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Click here to subscribeAn early J.K Farnell golden mohair Teddy bear, circa 1920, the straw filled bear with boot button eyes, clipped muzzle and stitched nose and mouth, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, stitched webbed and straight claws, felt paw pads with cardboard backing to feet, 13 ½” (34cm) tall, (condition: generally good, few sparse areas and small bald area to chest).
Steiff golden mohair ‘Original Teddy’, 1950s, the straw stuffed bear with orange glass eyes, vertically stitched nose, mouth and claws, felt pads, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, remains of label under right arm, 9 ¾” (25cm) tall, (condition: generally very good, three small holes to feet felt pads, lacks button).
Family of six post-war Steiff ‘Peky’ Pekinese toy dogs, each with brown eyes, short mohair heads and stitched noses, long mohair bodies, largest and smallest with tag and buttons, one with tag only and one with button only, biggest 9 ½” (24cm) long, smallest 3 ¾” (9.5cm) long, (condition: generally very good), (6 items).
Six post-war Steiff animals, including Giraffe with button and tag, 14 ½” (37cm) tall, Okapi with button and tag, Bambi with tag, seated Rabbit with button and tag, Flossy Fish with button and tag and Macki the Hedgehog with button and tag, (condition: generally very good, except Macki, rubber legs melted ), (6 items).
Three soft toy dogs, English 1930s-50s, including a cream and brown terrier type with black button eyes, stitched nose and mouth and collar, 10” (26cm) tall, (condition: some wear to feet), a larger Pekingese with clear glass eyes, swivel head and blue check ribbon, a wind-up toy dog that jumps and spins tail and a cinnamon Teddy bear, (4 items).
Deans Rag Book Mickey and Minnie Mouse, circa 1930, velvet ratting faced Mickey and Minnie with printed features and black button eyes, toothy grins and felt ears and hands, Minnie wearing blue polka dot skirt, both with buttons to back, 6” (15cm) tall, (condition: very good), together with Mickey and Minnie silk handkerchiefs, (4 items).
Four early English Teddy bears, including a brown mohair bear, possibly by William J Terry, with large glass eyes, long muzzle, stitched nose and swivel head with jointed arms and legs, 24” (61cm) tall, together with a further two bears with black boot button eyes, and another, (all a/f), (4 items).
Four cloth Golly dolls, including early golly with button eyes and white disc backing, stitched mouth, rabbit fur hair and wearing sewn on red and blue clothes with red, white and blue ribbons, 10” (25.5cm) tall, together with three similar dolls of a later date, together with a tin plate Lehmann clockwork beetle, penny toy car and wind up mouse, (8 items).
A golden mohair Steiff Original Teddy bear, 1950s, the straw filled bear with brown glass eyes, stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed at shoulders and hips, growler, felt paw pads, button to left ear, wearing dungarees and neck tie, 17” (43cm) tall, (condition: some sparse areas to head).
A Chad Valley golden mohair Teddy bear with button, circa 1930, the straw filled bear with glass eyes, clipped snout with stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed at shoulders and hips, brushed cotton pads, squeaker, ‘THE CHAD VALLEY BRITISH TOYS’ button to top of body, 18 ½” (47cm) tall, (condition: bald areas, repair/re-stitching to back of head and upper legs and arms).
A Steiff brown mohair Teddy bear, circa 1950, the straw filled bear with red glass eyes, stitched nose and mouth, swivel head and jointed at shoulders and hips, stitched claws, felt paw pads, button to left ear, 13” (33cm) tall, (condition: generally good, small bald patch to head, few sparse areas to stomach), together with a small Steiff Zotty bear with button, 8 ½” (22cm) tall, (condition: good), (2 items).
Three golden mohair Teddy bears, two with orange glass eyes black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel heads and jointed at shoulders and hips, smaller bear wearing white flannel jacket, larger bear 16” (41cm) tall, (condition: both with general wear, smaller bears pads replaced), together with a another bear with button eyes, (a.f), (3 items).
Two English golden mohair Teddy bears, first with boot button eyes, stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel heads and jointed at shoulders and hips, felt pads, 19” (48cm) tall, (condition: repair to muzzle, pads recovered, mohair sparse), together with a similar bears with orange glass eyes, (2 items).
