Spring Virtual Arms and Armour Auction(#310521) 07/04/2020 10:00 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 241-288 of 566. View Lot 240 A COPPER ELKINGTON SHIELD, the 55cm diameter body profusely decorated with Classical battle scenes, central spike finial, the rear applied with a small plaque Department of Science and Art Elkington. Various edge splits. View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 241 A SET OF FOUR OLD MASTER STYLE PEN AND INK DRAWINGS OF SWORD OR DAGGER HILTS IN THE 16TH CENTURY MANNER, each depicting very ornate hilts decorated with classical figures in the Renaissance style, mounted on boards with card frames. Sold with a receipt from Giorgio Rovelli of Rome and dated 20 April 1970 stating these four drawings date to the end of the 16th Century. It is more likely that these are 19th Century copies. Stained, marked and small tears. (4) View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£440StatusCLOSED Lot 242 A 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY DOOR LOCK MECHANISM, 18.5cm long, the face plate profusely decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads and applied with the face of a Green Man, further decorated with engraved scrolling foliage and foliate piercings. Possibly French. View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000StatusUnsold Lot 243 A 16TH CENTURY GERMAN OR STYRIAN HALBERD, with 13cm pierced crescent head and down turned fluke, 79cm square section spike, mounted on a later wooden haft secured with straps, 250cm over all. View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 244 A CRUDE 16TH CENTURY POLEARM OR PIKE HAMMER, 27cm leaf-shaped blade, split hammer head with downturned spike fluke, mounted on a later wooden haft, 217cm over all. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 245 AN INTERESTING STONE FRAGMENT IN THE FORM OF A HELMET, the style and form of this stone element reflects a helmet of the 15th Century. Weathered. View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 246 A 19TH CENTURY CANNON BALL DOOR PORTER, the 12cm hollow cast iron ball mounted on a turned oak plinth, the handle, of gilded wood and carved in the form of a burst of flames. View details Estimate£40 - £60Winning Bid£210StatusCLOSED Lot 247 A 19TH CENTURY STONE BOW, of characteristic construction, steel bow, pivoting foresight and pierced pivoting rear sight decorated with a foliate spray, full stock with steel mounts, chequered wrist. View details Estimate£350 - £450StatusUnsold Lot 248 A LARGE POWDER HORN IN THE 18TH CENTURY STYLE, 43cm natural cow horn profusely decorated with Classical figures in period costume partaking in a variety of activities, surrounded by wild animals and scrolling foliage with in a strapwork and foliate border. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSED Lot 249 A 19TH CENTURY COPY OF A SINGLE 17TH CENTURY STYLE NORTH EUROPEAN GAUNTLET, the short cuff drawn out to a shallow point with turned and roped edge and shallow gully, the back of the hands composed of six articulated plates with central chevron cut-out, the knuckle with broad roped medial ridge, retains three scaled fingers. View details Estimate£100 - £150StatusUnsold Lot 250 A 17TH CENTURY MORNING STAR OR HOLY WATER SPRINKLER, the heavy spiked ball attached by a seven link chain to the eyed mounting straps, secured with a mounting ring and rivets, the shaped wooden haft 68cm over all. Probably Swiss. View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 251 A PAIR OF COSSACK SPURS, of characteristic composition with heart and scroll pierced mounts, displayed on an oak mount, the underside with faded museum label giving the Cossack attribution. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 252 A LATE 18TH CENTURY STONE BOW, 74cm over all length, the wooden stock with formed iron mounts, the trigger guard decorated with a shell form, folding rear sight pierced with four apertures, folding adjustable goal post foresight, original braided gut and bone braced draw. View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold Lot 253 A 17TH CENTURY SPUR, probably English, spirally fluted brace with brass highlights. A/F. View details Estimate£80 - £120StatusUnsold Lot 254 A 17TH CENTURY GERMAN POWDER FLASK, of characteristic flattened horn form, with iron mounts, the sides decorated with chevrons, the rear decorated with panels of concentric circles and dated 1620 over the initials HC, the face decorated with a figures attending a tournament. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 255 A 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN MUSKETEER'S POWDER FLASK, of characteristic scalloped triangular form, the leather covered wooden body with central cast saintly figure applied to the front, sprung top, four suspension loops. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 256 A 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN MUSKETEER'S POWDER FLASK, of characteristic scalloped triangular form, the cloth covered wooden body with heavy metal mounts, foliate brackets to the corners of the base, central lozenge-shaped mount applied to the front and secured by a single rivet and foliate brass washer, sprung top, four suspension loops with cord hanger. Inventory tag 817. View details Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 257 A 17TH CENTURY GERMAN ETCHED CARTRIDGE BOX OR PATRON, 12.25cm high, the curved and stepped body with flared base, profusely etched with fine scrolling vines, two suspension straps to the rear and D-shaped suspension rings to either side, the hinged top released by a pivoting sprung catch under the base. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£800StatusCLOSED Lot 258 A 17TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY WHEEL LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 15.5inch octagonal barrel stamped with a maker's mark and the initials SV or SW on the left side of the breech, plain stepped lock, full stocked with steel and brass mounts, wooden ramrod, together with an associated period holster and key. (3) View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£3,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 259 A 19TH CENTURY MINIATURE WHEEL LOCK PISTOL, 4.75inch two-stage barrel, plain shaped lock, full stocked decorated with scrolling wire inlays and circular ivory plaquettes, slightly flattened ball butt segmented with white metal inlays and interspersed with further circular plaquettes, ivory tipped wooden ramrod. View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSED Lot 260 A MID-17TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN 10-BORE BRASS BARRELLED DOG LOCK WALL GUN, 37.75inch two-stage heavy brass barrel, plain dig lock, full stocked with fish-tail butt, plain iron mounts. Ramrod lacking. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£2,500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 261 A VIKING SWORD OF PETERSEN TYPE K AND WHEELER TYPE IV, 75.5cm blade in excavated condition, broad pattern welded double edged blade, characteristic hilt with segmented domed pommel and deep guard. Originally discovered by R. T. Clough ARIBA FSA Scot in the Lake District in the 1920's. Subjected to a full analysis by the Royal Armouries in 2009 - AM2103 and Inv. B0531 which state that it is typical pattern-welded example of the period. 9th Century. View details Estimate£3,000 - £5,000Winning Bid£3,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 262 A LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN TWO-HANDED SWORD OR ZWEIHANDER, 141.5cm wavy blade incised a circular panel of talismanic symbols of crosses and crescent moons and containing the legend A DOI M, the whole surmounting two small sun or star bursts above the date 1597, the opposing side incised with three pairs of crossed swords above a dove holding an olive branch, the crossguard chiselled with face of a bearded gentleman, possibly Christ, the opposing side chiselled with a sun figure, both on a lattic View details Estimate£3,500 - £4,500Winning Bid£3,200StatusCLOSED Lot 263 A LATE 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN CINQUEDEA OR SHORT SWORD, 44cm broad tapering blade with three graduated bands of shallow fullers, the whole profusely etched with cavalry and infantry battle scenes at the forte, surmounted by a crest and a figure of a nobleman, further battle scenes, lions and stands of arms, characteristic hilt with sharply down angled crossguard, broad flattened pommel with later embossed white metal inserts, etched grip, decorated with foliage and classical imagery. The profile View details Estimate£10,000 - £12,000StatusUnsold Lot 264 A COMPOSITE LANDSKNECHT TWO-HANDED SWORD OR ZWEIHANDER, 128cm laminated tempered blade with rounded tip, struck with a maker's mark at the forte, hand-forged iron hilt and pommel, characteristic elongated flattened quillons with shaped terminals, two looping side guards composed of flattened bars, tapering spherical pommel, Victorian wooden grip with dual strand wire binding, Turk's heads. The blade and iron work probably late 16th Century, the grip probably Victorian. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200StatusUnsold Lot 265 A GOOD COPY OF A MEDIEVAL SWORD OF OAKESHOTT TYPE X IN THE LATE 12TH CENTURY STYLE, 84cm broad tapering fullered blade, characteristic hilt with down turned spatulate crossguard and "Brazil Nut" for pommel, leather wrapped wooden grip. Patinated over all. View details Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSED Lot 266 A COMPOSITE SHORT RAPIER OR RIDING SWORD, 78cm flattened diamond section two-stage blade stamped SOLINGEN in the short central fuller on either side, re-curved flattened S form quillons, the guard of shell form surmounted by four looping rounded bars, urn-form pommel, leather wrapped wooden grip. View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 267 A LANDSKNECHT SHORT SWORD OR KATZBALGER, 62.5cm broadsword blade wit rounded tip, characteristic hilt with two roped looping side bars with flattened dome terminals, heavy tapering grip with gadrooned pommel, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. A very good Victorian copy of an early 16th Century Katzbalger. View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500StatusUnsold Lot 268 A 16TH CENTURY GERMAN BACKSWORD, 74cm blade, double edge from the midpoint to the tip, characteristic hilt composed of two solid side guards surmounted with a basket composed of rounded bars supported on either side with a scrolling S-form, thumb ring, the scrolling quillons with spherical terminals decorated with a basket weave design in the Scottish fashion, the large flattened bun-shaped pommel decorated around the edge to match. Patinated over all, one side guard holed. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£750StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 269 A 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH OFFICER'S SWORD, 81cm double fullered flattened diamond section blade, the hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard supported by two pierced looping side guards decorated with foliage, the chiselled pommel decorated with foliage and two opposing busts. View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSED Lot 270 A MID 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PERIOD MORTUARY HILTED BACKSWORD, 89cm fullered blade, half basket hilt crudely incised with foliage and two opposing busts to the underside of the guard and with pierced decoration, upper scrolling side bars lacking and repair to knuckle, spherical pommel, wooden grip with Turk's heads. Generally patinated. View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£440StatusCLOSED Lot 271 A MID 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PERIOD MORTUARY HILTED BACKSWORD, 79.5cm double fullered blade, half basket hilt crudely incised with foliage and two opposing busts to the underside of the guard, spherical pommel, spirally fluted wooden grip with Turk's heads. Generally patinated. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£580StatusCLOSED Lot 272 A 16TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN LEFT HAND DAGGER, 35.5cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic hilt with elongated down turned protruding quillons, small looping guard, faceted diamond-shaped pommel, wooden grip, the rear of which is pasted with a label THAMES NEAR SEAL HOUSE. Good relic condition. View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 273 AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN LEFT HAND DAGGER, 2.5cm flattened diamond section hollow ground blade with short fullered forte, characteristic hilt with ring turned crossguard, small looping side guard, spherical pommel, wire bound grip with Turk's heads. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£750StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 274 A 17TH CENTURY NORTH ITALIAN GUNNER'S STILETTO, 26.5cm triangular section blade incised with calibrations, characteristic hilt with ovoid twist quillons, matching ovoid pommel, spirally fluted horn grip with circular inlays. Calibrations possibly later. View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSED Lot 275 A STILETTO IN THE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN STYLE, 25cm triangular section blade, characteristic turned hilt with faceted grip. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED Lot 276 A 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN STILETTO, 18.75cm flattened diamond section blade with characteristic turned hilt with button terminals and ovoid pommel, brazed repair to the forte. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£150StatusCLOSED Lot 277 A STILETTO IN THE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN STYLE, 20cm square section blade, characteristic with geometric uniform hilt, button pommel. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED Lot 278 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH SILVER MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD OR HANGER, 48cm polished blade decorated with panels of scrolling foliage, a dog chasing a stag and a dog chasing a boar, traces of gilt decoration, Romanesque silver mounted hilt, the crossguard with central lion's mask to either side, laurel wreath and acanthus pommel cap, tapering reeded ivory grip, contained in its silver mounted leather wrapped wooden scabbard decorated to match, associated companion knife. View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,000StatusUnsold Lot 279 A 17TH CENTURY SHOTLEY BRIDGE HANGER, 67cm slightly curved fullered blade struck with a mark to the left side, characteristic brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle bow and down turned shell guard, plain wooden grip. View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 280 AN 18TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN HUNTING HANGER, 54.5cm triple fullered blade incised ANDRIA FERARA, characteristic brass hilt with shield form guard and D-shaped knuckle bow, the whole decorated with scrolling foliage and bird's heads, wire bound chequered fishskin grip. View details Estimate£180 - £220Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 281 AN 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BACKSWORD, 88cm double fullered blade, double edged towards the tip, characteristic hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by heart-pierced junction plates, flattened dome-shaped pommel. Generally patinated. View details Estimate£600 - £800StatusUnsold Lot 282 A ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS OFFICER'S BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD, 82cm fullered blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 58769 for 1921, etched with thistles, regimental motifs and owner's name P.H. MC.MONAGLE, regulation plated basket hilt composed of flattened bars united by heart pierced junction plates, contained in its field service scabbard complete with chamois liner and tassle. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 283 A MID-18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH HEAVY CAVALRY BASKET HILTED BACK SWORD, 81cm double fullered blade, sharpened for use and stamped ANDREIA FERARA in the fullers on either side, characteristic hilt composed of flattened vertical bars, broad scroll front bars uniting with a central pierced panel incorporating a saltire, horizontal oval ring filler, the opposing side also with a centered saltire, all supporting bars uniting to a solid ring beneath the flattened bun-shaped pommel, wire bound fishskin gri View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,500StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 284 A MAGNIFICENT SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD OF THE LOYAL NORTH BRITONS VOLUNTEERS, 86.5cm clean fullered blade etched with a manufacturer's panel for A. FERARA, regulation steel hilt composed of scrolling flattened rounded bars united by a circular junction plate on either side pierced and decorated with a crowned thistle, finely chequered bun-shaped pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount with maker's panel for MEYER & QUELLER OF ED View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000Winning Bid£4,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 285 AN 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BACK SWORD, 86cm triple fullered blade with traces of incised decoration and maker's details, characteristic hilt composed of flattened bars united by stylised heart-pierced junction plates, the side panels with scrolling S bars and stylised fleur-des-lis, incised conical pommel, spirally carved wooden grip. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 286 A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD FOR A BOY, 53cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic sheet metal basket hilt composed of flattened bars united by pierced junction plates, wire bound wooden grip, later velvet liner. View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 287 A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH SILVER MOUNTED DIRK TO THE FIFE AND FORFARS, 25cm slender fullered blade, characteristic silver mounted hilt decorated with bands of scrolling foliage and flower heads, carved basket weave wooden grip, polished domed agate pommel, contained in its silver mounted leather scabbard decorated profusely and deeply with scrolling foliage, strapwork and hearts, the upper mount decorated with a dual crest emblematic of the Fife and Forfars, complete with companion knife and fork View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,000Winning Bid£2,400StatusCLOSED Items per page 122448 Previous|1...456789...12|Next123456789101112 Previous 123456789101112 Next Previous 123456789101112 Next