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Lot 2

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MEDIEVAL SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY in patinated condition, with curved single-edged blade formed with a short projection half way along the back-edge, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of finely pierced shaped plates, one retaining a portion of a silver inlaid cross, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard chased as a pair of addorsed elephant's heads (small holes and chips), retaining some silver-encrusted details including plaited 'eyes', carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with finely pierced tall conical stepped iron button, 75.7 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C92. Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in this room 30th June 2010, lot 83. A fourth example, also from the Elvis collection, was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 3. Dating on this group varies, ranging from the 12th to 16th centuries. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5 and Rawson 1968, plate 12.

Lot 20

A SOUTH INDIAN GAUNTLET SWORD (PATA), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, heavy iron gauntlet hilt formed as a stylised elephant's head, its trunk extending over the forte on the outer langet, shaped over the fore-arm and the hand, the latter with a large pair of 'eyes', strongly moulded roped border at the top with a bud-shaped central finial, reinforced lower edges, retaining some early silver-plated finish, and the inside with a robust moulded grip-bar (arm bar missing), with its leather scabbard (chape missing) 71.5 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C74. A sword with a hilt of related form, formerly in the collection of George Cameron Stone, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 36.25.1564).

Lot 206

˜ A 20 BORE CAUCASIAN MIQUELET LOCK RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering russet twist sighted barrel retained by four solid silver bands and a further chased openwork silver band, rifled with seven grooves, moulded muzzle, formed with a slender rib over the upper half, a series of panels and cartouches over the breech, the latter struck with the barrelsmith's mark and with standing back-sight inlaid with three gold lines, iron tang decorated with gold koftgari flowers and foliage, russet iron lock decorated en suite with the tang (steel facing removed), full stock inlaid with small shaped panels of mother-of-pearl, green stained ivory and horn, the grip bound with plaited silver wire between a pair of collars, slender rounded butt with marine ivory butt-cap applied retained by a slender pierced silver bracket and further inlays en suite, faceted iron trigger, horn fore-end cap (chipped) and iron ramrod tip decorated with gold koftgari, 103.4 cm barrelA similar gun, with Russian provincial silver marks and dated 1854, was sold in this room, 8th December 2010, lot 47.

Lot 207

A 20 BORE OTTOMAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), TURKEY, DATED 1192 A.H. (CIRCA 1778), with octagonal swamped twist barrel retained by four silver bands, rifled with eight grooves, encrusted with silver scrolls at the muzzle and over the breech, the latter including a frame enclosing the signature 'Johan Fischer, Pressburg', a brief inscription and number, struck on the left with the Ottoman barrelsmith's mark, standing arch-shaped back-sight pierced with four apertures, silver-encrusted lock decorated with beadwork, inscribed with the date on the underside of the main spring, figured full stock applied with engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, a large openwork panel around the lock and a solid panel decorated with scrolling foliage and a tulip head about the tang, rounded two-piece butt (loose) decorated en suite, small faceted bud-shaped iron trigger, horn fore-end cap and iron ramrod, 74.7 cm barrelJohann H. Fischer is recorded in Pressburg (Bratislava) circa 1730-40. Another gun by him, with a Turkish barrel, is preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. D195).

Lot 208

˜ AN 18 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel retained by nine brass bands (one split, small dents), standing back-sight, iron tang overlaid with an engraved silver plaque (a small portion missing), East Indian Company lock of regulation type engraved with rampant iron, pairs of incised lines and fitted with ring-neck cock, full stock sparsely inlaid with small shaped ivory plaques over the fore-end and about the tang, the latter enriched with minute brass nails, rounded butt previously fitted with a fabric grip (missing) retained by domed copper nails, inlaid with further dense geometric designs in ivory, engraved iron trigger-guard and iron ramrod, probably the original, 88.5 cm barrel

Lot 209

˜ A 20 BORE NORTH MOROCCAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TÉTOUAN with tapering sighted barrel formed in two stages, retained by nine chased white metal shaped bands, decorated with dense gold scrollwork behind the muzzle and over the breech, block-shaped back-sight, tang and lock decorated with gold en suite, the latter fitted with cock and battery also decorated with gold scrollwork (springs missing), hardwood full stock (small chips), inlaid in silver wire with a brief inscription ahead of the lock, leafy scrollwork about the tang, opposite the lock and around the butt, iron trigger-guard decorated with gold scrollwork en suite, and large ivory butt-plate (chipped), together with an embossed copper powder-flask by G. & J. W. Hawksley, with nozzle with spring cut-off, 142.5 cm barrel The inscription reads 'Al-Ruwa/al-Rawi(?)', perhaps the name of the owner. For a discusson of this group see Waelty, 2022 p. 92-101.

