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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE LATTIMER FAMILY COLLECTIONS, NEW JERSEY PROPERTY SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, FROM THE GEORGE F. HARDING COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE MORTON AND ANGELA STERN COLLECTION, NEW YORK, PART TWO PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDENT FAMILY OF DON JOSÉ DE LA SERNA, CONDE DE LOS ANDRES, VICEROY OF PERU (1770-1832) THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRINCE

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Eastern Arms and Armour 1 A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER’S SWORD (KATANA) the first with curved single-edged blade with traces of a wavy hamon (the grip shrunk tightly over the tang), regulation brass mounts including tsuba, in its lacquered saya; the second of characteristic form, with slightly curved fullered blade, embossed copper ferrule and pommel each decorated with flowers, and bone grip, in its brass-mounted wooden scabbard the first: 65.7 cm; 25⅞ in blade (2) £500-700 2 A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER’S SWORD (KATANA) with curved single-edged blade with traces of a wavy hamon (areas of light pitting, the grip shrunk tightly over the tang), regulation gilt-brass mounts including tsuba, in its lacquered saya together with a typed note from the vendor stating that it was brought back from the Far East by Flight Lieutenant N. C. Rouse, no. 177426 71.6 cm; 28¼ in blade £400-600

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3 A JAPANESE SWORD (WAKIZASHI) with curved single-edged blade (chipped, small areas of pitting), with traces of a wavy hamon, signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, in shira-saya 58.3 cm; 23 in blade ‡ £300-400 4 A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD (WAKIZASHI) AND ANOTHER SWORD (KATANA) with first with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon (chips), tang with later signature ‘Echizen no kami Sukehiro’ pierced with a single mekugi-ana, in shira saya; the second with curved single-edged blade, and signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana (pitted) the first: 45 cm; 17¾ in blade (2) £200-300 5 A FINE JAPANESE IVORY-MOUNTED LARGE SWORD (TACHI), 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade retained by three ivory mekugi-ana passing through the tang (seized), carved hilt formed of sections of ivory, decorated with a vertical arrangement of figures divided by bands of scrolling foliage, including seated Samurai being entertained by female musicians, thick tsuba carved with a fire breathing dragon around the edge, in its saya of carved ivory en suite with the hilt, comprising further samurai scenes including combat with katana and yari, fitted with two carved ivory rings for suspension, each attached by a pin on a band of carved scrollwork inhabited by dragons and monsters (the ivory with small cracks, chips and minor repairs) 80 cm; 31½ in blade £10000-15000

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6 A JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU), EDO PERIOD comprising ten-plate iron kabuto, the outside lacquered with thirty three raised ribs, fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on the underside, brass tehen, shikoro of five lacquered iron lames, the uppermost fixed to the skull and with plain fukigaeshi, well modelled lacquered iron mempo with pronounced chin and scalloped upper border, the inside lacquered red (nose missing), fitted with yodarekake of three lacquered iron lames, lacquered iron dĂľ, kusazuri of five lames, a pair of ko-sode each of six lames, a pair of lacquered iron and mail kote, iron and mail haidate, and a pair of suneate (areas of wear and disarticulation) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands ÂŁ2000-3000

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7 A BRASS KAKU-MOKKOGATA (SHINCHU) TSUBA, 20TH CENTURY decorated in takabori with the priest Mongaku with Yoritomo, unsigned 9.3 cm; 3½ in £200-250 8 A CIRCULAR IRON NOMURA SCHOOL TSUBA, 20TH CENTURY pierced and decorated in gilt with warriors and pine tree, signed Kaneishi Nomura Kanenori 8.8 cm; 3½ in £1000-1200 9 TWO CIRCULAR IRON SOTEN TSUBA, 20TH CENTURY pierced and decorated in gilt with warriors’ battle, signed Goshu Hikone ju Soheishi Nyudo Sotensei both 8.1 cm; 3¼ in (2) £500-800 10 TWO CIRCULAR IRON SOTEN TSUBA, 20TH CENTURY pierced and decorated in gilt with warriors’ battle scene, signed Goshu HIkone ju Soheishi Nyudo Soten sei both 7.9 cm; 3⅛ in (2) £500-800 11 AN OVAL IRON TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY pierced and decorated in gilt with warriors, unsigned 7.5 cm; 3 in £400-500 12 A CIRCULAR IRON TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY With gilt decoration depicting Jo and Uba under a pine tree (from a Noh play), unsigned 7.1 cm; 2¾ in £300-400

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13 TWO IRON TSUBA, LATE 19TH CENTURY The first a mokko shape Katchushi style tsuba, pierced with a kiri (paulownia), hollyhock (omodaka) leaf and three stars, another of round iron worked in high and low relief with flowers, unsigned the first 8.5 cm; 3½ in; the second 8.4 cm; 3¼ in (2) £300-400 14 TWO IRON ITAME (WOOD GRAIN DESIGN) TSUBA, 19/20TH CENTURY The first of iron with two udenuki-ana and another of mokko with a pattern of wood grain, unsigned the first 7.9 cm; 3⅛ in; the second 8 cm; 3 in (2) £300-400 15 A ROUND IRON TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY carved in high and low relief with gourds and its leaves, signed Nobumitsu saku 8.3 cm; 3¼ in £150-200 16 A CIRCULAR IRON BUSHU TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY pierced with the design of an elongated radish (daikon), unsigned 8 cm; 3⅛ in £100-150 17 A CIRCULAR IRON ONIN STYLE TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY the circular body pierced with a sunbeam pattern, the rim with a repeated pattern with brass decoration, unsigned 8.4 cm; 3¼ in £100-150 18 AN OVAL IRON BUSHU SUKASHI TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY pierced with the design of geese in flight in rain, unsigned 7.1 cm; 2¾ in £100-150 19 A CIRCULAR IRON ONIN STYLE TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY carved in relief with the tips of the palm leaves and irregular patterns decorated in brass, both hitsuana plugged, unsigned 8.4 cm; 3¼ in £100-150

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20 A CHINESE DECORATED SWORD (DAO), QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, brass hilt comprising circular guard with moulded brim, ferrule and pommel, all cast with scrollwork inhabited by dragons, wooden grip bound with cord, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard, with brass mounts en suite with the hilt, comprising characteristic shaped chape, locket, a pair of bands, and the latter two joined by a brass panel 61 cm; 24 in blade £1000-1400 21 A CHINESE SHORTSWORD (NIUWEIDAO), LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad flat single-edged hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point pierced with three circular holes, pierced brass guard with moulded edge, two-piece spirally carved grip, and flattened ovoid brass pommel 50 cm; 19¾ in blade £300-500 22 A CHINESE SWORD (DAO), QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, brass hilt cast and chased in low relief comprising moulded upturned guard cast with a mask and scrolls on each face, shaped pommel engraved with foliage around a central rondel, and swelling horn grip carved with a series of low slender ribs between a pair of engraved collars 57 cm; 22½ in blade ‡ £200-300 23 A CHINESE SWORD (DAO), QING DYNASTY, 20TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, brass hilt comprising dish guard, ferrule and pommel all cast with traditional scrolls and dragons in low relief, and wooden grip, in its painted scabbard with decorated brass mounts 63.5 cm; 25 in blade ‡ £200-250

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26 24 A BURMESE IVORY AND SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (DHA), LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, the hilt comprising a broad silver ferrule chased with beadwork, and long ivory grip, in its silver scabbard chased with traditional motifs, with wooden core and green suspension cord 49.5 cm; 19½ in blade £200-250 25 THREE BURMESE SWORDS (DHA) of characteristic form, two with silver-inlaid fullered blades, chased metal mounted hilts and horn and bone grips respectively, the third with horn grip, each in its scabbard 65 cm; 25½ in blade (3) £100-150 26 A RARE EAST TIBETAN DECORATED LEATHER LAMELLAR ARMOUR, 15TH/17TH CENTURY formed of two pairs of plates covering the chest and the back of the torso, open at the front and fitted with two slender plates at each side, decorated in gold with large flowerheads and foliage above an arcade, carrying a long skirt of eight rows of tall rectangular plates decorated with exotic animals and further designs en suite with the torso, the plates all joined by leather thongs, a pair of plaited leather thongs forming shoulder straps, and the reverse of the neck with a leather tasselled border (small losses and disarticulations) A related armour, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been dated to 1440-1660, see LaRocca 2006, pp. 124-125.

Another example was sold Sotheby’s Olympia, 12 December 2004, lot 31.

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27 A RARE ELEMENT OF TIBETAN IRON AND LAMELLAR ARMOUR, 15TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY A CAPE OR MANTLE formed of a broad horizontal row of curved slender iron plates faced with hide, carrying two pairs of panels, each formed of six rows of thick hide plates, all joined by leather thongs (small losses and disarticulations), and with traces of red painted decoration See footnote to previous lot. ÂŁ500-800

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28 A FINE INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), KUTCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad curved German blade double-edged towards the point, formed with two long fullers of differing width, etched with serpents, strapwork panels, a sword clasped by an arm issuant from a cloud and celestial motifs on each face (areas of light pitting), brass hilt cast and chiselled in low relief, comprising a pair of langets with serpent head finials, quillons with terminals chiselled as stylised tiger heads in the round, recurved knuckle-guard with finial en suite with the quillons, large disc-shaped pommel, attenuated button, and solid grip chiselled and engraved with a scaly fish, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard tooled at the throat and with shaped thin leather chape embossed with a criss-cross pattern 83.5 cm; 32â…ž in blade Kutch (Kachh or Cutch), a town in Gujarat, was famous for the manufacture of weapons and continues to make brass handled pen knives to this day. See Elgood 2004, p. 254. The armoury of the Maharajah of Kutch included a number of swords with blades of this type. ÂŁ1000-1500

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29 A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MEDIEVAL SWORD, POSSIBLY 12TH/13TH CENTURY in patinated condition, with curved blade double-edged over its upper half, steel hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade, including angular figure-of-eight shaped guard, and wooden cushion-shaped pommel with attenuated moulded button 70.5 cm; 27¾ in blade Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in these rooms 30 June 2010, lot 83. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5. £600-800 30 AN INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 18TH CENTURY with European straight blade double-edged towards the point, formed with three long fullers of differing length on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of long shaped langets decorated with silver koftgari scrollwork and gold flowerheads (worn), figure-of-eight shaped guard, broad knuckle-guard formed with a medial ridge, shallow cup-shaped pommel, and attenuated button with traces of decoration en suite with the langets 91 cm; 35¾ in blade ‡ £400-600 31 AN INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with European fullered blade, iron hilt of characteristic form including broad knuckle-guard and attenuated pommel (small chips, cleaned), in a later scabbard 80 cm; 31½ in blade £300-400 32 AN INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with European fullered blade, iron hilt of characteristic form (loose), including broad knuckle-guard and attenuated pommel (cleaned), in a later scabbard 88 cm; 34⅝ in blade £300-400

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37 AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of watered steel, inlaid with two later silver calligraphic panels on one face (small areas of deep pitting), silver hilt comprising border-engraved cross-piece with a pair of quillons with bulbous finials and back-strap, and a pair of horn grip-scales rising to a pronounced bulbous pommel (age cracks), in its wire-covered wooden scabbard with large cast, chased and engraved silver mounts comprising locket and chape (the former missing its locking-catch), and a pair of middle mounts for suspension, struck throughout with silver marks 83.5 cm; 32⅞ in blade ‡ £1200-1800 38 AN EGYPTIAN COURT SWORD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with tapering polished blade, gilt-brass hilt in the Mooresque taste, including a pair of vertically recurved scrollwork quillons, down-turned shell-guard cast with the crowned Royal arms, fluted ovoid pommel, and grip in imitation mother-of-pearl, in its leather scabbard with brass mounts 79 cm; 31⅛ in blade £300-400 39 AN INDO-PERSIAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged at the point, formed with a series of grooves arranged in pairs and a long fuller on each face, brass hilt cast in one piece, including short quillons with faceted polyhedral terminals, and angular pommel 73 cm; 28¾ in blade £200-300 40 AN INDIAN CANE DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY with tapering faceted blade decorated with gold at the forte, curved iron grip decorated with leafy patterns highlighted with silver, in its iron scabbard decorated en suite over the lower portion 39.5 cm; 15½ in blade £150-200

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41 A RARE INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VIJAYANAGARA with long sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point, formed with five pairs of converging fullers on each face, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of attenuated shaped langets chiselled with conventional foliage, recurved guard formed with a medial ridge, terminating in a monster head, reinforced in the centre and at the borders with chiselled panels of foliage, shaped side bars with moulded terminals, and a pair of grip bars with bulbous central mouldings (pitted throughout) 39.5 cm; 15⅝ in blade For a discussion of this group see Elgood 2004, pp. 145-150. £400-500 42 A RARE INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VIJAYANAGARA with long sharply tapering blade formed with five pairs of converging fullers on each face, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of attenuated shaped langets, recurved guard terminating in a monster head, chiselled with chevron over the median and the borders, shaped side bars with moulded terminals, and a pair of grip bars with bulbous central mouldings (pitted throughout) 37.5 cm; 14¾ in blade £400-500 43 TWO DAGGERS (JAMBIYA), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first Moroccan, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, silvered copper ferrule and pommel cap, hardwood grip, in its scabbard; the second with etched curved double-edged blade, and characteristic hilt formed of bone, horn and brass segments, in its brass scabbard the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in blade (2) £60-80

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44 AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM) FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a pair of fullers and a raised central rib on each face, iron hilt comprising oval guard with pierced border and a pair of short bulbous quillons, knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shaped finial, integral grip interrupted by a pronounced central moulding, and characteristic horn-shaped pommel with scrolling terminals (repairs) 21.5 cm; 8½ in blade ‡ £300-400 45 AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM) FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade swelling towards the tip, shaped ricasso pierced with a pair of slots and a pair of circular holes, retaining traces of punched ornament (rubbed), integral iron hilt formed with a central moulding, symmetrical pommel formed of a pair of horns of inverted T-section, and moulded bud-shaped finial 29.5 cm; 11⅝ in blade A dagger of related form is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.25.751). See Elgood 2004, p. 179. ‡ £250-350

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46 AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved flat double-edged blade, shaped hilt almost entirely encased in silver, including bands of elaborate beadwork, filigree and rows of rattles, the grip with a central moulding set with a red paste, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver (top collar missing), the outer face chased en suite with the hilt and the inner with a loop for suspension 22.5 cm; 8⅞ in blade ‡ £400-600 47 A DECORATED OTTOMAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), MOROCCO, LATE 19TH CENTURY with double-edged flat blade decorated with silver scrollwork on each face of the forte, the hilt entirely encased in gilt copper on the outer face and applied with red and blue coloured pastes in raised settings (losses), the inner face of sheet copper, embossed with flowers and conventional foliage on a punched ground, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large mounts decorated en suite with the hilt, including chape with pronounced up-turned finial (losses) 25.5 cm; 10 in blade ‡ £300-400 48 AN OTTOMAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with recurved medially ridged double-edged blade, decorated with gold on each face of the forte, iron hilt chiselled with an elephant and a tiger on each side, highlighted in silver (rubbed), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard 20.5 cm; 8 in blade ‡ £250-300

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55 AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KARD), LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, silvered hilt fitted with a pair of jade grips, each set with two flowers, involving green and red pastes centring on a white paste, all within raised gilt settings, and beaked pommel 23.8 cm; 9⅜ in blade ‡ £400-600 56 AN OTTOMAN BALKAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved blade formed with a medial ridge, morse grip formed with a large elliptical guard and matching pommel, in its tooled leather-covered wooden scabbard 26.7 cm; 10½ in blade £400-600 57 A MIDDLE EASTERN SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad hatchet blade, engraved silver cross-piece, horn grip, in its silver-mounted scabbard (worn) 74.3 cm; 29¼ in blade ‡ £80-120 58 A TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED DECORATIVE MACE, 19TH CENTURY with spherical head and cylindrical haft each chiselled with flowers and foliage, the latter struck with a mark, wooden haft inlaid with leafy foliage enriched with pellets, and the base set with a red stone 51.5 cm; 20¼ in overall £200-250 59 AN OTTOMAN BALKAN SMALL DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY of yataghan form, with tapering single-edged blade decorated in gold with a brief inscription on one face, silver hilt cast with scrollwork and incorporating a loop at the top, in its scabbard decorated en suite, with a loop for suspension 16 cm; 6⅜ in blade £50-80

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64 AN INDO-PERSIAN DECORATED HELMET (KULAH KHUD) AND SHIELD (DHAL) 19TH CENTURY the first with hemispherical skull, fitted at its top with a tapering central spike, at its front with a rectangular staple and thumbscrew securing a sliding nasal with a plume-holder on either side, all decorated with etched designs, the skull with shaped panels including exotic birds and scrolls, all highlighted with silver (worn), mail neck-defence of butted links highlighted with brass (losses), and red fabric lining; the second of low convex form, decorated en suite with the kulah khud, the greater part of its outer surface with etched designs of scrolling foliage inhabited by mounted figures in pursuit of game with hawks, swords and clubs, calligraphic border, brass rim, and fitted with four bosses and the inner face with provision for enarmes (missing) the first: 25 cm; 9⅞ in high (2) ‡ £800-1200 65 A PAIR OF INDIAN SHIELDS (DHAL), 20TH CENTURY of brass, each of low domed form, chiselled with patterns of scrolling foliage enriched with red enamel, fitted with four low domed bosses, and the interiors each with enarmes 45 cm; 17¾ in diameter (2) £150-250

