A fine English sabre,Birmingham or Woodstock, circa 1780 with slender curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and retaining traces of etching at the forte (pitted, rubbed), burnished steel hilt, incorporating a slotted guard, faceted globular pommel with prominent tang button, and spirally fluted ivory grip bound with patterned iron ribband, in its original leather scabbard, the outer face tooled, and fitted with reeded steel mounts, the locket incorporating a button applied with faceted studs in imitation of brilliants and with matching belt hook on its original suspension chain of burnished large decorative links 66cm; 26in blade
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A German etched partizan,mid-18th century with small head formed with a central blade reinforced at the point, the base widening to a pair of up-turned flukes, and moulded neck with a pair of short straps, the blade decorated on each face with an etched panel of strapwork foliage, a trophy-of-arms on a faux-damascus ground, and with traces of gilding (haft replaced); another, mid-18th century, the etched decoration involving a double-eagle on one face, an allegorical figure on the other and trophies at the base (patches of pitting, haft replaced); another, mid-18th century (the fluke chipped, etching rubbed, haft replaced); and an Officer's undecorated partizan, late 17th/early 18th century (the haft replaced) the first: 29.3cm; 11.5in head (4)
An officer's regulation spontoon, Hesse-Kassel,circa 1760-85 with leaf-shaped head etched with the cypher of Landgrave Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel, on a moulded neck fitted with cross-guard, and extending to a pair of straps (light wear, the haft replaced); another, of the battalion hanau (sic), circa 1785-1802, the head etched with the battalion title and the cypher of Landgrave Wilhelm IX (etching rubbed, the haft replaced); and two German military partizans, late 17th century/early 18th century, each very similar, one on an early haft with iron shoe (worn, one strap incomplete, the other straps shortened) the first: 37.5cm; 14.75in head (4)
A rare German etched vamplate,circa 1560, probably from the workshop of Wolfgang and Franz Grosschedel of landshut of characteristic convex form, pierced with a pair of holes at the outer rim, etched with three broad radiating panels filled with differing arrangements of trophies-of-war, including armour, artillery and the abbreviated classical inscription 'SPQR', etched around the base and at top with an elaborate band of scrolling foliage, tendrils and flowers incorporating a cornucopia at the outer rim, all within distinctive plain grouped linear borders, and in fine condition throughout 30.5cm; 12 in diameterThe general character of the etching is very similar to the pattern on an armour made for the Imperial family by the celebrated Landshut armourers Wolfgang and Franz Grosschedel and now preserved in the Hofjagd-und Rustkammer, Vienna (inv. no. A1052).
A German etched circular shield of convex form, the outer surface equally divided between six very low segmental ridges radiating from a central conical boss, studded with pairs of rivets for attaching enarmes, and around the border for attaching a lining (some rivets missing, small laminations, cracks and internally patched repairs), the outer surface etched with six panels scrolling tendrils with grotesque mask terminals, inhabited by figures in classical and 16th century dress, exotic birds, and framed within hatched borders 61.2cm; 24 in diameter The style and the execution of the etching is related to a number of morions associated with Nuremburg and dating from the late 16th and early 17th century. For further examples formerly in the Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach armoury in the Wartburg see A.D.von Schonberg, Berlin 1912, nos.157-8. See also Sotheby's New York 12th January 1993, Lot 444 and 15th January 1991, Lot 699. à
JUNIOR ETCHING CLUB (ills.) PASSAGES FROM MODERN ENGLISH POETS. William Tegg, London n.d. 4to. Red cloth, sightly soiled; top edge gilt. 47 illustrations, including a river scene by J. Whistler; some occasional very light spotting. SHAKESPEARE, William. A MIDSOMMER NIGHTS DREAME NEWLY PRINTED FROM THE FIRST FOLIO OF 1623. Ernest Benn Ltd, London 1924. Number 404 from an edition of 550. 4to. Linen backed grey paper boards a little rubbed. 5 colour plates by Paul Nash. (2)

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