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Lot 37
LONGINES, LADY`S 18CT GOLD AND DIAMOND FOB WATCH circa 1905, the signed white enamel dial with black hands, Arabic numerals and sunken subsidiary seconds dial, the four piece hinged case, with rose diamond set fleur-de-lys motif to the cover, housing a signed movement numbered 1789849, keyless wound, 3cm overall diameter to a bow brooch fitting
Lot 1540D
Three Pairs of Ladies Gauntlet Style Leather Gloves, one dark green pair with large, pleated cuffs and press stud band with bow to the wrist, labelled `Dents, DBM Worcester Make`, one tan pair with half strap to the wrist, with buttons marked `Real Nappa` and one brown pair with half strap to wrist and buttons marked `English Make`(3)
Lot 37
LONGINES, LADY`S 18CT GOLD AND DIAMOND FOB WATCH circa 1905, the signed white enamel dial with black hands, Arabic numerals and sunken subsidiary seconds dial, the four piece hinged case, with rose diamond set fleur-de-lys motif to the cover, housing a signed movement numbered 1789849, keyless wound, 3cm overall diameter to a bow brooch fitting
Lot 300
A large George III period mahogany, boxwood and chequer strung Sideboard, the galleried back with varying sized small drawers, further over a single central flat front drawer flanked by two bow fronted cupboard doors, each with gilded lion mask and ring handle, raised on six square tapering boxwood strung supports terminating in large spade feet, 200cm wide x 73cm deep x 105cm (highest)
Lot 15
An aquamarine, pearl and diamond pendant, circa 1900 An aquamarine, pearl and diamond pendant, circa 1900, the central mixed cut aquamarine within a surround of collet set rose cut diamonds, within a pierced rose cut and pearl accented setting with a bow shaped surmount with a foliate swag below, suspended on a fancy belcher link chain Please note the pearls are untested and unwarranted as natural pearl Condition All the stones are present an correct, the setting has some light wear, the bale appears to be from another piece, the chain is in good order
Lot 20
An Austrian Art Deco diamond bow brooch, circa 1930, and onyx bow brooch An Austrian Art Deco diamond bow brooch, circa 1930, and onyx bow brooch, the carved and frosted rock crystal panels centred with an old cut diamond, and outer rose cut diamond accents, with calibre cut onyx detail, with Austrian gold marks, post 1925, 4cm long Condition The setting has some tarnishing, one of the settings holding the onyx has a slight tear towards the tip
Lot 30
A diamond bow brooch, the pierced geometric bow with foliate detail A diamond bow brooch, the pierced geometric bow with foliate detail, set with rose cut diamonds with a central old brilliant cut diamond accent, 5.7cm long, together with a diamond set arrow jabot pin, circa 1890, 5.1cm long Condition The brooch has all diamonds present and correct, the central diamond estimated to weigh 0.20 carats, clarity I, colour estimated I, some light wear to setting. The pin has some light wear
Lot 226
A FINE AND RARE GERMAN BARRELLED SPORTING CROSSBOW (SLURBOW) WITH REPEATING BULLET MAGAZINE, CIRCA 1660-70 with robust steel bow struck with a mark, a horn (Neue Støckel 5217 for similar), bound with cords over a wooden saddle with suspension ring and retaining six of its original decorative woollen pom-poms, fruitwood tiller, the greater part of conventional form, swelling about the release mechanism and shaped for the cheek, the forward section faceted, extending in the manner of a pistol fore-end and seating an iron two-stage barrel , the forward half with polygroove rifled bore, retained by a pair of screws entering from beneath, a raised faceted band behind the bow and a short tang, the octagonal rear half of the barrel open at both sides, extending over the nut and the tang fitted with pivoted back-sight, the tiller with tubular bullet-magazine running forwards from a horn bullet-feed immediately ahead of the nut, the feed-block rising on a spring through an aperture in the underside of the tiller and released by a sliding catch, the magazine filled from a port beneath the bow closed by a horn sliding cover, with iron bullet-channel laid over the chase, iron lugs for a spanning-lever, folding trigger, two-stage trigger-guard and pivot safety-catch, the tiller veneered in white horn finely engraved with German baroque ornament over its upper and lower surfaces, decorated with acanthus borders, an acanthus rollwerk cartouche enclosing the lower aperture of the bullet-feed, a similar cartouche about the aperture for a rod inserted to set the action and a more elaborate engraved cartouche framing the base of the trigger-guard, inlaid over the sides with engraved beaded horn lines along its full length behind the bow, and the remaining forward section decorated with further white horn inlays including a pair of engraved plaques impaled by the barrel screws, and the border panels and the terminal cap all engraved with acanthus ornament (the bow-string and the pivot cords for the nut missing) 92 cm; 36¼ in 61 cm; 24 in bow Barrelled crossbows were intended to discharge a bullet seated in the cupped head of a small iron rod known in France as a chasse de fer. A repeating magazine system, as in this rare instance, would still necessitate each bullet to be seated on a rod. The present bow has provision for probably up to eight bullets to be held in its magazine; another German example, probably unique, is said to have held 24: see Blackmore 1971, pp. 202, 207. For an account of the development and use of barrelled crossbows see Paterson 1990, pp.88-91.
