of guns signed Joh: Waas in Wien with gilded mounts and damascus barrels are recorded in The Hanoverian Royal Rüstkammer 1751, inv. nrs. 38 & 39.

£2,000-3,000

A 10 BORE GERMAN LONG FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE IN THE PARISIAN TASTE, BY PIERRE KLENKE A SELLE, CIRCA 1680

with sighted barrel formed in four stages and stamped `CvLvB’ in small letters on the breech, signed rounded lock with engraved borders, the cock and steel each lightly chiselled with scrolls in low relief (top-jaw and screw missing), walnut full stock carved with scrolling monsterhead tendrils about the barrel tang, further scrolling tendrils about the rear ramrod-pipe and tightly scrolling tendrils about the remaining three ramrod-pipes (extensive cracks, the fore-end with one break, light worm), large butt with strongly pronounced bulbous heel, engraved steel mounts, including side-plate formed as a pair of slender S-shaped scrolls of unequal size carrying a vacant rondel, pierced and chiselled vacant escutcheon issuant from a demon mask, engraved butt-plate (the steel parts chemically cleaned) and original wooden ramrod, 153.2cm barrel

Provenance

The Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, Königliche Waffen 1895 (inv. nos. 439 or 440, a pair listed).

The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 745

The gewehrkammer of Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg in Calenburg, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1624-1705), records two pairs and two single guns by this maker received during the period 28th August 1684 to circa 1705. The Hanoverian Royal Rüstkammer inventory of 1751 records six pairs and nine single guns by this maker. £1,200-1,800

445

A CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL, CIRCA 1820 with iron barrel formed in two stages and flaring towards the muzzle, rounded lock (cock in two pieces), full stock, brass mounts of regulation type and no provision for a ramrod, 22.7 cm barrel

‡ £250-350

446

A 60 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY, BELGIAN OR FRENCH with etched twist long turn-off barrel, scroll-engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, fluted ebonised butt and stepped steel buttcap, 17.5 cm barrel

‡ £150-250

447

A CONTINENTAL 54 BORE D.B. PIN-FIRE PISTOL, CIRCA 1860 with sighted barrels released by a scroll-engraved underlever, scroll-engraved box-lock action, fluted butt carved with a scalloped design behind the action, steel trigger-guard and engraved steel butt-cap, 10.4 cm barrels

‡ £100-150

448

A 28 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PIN-FIRE PISTOL AND ANOTHER 54 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PIN-FIRE PISTOL, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY each with tapering octagonal barrels formed with a sighting groove and released by a sprung transverse bolt at the breech, box-lock action engraved with a trellis design on each side, folding triggers, and angular butts with iron caps (worn), 27.4 cm and 22.3 cm overall (2)

£60-100

449

A FINE CASED PAIR OF 80 BORE LANG’S PATENT PERCUSSION TURNOVER PISTOLS BY JOSEPH LANG, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 with turn-off barrels engraved with a band at each end, borderengraved faceted breeches struck with proof marks, inscribed ‘patent’ and ‘London’, engraved actions decorated with delicate scrollwork, signed ‘Lang Haymarket’ on the left, blued folding triggers, engraved tangs decorated with foliage, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, polished rounded walnut butts, and vacant silver escutcheons: in original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the outside, complete with accessories including blued barrel wrench, threeway copper flask, and bullet mould, 2.8 cm barrels

Provenance

Acquired by the owner’s father circa 1969. Joseph Lang is recorded at 7 Haymarket 1825-52.

