Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A RARE ETCHED PARTISAN, THIRD QUARTER OF THE
17TH CENTURY
with two-stage central blade, formed with a pair of broad
flat lugs cut with a series of notches at the base, etched
over its surface with foliate rondels within a stylised
architectural framework, including the inscriptions ‘Nec
Temer Nec Timide’ and ‘Fide sed Cuide’ on one side and
‘Inter Arma Silent Leges’, ‘R.O.R.O.P.’ and ‘Proaris ——-’ on
the other, moulded neck, faceted socket, and a pair of short
straps
52.6cm; 20N in head
This belongs to a group of partisans variously dated 1631
and 1632 almost certainly used by a Protestant Army from
Saxony. Another, formerly in the collection of Count Dimitri
de Nesselrode and William Randolph Hearst is the the
Kretzschmar von Kienbusch collection, inv. no. 594.
£2500-3000
220
AN ETCHED PARTISAN DATED 1699, POSSIBLY LATER
with broad blade formed with a pair of flat up-turned and a
pair of down-turned lugs at the base (one missing and
ground smooth), etched on each side with scrolling flowers
and foliage surrounding a crested coat-of-arms and the
inscription ‘DG Joannes Philipus Episcopus Herbispolensis
Francise Orientalise Irg Princeos 1699’ within a wreath,
moulded neck, and faceted socket, on a later wooden haft
64/7cm; 25I in head
Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn (1673-1724) became
Chapter of Würzburg Cathedral in 1699 and Prince Bishop
in 1719.
£1000-1200
221
A PARTISAN IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
with broad tapering blade of flattened-diamond section,
formed with a pair of cusped basal lugs, tapering socket,
and a pair of straps, on a wooden haft
53cm; 20P in head
£300-400
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