Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

113AN INDIAN TALWAR, 19TH CENTURYwith straight fullered blade double-edged towards thepoint, etched with a panel of script at the forte on one side,iron hilt of characteristic form, decorated over its surfacewith silver flowers and foliage on a punched ground withina framework of petals, in its leather-covered woodenscabbard68.5cm; 27 in bladeAccompanied by a letter from R.W. Skelton of the Victoriaand Albert Museum stating that the inscription reads, intranslation, ‘The Property of the Great Prince Girdar Singh'.The only Girdar Singh traced appears in specimens of Urducorrespondence in the India Library where an order fromthe Emperor Shah ’Alam addresses a complaint againstone Girdhar Singh regarding extortion and murder by theinhabitants of Dinajpur, Haldia and Naurangabad.£200-250114AN INDIAN SWORD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURYwith broad double-edged blade formed with a rectangularricasso struck with a series of marks, steel hilt, including apair of short globular quillons, attenuated langets withpierced terminals, knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shapedfinial, outer bar-guard chiselled with a pair of birds at thebase, and ribbed pommel drawn-out to a long bud-shapedfinial; and AN INDIAN TALWAR, 19TH CENTURY, withcurved blade, and steel hilt of characteristic form retainingsome silver decorationthe first: 94.5cm; 37D in blade(2)£250-350115AN INDIAN AXE (TABAR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY114 (part)with wedge-shaped head decorated with gold lines aroundthe borders and foliage at the base, square rear pean, andcontemporary steel haft decorated with a pair of spirallinggold lines, and knop-shaped terminal (worn)61.5cm; 24D inVARIOUS OWNERS112AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH CENTURYwith broad heavy single-edged blade (the forward halfmissing), steel hilt of characteristic form, decorated withsilver flowers and foliage in relief, and large disc-shapedpommel decorated with a large expanded flowerheadoverlaid with silver on the top (small losses)46.5cm; 18D in blade£100-150£600-800116A SUDANESE KASKARA, 19TH CENTURYwith broad fullered European blade etched with a lengthyinscription, possibly including the date 1178 (circa 1764/5)on one side and with celestial motifs on each side of theforte, iron hilt, and leather bound grip and pommel, in itsscabbard85.5cm; 33K in blade£100-15050