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77 A SUDANESE SWORD (KASKARA), LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad fullered double-edged blade, characteristic iron hilt comprising a pair of straight quillons and langets, crocodile-skin grip, in its crocodile skin scabbard 60.2 cm; 23¾ in blade £200-300 78 TWO AFRICAN SPEARS the first with medially-ridged leaf-shaped blade, long tapering socket, wooden haft and long iron shoe; the second with triangular blade, tapering socket, wooden haft partly wrapped in fur and iron shoe the first: 94 cm; 37 in head (2) £80-120 79 A ZULU CANE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY bound with spiralling patterns of copper and brass wire over its entire surface, and with a pronounced near spherical knob at the top 95 cm; 37⅜ in overall £150-250 80 A ZULU CANE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY bound with spiralling patterns of copper and brass wire over its entire surface, and swelling at the top 90.5 cm; 35⅝ in overall £150-250 81 A SUDANESE SWORD (KASKARA), LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade engraved with stylized celestial motifs, iron cross-guard, characteristic grip, in its lizard skin scabbard 64.5 cm; 25½ in blade £70-90 82 TWO ZANZIBAR SWORDS, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blades, leather-bound grips, one bound with a silver collar, iron pommels, each in its scabbard, one with chased silver locket the first: 73.5 cm; 29 in blade (2) £300-350 83 AN ARAB SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, leather-bound grip, tall pierced near rectangular pommel, in its tooled leather-covered scabbard with an iron band and ring for suspension 73.5 cm; 29 in blade £80-120 84 A HIGHLY DECORATED SPEARHEAD, 19TH CENTURY, NORTH AFRICAN OR MIDDLE EASTERN the upper portion of tapering square section (areas of pitting), decorated over the middle section with a filed polyhedral moulding and raised collars, the lower portion faceted and decorated with inlaid chevron patterns in brass 57 cm; 22½ in overall ‡ £80-120

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89 A 22 BORE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK GUN, TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with twist barrel of ‘hog’s back’ form towards the breech, moulded at the muzzle, inlaid with silver arabesque strapwork at the muzzle and the breech, retained by three silver bands each chased with traditional scrollwork and foliage, standing back-sight set with silver beadwork, iron lock inlaid with silver on the cock (worn), full stock (cracked), faceted butt inlaid with shaped panels (small losses), brass rondels, and large domed silver nails, large white metal butt-cap, and with a contemporary iron ramrod 69.2 cm; 27¼ in barrel ‡ £800-1200 90 AN 18 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED LONG FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1820-30, PROBABLY TURKISH with two-stage sighted barrel encrusted with gold scrolls and foliage about the fore-sight, over the median and the breech, the tang encrusted with gold en suite, bevelled lock encrusted with gold scrolls and foliage within a linear frame, fitted with cock chiselled with a scroll behind the comb, semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock carved with a panel of chequering over the fore-end and the grip, inlaid with silver wire scrolls and pellets, the butt inlaid en suite and carved with a stylised monsterhead in the round beneath, silver mounts comprising moulded trigger-guard with shaped foliate terminal, butt-plate with shaped tang, pierced scrolling side-plate, small oval escutcheon and rear ramrod-pipe all encrusted with gold scrollwork and foliage, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, a pair of forward ramrod-pipes, and fore-end cap (the gold and the stock rubbed throughout, the inlay with lifting and losses) 113 cm; 44½ in barrel ‡ £2000-3000

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91 A 12 BORE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED TOE-LOCK MUSKET, ALGERIA, DATED 1243 AH, CIRCA 1827/8 with long octagonal barrel struck with the barrelsmith’s mark including the letter ‘B’ at the breech, silver-encrusted standing backsight (one shoulder chipped), retained by three shaped silver bands, the tang overlaid with a silver panel, characteristic lock overlaid with a brass plaque, incised with a brief inscription and the date beneath, the cock and bridle each encrusted with silver scrollwork, the steel chiselled en suite including a crescent, full stock with fish-tail butt, inlaid over its entire surface with large silver openwork plaques pierced with designs of scrollwork and foliage (some lifting), the plaque nearest the lock struck with a mark, small moulded baluster trigger, ivory butt-cap, and original ramrod encased with chased metal over the forward quarter 130.5 cm; 51⅜ in barrel Another musket from this distinctive group is preserved in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait, see Elgood 1995 p. 77 no. 44.

Another was sold in these rooms 25 June 2008, lot 64. £2000-3000 92 A 6 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN,19TH CENTURY with heavy sighted barrel encrusted with silver scrolls, flowers, foliage and chevrons (losses), retained by a pair of engraved brass bands, the breech fitted with pan with pivot-cover and incorporating the back-sight, a further band of silver behind, iron action retained by five iron rivets with silver flowerhead washers, full stock, faceted butt inlaid with bone bouquets and shaped panels and iron trigger (areas of pitting throughout) 108.5 cm; 42¾ in barrel £900-1200 93 A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, 19TH CENTURY with two-stage sighted barrel, flat lock stamped with an elephant mark and ‘Warranted’, full stock and iron mounts including sideplate and six ramrod-pipes, in a fringed leather sleeve 129.5 cm; 51 in barrel £120-180

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94 A FINE 20 BORE OTTOMAN PERCUSSION RIFLE, TURKEY, CIRCA 1830 with heavy octagonal etched twist swamped sighted barrel rifled with four slender grooves, encrusted with a panel of tightly scrolling foliage at the breech and the muzzle, the former struck with a gold-lined barrelsmith’s mark, iron tang decorated with gold en suite with the breech and including a brief inscription, flush-fitting lock retained by a single screw on the outside, fitted with partially enclosed hammer and decorated over its surface with gold scrollwork, hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls and pellets over the greater part of its surface (small losses, lifting), cut with a panel of chequering at the fore-end and the grip each in imitation of woven fabric, the butt carved with an elaborate trophy-of-arms on each side, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate each engraved with scrolls and highlighted with gold foliage, three moulded ramrod-pipes, white metal barrel bolt escutcheons (one barrel bolt missing), and iron ramrod 70 cm; 27⅝ in barrel The inscriptions include ‘amal-e adam (Work of Adam) and ‘Prizren’ £2000-3000 95 A 20 BORE OTTOMAN PERCUSSION RIFLED CARBINE, TURKEY, CIRCA 1840 with octagonal twist sighted barrel rifled with four grooves, formed with a low slender moulding on the outside of the muzzle, folding leaf back-sight, the breech with a gold inlaid inscription, tang of shaped outline decorated with gold scrollwork and border ornament, back-action lock decorated en suite with the tang, fitted with sliding safety-catch, and matching hammer, highly figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate and patchbox-cover all inlaid with gold en suite with the lock and breech, three ramrod-pipes, silver fore-end cap, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, vacant silver escutcheon, a pair of sling swivels, and original ramrod (tip missing) 47.4 cm; 18⅝ in barrel £800-1200

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96 A PAIR OF 18 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, 18TH CENTURY with tapering barrels chiselled with a vertical arrangement of standing and mounted figures, retained by broad silver muzzle bands chased with flowers and scrollwork within beadwork frames, chiselled tangs and rounded locks en suite with the barrels (one steel cracked), full stocks (small cracks and chips), moulded over the fore-ends, carved with foliate mouldings beneath the barrels, about the tangs and the locks, and a notched pattern on the left of the breeches, full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief with foliage and delicate scrolling tendrils, comprising sideplates, spurred pommels, trigger-guards and escutcheons, and chased spiralling imitation ramrods 36 cm; 14¼ in barrels (2) The chiselled decoration on the barrels and locks is typical of Ulcinj, Montenegro. See Elgood 2009, p. 193. ‡ £1800-2200 97 A PAIR OF 16 BORE OTTOMAN LONG FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TURKEY with tapering barrels retained by broad silver muzzle bands chased with a pattern of scrolling tendrils and flowerheads within a framework of pellets, formed with a long flat and inlaid in silver with a pseudo barrelsmith’s signature and scrollwork, engraved bevelled locks (one defective), carved full stocks (chipped), impressed ‘1388’ and ‘1389’ on the right of the respective tangs, engraved steel mounts including pierced side-plates, spurred pommels, and trigger-guards with foliate terminals, and each with chased silver imitation ramrod incorporated within the muzzle band 42.5 cm; 16¾ in barrels (2) ‡ £1500-2500 31

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98 A PAIR OF 16 BORE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY each with tapering barrel formed with a short flat over the breech and a pair of slender flutes towards the muzzle, retained by a large silver muzzle band chased with broad scrolls of foliage and a further engraved barrel band, broad shaped tangs, engraved rounded locks, carved full stocks decorated with scrolls over the greater part of their surface, the butts enriched at the base of the spines with a shaped panel of delicate pointillé framed by silver wire scrolls, spurred silver pommels chiselled with scrolls and foliage, silver scrollwork and foliate escutcheons, pierced scrollwork side-plates (one incomplete), iron trigger-guards with foliate terminals, and imitation silver ramrods 34.2 cm; 13½ in barrels (2) ‡ £1200-1800 99 A PAIR OF 18 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, NORTHERN GREECE OR ALBANIA each with tapering barrel chiselled with a moulded scale pattern over the breech and each retained by a silver muzzle band chased with traditional patterns of scrolls, steel lock of characteristic form, fitted with chiselled bridles, full stock encased in silver chased with scrolls and foliage en suite with the muzzle band, butt of so-called rat’s tail form, one pistol retaining its trigger-guard decorated with expanded flowerheads (the other missing, one ramrod missing the other replaced) 34.2cm; 13½ in barrels (2) ‡ £800-1200

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102 A 20 BORE BALKAN FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BOKA KOTORSKA, IONNINA OR JANNINA with tapering barrel chiselled with traditional scrollwork and inlaid with brass panels over the breech, retained by broad silver muzzle band chiselled with foliage against a punched gilt ground and enriched with niello (rubbed), the tang overlaid with a nielloed silver plaque, border-engraved lock fitted with roller, full stock encased with finely nielloed silver against a punched parcelgilt ground decorated with a running pattern of flowers and foliage over the fore-end and the butt, the latter with integral pommel, matching trigger-guard, and simulated ramrod 29.2 cm; 11½ in barrel This pistol forms part of a group that were almost certainly made for the Greeks at the court of King Otto in the third decade of the 19th century as part of the Greek Romantic Revival following the War of Liberation. Another example is illustrated Elgood 1995, pp. 62-3. Another was sold in these rooms 27 June 2012, lot 96. ‡ £1200-1800 103 AN 18 BORE GREEK MIQUELET-LOCK KUBUR PISTOL, CIRCA 1820 with tapering barrel formed with a medial flat and engraved with foliage, retained by a silver muzzle band chased with flowers and foliage, flat lock (associated) fitted with filed bridle, finely decorated silver stock chased with flowers, foliage and trophies-of-arms against a punched and gilt background enriched with niello, characteristic small pommel decorated en suite, and simulated ramrod 32 cm; 12⅝ in barrel ‡ £1000-1200

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104 A 20 BORE GREEK MIQUELET-LOCK KUBUR PISTOL, CIRCA 1820 with tapering barrel chiselled with foliage and a grotesque over the breech, retained by a silver muzzle band chased with flowers and foliage against a punched ground, stepped lock (pitted) with imitation European signature, finely decorated silver stock chased with a near symmetrical arrangement of flowers and foliage against a punched ground and enriched with niello, the underside including imitation ramrod and a green man mask, and writhen butt and small pommel each decorated en suite 23.2 cm; 9⅛ in barrel £800-1200 105 A 20 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL FOR THE BALKAN MARKET, LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BRESCIA with tapering barrel formed with a raised flat, inscribed ‘Pro. Tironi di Franco’ over the breech, chiselled with a raised moulding and retained by two chased silver bands each decorated with scrolling tendrils, the forward band incorporating a sight, flat lock dated 1788 (steel toe chipped), the tail overlaid with a silver plate, full stock carved with incised patterns over the fore-end (chips), the butt studded with numerous studs and flowerheads, silver mounts cast and chased with scrolling tendrils and flowerheads, comprising solid side-plate, trigger-guard with long shaped terminals at the front and back (the latter repaired), spurred pommel of so-called rat’s tail form, two ramrod-pipes and iron ramrod 32 cm ; 12⅝ in barrel See Elgood 2009, p. 94 ‡ £500-700

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106 AN 18 BORE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOL, TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with russet twist barrel formed with a long flat, encrusted with silver foliage and beadwork over the breech and retained by a chased silver muzzle band, rounded lock, full stock profusely inlaid with engraved silver flowerhead panels enclosed by scrolling tendrils and pellets, the fore-end with panels of engraved silver along the length of the barrel, a further engraved panel about the tang involving two stylised monsterheads, the butt decorated en suite (repairs, the inlay with losses), silver mounts comprising sideplate in the European taste, trigger-guard (cracked), spurred pommel, escutcheon chiselled with a portrait medallion, ramrodpipe and simulated ramrod 31 cm; 12¼ in barrel ‡ £600-800 107 A 20 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOL, TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY in the European taste, with two-stage barrel chiselled with trophies-of-arms in high relief over the breech, retained by a shaped silver muzzle band chased with trophies-of-arms and two further barrel bands, rounded lock chiselled en suite with the breech (the barrel and lock with areas of pitting), full stock (chipped and repaired) inlaid with silver wire scrolls over the spine, overlaid with a pierced plaque about the tang, silver mounts (rubbed) including side-plate trigger-guard and spurred pommel all cast and chased with trophies-of-arms in relief 31.7 cm; 12½ in barrel ‡ £400-600 108 AN 18 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOL TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed with a long flat and chiselled with foliage over the breech (pitted), engraved bevelled lock, carved full stock, and brass mounts including spurred pommel, and imitation ramrod 31 cm; 12¼ in barrel ‡ £250-350

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119 A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with sharply tapering single-edged blade of triangular section, the lower portion cut with a deeply notched pattern bordered by dots on each face, broad ricasso recessed for the thumb, decorated with a pierced aperture, further notches and chiselled with a crowned eagle displayed on the front and foliage on the reverse, iron hilt comprising straight quillons with chiselled fluted buttonshaped terminals, broad triangular guard with notched border, the inside fitted with guardapolvo pierced and chiselled with an eagle and foliage en suite with the ricasso, engraved bun-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between a pair of fluted iron collars (areas of light pitting) 47.5 cm; 18ž in blade £2000-3000

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126 FOUR MEDIEVAL SPEAR HEADS, 8TH/11TH CENTURY in excavated condition, the first with triangular head, slanting shoulders, and tapering socket; the second with elongated leafshaped head and tapering socket (chipped); the third with shorter leaf-shaped head and tapering socket; and the last with leaf-shaped head, and tapering socket (chipped) extending over the base of the blade the first: 19.7 cm; 7¾ in overall (4) £250-350 127 TWO VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORDS the first by Wilkinson, no. 21273, with etched blade (hilt cracked and bent); the second with traces of etching on the blade (hilt cracked and bent); and two further swords the first: 85.6 cm; 33¾ in blade (4) ‡ £80-120 128 A GEORGE V OFFICER’S SWORD with etched fullered blade silvered hilt, leather-covered grip, in its field service scabbard 83 cm; 32¾ in blade £80-120

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129 A MAMELUKE-HILTED OFFICER’S SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched on each face with scrolling foliage and a panel of pseudo Turkish script, signed on one face at the forte ‘Firmin & Sons, 153 Strand, London’, gilt-brass Mameluke hilt comprising a pair of quillons cast with foliage and a central flowerhead, back-strap and carved grips (small chips) retained by gilt-brass rivets over foliate washers 80 cm; 31½ in blade ‡ £400-600 130 A VICTORIAN SWORD OF THE ROYAL DOCKYARD BATTALION BY WILKINSON with etched regulation blade including the crowned Royal Cypher, fouled anchor and ‘Royal Dockyard Battn’, gilt-brass hilt with folding side-guard, and fishskin-covered grip 82 cm; 32⅜ in blade £200-250 131 A VICTORIAN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD BY HENRY WILKINSON PALL MALL, NO. 22938 FOR 1879 with etched regulation blade including the crowned Royal Arms, fouled anchor and the maker’s details, gilt-brass hilt with sprung folding side-guard, sharkskin-covered grip and sword knot, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard 81.2 cm; 32 in blade £350-450 132 A VICTORIAN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD BY KENNING, LITTLE BRITAIN, LONDON with etched regulation blade including the crowned Royal Arms, fouled anchor and the maker’s details, gilt-brass hilt with folding side-guard, sharkskin-covered grip and sword knot, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard (mounts loose) 80 cm; 31½ in blade £200-300

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133 A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO ALEXANDER WEST HAMILTON ESQ, MAJOR COMMANDANT OF THE AYR AND KILMARNOCK VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN, DATED 1804, BY TATHAM, SWORD CUTLER TO THE KING with curved blade double-edged for its last third, formed with a long broad shallow fuller on each face, etched on one face with the crest and motto of the Hamilton family, a tree, saw and the word ‘Through’, presentation inscription, full Royal arms and motto and foliage, the other face etched with foliage, the figure of Victory, a Rifleman, strung bugle, a trophy-of-arms, the figure of Britannia and the maker’s details, Tatham, sword Cutler to the King, No 37 Charing Cross, the back-edge etched ‘Warranted’ at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt in the French taste, cast and chased in low relief, comprising slender down-curved quillon, ropework quillon-block, knuckle-guard decorated with oak foliage at the top, and lion mask cap pommel, and the grip retaining its original binding of plaited and twisted silver wire, in its iron scabbard with large brass mounts comprising finely chiselled locket with the mask of Mercury on each side in high relief, a pair of bands for suspension decorated with lilies and scale pattern, and openwork chape decorated with acanthus 80 cm; 31½ in blade The presentation inscription reads: This sabre is presented to Alexander West Hamilton Esqr. Major Commandant of the Ayr and Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen, by the Non Commissioned Officer’s and Privates of that Corps, in testimony of their attachment, respect and gratitude to him, for his unremitting assiduity in promoting the interest of the regiment. October 1804 Alexander West Hamilton (c. 1765-1837) was the second son of John Hamilton of Sundrum, Ayrshire, (1739-1821) and Lilias Montgomerie (1743-1827), sister of the 12th Earl of Eglinton, who married in Edinburgh in April 1762. As well as being substantial and well-connected merchants and landed proprietors in Ayrshire, that branch of the Hamilton family owned sugar plantations in Jamaica and it is known that Alexander West Hamilton spent some of his early years in that island, perhaps gaining his first military experience there. He is recorded as being a lieutenant in the artillery company of the 1st (or St Mary’s) battalion of the St Mary’s and St George’s Regiment of Jamaica Militia in 1790 and was appointed aide-de-camp to the Governor of Jamaica, the Earl of Balcarres, in the rank of lieutenant-colonel in December 1800.

