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Click here to subscribeA XVII Century and Late Joined Oak Settle, the top rail with knulled decoration, four lozenge panels to back, seat, shaped arms on turned and block supports, 178cm wide.43cm high. the back is ok. moulding arround back panels not original. arms and seat are later additions. reduced in height.
VICTORIAN WALNUT APPRENTICE CHEST, LATE 19TH CENTURY modelled in the form of a Wellington chest, with indented breakfront and fitted with a graduated row of six drawers each inlaid with boxwood 40cm wide, 52cm high 22cm deepSplits to veneer of top. Further small losses in areas. Lock mechanism functions. Draws move freely. Further wear as per use and age. Loss to upper right moulding. Additional images now available.
THREE VICTORIAN OIL LAMPS, LATE 19TH CENTURY comprising one brass and onyx, one cranberry glass and brass and one bronzed spelter example, with glass shades and funnelsthe largest 81cm high overallQty: 3Damage to one applied clear glass moulding on cranberry glass font, though font itself is good. Green tinted shade without damage.Each lamp is subject to typical wear as per use and age. No drill holes.
Late 19th century variegated marble torchère or plant stand, square moulded top on column, stepped square base, cast metal upper collar with egg and dart moulding, the lower collar cast with foliate decoration Dimensions: Height: 107cm Length/Width: 30cm Depth/Diameter: 30cmCondition Report:Break to base. See images.
A George I crossbanded walnut kneehole desk the quarter veneered top with re-entrant corners over one long drawer and six short drawers, around a central door and bracket feet,86cm wide48cm deep79cm highCondition ReportRestored, polished, later handles.Small area of moulding missing to one front carver.
A collection of antique tools, to include: a W Greenslade of Bristol plane, 40cm, two other smaller planes, one marked Campbell, another G Pringle (?), moulding saw T F Harrison and John Baker & Sons, ( A lot ) The Alastair & Sheila Brooks Collection: of Oaklands (& past owners of Ednam House Hotel), Kelso
English School (late 19th century) Portrait of a Jack Russell terrier oil on canvas, signed with initials WB and dated (18)'99', inscribed 'Vic II' 11½ x 9½ in (29.2 x 24.2 cm), gilt egg-and-dart frame (52.5 x 47.5 cm), losses * The canvas surface is dirty and has nicotine staining - should clean well. Not relined. A small number of scattered retouches visible under UV from old cleaning and restoration but nothing significant. Frame has some losses to the inside moulding which edges the slip.
George III mahogany corner elbow chair, curved back rest and shaped arms with scroll carved terminals, on turned supports and pierced scroll carved interlaced splats, drop-in seat upholstered in brown leather, on square supports with inner chamfer and outer moulding Dimensions: Height: 89cm Length/Width: 77cm
Michael Gottlob Schwarz of London-Early 19th century 8-day mahogany domestic regulator clock c1800, hood with a break arch pediment, silk backed side frets and circular glazed hood door, trunk with a conforming door on a rectangular plinth with a stepped base, silvered dial with an engraved centre, subsidiary seconds, date and strike/silent dials, engraved minute track, Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's and matching steel hands, five pillar rack striking movement with a dead beat escapement striking the hours on a bell. With two brass cased weights, pendulum and key. Dimensions: Height: 215cm Length/Width: 47cm Depth/Diameter: 24cmCondition Report: Length of missing moulding to the hood and case.
