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Click here to subscribeA sappers axe dating: second quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Southern Italy Heavy and big axe with head shaped as a half-moon and handle with round base; oval ferrule grooved at the sides, iron bands; wooden haft with damages from moth, grip and tip with brass-inlaid covering. dimensions: length 99 cm.
A very rare flintlock gun by Giovanni Maria Loggia dating: first quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Brescia Extraordinary, smooth, round, 16 mm cal. barrel, the visible part is entirely chiselled with the effigy of a figure, masks, trophy, angel, birds, helmet, axe, torch and floral motifs on granulated ground, with foresight; flintlock signed "G. M. LOGIA", chiselled and decorated with brass-plated open-works featuring floral engravings; full stock of antique shape, chiselled with floral motifs and frame, with brass mounts featuring floral engravings. Wooden ramrod. For Giovanni Maria Loggia see Barbiroli "Repertorio storico degli archibugiari italiani dal XIV al XX secolo", page 331. dimensions: length 126.5 cm.
A rare tabar combined with gun dating: 19th Century provenance: Indopersia Small, iron axe with strongly curved edge and long neck, squared ___. On a iron haft of squared section and featuring knots. Featuring an iron, 12 mm cal. barrel, complete with rear sight notch and pan with vent (missing pan cover), provided with ramrod holder at the lower part. dimensions: height 42 cm.
A fine tabar (axe) with stylet dating: last quarter of the 19th Century provenance: India Iron head with round-edged axe, decorated with carotuche featuring Arabic writings and gold floral motifs; gilt, rectangular handle with a tiger among floral motifs; ribbed quillon block with flower-shaped lock; cylindrical haft with damask structure; turn-off grip with a stiletto blade (length: 46.5 cm). dimensions: length 60 cm.
A George III double sided oval burr yew panelled, inlaid and crossbanded Satinwood ground TEA CADDY, with divided lead lined interior covered by later slide-off lids 20.5cms by12cms 13.5cms highConditionMinor veneer lifts other wise in good original condition, later axe drop finial to the lid
A good mid to late 19th Century Brass TIMEPIECE SKELETON CLOCK with passing hour strike. The elaborate scrolled and shamrock tapering plates with screwed finned baluster pillars and silvered Roman fret-cut chapter ring; eight day spring driven single chain and fusee movement with axe head hammer and passing hour strike – on a red velvet covered ebonized plinth with glass dome cover 42cms overall height to top of dome
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND FEATHERBANDED CHEST OF DRAWERS, EARLY 18TH C with quarter veneered top and moulded lip, 90cm h; 53 x 94cm ++The brass axe head handles and escutcheons old replacements. Originally on bun feet, the present bracket feet added probably c1900. The top added in the later 19th or early 20th c
A Ludwigsburg white-glazed figure of a woodcutter 2nd half 18th century, modelled by Johann Jacob Louis, standing with a heavy wooden club in his left hand, an axe slung over his right shoulder, crowned interlaced Cs mark, and a pair of Continental porcelain busts of Classical women, perhaps Italian, modelled with elaborate hairstyles, each raised on a low socle, some damages, 12.2cm max. (3)
An armorial wine glass c.1765, the drawn trumpet bowl probably engraved in the 19th century with the crest of a lion rampant, emerging from brick battlements and holding an axe, raised on a double series opaque twist stem, 16.3cm. The crest on this glass appears to be for Sir Richard Quain, 1st Baronet, of 67 Harley Street London. He was a specialist in disorders of the heart, a member of both the Garrick Club and the Athenaeum, and was appointed physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria in 1891.
5th-7th century AD. A tail end to a bronze brooch with scrolling dragon heads either side of a fan tail axe-shape, pierced for suspension. 12 grams, 35mm (1 3/4"). Property of a West Yorkshire lady; from the private collection of John Moor, Brigantia Antiquities, York, UK, 2008; acquired by John Moore in the 1980s. Fine condition. [No Reserve]
Late 3rd millennium BC. An Early Bronze Age copper flat axe of rectangular section, tapered from a narrow squared butt to slightly convex cutting edge. 152 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a gentleman; found Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK, 1990. See Savoury, H. N., Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections, National Museum of Wales, 1980, fig.17 for similar examples. Very fine condition.
Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed flint group comprising: two curved sickle knife blades with concave cutting edges showing wear polish, one with small chip at butt; a trapezoidal knapped axe with square butt and polished, slightly convex cutting edge. 177 grams total, 92-96mm (3 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Fine condition. [3, No Reserve]
Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large axe of slightly asymmetric form, of lentoid section tapering from the rounded butt, showing signs of use in firelighting, to a convex polished cutting edge with the sides polish blunted; in a pale grey flint. 535 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a gentleman; found Southwold, Suffolk, UK, 1980. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 43 for a similar piece, also from Suffolk.
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A group of carved stone cylinder seals comprising: a red stone with a winged quadruple beast facing the sun; a black stone with kneeling anthropomorphic figure holding an axe, fighting a lion with widely opened jaw; a black stone with cuneiform inscription, a central scene with vessel and plants or snakes, triangular decoration to the border; a dark grey stone with two figures, one standing and pointing to the dancing or running figure; a white stone with two lines, lower line with two figures hunting(?"). a quadruple animal, the upper side possibly depicting a domestic scene with two figures; a white stone with a chariot pulled by a pair of horses, behind it a standing figure with raised hand holding an axe(?), a fish behind him. 56.37 grams total, 26-38mm (1 - 1 1/2"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Fine condition. [6]
11th-9th century BC. A bronze looped and socketted axe head with flared edge, collar to mouth and indented Omega shape to both sides. 8.3 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a Russian private collection formed before 1950. Fine condition. [No Reserve]
1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with three bands of curving lines with projecting circular lugs. 258 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Property of a French gentleman living in London; formerly in a European collection; acquired prior to 1981. Fine condition.
1st century BC and later. A mixed group comprising: a black glass spherical bead with eight radiating eyes; a blue glass drop-shaped pendant; a blue glass fragment with applied detailing; a lapis lazuli axe pendant. 7.80 grams total, 13-26mm (1/2 - 1"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a Russian private collection formed before 1950. Fine condition. [4, No Reserve]
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