Following the collapse of the Peace of Amiens and the outbreak of the war with Napoleonic France in 1803, troops of yeomanry and companies of volunteer infantry were raised throughout Britain for home defence. In Ayrshire, the Ayr Volunteer Riflemen and the Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen were both raised in August 1803, the Ayr Riflemen 100 men strong and the Kilmarnock Riflemen with a strength of 60 men. Hamilton was given command of the Ayr Riflemen in the rank of captain. In February 1804, the two units amalgamated to form the Ayr and Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen and Hamilton was promoted major commandant.

Throughout 1804 and 1805, as the threat of invasion from France increased, the unit grew in size; by October 1805, when Hamilton was promoted lieutenant-colonel commandant, it comprised six companies, containing nearly 400 men of all ranks, and had changed its title to the Ayrshire Volunteer Rifle Battalion (sometimes referred to as the Ayrshire Rifle Battalion). By 1806, the battalion was dressed in green jackets with green facings, green breeches and black lace. In September 1808, the battalion was subsumed into the Ayrshire Local Militia but retained its separate identity and title; it may have continued in existence until 1816, although Hamilton is recorded as having been in Jamaica in 1814. While the ending of the war with France in 1815 removed the threat of invasion, periods of domestic unrest (at a time when Britain lacked a police force) continued to necessitate the existence of units of volunteer soldiers whose role was to maintain law and order and the status quo for the governing classes. One of these was the Loyal Ayr Volunteers, also known as the Ayr Infantry; it was raised in an initial four companies in November 1819 under the command of Hamilton as its lieutenant-colonel; its officers were all commissioned in April 1820 but Hamilton relinquished command on 12th August 1822.

Hamilton’s two wives were found from the landed gentry of Ayrshire. His first wife was Mary, daughter of James Ritchie of Coylton, whom he married in March 1805; she died in January 1806, probably in childbirth. His second wife was his cousin, Hamilla (d. 1852), daughter of Alexander Montgomerie of Annick Lodge (1744-1802), whom he married in January 1816; the couple had eight children, seven daughters and a son. In 1829, Hamilton inherited the Ayrshire estates of Belleisle and Pinmore from his uncle, Hugh Hamilton. Following the ending of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, Hamilton received more than £2,000 (more than £100,000 today) in compensation for the freeing of the 102 slaves that until their emancipation were retained on his two estates in Jamaica.

Henry Tatham, a prominent Royal sword cutler, worked at this address from 1798 until his death in 1835 after which the firm continued until 1860. See Southwick 2001, p. 237. An identical sword, though unsigned, to Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable William Monson and dated 1802 was sold in these rooms 25 June 2008, lot 195. ‡ £6000-8000

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134 A GEORGE V COURT SWORD BY RANKEN & CO. LTD, INDIA with etched blade including ‘GRV’ crowned, scrolls of foliage and a pair of crossed lances gilt-brass hilt cast with beadwork, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard, with its sword knot 78.7 cm; 31 in blade £150-200

139 A GEORGE V NAVAL DIRK BY GIEVES of regulation type, with etched blade including crowned fouled anchor, the Royal arms, cypher and the maker’s name, giltbrass hilt, sharkskin-covered grip, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts, complete with sword knot and with its chamois leather cover 45.7 cm; 18 in blade £250-350

135 A 1908 PATTERN CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD BY WILKINSON, NO. 65181, DATED 1935 with etched regulation blade incorporating the date and the owner’s name (feint, areas of pitting), regulation hilt, fishskincovered grip, in its field service scabbard 89.2 cm; 35⅛ in blade The Wilkinson archives state that sword no. 65181 was sold on 16/12/1935, described as “Cavalry”, to W. Chassels. £200-250 136 A GEORGE V ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICER’S SWORD BY GIEVES, with etched blade, gilt-brass hilt cast with crowned eagle, crowned Royal Cypher and pierced with foliage, eagle pommel, complete with its bullion sword knot, in its brassmounted leather scabbard, complete with a regulation buckle 83.2 cm; 32¾ in blade (2)

140 TWO CONTINENTAL OFFICER’S SWORDS, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blades double-edged towards the points, brass half-basket hilts cast and pierced with foliage, moulded knuckle-guards, cap pommels, and banded horn grips bound with plaited wire 72.2 cm; 28½ in and 75.5 cm; 29¾ in blades (2) £200-300 141 A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY SWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with pipe-backed blade, sheet steel hilt stamped ‘E017’, with two ribbon-like outer bars, chequered back-strap and wooden grip, in its steel scabbard 85 cm; 33½ in blade £80-120

£250-350 137 A HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD BY WILKINSON, NO. 87571 FOR 1964 with broad double-edged blade formed with a central fuller on each face, etched with scrolls of traditional foliage and with the maker’s details, plated basket-hilt formed of alternating square and rectangular panels pierced with hearts, fishskincovered grip, complete with its doeskin liner and silk tassel, in its black leather scabbard with silvered locket and chape 83.2 cm; 32¾ in blade The Wilkinson archives state that sword no. 87571 was sold on 29/12/1964, described as “Claymore”, to Messrs. G. Alexandre. £250-350 138 A BRITISH 1856 PATTERN INFANTRY PIONEER’S SHORTSWORD BY WILKINSON AND A BRASS-MOUNTED LANCASTER BAYONET the first with saw-backed blade, stamped with marks including the maker’s details at the forte, in its scabbard; the second with German blade, brass hilt, in its brass-mounted scabbard the first: 57.5 cm; 22⅝ in blade (2) £300-500

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142 A FRENCH MODEL 1822 LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD, DATED 1828 of regulation type, with pipe-backed blade struck with a series of marks at the forte including that of J. A. Bisch, Controller, with Klingenthal Royal arsenal inscription and the date on the back-edge, brass hilt, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its scabbard 85 cm; 33½ in blade £200-250 143 A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1889 CAVALRY SWORD with pipe-backed blade (areas of pitting), steel hilt, composite grip, in its scabbard stamped ‘15.H.1’ at the throat 82.2 cm; 32⅜ in blade £150-250

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144 A PAIR OF FRENCH FENCING EPÉES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with tapering hollow-triangular blade, blunted at the point, inscribed ‘Coulaux & Cie, Klingenthal’ at the forte, iron hilt comprising oval dish-guard chiselled on the outer face, chiselled tall ovoid pommels, bound grips, and leather liners (one tang bent) 87 cm; 34¼ in blades (2) £120-180 145 A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL FENCING EPEÉS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with tapering hollow-triangular blade, blunted at the point, stamped with a beehive mark at the forte, iron hilt comprising pierced oval dish-guard, tall-ovoid pommel, and leather-covered grip 87.3 cm; 34⅜ in blades (2) £100-150 146 A PAIR OF FRENCH FENCING EPEÉS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with tapering blade of rectangular section, stamped ‘Coulaux & Cie’ at the forte, iron hilt comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard, tapering pommel, and cord-bound grip, in their fabric carrying case with hinged ‘purse’ closure 83.8 cm; 33 in blades (2) £80-120

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Militaria VARIOUS OWNERS

147 AN OFFICER’S CLOAK AND OTHER ITEMS OF THE GUIDES CAVALRY with maker’s label of Hawkes, 14 Piccadilly, inscribed to JK Hensley Esq. A fine dark blue cloak with scarlet cloth lining to collar. A double row of plain white metal half-ball buttons to front, scarlet shalloon lining (top button missing); two lightweight khaki Service Dress tunics, one with scarlet piping round the collar (both lacking all badges and buttons); a good Sam Browne belt of Guides pattern, with white metal fittings, complete with sword-frog, brace and whistle but lacking its rectangular regimental waistplate; a brown pigskin pistolholster and flat leather pouch, both with loops to attach to a Sam Browne; and a leather-covered swagger-stick (7) Frederic King Hensley was commissioned into the 15th Madras Infantry in 1902, transferring to the Guides shortly afterwards. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1903 and Captain in 1910. The 1914 Indian Army List shows him attached to the Assam Military Police. He accompanied the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from June to November 1918, and subsequently transferred to the 12th Frontier Force Regiment.

He appears as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 1927 IAL £200-300 148 AN OFFICER’S FULL DRESS TUNIC OF THE 27TH MADRAS INFANTRY a scarlet uniform with yellow cloth facings and white piping to fronts. Gold lace edging to collar and pointed cuffs, the collar lace traced with a row of gold Russia braid eyes; a similar tracing above and below double row of lace to sleeves, forming a small Austrian knot at the top and crowsfoot in the angle. Gilt buttons bearing regimental number and MAHIDPORE. Twisted gold shoulder-cords mounted with Lieutenant Colonel’s rank-badges

150 AN OFFICER’S VICTORIAN UNIFORM OF THE BENGAL STAFF CORPS a scarlet Full Dress tunic with blue cloth facings and white piping to fronts. The collar edged with gold “Vellum” lace traced with Russia braid eyes, and bearing a crown in embroidery at each end. Pointed cuffs edged with three rows of gold lace, the lower edge traced with Russia eyes and with a crowsfoot in the angle. Richly-gilt buttons with VR cypher within a crowned circlet bearing the Corps title; a companion scarlet shell jacket, edged all round with gold Russia braid and with a row of gilt studs to front. Blue collar and sharply pointed cuffs, gold Russia eyes within the collar and on the sleeve ornament; and a scarlet V-fronted waistcoat, also edged with gold Russia and with hook-and-eye fastening covered by gilt studs (3) £100-150 151 A COLLECTION OF IMAGES OF INDIAN ARMY UNITS two group photographs, both of the 5th Field Battery, 1st Brigade RFA at Kamptea, Madras in 1889-90, one showing officers and NCOs, the other of the full battery; eleven prints

by Simkin, 8½ in. x 9½ in. and slightly smaller, depicting native soldiers of various regiments and corps, including the Viceroy’s Bodyguard, the 10th Bengal Lancers, the 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, 2nd Bombay Lancers, Mountain Artillery, Madras Sappers and Miners and 29th Bombay Native Infantry; five prints by H Burnett, showing the 13th Bengal Lancers, 1st Madras Pioneers, 15th Sikhs, etc; and a gilt-edged paper fan, painted with the device of the 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment and inscribed Tokyo 21 Dec 1946 (qty) £40-60

149 AN OFFICER’S FULL DRESS TUNIC OF THE INDIAN POLICE with maker’s label of SW Silver, inscribed to AG Scott. A dark blue tunic of Rifles style, edged and trimmed with black cord.

Five loops each side in front, fastened with olivets and forming eyes and double-drops with caps. Cord ornaments to backseams. Pointed cuffs, edged with the same cord forming an Austrian knot at the top and with a black Russia crowsfoot in the angle. One-inch black mohair braid edging to collar.

Shoulder-cords of plaited chain gimp, each mounted with three mullets in white metal and shoulder-title IP. (One shoulder-title, one olivet and one cap missing, some stitching faults to collarseam and cord loops). Companion blue trousers with double¾ inch black braid stripes

152 A COLLECTION OF SILVERWARE RELATING TO THE INDIAN ARMY a cigarette-case (hallmark incomplete) engraved with devices of the 17th Dogra regiment, and with an enamel stripe in regimental colours of blue, primrose and crimson; a lady’s octagonal powder-compact, hallmarked Birmingham 1938, also with enamel stripe and devices of the 17th Dogras (mirror cracked); a pepper-pot, London hallmarks, with engraved badge of the Bombay Pioneers and inscription Presented by Captain WR Lloyd James 1923 ; a hip-flask with Birmingham hallmarks (date illegible), engraved with 16 LC and initials O.W.L.; A silver teaspoon (hallmark illegible); and a silver-plated mustard-pot engraved with an Elephant and IV over a scroll inscribed ASSAYE (6)

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153 A MILITARY STRONGBOX AND OTHER ITEMS a massive steel box, 16in. x 12in. x 7in., with hinged lid, the lock retaining its key but internal shelf of box missing. Interior with name of manufacturer T Johnson & Co and date-stamped 1913. Containing a red and black horsehair plume for a Trooper’s helmet of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, a large number of mainly livery crested buttons, a fighting-knife with finelychequered wooden grip, a Napoleonic Eagle 4¾ in. x 5in. in cast metal, a quantity of fine gilt studs for an officer’s mess jacket, and a large number of miscellaneous items. Together with an oval white china dish by Thos Goode & Co, with green border and bearing the device of the 17th Bengal Cavalry; and another plate, depicting Lord Roberts (qty) £40-60 154 A NUMBER OF BOOKS OF GURKHA RIFLES INTEREST All cloth-bound, with maps and illustrations. Lt Colonel HJ Huxford: History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles 1824 - 1849, pub Gale & Polden 1952; Brigadier AEC Bredin: The Happy Warriors, pub Blackmore Press 1961; Major General Nigel Woodyatt: History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1815 - 1927, pub Philip Allan & Co, 1929; CN Barclay: Regimental History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (Vol II only, 1927 - 47); and a Delhi Centenary 1857 1957 Diary of Major (later General Sir Charles) Reid, Sirmoor Rifles, from 14th May to 14th September 1857 (5) £30-50 155 AN ORIENTAL CUMMERBUND A beige silk cummerbund, 24in. wide and approximately 45 in. long, with narrow white stripes. Folded and unused, in its paper wrapper with Arabic inscription

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£20-30 156 A THIRD DRAGOON GUARD TROOPER’S HELMET, CIRCA 1871-1901 with brass skull fitted with white horse hair plume, white metal helmet plate charged with the number ‘3’ enclosed by the motto of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and brass chin-scales (chin-scale lining missing, worn) 40.6 cm; 16 in high

157 AN UNUSUAL COPPER HELMET, POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY FOR THE INDIAN HORSE ARTILLERY with copper skull fitted with brass comb with red horse hair, red feather plume on the left, the front applied with the brass inscription ‘Horse Artillery’, brass brim, and brass chin-scales 25.3 cm; 10 in high

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158 A ROYAL ARTILLERY FULL DRESS SABRETACHE, LATE 19TH CENTURY with blue felt body applied with the Royal Arms, regimental device and motto in polychrome and metal thread (worn) 33 cm; 13 in high £150-250 159 A FRENCH FIRST REPUBLIC GILT METAL BELT BUCKLE, CIRCA 1792-4 of gilt metal, the outer face chased with a trophy involving a Phrygian cap, fasces, oak and laurel foliage and the officer’s initial ‘M’ on an oval, the inside with a loop and catch; together with a postcard depicting the bust of Général Monnier, his signed Carte de Visite, and a note from the present owner attributing the buckle to his ownership 9 cm; 3½ in high £200-300

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John Kingsley Lattimer was born in 1914, the son of I. E. Lattimer who was a developer of the first telecommunications satellite and was a pioneer of what became the fax machine. His son inherited his thirst for knowledge and was admitted to Columbia University at fifteen years. At this early age he had already taken courses that included archaeology, astronomy, geology and biology and soon gained three degrees. In 1938, aged twenty four years, he started work as a surgeon.