Miniature all-bisque dolls house doll in original clothes, German circa 1910, with brown glass eyes, closed mouth and short blonde hair, fixed neck and jointed at shoulders and hips, with moulded white socks and shoes, wearing cream felt trouser suit with brass buttons, 4 ¼” (11cm) tall, (condition: good, lacks one button)
A Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword Mid-18th Century With tapering double-edged blade cut with a double central fuller over most of its length on each side, the fullers at the forte each incised 'ANDRIA FERARA' between double 'x' marks, iron guard of flat rectangular section bars framing fretted rectangular and ovoidal panels lightly incised with lines and borders, and pierced with stylised hearts and circles, the main panels centred on saltires, the side panels each incorporating a 'ram's horn' with heart-shaped terminal, and with oval aperture for reins, fore-guards and rear guard, scrolled wrist-guard, bun-shaped pommel with incised triple lines and separate tang button, spirally-fluted fishskin-covered grip (wire binding missing), and retaining its buff-leather liner (some old rust patination) 84.9 cm. blade This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Scottish Basket-Hilted Backsword In The Manner Of Walter Allan Of Sterling Second Quarter Of The 18th Century With tapering blade double-edged at the point and cut with two fullers along the back over most of its length on each side incised respectively 'ANDREA' and 'FARARA' between star and 'S' marks, the forte on one side stamped with Blackamoor's profile head mark probably of Andreis Munsten (Weyersberg 86), iron guard of waved bars of rectangular section framing a row of pierced stars between rows of alternate oval and keyhole-shaped piercings at the front, three pierced hearts between cusping above, the side panels each pierced en suite above a stylised 'ram's horn' pierced with a further heart between, waved fore-guards and rear guard, scrolled wrist-guard, integral ring at the top beneath the fluted bun-shaped pommel, the latter with separate button, spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip with embossed iron ferrule at the top, and retaining its buff-leather lined faced in red woollen cloth 86.9 cm. blade Footnotes: Exhibited The Swords and the Sorrows, Culloden Commemorative Exhibition, Culloden, 16 April-20 September 1996 Literature The Swords and the Sorrows, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 1:39, p. 42 (illustrated) For related examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, pp. 152-156, G9-G11 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Sword Circa 1630-40 With tapering double-edged blade cut with a series of notches along each edge over its entire length and incised with a running wolf mark on both sides, the forte incised 'FRANCISCO' within the shallow fuller on one side, and 'EN TOLEDO' on the other, iron hilt retaining some of its original japanned and gilt finish and comprising side-rings and knuckle-guard each with double central swelling, the former each filled with a plate pierced with numerous small circles, the latter with scrolled side bars joining the side-rings on each side and hooked into the pommel-cap at the top, lion-mask pommel-cap surmounted by a prominent button, and fluted beaked wooden grip retaining much of its red lacquered finish and reinforced with a longitudinal iron strap along each side 80.7 cm. blade This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English 'Mortuary' Hilted Backsword Mid-17th Century With slightly tapering fullered blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a narrow fuller along the back over most of its length on each side, the forte pierced within the fuller with a double orb and cross between numerous circular piercings, iron hilt comprising solid guard chiselled in low relief on each side with a bearded portrait bust, almost certainly representing Charles I, between punched scrolling foliage and borders en suite, knuckle-guard connected to two bifurcated bars on each side and a scrolled bar at the rear on each side all chiselled with foliage, the knuckle-guard and side-bars screwed to the pommel, tightly scrolled wrist-guard, globular pommel chiselled with foliage and with flattened button, and swelling iron grip (some rust patination) 96.5 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Venetian Or Dalmatian Shiavona 18th Century With tapering double-edged blade (old surface pitting) with shallow fuller over each side of the joined forte and struck with two indistinct bladesmith's marks on both sides beyond, characteristic iron guard comprising a fan-shaped arrangement of seven bars, each pinched-in and joined at the top to a wide flat bar with three rows of chevron-like piercings, inner-guard with similar arrangement of leaf-shaped bars each linked together and involving a thumb-ring, curved rear quillon with moulded button terminal, the top of the guard with bent swelling terminal, shield-shaped brass pommel cast with a beaded mask on each side and surmounted by a button, and spirally-bound leather-covered grip 85 cm. blade Footnotes: For swords of this type see L.G. Boccia, 