Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE SADDLE FOR A CHILD OR A LADY, MID-17TH
CENTURY, PROBABLY ENGLISH
with wooden frame covered with padded linen inside
(perhaps later), the outer surface covered with red velvet
trimmed with silver thread and gold galloon retained by
large rosette head nails, the flaps applied with a fleur-de-lys
retaining some silver thread at the corners, fitted with
rectangular bow with cylindrical horn studded with smaller
rosette head nails, rectangular cantle with rounded corners
(losses and wear), and retaining four leather straps inside
38cm; 15 in high, 47cm; 18I in long
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Provenance:
(Probably) Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche of
Haryngworth
The Rt. Hon. Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth, Parham,
Pulborough, Sussex, Sotheby & Co., London 10th
November, lot 84 (26 to Permain, probably for W. R. Hearst)
(Probably) Viscount Arbuthnot of Inverbervie
Privately acquired by R.T. Gwynn in New York in 1966
for£75
R.T. Gwyn, sold Christie’s 24th April 2001, lot 57, (£4200
including premium)
Literature:
Francis Henry Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour sales 1881-
1924, pp. 198-99, lot 92, fig. 113.
£4000-6000
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