Lot 240

‡ A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, PARIS 1768-74 with tapering hollow-triangular blade etched with a sun-in-splendour and scrollwork at the forte (rubbed), openwork silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard decorated with a classical urn within a central oval draped with a festoon on a panel of trellis within a scrollwork border on each face, one pas d’âne struck with Paris small charge mark for 1768-74, quillon, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all decorated en suite, a pair of arms, and the grip with an early binding of plaited wire and ribband between Turk’s heads, 78.1 cm blade Provenance Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 244

‡ A LEFT-HAND DAGGER WITH 17TH CENTURY BLADE, 19TH CENTURY with tapering fullered blade from a transitional sword, stamped with a brief inscription (indistinct) within a short fuller on each face, iron hilt, comprising Mamluk style quillons with faceted dome terminals, tapering faceted grip, bulbous pommel en suite with the quillons, and the upper portion of the grip and pommel inlaid with silver lines, 32.0 cm blade Provenance Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 245

‡ A LEFT-HAND DAGGER IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section (the tip with a very small chip), dished rectangular ricasso struck with a mark, 'R' crowned, on each face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars, comprising a pair of drooping quillons swelling towards the terminals, small side ring fluted on the back inside, tall ovoid fluted pommel (light wear and pitting throughout), and the grip with a later red velvet covering bound with plaited silver wire, 31.4 cm Provenance Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 248

‡ A GERMAN SMALL HUNTING TROUSSE, MID-18TH CENTURY comprising knife with broad single-edged blade struck with the letter 'P' on one face, moulded ferrule, natural staghorn scales retained by three rivets on foliate washers and engraved silver pommel, fork and bodkin mounted en suite, in its iron-mounted tooled leather scabbard (light insect damage), 26.0 cm overall ProvenanceJoe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 25

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with curved blade formed with a spear point and two long slender fullers, blunted rectangular ricasso, copper alloy hilt with traces of silver plating, comprising a pair of langets with trishula-shaped terminals, a pair of short quillons with rounded tips each engraved with an expanded flowerhead, a further engraved flowerhead in the centre on each face, recurved knuckle-guard with cusped border and recurved terminal with faceted bud-shaped finial, disc pommel with up-turned brim and angular button (restorations), and engraved integral grip decorated with linear patterns and a flowerhead, 82.0 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C10. The form of the langets and quillons is frequently encountered on 18th century weapons from Karnataka.

Lot 29

A NORTH INDIAN SILVER-HILTED SWORD (TALWAR), DATED 1834, POSSIBLY SHARPURA with curved single-edged blade formed with a long shallow fuller on each face, silver hilt cast pierced and chased in low relief, comprising a pair of langets, disc pommel decorated on the top with foliage and cut with a Devenagari inscription including the date on the underside, fluted button, integral grip decorated with a chevron pattern and a collar of foliage on a punched ground around the top, European style guard pierced with a mounted maharajah amidst foliage on the underside, folding rear guard, and knuckle-guard with Yali head finial, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small losses) with large silver mounts cast, pierced and chased with foiage en suite with the hilt, 76.5 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C49.

Lot 30

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with curved broad polished blade of watered steel double-edged towards the point and blunted at the ricasso, silver-plated iron hilt comprising a pair of langets, short quillons with rounded terminals, disc pommel with up-turned brim, integral grip and much silver-plating throughout, 67.3 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number C05.

Lot 31

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, POSSIBLY MALABAR 18TH/19TH CENTURY with associated straight double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, copper hilt engraved with beadwork borders and foliate panels, including a pair of langets, quillons with conical terminals, integral grip and moulded disc pommel fitted with an associated silver ring, 81.5 cm blade Royal Elvis catalogue number C58.

Lot 312

‡ A SILVER-ENCRUSTED ROWEL SPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR GERMAN with U-shaped heel band rising to a low point, moulded neck fitted with a ten-point star-shaped rowel (perhaps associated), decorated over the outer surface of the heel and neck with flowers and foliage in encrusted silver enriched with pellets, and retaining its attachment buckle and strap-fittings, 16.5 cm Provenance Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 34

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS with curved double-edged stout blade formed with a series of long deep fullers divided by a medial ridge, widening at the forte and pierced on each side to form a pair of stylised bird's heads, iron hilt comprising curved guard, bifurcated pommel, bud-shaped button, integral grip formed with a globular central moulding and some early silver plated finish, 38.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D129 A chilanum of this type, formerly in the Oldman collection, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (acc. no. 36.25.751).