~ £2,500-3,000

450

A BELGIAN 50 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840

with etched twist octagonal turn-off barrel, scroll-engraved boxlock action, folding trigger, highly figured burrwood butt and German silver butt-cap with trap cast and finely chased with a medusa mask, 7.8 cm barrel

‡ £150-200

451

A 22 BORE PERCUSSION EAST INDIA COMPANY SHORT SERVICE PERCUSSION PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with tapering barrel struck with proof marks and Indian arsenal marks at the breech, border-engraved lock with East India rampant lion, full stock, regulation mounts, iron stirrup ramrod and iron lanyard ring (worn), 15.0 cm barrel

‡ £200-250

452

A CONTINENTAL 28 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, CIRCA 1840 with twist octagonal sighted barrel, engraved stepped flush-fitting lock, three-quarter stock with fluted butt, engraved German silver mounts including trigger-guard, butt-cap and ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing, areas of pitting), 17.0 cm barrel

£150-200

453

AN 11 BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with tapering barrel struck with Birmingham proof and Indian arsenal marks at the breech, border-engraved flush-fitting flat lock, full stock, brass mounts including side-plate, trigger-guard and butt-cap (later ramrod, worn), 20.5 cm barrel

‡ £120-180

454 See page iii for Buyer’s Premium and other charges

454

A FINE PAIR OF 16 BORE VIENNESE LONG FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS MADE FOR A MEMBER OF THE BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG FAMILY BY PLONER IN WIENN, CIRCA 1720

each with swamped etched twist barrel in the Turkish taste, signed in gold and set with silver bead fore-sight on a long flat, decorated with a panel of slender gold strapwork and moulded over the breech, engraved barrel tang fitted with chiselled gilt-brass back-sight, brass-lined vent, signed gilt-brass locks decorated with a stag and a doe within a wooded landscape and a pair of hunters, figured walnut full-stock carved with rococo scrolls and foliage about the barrel tang and rear ramrod-pipe, gilt-brass mounts comprising side-plate pierced and chiselled with scrolling foliage involving a gaping serpent head, trigger-guard with rococo scrollwork terminal, spurred pommel chiselled and engraved en suite and with a stylised city vignette on each side, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, crowned gilt-brass escutcheons engraved with an addorsed monogram, carved horn fore-end caps and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods, 40.0 cm barrels

Provenance

The Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, Königliche Waffen 1895 (inv. nos. 164 & 165).

The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 875

Exhibited

Exhibition of Arms, Armour and Militaria lent by H.R.H. The Duke of Brunswick at the Tower of London, April 10th-October 31st 1952, nrs.183 & 184.

455

A PAIR OF 14 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1700-1710, NORTH GERMAN OR LOW COUNTRIES

with tapering sighted barrels chiselled with foliage over the breeches, stepped bevelled locks, figured walnut full stocks carved with a raised moulding about the barrel tangs, locks and mounts, steel mounts chiselled in low relief, comprising side-plates formed of a pair of scrolling panels interrupted by a grotesque mask and with foliate terminals, spurred faceted pommels fitted with grotesque mask caps framed by foliage, faceted trigger-guards with foliate terminals, vacant escutcheons surmounted by a demon mask, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, and each with original steel-tipped wooden ramrod, 50.0 cm barrels (2)

Provenance

The Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, Königliche Waffen 1895 (inv. nos. 184 & 185).

The Royal House of Hanover, sold Sotheby’s Marienburg, 5th October 2005, lot 769

Exhibited

Exhibition of Arms, Armour and Militaria lent by H.R.H. The Duke of Brunswick at the Tower of London, April 10thOctober 31st 1952, nrs.179 & 180.

£2,500-3,000

A PAIR OF 24 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY PAYTON, SHREWSBURY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1800 with two-stage barrels fitted with silver ‘spider’ fore-sights, octagonal breeches inscribed ‘Shrewsbury’, signed stepped bevelled locks decorated with a band of beadwork fitted with bevelled cocks engraved with a slender triangular panel of foliage, figured walnut full stocks (fore-ends with small repairs, minor bruising), flat-sided ‘Wogdon’ style butts, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guards with a diamond-shaped panel filled with a flower on the bows and with shaped trilobate terminals and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes and later horn-tipped wooden ramrods, 20.5 cm barrels (2)

Provenance

Acquired by the owner’s father circa 1973. Edward Payton is recorded in Shrewsbury circa 1810.

