**A NEPALESE SHORTSWORD (KORA), FOUR NEPALESE SHORTSWORDS (KUKRI), 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIESthe first of characteristic form, with broad blade swelling to a double-cusped tip, chiselled on each side with foliage on the back-edge, at the tip with a rondel filled with a mounted figure and a sun-in-splendour respectively, and with a chiselled brass figure in low relief on one face at the forte, and iron hilt of talwar form; the kukris of characteristic form, the second with chased white metal grip; the third chiselled with figures in traditional dress on the broad blade, and khanjar hilt decorated en suite; the fourth with hardwood grip, in its scabbard; the fifth of characteristic form, with carved hardwood grip, and a scabbard for a Ghurka kukri knife, with pierced and chased silver locketthe first: 57 cm; 22 1/2 in blade(6)ProvenanceThe second: R. McAlpine Woods, Miami, Florida, 31st March 1953The third: Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd January 1927, lot 521The fourth: Dr. Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, 28th September 1929, no. 13JWHA Inv. No. 2050, 3198, 105, 957, 3481; 823.b
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**AN INDIAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA), AN INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), AND A COMBINED CRUTCH AND CONCEALED DAGGER (FAKIR`S CRUTCH), 19TH/20TH CENTURYthe first with curved double-edged blade decorated with silver scrolls at the forte, steel hilt decorated en suite, in its matching scabbard; the second with a pair of recurved double-edged blade, and engraved brass loop-shaped hilt chiselled with a panel of foliage top and bottom, and retaining an early padded lining; the third with very slender blade, and characteristic steel body and scabbard with traces of silver decorationthe first: 22.5 cm; 9 in blade(3)ProvenanceThe first: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 76The second: L. H. Auron, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 12th February 1958JWHA Inv. Nos. 3768, 3149, 2124.1
**THREE DETACHED PERSIAN SPEARHEADS, 19TH CENTURYeach of bifurcated form, with wavy blades and tapering sockets, the first etched over its head with foliage inhabited by fish and birds, and with a silver bouquet at the base; the second and third chiselled with flowers and foliage, enriched with a central bouquet in silverthe first: 60.5 cm; 23 7/8 in head(3)ProvenanceThe first and second: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 262JWHA Inv. Nos. 3607, 3608, 2105
**A GROUP OF SAXON AND MEDIAEVAL BRONZE BUCKLES AND OTHER ITEMS, NORTHERN EUROPE OR BRITAINcomprising a pair of bronze belt fittings, circa 1000AD, of triangular form, with five domed studs bordered by silver gilt, the central area with incised abstract designs and silver-gilt looped projections on the short edge and on the reverse, two quatrefoil buckles, probably 500-1000AD, the larger with curved bar on one end, a fragmentary mediaeval badge or ornament, 15th century or earlier, two oval buckles, 450-1000AD, of oval section, one with ridged, the other incised geometric decoration, and a ball finial of later date, with traces of giltthe first 9.2 cm; 3 5/8 in long and smaller(8)ProvenanceThe fourth (larger quatrefoil buckle), fifth (badge) and sixth (larger oval buckle): Sumner Healey, New York, 30th April 1929JWHA Inv. Nos. 238.116a&b, 238.59, 238.60, 238.119, 238.13, 238.4, 138ExhibitedEarly Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore Museum of Art , 25th April-22nd June, 1947Badges of circular openwork form were worn by pilgrims during the mediaeval period as mementoes and proof of pilgrimage. See L. and R. A. Adkins, 1982, p.180.
