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An Unusual Sword-Rapier With Silver-Decorated Hilt
Mid-17th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An Unusual Sword-Rapier With Silver-Decorated Hilt
Mid-17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped with a series of letters within the single fuller on each side of the forte, iron hilt mainly of flattened bars and comprising vertically recurved trifurcated quillons each with pierced and chiselled lion-head finial, arms, two outer side-rings each swelling towards a central moulding and joined by a kidney-shaped central bar, two inner side-rings and a thumb-ring, the lower outer and inner side-rings each originally filled by a sprung-in plate (now missing), earlier pommel finely pierced with scrolls enclosing oval panels, and spirally-fluted wooden grip bound with twisted iron wire between iron Turk's heads, the silver decoration on the guard perhaps of later date (areas of pitting)
98 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
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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.