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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
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THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
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THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.
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A Very Rare German Estoc
First Quarter Of The 16th Century

Antique Arms and Armour Including the S. James Gooding Collection
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare German Estoc
First Quarter Of The 16th Century

With long sharply tapering blade of hollow ground stiff triangular section struck with three bladesmith's marks on one side at the forte, iron hilt comprising horizontally recurved quillons of circular section each widening and incised with a double turn at the bell-shaped terminal, compressed globular pommel surmounted by a tang button, and original slender wooden grip of circular section tapering above a swelling near the top and covered with blackened leather (leather with some old damage, some wear and rust patination overall)
111.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Cf. two related estocs in the C. Otto von Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia. See C. Otto v. Kienbusch, The Kretzschmar Von Kienbusch Collection Of Armor And Arms, 1963, pp. 158-159, nos. 332 and 333, pl. XCVII

The bladesmith's marks are similar to those on a hand-and-half sword in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. A 488)

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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.