Lot 35

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 16TH/17TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt including a pair of slender foliate langets enclosing the centre of the forte, a pair of inverted V-shaped quillons, bifurcated horn-shaped pommel (fluted button restored), integral grip formed with a central moulding and retaining some silver-plated finish throughout, 34.2 cm overall Royal Elvis catalogue number D132.

Lot 360

‡ AN IMPORTANT HIGHLY DECORATED 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE STOCKED BY THE SO-CALLED MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE, DATED 1628 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves, encrusted with silver in high relief against a delicately matted ground over its entire outer surface with winged demi-figures, garlands, ball flowers, roses, espagnolette masks and grotesques all within ropework frames and enriched with silver pellets, the back-sight surrounded by the date and maker’s initials ‘16HW28’, integral tang decorated with flowers and pellets en suite, flat lock fitted with external wheel retained by a bracket and with domed cover, moulded dog, delicately filed dog spring, sliding pan-cover, and flash-guard, encrusted with silver en suite with the barrel, including a winged demi figure on the lockplate, an eagle displayed on the wheel-cover and a panel of small flowerheads at the base of the dog, double set trigger, full stock profusely carved over its surface with elaborate designs of delicate leafy scrolls with differing monsterhead terminals against a stippled ground (small cracks and minor losses, fore-end with very small internal repairs), including hounds in pursuit of a hare on each side of the fore-end, a trumpeting demi-figure seated on a scroll terminating in a hare and an espagnolette profile opposite the lock, a bouquet in a vase and a hound beneath, the cheek-piece decorated on the left with further monsterhead scrolls inhabited by game animals and with patchbox on the right, the latter with a panel above filled with a hound in pursuit of a stag (patchbox cover a 19th century replacement), carved with a panel of delicate scale ornament beneath the butt and at the tip of the fore-end, inlaid with silver wire scrolls about the tang, barrel bolt apertures, cheek-piece, spine of the butt and above the patchbox (small losses, the central rondel of the cheek-piece missing, one piece lifting around the trigger-plate), silver trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, gilt iron trigger-plate, small engraved silver fore-end cap, iron butt-plate (perhaps an early working replacement) bordered by engraved silver plaques (one missing), associated iron-tipped ramrod and in fine condition throughout, 78.0 cm barrel ProvenanceMagniac Collection, sold Christies, Manson & Woods, 2nd July 1892, lot 1028 (£110 5s).Zschille Collection, sold Christies, Manson & Woods, 25th January 1897, lot 19 (£56).Sam Austin 26th April 1917, catalogue number 619 ($626).William Randolph Hearst sold to Gimbel Bros., Inc., May 26, 1941 for $298.50.Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent LiteratureFrancis Henry Cripps-Day, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, London 1925, p. 33 and p. 101.Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949, p. 55 fig. 1.Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossenbüchsenmacher, Braunschweig 1972, p. 98.Hans Schedelmann, The Master of the Animal-Head scroll, in Arms and Armor Annual, Robert Held (ed.), 1975, pp. 182-3 (illustrated), p. 186. This remarkable anonymous gunstocker, named the master of the animal head tendril (Meister Der Tierkopfranke), was probably employed at the Imperial court in Vienna where eleven firearms attributed to him remain extant and are now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Dated firearms suggest a period of activity between 1624-59 for this maker, or workshop, making the present gun one of his earlier works. More than fifty wheel-lock guns, rifles and pistols, and one flintlock rifle with this distinctive carving have been identified to date, three of which were made for Emperor Ferdinand III. The quality of the silver encrustation and carving on the present rifle is of a notably high quality within this group and compares closely with another sporting rifle by him, also from the collection of Joe Kindig Jr., now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 2018.103). The gun in New York has been described as a masterpiece of German baroque gunmaking. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 363