**FIFTEEN MISCELLANEOUS ANCIENT AND ISLAMIC COINSincluding: a Fatimid billon dirham, an Arab Byzantine fals of Hims, a glass weight depicting a lion (possibly Mamluk) and miscellaneous Greek Imperial and Byzantine bronze issues including some of Egyptian interest, mixed lower grades; together with six late Roman bronze coins including a Follis of Constantius I(21)ProvenanceThe fifteen miscellaneous coins collected by Charles O. Chaplin `in the Orient` in 1870-71.Gifted to the Museum by Mrs R. Sanford Riley, 12th March 1932JWHA Inv. Nos. 1725, 2002.02.1, 2002.02.3, 564, 2979.4, 2980.30, 2980.38
**A HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ITALIAN AND ANOTHER, MID-18TH CENTURYthe first: with shortened blade of flattened-diamond section, stamped `PNMPN` within a short fuller on each face, brass hilt comprising langet formed as a green man mask, down-turned foliate quillon, moulded knuckle-guard, slender back-strap rising to forma foliate pommel cap, and carved horn grip (light worm damage); the second with double-edged blade stamped with the spurious date `1441` within a short fuller on each side and with a running wolf mark ahead, brass hilt comprising down-turned scalloped shell-guard, knuckle-guard, cap pommel and faceted horn grip (bleached)the first: 57 cm; 22 1/2 in(2)ProvenanceThe first: Angelo Peyron, Florence, Italy, sold Savoy Art & Auction Galleries, New York, 4th November 1954, part of lot 131The second: Albert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 122JWHA Inv. Nos. 3076.1, 117
**TWO GERMAN HUNTING SWORDS, MID-18TH CENTURYthe first with hollow diamond section blade etched with a spurious inscription at the forte, steel hilt including a pair of quillons with ovoid terminals, and spirally carved horn grip; the second with tapering double-edged blade with the spurious date 1616, engraved brass hilt including a pair of quillons with flattened globular terminals, and later spirally carved wooden grip, in contemporary stylethe first:73.5 cm; 29 in blade(2)ProvenanceAlbert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 93Alfred Marsden Scott, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 25th November 1953JWHA Inv. Nos. 114, 3284
**FOUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN AXES (DOLOIRE), 17TH CENTURYthe first with head of goose wing form, struck with a mark, socket with flattened rear face, and later short wooden haft; the second with head of goose wing form, rounded at the base, stamped with a series of dots, lines and `Hocher`, and the socket with flattened rear face; the third with head of goose wing form, rounded at the base, stamped with a series of decorative marks, socket with flattened back, on a later short wooden haft; the fourth with head of goose wing form, rounded at the base, stamped with a series of decorative marks, socket with flattened back, on a later short wooden haftthe first: 26.5 cm; 10 1/2 in head(4)ProvenanceThe first: Albert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 304The second, third and fourth: Theodore Offerman, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 5th February 1938, lot 180JWHA Inv. Nos. 133, 2485, 2486, 2487
**AN ITALIAN BRANDISTOCK, POSSIBLY FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURYwith long tapering central blade of hollow diamond section, a pair of upturned crescentic basal lugs, tapering socket, on its wooden haft (shortened)71 cm; 28 1/4 in headProvenanceAlbert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 137JWHA Inv. No. 118
**A COMPOSITE ETCHED NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, CIRCA 1540comprising close helmet with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb and fitted at the nape with a later plume-holder, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots, in each case fitted beneath its head with a rosette washer (replaced), the visor, with stepped centrally-divided vision-slit, fitted at its right with a lifting-peg (replaced), the markedly prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation and fitted with a swivel-hook (replaced) to secure it to a pierced stud projecting from the bevor, and two rounded gorget-plates front and rear (the articulation-points of the lowest rear one patched), collar (restored) of three lames front and rear (restored), rounded and medially-ridged breastplate formed of a main plate fitted at each side with a rigidly-riveted side-plate and a movable gusset, at the right of the chest with three holes of which two serve to attach a hinged lance-rest (associated), and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two lames (associated), and a pair of long, pendent tassets (the right restored) each of seven lames, one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of two lames (restored), large asymmetrical pauldrons each formed of six lames, the third of the left flanged upwards