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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 Rare Basket-Hilted Backsword
Mid-Late 18th Century

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

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A Rare Basket-Hilted Backsword
Mid-Late 18th Century

With earlier tapering blade cut with three fullers along most of its length on both sides to the double-edged point, the forte on both sides indistinctly incised 'ANDREA FARARA' between pellet and 'O' marks, iron cage work guard formed of a vertical and horizontal arrangement of entwined narrow bars joined at the top to an integral ring beneath the globular pommel (probably associated), fore-guards, replacement ribbed wooden grip, and buff-leather liner faced in red silk (worn, some old wear and pitting)
84.2 cm. blade

Footnotes

For two swords with related hilts, one preserved in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (LA22) and the other in the George C. Newman Collection, Valley Forge National Historical Park, USA (29.S208), see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, p. 184, J4 and p. 232, VIII9

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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.