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Lot 5343
THREE SMALL WOODEN HANDLED SCREWDRIVERS, a steel pistol ramrod with stirrup, a small pair of pistol grips, a 7/16 diameter wad punch, a small brass oil can, two brass shot flask tops (one without lever), a Hawksley charger top and an Irish shovel type shot flask top, together with a silver scabbard tip from a Middle Eastern sword and a brass casting of the Royal Warrant.
Lot 6049
TWO FRENCH BAYONETS WITH SCABBARDS, comprising a 'Model 1866' yataghan bayonet for a Chassepot rifle, the quillon marked with two distinct issue marks, '39.711' being French, and the German mark '65.L.I. 2.400.', brass hilt, the second a 'Model 1874' bayonet for a Gras rifle, serial no. 18201, scabbard serial no. 20181.
Lot 6062
A BRITISH PATTERN 1845 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD BY WILKINSON, LONDON, serial no. 7970 for circa 1856, with 31 3/4in. single-edged spear-point fullered blade etched with foliage, the Royal cypher and named 'R.C.PARRY / MADRAS INF.Y', brass gothic hilt with folding-flap, wire-bound shagreen-covered grip, and brass scabbard.
Lot 6
A MALAYSIAN KLEWANG, 19TH CENTURY the blade inlaid with a brass inscription at the forte, horn hilt carved as a monstrous mask set with ivory for the eyes (small chips and losses), in its figured hardwood scabbard with silver mounts and horn locket; A MOROCCAN JAMBIYA, in its scabbard; AN AFRICAN AXE, with gold-painted head; and AN AFRICAN DAGGER, with copper-bound grip the first: 40.5cm; 16in blade (4)
Lot 7
A JAVANESE KRIS with the pattern welded wavy blade, figurative hardwood grip carved with characteristic scrollwork, silver mendak and selut the former decorated with beadwork and filigree, in its original scabbard with larger wrangka (small chips) and the lower portion almost entirely encased in sheet brass enclosing a panel of tortoiseshell at the front 40.5cm; 16in
Lot 9
A PAIR OF CHINESE SHORTSWORDS, 19TH CENTURY with straight double-edged blades, brass hilt of characteristic form cast with a monstrous head forming the guard and with lotus-shaped pommel, carved hardwood grip, in its original wooden double scabbard with brass mounts cast en suite 49cm; 19 1/4in blades
Lot 12
THE GILT-BRASS MOUNTED SHAMSHIR PRESENTED TO SIR CORNWALLIS RICKETTS BY THE IMAM OF MUSCAT AND SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR, CIRCA 1845 with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with celestial motifs within a panel over the forte on each side (worn), gilt-brass hilt cast with scrollwork enclosing expanded flowerheads in low relief, comprising cross-piece with fluted terminals, a pair of langets, and integral grip rising to the pommel, in its original leather covered wooden scabbard, with large gilt-brass mounts comprising locket and chape chased with flowers and foliage and a pair of suspension mounts decorated with masks in the French taste; together with A TURKISH SILVER-GILT MOUNTED YATAGHAN, 19TH CENTURY, with curved single-edged blade cut with an inscription enclosed within a decorative panel on one side and a further panel on the other, the lower portion enclosed in repousée silver, silver-gilt grip of slender proportion, decorated with repousée foliage and with an eared pommel, in its wooden scabbard encased in repousée silver with gilt-brass chape formed as a monsterhead and gilt-brass locket, in its chamois leather lined baize cover, with a label inscribed 'Formerly the property of Ali Bey, The Turkish Admiral': the shamshir and yataghan contained together in a contemporary mahogany two-tier case lined in padded red velvet, the lid with brass escutcheon engraved with the initial 'R' and the crest of Ricketts Bart., of Beaumont Leyes, and sold together with related documentation, as outlined below the shamshir: 84.4cm; 33 1/4in blade the yataghan: 59.7cm; 23 1/2in blade The documentation includes an inscription in Arabic and a contemporary translation as follows: 'From the humble Fakeer Said the son of Sultan. To his worthy and beloved friend the trusty Captain Hopson(?) May God preserve him - I wish you to go to the Captain of the frigate /English/ and say unto him that Said sends him a salam, even a great salam, and that Said is delighted at his arrival and that the country is his and he can have whatever he requires - and peace be on him. True Translation. A. Hamerton' and 'This sword was presented by the Imam of Muscat and Sultan of Zanzibar to Sir Cornwallis Ricketts on his visiting Zanzibar in H.M.S.Helena in 1845, in acknowledgment of the moral support His Highness has derived from the presence of an English man of War, at a time he was resisting the pressure of a French Mission to obtain commercial advantages by Treaty, over and above what had been conceded to the "most favoured nations", England included. The sword presented by His Highness for Sir Cornwall Ricketts' son (now in his possession) in 1845, was on the occasion of Sir C. R. conveying a silver tea service of Plate, a present from Her Majesty the Queen to the Imam of Muscat, to Zanzibar from the Cape of Good Hope. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan (1797-1856) was joint ruler with his brother from 1804 and became sole ruler in 1806. In 1822 he signed the Moresby Treaty with the British in which slaves to Christian powers became illegal throughout his lands. He removed his residence to Zanzibar permanently in 1840 and was recognised as Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar in 1845. He encouraged the clove plantations in Zanzibar which became the world's top producers of that crop in 1860.
Lot 14
A FINE INDIAN KHANDA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with broad flat blade swelling towards the tip, inlaid with a pair of brass pellets, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped steel plate extending to a flower-shaped terminal an decorated with gold koftgari foliage, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of pierced foliate langets extending over the forte, a pair of short quillons formed en suite with the langets, figure-of-eight shaped plates extending to form the knuckle-guard, attenuated cup-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari foliate borders, and original grip bound with cord and silver wire, in its original felt covered wooden scabbard with pierced steel chape decorated en suite with the hilt 81.2cm; 32in blade
Lot 15
AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SHORTSWORD WITH CARVED JADE GRIP, 19TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a slender fuller along the back-edge on each side and decorated with a gold koftgari calligraphic cartouche and a stylised tiger on one side (rubbed), the hilt formed of a steel ferrule decorated with gold koftgari flowers and foliage, and carved green soapstone grip including a lotus flower on each side of the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with green parchment (loose), and steel mounts decorated en suite with the ferrule 54.2cm; 21 3/8in blade
Lot 16
AN INDIAN ENAMELLED SILVER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LUCKNOW decorated in blue and green enamel with foliage inhabited by a vertical arrangement of exotic animals within a chequered border (losses), and the top pierced with scrolling foliage; and AN INDIAN GILT COPPER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, 19TH CENTURY, decorated over its surface with scrolling flowers and foliage on a punched ground the first: 13.5cm; 5 3/8in (2) For a sword hilt decorated in a closely related manner to the first see H.Ricketts and P.Missillier 1988, p.134, no. 223.
Lot 25
AN ARGENTINIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with bayonet blade stamped with the maker's details 'José Spinelli, Puan', silver hilt comprising swelling faceted grip decorated with short scrolled mouldings and a floral panel, in its leather scabbard with silver mounts decorated en suite, including locket with signed belt hook 52cm; 20 1/2in
Lot 26
A PERSIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of watered steel, ivory hilt with shaped pommel retained by two iron rivets with silver foliate washers, in its original fish skin covered wooden scabbard with large nielloed silver mounts decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of foliage on a punched ground 25.5cm; 10in
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