Lot 227
A FINE SMALL SPORTING CROSSBOW (HALB RÜSTUNG), GERMAN OR POSSIBLY DUTCH, MID-16TH CENTURY with steel bow struck with a wheel mark (Neue Støckel 6452) and bound by cords together with suspension ring under a wooden saddle, fitted with string of twisted cords and retaining fragments of decorative textile pom-poms, fruitwood tiller down-curved slightly towards the rear, formed with a swell about the release mechanism and with shaped concave cheek-piece, veneered with strips of contrasting white staghorn over the full length of its upper and lower surfaces and over the cheek-piece, the veneer on the underside bordered by darker horn, the sides heightened over their contours by inlaid contrasting pale wooden lines, and with narrow strips of parquetry inlay forming a chain-like pattern in horn and contrasting woods along the full length of the upper and lower borders, fitted with bone nut moving on cords, lugs for a cranequin, trigger, long angular trigger-guard, safety-catch, thumb-rest formed as an iron staple, and the tiller with apertures for the insertion of rods to set the mechanism (bolt-clip missing) 63 cm; 24¾ in and 51.4 cm; 20¼ in bow The small proportions suggest that this bow was intended for use by a lady or young adolescent. The slender shape of the tiller and the reliance on contrasting plain veneers and parquetry borders are residual characteristics of the early 16th century. The steel bow is possibly a working replacement dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. Cf. two crossbows with tillers decorated in a similar manner, each attributed to Germany or the Netherlands, in the collection of the Counts von Trapp in Schloss Churburg (CH S315 & CH S317): see Scalini 1996, p.379
Lot 249
A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH EARLY FLINTLOCK RIFLED TURN-OFF HOLSTER PISTOLS, CIRCA 1660-65 each with long turn-off barrel with moulded girdle towards the rear, rifled with ten grooves, the muzzle with a sweated-on raised ring cut with the fore-sight blade, the breech faceted, changing to octagonal, engraved with panels of scrolling leaf ornament and the breech tang engraved en suite, rounded lock engraved with a flower on the tail, with a mermaid charming a serpent within a matted panel beneath the pan, and the cock retained by a screw entering through the tumbler, its head decorated with a bird, with figured walnut butt carved with raised plain mouldings (one chipped in front of the lock), iron mounts, partly German early 18th century, comprising bulbous pommel drawn up to a pair of fully developed spurs, solid plain side-plate with bevelled edges, trigger-guard with the bow widening to a splayed middle point, its finial pierced with foliage, and vacant escutcheon enclosed by chiselled leaves 56.5 cm; 22¼ in (2) One pistol struck with an unidentified mark, boldly on the lower side of the breech. The mounts are in part Germanic and these date from the early 18th century; it follows therefore that the pistols were re-stocked in Germany at that date. Cf. an English pair of early turn-off holster pistols by Edmond Trulock, fitted with comparable French locks by Thuraine et Le Hollandois, circa 1655-60, and a Dutch pair by Jean Bergh, circa 1665: see, respectively, Neal and Back 1984, p.135, pl.37; Puype 1996, Vol.1, pt. 2, cat. no. 466, pp.608-9 Earlier versions of pistols with this type, referred to both as "screwed-breech" or "turn-off", were carried by royalist officers in the English Civil War. Dr. Robert Plot included a now well-known account of Prince Rupert`s demonstration to Charles I of his marksmanship with pistols of this type, writing in his The Natural History of Staffordshire, published in 1686: "…. the Prince shewed at Stafford in the time of the Civil-warr…… in Captain Richard Sneyd`s garden …… at about 60 yards distance, he made a shot at the weather-cock upon the steeple of the Collegiat church of St. Mary with a screw`d horsemans pistol , and a single bullet, which pierced its taile, the hole plainly appearing …… which the King then present judging as a Casualty only, the Prince presently proved the contrary by a second shoot to the same effect: the two holes through the weather-cocks taile (as an ample testimony to the whole thing) remaining there to this day"
Lot 261
