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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 North African (Morocco) Nimcha
19th century, Moroccan(?) silver maker's marks

Antique Arms and Armour
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A North African (Morocco) Nimcha
19th century, Moroccan(?) silver maker's marks

With slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a narrow fuller along the back for most of its length on each side, the forte damascened with scrolling gold foliage and gilt within the fuller on both sides, characteristic russet steel hilt gilt over incised Mauresque designs, and comprising pointed quillon-block, downcurved quillons and knuckle-guard all with plummet-shaped terminals, and characteristic beaked rhinoceros horn grip (minor insect damage) with enamelled silver-gilt collar, in original velvet-covered wooden scabbard with deep silver-gilt locket and chape each decorated with symmetrical designs along both sides in black and turquoise enamel, the former with mounts for suspension rings (missing)
84 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a very similar example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28 April 1999, lot 160

Cf. Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 244, fig. 603

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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.