to form a high haute-piece (the first and fourth to sixth of the left and the second of the right restored, and the third to fourth of the latter associated), fully articulated vambraces each formed of a one-piece turner, a tubular upper cannon, a winged couter of four lames, and a tapering tubular lower cannon, the couter open at its rear and decorated medially with a roped transverse rib, left mitten gauntlet (modern) formed of a short rounded tubular cuff fitted with a separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate formed with a roped transverse rib, five finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence of five scales, a pair of short gutter-shaped cuisses (the right restored) each of one plate boxed medially and at the outside, and fitted with a winged poleyn of five lames (those of the right restored), and a pair of ankle-length greaves each fitted at its outside with a hinged side-plate and open at its inside rear (the main plate of the right patched at it lower edge, and its side-plate restored), the main edges of the armour formed with boldly-roped inward turns bordered, except on the collar, the backplate and the gauntlet by bands of finely etched linear arabesque ornament involving at either side of the comb of the helmet and the top of the haute-piece of the left pauldron a cross within a circular cartouche, that of the helmet, the right pauldron, the second and third lames of the left pauldron, the left tasset, the left cuisse and left greave original, and the remainder restoredSee note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands ProvenanceWilliam Randolph Hearst, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 4th December 1952JWHA, Inv. No. 3017 a-pExhibitedG. R. Marshall & Co, Canada, 1954Worcester Pressed Steel Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, 1954John Woodman Higgins`s summer home, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1959Pressed Metal Institute, 1955Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 18-19 November 1954 and 17-18 November 1959Natwick Q M Corps, 20 November 1964-31 January 1966Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, 12-14 November 1966The helmet, the right pauldron, parts of the left pauldron, the left tasset, the left cuisse, the left greave and possibly the main plate of the breastplate form the remains of a finely decorated homogenous armour.The restoration of the armour was carried out in part by George Donaldson, armourer to William Randolph Hearst.The armour can be compared in style with the slightly later Italian armour of Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-73), in the Hofjagd-und Rüstkammer, Vienna, Inv. No. A 406 (Gamber & Beaufort 1990, p. 125, pl. 61)
**A COMPOSITE BLUED AND GILT WESTERN EUROPEAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, CIRCA 1550-80, WITH LATER DECORATIONcomprising Italian close helmet with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb and struck at the nape with a maker`s mark involving a monogram, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to it by common pivots and secured in each case by a spring-catch (the visor restored, the upper bevor associated and the spring-catches and pivots replaced), the visor pierced beneath its stepped and centrally-divided vision-slit with fourteen circular ventilation holes and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg also serving as the release for its spring-catch (broken), the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its left and right sides respectively with thirteen and fourteen circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, and two rounded gorget-plates front and rear (those at the rear associated, those at the front restored using old metal), German breastplate of `deep-bellied` fashion formed of a medially-ridged main plate fitted at its neck-opening with an integral collar of two lames (restored), at its stepped arm-openings with movable gusset (restored) in each case pierced with a pair of holes for the attachment of a besague, at the right of the chest with a rigid lance-rest (restored), and at its flanged lower edge (patched) with an integral fauld of three lames (restored) supporting long tassets each of seven lames (associated and in part modified to fit their present context), the lowest lame of the left tasset struck with the Vienna arsenal-mark and the fauld pierced with a hole to receive a one-piece-German codpiece (patched at its upper edge), backplate formed of a main plate fitted at its neck-opening with an integral collar of two lames (restored) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of three lames (restored, probably using old metal), two large asymmetrical German pauldrons (not a pair) each formed of six lames (several showing patching and plugging, and one removed from between the fourth and fifth