However, this was interrupted soon after when the U. S. joined the Second World War and Dr. Lattimer served with the 82nd and later 101st Airborne divisions.

During this period it was soon discovered that he had been invited to participate in the 1936 Olympics but had declined in favour of remaining at Columbia.

Consequently the freshly-promoted Major Lattimer was assigned a B-25 Bomber to fly him to Heidelberg between surgeries to train for the ‘GI Olympics’, the Allied athletic events that filled in for the cancelled 1944 Olympic Games. Lattimer took a gold for the 110 metre hurdles, the medal being manufactured from brass not silvergilt because of the war effort. At the end of the war Lattimer was among the contingent that shut down the camp at Dachau. He set up the 115th General Army Hospital in von Runstadt’s old headquarters in Kassel and at the war’s end was detached to Nuremberg to provide medical care for the participants in the trials.

Following the war Lattimer returned to his medical career where, by the age of 39, he was both Chairman of the Department of Urology at Columbia and Head Professor at the School of Physicians and Surgeons. He was elected simultaneously as President of both the national and the international organizations, and his work laid the foundations for the first studies in the field of paediatric urology. Lattimer has been credited with the discovery of the cure for Renal Tuberculosis, until then a certain death sentence and now rarely seen as a result of his work. He pioneered a number of internal reconstructive techniques for babies and small children that gave many the opportunity for a normal life.

His fascination with History led to his becoming a ballistics and assassination expert.

In 1972, the family of John F. Kennedy chose him to be the first nongovernmental expert to examine X-rays, colour photos and black-and-white negatives taken during the autopsy of the late president. His findings were published on the front-page of the New York Times where he was quoted saying that the images “eliminate any doubt completely” about the validity of the Warren Commission’s conclusion that Oswald fired all the shots that struck the president.

In 1948 Lattimer married his childhood sweetheart Jamie Hill and they had three children soon after. They moved from the city to the nearby countryside in 1952 and it was at this time that his collecting started in earnest. Lattimer had been fascinated by weapons since his childhood in Michigan, where his grandfather insisted upon removing the detonator from the live bomb that the ten year old budding collector had dragged home from Charles Lindbergh’s pre-war skip bombing experiments at nearby Selfridge Field. They exploded it in a cornfield with a shot from the pump action .22 that was more often called upon to dispatch red squirrels from his grandmother’s vegetable garden, as illustrated.

The Lattimer Family Collections have been described as a virtual military museum, his late 19th century Federal style home being filled with numerous historic pieces including edged weapons, Revolutionary and Civil War rifles, swords and huge turret mounted machine guns from the first World War. Decorated small-swords, notably those with historic provenance, were an area of particular interest to Lattimer and a distinguished group from his collection is now on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Lattimer family are delighted to offer this group of English and European small-swords for sale, giving collectors an opportunity to acquire a piece from this remarkable collection.

New Jersey, October 2013

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163 AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON HALLMARKS CIRCA 1770 with tapering hollow-triangular blade etched with scrolls of foliage, a rampant stag and a trophy-of-arms over the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising double shell-guard formed of a finely pierced trellis pattern within a ropework frame interrupted by expanded flowerheads, globular quillon, a pair of arms struck with silver marks (rubbed, indistinct), knuckle-guard (repaired), pommel and grip all chased en suite with the shell 83.2 cm; 32¾ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 119 ‡ £300-500 164 A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with tapering hollow-triangular blade (tip missing) retaining traces of etched and gilt decoration at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief (marks rubbed), including double shell-guard decorated with moorish busts within a framework of foliage, quillon, knuckle-guard, quillon-block and pommel all decorated en suite, and grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ 69.7 cm; 27½ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 96; inv. no. JKL 232 ‡ £250-350 165 A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with colichemarde blade (tip chipped) etched with a strapwork panel at the forte (rubbed), silver hilt (repairs, small holes), including double shell-guard decorated with a spray of scrolls and moulded brim, quillon-block and pommel all decorated en suite and early grip of plaited silver wire and ribband 87.3 cm; 34⅜ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 88; inv. no. JKL 550 ‡ £300-500 166 AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL SWORD, LONDON, MID-18TH CENTURY with associated colichemarde blade etched with scrollwork over the forte (rubbed), silver hilt cast and chased with boldly writhen borders, comprising double shell-guard engraved with the initials ‘P.N.’, quillon, a pair of slender arms, knuckle-guard with scrolling terminal (marks rubbed), and spirally fluted oval pommel, the grip with original binding of plaited silver wire and ribband between chased silver collars 82 cm; 32¼ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 104; inv. no. JKL 346 ‡ £400-600

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171 AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH BURNISHED STEEL HILT, RETAILED BY D. DRURY SWORD CUTLER TO HIS MAJESTY with polished slender tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, steel hilt set with numerous faceted studs in imitation of brilliants (small losses, the hilt now dismantled), comprising oval dish-guard set with a flower-shaped pattern, forward-canted flattened circular quillon, a pair of very slender arms, knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel and faceted grip, in its steel-mounted leather scabbard (cracked), with signed locket, and complete with an early chain for suspension 80.2 cm; 30⅝ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 104; inv. no. JKL 169 Dru Drury II was a leading goldsmith, knife-handle maker, cutler, inventor and noted entomologist. For an account of this remarkable maker and his sons of the same name see Southwick 2001, pp. 93-6. ‡ £350-450 172 AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON MARKS FOR 1773, MAKER’S MARK OF WILLIAM KINMAN with slender tapering hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with scrolls, a rampant lion and the maker’s details ‘’I. W. M. a Solingen’, faceted silver hilt (shell-guard missing), comprising globular quillon, outer ring-guard, knuckle-guard, tall ovoid pommel and swelling grip decorated en suite, in a German silver-mounted parchment-covered scabbard 81.5 cm; 32⅛ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 121; inv. no. JKL 173 For a discussion of William Kinman see Southwick 2001, p. 159-160. ‡ £300-500 173 A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN with tapering hollow-triangular blade blued over the lower third, silver hilt decorated with a faceted pattern over the greater part of its surface, including oval shell-guard with pierced border, down-curved quillon, knuckle-guard (repaired) struck with a mark at the top, tall ovoid pommel and silver grip decorated en suite 83 cm; 32¾ in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 119; inv. no. JKL 196 ‡ £300-500 174 A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1750, PROBABLY GERMAN with tapering blade of triangular section (shortened), inlaid with brass scrollwork on one side of the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard decorated with four differing portrait profiles and scrollwork, knuckle-guard interrupted by a matching central moulding (the upper portion missing), globular pommel en suite and the grip with an early binding of silver wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ 68.5 cm; 27 in blade Literature: D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 97, inv. no. JKL 234 ‡ £250-350

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PROPERTY SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK

175 A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN ETCHED CORSLET, LATE 16TH CENTURY well composed and decorated, comprising morion with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb (patched at four points), and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, the latter struck with the initials MB, probably of an erstwhile owner (the rear point restored and the front one patched at its left edge); collar of two lames front and rear (the top one in each case restored, the lower front one with chipped lower edge and the associated lower rear one with plugged holes at its upper edge and a patched extension at its left end); breastplate formed of a main plate of deep, peascod, fashion fitted at its armopenings with fixed gussets (the upper end of the left missing and that of the right restored) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive an associated fauld of one lame (the centre of its upper edge cracked) carrying on three restored straps and buckles at each side a trapezoidal tasset, the left of ten lames and the right of eleven lames; one-piece backplate (restored) with broad shallow neck-opening and flanged lower edge; two large symmetrical pauldrons (not a pair) each formed of seven lames of which the lowest four extend inwards only to the armpit (the upper two lames of the right pauldron cracked, the second of them patched); and two fully articulated tubular vambraces (not a pair), each fitted at its upper end with a turner, that of the left of two lames (the upper one restored) and the right of one lame, and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames; the main edges of the armour formed with inwards turns, decorated, except in the case of those of the right vambrace with roping, and accompanied at points by roped ribs in some cases terminating in volutes; the morion decorated overall within vertical bands on the crown and strapwork-interlace on the comb with linear etching showing, on a pearled ground, female figures and birds among trophies of arms, and the remainder, except the backplate, finely decorated with bands and borders of relief-etching on a stippled and blackened ground involving at the top of the breastplate the figure of St John the Baptist holding a banner with the abbreviated inscription AD for Agnus Dei, elsewhere allegorical figures, including lions, birds and fabulous beasts, and in the volutes of the breastplate, pauldrons and tassets, classical busts (the etching of both front lames and the upper rear lame of the gorget, the fauld, the uppermost lame of the left turner, and of the right vambrace later) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Prince Peter Soltykoff, Paris, sold 1860 William H. Riggs, Paris The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No. 14.25.681 For a discussion of this type of armour see Boccia and Godoy 1992, pp. 87-110, where the decoration is described as "armor decorated with smooth bands alternating with bands filled with small trophies in the Lombard style" as opposed to the more common, and inaccurate, appellation 'Pisan'. ‥ £12000-18000

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176 A BOAR SWORD IN GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section formed with wavy edges, long shank of rectangular section, fitted at the base with a pair of sharp up-turned lugs, iron hilt comprising a pair of down-turned quillons with spherical terminals, outer ring-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite with the quillons, large globose pommel, and two-stage leather-covered wooden grip 101.2 cm; 39⅞ in blade and shank Provenance Henry Furmage, by 1930 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2119 ‡ £1200-1800

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177 A GERMAN MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, MID-16TH CENTURY with bulbous head formed of seven shaped flanges, each fitted with a reinforced tip of cruciform section, moulded central finial, steel haft formed in two tapering sections bordered by writhen collars, the upper octagonal and pierced for a thong and the lower section helically moulded with an alternating pattern of chevrons and fluting, and basal cap decorated en suite (areas of pitting) 60.5 cm; 23¾ in overall Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3376 ‡ £2000-3000 178 A GERMAN MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, MID-16TH CENTURY with bulbous head formed of seven shaped flanges, each fitted with a reinforced tip of cruciform section (central finial missing), steel haft formed in two tapering sections divided by a moulded collar, the upper pierced for a thong and the lower section helically moulded (small holes), fitted with a later wooden basal cap 60.5 cm; 23¾ in overall Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3498 ‡ £1500-2000

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See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, circa 1887 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, before 1911 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. Nos 1982.2216; 1982.2697a-h 1982.

2879a & b; 1982.3110; 1982.3113; and 1982.3143a & b.

The horse bit: His Imperial Highness, Archduke Eugen, Veste Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 4 March 1927, lot 932 Literature Bashford Dean, Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, p. 10, pl. VII The main and side-plates of the backplate, the turner and cannons of each vambrace and the stirrups are all of early 16th century date. The horse-bit is probably of 17th century date. ‡ £15000-20000

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179 A MOUNTED ARMOUR FOR THE ‘JOUSTS REAL’ IN THE SPANISH STYLE OF CIRCA 1500-10, MAINLY 19TH CENTURY WITH SOME EARLY 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS of great weight, comprising helm with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb, shaped to the nape, extending downwards over the top of the backplate and fitted at each side of the brow with a projecting sprung stud to engage a frog-mouthed visor and bevor formed in two pieces joined by rivets just behind the vision-slit, the bevor gently shaped to the chin and extending downwards over the upper part of the breastplate to which it is attached by bolts, and its right side fitted with a hinged trapdoor closing a large rectangular ventilation-hole; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate fitted at the top of its right arm-opening with a projecting flange and at its centre with a fixed reinforcing breastplate through which protrude at each side five pierced staples, retaining at the right a large rigid openwork lance-rest, and at the left, an even larger openwork frame fitted with studs to support a shield, and the lower edge of the main plate fitted with a waist-plate bearing at its left side a large loose ring to support the bridle-arm and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two lames, the lower edge of which retains on a pair of turning-pins at each side a medially-ridged one-piece tasset, the left longer than the right, and both cut away in a curve over the crotch; backplate formed of a central main plate that narrows to its lower end and two side-plates (the right patched at its lower end) rigidly connected to one another by rivets and overlain at their lower ends by a tall plackart formed at its upper end with three cusps and fitted within its lower edge with a culet of two lames; a pair of spaudlers each of three lames overlapping outwards from the second and boxed in six vertical panels, its fifth lame attached by a single rivet to a fully articulated tubular vambrace boxed en suite with the spaudler, fitted at its upper end with a one-piece turner, at its elbow with a winged couter of five lames open at the rear and decorated on the front of the wing of its two-piece main plate with a spray of flutes in the ‘gothic’ fashion, and at the upper end of the outer plate of the lower canon with a flange shaped to the base of the couter (the inner plates of both lower cannons patched); an asymmetrical wooden shield curving forward at its upper and lower ends, pierced towards its outside with a pair of large lace-holes, faced with overlapping rectangular plates secured in each case by a single nail and covered elsewhere with red velvet; a conical vamplate decorated peripherally within a recessed border with scallops; a wooden saddle covered overall with quilted crimson velvet (worn) decorated around its edge with a yellow fringe and faced on its upstanding bow and arcon with three saddle-steels in each case, those of the bow stepped at the right side and those of the cantle projecting at their upper corners as curved arms; two stirrups (not a pair), each with slightly flaring fluted sides and a tread of four bars, the two inner bars in one case writhen (each pitted and worn); a curb-bit of tinned iron with simple pierced and engraved ornament and fitted with later bridle of leather covered with crimson velvet edged with gold piping and decorated at intervals with rosettes and scrolls of gold braid; and an heraldically-decorated caparison of yellow fabric strips each faced with black velvet (now largely faded to green) and terminating in tassels of gold bullion

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180 A MAIL SHIRT, PROBABLY OTTOMAN 18TH/19TH CENTURY, LATER ADAPTED FOR USE IN NORTH AFRICA formed of alternating rows of welded and riveted rings of circular-section wire, with a centrally-divided neck-opening, a pair of short sleeves and a short skirt centrally divided at both its front and rear, the upper edge of the neck-opening extended upwards during working life with a strip of mail of similarly-sized but differently formed rings attached to it by a leather thong and stiffened with further such thongs of a greater width (lightly patinated overall; the leather thongs decayed at points) Provenance Kahlert & Sohn, Berlin, 1930 George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased August 1930 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3007 ‡ £350-450 181 A MAIL SHIRT, PROBABLY OTTOMAN 19TH CENTURY, LATER ADAPTED FOR USE IN NORTH AFRICA formed of riveted rings of circular-section wire, with a centrally-divided neck-opening, a pair of short sleeves and a short skirt centrally divided at both its front and rear, the upper edge of the neck-opening extended upwards during working life with a strip of mail of alternating rows of welded and riveted oval rings of a similar-size but heavier gauge attached to it by a leather thong (now partly replaced by wire) and stiffened with further such thongs of a greater width covered with fabric, (showing some holing, wear and patination; the leather thongs and their covering decayed at points) Provenance George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased before 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3011 ‡ £300-500

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182 A NORTH ITALIAN CUIRASS, CIRCA 1510 comprising medially-ridged one-piece breastplate with bold angular outward turns at its neck and arm-openings (extensively patched at its upper corners, sides and waist), fitted at its right arm-opening with four vertically-pierced staples and a flat cotter-pin (in each case restored) to attach a sturdy L-shaped lance-rest decorated on its upper surface and front edge with diagonal incised lines and bearing on its underside a later sheet-metal reinforce, and the breastplate further fitted at its flanged lower edge, by means of a pair of turning-pins a detachable fauld of four lames (restored), each decorated with a medial rib, the last cut at the centre of its lower edge with a small semi-circular notch and fitted to either side of it with a pair of straps for the suspension of tassets; and a backplate formed of a central main plate that narrows to its lower end, and two side-plates (the right associated and patched at its upper end) that are riveted within its lateral edges, the shallow neck-opening and the arm-openings, to which both the main plate and the side-plates contribute, formed with narrow inward turns, and its lower edge fitted with a waist-plate (restored) bearing a culet en suite with the fauld 53 cm; 20ž in Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, circa 1887 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, before 1911 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2600 ‥ £4000-6000

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183 A COMPOSITE GERMAN ‘ALMAIN’ COLLAR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest, and the first (associated) formed at its upper edge with a prominent file-roped inward turn, the two sections joined to one another at the left end of the first lames by an internal hinge and rigidly fastened at the right by a later rivet, and the third lames connected to one another at each side by mushroom-headed studs and keyhole slots, and fitted within their outer ends with the proximal lames of integral spaudlers (associated), the front and rear sections of the collar each finely etched in a border at the neck and in three diverging vertical bands beneath it with running foliage on a stippled and blackened ground, and its subsidiary edges etched between those bands with narrow bands of foliate guilloche (lightly patinated overall) 15.7 cm; 6¼ in high Provenance Louis Bachereau, Paris George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased circa 1920 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2571 ‡ £900-1200