‡ A FINE AND RARE 50 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK CARBINE, TESCHEN (CIESZNYKA), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight deep grooves, engraved with scrolls over the muzzle and breech and with traces of silver inlay (polished bright), rounded lock fitted with external wheel retained by a bar through the spindle and dog each chiselled and engraved with scrolls and foliage and inlaid with silver en suite with the breech, sliding pan-cover with button release, full stock inlaid over its length with pierced and engraved silver plaques against a hatched ground decorated with differing exotic birds and flowers, mother-of-pearl flowerheads and silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets, curved butt decorated en suite, including a large exotic bird silver plaque on the cheek-piece, the underside, and on the patchbox cover, further small silver plaques on the right of the spine and a small rectangular panel beneath the cheek-piece decorated with a running pattern of foliage (the fore-end chipped and repaired, the inlay with small losses and minor restorations), iron trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, silver butt-cap decorated with C-scrolls flowers and foliage, silver fore-end cap, and associated faceted ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing), 49.5 cm barrel Provenance Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent A wheel-lock birding rifle made for Elisabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Teschen (1599-1653), decorated in a similar manner, is preserved in the Magyar Nemzeti Museum, Budapest (inv. nr. 55.3686. See Kruczek 2001, p. 134, no. 156. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 366

‡ A SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOL SIGNED NICHOLES, OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with tapering barrel engraved with a linear frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech, foliate-engraved tang, signed rounded lock, figured walnut full stock inlaid with silver wire scrolls enriched with pellets (butt cracked), iron trigger-guard engraved with a flowerhead on the bow and with acorn finial of early form, iron side-plate chased en rocaille, vacant iron escutcheon, and silver butt-cap cast and chased with a grotesque mask in low relief (later ramrod), 16.7 cm barrel ProvenanceJoe Kindig III (1923-2021), thence by descent Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Lot 370

A HIGHLY DECORATED RAPIER WITH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT ENCRUSTED HILT, PROBABLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY, SOUTH GERMAN with broad tapering double-edged blade, stamped 'ANIMIM' between decorative marks within a short fuller framed by incised lines on each face, tapering grooved ricasso struck with a crowned 'S' mark, perhaps for Wolfgang Stantler of Munich, on one face, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars comprising upper and lower ring-guards joined by a diagonal bar, the lower fitted with an additional up-turned bar, a pair of arms, vertically recurved quillons, écusson, trifurcated inner-guard, tall barrel-shaped pommel, and spherical button, decorated throughout in encrusted silver with diamond-shaped panels filled with bouquets on a punched gilt ground enriched with further bouquets and pellets on the principle elements, the arms, lower ring-guard and button enriched with pellets on a gilt ground, and wooden grip bound with plaited wire and copper ribband (loose), 88.2 cm blade ProvenanceThe property of an American collector, sold Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 28th November 1960, lot 14.

Lot 375

A FRENCH HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1780, AND A RAPIER IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade double-edged towards the point and retaining traces of etched decoration at the forte, silver-plated hilt including down-turned scalloped shell-guard and a pair of quillons with scrolling terminals, and natural staghorn grip, perhaps the original, pierced at the top for a thong or tassel; the second with straight double-edged blade, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons, ring-guards and faceted tall ovoid pommel and wire-bound grip, the first: 56.7 cm blade

Lot 381

A COLLECTION OF FLEAMS AND OTHER POCKET KNIVES, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first fleam French, with four folding blades inscribed 'Ferras a Toulose' and German silver body; another 'Couts' with three folding blades and brass scales in its case; another 'Borwick' with three folding blades and horn scales in its case; nine further fleams; a fruit knife with folding silver blade; and two further knives; the first: 11.5 cm (15)

Lot 401

A GROUP OF THREE CONTINENTAL UNIFORMS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first a Parade Attila (Full Dress Tunic) of the German Life Guard Hussars, of scarlet cloth, edged and trimmed with yellow worsted Russia braid, forming five loops each side in front with brass metal rosettes and olivets (one detached but present), red cotton lining stamped with ‘EB’ and ‘1891’, with a trooper’s peakless Undress cap of the same regiment, with scarlet top and blue band edged with yellow piping (lining and headband defective), and a black sealskin busby bearing the brass W1R badge of Regiment No.7, with domed brass chinscales and an imperial rosette (lining replaced, bag, lines and plume absent); the second a Parade Ulanka (Full Dress Tunic) of German Uhlan Regiment No.13. Dark blue cloth with white cloth collar and cuffs, and white piping to central plastron, backseams and skirt-slashes, the plastron with six white metal buttons each side and one at the upper points, stamped inside ‘5EUR13 88’, white cloth binders for shoulder scales (scales absent) and shoulder-buttons bearing number 5, with a black patent leather chapka, with white metal edging to peak, a massive white metal Eagle plate, mounted with a small brass star of the Black Eagle, domed brass chinstrap with Imperial rosette, and leather internal headband, and another patent leather chapka, lacking all fittings; the third a cornflower blue tunic of thin twill, with scarlet collar, cuffs, slashes and piping, the ends of the collar bearing leaves in silver embroidery, shoulder-straps of silver/blue heavy Russia braid, grey cotton lining with label of ‘Uniformhaus Karl Hintzen, Korschenbroich’