of the right), a pair of fully articulated Italian vambraces each formed of a one-piece turner (the left with some plugged holes), a tubular upper cannon, a winged bracelet couter of three lames and a tapering tubular lower cannon opening at the rear, German mitten gauntlets each formed of a flared and obtusely-pointed one-piece cuff closed by a riveted join at the inside of the wrist, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, four finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence of four scales (the metacarpal-plates and the finger-plates associated and reworked to their present context, the knuckle plates-and thumb-defences restored), short cuisses each of four lames terminating in a winged poleyn of four lames (the left cuisse and the first three lames of its left poleyn restored), and a pair of full-length tubular greaves each formed of a separable front and rear half (the front of the right and the rear of the left restored) and furnished with an integral sabaton of four lames connected by strips of Oriental mail to rounded toe-caps (restored), the main edges of the armour formed with file-roped inward turns, the couters and poleyns each decorated on the points and wings respectively of their main plates with raised quatrefoils and confronted volutes (the quatrefoils of the couters and the volutes of the poleyns later), and the remainder of the armour decorated overall with recessed borders and vertical bands (the bands later except on the codpiece), all gilt on an overall heat-blued ground (the gilding and bluing later) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands ProvenanceDr. Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 26th October 1950, lot 110JWHA Inv. No. 2879.a-oExhibitedMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, prior to 1950Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 6 January-21 February 1966New England Museum of Science, Boston Massachusetts, 1-11 December 1966 Winterfest, Boston `Art of the Armorer`, Flint Institute of Art, Missouri, 1 December 1967-1 April 1968Worcester Pressed Steel Co., for New England Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-6 December 1968 Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida, 1 December 1979-13 January 1980`Road Warriors: Knight Riders`, Norton Museum of Art, , West Palm Beach, Florida, 24 June-4 September 2000LiteratureStephen V. Grancsay, The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1961, p. 60 (ill.)The inside of the right greave inscribed `Toe-caps, waste [sic.] armor / parts of cuissards, 1 knee, 1 back / of lower leg modern. /Restored by R. Bartel 1916`. The rear of the lance-rest is similarly inscribed on its rear, `piece faite par / Julien Arrechea / 1916`.Raymond Bartel subsequently became armourer to William Randolph Hearst at St Donat`s Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.The recessed vertical bands that decorate codpiece were clearly the inspiration for the embellishment of the remainder of the armour. The embossed volutes on the couters served as the inspiration for those of the cuisses, and the embossed quatrefoils of the cuisses, for those of the couters.
**AN ENGLISH SHOT-PROOF STEEL TARGET OF NOTABLE WEIGHT, 17TH CENTURYof convex oval form, fitted at its centre with a low rosette-shaped boss and pierced at its upper end, just below the proof-mark of a bullet, with a flanged horizontal vision-slit, the flanged edge of the target turned outwards at its upper end to form a loop, cut with a horizontal slot at it right side and notched at its lower end, its rear fitted with a quilted lining of buff-leather and the remains of a pair of enarmes59.5 cm; 23½ in highProvenanceSir Samuel Rush Meyrick, Goodrich Court, HerefordshireLeonard Brassey, Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire, sold Christie`s, 21st February 1923, lot 152, purchased by Dr Bashford Dean acting on behalf of Clarence Mackay of Long Island, New York (Cat. No. C-32)William Randolph Hearst, sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 31st October 1941JWHA Inv. No. 2668LiteratureSir Samuel Rush Meyrick & Joseph Skelton, Engraved Illustrations of Ancient Arms and Armour from the Collection at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, Vol. I, London, 1830, pl. LXV, 1J. R. Planché, Catalogue of the Armour and Miscellaneous Objects of Art Known as the Meyrick Collection…exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, London, 1869, Cat. No. 866ExhibitedSouth Kensington Museum (now the Victoria & Albert Museum), London, 1869-71The shield can be compared with one from the armoury of the Earls of Warwick at Warwick Castle (Francis Grose, Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time, Vol. II, London, 1812, p. 358, plate 48) sold in these rooms on 25 June 2008, lot 345. Its weight suggests that it was intended for siege use.