A FINE 15-BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY PIETER VAN SOOLINGEN, UTRECHT, CIRCA 1685 with sighted long barrel formed in four stages, the forward section with full-length sighting flat, the median finely chiselled with a scrolling leafy tendril pattern in low relief, the breech section octagonal, changing to faceted, the breech decorated with the figure of Mars standing within further tendril patterns involving small monsters` heads and demon masks all in low relief, and the barrel tang engraved with a further warrior figure, rounded lock signed beneath an engraved half-figure scroll, chiselled with scrolls, monsters and a demon mask en suite with the barrel, and the steel-spring with chiselled acanthus finial issuant from the severed neck of a horned demon, figured walnut full stock carved over its rear half with a series of complex monsters`head scrollwork patterns in low relief, the carved design on the underside of the butt also suspending a larger demon mask with inset eyes, full iron mounts chiselled en suite with the barrel and the lock, comprising butt-plate decorated with the figure of Diana, its upper tang formed as a serpent, side-plate decorated with a pierced design of delicate scrolling foliage involving small grotesque masks and the figure of Apollo in his chariot pulled by a griffon, the trigger-guard decorated on the bow with an owl as an attribute of the night, its finials decorated with pierced scrolls and a demon mask respectively, three baluster ramrod-pipes (the forward pipe missing), the rearward pipe formed with an elaborate finial involving a coronet and vacant oval within a frame of pierced scrollwork issuant from three grotesque supporters, the escutcheon pierced and chiselled with a grotesque male figure, a demon mask and a pair of grotesque female half-figures all enclosing a male bust within a scrollwork field, and retaining its original ramrod 123.8 cm; 48¾ in barrel This gun is hitherto unrecorded, the maker, Pieter van Soolingen (Solingen), is apparently recorded only anecdotally, his signature is on a pair of holster pistols formerly in the collection of the late H.L.Visser and apparently on two further late 17th century firearms: see de Vries and Martens 2007, Cat.866, pp. 428-9. Pieter van Solingen was probably related to Mathijs and/or Lucas van Solingen, or to the family of gunmakers of that name working in Amsterdam; see Hoff 1978
Lot 263
A RARE 15-BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE BY I.(JAN) VAN WYCK A UTRECHT, CIRCA 1690 in the Parisian fashion, with sighted long tapering barrel signed on the flat, the latter full-length and struck with Utrecht mark at the breech, decorated with finely engraved scrolling foliage and a marine monster, and with a pair of warriors engraved on raised panels at the base, the barrel tang engraved en suite, signed rounded lock finely engraved with a deer-hunting scene within a scrollwork field, figured walnut full stock finely carved with a series of mouldings and scrollwork patterns about the barrel tang, at both ends of the trigger-guard and about the ramrod-pipe, the latter involving monsters` head terminals, with full iron mounts comprising butt-plate with engraved long tang formed as a serpent giving issue to scrollwork and an exotic bird, side-plate pierced and chiselled with a scrolling design involving three monsters, engraved moulded trigger-guard decorated on the bow with an engraved figure in combat with a monster, engraved trigger-plate, four strongly moulded baluster ramrod-pipes, and chiselled heart-shaped escutcheon suspended within a pierced scrollwork frame involving addorsed monsters joined at their mouths by a swag (the comb of the butt repaired, the butt-plate tang rising, the ramrod-pipe finial and the ramrod each missing) 124.5 cm; 49 in barrel The engraved and chiselled decoration and the elaborate carved treatment of stock are closely inspired by the engravings of Claude Simonin, published in Paris in 1684 under the title "Plusiers Pieces Et Ornements D`arquebuzerie ……. ". See Grancsay 1970, pp.73, 78, 79. Johan Jaspersz van Wijk , variously signed Jean de Wyck, Jan van Wyck or Wijck, was one of the foremost Utrecht gunmakers. He was born in the 1660`s and is believed to have died in 1729. Van Wijk is recorded in the Utrecht city archives as a gunmaker and stockmaker, gaining an associated membership of the Smiths` Guild in 1682. For an account of this maker and of his recorded works see Hoff 1978, pp.127-130. Also see de Vries & Martens 2006,p.324
Lot 298
