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Peter Kinley (1926-1988)Composition in BlueOil on canvas , 76 x 61cm (30 x 24)SignedBorn in Vienna, Kinley came to England in

Adams

Lot 8

Peter Kinley (1926-1988)Composition in BlueOil on canvas , 76 x 61cm (30 x 24)SignedBorn in Vienna, Kinley came to England in 1938. He studied at Düsseldorf Academy in 1948-9 and at St Martin's School of Art from 1949-53. Influenced by the de Staël exhibition in London in 1953, he held his first solo show in London at Gimpel Fils in 1954. Nancy met Kinley in London through fellow artist, her boyfriend Derek Middleton, who lived with him on a barge on the Thames and had a joint exhibition with Kinley and Albert Irvin in the Brooke Street Gallery.

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Sir William Russell Flint
a book "Drawings," First Edition.

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 265

Sir William Russell Flint a book "Drawings," First Edition.

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Webster
oil on board, portrait of a First War nurse, signed, 36" x 28", unframed.

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 331

Webster oil on board, portrait of a First War nurse, signed, 36" x 28", unframed.

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TWO CAUCASIAN DAGGERS (KINDJAL) the first with broad blade formed with an off-set fuller engraved white metal hilt, horn grip

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 100

TWO CAUCASIAN DAGGERS (KINDJAL) the first with broad blade formed with an off-set fuller engraved white metal hilt, horn grip, in its matching scabbard; the second with chased white metal hilt, in its matching scabbard the first: 30 cm; 11 3/4 in blade (2)

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**A CARVED HARDWOOD FLASK AND AN INDIAN METAL FLASK the first of curved tapering rectangular form, carved with a bird's head

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 102

**A CARVED HARDWOOD FLASK AND AN INDIAN METAL FLASK the first of curved tapering rectangular form, carved with a bird's head finial and decorated with oriental motifs including an exotic bird, the finial formed as a cockerel's head; the second of horn-shaped form, the greater part of the outer surface decorated in silver with numerous flowerheads within leafy frames (losses), fitted with brass suspension loop and spring cut-off the first: 19 cm ; 7 ½ in overall the second: 17 cm; 6 ¾ in overall (2)

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THREE AFGHAN FLINTLOCK MUSKETS (JEZAIL), 19TH CENTURY the first with octagonal swamped sighted rifled Turkish barrel, rounded

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 106

THREE AFGHAN FLINTLOCK MUSKETS (JEZAIL), 19TH CENTURY the first with octagonal swamped sighted rifled Turkish barrel, rounded lock with a brief inscription on the tail, full stock with hooked butt, and mother-of-pearl inlays (losses, the stock cracked through and repaired); the second with smooth-bored barrel retained by twelve narrow bands, and East India company lock by Pritchett dated 1804; and the third with octagonal rifled barrel, East India Company style lock and the stock profusely inlaid with mother-of-pearl the first: 102 cm; 40 1/4 in barrel (3)

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TWO INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKETS, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first large, with heavy barrel retained by three slender iron bands, in

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 107

TWO INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKETS, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first large, with heavy barrel retained by three slender iron bands, incised with an arsenal inscription on the right of the breech, fitted with integral pan and standing back-sight, the action enclosed by a plate of shaped outline on each side, full stock impressed '2008' on the left of the butt and wooden ramrod (seized); the second with sighted three-stage barrel, characteristic action, full stock and iron ramrod 161 cm; 63 3/8 in barrel

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A JAPANESE N.C.O.'S SWORD (KATANA) AND ANOTHER KATANA the first with regulation fullered blade numbered 81990, aluminium grip

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 11

A JAPANESE N.C.O.'S SWORD (KATANA) AND ANOTHER KATANA the first with regulation fullered blade numbered 81990, aluminium grip, regulation mounts, in its numbered saya; the second modern, with an anchor mark on the tang, in its saya the first: 67.3 cm; 26 1/ 2 in blade (2)

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TWO MOROCCAN SNAPHAUNCE GUNS, 19TH CENTURY the first with swamped barrel retained by numerous brass bands, flat lock of chara

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 111

TWO MOROCCAN SNAPHAUNCE GUNS, 19TH CENTURY the first with swamped barrel retained by numerous brass bands, flat lock of characteristic form, full stock and iron ramrod; the second with lightly engraved barrel retained by six broad brass bands, characteristic lock, and full stock with large butt inlaid with silver wire (both guns with extensive wear) the first: 121 cm; 47 5/8 in barrel (2)

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THREE JAPANESE SWORDS (KATANA) the first W.W.II, with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon (worn), tang signed 'Katsumas

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 12

THREE JAPANESE SWORDS (KATANA) the first W.W.II, with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon (worn), tang signed 'Katsumasa' and 'Esaka Yoshikuni' and pierced with a single mekugi-ana, regulation grip and mounts, in its saya; the second probably W.W.II, with later grip, in its saya; and the third modern the first: 67.2 cm; 26 1/2 in blade (3)

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**AN AFRICAN DAGGER, PROBABLY MASAI, 19TH CENTURY AND AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) the first with broad medially-ridged blade, ca

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 127

**AN AFRICAN DAGGER, PROBABLY MASAI, 19TH CENTURY AND AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) the first with broad medially-ridged blade, carved hardwood grip incorporating a conical pommel partially enclosed with plaited wire, the outer face of the grip carved with a geometric design, in its wooden scabbard decorated en suite and incorporating an outer loop for suspension; the second with curved medially-ridged blade, carved wooden grip applied with white metal plaques, in scabbard faced with metal and retaining an embroidered belt for suspension the first: 25.5 cm; 10 in blade the second: 20 cm; 8 in blade (2)

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TWO AFRICAN SHORTSWORDS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first for the Poto, Doko or Ngombe tribe, with broad blade flaring at the

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 129

TWO AFRICAN SHORTSWORDS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first for the Poto, Doko or Ngombe tribe, with broad blade flaring at the point, pierced elliptical forte, wire-bound grip, and fur-covered globular pommel; the second formed entirely of wood, with integral grip of similar form to the last the first: 45 cm; 17 3/4 in blade (2)

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A JAPANESE N.C.O.'S SWORD (KATANA) AND ANOTHER KATANA the first with regulation fullered blade numbered 84861, aluminium grip

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 13

A JAPANESE N.C.O.'S SWORD (KATANA) AND ANOTHER KATANA the first with regulation fullered blade numbered 84861, aluminium grip, regulation mounts, in its numbered saya; the second modern, in a W.W.II regulation saya the first: 67.3 cm; 26 1/ 2 in blade (2)