184 A SOUTH GERMAN ‘ALMAIN’ COLLAR, CIRCA 1570-80 formed of three lames front and rear, connected to one another in each case by three internal leathers (replaced), the first lame formed at its upper edge with a prominent file-roped inward turn, and the lowest, which is deeper than the rest and descends at the front to a shallow central cusp, formed with a plain raised rib accompanied by a recessed border that rises to a small cusp at its centre, the front and rear sections connected to one another by an internal hinge and later rivet at the left side and fastened by studs and holes at the right, each side of the collar fitted with the proximal two lames of an integral spaudler (restored) decorated at its main edges with ribs and borders en suite with those of the lower edge of the collar, the lowest rear plate of the collar fitted with a modern hinged stud for the suspension of pauldrons, the front and rear sections of the collar each retaining traces of a black-from-the-hammer finish scored through with paired lines at their subsidiary edges (lightly pitted overall) 13.6 cm; 5¼ in high Provenance George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased before 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2576 ‡ £400-700

185 A COMPOSITE COLLAR, PARTLY SOUTH GERMAN, MID-16TH CENTURY AND PARTLY EUROPEAN 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY formed of four lames front and rear, the front and rear sections connected to one another at the left by a hinge and fixed rivet, and at the right by studs and holes, the lames of each section connected to one another by three internal leathers, the main edge of the uppermost lame formed in each case with a boldly roped inward turn and that of the lowest and deepest, with a plain raised rib accompanied by holes for lining-rivets, and the subsidiary edges decorated at their centres with filed ogees 16.3 cm; 6½ in high Provenance George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased before 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2573 The first lame and the second and third lames appear in each case to be authentic but partly reworked to fit one another. The lowest lame is in each case modern ‡ £350-500

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186 A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN FALLING BUFFE, MID-16TH CENTURY formed of four plates overlapping outwards from the third which is strongly shaped to the point of the chin and flanged outwards at it lower edge to receive an articulated gorget-plate pierced at its outer ends with holes for the attachment of at least one more such plate, fitted within its upper edge with the stub of a central nasal-bar and overlain by two articulated face-plates each supported at its right side by a projecting spring-catch (the upper one restored), pierced at each side with a pair of circular ventilation holes, and rising to a chevron-shaped upper edge formed in the case of that of the uppermost plate with a notched inward turn bordered by a pair of later, stepped vision-slits (the lower face-plate with a small rust-perforation at its centre) 25.1 cm; 10 in Provenance Sixth Count of Asalto, Guadamur Castle, near Toledo, circa 1887 Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, before 1911 Henry Furmage, London George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2220 ‡ £400-700 187 A VAMPLATE IN THE GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY of conical form with a puckered edge bordered by brass-capped round-headed lining-rivets, and retaining traces of a black-fromthe-hammer finish 28.6 cm; 11¼ in diameter Provenance George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, purchased before 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2737 ‡ £300-450

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188 A DUTCH FLINTLOCK POWDER TESTER (EPROUVETTE) BY G. ADRIAANS, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1750 with steel powder-chamber, graduated ratchet-wheel with adjustable spring, signed lock (steel and the comb of the cock missing), walnut stock, brass mounts comprising solid side-plate, spurred pommel, and trigger-guard all cast and chased with scrolls of foliage in low relief (escutcheon missing) 34.8 cm; 13¾ in overall Provenance Ambrose Monell, Tuxedo Park, New York, by 1911 Henry Furmage, by 1927 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, Acc. No. 1982.3000 Gerrit Adriaans, from Liège, became a burgher of Amsterdam in 1748, presented his masterpiece on 9 May 1761 and died at Warmoesstraat, Liège in 1781. ‡ £1000-1500 189 A D.B. WHEEL-LOCK TRAP-GUN BUILT AROUND 17TH CENTURY PARTS, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrels, flush-fitting lock on the right fitted with external wheel retained by a bracket and circular cover, the latter engraved with an eagle displayed, sliding pan-cover with button-release, and moulded dog, top-mounted set trigger, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including monsters issuant with foliage, mounted knights jousting, marksmen taking aim and brigands being felled, and the top of the butt pierced for attaching to a base or the ground, and fitted with brass tag numbered 525 30.5 cm; 12 in barrels Provenance James Graham, by 1925 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, 1925 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2935 ‡ £1200-1800

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190 A 50 BORE CENTRAL ITALIAN OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK PISTOL, MID-18TH CENTURY with two-stage barrels each formed with a moulded median, border-engraved tang, bevelled lock signed ‘Giovani’ on the inside, fitted with bevelled cock retained by a screw on the inside, two vertically arranged pans, the upper sliding to cover the lower, moulded walnut full stock (the butt with worm damage on one side), engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plate, triggerguard decorated with a profile bust, spurred pommel set with a chiselled profile bust, two ramrod-pipes, and escutcheon engraved en suite with the trigger-guard (later ramrod), and brass inventory tag numbered 1460 Provenance George F. Harding Jr., by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2902 ‡ £1000-1500 191 A 140 BORE COMBINED D.B. PERCUSSION PISTOL AND DAGGER, CIRCA 1850, BASED ON THE FRENCH DUMONTHIER PATENT with tapering barrels fitted with a fullered blade between, a pair of moulded hammers also forming the left-hand side of the crossguard, and fitted with a pair of wooden grips carved with foliage (one cracked the other extensively chipped), in a contemporary leather scabbard with brass chape, the top of the scabbard fitted with a loop for suspension, and brass tag numbered 1526 33 cm; 13 in Provenance George F. Harding Jr, Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.3358 See Lewerken 1989, pp. 232-3 nos. 57 and 58. ‡ £1200-1800

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192 A 120 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING RIFLE (TSCHINKE), MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CIESZYN (TESCHEN) with octagonal blued swamped sighted barrel rifled with six slender grooves, punched, engraved and gilt with serpents and flowerheads at the muzzle, over the median and the breech, the latter extending to form an angular tang decorated en suite (the gilding with losses), flat lock fitted with external mechanism, the wheel retained by a characteristic strongly arched bracket, mainspring decorated with delicate filed patterns, engraved sliding pan-cover with button release, engraved dog, and flash-guard, the principal components overlaid with gilt brass sheet engraved with scrolls of foliage, those on the dog involving a celestial mask and a beast playing a horn, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn plaques, tendrils and pellets enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl rondels all within segmental lines over the fore-end, decorated with a pair of cornucopia centering on a rabbit opposite the lock, the butt inlaid with an elaborate near symmetrical pattern of leaves, tendrils and pellets on the left all en suite with the fore-end and fitted with patchbox with sliding cover on the right (the stock with small chips and repairs, inlay with minor restorations, cracked through at the butt and repaired), moulded steel trigger-guard (terminal chipped), engraved staghorn ramrod-pipes, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, staghorn butt-cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved staghorn tip, perhaps the original 98.5 cm; 38¾ in barrel Provenance Sumner Healy, New York, by 1924, sold American Art Gallery, New York City, 11-13 December 1924, lot 533, illustrated George F. Harding, Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2271 ‡ £5000-8000

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193 A COMPOSITE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, etched over the breech with scrolls of foliage, flat lock fitted with external wheel beneath a raised cover, sliding pan-cover, and pierced dog, etched over its surface with designs of foliage inhabited by exotic birds and a beast in the South German taste, double set trigger, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid in staghorn with strapwork cartouches and scenes from the chase enriched with delicate scrolling tendrils and pellets over the fore-end, further strapwork panels and figures opposite the lock and on the left of the butt all contained within segmental lines, the right of the butt fitted with patchbox with sliding cover, brass trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, horn butt-cap, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved staghorn tip 79 cm; 31⅛ in barrel Provenance University of Michigan George F. Harding Collection Fund, Acc. No. 1984.1036 ‡ £2000-3000

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194 A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY RICHARD (1) WILSON, CIRCA 1750 with brass barrel formed in three stages, belled at the muzzle and formed with a raised moulding behind, struck with the barrelsmith’s, London view and proof marks at the breech, iron tang, signed rounded lock (cock replaced), figured walnut full stock (cracked and repaired), carved with a raised moulding about the tang, brass mounts including pierced trophy-of-arms side-plate, trigger-guard and butt-plate (the brass parts heavily cleaned throughout), and later wooden ramrod 43.2 cm; 17 in barrel Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2912 Richard (1) Wilson (1703-66) was free of the Gunmakers Company 1742, elected assistant 1759 and became Master 1764. ‡ £500-800 195 A RARE BREECH-LOADING FLINTLOCK PARK RIFLE BY ISAAC PRATT, CIRCA 1770 with swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight shallow grooves, engraved with a looped linear frame over the flat and with grooved ramp at the rear, engraved tang, the breech fitted with a screw-in plug operated by the trigger-guard underneath, signed borderengraved lock, figured walnut full stock (cracks, chips and repairs), carved with a shell moulding about the tang, engraved iron mounts including solid side-plate and trigger-guard decorated with a flowerhead (the iron parts pitted), and no provision for a ramrod 90.5 cm; 35⅝ in barrel Provenance George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2854 Isaac Pratt is recorded at 8 Throgmorton Street 1771-6. He was Free of the Gunmakers Company by redemption in 1774 and became Master in 1778. A number of very similar guns were made by Benjamin Griffin, one of which was sold in these rooms 14 December 2005, lot 158. ‡ £1200-1800

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196 A FINE PAIR OF 16 BORE LIEGOIS FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY JEAN JAQUES BEHR, CIRCA 1720-30 with swamped barrels signed on a long flat, fitted with moulded brass fore-sights on engraved beds, chiselled and engraved with scrolls and foliage on a finely punched and gilt ground over the breeches, each stamped with a mark beneath (Neue Støckel 42), chiselled and gilt tangs, chiselled and gilt locks decorated with scrolls of foliage en suite with the breeches and tangs, fitted with matching cocks and steels (one cock retaining screw replaced, areas of light pitting), figured walnut full stocks (small closed cracks), carved with mouldings over the fore-ends, a spray of foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes, and about the tangs, the barrel channels each inscribed in pencil ‘AR/1898/2/KN1912’ cast and chased gilt-brass mounts, comprising pierced side-plates in the Parisian taste, decorated with trophies-of-arms and a bound prisoner on the right and another figure on the left, probably Hercules with the Nemean lion, ‘bird’s head’ pommels fitted with grotesque mask caps with foliate tangs, trigger-guards chiselled with acanthus terminals and trophies-of-arms on the bows, gilt-brass trigger-plates, a pair of gilt-brass ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrods with gilt-brass caps, and one pistol with brass inventory tag numbered ‘1930’ 30 cm; 11¾ in barrels (2) Provenance The Gewehrkammer of Ernst August I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1688-1748), Schloss Ettersburg, Saxony Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923), sold E. Kahlert & Sohn, Berlin, circa 1923 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, acquired by August 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2879 Literature Walter J. Karcheski Jr., “Some Netherlandish Firearms in the George F. Harding Jr. Collection of Arms And Armor, The Art Institute of Chicago,” Proceedings of the International Association of Museums of Arms and Military History XIV Congress 1996 , (Amsterdam: 1996), p. 76.

Jean Jaques Behr is recorded in Liège circa 1720-40 as a gunmaker and dealer in firearms. Other firearms by this maker are recorded in the armoury of the Counts of Schönborn at Schloss Würzburg. See Gaier 1976, p. 81 ‡ £8000-10000

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197 A FINE PAIR OF 50 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS SIGNED GIO. BOTTI, CIRCA 1730 each with two-stage sighted barrel, fluted breech stamped by the barrelsmith ‘Lazarino Cominazzo’ divided by stamped marks and formed with a raised moulding at the back, plain tang fitted with folding back-sight, signed rounded lock, chiselled with scrolling monsterhead tendrils against a punched ground in the Brescian manner on the tails, cocks and steels, blued triggers, moulded figured walnut full stocks carved with scrolls about the ramrod-pipe (one fore-end replaced), gilt-bronze mounts cast and chased with scrolling monsterhead tendrils en suite with the locks, comprising solid side-plates, trigger-guards, trigger-plates, and spurred pommels, ramrod-pipes and one fore-end cap, original ramrods with gilt-brass tips, and remaining in fine, virtually unused condition throughout 21.7 cm; 8½ in barrels (2) Provenance The Gewehrkammer of Ernst August I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1688-1748), Schloss Ettersburg, Saxony Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923), sold E. Kahlert & Sohn, Berlin, circa 1923 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, acquired by August 1927 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, inv. no. 1982.2385 A considerable number of firearms signed Gio Botti and decorated in this manner are associated with this gunroom which was dispersed in the early 20th Century. It has been suggested that this group was assembled from Brescian parts by the court gunmaker Johan Martin Laun, recorded 1728-69. Another pair, decorated with the arms and cypher of Ernst August I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1688-1748) were sold in these rooms, 9 December 2009, lot 277. For a discussion of this group see Hayward 1963, pp. 134-5. ‡ £6000-8000

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199 AN ELECTROTYPE COPY OF AN ITALIAN MORION OF CIRCA 1530-40 BY ELKINGTON with roped comb, each side of the skull decorated with a pair of delicate scrolls centring on spray of foliage and each terminating in an expanded flowerhead, with shaped plume-holder, turned edge, and the interior with Elkington seal 21 cm; 8¼ in high £200-300

200 A POT HELMET IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined along a low ridge and engraved with a line on each side, outwardly flanged at the base to form a broad brim, the base of the skull encircled by thirteen rivets, and pierced for display 15.5 cm; 6⅛ in high £100-150

201 A MORION IN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with skull joined by a weld and rising to a stalk, brim rising to an obtuse point front and rear, the edge of the brim formed with a turn and the base of the crown encircled by lining rivets (pitted) 29 cm; 11½ in high ‡ £150-200

202 A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY BREASTPLATE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with low medial ridge, rounded waist-flange and short outward flanges at the neck and arm-openings, fitted with a pair of studs for attaching shoulder straps, and stamped with an arsenal number inside 39 cm; 15¼ in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle £200-300

203 TWO PAIRS OF SPURS AND FOUR FURTHER SINGLE SPURS, 19TH CENTURY the first pair of silvered iron, with short U-shaped heel bands, multi-spiked rowels retained by a scallop shell, a short length of mail, and each retaining a pair of loops for attachment; the second pair with U-shaped heel bands retaining traces of silvering, short necks fitted with small rowels, and one retaining a single buckle; together with two South American or Spanish spurs, and two further spurs the first: 11.5 cm; 4½ in (8) £100-150

204 A GAUNTLET IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY formed of a flared and pointed cuff closed by rivets at the inside of the wrist, four metacarpal plates, knuckle-plate and retaining some finger scales, embossed around the cuff with a recessed border and roped turned edge £80-120

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205 A GERMAN STEEL TARGET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of convex circular form, decorated with six evenly spaced low ridges radiating from a small central conical boss, its edge bordered by a pair of incised lines and round-headed lining rivets, the rear fitted across its centre with four pairs of larger rivets and washers for the attachment of enarmes, the outer face retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish (two patched repairs, areas of delamination) 60 cm; 23â…? in diameter ÂŁ1500-2000

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206 AUCTION CATALOGUES: SOTHEBY’S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA AND SPORTING GUNS including sales in London, Monaco, Zurich, Sussex and New York covering the period 1970-2005, including the collections of John F. Hayward, Charles Draeger, Visser (part I), Alexander Davison and The Royal House of Hanover

210 A MINIATURE MODEL 1883 GATLING GUN, MODERN of brass coloured metal, with rotating barrel group operated by a crank at the breech, complete with its feed hopper, on a wooden stand 21.2 cm; 8⅜ in barrel £300-500

A full listing is available on request

207 Giraud, J.B., Documents Pour Servir à l’histoire de l’Armement au Moyen âge et à la Renaissance, Lyon, 1895 in two volumes, each with pasted bookplates: Ex Libris Claude Blair and The Wallace Collection Library, some foxing, cloth covered boards, leather bound

211 EIGHT GUN LOADING TOOLS, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising, a 12 bore bench-mounted cartridge reloading machine, a tamper for an Erskine loading machine, a 12 bore Bartram reloading tool a turnover tool by Dickson, a 12 bore brass reloading tool, two 12 bore capper and decapper machines, and a modern brass nipple pricker (8)

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208 Smith, George, The Dictionary of National Biography, together with 7 further volumes, The Concise Dictionary From the Beginnings to 1911, Twentieth Century 1922-1930, Twentieth Century 1931-1940, Twentieth Century 1941-1950, Twentieth Century 1951-1960, Missing Persons, Index and Epitome, Oxford University Press, 1882 in 27 volumes, each with pasted bookplate: Wallace Collection Library, original cloth covered boards (wear)

212 FOUR GUN BARRELS 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first of tapering octagonal form (shortened) fitted with brass fore-sight and shaped tang; the second heavy octagonal (shortened), with threaded breech; the third swamped octagonal, with threaded breech; and the last for a break barrel airgun (all four pitted) the first: 63 cm; 24⅞ in barrel (4)

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209 A WELL DETAILED PENCIL SKETCH OF THE GUN OF ALOF DE WIGNACOURT, GRAND MASTER OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN (1601-22) BY TAYLOR, DATED 1852 framed and glazed 78.5cm; 31in x 43.8cm; 17¼in

213 AN ANVIL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed with two tapering horns, stem of square-section, and tapering base to fit into a larger anvil 29.2 cm; 11½ in high

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The gun is preserved at The Royal Armouries, The Tower of London (inv. no. XIX.77).