Lot 405

UNIFORMS OF A CAVALRY OFFICER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first a Full Dress tunic and overalls of Captain AMD Chapman of the Royal Dragoons, the scarlet tunic with blue cloth facings and piping, the collar edged with gold lace and bearing fine badges of the Napoleonic Eagle in gold embroidery above the numeral ‘105’, cuffs edged with gold cord and Russia braid forming an Austrian knot above, plaited gold shoulder-cords with Captain’s rank-badges in silver embroidery (the lining frayed and minor surface moth damage), together with a pair of pantaloons in blue cavalry twill with wide yellow cloth stripes; the second a Universal Pattern double-breasted blue frock coat with gilt mounted buttons and collar-badges similar to those on the Full Dress tunic, and fine quilted black lining; the third a pair of scarlet mess jackets with blue cloth roll collar and pointed cuffs, each with a blue cloth mess waistcoat (minor moth damage and dulling to the gold-embroidered collar-badges); the fourth a “Serge Frock A”, similar to a present-day No.1 Dress jacket, the high upright collar with good bi-metal badges, plain cloth shoulder straps with gilt rank-badges and patch pockets, together with a pair of blue overalls with yellow stripes matching those on the pantaloons; the fifth a gentleman’s morning dress black tailcoat and double-breasted waistcoat, both with woven buttons and edged with black braid, and striped trousers AMD Chapman appears in the 1914 Army List as a Captain in the Royal Dragoons.

Lot 406

THE UNIFORMS OF MAJOR GV KEANE OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS the first a particularly good and rare Service Dress tunic of the pre-1913 pattern by Holt & Son, Sackville St., khaki serge with a high stand-and-fall collar bearing brass Corps badges and complete with white linen liner, plaited shoulder-straps, and Lieutenant’s rank-badges in a white worsted slash on the sleeves; the second a blue Full Dress tunic of the RAMC, also by Holt & Son, with “Dull Cherry” collar and gauntlet cuffs, both edged with gold staff pattern lace, gilt KC buttons, bimetal collar-badges and round gold shoulder-cords of infantry pattern, bearing Captain’s rank-badges in silver embroidery (lining frayed, minor surface moth damage); together with a Universal Pattern blue frock coat and a blue mess jacket with “Dull Cherry” roll collar and gauntlet cuffs, and a companion waistcoat of the same colour, with very small mounted silver buttons; and a pair of blue overalls with triple maroon stripes

Lot 426

ELEMENTS OF MAIL AND PLATE ARMOUR, INDIAN, 17TH CENTURY formed of riveted rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of D-section wire, carrying fourteen lamellar plates; three further plates; an inner plate from an Indian dastana, 17th century, chiselled with foliage (pitted); two Indian plates from a dastana, 18th/19th century, decorated with silver scrollwork; a small number of wire mail rings, the first: 11.0 cm (qty)

Lot 449

˜ A FINE CASED PAIR OF 80 BORE LANG'S PATENT PERCUSSION TURNOVER PISTOLS BY JOSEPH LANG, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 with turn-off barrels engraved with a band at each end, border-engraved faceted breeches struck with proof marks, inscribed 'patent' and 'London', engraved actions decorated with delicate scrollwork, signed 'Lang Haymarket' on the left, blued folding triggers, engraved tangs decorated with foliage, engraved thumb-piece safety-catches, polished rounded walnut butts, and vacant silver escutcheons: in original fitted mahogany case relined in green baize, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the outside, complete with accessories including blued barrel wrench, three-way copper flask, and bullet mould, 2.8 cm barrels ProvenanceAcquired by the owner's father circa 1969. Joseph Lang is recorded at 7 Haymarket 1825-52.