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**A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PROBABLY FRENCH MID-18TH CENTURY, ANOTHER WITH CUT STEEL HILT AND TWO FURTHER SMAL

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Lot 145

**A CONTINENTAL SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PROBABLY FRENCH MID-18TH CENTURY, ANOTHER WITH CUT STEEL HILT AND TWO FURTHER SMALL-SWORDS, 19TH CENTURY the first with hollow-triangular blade etched with trophies at the forte , silver hilt including oval dish-guard engraved with flowerheads and chased with a beadwork brim on the outer face and the inner studded with brilliants, solid grip, ovoid pommel and quillon all decorated en suite (worn, extensive losses), in a scabbard; the second missing the upper half of its blade, with burnished steel hilt including openwork guard; the third with brass beadwork hilt and the fourth with gold painted brass hilt including down-turned shell-guard, in its scabbard the first: 81.5 cm; 32 1/8 in blade (4)

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TWO JAPANESE W.W.II SWORDS (KATANA) the first with curved single-edged blade (chips, areas of pitting), plain tang pierced wi

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 15

TWO JAPANESE W.W.II SWORDS (KATANA) the first with curved single-edged blade (chips, areas of pitting), plain tang pierced with two mekugi-ana, regulation mounts, in its leather-covered wooden saya; the second with straight hamon, (grip seized around tang), regulation mounts, in its saya the first: 58.8 cm; 23 1/4 in blade (2)

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**A PRUSSIAN INFANTRY OFFICER'S DEGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND A GERMAN ARTILLERY SWORD the first with slender etched single-ed

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 182

**A PRUSSIAN INFANTRY OFFICER'S DEGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND A GERMAN ARTILLERY SWORD the first with slender etched single-edged fullered blade, regulation brass hilt with folding guard, wire-bound grip (losses), in its scabbard; the second with regulation blade (surface rust) and plated stirrup hilt, in its scabbard the first: 78 cm; 30 ¾ in blade the second: 84.5 cm; 33 ¼ in blade (2)

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A FINELY ETCHED NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE FOOT TOURNEY, MILANESE, CIRCA 1590 with rounded one-piece skull rising to

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 195

A FINELY ETCHED NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE FOOT TOURNEY, MILANESE, CIRCA 1590 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb, and visor, prow-shaped upper bevor and bevor (the first two restored) attached to it by dome-headed common pivots (replaced), the visor formed with a stepped and centrally-divided vision-slit and fitted at its right side with a projecting lifting-peg, the bevor pierced at the right of the chin with a large hole to receive a locking-screw that projected from the original upper bevor, the skull and bevor fastened to one another at the right of the neck by a pierced hasp and turning-pin, and formed at their lower edges with internally hollowed rims intended to lock over and rotate on the upper edge of a collar, the armour finely etched overall with alternating bands of strapwork and trophies in each case set on a stippled ground respectively gilt and blackened (the gilding only preserved as traces), and separated by plain narrow triple bands 26.5 cm; 10¼ in Provenance Dr. Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold American Art Association, New York, 23rd November 1928 John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester Massachusetts Inv. No. 890, sold in these rooms 20th March 2013, lot 291 Exhibited 'Faerie Tale Festival of Trees', Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 19 November-31 December 2005 The decoration of the helmet is of a style employed by the distinguished late 16th century armourer Pompeo della Chiesa (recorded 1571-93) who had his workshop in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan (Norman 1986, p. 31).His signature occurs on similarly decorated armours in the collections of the Earls of Pembroke at Wilton House, Wiltshire, the Museo Stibbert, Florence, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Armoury of the Knights of St John at Malta, the helmet of which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The design was also employed by several of Pompeo's Milanese contemporaries, including one who signed himself with the initials IFP on an armour in the Art Institute, Chicago, one who signed himself with a triple-towered castle on pieces in the same collection and an armour formerly in the collection of the Earl of Harrington, one who signed himself with a double-towered castle on an armour in the Museo Civico L. Marzoli, and several detached pieces in the Wallace Collection, London. (For a fuller discussion of these armours, supported by published references, see Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby's, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, London 26 June 2007, lot 263).

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THREE ELEMENTS OF A SOUTH GERMAN ARMOUR GARNITURE WITH FINELY ETCHED AND GILT DECORATION, BY WOLFGANG AND FRANZ GROßSCHEDEL O

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 200

THREE ELEMENTS OF A SOUTH GERMAN ARMOUR GARNITURE WITH FINELY ETCHED AND GILT DECORATION, BY WOLFGANG AND FRANZ GROßSCHEDEL OF LANDSHUT, CIRCA 1555 comprising the detachable upper section of a right cuisse for tilt use, formed of two upward-overlapping lames, each increasing in height to its outside, the uppermost fitted at the centre of its upper edge with a semi-circular buff-leather suspension-tab (replaced) pierced with a pair of lace-holes, and the lowest and tallest fitted at each end of its lower edge with a turning-pin (the outer one missing) and between them with a plain locating-stud to attach it to the main plate of the cuisse; a right cuisse for heavy field use, formed of five upward overlapping lames (the lowest originally forming part of the lower section of a pauldron of the same garniture) and terminating in a poleyn of four lames overlapping outward from the second which is shaped to the point of the knee and formed at its outer end with a small oval side-wing, and the lowest lame pierced at it lower edge with a pair of keyhole-slots to attach it to the turning-pins of a greave; and the upper four lames of a left cuisse for heavy field use, forming the pair to the last (its lowest lame originally forming part of another element of the same garniture); all three elements embossed in low relief and finely etched with bands of an undulating ribbon-design representing stylised clouds, blackened against a gilt ground in each case filled with fine foliate scrolls and stippling, and enclosed to either side by a narrower version of the ribbon-design on a plain black ground, repeated around the main edges of the armour which are formed with inward turns, roped except at the lower end of the poleyn which is additionally decorated on its wing and to either side of the point of the knee with stylised acanthus giving issue to fine blackened scrolls (all three elements showing pitting and wear in parts) The first 13.0 cm; 5⅛ in: the second 29.0 cm; 7½ in; the third 16.5 cm ; 6½ in (3) The fine decoration of these pieces closely resembles that of the extensive "cloud-band" garniture made for the future King Philip II of Spain by Wolfgang and Franz Großschedel of Landshut in 1554. Now largely preserved in the Real Armeria, Madrid, Inv. Nos A263-73 (J. G. Mann, Exhibition of Spanish Royal Armour in the Tower of London, London, 1960, pp. 12-13, pls IV -VII) it was commissioned by the King to wear when he went to England to marry Queen Mary I at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July of that year. The first pieces of the garniture were urgently transported from Landshut to England by the armourers themselves. It was probably for this armour that Franz, the son and partner of Wolfgang, received payment in 1555. The elements offered here differ from those of the Spanish king's garniture in that their narrow bands and borders of ribbon-ornament are white on a blackened ground, rather than gilt overall as on the latter, and that they are decorated with acanthus foliage to either side of the point of the knee. Showing the same features are a pair of gauntlets formerly in the collection of William Meyrick and a cuisse and a pair of toe-caps formerly in the collections of Sir Guy Laking and R.T. Gwynn (F. H. Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 18981-1924, London, 1925, pp. 181 & 232, fig. 92 & 145). It can nevertheless be taken as certain that these pieces are products of the same distinguished workshop as the armour of Philip II. The earliest record of Wolfgang Großschedel dates from 1517/18 when he was listed among the 'Almain' or German armourers employed by King Henry VIII in his recently established royal armour workshop in Greenwich. By February 1520/1, however, he has returned to his native land and been admitted a citizen of Landshut, Bavaria. From 1549 he was recorded as the owner of a house in the city's New Town which, on his death in 1562, was inherited by his son Franz who had been working with him since at least 1555. The latter was appointed court armourer to the Duke of Bavaria in 1566 and died shortly after 1578/9 ((A. V. B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour Supplement, London, 1986, p. 13)

