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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 Very Rare Mamluk Broadsword
14th/15th 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 Mamluk Broadsword
14th/15th Century

With European broad double-edged blade with shallow central fuller over nearly its entire length on both sides, the fuller on one side at the forte incised with the Ottoman (St. Irene) arsenal mark, hilt comprising iron quillon-block with bluntly-pointed double langets and waisted quillons widening to flattened 'fishtail' terminals, faceted pommel-cap showing copper brazing, and original leather-covered wooden grip seamed along one side and with brass-lined hole at the top for a thong (iron parts with some pitting overall)
90 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a sword of similar form in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, see Ünsal Yücel, Islamic Swords And Swordsmiths, 2001, pp. 19-20, pl. no. 3

See also Bashir Mohamed, The Arts of the Muslim Knight..., 2007, p. 43, fig. 12; D.G. Alexander, 'European Swords in the Collection of Istanbul', Waffen-und Kostümkunde, 27/2 (1985), pp. 81-118; and Stuart W. Pyhrr, 'The Ottoman Arsenal in Hagia Eirene: Some Early Photographs and Visitors' Accounts', The Spring 2007 London Park Lane Arms Fair Guide, 2007, pp. 29-46

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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 COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.