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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 German Or Swiss Hand-And-Half Backsword
Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

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

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A German Or Swiss Hand-And-Half Backsword
Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

With broad single-edged blade double-edged for a third of its length towards the point, cut with a shallow central fuller over most of its length on each side and incised with a gibbet mark on one side towards the forte, iron hilt retaining some blackened finish and guard of robust bars of circular section comprising straight tapering quillons with moulded spherical terminals and small button finials, large side-ring above a smaller one on the outside and each with central moulded spherical feature, the lower side-ring linking the arms, inner saltire-shaped arrangement of bars with thumb-loop, large globular pommel, and leather-covered bottle-shaped grip (some loss of surface finish)
110.5 cm. blade

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Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 4 April 2007, lot 240

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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.