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**A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest

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Lot 209

**A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and first of which is formed at its upper edge with a file-roped inward turn, the two sections joined at the left by an internal hinge and fastened at the right by studs and holes, the lowest front lame (associated) decorated at its upper edge with a series of evenly-spaced dots (the lowest front and rear lames respectively showing some plugged holes and small riveted patch 17.1 cm; 6¾ in diameter

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A BRITISH 'BEST' BODY SHIELD, CIRCA 1914-18 of 'poncho-like' form, consisting of a front section of five horizontal plates, t

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 222

A BRITISH 'BEST' BODY SHIELD, CIRCA 1914-18 of 'poncho-like' form, consisting of a front section of five horizontal plates, the lowest of which has a rounded bottom end, and a slightly shorter rear one of four plates, the lowest of which has a straight bottom edge, each sewn into a heavy khaki-coloured canvas garment constructed in such a way as to allow it to be folded concertina-fashion into the space of only a single plate, the two sections connected to one another over the shoulders by broad canvas straps and at the waist by a pair of narrower canvas straps that issue from the rear section and are buckled to one another at the front, the lower edge of the rear section inscribed THE "BEST" BODY SHIELD, and the buckle of its left strap bearing a label of the Leicester Museums, recording it as their accession no. 25/R/1969 and stating that it was worn by a Leicester man in the First World War (showing some tears, patching and staining) For a discussion of the 'Best' Body Shield, see Dean 1920, of which of which pp. 119-290, fig. 77.

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A 'FRANCO-BRITISH CUIRASS', CIRCA 1916-17 formed of a front and a rear section each fitted externally with small green-enamel

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 223

A 'FRANCO-BRITISH CUIRASS', CIRCA 1916-17 formed of a front and a rear section each fitted externally with small green-enamelled steel plates of predominantly square or rectangular shape joined to one another by welded rings and secured as collective units by rivets to a fabric base, the plates of the front section extending downward further than those of the rear, the fabric base formed of an outer layer decorated with fine brown and cream horizontal stripes, and an inner layer decorated with larger grey, beige and cream vertical stripes of a more elaborate pattern, the two sections connected to one another by snap-fasteners at the fronts of the shoulders, and by ties at the tops and bottoms of the sides, the lower ones forming a belt that fastens at the front Cuirasses of this type take their name from the fact that they were first manufactured in France but subsequently sold to British soldiers. See Dean 1920, pp. 114, fig. 70.

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**A GERMAN HALBERD, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, LATE 17TH CENTURY the first with very long central spike,

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Lot 236

**A GERMAN HALBERD, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, LATE 17TH CENTURY the first with very long central spike, forward leaning axe-blade pierced with a pi mark in the centre, pierced triangular rear fluke and a pair of long straps (in heavily pitted condition, repairs), on a wooden haft; the second with long tapering central spike, axe-blade and rear spike each formed of an openwork design, the central area occupied by a grotesque, tapering faceted socket fitted with a stout down-turned spike, on a wooden haft the first: 86.5 cm; 34 in head the second: 60.5 cm; 23 ¾ in head (2) Provenance The first: Ernst Schmidt, Munich, 5 June 1930 The second: Liberty & Co., London, 4 May 1930, no. 7400 JWHA Inv. Nos. 1089, 1181

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**AN ITALIAN HALBERD, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND A GERMAN HALBERD, PERHAPS LATE 16TH CENTURY the first with long tapering central

Thomas Del Mar Ltd

Lot 238

**AN ITALIAN HALBERD, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND A GERMAN HALBERD, PERHAPS LATE 16TH CENTURY the first with long tapering central spike of diamond-section, curved axe-blade with pierced lugs behind and a reinforced point, rear fluke formed en suite and with reinforced tip, a pair of straps, the head retaining traces of engraving, on a small portion of an early wooden haft (extensive worm damage), the second with forward leaning axe-blade pierced with a quatrefoil, triangular rear spike pierced with a slipped trefoil, central spike of diamond-section, a pair of long straps (one broken, the head pitted) on a wooden haft (shortened) the first: 63.5 cm; 25 in head the second: 30.3 cm; 19 7/8 in head (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 2546, 2082

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**A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY AND A HALBERD, PROBABLY ITALIAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first with

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Lot 240

**A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY AND A HALBERD, PROBABLY ITALIAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first with broad central blade formed with an acute point, a pair of scalloped wing-shaped lugs at the base, pierced curved axe-blade, rear spike formed en suite, tapering moulded socket, on a wooden haft; the second with slender wavy central blade, curved axe-blade with reinforced tips, rear spike pierced with holes, a pair of straps, on a studded wooden haft with iron shoe the first: 37 cm; 14 ½ in head the second: 58.5 cm; 23 in head (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 1095, 2546

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**A GERMAN HALBERD, 18TH CENTURY AND A HALBERD, PERHAPS 18TH CENTURY the first with tapering central blade moulded at the bas

