Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt set with groups of
faceted beads, comprising oval shell-guard pierced in
imitation of an expanded flowerhead, a pair of slender
arms, quillon, knuckle-guard and faceted plummet-shaped
pommel, and solid grip decorated en suite
82.5cm; 32Iin blade
Provenance
The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, circa 1920
‡ £200-250
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A GROUP OF FIFTEEN VARIOUS SMALL SWORD
SCABBARDS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
including one of wood covered with parchment with silver
locket signed “Cullum Charing Cross” (chape missing);
another of wood covered with parchment with steel locket
and chape, each decorated with rococo garlands and a
trophy-of-arms, a court sword scabbard with chiselled steel
locket, another by Moore, Old Bond Street (chape missing)
and eleven other scabbards (extensive wear, losses)
(15)
£100-150
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AN UNUSUAL FRENCH SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760
with slender two-stage blade, the upper portion of
flattened-hexagonal section and etched with a running
pattern of foliage in the centre along its full length, etched
over the forte with scrollwork and a pair of couplets on
each side, steel hilt comprising double shell-guard pierced
with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolling tendrils within
a frame of foliage (light pitting), fluted globular quillon,
fluted knuckle-guard interrupted by a foliate moulding,
pierced quillon-block and hollow ovoid pommel each en
suite with the shell-guard, and spirally-fluted grip of plaited
wire, in its leather scabbard with iron locket, chape and
middle band all etched en suite with the blade
72.7cm; 28Kin
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich,
6th December 1929, lot 45
The couplets read ‘ne me tire pas sans raisons’ and ‘ne me
remette point sans honneur’.
‡ £600-700
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