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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 Venetian Or Dalmatian Shiavona
18th Century

Antique Arms and Armour Including The Ray Wilkinson Collection
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Venetian Or Dalmatian Shiavona
18th Century

With tapering double-edged blade (old surface pitting) with shallow fuller over each side of the joined forte and struck with two indistinct bladesmith's marks on both sides beyond, characteristic iron guard comprising a fan-shaped arrangement of seven bars, each pinched-in and joined at the top to a wide flat bar with three rows of chevron-like piercings, inner-guard with similar arrangement of leaf-shaped bars each linked together and involving a thumb-ring, curved rear quillon with moulded button terminal, the top of the guard with bent swelling terminal, shield-shaped brass pommel cast with a beaded mask on each side and surmounted by a button, and spirally-bound leather-covered grip
85 cm. blade

Footnotes

For swords of this type see L.G. Boccia, 'Les épées des Esclavons: entre Venise et Illyrie', Genava, XVII, 1995, pp. 118-119

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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.