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Lot 241

**A GERMAN HALBERD, 18TH CENTURY AND A HALBERD, PERHAPS 18TH CENTURY the first with tapering central blade moulded at the base and pierced with a flowerhead arrangement of apertures, slightly recurved slender axe-blade, formed with an additional rear lug top and bottom, down-curved rear spike with further lugs, and moulded tapering socket (pitted), on a wooden haft; the second with axe blade, flat rear spike, and a pair of central forks, tapering faceted socket (pitted), on a later wooden haft the first: 34.2 cm; 13 ½ in head the second: 37.2 cm; 14 5/8 in head (2) Provenance The first: Fenton & Sons, London, 27 April 1930, no. 4923AL JWHA Inv. Nos. 1166, 963

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**A NORTH EUROPEAN PARTISAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND A LUGGED SPEAR IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering

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Lot 243

**A NORTH EUROPEAN PARTISAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND A LUGGED SPEAR IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering central blade, a pair of shaped basal lugs, retaining some etching including a pair of cannon at the base (the upper portion now largely obscured) faceted socket with moulded collars a pair of long straps, wooden haft; the second with leaf-shaped central blade formed with a medial ridge, a pair of right angular flat basal lugs each engraved with zig-zag lines, pellets and crosses, tapering faceted socket, wooden haft with iron shoe the first: 21.8 cm; 8 ½ in head the second: 38.7 cm; 15 ¼ in head (2) Provenance The first: Max Williams, New York, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 7 March 1928, lot 70 The second: Angelo Peyron, Florence, sold Savoy Art Galleries, New York, 4 November 1954, part of lot 37 JWHA Inv. Nos. 488, 3065

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**FOUR GERMAN MILITARY SPEARS, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY the first with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering so

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Lot 249

**FOUR GERMAN MILITARY SPEARS, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY the first with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering socket, a pair of straps, very long wooden haft painted '260' in red at the base; the second with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering socket, a pair of straps, very long wooden haft (warped) painted '257' in red at the base; the third with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering socket, a pair of straps, very long wooden haft (warped) painted '243' in red at the base; the fourth with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering socket, a pair of straps, wooden haft (shortened) the first: 68cm; 26 ¾ in head (4) Provenance The second and fourth: Max Williams, New York, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 7 March 1928 lot 71 The third: same sale lot 76 JWHA Inv. Nos. 491, 490, 484, 495

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**THREE EUROPEAN SPEARS, 17TH/19TH CENTURIES the first with triangular medially-ridged head, tapering faceted socket, on a wo

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Lot 250

**THREE EUROPEAN SPEARS, 17TH/19TH CENTURIES the first with triangular medially-ridged head, tapering faceted socket, on a wooden haft; the second with long tapering spike of square section, moulded socket, faceted wooden haft with spiked iron shoe; and the third with long tapering head of flattened-diamond section, moulded faceted tapering socket, on a wooden haft with iron shoe the first: 46 cm; 18 1/8 in head (3) Provenance Ernst Schmidt, Munich, 9 November 1929 JWHA Inv. Nos. 1031, 3038, 2803

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**A NORTH EUROPEAN SPEAR, A NORTH EUROPEAN SPONTOON, 18TH CENTURY AND A BRITISH 1868 PATTERN CAVALRY LANCE the first with tap

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Lot 253

**A NORTH EUROPEAN SPEAR, A NORTH EUROPEAN SPONTOON, 18TH CENTURY AND A BRITISH 1868 PATTERN CAVALRY LANCE the first with tapering leaf-shaped blade of flattened-diamond section, fitted into the haft with a tang retained by a separate collar, and long wooden haft; the second with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, tapering moulded socket, a pair of short straps, faceted wooden haft with iron shoe; and the third of regulation type, with steel head (tip chipped), stamped '5256' at the base, on its bamboo haft with iron shoe incorporating a claw-shaped upper edge the first: 32 cm; 12 ½ in head (3) Provenance The second and third: Angelo Peyron, Florence sold Savoy Art Gallery, New York, 4 November 1954, part of lots 763 and 585. JWHA Inv. Nos. 92, 3090, 3082

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**FIVE AFRICAN SPEARS, 19TH CENTURY the first probably Congo, with leaf-shaped partially blackened head formed with a medial

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Lot 254

**FIVE AFRICAN SPEARS, 19TH CENTURY the first probably Congo, with leaf-shaped partially blackened head formed with a medial ridge, pierced at the base with five pairs of holes, on its wooden haft bound with copper at the base; the second Masai, with long medially-ridged leaf-shaped blade, tapering conical socket, wooden haft and very long basal spike; the third with lightly engraved leaf-shaped head from a long stem and tapering socket, on its wooden haft; the fourth with a C-shaped moulding at the base; and the last with small head and integral iron haft The first: 51.5 cm; 20 1/4 in head (5) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 2827, 1112, 974, 391, 214

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**AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ORNAMENT AND TWO ROMAN BRONZE FIBULAE, PROBABLY 1ST MILLENIUM B.C.; 3RD/4TH CENTURY A.D. the first in th

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Lot 255

**AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ORNAMENT AND TWO ROMAN BRONZE FIBULAE, PROBABLY 1ST MILLENIUM B.C.; 3RD/4TH CENTURY A.D. the first in the form of a cobra, the body looped behind the hood with projecting attachment, the other two of arched form, one with attachment pin, each with knob-shaped finials and abstract incised decoration The first 10.5cm long, and smaller (3) Provenance The first: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 30th January 1952 The other two: Comtesse de Broussiere, until circa 1913, said to have been found by her father Julien Greau, in the Rhone Valley towards the end of the 19th century, Karl Freund (Anderson JWHA Inv. Nos. 2977, 552

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**A SILVER ROUNDEL AND A BRONZE FRAGMENT the first Roman or later, possibly 2nd century, depicting a head of Medusa in repous

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Lot 258

**A SILVER ROUNDEL AND A BRONZE FRAGMENT the first Roman or later, possibly 2nd century, depicting a head of Medusa in repousse relief, the second probably from a dish or bowl, incised with a nude figure of a woman with three female attendants 12cm diameter and smaller (2) Provenance The first: Sumner Healey, New York 30 April 1929 The second: 27 March 1928 JWHA Inv. Nos. 238, 518

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TWO JAPANESE SWORD STANDS (KATANA KAKE), EDO PERIOD the first with rectangular base decorated in shell with a pair of fisherm