Johnathan Storr of York - 30 hour longcase clock c1770, in a later mahogany case with a decorative swan neck pediment, carved gilded eagle and fretwork, with a dogtooth moulding, break arch hood door and detached pilasters beneath, trunk with a conforming break arch topped door on a square plinth with raised moulding and bracket feet, brass arched dial with makers name to the arch, plain dial centre and silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute track and matching steel hands, chain driven movement with a countwheel strike on a bell. No Pendulum or weight.Johnathan Storr was an 18rh century York clockmaker, working from Petergate and Minster gates in the city centre.Dimensions: Height: 235cm Length/Width: 57cm Depth/Diameter: 26cm
19th century Italian heavily carved stained walnut open armchair, the back rail carved with a large central cartouche decorated with extending acanthus and C-scroll motifs, the wing and arm terminals carved in the form of snarling dog masks, seat upholstered in floral needlework, shaped apron carved with cartouche and shell motifs, over out-splayed cabriole supports with acanthus moulding, terminating to paw feetDimensions: Height: 71cm Length/Width: 72cm Depth/Diameter: 42cm
Late Victorian walnut bobbin turned armchair, curved cresting rail with bead moulding over turned spindle back, upholstered arms on turned balustrade supports, cane work seat over seat rail with matching bead moulding, loose seat cushion upholstered in olive green fabric, on tapering bobbin turned front supports with brass and ceramic castors, Dimensions: Length/Width: 69cm Depth/Diameter: 105cm
Gillet & Johnson of London- Early 20th century 8-day oak cased domestic regulator c1920, flat topped hood with glazed side panels and applied moulding above a square hood door, long trunk door with geometric patterned mouldings on a conforming plinth with applied skirting, 12” sheet brass dial with a matted centre and cast cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, quarter and minute tracks, with matching steel hands and makers name on a silvered cartouche, dial pinned to a substantial four pillar rack striking movement with a deadbeat escapement and maintaining power, striking the hours on a coiled gong. With brass cased weights, pendulum and key. Case with a brass presentation plaque from the staff of Lloyd's register of shipping to E Salmon on the occasion of his retirement in 1926.Gillet & Johnson were founded in London during the mid 19th century and are highly regarded manufacturers of clocks, clock movements and particularly turret clock movements, bells and carillons. The firm is still in existence today.Dimensions: Height: 213cm Length/Width: 38cm Depth/Diameter: 24cm
Benjamin Booth of Pontefract - 8-day oak longcase clock c1790. with a stepped broken arched pediment, deep cornice with dog tooth moulding and two brass finials, break arch hood door with flanking reeded pilasters and gesso capitals, trunk with canted corners and a long break arch topped door, on a rectangular plinth with applied skirting, brass dial with rocking ship automata and makers name to to the arch, with bordered cast spandrels and an silvered engraved dial centre, chapter with Roman numerals and five minute Arabic's, matching steel hands , calendar and seconds dials, movement pinned to a rack striking movement with a recoil anchor escapement. With weights, pendulum and key.Benjamin Booth is recorded as being apprenticed to John Booth of Huddersfield in 1760 and working in Pontefract c1766 until his death in 1806. Dimensions: Height: 230cm Length/Width: 45cm Depth/Diameter: 25cm
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU CIRCA 1770 Fall front enclosing well fitted interior with well recess, four drawers below 109.5 cm high, 113cm wide, 63.5cm deep Provenance: John Thompson Antiques, Knaresborough, April 1993 The Estate of a deceased Gentleman A copy of the receipt will be made available to the successful purchaser. Condition Report: Please note the below condition report is the only one available. Bureau with the marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and useOld splits, chips and lossesFading to the topVarious later elements to feet and their supporting blocksVarious old repairs - see imagesSection of moulding (which incorporates the outer elements of the feet) to one side is detached but present The section of front moulding/feet is detached at one side Some evidence of old wormNo key but all locks are open Locks appear to be old replacements Some are lacking securing screws/slightly looseHandles and escutcheons appear original but have been re-conditioned One escutcheon is broken/misshapenTooled leather inset to the interior is a later replacementThe interior with the expected wear, marks, and ink stainsThe above report is supported with additional images which can be sent via a link. Please 'Ask a Question' to request these images. For any further enquiries please contact the department directly.Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AND BEADWORK NEST OF QUARTETTO TABLES CIRCA 1860 Each with glazed beadwork panel of cottages largest 74.5cm high, 54.5cm wide, 33cm deep (4) Provenance: Pelham Galleries London, April 1971 The Estate of a deceased Gentleman A copy of the receipt will be made available to the successful purchaser. Condition Report: Please note the below condition report is the only one available.Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and useSome old chips, splits, losses and repairs The timber with some fading. One section of moulding to the smallest table lacking. Some sections of loss/damage to beadwork and gilt trimThe above report is supported with additional images which can be sent via a link. Please 'Ask a Question' to request these images. For any further enquiries please contact the department directly. Condition Report Disclaimer
