Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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AN AXE, 18TH CENTURY
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade (the edge with an
early repair) stamped on one side with a series of marks
including numerous crescents and a heart, flat rectangular
rear pean, and short tubular socket, on a short modern haft
(the head with areas of pitting)
51cm; 20in head
£250-300
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AN AXE, 17TH CENTURY
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade stamped on one side
with a pair of marks, and punched with a pattern of
crescents and rondels, the reverse left plain, flat rectangular
rear pean, and short tubular socket, on a short modern haft
(areas of pitting)
50.8cm; 20in head
£250-300
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AN AXE, 17TH CENTURY
formed of a goose-wing shaped blade stamped on one side
with a series of rondels and lines and incised with the
letters ‘I H C’, the reverse left plain, and short tubular
socket, on a later short wooden haft (the head pitted)
45cm; 17N in head
£250-300
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A SAXON MINER’S GUILD AXE, DATED 166with
flat iron head of characteristic form pierced with a
slipped quatrefoil and circles, and fitted with a brass button
on the spike, fruitwood haft profusely inlaid over its full
length with engraved bone plaques of flowers and foliage
including a pair of female saints and a pair of miners
kneeling in penance at the feet of Christ Crucified beneath
the pious inscription ‘INRI’, all on a ground sewn with horn
pellets and fitted with bone pommel engraved on both
sides with a flowering medallion filled with the arms of
Saxony on one side and the crossed pick and hammer of
the Miners Guild on the other, and bone basal cap
engraved with the arms of the Miners Guild and the date
(light worm damage, areas of wear and restorations)
93.3cm; 36N in
£700-900
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A SAXON MINER’S GUILD AXE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with flat iron head of characteristic form pierced with a
slipped quatrefoil and circles, stamped with a maker’s mark
including the letter ‘K’ (rubbed) and fitted with a copper
button on the spike, fruitwood haft profusely inlaid over its
full length with engraved bone plaques of flowers and
foliage involving figures kneeling in penance at the feet of
Christ Crucified beneath the pious inscription ‘INRI’, all on a
ground sewn with horn pellets enriched with brass wire
scrolls along the back, and fitted with bone pommel
engraved on both sides with a flowering medallion filled
with the arms of Saxony on one side and the crossed pick
and hammer of the Miners Guild on the other (small pieces
of inlay replaced, minor losses and light wear)
88.9cm; 39in
£700-900
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