Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A MILITARY BACK-SWORD, CIRCA 1630
with straight blade double-edged for the last third, stamped
‘Hans Movm Solingen’ and ‘Solideo Gloria’ twice at the
forte in three long fullers on each side, rectangular fullered
ricasso struck with two marks, steel hilt of flattened bars,
comprising straight quillons with recurved terminals, outer
ring-guard fitted with a scalloped plate, knuckle-guard and
an additional bar joining the knuckle-guard to the ringguard,
rear-guard formed en suite, and faceted plummetshaped
pommel, and later chequred grip (areas of pitting)
91.2cm; 35P in blade
£1500-2000
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A NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORD, CIRCA 1640
with flat tapering blade struck with a King’s head mark on
each side (the tip with a very small chip), steel hilt
comprising down-curved quillon with button-shaped
terminal, knuckle-guard and frontal guard each interrupted
by a figure-of-eight shaped moulding and joined by a
diagonal bar, ring-guard formed of a pair of bars filled with
a steel plate chased with a grotesque mask, thumb-loop,
and small plummet-shaped pommel, and the grip with a
later binding of plaited wire and Turks’ heads
86cm; 33P in blade
£700-900
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AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630
with blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped
‘Apohpohapo’ and ‘Hophaopho’ within a short fuller
surrounded by a series of dots on each face, symmetrical
steel hilt of faceted bars, including vertically recurved
quillons with scrolling terminals, knuckle-guard formed en
suite, three outer ring-guards of diminishing size towards
the base, fitted with an up-turned scalloped plate, and
faceted ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with plaited
wire and ‘Turks’ heads’
106.2cm; 41P in blade
£3000-4000
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