The gun is probably Flemish and is dated 1607. It is of exceptional size and very finely decorated, including three coats of arms. The carriage was made by John Hall of Dartford, Kent, in 1826 after a design by the Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich. See H. L. Blackmore 1976, pp. 111-112. £40-60

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214 A RARE FLINTLOCK POWDER TESTER BY LANCASTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 with brass barrel and action, the latter signed on a scroll carried by foliage on the left and inscribed ‘London’ on the right, fitted with internally sprung graduated ratchet wheel, later cock, the former released by a blued sprung lever, flat-sided walnut butt cut with chequering on the spine and the underside, iron trigger-guard, and vacant silver escutcheon 15 cm; 6 in overall Another powder tester of this type signed ‘Stevens London’ is illustrated Kempers 1998, p. 116. £700-900 215 A SALUTING CANNON, 19TH CENTURY with tapering cast iron barrel formed in two stages, with raised mouldings, plain trunnions, moulded at the breech, large recessed circular vent, and large globose cascabel, on a stepped wooden carriage fitted with four wooden trucks 29.8 cm; 11¾ in barrel 2.8 cm 1⅛ in bore £100-150 216 A BRASS MODEL CANNON with tapering barrel moulded at the muzzle, a pair of plain trunnions and moulded breech with globose cascable, on a brass field carriage fitted with a pair of spoked wheels 21 cm; 8¼ in barrel £60-80 217 A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel formed in five stages, with raised astragal mouldings, a pair of plain trunnions, the vent with rectangular recess for an ignition device, pierced globose cascable (small dents), on a later stepped wooden naval carriage with four trucks 36.2 cm; 14¼ in barrel 2 cm;¾ in bore £350-450

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221 FOUR HORN FLASKS, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first for an artilleryman, with curved horn body (small chips), fitted with a turned wooden stopper (detached), brass nozzle (cracked) and spring -catch; the second smaller, of polished stained cowhorn, fitted with brass basal cap, and brass nozzle with cut-off; the third with screw-on horn cap; and the fourth of rudimentary construction the first: 30.5 cm; 12 in (4)

£80-120 219 A MODEL 12 POUNDER NAVAL CANNON IN THE STYLE OF CIRCA 1780, A MODEL CARRONADE, AND A MODEL MORTAR, 20TH CENTURY the first of black painted iron, cast with the crowned Royal cypher, on its stepped wooden carriage; the second of black painted iron, on its fixed bed with elevating device and tracking wheels; the third of black painted iron, on its wooden bed; together with four smaller model cannon, a shot carrier and a cannon ball the first: 39.8 cm; 15⅜ in barrel (8) £200-250 220 A LARGE LEATHER POWDER-FLASK, CIRCA 1770-80 of bottle-shaped form, the inner face flattened, the seam incorporating four loops for suspension, fitted with copper nozzle with threaded top, the latter with hinged locking catch, complete with a contemporary padlock and key 33.7 cm; 13¼ in high For another flask of this type see Neal and Back 1980, p. 20 no. 34. £350-450

£250-350 222 A NORTH ITALIAN CUIR BOUILLI POWDER-FLASK, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering wooden body of D-section, the outer surface covered in leather finely tooled with a pair of rampant monsters supporting a vacant escutcheon, and all within a moulded beadwork frame, the inner face with a portion of leather, and retaining its top mount with moulded nozzle and spring cut-off (belt hook, basal cap and a portion of the inner face missing) 18.5cm; 7¼ in high £400-600 223 FOURTEEN VARIOUS FLASKS, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising a copper powder-flask by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield; another embossed with oak foliage and a stag’s head on each face; another, embossed with foliage; five further flasks; four leather shot-flasks, and two brass charge flasks (14) £200-250

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224 A RARE AND NOTABLY LARGE EXAMPLE OF THE SKULL AND ANTLERS OF AN ‘IRISH ELK’ (Megalocerus giganteus), LATE PLEISTOCENE of characteristic form with curved and splayed antlers, each sporting ten projecting tines (the skull lacking its teeth and a small portion of the left of its rostrum, and the left antler restored distally) 305.0 cm; 120 in Provenance A British ancestral collection The so called ‘Irish Elk’, Megaloceras giganteus (Blumenbach 1799), takes its popular name from the fact that the bulk of its remains come from the peat-bogs of Ireland. The animal was, however, widely distributed throughout Eurasia. It was not in fact an elk but an unusually large form of Old World Deer, perhaps related to the present-day Fallow Deer. It lived in the latter part of the Pleistocene period (2,588,000 to 117,000 years before the present) and became extinct around the end of the last Ice Age (about 400,000 years BP).

Antlers like these belonged to males who used them both for display and for ritual fighting with others of their sex. Some of the largest males reached a height of about 2.0 metres (6.9 ft) at the shoulders and has a antlers measuring 3.6 metres (12 ft) across.

Most known finds of the ‘Irish Elk’ were made in the 18th and 19th centuries when peat was dug by hand. With the mechanical methods of digging employed today, the possibility of excavating intact specimens has greatly diminished. £20000-30000

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PROPERTY FROM THE MORTON AND ANGELA STERN COLLECTION, PART TWO Morton Stern, the son of Jack and Lena Stern, was born in Jackson Heights, New York in 1931. From an early age Mort had an interest in both fine art and craftsmanship and he dreamt of life as a commercial artist. He joined the United States Air Force at the of age 19 and following his honourable discharge from service, Mort went into the family business, Miles Petroleum, to work with his dad Herman (Jack) Stern. However, later on his father suffered a heart attack and Mort was drafted into the full time running of the family business, consequently Mort’s artistic career had to be put aside. He became president of the corporation in 1970 and as the company flourished, Mort was joined by his wife Angela who shared his business acumen having spent many years as the Administrative business Manager at Radiac Research Co., in Brooklyn, NY. Her knowledge brought a new perspective to Miles Petroleum and Mort was able to focus more energy on his now growing collection. Angela and Mort shared a passion for antiques and in particular arms and armour. Together they travelled extensively, visiting museums, fairs, auctions and gun shows making many acquisitions together. The objects offered here reflect their combined broad tastes, including some fine examples of European edged weapons, armour and a number of distinguished examples of the gunsmith’s skill as both engineer and decorator. Mort had a particular interest in military firearms and Angela in Scottish firearms: each area is well represented here and their acquisition of some of the great rarities that were available is evident. Following their most acquisitive years a neo gothic armoury room was designed by a local architect and built by craftsmen from Europe. It was reminiscent of the great early collectors of armour and arms: the walls were clad with armour, hafted weapons and swords and the alcoves filled with pistols and daggers. Prior to its completion Mort was diagnosed with cancer and it was with great sadness that he was only able to enjoy the new setting for two weeks before his untimely death on 14 June 1993. Since then Angela has maintained the collection and continued to follow the market and support museums with keen interest.

The following lots form the second and final tranche of the collection and conclude its dispersal.

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232 A 16 BORE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL IN THE EUROPEAN TASTE, TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY with swamped barrel fitted with moulded silver fore-sight, stamped with three brass-lined pseudo barrelsmith’s marks over the breech, grooved tang, rounded lock with imitation signature, full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire tendrils within wriggle-work frames over the fore-end and further wriggle-work over the butt, full silver mounts finely cast and chased with trophies-of-arms in low relief, comprising side-plate, trigger-guard, spurred, pommel and rear ramrod-pipe, a further moulded ramrod-pipe, later foreend cap and ramrod 36cm; 14¼ in barrel ‡ £600-800 233 AN OTTOMAN BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK LONG GUN (ARNAUTKA), LATE 18TH CENTURY with swamped sighted barrel retained by four brass bands engraved and chased with traditional foliage, characteristic lock with external mainspring and filed bridle, full stock encased over the greater part of its surface with engraved iron, inset with horn pellets and rondels of contrasting colours of horn, hardwood and brass, the butt of wood encased in iron around the spine and underside, applied with pierced and engraved brass plaques about the tang, brass trigger-guard, two sling- swivels, and iron ramrod 117.2 cm; 46⅛ in barrel See Elgood 2009, pp. 162-167 ‡ £400-600

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236 A FINE GERMAN SWORD-RAPIER WITH BLACKENED IRON HILT, LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAXON with robust blade of flattened-diamond section (a small portion of the tip ground down), stamped with a pi mark on the reverse of the forte, fitted with blackened iron rain-guard with roped lower border, blackened iron hilt comprising a pair of slightly arched quillons of low-triangular section with reinforced arrow-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard formed en suite with the quillons, large ovoid pommel formed with four faces, and fishskin-covered grip (small losses) bound by four vertical iron bars with a shaped iron collar top and bottom, and brass inventory tag ‘A2’ 93 cm; 36½ in blade Swords with hilts of related form are preserved in the former Imperial Armoury, Vienna (inv. no. 3849), the former Ducal Arsenal, Brunswick, the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, and the Danish Royal Collection (Rosenborg no. 6). A significant number were ordered for the court of Christian II in Dresden between 1591 and 1611, more than thirty of which were still recorded there in 1923. See Norman 1980, pp. 76-77 and Müller and Kölling 1990, p. 207. ‡ £6000-8000

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237 A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering blade of hollow-diamond section (the tip shortened), flattened along the central rib and inlaid with a pattern of latten flowerheads on each side at the forte, iron hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight swelling quillons with bud-shaped finials, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre and joined to the arms by a pair of diagonal bars, knuckle-guard joined to the ring by an additional outer bar reinforced by a further S-shaped bar, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement incorporating a thumbring, faceted plummet-shaped pommel incised with patterns of scrollwork, and later leather-bound grip 92 cm; 36¼ in blade This sword is part of a distinctive group associated with the former Imperial seat at Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. See Norman 1980, p. 151. ‡ £2500-3500 238 AN ITALIAN BROADSWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened diamond-section, stamped ‘Peter Bere Avillem Alamania Me Fecit’ enclosed by scrollwork within three short slender fullers framed by lines, terminating with a cross and orb mark and stamped with a further cross and orb mark on each face, the ricasso formed with a blunt crescentic finger recess on one side, steel hilt comprising a pair of forward-andbackward-canted vertically recurved quillons swelling slightly towards their terminals, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard with recurved terminal en suite with the quillons, and faceted globular pommel (perhaps associated) and later wooden grip (chipped, the steel parts lightly pitted) 97.8 cm; 38½ in blade A sword with related blade and hilt, formerly in the Kienbusch Collection, and now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is illustrated Boccia and Coelho 1975, no. 545. ‡ £2000-3000

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247 A NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, iron hilt comprising scrolling quillon, inner and outer ring-guards each filled with a solid plate, knuckle-guard, an additional solid frontal plate embossed with a radiating pattern of fluting, thumb-loop, near spherical pommel, and wooden grip bound with plaited wire 88.5 cm; 34⅞ in blade ‡ £700-900 248 A HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with earlier tapering blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long fuller along the back-edge, stamped with cross and orb marks and the inscription ‘Fide Sed Cui Vide’ at the forte on the respective faces, iron hilt of rudimentary construction comprising a pair of vertically-recurved quillons (the iron parts pitted throughout), and natural staghorn grip studded with five iron rivets with large domed heads 67 cm; 26⅜ in blade ‡ £200-300 249 A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with 18th century fullered blade of regulation type, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising basket-guard formed of a trellis arrangement of ribbon like bars, straight quillon with button-shaped terminal, the inner guard cut with a brief inscription (one bar detached), brass shield-shaped pommel, and later wooden grip 82 cm; 32¼ in blade ‡ £700-900

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259 A SCOTTISH RIBBON-HILT BROADSWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad tapering blade stamped ‘Iurgen Aollich in Arnhem’ between a series of decorative marks within a pair of short fullers and stamped with the bladesmith’s mark on each face, tapering fullered ricasso, iron basket-guard of ribbon-like bars, including very short quillon, beaked frontal guard, saltires carrying an oval and an S-shaped bar at the back (one bar missing), bun-shaped pommel, and leather-covered grip 87.5 cm; 34½ in blade For a discussion of the Ollich family of bladesmiths see Seitz 1968, pp. 261-2. ‡ £2500-3500 260 A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BACKSWORD, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a pair of fullers of differing length on each face, iron baskethilt formed of a framework of flattened bars, including a pair of narrow diamond-shaped panels and a pair of broad diamond-shaped panels, the latter each filled with a pierced central panel carried by a saltire, and the former surmounted a ram’shorn moulding, fluted pommel, decorated throughout with incised lines, and wooden grip carved with a trellis-pattern framing nodules 86.5 cm; 34 in blade ‡ £2500-3000

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261 AN ENGLISH BASKET-HILTED SWORD FOR THE SECOND TROOP OF HORSE GUARDS, MID-18TH CENTURY with tapering fullered regulation blade double-edged for its last third, engraved with ‘GR’crowned, ‘Hartford’, ‘1/33’ on one face of the forte and ‘21’ on the other, iron basket-hilt of rounded bars (three cracked at a repair), flattened bun-shaped pommel, and spirally carved wooden grip (binding missing), with a ‘Turk’s head’ top and bottom 90.5 cm; 35⅝ in blade See Darling 1969, p. 89-92. ‡ £2000-2500 262 A HIGHLAND TROOPER’S BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, 18TH CENTURY with tapering fullered blade double-edged for its upper third, one face with a later inscription, iron basket-guard of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of rectangular and square panels pierced with arrangements of hearts and circles, the outer panels each with ram’s horn mouldings at the base, a large oval aperture for the reins, later pommel, and grip 99 cm; 39 in blade ‡ £1200-1800 263 A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, 19TH CENTURY with later fullered blade, iron basket-guard of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of rectangular and square panels pierced with arrangements of hearts and circles, moulded pommel, and later grip (the steel parts in aged condition) 81.3 cm; 32 in blade ‡ £600-800

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264 AN EAST EUROPEAN WAR HAMMER (CZEKAN), LATE 17TH CENTURY with tapering moulded hammer head formed with a flat square face, moulded socket, long slightly down-curved fluted rear spike, on a wooden haft (probably an early replacement), inset with shaped steel reinforcing plaques, and a central conical finial at the top, with painted inventory number ‘309:25’ 64 cm; 25¼ in overall ‡ £1500-2500 265 AN ITALIAN WAR HAMMER, MID-16TH CENTURY with moulded hammer head (worn and squashed at the borders), down-curved rear spike of tapering-diamond section moulded at the base, a pair of long straps retained by rivets with embossed brass rivets, on its wooden haft fitted with an additional pair of straps (one loose, four retaining nails missing), and the grip with later brass studs (cracked) 59 cm; 23¼ in overall ‡ £1000-1500 266 A GERMAN MACE IN LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE with bulbous head formed of six wedge-shaped flanges, tapering steel haft formed with a turned roped moulding at the top, and fitted with leather-bound wooden grip at the base 57.2 cm; 22½ in ‡ £700-900

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267 A GERMAN WAR HAMMER, LATE 16TH CENTURY with tapering hammer head of circular section, decorated with a file-roped band behind, robust slightly down-curved rear spike of round then stiff-diamond section, circular haft moulded and faceted at the base, tapering belt hook (repaired), and later grip with a metal disc at the top and a pommel at the base (pitted) 53 cm; 20⅞ in overall ‡ £1500-2000 268 A MACE, LATE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR ITALIAN with bulbous head of seven shaped flanges, each formed with a reinforced tip, moulded central finial, tapering wooden haft pierced towards the base for a thong, and spirally fluted grip fitted with a later turned wooden finial 59 cm; 23¼ in ‡ £1500-2500

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269 A RARE ITALIAN BILL, 15TH CENTURY with low near-triangular axe blade formed with a bevelled back-edge, extending at the back to a pair of robust faceted collars, on an early wooden haft reinforced with an iron panel at the top (the iron parts pitted) 49.5 cm; 19½ in head For a discussion of this type see Waldman 2005, pp. 33 - 43. ‡ £1200-1800 270 A NORTH ITALIAN FAUCHARD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY VENICE with slightly curved knife-like blade formed with a short moulding on the back-edge, a characteristic crescentic rear spike and a pair of short lugs at the base, chiselled and punched with patterns of scrolls and a stylised cavalryman cartouche on each face, tapering socket chiselled and punched with flowerheads within a trellis framework, and a pair of short straps 88.4 cm; 34⅞ in head ‡ £1000-1200 271 AN ITALIAN GLAIVE (RONCONE) IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE with central spike of diamond section, tall hooked axe-blade, robust rear spike, a pair of matching basal lugs, tapering socket of flattened oval-section, and a pair of short straps (pitted), on a wooden haft 91cm; 35¾in head ‡ £300-500

