Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section stamped
‘en Toledo’ between a series of decorative marks within a
short fuller on each side, brass hilt comprising shell-guard
cast and chased with a pair of shaped panels filled with
scrolling monsterhead tendrils in low relief on a punched
ground on each side, globular quillon and knuckle-guard
interrupted by a scrollwork moulding (repaired at the base),
a pair of arms, ovoid pommel decorated en suite with the
shell, retaining traces of gilding, and later grip bound with
plaited brass wire with a spirally-cast collar top and bottom,
in a brass mounted leather scabbard
84.4cm; 33Din blade
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich,
6th December 1929, lot 41
‡ £400-500
152
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY
with two-stage blade etched with scrolls, strapwork and a
crowned oval panel filled with an impaled heart on each
side at the forte, moulded brass hilt comprising double
shell-guard, a pair of arms, down-turned globular quillon,
knuckle-guard and faceted plummet-shaped pommel,
retaining its original grip of twisted copper wire and ‘Turk’s
heads’, and retaining some early silvered finish throughout,
in its original leather scabbard with brass locket (chape
missing)
78cm; 30Nin blade
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich,
6th December 1929, lot 42
‡ £300-500
153
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740
with contemporary hollow-triangular blade, steel hilt
comprising down-turned shell-guard decorated with
patterns of geometric fluting and set with an eight-pointed
star, slightly down-turned quillon with faceted globular
terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted ovoid
moulding, and fluted faceted ovoid pommel, and the grip
with later binding of twisted wire
76cm; 30in blade
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich,
6th December 1929, lot 21
‡ £300-400
154
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1730
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, pierced
with a series of slots and circles over the forte, steel hilt
decorated with faceted mouldings, including shaped
double shell-guard engraved with border-ornament,
forward-canted quillon with globular terminal, knuckleguard,
and globular pommel decorated with a series of
faceted ovals within fluted borders, and the grip bound
with twisted wire with a faceted collar top and bottom
72.5cm; 28Iin blade
Provenance
E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich,
6th December 1929, lot 21
‡ £250-350
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