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Lot 26

TWO JAPANESE SWORD STANDS (KATANA KAKE), EDO PERIOD the first with rectangular base decorated in shell with a pair of fishermen in a seascape; the second with aoi-shaped base and stand enriched with shell ornament (losses) the first: 66 cm; 26 in high (2)

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**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising earlier close helmet

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Lot 262

**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising earlier close helmet of circa 1555-60 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb (dented and slightly perforated at its crest), and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots (replaced), the visor sloping forward to a centrally-divided vision-slit (the dividing-bar restored) and fitted at its right with a moulded lifting-peg (replaced), the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right with eleven cross-shaped ventilation-holes and secured to the lower bevor at the same side by a pierced stud and swivel-hook (the latter replaced), and two gorget-plates (replaced) front and rear; composite collar formed of two plates front and rear (the lowest in each case of deep form from a pikeman's armour); breastplate formed of a main plate of deep 'peascod' fashion fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets, at its right with a rigid lance-rest having its base pierced with four slots to fit over staples but now attached instead by two screws, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame (restored) fitted at each side with a pair of straps supporting a pendent tasset of five lames (restored); one-piece backplate formed at its lower edge with a short biliobate flange; two pauldrons (not a pair) of asymmetrical design, each formed of seven lames (the lowest four of the right associated, its third and seventh patched, and the lowest five of the left restored); vambraces of fully articulated tubular design (the upper cannon of the left patched), each fitted at its upper end with a turner of three lames (those of the left restored and the second of the right patched) and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of three lames (the first and third of the right patched, the second perforated at the point off the elbow); pair of gauntlets each formed of a flared and pointed tubular cuff closed at the inside of the wrist by an overlapped join, five metacarpal-plates (the first two of the right restored and the last three associated), a knuckle-plate embossed with a roped transverse rib, and a hinged thumb-defence (that of the right restored); fully articulated legharness each formed of a cuisse (the right restored) with a short gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its upper edge with two extension-plates and at its lower edge with a poleyn of five lames of which the third is formed at its outside with a large medially-puckered oval side-wing; and a pair of integral tubular greaves (restored) each terminating in a broad-toed integral sabaton of nine lames; the main edges of the armour formed with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces decorated with etched bands and borders of ornament consisting on the helmet of running foliate scrolls involving flower-heads and fabulous beasts and birds, and on all other parts of trophies of arms involving similar devices, all executed on a blackened and stippled ground and enclosed between narrower bands of guilloche See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York (sold from his estate by Jaques Seligman & Co, New York, 18 July 1939) JWHA Inv. No. 2525 Exhibited Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan, 17 March - 6 July 1948 Worcester Centennial Exposition, Massachusetts, 23 July - 2 August 1948 Hospital Trust Company, Rhode Island, 8 - 31 May 1967 Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1976 - 2013 The helmet resembles both in form and decoration, one forming part of an armour in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (formerly the C. O. von Kienbusch collection), made for William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke, and described in the inventory taken of his armoury at Wilton House, Wiltshire, in 1558, as 'a millayne dimilance graven and gilt wth the furniture' (J. F. Hayward, 'The Armoury of the first Earl of Pembroke', The Connoisseur, April 1960, pp. 226, 228, fig. 7)

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**A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising deep collar of one lame front and rear, in ea

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Lot 267

**A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising deep collar of one lame front and rear, in each case flanged upwards at its neck-opening (the front plate probably reworked to match the rear one and patched at its left rear corner); heavy one-piece breastplate (slightly cut down at each shoulder and patched at two points of its right edge), struck at the left of the belly with the proof-mark of a bullet, fitted to either side of the chest with a later stud to receive the shoulder-strap of its associated backplate, and flanged outwards at it V-shaped lower edge to receive, on a pair of projecting studs, a pair of long tassets each of twelve lames (the right partly disarticulated) divisible between the lowest two of them and terminating in broad winged poleyns of five lames (restored); heavy one-piece backplate fitted at each shoulder with scaled shoulder-straps (restored) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive, on a later screw with accompanying wing-nut, a broad culet of four lames of which the last is formed in two halves; large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of nine lames overlapping outwards from the fifth (the lowest lame of the right and the lowest two of the left restored, and the remainder composed of elements largely but not entirely drawn from the same series of armours); fully articulated tubular vambraces each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one short lame and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames; fingered gauntlets (restored) each formed of a long flared and pointed cuff struck with the mark of a small flower-head, fitted with a separate short fixed inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely ridged knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (the distal ends of the first two finger-defences of the right gauntlet and of the thumb-defences of both lacking); the main edges of the armour formed with plain inward turns accompanied by recessed borders or single incised lines (the incised lines of the breastplate and of the wings of the couter later added to make them match the elements with which they are associated), its subsidiary edges bordered, except on the gauntlets, by either double or single incised lines, and the lowest lame of the culet, the main plates of the pauldrons and the wings of the couters decorated with groups of round-headed rivets in rosette-formation (the armour lightly to moderately patinated overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Theodore Offerman, New York, sold American Art Association, New York, 11-13 November 1937, lot 324 JWHA Inv. No. 2471 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 107

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**A SOUTH GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE AND COLLAR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first of notable weight, comprising rounded one-piece skull ori

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Lot 273

**A SOUTH GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE AND COLLAR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first of notable weight, comprising rounded one-piece skull originally forming part of a close-helmet, rising to a high medial comb, struck at the left of the brow with the proof-mark of a bullet, fitted at the nape, beneath a slender-plume-holder, with a narrow round-ended neck-guard of five-lames (restored), at the front with an obtusely-pointed pivoted peak (associated and fitted at the rear of its right arm with five blind rivets designed to prevent its metal from delaminating) fitted on its underside with a later triple-barred face-defence (the central bar lacking its retaining-rivet), and at each side with a large hinged cheek-piece of four lames (restored using old metal, the right with a small patch), the uppermost lame in each case cut at the top of its front edge with a shallow outward-flanged notch shaped around the wearer's eye and pierced at its centre with nine small auditory holes in rosette-formation; the second formed of a front and rear section, each of four lames, joined by a hinge at the left and closed by studs and holes at the right; the main edges of both elements, excepting those of the neck-guard of the helmet, formed with plain inward turns, and the subsidiary edges of the helmet bordered by pairs of incised lines (both elements moderately patinated overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Schloss Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 5 March 1927, lot 1064 JWHA Inv. No. 191 Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1928-30 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 106