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287 A NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1580 with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb fitted to either side of its rear end with a pair of rivets for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and pierced over each ear with seven small circular auditory-holes in rosette-formation, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots with radially-fluted domed heads, the forward-sloping visor stepped in front of its centrally-divided vision-slit and fitted at the right with a slender lifting-peg (the latter replaced and the centre of the upper edge of the visor patched), the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right side with eleven small circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation and secured to the lower bevor, at its right, by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and two gorget-plates front and rear (the lower front lacking the right end of its lower edge), the main edges of the helmet decorated with file-roped inward turns accompanied, in the case of those of the gorget-plates, by recessed borders, and the subsidiary edges with single incised lines, the whole retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish and traces of gilding in its borders and on its fittings 33.0 cm; 13 in ‥ £6000-8000

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288 A DUTCH HARQUEBUSIER’S CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a low medial comb and fitted at the nape with a large plume-holder, obtusely-point peak and bevor attached to the skull by common pivots of dome-headed form, the bevor with broad U-shaped face-opening, secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook (replaced) and pierced stud, and two gorget-plates front and rear, the lowest ones in each case of obtusely-pointed form and decorated at their centres and outer ends with patterns of round-headed rivets, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns accompanied by single incised lines and the subsidiary edges only with single incised lines (some light patchy patination overall) 36.5 cm; 14¼ in ‡ £1800-2400

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289 AN ENGLISH OR FLEMISH CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1560-70 with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb pierced at its rear with a later transverse hole, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots with small radially-fluted domed heads, the forward-sloping visor stepped in front of its broad undivided vision-slit and fitted at the right with a slender lifting-peg (replaced), the prow-shaped upper bevor secured at the right of the chin by a spring-catch (its push-button release replaced) to the lower bevor which is in turn secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and two gorget-plates front and rear (the lowest front one and both rear ones restored), the main edges of the helmet decorated with file-roped inward turns accompanied, except around the face-opening of the lower bevor, by a recessed border, and the surface of the helmet with a black finish overall (the left of the skull with a small riveted patch at the left ear and the upper bevor with small chip towards the rear of its upper edge) 29.7 cm; 11½ in ‡ £5000-7000

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290 AN ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET OF SO-CALLED ‘SAVOYARD’ TYPE, CIRCA 1620 of shot-proof weight with a skull formed in two halves joined by means of a riveted overlap along the crest of a low medial ridge and flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a rounded integral rear-gorget-plate, peak and bevor attached to the skull by common pivots with slotted and radially-fluted domed heads, the peak arched over the eyes and descending between them, as a V-shaped projection, to the level of the mouth, the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form an integral front gorget-plate en suite with the rear one and having a face-opening that narrows just above the mouth, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied, except around the face-opening, with recessed borders, and its surface blackened overall (the main edges of the helmet extensively corroded, and the crest of the skull perforated at one point) 27.0 cm; 10¼ in ‡ £2500-3500

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292 A BLACK-AND-WHITE BURGONET, PROBABLY FLEMISH, CIRCA 1560 with shallow one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, projecting forwards and backwards respectively to an integral peak and neck-guard, the former more acutely pointed than the latter, and fitted at each side with a small hinged cheek-piece (the right patched), its front and rear edges shaped to accommodate the ends of the peak and neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet, except for those of the cheek-pieces, formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by narrow recessed borders, and its surface decorated with narrow longitudinal bands blackened, like the borders, to contrast with an otherwise bright ground (the colours originally reversed) 24.0 cm; 9½ in ‡ £2000-3000

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301 A RARE SKULL OF A SOUTH GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE, NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece skull of ogival form terminating at its apex in a slender finial with baluster moulding, decorated between a transverse groove and accompanying rib at its upper end and a transverse groove alone at its lower end with a broad band of close-set vertical flutes, the lower groove retaining traces of gilding, fitted at its brow with a staple and small locking-screw, together retaining a sturdy sliding nasal-bar (restored), the bar and staple each decorated with a filed pattern of lozenges, the lower edge of the skull formed in two opposing sections with raised ribs, its border struck with the quality-control-mark of the city of Nuremberg, and pierced with numerous holes, many later (the skull bruised and perforated at some points and bearing light to moderate pitting overall) 35.5 cm; 14 in Helmets such as this were made in imitation of the Turkish shishak. Other examples are discussed by Mann 1962, II, pp. 109-10, pl. 59, Norman 1986, p. 48, and Gamber and Beaufort 1990, pp. 164-5, pl. 77. Five examples, dating from about 1563, are illustrated in the pattern-book of the Augsburg etcher Jörg Sorg the Younger (Becher et. al., 1980, p. 91) . ‡ £3000-5000

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311 A SOUTH GERMAN BREASTPLATE OF ANIME CONSTRUCTION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1560 formed of seven (originally more) all medially-ridged, upward-overlapping lames, of which the first forms the base of an integral collar, and the second to fourth are cut away at each side to accommodate a pair of movable gussets at the arm-openings, the first and second lames each struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, and the third with the mark of the Imperial Ottoman Arsenal at Istanbul, the surfaces of the breastplate decorated with six evenly-spaced narrow vertical grooves, originally coloured black on a bright ground, and its main edges formed with finely file-roped inward turns and its subsidiary edges decorated with rectangular notches ((the upper corners of the first lame showing losses due to corrosion and the whole, a mottled patina) 33.0 cm; 13 in The breastplate is of interest in having come from the Ottoman Imperial Arsenal at Istanbul, suggesting that it was taken as booty from Christian forces by the troops of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-66). In 1565 they laid siege to the Knights of St John at Malta. ‡ £1200-1800 312 AN ENGLISH HARQUEBUSIER’S BREASTPLATE, LONDON, MID-17TH CENTURY, WITH ETCHED DECORATION OF THE 19TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a medial ridge, an upstanding neck-opening, a shallow V-shaped waist-line bearing a short integral flange, and fitted at each arm-opening with a gilt iron buckle (in place of an original stud) to receive a shoulder-strap, the neckopening struck with the initials HC of a London armourer, and the helmeted A mark employed by the London Armourer’s Company in the years 1650-60, and later etched in three bands with trophies of arms on a stippled and blackened ground, enclosed in each case by narrower band of cabling (lightly pitted overall) 34.8 cm; 12¾ in ‡ £1000-1400

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313 A RARE GERMAN ‘BISHOP’S MANTLE’ OF MAIL, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY formed of small riveted rings of circular-section wire throughout, opening at the rear, its upstanding neck-opening formed of rings of a thicker gauge of which those at the edge are of brass, and its lower edge cut with five projecting dags of which those over the centre of the chest and each shoulder are longer than the others (a few small holes and losses) 32.0 cm; 11 in ‡ £2000-2500 314 A SOUTH GERMAN BACKPLATE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed of a main plate with broad shallow neck-opening, two small side-plates rigidly riveted within its lateral margins and contributing in each case to its arm-opening, and a short waist-plate, narrower than the main plate, rigidly riveted within the lower margin of the latter and flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short skirt, the main edges of all parts formed with plain inward turns and their surfaces showing the remains of a black-from-the-hammer finish 41.0 cm; 16¼ in ‡ £300-500

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315 A GERMAN STEEL TARGET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of convex circular form, decorated with six evenly spaced low ridges radiating from a small central conical boss, its edge formed with a plain inward turn bordered by round-headed lining rivets with octagonal internal washers retaining fragments of a leather lining-band, the rear fitted across its centre with four pairs of similar rivets and washers for the attachment of enarmes, the outer face retaining a black-from-the-hanmmer finish with traces of gilt decoration at its centre and periphery 62.6 cm; 24¾ in diameter ‡ £1800-2200 316 A CONTINENTAL CUIRASSIER’S BREASTPLATE, MID-19TH CENTURY of medially-ridged one-piece form with outward-flanged edges at the neck and arm-openings and inward-turned edges at its sides and the lower edge of its convex waist-flange, each side of the chest fitted with a mushroom-headed stud of brass for the shoulder-straps, the main edges of the breastplate bordered throughout with large brass lining-rivets, all, except for those at the shoulders, round-headed, the right of the breast struck with the proof-mark of a bullet, the right of the waist struck with the initials AA over 2313, and the left of the waist struck with three marks, the central one comprising a crown within a rectangle) 37.5 cm; 14¾ in ‡ £200-250

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317 A FINE GERMAN BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, DATED 1714 with tapering multi-stage barrel formed with raised astragal mouldings, strongly moulded muzzle, cast with bands of elaborate scrollwork behind the muzzle, of the first reinforce and the chase, the latter incorporating the crowned coat-ofarms of the Duchy of Wurttemberg enclosed by foliage and the former with a scrolling panel with the abbreviated inscription and the date ‘17 E.L.H.Z.W.14’ for Eberhard Louis Herzog von Wurttemberg, raised collar-shaped vent, a pair of dolphin lifting handles, a pair of long plain trunnions, and globose cascable moulded en suite, with the muzzle and drawn-out to a pierced button chiselled with acanthus: on a later finely constructed iron-clad field carriage painted in polychrome and fitted with a pair of spoked wheels 67.3 cm; 26½ in barrel 2.5 cm; 1 in bore Eberhard Ludwig, tenth Duke of Württemberg (1676-1733), was the only son of Wilhelm Ludwig of Württemberg (16471677) and succeeded to the dukedom when under a year old. During the years of his minority, the duchy was ruled by a regent, his uncle Friedrich Karl. In 1693, when Eberhard Ludwig was sixteen, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I proclaimed him duke in order to secure the duchy’s support for the Empire: strategically situated on the right bank of the Rhine, Württemberg represented a significant bastion for the Empire against the aggressive encroachments of Louis XIV’s France.

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Often popularly represented as a spendthrift and proto-absolutist ruler unduly influenced by his mistress and her family, the duke was typical of many of his peers - the rulers of the German princely states - in seeking to establish and increase the status of his duchy through overt magnificence, military expenditure and diplomatic manoeuvring. His uncle had created a standing army from Württemberg’s militia in the early 1690s and the duke capitalised on that initiative by increasing the size of the army: both men also raised regiments of Württembergers for the specific purpose of hiring them as mercenaries to other states. Although loyally allied to the Empire and the anti-French ‘Grand Alliance’ during the War of the League of Augsburg (1688-97), the duke was ambivalent in his allegiance during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-14) and periodically flirted with the idea of a French alliance in the hope of increasing his status; his appointment as Imperial Field Marshal in 1712 was made in order to secure his loyalty to the Empire.

The ending of the war with France in 1714 left Württemberg in considerable debt and the duke without his desired enhanced political status. In the same year, though, hostilities between Venice and the Ottoman Empire began; Venice had hired Württemberger soldiers during an earlier war with the Turks and so, in October 1714, the Serene Republic approached the duke for a large contingent of men. In the event, the duke was out-manoeuvred by the Viennese court, his personal negotiations with Venice failed and the Württemberger soldiers ended up in Imperial service at far lower rates of pay than the Venetians would have paid. It is possible that this gun was cast in 1714 as part of the duke’s attempts to provide appropriately equipped forces for Venice.

A colourful figure with considerable, if poorly focussed, ambition, Eberhard Ludwig failed in his principal aim: the establishment of absolute rule in a duchy with a fully funded army and genuine status within the Holy Roman Empire. The cultural achievements of his reign - the building of Schloss Ludwigsburg, for example - must be regarded as outweighing the military and political ones.

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321 A 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, SUHL, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering octagonal barrel struck with Suhl control marks and a further mark (indistinct) at the breech, rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock (small scratches, bruising, pierced through for display at the butt), impressed with a mark behind the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and a band enclosing the butt, and early iron-tipped ramrod 43.5 cm; 17⅛ in barrel ‡ £2500-3500 322 A 28 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY with associated barrel formed in two stages (pitted over the median), rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and a band enclosing the base of the butt, and the latter fitted with a turned bone button (later ramrod) 49 cm; 19¼ in barrel ‡ £2500-3500 323 A 32 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, SUHL, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering heavy octagonal barrel struck with Suhl mark at the breech, rounded lock retained by three side nails (one seized), fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and butt-cap, and iron-tipped ramrod 37.5 cm; 14¾ in barrel ‡ £2000-3000

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324 A FINE 28 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1580 with heavy swamped barrel formed in two stages, octagonal breech incised ‘IVX’ beneath, angular tang, flat lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a circular bracket, sliding pan-cover with foliate button release, moulded dog, filed dog spring and sprung safety-catch opposite the lock, full stock profusely inlaid in engraved staghorn with scrollwork plaques over the fore-end involving a grotesque, a scrollwork grotesque opposite the lock, and a pair of bearded profiles within an architectural framework about the tang, all against a ground of tightly scrolling ball flower tendrils within ropework frames, enriched with greenstained horn plaques, ball pommel inlaid with engraved staghorn and green stained horn en suite with the stock (restorations, small pieces of inlay replaced, the pommel rondel later), iron trigger-guard, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and associated ramrod 25.8 cm; 10⅛ in barrel ‡ £15000-20000

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325 A 32 BORE SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL BY I. MURDOCH, CIRCA 1780 with three-stage barrel flaring at the muzzle, engraved with foliage and panels of scrollwork, signed lock engraved with foliage, full stock engraved with panels of wriggle-work, bulbous butt inset with a small silver rondel on the pommel (the engraving refreshed, restorations), engraved steel button trigger, plain belt hook of shaped outline, and associated ramrod 14.8 cm; 15¾ in barrel ‡ £1200-1800

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326 A FINE PAIR OF 38 BORE SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS BY I. CHRISTIE, PERTH, CIRCA 1780 with three-stage barrels flaring at the muzzles and reeded over the breeches, the medians engraved with scrolls of thistle foliage, signed border-engraved locks decorated with scrollwork on the tails, full stocks with bulbous butts, engraved over their surface with panels of scrollwork and foliage, the pommels set with small silver rondels, engraved silver button triggers, engraved iron belt-hooks with pierced brackets, and moulded iron ramrods, probably the original 13 cm; 5⅛ in barrels (2) ‡ £5000-7000

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327 A CASED PAIR OF 45 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED PALMER, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 with blued turn-off barrels engraved with a band around the muzzles, signed rounded engraved actions decorated with trophies-ofarms, sliding thumb-piece safety-catches also locking the steels, blued folding trigger-guards, figured walnut butts, engraved silver escutcheons with the owner’s initials ‘J.H.’: in a later fitted mahogany case lined in plum velvet and with some accessories including brass three-way flask by Dixon & Sons, barrel wrench and bullet mould 3.8 cm; 1½ in barrels ‡ £500-700 328 A PAIR OF 18 BORE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL BY JOHN EASTERBY, LONDON, CIRCA 1750 with cannon barrels moulded at the muzzles, engraved separate tangs, rounded actions signed beneath the pans (worn), figured walnut butts inlaid with silver wire scrolls (repairs), silver mounts cast and chased in low relief comprising openwork foliate sideplates, grotesque mask butt-caps, and vacant rococo escutcheons, and moulded steel trigger-guards 13.5 cm; 5⅜ in barrels (2) John Easterby, a ‘Foreign’ gunmaker, is recorded in Charing Cross where he was allowed to prove guns by the Gunmaker’s Company 1724-31. ‡ £800-1200

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329 A PAIR OF 22 BORE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS BY JAMES BARBAR, LONDON, CIRCA 1770 with three-stage cannon barrels, numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ respectively, engraved separate tangs, rounded actions engraved with foliage, inscribed ‘London’ on the breeches and signed beneath, stamped with the barrelsmith’s mark, figured walnut butts carved with a raised moulding about the tangs (small repairs), silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trophy-of-arms sideplates, spurred pommels fitted with lion mask caps, and vacant rococo escutcheons, and steel trigger-guards engraved with a rococo flower (rubbed) 14 cm; 5½ in barrels (2) James Barber, son of Lewis, is recorded 1714-1773. He was Gentleman Armourer to George II in 1741 and furbisher at Hampton Court until 1767. ‡ £1200-1800

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391 A PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1799-1806 with turn-off barrels, rounded breeches finely engraved with foliage and a trophy-of-arms, signed on a continuous scroll ‘H. W. Mortimer, London Gunmaker to his Majesty’, engraved tangs decorated with a radiating pattern of sunbursts, side-action rounded locks fitted with border-engraved cocks and steels, bolt safety-catches and filed blued steel springs with rollers, folding triggers, and swelling walnut butts cut with a fine pattern of chequering and incised with an expanded flowerhead on the base 3.8 cm; 1½ in barrels (2) Harvey Walklate Mortimer was appointed gunmaker to George III in 1783 and made gold-mounted firearms set with diamonds for the United States Government as presents for the Bey of Tunis circa 1801-2. For other pistols of this type see Munson 1992, pp.