'Les épées des Esclavons: entre Venise et Illyrie', Genava, XVII, 1995, pp. 118-119 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine German Riding (Reiter) Sword German Or Italian, Circa 1570-80 With broad single-edged blade fullered along the back on each side and double-edged towards the triangular point, the forte on one side incised with latten-lined running wolf mark, rectangular ricasso struck along one edge on both sides with a 'pi' mark between mullet marks, blackened hilt of bars of circular section composed of horizontally recurved quillons each with swelling tip, outer-guard of two rings swelling at their centres, downcurved arms, inner-guard of three merging diagonal bars surmounted by a thumb-ring, heavy spherical pommel with integral button, original tapering flattened wooden grip retaining the remains of its original binding, and in fine condition retaining much of its original blackened finish 100 cm. blade Footnotes: Provenance Thomas Del Mar Ltd In association with Sotheby's, London, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26 June 2007, lot 153 The hilt is similar to that found on a number of similar swords at Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck, and a large number stamped with the so-called pi mark are in the Zeughaus, Graz. An almost identical sword struck with the same marks on the blade is in the Royal Armouries, Turin. See C. Bertolotto et al, L'Armeria Reale di Torino, 1982, p. 355, no. 128. See also A.V.B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms And Armour Supplement, 1986, pp. 140-141. Norman notes 'This type of bladesmith's mark resembling the Greek letter pi under a crown is very common on sword blades....H. Nickel, however, more recently [Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 1981, pp. 101-109] suggested that, since it was very widespread, it was probably a mark used spuriously at a number of centres to indicated supposed quality, in the same way that the Toledo mark and the signature of Andrea Ferrara were widely forged.' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Arabian Silver-Mounted Shamshir 19th Century With bright curved single-edged blade with false double-edge to the point in front of the yelman, hilt comprising quillon-block with pointed langets and bud-shaped quillon terminals, silver-covered grip engraved with panels of foliage and with bands of filigree along the inner and outer sides, all secured by silver wire at the base, and beaked pommel-cap chased with designs of foliage, in original wooden scabbard covered in leather with silver wire seam along the inside and deep silver locket and chape (button worn through) each chased with repeated designs of foliage, the suspension mounts engraved with a flower-head on a boss on both sides and each carrying a ring (one loose) for the original suspension cords and tassels (worn) 78.8 cm. blade Footnotes: The proceeds from the sale of this sword are to benefit the Fred and Charlie Allen Charitable Trust For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish 16-Bore Miquelet-Lock Silver-Mounted Gun (Shishana) Late 18th/Early 19th Century With russet twist octagonal barrel with silver band around the muzzle and at the breech (both incomplete), arched single-aperture back-sight with a band of silver over the top, characteristic lock encrusted with silver foliage and with spirally-grooved brass button terminal, figured Circassian walnut full stock (some old damage at the ramrod-entry, silver fore-end mount incomplete) inset around the lock and faceted segmented butt with pinned silver panels pierced and engraved with symmetrical designs of foliage, the plain rear section with incomplete silver strap along the top engraved 'Work of Suleyman', and dated 1269 A.H. corresponding to 1852 A.D., seven plain silver barrel bands, and faceted button trigger (ramrod missing) 104.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .650 (18-Bore) Flintlock Volunteer Rifle Of Baker Pattern By Staudenmayer, London, No. 141, Early 19th Century With rebrowned leaf-sighted barrel signed along the tapering top flat at the breech, rifled with seven spiral grooves, and with a bayonet lug beneath the recessed muzzle, the rear of the breech engraved with a line of feathering, border engraved tang en suite and decorated with foliage, signed detented flat bevelled lock engraved with a starburst behind the pan and with ring-neck cock and roller, figured three-quarter stock (minor old repairs) with check-piece, brass mounts of regulation pattern comprising hinged rectangular patch-box cover with sprung button release-catch above, butt-plate, spur trigger-guard, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipes, brass barrel-bolt escutcheons, sling loops, and original steel ramrod with characteristic swelling towards the pierced tip, London proof marks 76.8 cm. barrel Footnotes: Samuel Henry Staudenmeyer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is noted as a maker of rifles and repeating air weapons Cf. a very similar example in the E.J. & R. Burton Collection and sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour..., 26 November 2014, lot 439 