Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A TARGET OF SHOT-PROOF WEIGHT, PROBABLY
AUGSBURG, MID-16th CENTURY
of convex circular form, rising at its centre to a small
conical boss, decorated around its edge with a file-roped
inward turn (bruised) accompanied by twenty roundheaded
lining-rivets with brass rosette washers, retaining
its brown leather lining over canvas quilted with tow in
small lozenge-shaped panels, and fitted with the remains of
a pair of leather enarmes attached by pairs of rivets with
radially-fluted domed heads, the top struck twice with an
indistinct mark involving an annulus ( lightly patinated
overall)
57cm; 22I in diameter
£2000-3000
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A LARGE EUROPEAN SPUR, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY
with large flat rowel formed with nine points and incised
with a series of lines framing each point moulded neck
formed of a pair of scrolling bars, and faceted arch pierced
with a pair of holes on each side for attaching buckles; and
A TOOLED LEATHER CASE FOR A CUTLERY SET,
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY decorated over its full
surface with a symmetrical pattern of scrolls, flowers and
fluted ornament, and pierced with two pairs of holes for
suspension
the first:24cm; 9I in
(2)
£200-250