**FIVE EUROPEAN HORSE BITS, 17TH/19TH CENTURIESthe first and second perhaps Italian, 18th century, with curved moulded side-bars decorated with filed mouldings, and U-shaped mouth-piece, each fitted with rings for attachment; the third probably German, late 17th century, with curved side bars decorated with filed mouldings, fixed two-piece mouth-piece, and a pair of rings; the fourth French, fitted with a brass fleur-de-lys boss on each side; and the fifth with solid mouth-piece; together with an iron link, probably from a harnessthe first: 22 cm; 8 3/4 in(6)ProvenanceThe first, second and third: Angelo Peyron, Florence, Italy, sold Savoy Art & Auction Galleries, New York, 4th November 1954, part of lot 675The fourth: George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 28th November 1928, lot 173The fifth: Albert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 286JWHA Inv. Nos. 3088.8, 3088.9, 3088.7, 652, 132, 277
**A BRITISH COMPOSITE OFFICER`S SWORD; AN 1853 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER`S SWORD AND AN 1885 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPER`S SWORDthe first with etched regulation Naval blade based on the 1845 pattern, steel triple-bar hilt, and wire-bound fishskin-covered grip; the second of regulation type, in its scabbard; and the third of regulation type, stamped with War department and inspector`s marks at the forte, in its scabbardthe first: 69 cm; 27 1/8 in blade(3)ProvenanceThe second and third: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, nos. 6, 10JWHA Inv. Nos. 2068, 3611, 3582
**AN OFFICER`S SWORD, PROBABLY BRITISH EARLY 19TH CENTURY; A BRITISH LIFE-GUARD OFFICER`S SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY; A BRITISH 1897 GEORGE V INFANTRY OFFICER`S SWIRD; AND AN OFFICER`S SPADROON, EARLY 19TH CENTURYthe first with curved fullered single-edged blade etched and gilt with foliage and trophies on a blued panel at the base (worn), brass stirrup hilt (restored), and horn grip; the second with associated blade of regulation type, gilt-brass hilt including boatshell guard engraved with an expanded flowerhead in the centre and a border of foliage on the inside, the outer face reinforced with a steel and, engraved pommel, and wire-bound grip, with scabbard (incomplete, now in two pieces); the third with etched blade, plated hilt, in its leather field service scabbard; and the fourth with earlier fullered blade struck with a mark (probably the running fox of Shotley Bridge), brass hilt and fluted hardwood gripthe first:75.5 cm; 25 3/4 in blade(4)ProvenanceThe third: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 18JWHA Inv. Nos. 3501, 3278, 3598
**A POST 1902 NAVAL OFFICER`S SWORD BY S.W.SILVER & CO., CORNHILL, LONDONof regulation type, with etched blade (areas of pitting), gilt-brass hilt, bullion sword knot, in its brass-mounted leather regulation scabbard79.5 cm; 31 3/8 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 7JWHA Inv. No. 3571
**TWO FRENCH OFFICER`S SWORDS, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURYthe first with earlier curved blade formed with a hatchet point, cut with a pair of long slender fullers and stamped with a series of indistinct marks on each face, regulation brass hilt, comprising down-turned quillon chiselled with foliage, quillon-block cast with trophies-of-arms in low relief, eagle head pommel engulfed with a ring forming the upper part of the knuckle-guard, and wire-bound leather-covered grip; the second with curved blade cut with a long broad fuller on each face, brass hilt including down-turned quillon and lion head pommelthe first: 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade(2)ProvenanceThe Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 1st - 5th March 1927, part of lot 5The second: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 13JWHA Inv. Nos. 264, 3619
**A GERMAN SABRE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, NAVAL OR ARTILLERYwith curved single-edged blade (ground) stamped with a series of inspection marks at the forte, steel stirrup hilt, banded grip, in its steel scabbard76 cm; 30 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 16JWHA Inv. No. 3577
**A SPANISH SWORD, DATED 1740; A SPANISH OFFICER`S SWORD DATED 1863; A SPANISH MODEL 1895 MOUNTED TROOPER`S SABRE, DATED 1897; A SPANISH MODEL 1867 INFANTRY OFFICER`S SWORD; AND A SPANISH MODEL 1844 CIVIL GUARD SARGEANT`S SWORDthe first with double-edged blade etched `Carlos III` and `Dragones Toledo 1740` on the respective faces, iron hilt formed of a down-curved quillon, three-ring outer-guard, knuckle-guard, and inner-guard all secured by threaded bolts, moulded pommel and wire-bound spirally carved grip; the second with etched regulation blade, decorated with a running pattern of foliage, the date the Royal arms and crowned cypher `Y2`, folding side-guard, in its scabbard; the third of regulation type, with etched blade including Toledo inscription and the date, in its scabbard; the fourth with shortened Toledo blade and regulation brass hilt; the fifth with dated Toledo blade and regulation brass hiltthe first: 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade(5)ProvenanceThe third, fourth, fifth: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, nos. 21, 15, 20JWHA Inv. Nos. 2066, 355, 3566, 3602, 3605
**A NORTH ITALIAN INFANTRY SAPPERS AXE, 19TH CENTURYwith wedge-shaped head formed with a flat hammer head pean, etched on one side with an infantry horn enclosing the number `4`, and `Paolo