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**A NORTH ITALIAN BACKPLATE, CIRCA 1600; AND A PAIR OF BESAGUES, 19TH CENTURY IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE the first forme

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Lot 276

**A NORTH ITALIAN BACKPLATE, CIRCA 1600; AND A PAIR OF BESAGUES, 19TH CENTURY IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE the first formed in one piece with a broad shallow neck-opening and a flanged lower edge, its main edges formed with inward turns, later roped in the case of those of the neck and arm-openings and originally bordered there by bands of etched cabling, now largely erased; and the second consisting in each case of a circular disc rising at its centre to a prominent conical boss and formed peripherally with a plain upstanding inward turn, and its rear fitted with a leather suspension-loop and lace (3) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold from his estate, American Art Association, 23 November 1928, lot 145 JWHA Inv. No. 607 Exhibited 'The Age of Discovery and Exploration', Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, Massachusetts, February 1984 - November 1985 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 78

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**A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, CIRCA 1590 formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest and or

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Lot 278

**A SOUTH GERMAN COLLAR, CIRCA 1590 formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest and originally fitted with a pair of integral spaudlers (replaced at each side by a hinged brass loop for the attachment of a separate pauldron), and the first formed at its upper edge with a finely file-roped inward turn (the lowest front lame exhibiting some losses at the left of its outer edge, and the corresponding rear plate slightly trimmed at its lower edge) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2602

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**THE SKULL OF A NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER'S POT, POSSIBLY DUTCH, MID-17TH CENTURY; AND AN UNFINISHED VISOR, 19TH/20TH CENT

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Lot 279

**THE SKULL OF A NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER'S POT, POSSIBLY DUTCH, MID-17TH CENTURY; AND AN UNFINISHED VISOR, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE the first of hemispherical form constructed in two halves joined along the crest of a low medial comb, projecting backwards as a short flange to receive a neck-guard, and forwards as a broad obtusely-pointed peak pieced at the centre of the brow with a rectangular hole to accommodate a nasal-bar, the edge of the peak formed with a plain inward turn and the comb enclosed to either side by a pair of incised lines (each side of the skull fitted just above the outer ends of its peak with a later horizontal strip of iron, and the whole heavily corroded and holed); the second of bellows form, probably intended for a close-helmet, only partly worked to its final form and devoid of piercings (oxidised overall) (2) Provenance Probably Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York JWHA Inv. Nos. 3069, 247

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A JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER (HACHIWARA), 19TH CENTURY AND A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN SWORD, 18TH CENTURY the first with taperin

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Lot 28

A JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER (HACHIWARA), 19TH CENTURY AND A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN SWORD, 18TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade, a pair of strongly down-curved quillons, disc-shaped pommel, and the grip bound with rattan; the second with two-stage blade pierced with a series of slots and circles at the forte, a pair of drooping quillons, and compressed bun-shaped pommel the first: 52.7 cm; 20 3/4 in overall (2)

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**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN PAULDRONS AND VAMBRACES IN THE SO-CALLED 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY c

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Lot 280

**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN PAULDRONS AND VAMBRACES IN THE SO-CALLED 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY comprising small narrow-fronted symmetrical pauldrons each formed of six lames overlapping outwards from the third and largest (the first in each case patched, the second associated and the remainder restored, in part using old metal); and fully articulated tubular vambraces each fitted at its upper end with a short turner of one lame and at its elbow with a winged couter of three lames (the whole of the left vambrace and the wing of the right couter restored; and the diameter of the left upper cannon and turner increased in each case by the insertion of a riveted gusset); the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, decorated with roping in the case of those of the pauldrons, and accompanied in all cases by recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated with bands and sprays of flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines (lightly to moderately patinated overall and showing some patches of active rust) (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 404

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**A PAIR OF MITTEN GAUNTLETS, 19TH CENTURY, IN THE GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY; AND A PAIR OF BESAGUE

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Lot 282

**A PAIR OF MITTEN GAUNTLETS, 19TH CENTURY, IN THE GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY; AND A PAIR OF BESAGUES, 19TH CENTURY, IN THE GERMAN 'GOTHIC' STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY the first formed in each case of a short slightly flaring straight-ended cuff closed at the inside of the wrist by a riveted patch, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate extending mid-way down the fingers, and the main plate of a laterally-hinged thumb-defence, the metacarpal and knuckle-plates decorated with a distally diverging array of seven flutes, enclosed in each case by a pair of incised lines, the lower edge of the knuckle-plate formed with a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border, and the lower edge of the cuff decorated with filed diagonal nicks enclosed to the inside by a single incised line (each gauntlet showing patches of light active rust); and the second formed in each case of a disc formed peripherally with eleven cusps and rising at its centre to a conical boss having a broad base formed with a like number of cusps, and the whole suspended from a leather strap (4) Provenance Purportedly from 'an ancient Spanish armory' Edward C. Converse, sold American Art Association, New York, 25-6 November 1927, lot 292 JWHA Inv. No. 404 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, pp. 50-1

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**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS, CIRCA 1530-40 each formed of a moderately long slightly flaring straight-ended cuf

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Lot 284

**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLETS, CIRCA 1530-40 each formed of a moderately long slightly flaring straight-ended cuff (the two not identical in all details but probably deriving from the same series), fitted with a hinged inner plate (the two not identical and in each case associated), five metacarpal-plates (those of the left associated or restored), a knuckle-plate with boldly-roped transverse rib and a single short finger-plate (the knuckle-plate and finger-plate of the left from a right gauntlet of the same series), two strips of mail (associated) for the protection of the first and second, and the third and fourth fingers respectively, and the remains of hinges for the attachment of thumb-defences (lightly patinated overall and pierced with a few later holes) (2) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold from his estate 28 September 1929 JWHA Inv. Nos. 847, 848

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**A NORTH ITALIAN VAMBRACE FOR THE LEFT ARM, MID-16TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY with tubular upper and lower cannons (restored

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Lot 290

**A NORTH ITALIAN VAMBRACE FOR THE LEFT ARM, MID-16TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY with tubular upper and lower cannons (restored), the former fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame and articulated to the latter at its lower end by a winged bracelet couter of three lames (the first and third restored), the central and largest one open at its rear and originally constituting an independent element within a three-piece vambrace, its main edges formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its mid-line decorated with a matching roped rib enclosed to either side by a similar recessed border (the main plate of the couter heavily pitted and patched over the greater part of its perforated medial rib) Provenance Angel Peyron, Florence, Italy, sold Savoy Art and Auction Galleries, New York, 5 November 1954, lot 597 JWHA Inv. No. 3084

