Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A BRUNSWICK ETCHED AND GILT OFFICER’S
SPONTOON, CIRCA 1735-80
with broad leaf-shaped blade recessed at the base, the
upper portion decorated with the crowned Hanoverian
Horse and the motto ‘Nun Quam Retrorsum’ in a panel on
one side and the crowned Ducal cypher of Carl, Duke of
Brunswick and Lüneburg in Brunswick above the motto on
the other, faceted cross-piece, faceted neck, a pair of long
straps, on its original wooden haft with steel shoe, and
retaining its original blue and yellow silk tassel
36.8cm; 14I in head
£800-1000
229
AN ARTILLERY SERGEANT’S SPONTOON, LATE
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
of regulation type, with leaf-shaped blade engraved
‘Hadley’ within a panel of foliage at the base on one side,
fitted with cross bar, a pair of long straps engraved ‘8 Cy 1
Bn Rl Aty 1’, on its original ash haft (shoe missing)
44cm; 17D in head
The inscription is for the 8th Company, 1st Battalion of the
Royal Artillery.
£300-400
230
TWO GERMAN LANCES, 19TH CENTURY
each with head of diamond-section, tapering socket, and a
pair of short straps, one on its wooden haft with steel shoe,
the other on a portion of its haft, and each with its pendant
(worn throughout, pendants damaged)
30.7cm; 12B in heads
(2)
£150-200
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