£1,500-2,000

A PAIR OF 20-BORE FLINTLOCK LIVERY PISTOLS BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1760 with slightly swamped barrels each inscribed ‘London’ in capital letters on the top flat at the breech, plain tangs (one broken), rounded locks with first form of signature (one cock replaced, the other fractured, one steel-spring incomplete), figured full stocks (minor bruising, one butt split through), brass mounts comprising flush-fitting scroll side-plates, trigger-guards with terminals of shaped outline, spurred pommels, border-engraved escutcheons with the owner’s crest, moulded ramrod-pipe, and brass-capped ramrods, perhaps the original (the steel parts with areas of pitting), 20.7 cm barrels

Provenance

Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 30th April 2014, lot 438. These are among the earliest Twigg firearms. The crest is that of Dymoke.

£800-1,000

458

A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY J. & W. RICHARDS WITH BRASS BARREL AND MOUNTS, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA

1800

with brass barrel flaring towards the muzzle and engraved with a band of beadwork over the breech, fitted with top-mounted spring bayonet operated by a sliding catch on the engraved tang, signed stepped border-engraved lock fitted with bevelled cock and bolt safety-catch, full stock, engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plate, trigger-guard engraved with a rococo flower on the bow and with pineapple finial, spurred pommel engraved with a flowerhead, vacant escutcheon and a pair of ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 23.0 cm barrel

Provenance

Acquired by the owner’s father circa 1971.

£800-1,000

459

A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL, SIGNED INNES, PLYMOUTH, CIRCA 1790 with turn-off cannon barrel, engraved action, signed on a rococo scroll on the left and inscribed Plymouth on a further scroll on the right (one screw missing, top jaw replaced), flat-sided walnut butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls (small losses, areas of rust); together with a Moroccan jambiya, early 20th Century, with silvered brassmounted hilt, in its matching scabbard, the first: 5.5 cm barrel (2) £400-600

460

A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY RICHARDS, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with turn-off cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on a scroll on the left and decorated en rocaille on the right (safety-catch removed), flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls, and sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, 6.2 cm barrel

‡ £200-250

461

A 32 BORE CONTINENTAL BRASS BARRELLED PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY with octagonal barrel inscribed on the left ‘J. Loeste’, scroll-engraved integral action, rounded figured burrwood butt, two ramrod-pipes and iron trigger-guard (later ramrod), 9.5 cm barrel

£100-150

462

A 25 BORE 1801/16 PATTERN FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE PISTOL, MARKED ‘H.M.S.VICTORY’ of regulation type, the barrel stuck with Tower view and proof marks on the left of the breech, border-engraved lock with ‘Tower’ on the tail and traces of a crown (cock missing, steel associated), full stock (areas of light bruising), with traces of date and government ownership mark, and brass mounts including butt-plate stamped ‘H.M.S. Victory’ in capital letters (rubbed, later ramrod), 23.2 cm barrel

£500-700

463

A 14 BORE PERCUSSION EAST INDIA COMPANY LONG FLINTLOCK CAVALRY PISTOL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY of regulation type, with tapering barrel struck with proof marks and Indian arsenal marks at the breech, rounded lock with East India company rampant lion, full stock, regulation brass mounts, iron stirrup ramrod and iron lanyard ring (worn), 23.0 cm barrel

‡ £250-300

A 25 BORE 1801 PATTERN LONG SEA SERVICE PISTOL, DATED 1806 of regulation type, the barrel struck with Tower view and proof marks on the left of the breech, tang struck with a crowned ‘4’, border-engraved lock with ‘Tower’ on the tail, ‘GR’ crowned and crowned broad arrow government ownership mark beneath the pan, fitted with ring-neck cock, full stock (areas of light bruising), stamped with the date and government ownership mark behind the lock, brass mounts, iron belt hook struck with a crowned ‘6’, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 30.5 cm barrel

Provenance

Acquired by the owner’s father circa 1970.

£1,400-1,800

465

A 25 BORE 1801 PATTERN LONG SEA SERVICE PISTOL, DATED 1805 of regulation type, the barrel struck with Tower view and proof marks on the left of the breech, tang struck with a crown mark, border-engraved lock with ‘Tower’ on the tail, ‘GR’ crowned and crowned broad arrow government ownership mark beneath the pan, fitted with ring-neck cock, full stock (areas of light bruising, old repairs), stamped with the date and government ownership mark behind the lock, brass mounts, and iron belt hook struck with a crowned ‘6’ (associated ramrod). 31.0 cm barrel

Provenance

Acquired by the owner’s father circa 1970.

