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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
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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.
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A Pair Of German Mitten Gauntlets
Second Quarter Of The 16th Century

Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of German Mitten Gauntlets
Second Quarter Of The 16th Century

Of steel blackened on the inside, each with slightly pointed flared boxed cuff made in two pieces with line engraved recessed border and turned and roped edge, the latter followed by a line of dome headed rivets retaining the remains of a leather lining glove on the inside, a small boss over each ulna, metal carpal and finger defences of six and five articulated plates respectively, the end finger plates matching the cuffs, embossed and roped knuckle-plates, and hinged thumb-defences of four plates each (some rust patination and areas of pitting) (2)
34 cm.

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Provenance
Phillips, Hornham Hall, Thaxted, Essex, 11 February 1976, lot 146

For a similar gauntlet see C. Otto v. Kienbusch, The Kretzschmar Von Kienbusch Collection Of Armor And Arms, 1963, p. 99, pl. LXVII, no. 158

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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.