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**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN CUIRASSIER'S TASSETS, CIRCA 1620-30 each formed of eight lames (the first of the right and the first

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Lot 292

**A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN CUIRASSIER'S TASSETS, CIRCA 1620-30 each formed of eight lames (the first of the right and the first two of the left restored using old metal and patched at points) divisible between the fifth and sixth of them and terminating in a poleyn of three lames (the lowest in each case restored using old metal), of which the second is shaped to the point of the knee and formed at its outer end with a small spade-shaped wing; the main edges of the tassets formed with plain inward turns or partial turns, and their subsidiary edges bordered by pairs of incise lines (moderately patinated overall) (2) Provenance The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Schloss Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 5 March 1927, lot 1064 JWHA Inv. No. 191 Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1928-30 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 106

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**A PAIR OF TASSETS, PARTLY SOUTH GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND PARTLY 19TH CENTURY each formed of six medially-ridged lames

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Lot 293

**A PAIR OF TASSETS, PARTLY SOUTH GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND PARTLY 19TH CENTURY each formed of six medially-ridged lames (the third and fourth of the left original and the remainder restored), the first fitted with three brass suspension-buckles and the last, of greater depth than the rest, descending to a rounded lower edge, the main edges of the tassets formed with neatly file-roped inward turns (lightly patinated overall) (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2602

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**A PAIR OF TASSETS 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY of sub-rectangular form, each consisting

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Lot 294

**A PAIR OF TASSETS 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY of sub-rectangular form, each consisting originally of six lames (the last of the left missing, that above it associated from a right tasset, and the remainder partly disarticulated), the first fitted with a pair of iron suspension-buckles (the inner of the left missing) and the last with a gently convex lower edge formed with a plain inward turn repeated at the top of its inner edge ((lightly patinated and showing patches of active rust overall) (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 140

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**AN ITALIAN CUIRASSIER'S LEFT TASSET WITH BLUED AND GILT DECORATION, CIRCA 1610-20 formed of sixteen upward-overlapping lame

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Lot 295

**AN ITALIAN CUIRASSIER'S LEFT TASSET WITH BLUED AND GILT DECORATION, CIRCA 1610-20 formed of sixteen upward-overlapping lames divisible between the ninth and tenth, and terminating in a winged poleyn of five lames, the boxed first lame of the tasset pierced at its inner and outer ends respectively with a transverse keyhole-slot and a smaller rectangular slot, the latter accompanied by a swivel-hook (replaced), the main edges of both the tasset and poleyn formed with plain inward turns, and the subsidiary edge, with a series of five cusps, in each case bordered by a trio of incised lines repeated as patterns of saltires and chevrons on the poleyn, the points of the cusps enlivened by gilt brass-capped round-headed rivets (pitted and worm throughout and extensively disarticulated) Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, 28 September 1929 JWHA Inv. No. 927

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**A LARGE FRAGMENT OF MAIL, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 18TH CENTURY; ANOTHER SIMILAR, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 19TH CENTURY; AN

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Lot 305

**A LARGE FRAGMENT OF MAIL, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 18TH CENTURY; ANOTHER SIMILAR, PROBABLY MIDDLE EASTERN, 19TH CENTURY; AND FIVE SMALLER FRAGMENTS OF MAIL, PROBABLY INDIAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first formed of alternating rows of large welded and riveted links of half-round section (cut from a shirt and showing patches of light active rust); the second formed entirely of moderately large riveted links of predominantly circular section (cut from a shirt and holed at several points); and the third formed in each case of alternating rows of small welded and riveted rings of circular section (all holed at points and one heavily patinated) (7) Provenance JWHA Inv. Nos. 484, 474, 490, 2610

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**THE FOREPART OF AN INDIAN MAIL TIPPET, LATE 19TH CENTURY; A PAIR OF INDIAN MAIL SLEEVES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY; AND A FRAGMENT

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Lot 311

**THE FOREPART OF AN INDIAN MAIL TIPPET, LATE 19TH CENTURY; A PAIR OF INDIAN MAIL SLEEVES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY; AND A FRAGMENT OF AN INDIAN MAIL SHIRT, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first formed entirely of small butted links of iron and copper arranged in a repeated pattern of lozenges, shaped to the shoulders, formed with a short central opening at the neck and descending below the chest as three prominent dags (some holing and tarnishing); the second formed entirely of small riveted links of circular-section wire and bearing in each case a brass tag inscribed 'B. DEAN' (probably cut from a shirt and holed at points); the third comprising a sub-rectangular panel formed entirely of small riveted links of circular-section wire (extensively holed and tarnished) (4) Provenance The second: Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York JWHA Inv. Nos. 483, 495, 497, 491

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AN IVORY-MOUNTED GEORGIAN FOLDING KNIFE WITH TWENTY FOUR BLADES AND ANOTHER, MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED WITH SIXTEEN BLADES, LAT

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Lot 319

AN IVORY-MOUNTED GEORGIAN FOLDING KNIFE WITH TWENTY FOUR BLADES AND ANOTHER, MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED WITH SIXTEEN BLADES, LATE 18TH CENTURY the first with iron body, spike-like blades between brass fillets and turned ivory segmental panels; the second similar, the mother-of-pearl decorated with incised patterns, in its chamois case the first: 8.3 cm; 3 1/4 in closed (2)

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TWO FOLDING POCKET KNIFES, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN the first with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point and sta

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Lot 321

TWO FOLDING POCKET KNIFES, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN the first with broad blade formed with a clipped-back point and stamped with a cutler's mark on one face, white metal body cast and chased with scrolls of foliage and an issuant monsterhead and a swivelling loop; the second similar, smaller, with pierced border-engraved blade formed with a clipped-back point, and chased white metal body the first: 13.8 cm; 5 1/2 in, closed (2)

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TWO JAPANESE PICKS (KAMA YARI), EDO PERIOD the first with hooked blade (rusted), white metal-mounted wooden haft covered with

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Lot 33

TWO JAPANESE PICKS (KAMA YARI), EDO PERIOD the first with hooked blade (rusted), white metal-mounted wooden haft covered with mother-of-pearl, and a long chain with a weight; the second similar, with red painted haft the first: 30.5 cm; 12 in overall (2)