A SPANISH OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY ‡ with slender blade stamped ‘IHN SOLINGEN’ within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with moulded brim, a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard with a central moulding en suite, small faceted pommel and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire and ribband between iron collars, 85.4 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1269
A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1580-90 ‡ with broad tapering double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with three pairs of ‘X’ marks within a pair of very long slender fullers on each face, rectangular ricasso, struck with a Pi mark on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of horizontally recurved quillons swelling towards the terminals, a pair of écusson framed by a pair of lines on each side, upper and lower ring-guard each with a central moulding en suite with the quillons, trifurcated inner-guard, thumb-ring, spherical pommel, later grip and blackened colour throughout, 106.8 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1410 A backsword with a hilt of similar form, also struck with a Pi mark at the forte, is preserved in the Armeria Reale, Turin. See Bertolotto et al 1982, p. 355, no. 128. A further hilt of this type is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See Dufty 1974, p. 18, plate 21d.
AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), KUTCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved medially-ridged double-edged blade, copper alloy hilt of characteristic form, chased with panels of flowers and foliage against a punched ground, the grip interrupted with a pronounced moulding, in its wooden scabbard with red velvet covering and large gilt copper locket and chape en suite with the hilt, 28.0 cm overall
A WALLOON SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY ‡ with broad double-edged blade formed with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with mushroom-shaped terminal, pear-shaped outer-guard filled with a pierced sprung-in plate, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and spirally carved wooden grip retaining a small portion of its wire binding and collars, in a leather-covered iron-mounted scabbard, probably the original, the chape with a spherical moulding and the locket with a long belt hook, 80.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1209
A SWEDISH MILITARY SWORD, CIRCA 1620-30 ‡ with tapering blade formed with a short slender fuller on each face, iron hilt of flattened bars comprising down-curved quillon with flaring scrolled terminal, curved pear-shaped frontal guard fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced with stars and circles, rising to a single bar with a fluted moulding at the base, knuckle-guard with a basal moulding on the inside en suite, near circular thumb-loop, faceted spherical pommel and wooden grip (binding missing, areas of pitting), 81.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S680
AN OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH ‡ with broad tapering blade stamped ‘IHN SOLINGEN’ within a short fuller and with a cross and orb mark on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with moulded brim (holed, areas of pitting), a pair of straight quillons with moulded terminals, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite, small faceted pommel, and the grip bound with an early copper alloy binding, 95.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S926
A SWISS MILITARY SWORD, THE BLADE DATED 1726 ‡ with broad double-edged blade inscribed ‘Fur Gott und das Vaterland 1716’ framed by foliage within a short fuller on one face at the forte and with a cavalryman on the other, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back (the latter dented), frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and spirally moulded solid iron grip, 88.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S76
A SWISS MILITARY SWORD, BERN, CIRCA 1640 ‡ with tapering double-edged blade of hollow-diamond section over its upper three-quarters etched with the inscription ‘fur Gott and das Vaterland’ on one face and with a shield charged with the arms of Bern on the other, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons, the lower with scrolling terminal, pear-shaped outer guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate (small chips) and rising to an outer guard interrupted by a moulding, inner-guard with a further pierced sprung-in plate, thumb-loop, decorated throughout with scrollwork, faceted pear-shaped pommel (areas of pitting), and spirally carved wooden grip, perhaps early, 79.7 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1370 For a related example see Wegeli 1929, p. 84, no. 304.
A SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with double-edged blade stamped 'Andrea' and 'Ferara' between a series of decorative marks on the respective faces, iron basket hilt of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of narrow and square fluted panels all pierced with hearts and circles, the narrow panels at the front and back each surmounting a ram's horn moulding (chipped), the square panels carried by a saltire arrangement of bars, scrolling quillon, fluted bun-shaped pommel, and spirally moulded fishskin-covered grip (binding missing), 83.0 cm blade
A SWISS SWORD, CIRCA 1700 ‡ with curved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a long slender fuller, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and spirally moulded iron grip, 84.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1429
A RARE GERMAN GOTHIC STEEL MACE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 15TH CENTURY with bulbous head formed of six shaped flanges of wedge-section, moulded terminal button and moulding at the base of the head, tapering octagonal haft interrupted by a central moulding, guard formed of a disc top and bottom, the former pierced with two holes, probably for a thong (a further filled rectangular aperture probably the remains of a belt hook), and early, perhaps original, leather-covered wooden grip, 49.8 cm overall ProvenanceAn Important English Private Collection LiteratureClive Thomas, The Gothic Mace, in The London Park Lane Arms Fair, Spring 2014, p. 29, illustrated.
A RARE 40 BORE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD OFFICER'S ENGLISH-LOCK PISTOL, CIRCA 1650 ◉ with copper alloy barrel formed in two stages, decorated with a band of naïve lightly punched scrollwork on the breech, a pair of punched and incised girdles at the median and cast with a raised breech moulding (the barrel shortened by up to 5.0 cm), engraved iron tang, bevelled trapezoid lock retained by three side-nails, fitted with separate pan, horizontally acting sear and dog safety-catch engaging a flat broad-breasted cock (top-jaw and screw restored, the steel restored from an early alteration), figured walnut full stock, fluted fore-end (the forward 10.0 cm and the fore-end cap expertly restored), flattened butt carved with a wheat-husk moulding behind the barrel tang, punched with small decorative stars along the spine of the butt, pommel fitted with associated ivory cap (the ivory with a small repair) and enclosed by a band of copper alloy engraved with strawberry foliage, copper alloy trigger-guard incised with a wavy linear pattern en suite with the cock and safety-catch, and one small brass ramrod-pipe (ramrod restored), 52.1 cm overall ProvenanceCaptain Farquharson, Invercauld Castle, sold Sotheby's 30th June 2004, lot 102An Important English Private Collection LiteratureJohn Cooper, An English Holster Pistol of Commonwealth Date, in The Park Lane Arms Fair 2006, p. 65Brian Godwin, The Luttrell Pistols, in The Park Lane Arms Fair 2013, no. 16, p. 91. The principal characteristics of the lock place it within the type 2 category of the 17th Century English-locks as identified by Graeme Rimer in his study of the firearms at Littlecote House, subsequently expanded upon by Messrs Godwin, Cooper and Spencer in their published survey. See Goodwin, Cooper and Spencer, 2003. The leading terminal of the lock-plate on the present pistol is distinctly angular and as such is very unusual. A similar configuration exists in a musket of circa 1640, in the armoury at Dunster Castle, Somerset. Another comparable example is found in a pistol worn by Abraham Stanyan in his portrait (dated 1644), exhibited 'The Age of Charles I', the Tate Gallery, 1972 (op. cit. fig.73).