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish 18-Bore Miquelet-Lock Silver-Mounted Rifle (Shishana) Tughra Silver Marks, Late 18th/Early 19th Century With russet twist slightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifle with seven spiral grooves and encrusted with running gold foliage within panels at the muzzle and breech, the latter with two gold-lined barrelsmith's marks, arched triple-aperture back-sight encrusted with gold scrollwork, tang with encrusted gold inscription 'Property of Mustafa' in Turkish, characteristic silver-encrusted lock stamped with a circular maker's mark on the bridle, figured Circassian walnut full stock (minor old damage in front of the lock) inset around the lock and faceted segmented butt with pinned silver panels pierced and engraved with foliage (the panel beneath the fore-end forward of the lock worn and incomplete), the rear section with pierced silver rondels between trefoil borders (lower border incomplete), four engraved silver barrel bands (one missing), button trigger, bone fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with turned steel tip 86.7 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Saxon .550 (28-Bore) Percussion Sporting Rifle By C.J. Helfricht A Zella, Mid-19th Century With swamped finely twist octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and rifled with eight spiral grooves, the top flat forward of the breech signed in gold capitals within silver-inlaid line borders between silver-inlaid foliate scrollwork inhabited by an engraved gold-inlaid bird on either side, gold and silver lines at the breech and with gold-inlaid chamois in an engraved mountainous landscape between the silver-inlaid bolsters, broad tang-plate engraved with foliate scrolls involving two monster-heads and framing a gold-inlaid stag and hind in a landscape, border engraved flat lock decorated en suite and inhabited by gold-inlaid cavalrymen on silver-inlaid horses in differing landscapes, dolphin hammer with gold-inlaid eyes and the figure of a knight, the latter amid scrolling foliage, the plate opposite the lock decorated with two cavalrymen in a similar fashion to the lock, figured half-stock carved with scrolling foliage in bas-relief against a stippled ground en suite with the tang plate at the grip and ramrod-entry, the latter carved as a monster-head with dark horn and mother-of-pearl eyes, butt carved in relief behind the cheek-piece with a stag hunting scene in a landscape, and sliding chequered patch-box cover with staghorn release button within a triangular border of carved scrolling foliage terminating in monster's heads and inhabited by two birds, surmounted by a stylised cross and all against a stippled ground, steel butt-plate with gold-inlaid prone stag in a glade on the heel of the foliate scroll engraved tang, scrolled white-metal trigger-guard engraved en suite and inset on the bow with a steel plaque chiselled with a sportsman in a landscape against a gilt ground, trigger-plate with foliate finial inlaid in gold with an owl, adjustable set triggers, white-metal barrel-bolt escutcheons, dark horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, and original white-metal mounted ramrod 73.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Daghestani 40-Bore Miquelet-Lock Rifled Pistol Mid-19th Century, Probably Kubachi With slender two-stage barrel retained by three slender steel bands and of hog's back form to the slightly flared muzzle, long tang extending down the back of the butt, characteristic lock with gold-damascened decoration and deeply struck circular gold-lined maker's mark, wooden three-quarter stock covered in black leather (incomplete, pommel and ramrod missing), and button trigger 35 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German .577 (25-Bore) Flintlock Sporting Rifle By V.D. Fecht. Jun: A. Berlin., Circa 1815 With browned swamped octagonal leaf-sighted barrel inlaid with gold lines and engraved gold florets at the muzzle and breech, and rifled with eight spiral grooves, the top flat at the breech signed in gold capitals within a gold line border and with gold-lined maker's oval of a stag, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved matted tang, border engraved flat detented lock in the English taste signed on a gold-inlaid oval and decorated with foliage on the stepped tail (minor pitting), foliate engraved cock and safety-catch, gold-lined rainproof pan and roller, highly figured full stock inlaid with decorative silver wire borders, butt with cheek-piece and chequered grip, the former inlaid with silver wire foliage and engraved silver flower-heads behind, the latter with shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon, sliding patch-box cover with rayed silver button-catch and silver wire inlay inhabited by a running boar, foliate engraved silver side-nail plates, border engraved silver heel-plate cast and chased with a prone stag, ebonised spur trigger-guard with rear acorn finial and reinforced by a border engraved silver strap with finial cast and chased as a branch of fruiting oak, white-metal ramrod-pipes, the rear one with acorn terminal, adjustable set triggers (some old pitting), sling loops, dark horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped ramrod 70.