A FINE PAIR OF 36-BORE VIENNESE FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLES MADE FOR A PRINCE OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN, BY CASPAR ZELNER, CIRCA 1725 each with swamped octagonal barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in gold within a gold linear panel, this in turn extending from a pattern of interlaced scrollwork inlaid in gold over the breech, gilt-brass fore-sight fitted within a matching gold scrollwork pattern, gilt-brass back-sight with one folding leaf and finely chiselled with a small scrollwork design framing a bust portrait medallion, that of a Prinz and a Prinzessin respectively, and one barrel retaining most of its original blued finish, the barrel tangs cut with scrolls and numbered 1&2 in stylised scrollwork numerals, each with bevelled lock signed in miniscules behind the cock, inscribed "In Wienn" between the arms of the steel-spring, the respective locks decorated with differing two-part deer-hunting scenes finely chiselled in low relief on a matted ground, the cock en suite and the steel and the top-jaw of the cock each chiselled with scrolls, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings in low relief, the butt with raised cheek-piece and finely carved on both sides with delicate relief designs of interlaced C-scrolls, inset with gilt-brass relief scrollwork plaques about the barrel tang and at the base of the cheek-piece, each inhabited by hares and hounds, a further scrollwork plaque inset on the underside of the butt, involving a bust portrait, that of a Prinz and Prinzessin respectively, the respective patch-box covers encased in gilt-brass decorated with differing stag-hunting scenes en suite with the locks, with elaborate full gilt-brass mounts finely cast in low relief, also en suite with the locks and the inset series of plaques, the respective butt-plates and trigger-guards with complemental differences, one butt-plate involving the engraved seated figure of a Prinzessin and a doe, the figures of Diana and Cupid in low relief within the upper tang, the other engraved with a Prinz and a stag, the figure of Acteon in relief above, the respective trigger-guards each with a corresponding portrait figure cast in low relief on the bow and a bust portrait medallion at the finial, each with solid side-plate decorated with a deer-hunting scene involving a female figure in contemporary hunting costume, engraved faceted ramrod-pipes, the respective rearward pipes also cast with male and female portrait medallions, gilt-brass fore-end caps with further deer-hunting scenes cast in relief, again different, each with double set trigger on an engraved iron plate, and gilt-brass escutcheon cast with the quartered arms of Hohenzollern on an crowned eagle, suspending the Danish Order of the Elephant, with pierced Wildman supporters and the crown of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (one steel chipped, one top-jaw, jaw screw and both ramrods missing) 74.5 cm; 29¼ in barrels (2)
Lot 315
A 21-BORE AUSTRIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH FINELY CAST GILT-BRASS MOUNTS, VIENNA OR SALZBURG, CIRCA 1730 with etched twist barrel formed with sighting flat and stepped moulded breech, silver "spider" fore-sight, bevelled lock chiselled with a two-part boar-hunting scene in low relief on a punched matted ground, the cock, its top jaw and the steel each chiselled en rocailles, carved moulded figured walnut full stock decorated en suite with rococo ornament about the barrel tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece decorated with a star formed of inlaid contrasting wood segments, carved in relief with scrolls and acanthus flourishes at both ends and about the base of the comb, with full gilt-brass mounts finely cast in low relief with a series of elaborate rococo vignettes, comprising butt-plate decorated with the figure of a lady huntress standing in contemporary hunting dress beneath an exotic baldacchino, solid side-plate decorated with a landscape vignette involving hunting dogs and shot game within a scrollwork frame suspending a demon mask, trigger-guard finial cast in the form of a further baldaccino, involving a sportsman in contemporary dress within a vignette on the bow, decorated with a demon mask on the finger-spur, and with three faceted ramrod-pipes (one side-nail, the fore-end cap and the ramrod each missing, the stock cracked about the full area surrounding the barrel tang) 96.5 cm; 38 in barrel The etched twist barrel is a fashionable legacy of the Ottoman style of barrelmaking popularised in Austria and Southern Germany by the firearms included among the booty of the Austro-Turkish Wars of 1683-99 and 1716-18. Mounts of this high quality are characteristic of the luxury firearms produced by the leading gunmakers in Vienna and Salzburg within the first half of the 18th century. The highly elaborate portrayal on the butt-plate of the figure of a lady huntress is quite possibly a reference to the Empress Amalia, consort of the Emperor Joseph I. A contemporary account of a shoot held especially for the ladies of the Viennese Court describes the Empress finely dressed and shooting from a throne at the end of a beautiful alley in her garden; see Hayward Vol. II 1963, p.119-20.