Lot 450

‡ A BELGIAN 50 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, LIÈGE PROOF, CIRCA 1840 with etched twist octagonal turn-off barrel, scroll-engraved box-lock action, folding trigger, highly figured burrwood butt and German silver butt-cap with trap cast and finely chased with a medusa mask, 7.8 cm barrel

Lot 452

A CONTINENTAL 28 BORE PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, CIRCA 1840 with twist octagonal sighted barrel, engraved stepped flush-fitting lock, three-quarter stock with fluted butt, engraved German silver mounts including trigger-guard, butt-cap and ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing, areas of pitting), 17.0 cm barrel

Lot 456

A PAIR OF 24 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY PAYTON, SHREWSBURY, PRiVATE PROOF MARKS CIRCA 1800 with two-stage barrels fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sights, octagonal breeches inscribed 'Shrewsbury', signed stepped bevelled locks decorated with a band of beadwork fitted with bevelled cocks engraved with a slender triangular panel of foliage, figured walnut full stocks (fore-ends with small repairs, minor bruising), flat-sided 'Wogdon' style butts, engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guards with a diamond-shaped panel filled with a flower on the bows and with shaped trilobate terminals and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes and later horn-tipped wooden ramrods, 20.5 cm barrels (2) ProvenanceAcquired by the owner's father circa 1973. Edward Payton is recorded in Shrewsbury circa 1810.

Lot 46

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR) WITH FINE SILVER CHISELLED HILT, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with associated earlier tapering blade formed with a reinforced point, a pair of converging fullers and a recessed slender central panel on each face, the forte chiselled and decorated with gilt foliage, silver hilt comprising architectural scalloped guard, a pair of side bars with pierced shaped terminals, a pair of baluster shaped grip-bars each on an openwork base formed of addorsed birds, and decorated throughout with a running pattern of garlands within foliate borders, 35.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D108.

Lot 460

‡ A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY RICHARDS, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with turn-off cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on a scroll on the left and decorated en rocaille on the right (safety-catch removed), flat-sided butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls, and sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, 6.2 cm barrel

Lot 57

A NEPALESE DAGGER (KUKRI), 19TH CENTURY with broad curved blade decorated with a series of incised panels along the back-edge on each face and with characteristic notch at the forte, silver-mounted polished horn hilt, including an engraved band around the middle of the grip and engraved cap pommel, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with engraved small chape, 44.7 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D34.

Lot 58

˜ A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (PESH KABZ), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering reinforced blade of wootz steel, gilt forte, the back-edge decorated with a slender rib along its length and a scrolling moulding at the base, marine ivory grip (small age cracks) and gilt iron pommel loop, in its wooden scabbard with large silver chape with bud-shaped finial and later leather covering, 41.5 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D22.

Lot 62

˜ A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (MOPLAH), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR, KARNATAKA with broad single-edged hatchet blade formed with a tapering flat-edged ricasso, the latter with symmetrical filed mouldings at the base, inlaid with silver scrolls, stars and ropework on each face, brass socket secured by a pair of rivets with engraved white metal washers, engraved with bands of ropework, and carved ebony grip applied with white metal rondels enriched with red enamel and the pommel fitted with a loop on a pair of crescentic washers, 56.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D68.

Lot 72

A SOUTH INDIAN RAVEN'S BEAK (MUJAWLI), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA with slightly recurved blade formed with a reinforced double-edged point and struck with a mark on one face, moulded base and long tang, turned wooden haft fixed to the tang by five iron rivets over engraved silver washers, and turned basal knob, 97.8 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E23.

Lot 74

AN INDIAN MACE, (GADA), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA of russet iron, with bulbous head of six flanges, spirally-fluted bud-shaped terminal, tapering haft formed with a writhen collar top and bottom, grip of khanda hilt form comprising a pair of shaped langets, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, pierced broad grip (repaired), cup-shaped pommel and writhen bud-shaped button, and with traces of silver-plated finish throughout, 71.2 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number E32.

Lot 80

A SOUTH INDIAN AXE (ARUVAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with cleaver-shaped single-edged blade, rectangular ricasso decorated with gold foliage and trellis and pierced with a lion on the back edge, tubular grip encased in silver and formed in three stages divided by raised mouldings with bulbous terminal, 65.2 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number E26.

Lot 91

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate with slightly recurved terminal, hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced at the joins with a foliate panel, pierced at the cuff for a mitten, each plate embossed with a slender elliptical moulding at the wrist, the entire outer surface finely decorated in silver with a delicate repeated pattern of flowerheads within shaped linear frames (small losses), 31.8 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A47.

Lot 94

A CENTRAL INDIAN HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY of circular convex form with strongly outward-turned brim, the main surface embossed with a bold pattern of tapering flutes radiating from the centre, fitted with four low domed iron bosses with flanged pierced foliate rims and traces of silver plating, corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with enarmes, the outer surface painted in gilt polychrome with a central flower and alternating designs of green bouquets and gilt scrollwork, 46.5 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B16.

