Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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AN INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY
with crescentic head etched with foliage inhabited by exotic
birds within a cartouche enriched with gold koftgari on
each side, etched flat rear face, tapering central spike, on a
tubular haft (areas of pitting)
85.3cm; 33K in overall
£200-250
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AN ARGENTINIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD,
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with bayonet blade stamped with the maker’s details ‘Josée
Spinelli, Puan’, silver hilt comprising swelling faceted grip
decorated with short scrolled mouldings and a floral panel,
in its leather scabbard with silver mounts decorated en
suite, including locket with signed belt hook
52cm; 20I in
£120-180
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A PERSIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY
with curved double-edged blade of watered steel, ivory hilt
with shaped pommel retained by two iron rivets with silver
foliate washers, in its original fishskin-covered wooden
scabbard with large nielloed silver mounts decorated with a
symmetrical arrangement of foliage on a punched ground
25.5cm; 10in
£150-200
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AN ARAB JAMBIYA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with blade of characteristic form (rusted), composite
orange hilt applied with embossed gold rondels, in its
leather scabbard
31cm; 12D in
£140-180
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