Lot 317
A RARE 37-BORE CATALAN FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with Brescian slender tapering sighted barrel cut with a series of four very narrow raised decorative ribs over the rear section, the pair on the upper face continuing to the muzzle and the breech signed by the barrelmaker "Giovan Beretta" in stamped letters, rounded lock chiselled and engraved with scrolling foliage, the tail of the lock-plate, the pan and the steel each decorated with a chiselled grotesque mask in the Catalan fashion, the cock decorated with a chiselled acanthus scroll projecting from its rear and the head of the retaining screw chiselled in the form of an expanded flowerhead, with figured walnut full stock, the butt of so-called Madrid type and carved in low relief, decorated with a carved panel of leaf ornament along its underside and with carved voluted scrolls elongated over the sides, the rear portion of the stock overlaid with an elaborate series of large pierced engraved sheet-brass plaques in the Catalan tradition, involving on the underside a scrollwork panel inhabited by a marine monster, pairs of flying dragons enclosing both the lock and the side-plate, and a further scrollwork panel about the barrel tang, with brass mounts decorated in continuation of the predominant Catalan themes, the side-plate formed as a sheet-brass plaque decorated with an exotic bird and a dragon (the rear segment missing), the butt-plate tang elongated over the comb and decorated with a two-headed bird and an entwined pair of lengthy serpents, the trigger-guard engraved with scrollwork over the bow and with large finials each pierced and engraved with symmetrical scrollwork interlace, with three moulded ramrod-pipes, a brass moulded band beneath the muzzle, and original ramrod with brass tip en suite with the ramrod-pipes (the fore-end with several small cracks towards the muzzle) 124.5 cm; 49 in barrel The barrelmaker, Giovanni Beretta of Gardone and Brescia, is recorded together with his brothers Ludovico and Bartolomeo selling 2,018 barrels for civilian use within the period July 1686-July 1689. It is most likely that a proportion of these were exported to the Spanish and Catalan centres of gunmaking: see di Carpegna 1997, p.146. James Lavin, the late authority on Catalonian gunmaking, has suggested that the fluted downward-curving style of butt earned the name "Madrid" solely due to its popularity with gunmakers in that city rather than being its place of origin. Lavin suggests that this style may have come from Castile by way of Cataluña. For reference to this observation and for an account of Catalonian gunmaking see Lavin 1972, pp.2-12. The use of a "French" flintlock decorated in the Catalan taste in place of the traditional Catalan style of miquelet-lock is highly unusual.
Lot 319
A 29-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE, SIGNED HARTMAN, CIRCA 1690 with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, lightly swamped muzzle inlaid with an engraved brass band, the breech cut with a band of bead and chain ornament and engraved with a tulip head, the median section decorated with a scroll device and a garland of laurel and flowers each inlaid in brass, and with the maker`s signature on a further brass inlay, rounded lock engraved with scrolling monsters` heads and a boar, figured walnut full stock carved in low relief with a series of decorative mouldings, including scrollwork about the barrel tang and at either end of the cheek-piece, an acanthus leaf moulding behind the ramrod-pipe, fluted fore-end, the butt decorated with shaped rootwood plaques inlaid amid small inlaid groups of white horn pellets and ball-flowers, fitted with patch-box cover also veneered in rootwood, and the number "8" inlaid in brass wire on the cheek-piece, with full iron mounts, including side-plate formed as a scrolling moulding with its rear section flattened and pierced and engraved with a monster, the trigger-guard pierced over the bow and the finials formed as pierced scrollwork mouldings, the trigger-plate en suite, iron ramrod-pipe (the rear one missing), pierced trigger, engraved horn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod (two barrel-pins missing, the fore-end cap chipped) 67.5 cm; 26 5/8 in barrel A gunmaker named Hartman is recorded in 1677 working at Schwäbisch Hall; a further record of a Hartman, perhaps the same, states that he worked in Neuffen, circa 1690-1720
Lot 343
A FINE STILETTO WITH CAST AND CHASED GILT-BRONZE HILT, CIRCA 1820-40 with tapering blade of triangular section moulded at the forte, gilt-bronze hilt cast and chased with rococo revival designs in low relief, comprising cross-piece formed as the fore-quarters of a gaping lion with a rococo bow above, and the grip formed of a vertical openwork arrangement comprising a warrior spearing a serpent, the latter set upon by a salamander, and retaining much early polish and gilding 15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in blade Provenance Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon
Lot 368
A GEORGIAN OFFICER`S SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A SCOTTISH RIFLE OFFICER with curved blade double-edged towards the point, formed with a broad long fuller on each face, etched with bold scrolls of foliage, flowers and a trophy-of-arms on one face and with the crowned Royal cypher on the other, gilt-brass hilt comprising boatshell guard, stirrup knuckle-bow and the grip bound with plaited silver wire 76 cm; 30 in blade
Lot 371
A GEORGIAN 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER`S SWORD of regulation type, the blade etched and gilt with scrolls and the figure of fortune on one face and with an officer on the other all on a blued panel (rubbed), iron stirrup hilt with moulded quillon and a further moulding in the corner of the knuckle-bow, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its scabbard 72 cm; 28 3/8 in blade
Lot 392
A DANISH OFFICER`S SWORD, CIRCA 1808-39 with curved blade of regulation type, formed with a long fuller on each face, etched and gilt with trophies, the crowned Royal cypher of Frederick VI on one side, the crowned Danish Arms enclosed by the Order of the Elephant on the other and with traces of blued finish, brass stirrup hilt comprising a pair of langets, the outer cast with a lion mask in low relief, knuckle-bow decorated with a trophy-of-arms at the top, and the back-strap rising to form a maned lionshead pommel, and spirally carved horn grip (small chips) in its brass scabbard 80 cm; 31 1/2 in blade
Lot 441
A .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY WILLIAM MOORE, 78 EDGWARE ROAD, LONDON, NO. 374, CIRCA 1830 with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with twelve grooves, fitted with folding back-sight of three leaves each with a gilt line, engraved case-hardened breech with pierced platinum plug, engraved case-hardened tang decorated with a stag, signed engraved case-hardened flush-fitting lock decorated with scrolls and a fallen stag (safety-catch replaced), highly figured walnut half-stock with chequered fore-end and grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved blued steel mounts including numbered trigger-guard decorated with a stag on the bow, matching butt-plate, and engraved oval barrel bolt escutcheons (one chipped) horn fore-end cap, associated brass-tipped ramrod, and some early finish throughout 76 cm; 30 in barrel William Moore is recorded at this address circa 1828-46.
Lot 23
AN INDO-CHINESE SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade engraved with scrolls on each face at the tip and forte, copper hilt comprising quillon and knuckle-bow chased with traditional scrolls enriched with silver, silver pommel formed as a monsterhead, and ivory grip carved with foliage and fruit, in its hardwood scabbard inlaid with patterns of foliage inhabited by butterflies, and with silver locket, chape and middle band all chased with traditional foliage 65 cm; 25 5/8 in blade
Lot 266
A rare late 18th century French pin stuck needlebook, the card covers edged in gilt foil with a print of soldiers in a fort to the front and figures in a courtyard to the back, two double silk pages printed and colour painted, the first titled ""L`Attelier d`Amour"" depicting winged figures preparing arrows and bows, the arrows formed from pins, the second page titled ""Retour d`Amour de la Chasse"" showing a winged figure with bow and arrow entering through a gateway, the railings formed from needles, with two further `pages` of needle flannel, 8.5cm x 7cm.
Lot 334
Six pairs of folding safety scissors, comprising; a steel pair, folding into a silver bow handle, 6cm closed, a pull and swivel safety set, ""Pecoell Patent"", 9cm, another pair similar, two folding pairs, and a pair of file handle scissors by John Pound & Co., 8.5cm. (6) (Betty Wolf Collection)
Lot 266
A rare late 18th century French pin stuck needlebook, the card covers edged in gilt foil with a print of soldiers in a fort to the front and figures in a courtyard to the back, two double silk pages printed and colour painted, the first titled ""L`Attelier d`Amour"" depicting winged figures preparing arrows and bows, the arrows formed from pins, the second page titled ""Retour d`Amour de la Chasse"" showing a winged figure with bow and arrow entering through a gateway, the railings formed from needles, with two further `pages` of needle flannel, 8.5cm x 7cm.
Lot 334
Six pairs of folding safety scissors, comprising; a steel pair, folding into a silver bow handle, 6cm closed, a pull and swivel safety set, ""Pecoell Patent"", 9cm, another pair similar, two folding pairs, and a pair of file handle scissors by John Pound & Co., 8.5cm. (6) (Betty Wolf Collection)
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