A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY ‡ with broad double-edged blade formed with three long fullers on each face, retaining its leather scabbard cover the forte, decorated with a blind flowerhead on the front, iron basket-hilt of characteristic trellised flattened bars, a pair of straight quillons, one forward-canted, thumb-loop, copper alloy shield-shaped pommel formed with a flowerhead moulding on each face and joined to the guard by a later wire ring, and early leather-covered banded grip, in associated leather-covered wooden scabbard with copper-alloy mounts enclosing the sides of the lower half and the chape applied with a relief panel on each face, 97.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S356
A RARE 26 BORE CIVIL WAR ENGLISH LOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1645 with tapering barrel formed in two stages, octagonal then polygonal and with chiselled girdle, short tang, flat stepped bevelled lock retained by three side-nails (the point of the step missing), fitted with horizontally-acting sear, internal steel-spring, and dog-catch behind the cock, the outer surfaces engraved with strawberry foliage, full rosewood stock (fore-end tip replaced) carved with a raised moulding involving an ear of wheat behind the barrel tang, flattened butt, iron mounts, comprising engraved pommel cap (later), trigger-guard with scrolling terminals (one small repair), a single ramrod-pipe and later iron- tipped ramrod, 55.2 cm overall ProvenanceThe Penruddocke family, Compton ChamberlayneGeorge Cross Esq.William Keith Neal, sold Christie’s 25th October 2010, lot 230An Important English Private Collection LiteratureJohn Cooper, An English Holster Pistol of Commonwealth Date, in, The Park Lane Arms Fair 2006, pp. 73-74, no. 30.Brain Godwin, David Oliver, Martin Pegler and Robert C. Woosman Savage, Early English Firearms, A Loan Exhibition from the Royal Armouries and Private Collections, in The Park Lane Arms Fair 2003, p. 15, no. 12 The accompanying note reads: ‘This English holster pistol dating from 1645-50 belonged to the Penruddock family and was sold from the family weapons preserved at Compton Chamberlayne by George Cross Esq., who purchased the house and contents from the Penruddock family. There can be no doubt that this pistol belonged to Colonel John Penruddocke born 1619 and beheaded at Exeter 16th May 1655 for his participation in an insurrection against Oliver Cromwell, who had then usurped the Government. I purchased this pistol at Christies when George Cross sent the arms for sale about 1955. Amongst the many firearms preserved at Compton Chamberlayne, this was the only pistol dating from this period. Signed W. Keith Neal. ‘ For further pistols of this type see Cooper 1993, pp. 164-167 and 197-207.
A 24 BORE SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL BY JOHN MURDOCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrel engraved with traditional scrollwork, faceted muzzle, reeded breech, signed border-engraved lock, associated engraved cock (repaired), full stock decorated with traditional scroll and wriggle work, inlaid with three engraved silver bands beneath the lock, lobe-shaped pommel inlaid with triangular and circular silver panels, engraved silver button trigger, slender belt hook with pierced bracket, and steel ramrod with pierced moulding and button terminal, probably the original, 29.5 cm overall
AN AUSTRIAN INFANTRY SWORD, CIRCA 1600 ‡ with broad blade of flattened-hexagonal section, cut with a short fuller framed by lines at the forte, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of flattened bars comprising drooping quillons with scrolling terminals, outer ring-guard interrupted by a recessed central moulding, knuckle-guard en suite with the quillons, and flattened figure-of-eight shaped pommel pierced with a pair of holes and incised with deep lines on the reverse, and spirally-carved wooden grip, 79.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1207
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 18TH CENTURY with sharply tapering double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge and a reinforced point, H-shaped iron hilt formed of a pair of wavy side-bars, a central moulding incorporating a flowerhead, a pair of robust bud-shaped terminals on each side, and decorated throughout with pierced beadwork borders, in an early fabric-covered wooden scabbard, 35.7 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number D123
A CAVALRY SWORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS ‡ with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a long slender fuller along the back-edge and engraved with elaborate trophies-of-arms on each face at the forte on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a saltire centring on a twisted moulding, globular pommel, and later grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 76.8 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1069
A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, MID-17TH CENTURY ‡ with broad double-edged blade formed with a short fuller on each face, retaining its leather scabbard cover at the forte, iron basket-hilt of characteristic trellised flattened bars, forward-curved quillon with globular terminal, thumb loop, shield-shaped pommel formed with a central hemispherical moulding on each side and joined to the guard by a later wire ring, early leather-covered banded grip, and the hilt struck twice with a mark (indistinct, probably a series of concentric circles, areas of pitting), 89.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S933
A RARE 40 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF RIFLED HOLSTER PISTOL, JOHN DAFTE, CIRCA 1680 with turn-off barrel formed in three stages, rifled with six slender grooves and moulded at the muzzle (one small lamination beneath), moulded at the median and engraved with a band of foliage, octagonal then polygonal breech struck with the barrelsmith’s mark (illegible) and London proof marks on the left, rounded lock signed along the lower edge and engraved with strawberry foliage, fitted with rounded cock decorated en suite and moulded steel, figured half-stock carved with a moulding about the barrel tang (small chips about the pommel, small repairs), inlaid with a symmetrical panel of silver wire in place of an escutcheon, steel mounts comprising spurred pommel decorated with foliage (worn, indistinct), plain trigger-guard, trigger-plate with shaped terminal, and engraved openwork foliate side plate incorporating a scaley serpent, plain fore-end cap (perhaps later), and no provision for a ramrod, 42.3 cm overall ProvenanceAn Important English Private Collection John Dafte was admitted to the freedom of the Gunmakers’ Company on 12th November 1668 but apparently did not start his business until 1673, continuing until 1696. He was implicated in the Rye House plot of 1683 having supplied arms to the participants who attempted to assassinate Charles II as he travelled from a horse meet near Rye House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The exact details remain somewhat cloudy, according to the official narrative, the King departed earlier than expected thus foiling the plot. For a full account of this maker and the conspiracy see Cooper and Westwood 1989.
