Arms & Armour - Tipu Sultan Effects Part Two - NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED TO BID(#260319B) 26/03/2019 10:15 AM GMT CLOSED Auction Information Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-48 of 492. View Lot 9 A RARE CONTEMPORARY MAP OF TROOP POSITIONS AT SERINGAPATAM UNDER EARL CORNWALLIS, being a hand drawn and coloured aerial view of the fortress and surrounding river detailing the positions of Confederate Armies and Tippoo Sooltaun's Troops, further detailing numbers, type and disposition of troops and to include a fine and detailed profile image of the North Eastern side of the fortress. Water damage and laid down on card. Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 10 Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) Scottish, Preparatory sketch for General Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Sultan Tippoo Sahib after having Captured Seringapatam on the 4th May 1799, signed, pen and brown ink, 18 x 11.5cm Commissioned after Baird's death by his widow Lady Baird, Wilkie completed the original painting in 1839 while holding the position of painter in ordinary to the King. The enormous original (measuring around 3.5 x 2.5 metres) is currently hanging in the Scottish National Gal Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£780StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£780StatusCLOSED Lot 11 FOLIO: OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS CARRIED ON BY TIPPOO SULTAUN WITH THE FRENCH NATION AND OTHER FOREIGN STATES HOSTILE TO THE BRITISH NATION, printed at the Honorable Company's Press 1799, comprising 195 pages in a folio binder and comprising details of documents retrieved from Seringapatam. Detail illustrated. Winning Bid£800StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Winning Bid£800StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 12 AN EXTREMELY RARE 18TH CENTURY TIPU SULTAN ROCKET, 93cm broad sword blade, characteristic leather and cloth bound iron casing, this surmounted by a crescent-shaped blade. The Mysore Rocket Men were raised as a fighting force by Tipu Sultan's father, Hyder Ali and used through out the Mysore Wars. Under Tipu Sultan the quality of the rocket was improved and used more widely with approximately 200 rockets carried by each brigade of men. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 13 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILLIAM IV MAMELUKE HILTED FIELD MARSHAL'S SWORD BY PROSSER, 77.25cm curved blade with clipped back point, etched with crowned WIVR cyphers, laurel wreaths, crossed batons and maker's panel for Prosser, further inlaid in gold with the Royal Arms, regulation gilt hilt with crossed batons and laurel wreaths, two-piece riveted ivory grips, complete with knot. Estimate£25,000 - £35,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£25,000 - £35,000StatusUnsold Lot 14 A PRESENTATION QUALITY .650 CARBINE BORE OTTOMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE, 29inch sighted chiselled damascus barrel in laid with in gold with a cartouche, Arabic strapwork at the breech and muzzle calligraphy along the sighting rib, translated THIS BRINGS THE ARMY OF UNBELIEVERS TO FAITH WITH ITS YELL, THIS SHESHANE MADE BY MASTER HASAN WILL BE SPREADING FIRE, gold inlaid damascus lock decorated with Arabic strapwork and geometric designs, full stocked with steel mounts, the damascus trigger gu Estimate£4,000 - £6,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£4,000 - £6,000StatusUnsold Lot 15 A FINE 19TH CENTURY GOLD DECORATED .500 CALIBRE CAUCASIAN RIFLED CARBINE, 27inch sighted octagonal damascus barrel decorated in gold koftgari with panels of scrolling foliage at the breech and muzzle, this mirrored onto the barrel tang and shield-shaped rear sight, gold trimmed miquelet lock decorated with scrolling foliage and pink coral finial, full stock with silver and gold washed mounts. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 16 A FINE OTTOMAN 22-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 11.5inch two-stage damascus barrel with gold koftgari decoration to the mid-point, breech and tang, border engraved lock stamped LONDON and decorated with a celestial scene at the tail, full stock inlaid with pierced scrolling silver strapwork, deeply chiselled silver mounts decorated with stands of arms. Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold Lot 17 A FINE 19TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN KATAR, 22cm blade with shallow armour piercing tip, four converging fullers to either side, characteristic hilt profusely decorated in gold damascene with geometric designs and panels of scrolling foliage, contained in its tri-coloured velvet wrapped wooden scabbard, complete with miniature Kard. Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSED Lot 18 A 19TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN KATAR, 25cm blade with heavy armour piercing tip and chiselled with four geometric fullers to either side and decorated in gold damascene at the forte, characteristic hilt profusely decorated in gold damascene with scrolling foliage and flower heads. Contemporary repair to both arms of the hilt, contained in its black painted snake-skin wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£800 - £1,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£800 - £1,000StatusUnsold Lot 19 A FINE QUALITY 19TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN KATAR, 27.5cm triple fullered blade, the central fuller containing a panel of scrolling foliage highlighted in gilt, characteristic hilt chiselled to each outer arm with a chain of flowers and leaves all within a geometric border and highlighted in gilt. Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold Lot 20 A LARGE FINE INDIAN KATAR, 27.5cm blade with heavy armour piercing tip and four deeply chiselled geometric fullers to either side, characteristic hilt decorated over all in gold damascene with flower heads and scrolling vines. Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold View details Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold Lot 21 A LARGE INDIAN KATAR, 27cm Wootz damascus blade with medium weight armour piercing tip, deeply chiselled with a raised medial ridge and broad and narrow fullers surrounding a stylised foliate flourish at the forte, characteristic blued hilt which appears to bear a signature or date on either shoulder. Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£560StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£560StatusCLOSED Lot 22 A 19TH CENTURY SILVER DECORATED INDIAN KATAR, 22.5cm blade with four converging central fullers, characteristic hilt decorated with panels of stylised flower heads in heavy silver damascene, contained in its white metal mounted embossed leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 23 A FINE OTTOMAN QAJAR JAMBIYA, 27cm sharply curved Wootz damascus blade and being hollow ground to form a raised medial ridge towards the tip, decorated in gold at the forte with a panel of foliage containing a bird, characteristic carved hilt decorated with courtly figures within a geometric border, contained in its red a yellow stripped cloth wrapped wooden scabbard with silver niello mounts decorated with scrolling foliage. Estimate£1,200 - £1,500StatusUnsold View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500StatusUnsold Lot 24 A GOOD LATE 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KARD, 24.75cm Western style Bowie blade composed of Kirk Narduban damascus, chased and shaped back edge, the upper edge of the forte pierced with two channels containing fifteen gilt steel balls or Tears of the Wounded, characteristic hilt with scrolling foliate gold koftgari, two-piece riveted ivory grips with short-ears, contained in its purple velvet wrapped wooden scabbard, the throat with scrolling bullion wire decoration. Some patination. Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£880StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£880StatusCLOSED Lot 25 A FINE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KARD WITH NEPHRITE JADE HILT, 31.5cm T-section Wootz damascus blade, characteristic hilt with two-piece riveted Nephrite Jade stone grips. Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 26 A LATE 18TH CENTURY INDIAN KARD, 23cm blade with single short fuller to the left side, punched dot decoration diamond pattern, the forte decorated with panels of flower heads in a geometric design in gold, characteristic hilt decorated to match, two-piece riveted ivory grips, contained in its cloth wrapped wooden scabbard. Possibly a Wootz damascus blade. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED Lot 27 A 19TH CENTURY MUGHAL INDIAN HORN HILTED KHANJAR, 32.75cm Wootz damascus blade with foliate reinforcing strap along the back edge, highlighted in gilt, characteristic horn hilt, the base decorated with calligraphy in gilt. Estimate£800 - £1,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£800 - £1,000StatusUnsold Lot 28 A FINE AND UNUSUAL ALL STEEL KHYBER KNIFE, 59cm T-section blade chiselled with two long and two short fullers to either side, characteristic hilt of all steel construction, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard, the chape of foliate pierced gilt metal. Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold Lot 29 A GOOD QUALITY OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 33cm blade, sharpened for use, characteristic hilt with silver geometric filigree decoration, two-piece solid copper grips, contained in its silver mounted red leather wrapped wooden scabbard, the mounts finely decorated with scrolling vines and flower heads, the chape with fish head finial. Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 30 A FINE QUALITY 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN MADE OTTOMAN JAMBIYA, 21cm damascus blade with broad shallow ground fuller along its entire length, characteristic white metal hilt and scabbard, profusely and finely decorated with scrolling foliage and flower heads. Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold Lot 31 A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHOORA DAGGER, 20.5cm T-section hollow ground blade with white metal reinforcing strips at the forte and along the spine, characteristic white metal mounted hilt decorated with geometric designs, riveted bone grips, contained in its embossed brass wrapped wooden scabbard decorated with geometric designs. The blade appears to be Wootz damascus. Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold View details Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold Lot 32 A YATAGHAN, 60.5cm recurved fullered blade decorated with several small panels of scrolling foliage in white metals, foliate embossed brass reinforcing strap, brass mounted hilt decorated to match, two-piece riveted horn and wood grips, contained in its brass mounted wooden scabbard. Lower mount lacking. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 33 A LARGE 19TH CENTURY KHYBER KNIFE, 54.25cm recurved T-Section fullered blade with floral and geometric gilt decoration, characteristic brass mounted hilt with two-piece riveted horn or bone grips, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 34 A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN SCISSORS KATAR, 22.5cm outer blades decorated with silver foliage at the forte - these open to reveal a shorter blade decorated to match, characteristic hilt profusely decorated with scrolling foliage and geometric designs in silver damascene, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£350StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£350StatusCLOSED Lot 35 A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KATAR, 20cm tapering blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic hilt, contained in its velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 36 A MID 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN OR TURKISH YATAGHAN, 60cm recurved fullered blade chiselled and reeded along the back edge, inlaid in silver to either side with panels "We Seek Intercession of Prophet Mohammed - This Sword Belongs to Mohamed Agha - God Willed It AH1267 (1851) - I Put My Trust in Allah" chiselled and pierced gilt reinforcing straps, characteristic hilt decorated to match, two-piece long-eared marine ivory grips, contained in its embossed brass mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 37 A VERY FINE SILVER MOUNTED OTTOMAN SHAMSHIR, 79.75cm slightly curved triple fullered Wootz damascus blade with gold decoration, characteristic silver gilt hilt deeply chiselled with scrolling foliage, flower heads and acanthus scrolls, contained in its silver mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard decorated to match. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,400StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,400StatusCLOSED Lot 38 A 19TH CENTURY SOSSUN PATTAH, 77cm recurved and reinforced Wootz damascus blade, the reinforcing elements and the forte decorated in gold with panels of scrolling foliage, characteristic hilt with pierced and shaped extremities, the whole decorated in gold to match, retains traces of original cloth grip. Tip rounded. Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSED Lot 39 A 19TH CENTURY NORTH INDIAN TULWAR FOR A BOY, 63cm sharply curved Wootz damascus blade with inlaid talismanic panel highlighted in gilt, characteristic silver plated hilt, contained in a later velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£750StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£750StatusCLOSED Lot 40 A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY LARGE DISC HILTED TULWAR, 75.5cm curved blade with traces of chiselled decoration, possibly watered, various filled flaws, plain characteristic hilt with large disc pommel, stylised sun or star burst boss, turned spike tang button, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 41 A TULWAR, 82cm sharply curved blade crudely decorated along its entire length with foliage and panels of wild animals, characteristic hilt with dished disc pommel, the whole decorated with circular designs in silver, contained in its relic scabbard. Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£150 - £200Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 42 A 19TH CENTURY TULWAR, 77.5cm sharply curved single fullered blade with clipped back point and incised with geometric designs at the forte, characteristic hilt with pierced langets, stepped quillons, foliate pierced disc pommel, the whole highlighted in gilt with flowerheads and a scrolling vine border, contained in its faded velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£550StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£550StatusCLOSED Lot 43 A 19TH CENTURY TULWAR, 79cm sharply curved blade, characteristic hilt with trefoil langets and quillons, large circular dished pommel, the whole with traces of a gilt geometric border, contained in its floral decorated cloth wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 44 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER MOUNTED OTTOMAN SHAMSHIR, 78cm sharply curved damascus blade, characteristic hilt, the elongated crossguard with ovoid terminals and geometric engraved borders, two-piece riveted horn grips, contained in its silver mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Believed to be marked with Tughra mark of Sultan Mahmud 2nd. Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,800 - £2,200Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 45 A LATE 18TH CENTURY FIRANGI, 77.5cm triple fullered blade reinforced with pierced and shaped straps, characteristic hilt with chiselled border, the knuckle guard with raised medial ridge and geometric and tramline decoration, dished disc pommel, the faceted spike finial with pierced starburst washer. Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED Lot 46 AN INDIAN SWORD, 73.5cm wavy blade decorated to either side with foliage and panels of wild animals and courtly figures, characteristic hilt decorated with flowerheads and foliage, together with a further Indian or Ottoman dagger with 31.5cm flattened diamond section blade decorated with a panel of foliage at the forte, characteristic hilt decorated to match. (2) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSED Lot 47 AN INDIAN TULWAR WITH ELEPHANT'S HEAD HILT, 73cm curved blade, the copper hilt with traces of silvered decoration, the grip with decorative panel to either side display big cats bringing down prey, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 48 A 19TH CENTURY HEAVY INDIAN OR OTTOMAN TABAR OR AXE, 18.5cm crescent form head chiselled with seated courtly figures amidst foliage and all highlighted in gilt, the haft collar chiselled with calligraphy, 63cm haft with spirally incised grip, the remainder with panels of geometric designs. Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 49 A GOOD 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN OR INDIAN KULA KHUD, characteristic dome-form steel skull decorated over all with panels of seated courtly figures amidst flowers and vessels, interspersed with panels of scrolling foliage finished in yellow metals, the whole with a lower border of stylised calligraphy, square section tapering spike finial, two forward plume holders, adjustable nasal bar with scrolling silver decoration to the top, characteristic chain mail neck guard. Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£580StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£580StatusCLOSED Lot 50 A MODERN INDIAN CHAMFRON, the shaped russet coloured body with raised medial ridge and geometric border, together with a katar with plated blade and engraved brass mounts decorated with stands of arms in the European manner, and a modern replica Indian shield. (3) Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 51 A FINE OTTOMAN GOLD DECORATED WOOTZ DAMASCUS POWDER FLASK, the sharply angled Wootz damascus body with foliate pierced galleried steel top, the scrolling S-form sprung release dispensing catch finely decorated with panels of scrolling foliage and geometric designs in gold koftgari. Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold Lot 52 A FINE MUGHAL INDIAN POLYCHROME DECORATED POWDER FLASK, the characteristic body decorated over all with scroll panels within geometric borders, highlighted in gold, black and white, all on a scarlet ground, the rear of the flask finished in a deep green. Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 53 A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ANKUS, 19cm square section stepped and shaped head with recurved hook, the tang secured to the haft by three rivets with brass diamond form washers, the turned and tapering wooden haft with traces of original painted finish. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED Lot 54 A FINE OTTOMAN GOLD AND SILVER MOUNTED RIDING CROP WITH INTEGRAL SWORD, 30cm flattened diamond section blade with short central fuller and inset with two red and one green dots to one side and two green and one red on the other, the silver niello wrapped hilt decorated with panels of scrolling vines and flower heads within a geometric border, the scabbard decorated to match and four interspersed yellow metal ribs and terminals decorated with ships and flowers, the wrist chain with acorn finial. Estimate£1,400 - £1,800Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,400 - £1,800Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSED Lot 55 A GOOD VICTORIAN COPY OF A 15TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN TWO-HANDED KNIGHTLY SWORD, 99.75cm flattened diamond section tapering blade struck with a cross to one side just above the forte, characteristic hilt with elongated downturned quillons, fishtail form pommel, slender tapering wooden grip. Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSED Lot 56 A 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH DUELLING RAPIER, 92cm flattened diamond section fullered blade, indistinctly signed in the short central fuller, characteristic hilt with shallow dished guard composed of flattened rounded bars with pierced lattice panels and linked to the downturned scrolling quillons by upswept supports, chiselled ovoid pommel, wire bound grip. Circa 1630. The pommel and grip associated, the guard with one panel replaced and one with damage. See Hilt 79 on page 153 of The Rapier and Smal Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next