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: Johann Friedrich von der Fecht was the son of Johann Diederich. He is recorded at 18 Jerusalemer Strasse, Berlin between 1738 and the year of his death in 1821 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .376 (80-Bore) Percussion Sporting Rifle Signed Inshaw, Probably Joseph Of Ludlow, Salop, Circa 1830 With rebrowned octagonal sighted smooth-bore barrel (remains of old pitting), octagonal breech, engraved tang, signed border engraved back-action lock (hammer replaced) decorated with foliage inhabited by a pheasant, figured half-stock (some wear, old split along one side of the fore-end) with cheek-piece and chequered grip, the former inset with engraved white-metal crossed quiver and arrows, mounts comprising white-metal shaped foliate engraved side-nail plate, border engraved hinged ovoidal patch-box cover (spring-catch replaced) decorated with a trophy of arms between an engraved prone stag and a panel of foliage, foliate engraved curved white-metal butt-plate incorporating the patch-box release-button along the bottom, steel scroll trigger-guard engraved with foliage and with pineapple-shaped finial, vacant escutcheon, white-metal fore-end cap, and steel ramrod, possibly original 58.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .650 (16-Bore) Percussion Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 2239 For 1832 With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat, rifled with ten spiral grooves, and leaf-sighted from '100' to '200' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved recessed patent breech retaining some case-hardening and with two platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tang with tiger's mask on the sighting flat, signed border engraved serial numbered detented flat lock decorated with foliate scrollwork and with a prone stag in a landscape, the mechanism retaining its burnished finish, dolphin hammer with foliate scrolls en suite, engraved safety-catch, ebonised half-stock (minor old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a stag's head and foliate scrolls on the heel tang, blued serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with a tiger in a landscape between borders of ropework on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with a scallop shell above a palmette on the pointed finial, border engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, sling button engraved as a flower-head, replacement wooden ramrod, and retaining some original finish, London proof mark and James Purdey's barrelsmith's mark 73.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance The Chris Wynn Collection of Early Purdeys Literature L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p. 148. Recorded as sold on 7 August 1832 for £39.18.0. Unsworth notes 'The Customer, Lord Craven, also bought rifle No. 2361 [see lot 77]. No. 2239 was sold at auction in 1974 with the barrel to 2361, 36''.' Donald Dallas, Purdey Gun & Rifle Makers..., 2000, p. 191 William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), styled Viscount Uffington until 1825, was educated at Christchurch, Oxford. In 1829 he was commissioned captain in the Berkshire Regiment of Militia. Lord Craven was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire and of Berkshire in 1831. In 1853 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and held the office until 1856 when he resigned due to ill-health The bottom of the butt punched 'HOWELL' twice and incised '1832 July 12', presumably the date the stock was completed For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 1st Empire Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre, And A Composite French Infantry Officer's SwordBoth Early 19th CenturyThe first with curved blade (point reduced) with wide central fuller on both sides, the forte etched and re-gilt against a reblued ground over both sides with a crowned order above a star and a martial trophy, the back of the blade etched and gilt 'Pierre Guillaume Knecht Fabriquant à Solingen', regulation brass hilt (repairs) of two side-bars swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, ovoidal langets, downbent lobed rear quillon, pommel-cap and back-piece in one, and leather-covered grip (old wear) bound with twisted copper wire, in later English brass scabbard for a mameluke-hilted sabre; the second with curved fullered blade (old pitting), the forte etched and gilt against a reblued ground on each side with martial trophies and foliage, regulation brass hilt (knuckle-guard and tang button replaced) including waisted pommel with fluted domed top, and figured grip chequered over each side (2)75.9 cm. and 76 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 60-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol Late 17th Century With turn-off cannon barrel (some scarring, muzzle with minor split), the breech and tang with traces of engraving, border engraved rounded lock and cock decorated with strawberry foliage (steel retaining screw, steel-spring and screw replaced), highly figured rootwood stock (minor old splits beneath the lock) and globose butt, iron mounts decorated with strawberry foliage comprising fore-end plate extending back to form the trigger-plate engraved with overlapping foliage, and pommel-cap secured by tacks and with long shaped tang extending up the back of the butt, pierced and chiselled serpentine side-plate, and button trigger (light rust patination), London proof marks 5.1 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance Howard L. Blackmore, FSA, FGA, formerly Deputy Master of the Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 27 March 1996, lot 303 Sold in these Rooms The Richard Garrett Collection 28 November 2018, lot 290 Exhibited The Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London, 1980-1995 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Naval Cutlass, And A Constabulary HangerThe First Late 18th Century, The Second 19th CenturyThe first with slightly curved single-edged blade fullered along the back and stamped with running fox mark of Samuel Harvey of Birmingham along each side, and iron hilt comprising figure of eight guard and seamed tubular grip (pitted overall); the second with bright fullered blade double-edged at the point, brass hilt with sprung button scabbard catch on one side, and spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip, in original black leather scabbard with brass locket and chape, the former with frog-button (2)68.3 cm. and 58.5 cm. blades Footnotes:For similar examples to the first see W. Gilkerson, Boarders Away, 1991, pp. 100-101For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare Naval Officer's Sword Of Presentation Type By S. Brunn, Sword Cutler To H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales, 55 Charing Cross, London, Circa 1800 With straight tapering fullered blade bright over half its length and double-edged towards the point (some pitting), the forte etched and gilt against a blued ground on one side with a martial trophy, crossed banners and crowned 'GR III' cypher, and on the other with a trophy of arms, crossed banners and pre-1801 royal arms and mottoes, all above a gilt panel on each side etched with a rocaille and foliage against a wrigglework ground, and with the bladesmith's details 'Joh. Fried. Raab Königl Gewehr Fabrick zu Hertzberg' along the back and around the bottom edges, the tapering tang etched 'Fried' on one side and 'P' on the other, regilt hilt comprising lozenge-shaped langets, the outer one engraved with a crowned fouled anchor in an oval, a crossed palm and laurel beneath, the inner one engraved with a naval trophy, flat rear quillon with waisted faceted point, knuckle-guard with slight central swelling engraved with crossed branches on each side and with a ring for a sword-knot at the top, coffin-shaped pommel engraved en suite and including a crossed sword and anchor, threaded gilt button, and flattened swelling grip bound with twisted silver wire, in original tooled black leather scabbard (some wear) with linear engraved gilt mounts comprising locket, chape and suspension mount engraved en suite with the hilt, the first signed in full on one side and with frog-stud engraved with a scallop shell on the other, and with two rings for suspension 76.5 cm. blade Footnotes: Provenance Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 29 April 2010, lot 213 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 1751 Pattern Sword Of The Jersey Militia, And Another Of The Huntingdon MilitiaBoth Circa 1760The first with straight fullered blade (some rust patination and cutting edge nicks, point reduced), brass hilt comprising heart-shaped guard with two rounded bars swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, the former engraved 'M=Jersey' and numbered '3/14', short rounded rear quillon, globular pommel with flattened button, and swelling spirally twist brass grip; the second of similar form, with slightly curved single-edged blade in similar condition to the last and stamped 'GR' crowned on one side at the forte, the guard engraved 'M=Huntingdon' and '6/21' (2)57.8 cm. and 68 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 1751 Pattern Brass-Hilted Hanger Of The Middlesex Militia, And An Infantry Officer's SwordBoth Late 18th CenturyThe first with slightly curved blade (lightly pitted) fullered along the back and stamped with the running fox mark of Samuel Harvey of Birmingham on each side, hilt comprising heart-shaped guard engraved 'II' and 'MIDDX MSB', lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard hooked into the globular pommel with prominent button, and grip bound with twisted copper wire; the second with slightly curved blade fullered along the back on each side, bronze stirrup hilt with lobed rear quillon, tapering knuckle-guard hooked into the pommel-cap with button, and reeded wooden grip with later carving, in its leather scabbard (some scruffs and surface losses) with steel locket and chape (some pitting), the former with frog-hook (2)70.2 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare James II Period Plug BayonetDated 1686, Probably 17th CenturyWith tapering double-edged blade etched on one side at the forte 'GOD. SAVE. KING JAMES. THE. 2.' above three 'JR' monograms and surmounted by indistinct crowned arms, and on the other with 'ANNO. DOMINI. 