£1,400-1,800

END OF SALE

The David Hayden-Wright Collection of Antique Knives

29th June 2023

6th December 2023

Sale Results for 7th December 2022

The following prices are the hammer prices GBP/£. Unsold lots are not shown. Olympia Auctions is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions

Conditions of Business for Buyers

1. Introduction

(a) The contractual relationship of the Auctioneers and Sellers with prospective Buyers is governed by:-

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(iii) The Auctioneers Authenticity Guarantee;

(iv) any additional notices and terms printed in the sale catalogue, in each case as amended by any Saleroom Notice or Auctioneers Announcement.

(b) As Auctioneers, the Ltd Company hosting the auction acts as agent for the Seller. Occasionally, the Auctioneers may own or have a financial interest in a lot.

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“Buyer” is the person who makes the highest bid or offer accepted by the auctioneer, including a Buyer’s principal when bidding as agent;

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“Hammer Price” is the highest bid for the Property accepted by the Auctioneers at the auction or the post auction sale price;

“Purchase Price” is the Hammer Price plus applicable Buyer’s Premium and Buyer’s Expenses;

“Reserve Price” (where applicable) is the minimum Hammer Price at which the Seller has agreed to sell a lot.

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3. Examination of Lots

(a) The Auctioneers knowledge of lots is partly dependent on information provided by the Seller and the Auctioneers are unable to exercise exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Each lot is available for examination before sale. Bidders are responsible for carrying out examinations and research before sale to satisfy themselves over the condition of lots and accuracy of descriptions.

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4. Exclusions and limitations of liability to Buyers

(a) The Auctioneers shall refund the Purchase Price to the Buyer in circumstances where it deems that the lot is a Counterfeit, subject to the terms of the Auctioneers Authenticity Guarantee.

(b) Subject to Condition 4(a), neither the Auctioneers nor the Seller:-

(i) is liable for any errors or omissions in any oral or written information provided to Bidders by the Auctioneers, whether negligent or otherwise;

(ii) gives any guarantee or warranty to Bidders and any implied warranties and conditions are excluded (save in so far as such obligations cannot be excluded by English law), other than the express warranties given by the Seller to the Buyer (for which the Seller is solely responsible) under the Conditions of Business for Sellers;

(iii) accepts responsibility to Bidders for acts or omissions (whether negligent or otherwise) by the Auctioneers in connection with the conduct of auctions or for any matter relating to the sale of any lot.

(c) Without prejudice to Condition 4(b), any claim against the Auctioneers and/or the Seller by a Bidder is limited to the Purchase Price for the relevant lot. Neither the Auctioneers nor the Seller shall be liable for any indirect or consequential losses.

(d) Nothing in Condition 4 shall exclude or limit the liability of the Auctioneers or the Seller for death or personal injury caused by the negligent acts or omissions of the Auctioneers or the Seller.

5. Bidding at Auction

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(b) The Auctioneers advises Bidders to attend the auction, but the Auctioneers will endeavour to execute absentee written bids provided that they are, in the Auctioneers opinion, received in sufficient time and in legible form.

(c) When available, written and telephone bidding is offered as a free service at the Bidder’s risk and subject to the Auctioneers other commitments; the Auctioneers is therefore not liable for failure to execute such bids. Telephone bidding may be recorded.

6. Import, Export and Copyright Restrictions

(a) The Auctioneers and the Seller make no representations or warranties as to whether any lot is subject to import, export or copyright restrictions. It is the Buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any copyright clearance or any necessary import, export or other licence required by law, including licences required under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

(b) Ivory and Restricted Materials (CITES)

‘~’ Lots marked with the symbol ~ have been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding import or export. As the Auctioneers of these articles, the Auctioneers undertakes to comply fully with CITES and DEFRA regulation. Buyers are advised to inform themselves of all such regulations and should expect the exportation of items to take some time to arrange. The information is made available for the convenience of Bidders and the absence of the symbol is not a warranty that there are no restrictions regarding import or export of the Lot. The Auctioneers accepts no liability for any lots which may be subject to CITES but have not be identified as such.

