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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 Copy Of The Helmet Made For James II By Richard Holden in 1686

Fine Antique Arms & Armour Including An Important Group Of British Firearms
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Copy Of The Helmet Made For James II By Richard Holden in 1686

With rounded one-piece skull etched with three bands of flowering scrolling foliage between double line borders, the central band with crown in splendour at the front, pierced plume-holder at the rear, pivoted fall with upper border etched en suite and with integral bluntly pointed peak, the latter carrying a face-guard pierced and etched with the royal arms and initials 'IR' (for Jacobus Rex) above symmetrical scrollwork, and with turned baluster terminal at the base, pointed neck-guard of three upward-lapping lames etched en suite with the skull, and single plate ear-pieces, the main borders turned and with dome-headed rivets throughout
25 cm. high

Footnotes

For the original helmet preserved in the Royal Armouries see A.R. Dufty, European Armour In The Tower Of London, 1968, p.9, pl. LXVII (II. 123). For more information see Howard L. Blackmore & Claude Blair, 'King James II's Harquebus Armours and Richard Holden of London', J.A.A.S, vol. XIII, no. 5 (September 1991), pp. 316-334, pls. 4 and 5

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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.