A FINE AND RARE SCOTTISH BROADSWORD WITH SIGNED BASKET-HILT BY JOHN SIMPSON, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1700-10 with broad tapering double-edged blade struck with three 'King's head' marks between two short slender fullers framed by lines on each face (rubbed), boldly formed iron basket-hilt of strongly fluted bars, comprising scrolling quillon stamped on its underside 'I.S' and 'G', the latter over a saltire, a tall slender panel with delicately cusped border pierced with hearts and trefoils above an openwork ram's horn moulding at the front, back and knuckle-guard, two square panels decorated en suite and each carried by a saltire, a pair of looped bars at the front, fluted bun-shaped moulding enriched with punched circles, the principle bars and panels with delicate filed lines and punched rondels (small cracks on two panels), early fish-skin-covered grip with a spiral binding of silver ribband between shaped silver collars, and an early leather liner, 82.8 cm blade ProvenanceAn Important English Private Collection LiteratureTony Willis, Notes on the dating of early Glasgow Style Scottish Basket-Hilted Swords, in The Park Lane Arms Fair 2015, pp. 103-117 See Willis, op. cit., for a discussion of this specific group of hilts, their dates and attributions to specific members of the Simpson family. For related hilts, sold in this room, see 7th December 2011, lot 157 and 7th December 2022, lot 218.
A GERMAN CAVALRY SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY ‡ with earlier broad blade of flattened-diamond section, struck ‘Antonio Anortan’ and ‘Me Itate Illigite’ with a pair of short deep fullers on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars comprising down-curved quillon with swollen globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite, thumb-loop, globular pommel chiselled with foliage, and spirally-moulded iron grip, 89.4 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1106
A NORTH INDIAN ARROW PULLER, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN formed entirely of steel, swelling faceted head divided into four parts and with a sliding collar incorporating a hook to clamp an arrowhead, integral steel shaft with raised mouldings, and the base with a low domed moulding, 85.7 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number G24
AN AUSTRIAN INFANTRY SWORD, THE BLADE DATED 1623 ‡ with curved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a long slender fuller along the back-edge, engraved with a shield charged with crowned cross swords and the date, a framed pious inscription and a bouquet of flowers on one face and with a further inscription and the crowned double eagle on the other, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 79.2 cm ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1011
A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, MID-17TH CENTURY ‡ with broad double-edged blade stamped with an ‘S’ mark within a short fuller on each face, iron basket-hilt of characteristic trellised flattened bars, forward-curved quillon with globular terminal, thumb loop, shield-shaped pommel formed with a central hemispherical moulding on each side, stamped twice with a series of concentric circles and joined to the guard by a later wire ring, and early leather-covered banded grip, 85.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S751
A SWISS SWORD, LATE 17TH CENTURY ‡ with broad blade cut with a running wolf mark and struck with the numbers ‘1441’ between a series of decorative marks within a short fuller on each face at the forte (the tip with a small chip), iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, pear-shaped pommel, and the grip with an early plaited wire binding between ‘Turk’s heads’, 88.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1126
A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA, LATE 17TH CENTURY ‡ with broad blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a near full-length fuller and a pair of long fullers along the back-edge on each face, struck with a double eye-lash mark, rectangular ricasso with a further grooved struck on each face with three bladesmith’s marks, iron basket-hilt of characteristic trellised flattened bars, each interrupted by an engraved moulding, slightly curved quillon with globular terminal (one quillon fractured at the tip), inner-guard with thumb-loop, shield-shaped copper alloy pommel formed with a central flowerhead on each face, and early leather-covered banded grip (small losses),103.8 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1390