Lot 97

A NORTH INDIAN DARK RED LACQUERED BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN of circular convex form with outward-turned brim, fitted at its centre with four iron hemispherical bosses with cusped rims, each chiselled and gilt with a bouquet of flowers and corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with later leather enarmes and a pad, the outer face fitted with a silver-plated iron crescent and pierced with two holes for mounting , 51.0 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B10.

Lot 98

A NORTH INDIAN BLACK LACQUERED BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN of circular convex form with outward-turned brim, fitted at its centre with four iron bosses, each of hemispherical form, finely decorated with a geometric design of silver foliage and encrusted with silver and pierced in four places on the rim, and corresponding on the inside with four iron rings with enarmes, pierced with two holes for mounting, 55.0 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B05.

Lot 11

A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, 17TH CENTURY with associated slender European blade, iron hilt with traces of silver inlaid linear decoration, including short quillons with conical terminals, disc pommel with up-turned brim, button fitted with later silver ring and integral grip (pitted throughout), 70.7 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C33.

Lot 112

A COPPER ALLOY PRIMING FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY, INDIAN OR PERSIAN of horn-shaped form, fitted with spring closure acting on one end and the other formed with a pronounced faceted bud-shaped finial, decorated over its surface with shaped silver panels within engraved frames, and the top with a loop for suspension, 14.5 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number I01.

Lot 125

A WAKIZASHI (SHORT SWORD) MOUNTED IN MAGNOLIA WOOD SHIRASAYA, SIGNED KUNIHIRO; PROBABLY HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO, CIRCA 1596-1615 Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line); medium kissaki; muzori (no curvature); kitae (forging pattern) masame and mokume hada (longitudinal and burl-grain ground); hamon (tempering pattern) suguha (straight line); omote (outer side of blade) with a short single hi (groove) ura (inner side of blade) with a bonji (Sanskrit Buddhist symbol) and much-polished narrow double hi; fitted with a silver foil covered habaki (collar); nakago (tang); nakago (tang) with one mekugi-ana (peg hole) and signed Kunihiro, probably Horikawa Kunihiro, 40 cm blade

Lot 129

AN 18 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA, TEPPO OR HINAWAJU), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY with heavy tapering sighted iron barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle, inlaid in silver with silver mokko mon of the Oda family over the breech and signed and inscribed beneath, block-shaped back-sight, integral pan with brass pivot-cover, brass action with long plate fitted with faceted iron serpentine, full figured stock, brass trigger and brass finger rest, and associated wooden ramrod, 71.5 cm barrel The barrel is signed: Settsu ju (Osaka area, province) Kagotani Gonbei, Biei (maker) and inscribed Jitetsu Somakibari (the whole wrapped with iron).

Lot 13

A NORTH INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with broad flat double-edged blade of wootz steel swelling to a 'cobra's head' tip, decorated on each face in silver with the figure of Vishnu (small losses), the lower portion enclosed by two pierced and filed decorative panels of differing length, engraved iron hilt decorated over its surface with fine linear designs and foliage, comprising a pair of langets with shaped terminals fitted on one side with an associated pierced and chiselled silver ring, D-shaped guard of low V-section with a small double pierced panel protruding on each face, broad knuckle-guard, flattened pear-shaped pommel with long attenuated button, and integral russet grip, 78.3 cm blade Roy Elvis catalogue number C32.

Lot 130

A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA, TEPPO OR HINAWAJU), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted iron barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle, inlaid in silver with traditional motifs including a dragon amidst flames over the breech, block-shaped back-sight, integral pan with brass pivot-cover, brass action engraved with a flower and with pronounced writhen border, lacquered full stock with some gilt scrollwork decoration (losses), applied with engraved iron plaques including a kabuto behind the breech, bamboo foliage over the trigger-plate and a mounted warrior on the right of the butt, brass trigger and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing), 99.5 cm barrel

Lot 135

A KOREAN SILVER-MOUNTED TROUSSE COMPRISING KNIFE AND CHOPSTICKS (EUNJANGDO), 19TH CENTURY with single-edged iron balde of flattened-triangular section, silver grip chased with scrolling foiage and flowers on a punched ground, in its scabbard decorated en suite, complete with a pair of chopsticks joined by a stud, decorated at the front with a single leaf, and with a loop for suspension, 14.5 cm