214-5. £1000-1200 392 A PAIR OF 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY PROSSER, LONDON, CIRCA 1800 with turn-off barrels engraved at the muzzles, engraved case-hardened breeches decorated with sunbursts beneath the pans, signed engraved case-hardened box-lock actions decorated with ovals carried by trophies-of-arms, fitted with engraved blued and casehardened sliding safety-catches also locking the steels, blued folding triggers, flat-sided figured walnut butts with bevelled edges, vacant silver shield-shaped escutcheons, and retaining some early finish throughout; together with a contemporary barrel wrench 4.5 cm; 1¾ in barrels (3) John Prosser is recorded as gunmaker at Charing Cross from 1796. £700-900

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394 A PAIR OF 50 BORE ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED PERRY, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS FOR 1781 with turn-off cannon barrels, rounded breeches, box-lock actions chiselled with trophies-of-arms carrying ovals signed on the left and inscribed ‘London’ on the right, chiselled tangs decorated with flowers, walnut butts finely inlaid with silver wire tendrils, pellets and flowerheads fitted with grotesque mask butt-caps decorated with rococo shells, and sliding iron trigger-guards chiselled with flowers en suite with the tangs 6.2 cm; 2½ in barrels (2) £1000-1200

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395 A PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS, SIGNED H. NOCK, LONDON, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with turn-off barrels finely engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzles, rounded breeches signed in capitals on the left of the pan and stamped ‘London’ on the right, rounded actions finely engraved with trophies-of-arms and trophies of-music left and right respectively, fitted with engraved sliding safety-catches also locking the steels, a pair of rollers on each steel spring, and folding triggers framed by a band of conventional foliage, and finely chequered swelling walnut butts, 4 cm; 1½ in barrels (2) £700-900 396 A RARE PAIR OF 40 BORE COMBINED FLINTLOCK AND PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS BY GEORGE WALLIS JUNIOR OF HULL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1830 with turn-off barrels engraved with a band of acanthus foliage around the muzzles, box-lock actions engraved with panels of foliage carrying signed ovals on the left and inscribed ‘Hull’ on the right, fitted with ring-neck cocks, the lower jaws formed as a hammer face, and fitted with percussion nipples behind the pans, engraved sliding thumb-piece safety-catches, folding triggers, flat-sided walnut butts, and vacant silver escutcheons 4.2 cm; 1⅝ in barrels (2) George Wallis Junior (1707-1833) was the son of the famous gunsmith and antiquary of the same name. Following his father’s death in 1803 he continued the business with his brother John, selling fowling-pieces, rifle guns for park-keepers, air guns and harpoon guns. See Credland 1978, pp. 133- 181. £600-800

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401 A 40 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION OVER-AND-UNDER POCKET PISTOL BY H.W. MORTIMER, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, LONDON, CIRCA 1785 with turn-off barrels, the breeches each struck with the barrelsmith’s mark and London view and proof marks, box-lock action finely engraved with sprays of foliage and trophies, signed on an elaborate scroll on the left and inscribed ‘Gunmaker to his Majesty’ on a scroll on the right, fitted with bolt safety-catch also locking the steel, later tap lever on the left and folding trigger, and flat-sided figured walnut butt 3.8 cm; 1½ in barrel For a similar pistol see Munson 1992, p. 250, pl. 409. £1200-1500 402 A PAIR OF 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED ARCHER, LONDON, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1760 with turn-off cannon barrels engraved with a simple band of beadwork at the breeches, one numbered ‘1’ on the left of the breech, box-lock actions signed on the left and inscribed ‘London’ on the right, each with engraved borders en suite with the breeches, engraved tangs, flat-sided walnut butts, and engraved steel sliding trigger-guard safety catches 6.3 cm; 2½ in barrels (2) £500-700

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403 A PAIR OF 18 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY THOMAS (1) GREGORY, CIRCA 1720 with swamped barrels inscribed ‘London’ within a linear frame over the breeches, struck with the barrelsmith’s, London view and proof marks, engraved grooved tangs, signed border-engraved rounded locks decorated with scrolls, the cocks engraved en suite (the steel parts with areas of pitting), figured walnut full stocks (small cracks and repairs), carved with a scalloped moulding about the tangs, brass mounts comprising pierced side-plates decorated with scrolling foliage, trigger-guards with asymmetrical foliate terminals and with a flowerhead on the bows, spurred pommels engraved with trophies-of-arms and with grotesque mask caps, a pair of moulded baluster ramrod-pipes, vacant escutcheons and later ramrods 18 cm; 7⅛ in barrels (2) Thomas Gregory, son of Nathan, was made free of the Gunmakers Company by Patrimony in 1706. He became Master in 1729 and is recorded Gunmaker to the East India Company circa 1717-32. ‡ £800-1200

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409 A 100 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL BY FRAY, LEICESTER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with turn-off barrels, block-shaped breeches numbered ‘3’ and ‘4’, signed on the left and inscribed ‘Leicester’ on the right, box-lock action engraved with a cornucopia on each side (worn), fitted with thumb-piece safety-catches and folding triggers, finely chequered walnut butt, silver butt-cap engraved with a flowerhead and vacant silver escutcheon 4 cm; 1½ in barrels Dennis Fray and John Fray are recorded at Belgrave Gate, Leicester in 1834 and 1821-8 respectively. £250-350 410 AN 18 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL SIGNED H. SMITH, CIRCA 1840 with signed rebrowned sighted barrel fitted with stirrup ramrod beneath, engraved case-hardened breech inlaid with a platinum line, scroll-engraved tang, signed scroll-engraved lock, figured walnut butt cut with a fine pattern of chequering, engraved casehardened side-plate, engraved blued trigger-guard, steel butt-cap (extensively refinished throughout): in later lined and fitted case with brass flask and oil bottle 13 cm; 5⅛ in barrel £400-600 411 A 20 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY TWIGG, CIRCA 1760-70 with rebrowned sighted barrel moulded at the breech, engraved tang, stepped border-engraved lock with first form of signature, figured walnut full stock carved with a scallop about the tang, full brass mounts comprising pierced scrolling foliate side-plate, spurred pommel fitted with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard with acorn finial of early form, a pair of ramrod-pipes, and vacant rococo escutcheon (worn, later ramrod) 24.7 cm; 9¾ in barrel £1000-1200 412 A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with tapering octagonal barrel, stepped lock fitted with roller, figured walnut full stock with rounded butt, steel mounts including flush-fitting side-plate and belt hook (ramrod and ramrod pipe missing, the lock and mounts pitted) 11.7cm; 4⅝ barrel £250-350 172

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413 A FINE AND RARE CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF PRESENTATION QUALITY BY BOUTET, DIRECTEUR ARTISTE, MANUFACTURE A VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1802 with lightly swamped octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrels decorated along their length with a finely matted pattern sown with minute stars, signed within a lozenge shaped framework of gilt pellets, decorated in gold with bands filled with contrasting matted and plain triangular panels at the muzzle, the flats bordered by gilt ropework, and a shaped panel filled with a garland surmounted by scrolls and foliage over the breech (the barrels previously blued and now oxidised brown), fitted with standing back-sight and struck with three gold-lined marks over the breech, in three shaped recesses the letters ‘NB’, ‘LC’ and ‘BC’ (the first two Neue Støckel 95 and 3741 respectively), stamped with the letters ‘DB’ between a pair of fronds beneath, platinum-lined vents over gold (an early working modification), engraved burnished steel tangs decorated with swags, fronds and foliage, signed locks with fluted borders, formed with stepped tails bordered by a beadwork frame, fitted with detents, matching cocks, set triggers (one mainspring an early replacement, one cock shank loose, one trigger setting screw missing), figured walnut full stocks (very small bruises and chips), inlaid with engraved silver wire, pellets and panels decorated with neoclassical foliage within a linear framework over the fore-ends, a shell pattern about the rear ramrod-pipes, characteristic butts inlaid on each face with an Imperial eagle dividing a pair monstrous hounds based on Orthrus, breathing fire from one mouth and clenching a garland of flowers in the other all within a matching linear frame, the spines inset with a long shaped silver panel decorated with foliage (inlay with small areas of lifting and very small losses), full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with finials formed as a neo-classical trophy-of-arms and with the Nemean lion’s pelt about a club on the bows, butts inset with a crowned classical helm bordered by foliage within a framework of rounded nails, rear ramrod-pipe formed of a chequered shield and a garland of flowers all impaled by a neo-classical sword, three further moulded ramrod-pipes decorated with delicate beadwork on the high points, engraved silver side nail washers decorated with flowers enclosed within a linear frame of silver wire, engraved burnished steel trigger-plates, knurled steel barrel bolts, and original ramrods (now seized): in an early brass-bound rosewood veneered fitted case lined in green baize (the case a very early association, the lining faded, areas of wear), the lid with vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, fitted with a pair of flush-fitting carrying handles on each side, complete with a number of contemporary accessories including brass-mounted horn flask, steel mainspring clamp and bullet mould, turnscrew, and cleaning rods, and the pistols and case in untouched condition throughout 26.8 cm; 10½ in barrels

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413 Provenance Don Jose de la Serna, Conde de los Andres, Viceroy of Peru by descent to Eugenia de la Rocha y Fontecilla, Marquesa de Angulo great grandmother of the present owner Don José de La Serna, Conde de los Andres, played a prominent role in the War of Spanish Independence where his performance against the French earned him a promotion to lieutenant general. In 1815 he was sent to the American colonies as commanding general of the army of Upper Peru where he was appointed Viceroy of Peru in 1821, a post he held until 1824.

The correspondence files of the Ministry for Foreign Relations includes an entry for a pair of embellished Versailles pistols from the First Consul in 1802 to Mariano Luis d’Urquijo, Spanish first minister for Foreign Affairs at the beginning of the 19th century.

The d’Urquijo pair remain unknown and it has been suggested that they might be the present pair, having been later presented by the Spanish First Minister to the Viceroy of Peru. This theory is strengthened by the following entry for a number of pieces for the Ministry in the Annuaire of the Versailles Manufactory for AN X, or 1802: Ministre du Relations Extérieur Pistolets gros calibre a secret, arg. gravé riche, fr. 2.400 Nécess. acajou, pistol. arg. gravé, chaînette, roulet. damasq., fr. 1.200 Nécess. acajou, pistolets de combat, argent, cis. 1er modèle, riche, placage arg. damasq., bassinets or, fr. 3.000 Service: 2 fusils doubles forestiers A related pair of pistols, with similarly decorated barrels, trigger-guards and ramrod-pipes, are preserved in the Wallace Collection, nos. A1219 and A1220. The number of ramrod-pipes on both pairs of pistols is unusual for Boutet. The use of platinum is probably a very early modification, perhaps added at the same time as the pistols were fitted into the present case. The anti-corrosion properties of platinum were well known by 1800 and it was used to line shotgun barrels by Jean LePage circa 1819.

Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) the distinguished maker of armes de luxe inherited the position of gunmaker to Louis XIV from his father-in-law, Pierre de Sainte (active 1747-88). In 1792 he became technical Director at the new Versailles Manufactory and in 1800 rose to Directeur Artiste with overall control. He held this position until the closure of the manufactory in 1818. Boutet died fifteen years later in poverty, his career having survived six French Political regimes. £40000-70000 175

414 detail THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 414 A FINE PAIR OF 20 BORE LIEGOIS FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY BY PHILIPPE DESELLIER with swamped barrels formed in two stages, fitted with moulded brass fore-sights on a chiselled and gilt ground of scrolling foliage, chiselled and gilt medians, octagonal breeches chiselled with a classical warrior above a crowned heart impaled by a sword, a pair of supporting leopards, a further trophy-of-arms, all within a framework of scrolling foliage against a punched and gilt ground, grooved breech tangs chiselled and gilt with a bouquet, stepped locks chiselled and gilt with reclining classical warriors and monsterhead scrolls, fitted with chiselled and gilt cocks decorated with trophies-of-arms centring on a celestial mask and chiselled steels, the insides of the lock plates stamped ‘PLD’ within a rectangular panel, figured walnut full stocks (very small chips and light bruising), carved in low relief with foliage and raised mouldings including delicate scrolling tendrils with monsterhead terminals about the rear ramrod-pipes, a pendant at each end of the locks and the sideplates, and scallop shells and scrolls about the tangs, gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in the Parisian style, comprising side-plates pierced and chased with foliage carrying bound prisoners and trophies-of-war, spurred pommels with grotesque mask caps and decorated on the sides with scrolls of foliage and the Cardinal Virtues comprising Justice and Fortitude on one pistol and Prudence and Temperance on the other, trigger-guards decorated with differing classical figures seated upon trophies-of-arms and with foliate terminals, crowned escutcheons with portrait profiles carried by a pair of bound prisoners, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, the rear pipe decorated with a grotesque, and in untouched condition with much original gilding throughout (later ramrods, the steel parts with light surface rust) 32 cm; 12⅝ in barrels (2) A pair of pistols, formerly in the Visser collection (cat. no. 357), are signed Gilles Deselier and have silver mounts executed in a very similar manner. Another pair of pistols from the same collection are struck with a related mark and signed Philippe Deselier (cat. No. 376). The Desellier brothers, Philippe and Gilles, are recorded in Liège circa 1676-1740 and 1680-1710 respectively. See Visser 1996, p. 304 and p. 356.

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THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR 415 A FINE AND RARE 25 BORE SOUTH GERMAN (THURINGIA) WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, SUHL, CIRCA 1580-90 with swamped barrel chiselled over its surface with a vertical arrangement of allegorical figures within an architectural framework surrounded by scrolling foliage inhabited by exotic birds, curved tang chiselled with scale pattern, flat lock chiselled with tightly scrolling foliage and flowers inhabited by exotic birds and a hare, stamped with the maker’s mark, the letters HB above an animal in a shaped shield (Neue Støckel 2766), fitted with external wheel with cover chiselled en suite with the lockplate, engraved faceted dog and dog-spring, sliding pan-cover engraved with a grotesque (button-release missing), safety-catch, the sear partly exposed and covered by a low bracket, full stock profusely inlaid with engraved staghorn, including a central pattern of tightly scrolling tendrils and ball flowers inhabited by exotic birds, squirrels, and owls, the fore-end with scrolling demi-mask profiles, all set within an engraved horn strapwork frame enriched with acanthus foliage, near spherical pommel inlaid en suite, iron trigger-guard chiselled with a grotesque mask on the bow, staghorn fore-end cap engraved with a pair of grotesques (the metal parts lightly rubbed, the inlay with minor restorations and repairs, ramrod missing) 30.5 cm; 12 in barrel Provenance S. Sutton Esq., Charlbury, Oxfordshire, 24 June 1965 A pair of pistols with barrels and locks chiselled in the same distinctive manner and stocks inlaid in a similar fashion were formerly in the Saxon Royal Collection, sold Sotheby & Co., London 23 March 1970, lot 66. The decoration of this group has long been associated with Klaus Hirt of Wasungen, based on a single gun signed ‘Klaus Hirt Büchsenschifter zu Wasungen’, now preserved in the Historisches Museum, Berne. The Berne gun, the Saxon pair of pistols and the present pistol are all marked by the same locksmith. The maker’s mark is also found on firearms preserved in the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, the Germanische Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, and the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. See Schaal 1978, p. 19. £8000-12000

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VARIOUS OWNERS 416 A PAIR OF 28 BORE SILESIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIESZYNIE (TESCHEN), CIRCA 1640-60 each with tapering barrel engraved with scrolls at the breech, muzzle and over the median (possibly shortened in their early life, rubbed, areas of pitting), stamped with the initials ‘T’ and ‘R’ on each side of the breech, slender breech tang decorated en suite, flat bevelled lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a moulded bracket, sliding pan-cover, moulded dog, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn tendrils and pellets enriched with mother-of-pearl rondels, including rabbits being pursued by hounds over the fore-end, a mythical bird opposite the lock, mythical beasts about the tang, and a bird-of-prey on each side of the butt, all within segmental lines, the butt encircled by a slender steel band and inlaid with an expanded flowerhead in mother-of-pearl (the stocks with very minor repairs), iron trigger-guard with very slender moulded terminal, a single engraved silver ramrod-pipe, engraved staghorn rear ramrod-pipe, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and pommel, the latter engraved with a flower and a bird-of-prey, and associated wooden ramrod with staghorn tip 32 cm; 12⅝ in barrels (2) Another pair of this distinctive type were sold in these rooms 10 December 2008, lot 384. The initials TR are possibly those of Thomas Rytirz, recorded in Cieszynie (Teschen) circa 1639-76. See Kruczek 2001, p. 234. ‡ £8000-12000

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Sale Results for 7th May 2014 The following prices are the hammer prices GBP/£. Unsold lots are not shown.

Thomas Del Mar Ltd is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

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£650 £130 £280 £400 £1,700 £100 £3,200 £3,000 £3,800 £1,300 £1,100 £300 £1,400 £1,700 £550 £320 £950 £220 £800 £400 £200 £750 £68 £300 £90 £90 £30 £2,700 £160 £90 £260 £500 £650 £900 £400 £550 £700 £300 £600 £60 £55 £30 £750 £420 £400 £500 £480 £200 £480 £1,100 £120 £500 £440 £650 £360

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£900 £1,050 £3,800 £620 £150 £1,300 £800 £200 £240 £1,800 £2,100 £2,200 £300 £260 £260 £260 £1,100 £600 £600 £300 £340 £220 £12,000 £39,000 £25,000 £30,000 £36,000 £14,000 £9,000 £6,000 £8,000 £30,000 £32,000 £16,000 £2,600 £3,600 £2,600 £2,600 £850 £1,600 £2,600 £1,900 £1,600 £1,700 £2,200 £1,800 £1,500 £800 £1,200 £1,200 £500 £1,100 £1,500 £450 £260

166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220

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£12,000

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