A SWEDISH MILITARY SWORD, CIRCA 1630-40 ‡ with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section etched with mottoes, a falchion, and an exotic bird (worn), iron hilt of flattened bars comprising a pair of quillons with vertically recurved pointed terminals, slightly curved small pear-shaped frontal guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate and rising to a single bar interrupted by a moulding, flattened pear-shaped pommel, small inner-guard with thumb-loop, engraved throughout with scrollwork, and later grip of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 85.5 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S691
A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with broad straight tapering head formed with a pronounced medial ridge and a reinforced sharp point, flaring at the base to a pair of sharp lugs, associated tubular brass socket with three raised plain mouldings and a pierced top moulding with pierced and engraved brim, on a later wooden haft with iron shoe, 265.0 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number F40
A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU with recurved double-edged blade, iron hilt with pierced outer guard decorated with a pair of peacocks and Nandi Bull with the seated figure of Shiva between, chiselled foliate pommel, and slender inner guard interrupted by a moulding en suite (some pitting), 27.2 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number D100
A GERMAN MILITARY SWORD, LATE 16TH CENTURY ‡ with broad curved single-edged blade engraved with a flower, a classical warrior, and a falchion clasped in a hand issuant from a cloud, on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising vertically recurved quillons with chequered bud-shaped terminals, a curved triangular plate charged with an engraved coat-of-arms framed by a pair of incised lines, knuckle-guard incorporating an additional loop each interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillons, inner-guard of a diagonal bar joined by two bars to a further arm joining the knuckle-guard, thumb-loop, and chequered mushroom-shaped pommel, and the later leather-covered grip bound with twisted wire, 82.7 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S21
A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS with curved double-edged stout blade formed with a series of long deep fullers divided by a medial ridge, widening at the forte and pierced on each side to form a pair of stylised bird's heads, iron hilt comprising curved guard, bifurcated pommel, bud-shaped button, integral grip formed with a globular central moulding and some early silver decoration (now russet, areas of pitting), in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard, 40.4 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number D128
A FINE AND RARE HIGHLAND BACKSWORD WITH SIGNED BASKET-HILT BY WALTER ALLAN, STIRLING, CIRCA 1735-40 with tapering blade double-edged towards the tip, struck Andria Farara between a series of decorative marks within a long slender fuller on each face (small areas of pitting), iron basket-hilt of rounded bars, comprising scrolling quillon stamped on its underside 'W.A' over 'S', a tall slender panel with delicately cusped borders and fluted surface emphasised by thin lines at the front, back and knuckle-guard, the former two each with a ram's horn moulding at the base (one slightly bent), two square panels with borders en suite and each fluted with a saltire over its surface, a pair of looped bars at the front, bun-shaped pommel with vertical and diagonal flutes framed with lines, early fish-skin-covered grip (losses) with a spiral binding of silver ribband between shaped silver collars, and an early red fabric-covered doe-skin liner, 85.2 cm blade ProvenanceK. J. WestwoodAn Important English Private Collection For a discussion of Allan's early work see Earlshall 2018, pp. 129-138. The striking form of this hilt, with its solid fluted panels, is apparently unique among the extant work of Walter Allan.