Landi, Mfr di Brescia` on the other, robust leaf-shaped central spike, a pair of langets, on its wooden haft (shoe missing)109.5 cm; 43 1/8 in overallProvenanceAlbert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 306JWHA Inv. No. 134
**A U.S. 2ND MODEL CAVALRY SABRE, VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY, CIRCA 1806-8of regulation type, with strongly curved blade cut with a narrow and broad long fuller on each face, stamped `J. Winner Fecit` on the back edge, slotted steel stirrup hilt, wire-bound wooden grip (chipped at the top), in its steel scabbard100 cm; 39 3/8 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 51JWHA Inv. No. 3616James Winner is recorded 1790-1824 and was a highly regarded bladesmith
**A U.S. MODEL 1840 LIGHT ARTILLERY SABRE, DATED 1865of regulation type, with curved blade stamped `US/ADK` with the date at the forte on one face and with Ames manufacturing inscription and the serial number `252` on the other, brass hilt, leather-covered wire-bound grip, in its steel scabbard83 cm; 32 3/4 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 11JWHA Inv. No. 3574
**A U.S. MODEL 1840 HEAVY CAVALRY DRAGOON SABRE, DATED 1847of regulation type, stamped `N.P. Ames/Cabotville` and with the date at the forte, brass hilt, leather-covered wire-bound grip, in its steel scabbard91.5 cm; 36 1/8 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no.19JWHA Inv. No. 3574
**A U.S. MODEL 1860 CAVALRY SWORD, DATED 1864with regulation blade stamped `Ames Mfg/Chicopee/Mass` and the date at the forte, regulation brass hilt, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its steel scabbard89 cm; 35 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no.45JWHA Inv. No. 3586
**A U.S. MODEL 1860 CAVALRY SWORD, DATED 1864with regulation blade stamped `Ames Mfg/Chicopee/Mass` (rubbed) and the date at the forte, regulation brass hilt, wire-bound leather-covered grip, in its steel scabbard89 cm; 35 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no.5JWHA Inv. No. 3576
**A U.S. MODEL 1872 CAVALRY OFFICER`S SABREOf regulation type, with etched blade including the maker`s name `Henry D. C. Dubois` on one face and with the maker`s details ` Oak Hall Clothing Co., Boston MA` at the forte, regulation brass hilt, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its scabbard86 cm; 33 7/8 in bladeProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no.4JWHA Inv. No. 3604
**A CONTINENTAL EPROUVETTE, LATE 17TH CENTURYbased on the design of Surirey de Saint-Remy, with low tubular iron pan, moulded cover incorporated as an extension of the numbered ratchet wheel (numbering rubbed), robust mainspring with thumbscrew for adjusting tension, on a wooden base retained by a pair of early bolts with lever nuts24.4 cm; 9 5/8 in longProvenanceSumner Healey, New York, 1st February 1933, no. 41JWHA Inv. No. 1942LiteratureR. T. W. Kempers, Eprouvettes, A Comprehensive Study of Early Devices for the Testing of Gunpowder, Leeds, 1998, p. 91, fig. 72
**A LIÈGOIS PERCUSSION EPROUVETTE, CIRCA 1840-5with very short barrel stamped with Liège proof mark on the left, fitted with numbered ratchet wheel with lever release beneath, scroll-engraved box-lock action, and associated butt13.5 cm; 5 3/8 in overallProvenanceAlbert R. Louis, sold Walpole Galleries, New York, 22nd February 1927, lot 22JWHA Inv. No. 113
**THREE BULLET MOULDS, 17TH/19TH CENTURIESthe first of iron, with provision for twelve balls of approximately 14 bore, slotted terminal for a locking wedge, and a pair of integral handles with curved terminals (pitted); the second with brass mould for four balls of approximately 40, 28, 20 and 14 bore, marked `IM` on the outside, and turned wooden handles; and the last for a single 20 bore ball, with integral spru-cutter and handlesthe first: 50 cm; 19 3/4 in overall(3) ProvenanceThe first: Robert Abels, New York, 21st April 1949The second and third: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, nos. 274, 279JWHA Inv. No. 2199, 3745, 3750
**A .44 CALIBRE COLT MODEL 1860 MODEL ARMY REVOLVER, NO. 166134 FOR 1868of standard production specifications, the barrel with traces of address, revarnished walnut butt, and with matching numbers (refinished throughout)20.5 cm; 8 1/8 in barrelProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 180JWHA Inv. No. 3647
**A 50 BORE BELGIAN SIX-SHOT PIN-FIRE REVOLVER, LIÈGE PROOF, NO. 16285, CIRCA 1860with two-stage barrel (fore-sight removed) stamped `E. Lefaucheux Brevete` on the left, engraved cylinder decorated with neo-rococo ornament and retaining traces of blued finish, engraved frame numbered on the left, with loading gate and clearing rod on the right, folding trigger, and chequered butt15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in barrelProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 202JWHA Inv. No. 3791
**AN 80 BORE ENGLISH FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY PARKES, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790with turn-off cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on a rococo scroll on the left and engraved with further scrolls on the right, flat-sided walnut butt inlaid with silver wire rococo scrolls, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner`s initials `JW` and crest, and engraved steel sliding trigger-guard safety-catch4.8 cm; 1 7/8 in barrelProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 133JWHA Inv. No. 3694The maker is probably John Parkes, recorded 1766-88The owner`s crest is that of Wentworth.
