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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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An Unusual English Backsword
Circa 1640-50

Antique Arms and Armour
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

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An Unusual English Backsword
Circa 1640-50

With tapering blade cut with two fullers along the back over nearly its entire length to the double-edged point, the fullers on each side of the forte incised with bladesmith's name 'Heinrich Kolle' between cross potent marks, the ricasso on one side indistinctly struck with a mark, a crucifix with sacred 'INHS' monogram above, iron hilt comprising cup-guard chiselled with trophies of arms and with a cuirassier on horseback on one side probably representing Charles I, all against punched grounds, an outer side-ring above on each side with central portrait medallion and swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, the latter chiselled with foliage on each side, screwed to the pommel and with vertical lobed quillon against the front of the guard, down bent ovoidal flat rear quillon chiselled with a mask on one side and a leaf on the other, compressed globular pommel chiselled with trophies en suite with the guard, and wooden grip bound with twisted copper wire between Turk's heads
95 cm. blade

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Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 25 November 2015, lot 98

For a sword with hilt of similar form including unusual hooked front quillon, see A.R. Dufty, European Swords And Daggers In The Tower Of London, 1974, p. 20, pl. 29 b

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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.