7. Conduct of the Auction

(a) The auctioneer has discretion to refuse bids, withdraw or reoffer lots for sale (including after the fall of the hammer) if (s)he believes that there may be an error or dispute, and may also take such other action as (s)he reasonably deems necessary.

(b) The auctioneer will commence and advance the bidding in such increments as (s)he considers appropriate and is entitled to place bids on the Seller’s behalf up to the Reserve Price for the lot, where applicable.

(c) Subject to Condition 7(a), the contract between the Buyer and the Seller is concluded on the striking of the auctioneer's hammer.

(d) Any post-auction sale of lots shall incorporate these Conditions of Business.

8. Payment and Collection

(a) Unless otherwise agreed in advance, payment of the Purchase Price is due in pounds sterling immediately after the auction (the "Payment Date").

(b) Title in a lot will not pass to the Buyer until the Auctioneers has received the Purchase Price in cleared funds. The Auctioneers will generally not release a lot to a Buyer before payment. Earlier release shall not affect passing of title or the Buyer's obligation to pay the Purchase Price, as above.

(c) The refusal of any licence or permit required by law, as outlined in Condition 6, shall not affect the Buyer’s obligation to pay for the lot, as per Condition 8(a).

(d) The Buyer must arrange collection of lots within 10 working days of the auction. Purchased lots are at the Buyer's risk from the earlier of (i) collection or (ii) 10 working days after the auction. Until risk passes, the Auctioneers will compensate the Buyer for any loss or damage to the lot up to a maximum of the Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyer. The Auctioneers assumption of risk is subject to the exclusions detailed in Condition 5(d) of the Conditions of Business for Sellers.

(e) All packing and handling of lots is at the Buyer's risk. The Auctioneers will not be liable for any acts or omissions of third party packers or shippers.

9. Remedies for non-payment

Without prejudice to any rights that the Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior agreement fails to make payment for the lot within 5 working days of the auction, the Auctioneers may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more of the following remedies:-

(a) store the lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense;

(b) cancel the sale of the lot;

(c) set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by the Auctioneers against any amounts owed to the Auctioneersby the Buyer for the lot;

(d) reject future bids from the Buyer;

(e) charge interest at 4% per annum above HSBC Bank plc Base Rate from the Payment Date to the date that the Purchase Price is received in cleared funds;

(f) re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at the Auctioneers discretion, in which case the Buyer will be liable for any shortfall between the original Purchase Price and the amount achieved on re-sale, including all costs incurred in such re-sale;

(g) Exercise a lien over any Buyer’s Property in the Auctioneers possession, applying the sale proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer to the Auctioneers. The Auctioneers shall give the Buyer 14 days' written notice before exercising such lien;

(h) commence legal proceedings to recover the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest and legal costs;

(i) disclose the Buyer’s details to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings

10. Failure to collect purchases

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The Auctioneers will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the security and integrity of all personal information provided via our website, or by any other means electronic or otherwise.

The Auctioneers use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal details from unauthorised physical and electronic access.

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Olympia Auctions Ltd’s Authenticity Guarantee

If the Auctioneers sell an item of Property which is later shown to be a “Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below the Auctioneers will rescind the sale and refund the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to the Auctioneers for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price.

The Guarantee lasts for one (1) year after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable. “Counterfeit” means an item of Property that in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue description for the Property.

Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including, but not limited to, recolouring, tooling or repatinating).

Please note that this Guarantee does not apply if either:-

(i) the catalogue description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or

(ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the item was a Counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in the Auctioneers reasonable opinion); or

(iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded with its catalogue description. To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer must:-

(i) notify the Auctioneers in writing within one (1) month of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and

(ii) return the Property to the Auctioneers in the same condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale.

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