AN OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PORTUGUESE ‡ with slender blade stamped ‘Solingen’ within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard with strongly moulded brim, a pair of robust straight quillons with moulded terminals, an additional forward-curled bar en suite, knuckle-guard interrupted by a moulding, small faceted pommel (pitted throughout), and wooden grip, 100.3 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1096
A RARE VENETIAN BROADSWORD, EARLY 16TH CENTURY ‡ with broad flat straight double-edged blade, formed with a central slender third-length fuller on each face and with a latten-inlaid running wolf mark on one face at the forte, iron hilt comprising a pair of broad fluted spatulate quillons widening towards the tips, strongly curled inwardly and outwardly respectively, rectangular pommel with characteristic central hemi-spherical moulding front and back, and spirally-moulded leather covered grip, almost certainly the original, 88.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1124 A number of swords of this type are preserved in the armoury of the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice. See Franzoi 1990, p. 85 no. 144.
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of sharply tapering fullers divided by a slender medial ridge on each face, finely pierced iron hilt comprising a pair of low domed langets with lotus leaf terminals, arched guard, a pair of side bars with cusped terminals, and a pair of moulded grip-bars, decorated throughout with delicate leafy panels, the side bars each with a slender central foliate moulding (pitted), in an early leather-covered wooden scabbard (worn), probably the original, 43.5 cm overall ProvenanceRoy Elvis Catalogue Number D76
A GERMAN RAPIER, CIRCA 1620 ‡ with broad tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped with a series of marks (indistinct) within a pair of short fullers on each face, tapering ricasso struck with a mark on one face (indistinct), iron hilt of flattened bevelled bars, comprising border-engraved écusson with delicately filed mouldings, curled quillon with rounded terminal, lower ring-guard, upper ring-guard rooted on the arms and bifurcated at the top to a further bar joining the knuckle-guard, the latter en suite with the quillon, small inner ring-guard, short ovoid pommel with a triangular moulding top and bottom at the front, and the grip with a later binding of plaited copper alloy wire between ‘Turk’s Heads’ (areas of pitting, cleaned), 89.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S781
A FINE SPANISH RAPIER, LATE 16TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, formed with a short fuller on each face at the forte, rectangular ricasso formed with a continuation of the fuller and struck with the mark of Domingo Rodriguez of Toledo on each face, iron hilt of slender rounded bars, comprising a [pair of long straight quillons with moulded bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard interrupted in the centre by a long down-curled bar en suite with the quillons and an additional curling bar either side, each interrupted by a further baluster moulding and joining the lower ring-guard at the base, trifurcated inner guard, a pair of arms, tall near conical pommel, and moulded grip, probably early, of plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’ (areas of light pitting), 110.4 cm blade ProvenanceJohn Claypole, GloucesterAn Important English Private Collection LiteratureEric Valentine, Rapiers: An Illustrated reference Guide to the Rapiers of the 16th and 17th Centuries and their Companions, 1968, p. 21, no. 9. A sword with a hilt of related form is preserved in the Royal Armoury, Madrid (G54).
A MILITARY SWORD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, FRENCH OR SWISS ‡ with broad blade cut with a running wolf mark and struck with the numbers ‘1551’ between a series of decorative marks within a short fuller on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising down-curved quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate front and back, frontal guard interrupted by a small double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, thumb-loop, globular pommel, and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire between moulded collars, 86.2 cm blade ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1062
A SOUTH INDIAN HALBERD, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY, MYSORE with tapering terminal spike formed with a reinforced point, curved axe-blade of European form and re-curved rear blade each with a moulded base, tapering socket engraved with brief inscriptions and interrupted by a raised chiselled moulding, on its wooden haft with iron shoe, the head painted with a further white inventory number ‘118’, 218.2 cm overall Provenance Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F14
A 20 BORE DUTCH WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1630 ‡ with tapering barrel formed in four stages, octagonal then polygonal breech, tang incorporating the back-sight, bevelled lock retained by two side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a horizontal bracket, moulded dog with baluster bridle, figured full stock (light worm damage), moulded over the fore-end and carved with a banded moulding iron mounts comprising a band around the pommel, broad pierced trigger-guard pivoting trigger-plate acting as a safety-catch, ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap (later iron-tipped wooden ramrod), 59.5 cm overall ProvenanceRobert Brooker Collection inv.no. 1410
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