antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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A GROUP OF VARIOUS SPURS, ROMAN TO 17TH
CENTURY
in excavated condition, the Roman spur a fragment of
bronze; a prick spur, 11th Century, with moulded pyramidal
prick; a 12th Century spur, the prick incorporating a rondel;
a 14th Century rowel spur; a French rowel spur, 17th
Century, with moulded neck, five-pointed star and retaining
its original buckles; a 15th Century rowel spur and
seventeen further rowel spurs
(27)
£200-300
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A LARGE STIRRUP IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE,
20TH CENTURY, TWO PAIRS OF BRASS STIRRUPS, 18TH
CENTURY AND FIVE FRENCH REGULATION CAGE
STIRRUPS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the first pair formed of writhen bars chiselled with scale
pattern and incorporating a loop for suspension; the
second pair cast and chased with lion masks; the
regulation stirrups of characteristic form and the last with
steel tread formed of writhen iron bars and brass side
panels rising to a loop for suspension
(10)
£300-500
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A GROUP OF THREE EUROPEAN SPURS, 14TH, 15TH AND
17TH CENTURIES AND TWO HORSE PICKS, 18TH AND
19TH CENTURIES
the first in excavated condition, with arched slotted heel
band with pierced figure-of-eight-shaped terminals,
tapering neck, and star-shaped rowel of six spikes; the
second in excavated condition, with arched heel band with
figure-of-eight-shaped terminals (one chipped), long neck,
and star shaped rowel of eight spikes, the third of brass,
with arched heel band retaining an original buckle on one
side, short neck, star-shaped rowel of five points, and
chiselled throughout with scale ornament; the first pick of
brass fitted with near rectangular steel tip, and brass grip
formed with large pierced spherical terminals; and the
second of iron, the finial formed of a foot with a robust iron
pick beneath, and turned wooden handle
the first: 13cm; 5Bin
(5)
£350-450