Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE COMBINED FLINTLOCK PISTOL AND HUNTING
SWORD, CIRCA 1770
with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the
point, steel hilt formed of a pierced down-turned scalloped
shell-guard, moulded knuckle-guard and gadrooned
pommel, fitted with cannon barrel on the right-hand side of
the forte, struck with a spurious proof mark at the breech,
the pan and steel mounted on the left of the forte, and
natural staghorn grip incorporating the cock, trigger and
enclosing the mainspring (defective)
67cm; 26G in blade
Inv. no. E199.
£1200-1800
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A FINE SILVER-ENCRUSTED RAPIER POMMEL, EARLY
17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH
of slightly flattened-hollow ovoid form, decorated on each
face in silver with a cherubic espagnolette enclosed by
delicately scrolling roped tendrils terminating in mulberries
of differing size, the sides with sheaves of leafy tendrils,
enriched throughout with pellets, and retaining some
original blueing and gilding
6.5cm; 2K in high
Inv. no. E7.
The Royal accounts of the reign of James I include a
number of references to payments for silver and gold
decorated swords from the Royal Cutler Robert South. A
sword pommel, cross-piece and by-knife decorated in a
strikingly similar manner are preserved in the Victoria and
Albert Museum (Inv. no. M.28). The by-knife is stamped
with the mark of the London Cutler’s Company and the
maker’s mark of John Bushell. See C. Blair 1974, pp. 83-6
and A.R.E. North 1982, p. 7.
£600-800
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A MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL IN GERMAN 16TH
CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
the head formed of eight shaped flanges, with conical finial
above and a coronet-shaped moulding beneath, two-stage
steel haft interrupted by a roped moulding, and the lower
portion pierced for a thong
54cm; 21D in
Inv. no. P010.
£800-1000