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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Rare English Rapier
Circa 1640

Antique Arms and Armour
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare English Rapier
Circa 1640

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened oval section, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced with three rows of graduated ovals on the outside and a single row of ovals along the inside, centred on a circular petalled plate, the knuckle-guard linked on the outside by scrolled bars to a side-ring above the cup-guard and each with central bud-shaped feature, bifurcated thumb-ring, chiselled quillon-block, curved quillons (one missing) with bud-shaped terminals, large globular pommel pierced and chiselled with foliage involving a demi-figure on each side, and original spirally fluted wooden grip (damaged, wire binding partly replaced, painted with pitch overall)
84.5 cm. blade

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.