1686.' above a further three monograms and surmounted by a crowned 'J.R.', turned figured grip of tapering circular section with characteristic swelling at the base, twist iron quillons each with button terminal, downcurved shell-guard, and pommel en suite 35.5 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Hilted Small-Sword London Silver Hallmarks For 1762, Maker's Mark Of John Bennett IIWith tapering double-edged blade (lightly pitted overall) of slightly flattened hexagonal section, hilt cast with gadrooning and comprising boatshell guard, quillon-block, arms, quillons, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with button, and swelling grip bound with silver ribbon and two thicknesses of twisted silver wire 75 cm. bladeFootnotes:For details regarding this maker see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, 45-46This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Hilted Small-SwordCirca 1730With sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section inlaid with serrated brass foliage between flower-heads on one side of the forte, hilt cast and chased with classical trophies centred on foliated strapwork, all against finely punched grounds and comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard, slender arms, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, globular pommel with button, and grip bound with two thicknesses of silver wire, in later whitened vellum-covered wooden scabbard with line engraved steel mounts and fabric suspension belt 68.5 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Ceylonese Piha Kaetta18th CenturyOf characteristic form, with single-edged blade inlaid in brass with a monster-head and foliage along each side at the beaked point (some pitting), fullered along the back over each side from the forte and set with silver embossed and chased with running foliage, hilt comprising foliate brass basal mount inlaid with engraved interlaced silver foliage, and horn grips carved with foliage and set with foliate silver mounts including pommel-cap with button finial, in its original fluted two-piece wooden scabbard with silver locket (minor damage) with filigree borders 19 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Persian Dagger In European Style Qajar, 19th Century With broad bright double-edged blade with tapering medial ridge over most of its length on each side to the point, brass-mounted hilt comprising quillon-block with button quillons, one side deeply cut with an oval containing a Persian poem in nasta'liq against a ground of engraved foliage inhabited by two birds, and on the other side with feathering, brass pommel-cap with button pierced for suspension, and natural staghorn grip, in its wooden scabbard covered black leather with brass locket and decorated en suite with the quillon-block 30 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine French Small-Sword With Chiselled And Gilt HiltThird Quarter Of The 18th CenturyWith slender sharply tapering blade (some pitting) of hollow triangular section, the forte etched and gilt against a blued ground on one side with a panel of symmetrical strapwork and the figure of St. Michael between foliage, and on the other with a similar panel and a foliated oval, crossed banners above, steel hilt of characteristic form chiselled in low relief with medallions suspended from ribbons and variously picked-out in gold with trophies representing war, agriculture, music and the arts, all against gilt fish-roe and pierced trellised grounds, foliate borders en suite involving cornucopiae on the shell-guard and pommel, the latter with button, grip bound with crimped silver ribbon and partly wrapped twisted silver wire between Turk's heads, and retaining nearly all its gilding (some old surface rust), in its original snakeskin-covered wooden scabbard with steel locket, chape and suspension mount en suite with the hilt, and with two suspension rings 83cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty removed from Fettercairn House, Kincardineshire, Sotheby's Billingshurst, The Country House Sale, 14-16 September 1999, lot 193 (part)Almost certainly the property of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 6th Baronet (1739-1806) who became one of the most important bankers in enlightenment Edinburgh. He made the Grand Tour between 1792 and 1793, and was one of the earliest members of the Literary Club, which boasted among its members Johnson, Burke, Reynolds (who painted his portrait), Garrick and othersFacsimile biographical details are offered with the lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Basket-Hilted Regimental Infantry Sword Circa 1750 With bright curved single-edged blade with a narrow fuller along the back-edge for most of its length on each side and stamped 'S. Harvey' on both sides at the forte, half-basket guard of slender flat iron bars, the slender side panel shaped and pierced with two pairs of ovals, made in one with a ring at the top beneath a bun-shaped pommel with button finial, and spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip bound with twisted brass wire 79 cm. blade Footnotes: For a very similar example in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (IX, 2138) see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 230, VIII6 (illustrated) Cf. a remarkable groups of eight other examples sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 14 April 2005, lots 107-114 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Basket-Hilted Backsword In Scottish Mid-18th Century Style With earlier blade double-edged towards the point and cut with three shallow fullers along most of its length on each side, the forte on both sides now incised 'A.N.D.R.E.A. F.E.R.A.R.A.', iron guard of waved bars of rectangular section framing an openwork design of knotted twig-like bars surmounted by two looped piercings, side-bars en suite above stylised 'ram's horn', waved fore-guards and rear guard, small scrolled wrist-guard, integral ring at the top beneath the fluted line engraved bun-shaped pommel with separate flat button, and spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip between Turk's heads 87.9 cm. blade This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword Early 18th Century With earlier tapering double-edged blade retaining traces of incised letters within the fuller and with remains of running wolf mark on each side at the forte, iron guard of slender rectangular section bars framing fretted panels pierced with hearts and circles, the main panels centred on saltires, the side panels each with scalloped terminal, fore-guards, lightly fluted bun-shaped pommel with flattened button, and spirally-grooved leather-covered grip bound with a strand of twisted brass wire (old russet finish overall) 86 cm. blade Footnotes: For a very similar example formerly in the late Anthony Darling Collection see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 104, F8 (illustrated) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Basket-Hilted BroadswordLast Quarter Of The 17th CenturyWith tapering double-edged blade (old edge nicks) incised with a running wolf mark on each side forward of the forte, the latter cut with three central fullers on both sides and incised 'ANDREA FERARA' between 'x' and 'eyelash' marks, iron 'ribbon' guard of broad flat bars involving saltires, circular panels (minor old damage) and an 'S' on each side, most of the bars with incised line decoration, rudimentary quillons, integral half-ring beneath the bun-shaped pommel with flattened button, and replacement wooden grip bound with a strand of twisted wire (old pitting overall) 87.8 cm. blade Footnotes:See footnote to following lotThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Basket-Hilted Broadsword Last Quarter Of The 17th Century With tapering double-edged blade incised with a running wolf mark on each side forward of the forte, the latter with central fuller incised 'ANDREA FERARA' between pellet and 'eyelash' marks, iron 'ribbon' guard of flat bars involving saltires, circular panels each pierced with a trefoil above and below, and with an 'S' on each side, most of the bars retaining traces of incised line decoration, rudimentary forward quillon, integral half-ring beneath the bun-shaped pommel with flattened button, and replacement wooden grip (some old pitting and file marks) 99.9 cm. blade Footnotes: For other examples of this distinctive type see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, pp. 70-73 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BROCHE ET PARURE DE COL DIAMANTComprenant une broche de forme ronde et trois boutons de col, sertis de diamants de taille rose, poinçon français d'occasion pour l'or 18K (750°/00) et le platine (850°/00), longueur de la broche 5.10 cm, longueur d'un bouton de col 1.10 cm, poids brut total 12.49 g.Footnotes:DIAMOND BROOCH AND DRESS STUDSComprising a circular brooch and three dress studs, each set with rose-cut diamonds, french mark for 18 carat gold and platinum, brooch length 5.10 cm, button length 1.10 cm, combinated gross weight 12.49 grams.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Regimental Medallions (9), 3rd Hussars Victory Cricket Shield (1925 Tpr. W. Hornby); The Bays Winners Inter-Troop Football; Kings Dragoon Guards Boxing (v The Queens Bays 1931 Bantamweight); Royal Tank Corps 50th Raining Regt R.A.C. sports 1942; 4th Dragoons (L/C Bartlett Boxing); Yorkshire Hussars East Riding Yeomanry (1909 Tpr. C. Allenby); 12th lancers Boxing (Tpr A. Tipper Welterweight); Junior Leaders R.A.C. Tug of War (Winners 1972 100 St); 7th Hussars Cricket (Inter Squadron Cricket Cup 1928 Winners H.Q. Wing R.S.M J. S. Nichols) all silver except the last two; together with a 10th Hussars Sweetheart Brooch made from a regimental button, generally very fine (10) £80-£100
ROYAL CROWN DERBY; six animal form paperweights, including 'Pelican', 'Baby Bottlenose Dolphin', etc., also a Royal Crown Derby paperweight in the form of a champagne bottle (7)Condition Report: The bottlenose dolphin with silver base button, the champagne bottle example is lacking base button, remaining items with gold base buttons, and in good condition.
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