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A RARE CONTEMPORARY DRAWING OF A POLISH WAR HAMMER (NADZIAK), DATED 1620 ink and wash on paper, inscribed lower right 'Martel

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Lot 331

A RARE CONTEMPORARY DRAWING OF A POLISH WAR HAMMER (NADZIAK), DATED 1620 ink and wash on paper, inscribed lower right 'Martello, e disegno della Mazza di guerra detta 'Crane' con la quale da Michele Piekarski d'età di 40 anni Nobile di Russia fù ferito una volta con la punta nella schiena e l'altra con il manico (essendo nel pº. colpo usato il ferro) il Re di Polonia chiamato Sigismondo Litvari. Equesto seguò alli 15. di Novembre giorno di domenica 1620 ne le nove hore del mezzo horologio in Varsavia mentre Sa. Mta' si trovava in Chiesa, e legeva le Conclusioni dei Padri Domenicani. Dell'istesso Anno il Junio tagliò a pezzi .?. Polacchi con la morte del loro Terrenale.', frma ed and glaze 39.8 x 43.5 cm; 15 ¾ x 17 1/8 in framed and glazed The translation reads : a sledge hammer, a war hammer design called a 'Crane' with which Russian nobleman Michele [Michal] Piekarski, aged 40, wounded the King of Poland called Sigismund of Lithuania in the back with one blow of the hammer point and another of the hammer shaft (having used the metal for the first blow). This happened on Sunday the 15th of November 1620 at 9 ½ hours in Warsaw while his Majesty was in church studying the learnings of the Dominican Fathers. In June of that year [The King/the Hammer] cut to pieces .?. Polish people with the death of their earthly life. The drawing is perhaps the work of a political sympathiser in opposition to the Swedish annexation of Poland under Sigismund III Vasa as part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It would follow that the drawing could be an extract from one of the pamphlets that are known to have been circulated on the Warsaw Market Square soon after the attempted assassination in the Cathedral, reporting different viewpoints on the subject.

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A .41 CALIBRE COLT FIRST MODEL DERINGER, NO. 4155, CIRCA 1870-90 of standard production specifications (areas of light pittin

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Lot 332

A .41 CALIBRE COLT FIRST MODEL DERINGER, NO. 4155, CIRCA 1870-90 of standard production specifications (areas of light pitting, engraving and inscriptions clear, no original finish) 6.5 cm; 2 1/2 in barrel

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THREE JAPANESE SPEAR HEADS (YARI) AND A FURTHER SPIKE FOR A HAFTED WEAPON the first with blade of triangular-section, grooved

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Lot 34

THREE JAPANESE SPEAR HEADS (YARI) AND A FURTHER SPIKE FOR A HAFTED WEAPON the first with blade of triangular-section, grooved on each face, and long tapering tang pierced with a single hole, in its red lacquered scabbard; the second with two-stage blade and long tapering tang; the third with shorter head of triangular section, wooden grip, in its scabbard; and the last for a j-ute with spike of tapering square section, formed with a hook at the base, and plain tang pierced with a single hole the first: 17.5 cm; 6 7/8 in head (4)

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A RARE CASED .36 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1861 NAVY REVOLVER, NO. 19258 FOR 1864 AND A .36 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1862 POLICE REVOLVER,

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Lot 351

A RARE CASED .36 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1861 NAVY REVOLVER, NO. 19258 FOR 1864 AND A .36 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1862 POLICE REVOLVER, NO. 22335 FOR 1863 the first with blued barrel with single line New York address, engraved cylinder, frame retaining traces of case-hardening colour, brass trigger-guard and back-strap, and polished walnut grips (areas of wear); the second with single line New York address on the barrel, and some early finish: in American style fitted mahogany case (lid cracked, areas of wear), the interior lined in blue velvet, complete with accessories comprising two iron bullet moulds, each marked 'Colt's patent' and one stamped '36P', two brass flasks of differing size, and two nipple wrenches, and a tin for Eley percussion caps for Colt's patent revolvers the first: 19 cm; 7 ½ in barrel the second: 14 cm; 5 ½ in barrel

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A 12 BORE COMPOSITE GERMAN PISTOL AND A 16 BORE SOUTH GERMAN PERCUSSION PISTOL, CIRCA 1760 converted from flintlock, the firs

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Lot 385

A 12 BORE COMPOSITE GERMAN PISTOL AND A 16 BORE SOUTH GERMAN PERCUSSION PISTOL, CIRCA 1760 converted from flintlock, the first with tapering sighted barrel formed with a long flat, stepped regulation lock with Potsdam arsenal inscription, full stock and brass mounts (worn); and the second with tapering sighted barrel inlaid with brass and struck with a barrelsmith's mark, perhaps for a member of the Kuchenreuter family, rounded lock, and full stock carved about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang (repaired), and brass mounts including spurred pommel (worn) the first: 31 cm; 12 1/4 in barrel (2)

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARM DEFENCES (KOTE), SHIN DEFENCES (SUNEATE) AND A JIMBAORI the first of quilted fabric applied with black

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Lot 39

A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARM DEFENCES (KOTE), SHIN DEFENCES (SUNEATE) AND A JIMBAORI the first of quilted fabric applied with black lacquered plates joined by mail (losses, areas of wear); and the second of padded fabric with lacquered lamellar reinforces joined by mail; and the third of characteristic form (5)

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A FINE GERMAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH GILT-IRON HILT, CIRCA 1620-30 with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, each f

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A FINE GERMAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER WITH GILT-IRON HILT, CIRCA 1620-30 with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, each face struck with the bladesmith's mark, a crowned Imperial eagle, one face signed twice by the bladesmith 'Johannis Berns' and the other inscribed 'Me Fecit Solingen', all between a series of decorative marks within a pair of short fullers framed by incised lines and flanked by two further fullers, tapering fullered ricasso struck four times with the bladesmith's mark, symmetrical iron hilt of faceted bars comprising a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the tips (one slightly bent), ogee écusson, a pair of arms, three ring-guards, the lowest fitted with a pierced sprung-in plate and the topmost continuing as a diagonal bar joining the knuckle-guard, curved knuckle-guard and faceted near spherical pommel, early spirally carved wooden grip bound with plaited copper wire between 'Turk's heads' and the entire hilt retaining an early gilded finish (rubbed in areas, small losses) 100.5 cm; 39 1/8 in blade Johannes Berns, a swordsmith, is recorded in Dusseldorf, Denmark and Solingen during the first half of the 17th Century. See Weyersberg 1926, pp. 10-11.

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