Lot 136

˜ A SUMATRAN DAGGER (SIWAH), ACEH, 19TH CENTURY with slender slightly curved blade formed with a double-edged point, silver gilt hilt of characteristic form, decorated with a band of four overlapping engraved coronets tapering from the base and rising to a round pommel with a filigree flowerhead with eleven corals in raised settings, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver, the upper pprtion decorated with a filigree panel en suite with the hilt and the lower portion (perhaps associated) engraved with panels filled with hatched designs, 19.3 cm blade

Lot 139

A CEYLONESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with single-edged iron blade formed with a long slender fuller, the fuller and forte encrusted with sheet silver chiselled with designs of scrolling foliage within beadwork frames, the back-edge encased in silver chased with a frieze of flowerheads, silver hilt enclosing the forte and chased with scrolls, finely carved horn grip carved with traditional scrollwork, silver pommel cap chased en suite, in its carved wooden scabbard wih large silver locket, 17.0 cm blade

Lot 14

AN INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD with broad blade of hollow-diamond section swelling to a 'cobra's head' terminal, the edges reinforced with two panels of differing length each cut with a decorative architectural border, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with pierced terminals, shaped quillons, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard, drop-shaped pommel and attenuated button, decorated throughout in silver koftgari with scrolling foliage and flowers, and integral grip wrapped with a portion of early fabric, in later leather-covered wooden scabbard, 76.0 cm blade Roy Elvis collection number C27.

Lot 145

˜ A COORG DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point and decorated with scrolls along the back-edge, silver hilt of characteristic form retained by four rivets with gold heads, decorated with a gold geometric flowerhead on the back-strap, the pommel applied with a gold plaque and with three gold flowerhead washers, in its silver-mounted wooden scabbard enriched with a gold flowerhead and crescent, complete with its suspension chain and tassels with coral terminals, 18.2 cm blade

Lot 146

A COORG DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point and decorated with scrolls along the back-edge, silver hilt of characteristic form retained by four rivets with silver heads (pommel washers missing), engraved with a flowerhead on the back-strap, in its silver-mounted wooden scabbard, complete with a portion of its suspension chain, 19.5 cm blade

Lot 152

AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED JADE-HILTED DAGGER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, formed with a reinforced point, engraved with a pair of converging lines and a shaped linear frame at the forte on each face, silver ferrule cast and chased with a flower on each face against a finely matted ground with a tapering socket decorated with a trellis of foliage above, fluted figured smokey agate grip notched for the fingers, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large silver gilt mounts decorated with flowers en suite with the hilt within oval leafy frames, comprising chape with fluted bulbous terminal and locket with a loop for a tassel, 16.2 cm blade

Lot 153

TWO INDIAN DAGGERS (BICHWA), 18TH/19TH CENTURIES each with characteristic recurved double-edged blade, the first with moulded brass hilt with pierced border and bud-shaped pommel, in leather-covered wooden scabbard with pierced brass chape; the second decorated with silver koftgari foliage at the forte, and iron hilt with filed border, the first: 34.0 cm (2) ProvenanceSold In this room, 9th December 2009, lot 43

Lot 157

AN ARAB GOLD-AND SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SAIF), LATE 19TH CENTURY, with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, silver cross-piece with fluted conical terminals and applied with a chased gold plaque in the centre, the grip encased in chased gold rising to an angular pommel, all decorated with geometric designs, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with rings for suspension, all applied with chased gold plaques decorated en suite with the hilt, 79.5 cm in blade

Lot 158

A HIGHLY DECORATED INDIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY with crescentic iron head formed with a curved cutting edge and with traces of blued finish (areas of surface rust), encrusted with copper lotus flowers on a ground of silver koftgari flowers and foliage within a shaped frame, cube-shaped socket, bifurcated rear pean and stout central spike each decorated with silver koftgari foliage, on a wooden haft with six iron rivets over brass foliate washers, 64.5 cm overall

Lot 160

AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SAIF), THE BLADE DATED 1219AH (CIRCA 1804) with curved broad blade double-edged at the point, formed with three long slender fullers, engraved with flowers and sprays of foiage on each face, and cut with an inscription incuding the date, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising a pair of straight quillons with pointed terminals, nimcha style grip rising to a large pommel with cusped outline and knuckle-chain, in its silver-encased scabbard chased with long panels of foliage incuding two middle-bands chased with brief inscriptions and each fitted with a pair of rings for suspension, and the chape set with a silver Maria Theresa thaler, 72.0 cm blade

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