**A .71 CALIBRE U.S. MODEL 1795 FLINTLOCK MUSKET FOR THE CHARLESTON CITY GUARDof regulation type, with sighted barrel retained by three steel bands, stamped `Charleston City Guard` over the breech, regulation lock signed `Miles`, walnut full stock (fore-end cracked), marked `21` (filled) on the left of the butt, regulation steel mounts and steel ramrod113.7 cm; 44 3/4 in barrelProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 223JWHA Inv. No. 3572John Miles took over Robert McCormick`s uncompleted contract of 1799 and delivered 3,025 muskets of this pattern in 1801-2.
**A .400 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSION LONG `KENTUCKY` RIFLE, SECOND QUARTER IOF THE 19TH CENTURYwith heavy octagonal barrel stamped with a series of stars around the muzzle face, stamped `L*L` over the breech and fitted with German silver- fore-sight, the tang pierced with two holes and retained by a single screw (cracked), flat lock signed `Henry Parker Warranted` and engraved with a game bird, double set trigger, figured maple full stock, slender butt with raised cheek-piece on the left, brass mounts of shaped outline, comprising faceted trigger-guard, vestigial side-plate, butt-plate, three ramrod-pipes, and fore-end cap(later ramrod, the steel parts cleaned with chemicals)86 cm; 33 7/8 in barrelProvenanceMilton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 239JWHA Inv. No. 3617
An Edward Vii Long service in the volunteer force medal issued to 206 CPL W. Mitchell 3rd V B Welsh Regt, together with the British War Medal and Victory Medal issued to 35287 CPL. W Mitchell West R., a medal "Presented to the men of Trallwyn Pontypridd who served in the Great War" issued to PTE W Mitchell, a set of four World Ward II medals including the 1939-45 star, the Italy star, The France and Germany Star, and the defence medal, REME belt, button etc.
Suite of five WWII medals comprising 1939/45 Star, Atlantic Star with France and Germany Badge, The Africa Star, War Medal and Long Service Medal to the Naval Reserve issued to T Y. SUB. L P. (E) C. W. Bond. R. N.V.R.; together with white metal paper knife inset with an 18th century coin, three silver spoons and a gold plated pencil
By Peter Eveleigh (born 1943) - `Bath Abbey`, `Marlwood Garden Path` and `Tintern`, all signed and dated 1990, watercolour, each 7" x 10.5"; together with by Peter Eveleigh (born 1943) - floral still life, signed and dated May 1982, watercolour, 15" x 10.5", framed; by R Mald? - coastal landscape, signed and dated `89, oil on board, 4.25" x 11.5", framed
A pair of Victorian silver gilt pedestal bowls, Robert Garrard, London 1864, each designed a shallow circular bowl with a reed and ribbon border, the underside with three cast rams head masks joined by a decorative vine and grape cast channel, with engraved crest, all supported by a short spreading stem with holly case circular base stamped 'R & S Garrard, Panton St, London, 25cm diameter, 15cm high, total weight 90oz (2)
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