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A Rare French Bronze Falcon
Circa 1520

Antique Arms & Armour
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare French Bronze Falcon
Circa 1520

Of tapering section with raised stepped mouldings at the muzzle and breech, the latter (cracked and repaired) with owner's coat-of-arms within a garland, a crescent around the touch-hole, plain trunnions, and solid cascabel of circular section with ring moulding

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Provenance:
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 13 November 1985, lot 137

A group of similar cannon are in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris. See H.L. Blackmore, The Armouries of the Tower of London, I Ordnance, 1976, p. 110, no. 127

The coat-of-arms appear to be those of D'Arpajon, Viscounts of Lautrec

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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.