TWO DAY SPRING VIRTUAL ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR AUCTION(#310531) 29/03/2022 10:00 AM GMT+1 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 289-336 of 714. View Lot 289 OF AUTOGRAPHICAL INTEREST: MAJOR GENERAL SIR THOMAS GRAHAM: letter to Admiral Lord Keith discussing staff appointments and passing on Wellington's recommendations for promotions, dated 10th December 1811, Pinhel, Portugal, framed and glazed. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSED Lot 290 HENRI ETIENNE DUMAIGE (1830-1888) FRENCH, Avant le Combat, Volontaire de 1792 and Apres le Combat, Grenadier de 1792, a pair of bronzes of French Revolutionary soldiers, the former playing his drum, 64.5cm high, the latter lighting his pipe and cradling his rifle and bayonet in his arm, 65cm high, each signed H Dumaige to the naturalistic base and with title plaque. (2) View details Estimate£4,000 - £6,000StatusUnsold Lot 291 A CASED PAIR OF 32 BORE IRISH MADE SCOTTISH WHITE METAL BELT PISTOLS, 6.5inch multi-stage barrels engraved H. ALLPORT CORK, border and scroll engraved signed locks, full nickel or paktong stocks engraved with panels of scrolling foliage and geometric designs, belt hooks mounted on the left side, ram's horn butts, thistle prickers, button triggers, ringturned steel ramrods, contained in a brown velvet lined mahogany case with associated accessories. The sideplate area of both pistols is stamped 4 View details Estimate£6,000 - £7,000StatusUnsold Lot 292 A 25-BORE 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK ALL STEEL SCOTTISH PISTOL BY MURDOCH, 7.5inch four-stage barrel with flared and faceted muzzle, fluted breech, border and scroll engraved lock signed T. Murdoch, platinum lined breech, replacement frizzen and spring, full steel stock profusely decorated with bands of geometric designs, rounded butt inlaid with silver panels, button trigger, shallow belt hook mounted on the left side, white metal escutcheon engraved with a ducal crest, steel ramrod. View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000Winning Bid£3,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 293 A FINE QUALITY VICTORIAN DIRK ETCHED WITH THE SCOTTISH ARMS, 26cm double fullered clean, bright blade finely etched with scrolling foliage, thistles, the figure of St Andrew, a crowned lion sat atop a crown holding a sword and a sceptre, being the crest of the coat of arms of Scotland, maker's panel for MACDOUGALL & CO OF THE ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE INVERNESS SACKVELLE ST AT LONDON, white metal mounted hilt decorated with laurel and fleurs-de-lis, carved basket weave and Celtic knot wooden grip i View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,400Winning Bid£2,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 294 A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH BLACK WATCH OFFICER'S REGIMENTAL DIRK BY KIRKWOOD OF EDINBURGH, 27.5cm double fullered blade with faceted back edge, brass mounted hilt decorated with thistles, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with brass studs, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard decorated with thistles and regimental motifs, complete with companion knife and fork decorated to match. View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,400Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 295 A GORDON HIGHLANDERS OFFICER'S DIRK, 31.5cm blade with faceted back edge, characteristic gilt mounted hilt decorated with scrolling thistles, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket wooden grip set with brass studs, contained in its engraved gilt mounted scabbard, decorated to match, the upper mount applied with an engraved crest of the Gordon Highlanders, complete with companion fork, knife lacking. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£740StatusCLOSED Lot 296 A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH PIPER'S DIRK, 28cm blade with faceted back edge, white metal mounted hilt decorated with thistles, Celtic strapwork pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with white metal studs, contained in its white metal mounted leather wrapped scabbard, decorated to match. View details Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 297 A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH OFFICER'S CASED DIRK SGIAN DUBH AND SPORRAN SET, the dirk with 27.5cm fullered clipped back blade with faceted back edge, characteristic hilt with gilt mounts, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with brass studs, contained in its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard decorated with thistles and regimental motifs, complete with companion knife and fork, contained in its purple velvet lined case, together with a companion sgian dubh and sporran, the View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 298 A GOOD KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS FIELD OFFICER'S SWORD, 82.5cm clean fullered blade by Wilkinson, decorated with thistles, regimental badge and crowned GVR cypher, regulation pierced plated hilt decorated with thistles and regimental motifs, wire bound fishskin grip, red faced chamois liner, contained in its plated steel scabbard, complete with field service scabbard and silk tassel. View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,400Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 299 AN ORNATE VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SCOTTISH SGIAN DUBH, 11cm blade with faceted back edge, characteristic hilt with chased silver mounts decorated with thistles, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with white metal studs and a faceted stone, contained in its hallmarked silver mounted leather scabbard decorated to match. Hallmarks rubbed. View details Estimate£500 - £600Winning Bid£540StatusCLOSED Lot 300 A GORDON HIGHLANDERS OFFICER'S SGIAN DUBH, 9.25cm blade with faceted back edge, tip chipped, characteristic white metal mounted hilt, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip decorated with white metal studs and applied with the regimental badge, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 301 A HALLMARKED SILVER SCOTTISH SGIAN DUBH, 8.75cm clipped back blade with faceted back edge, characteristic silver mounted hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and geometric designs, carved basket weave wooden grip, chipped, contained in its silver mounted leather scabbard, Edinburgh hallmarks with maker's marks for Mackay and Chisolm. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£300StatusCLOSED Lot 302 A BLACK WATCH OFFICER'S SGIAN DUBH, 9cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, characteristic gilt mounted hilt, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with brass studs and the figure of St Andrew, contained in an associated copper gilt mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount set with the regimental badge. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£200StatusCLOSED Lot 303 A VICTORIAN WHITE METAL MOUNTED SCOTTISH DIRK, 27cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, characteristic white metal mounted hilt, the pommel set with a stone, carved basket weave wooden grip set with white metal studs, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard decorated to match, complete with companion knife and fork, the former with maker's name of NEWBOLD. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£700StatusCLOSED Lot 304 A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH DIRK IN THE 18TH CENTURY FASHION, 25.5cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, characteristic white metal mounted hilt with heart-pierced pommel cap, carved Celtic knotwork wooden grip, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£560StatusCLOSED Lot 305 A SCOTTISH LOCHABER AXE IN THE 18TH CENTURY MANNER, 39cm elongated head drawn to an upturned tip and fitted with securing ring and bracing straps, dismounting hook and spiked foot, later wooden haft, 188cm. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£190StatusCLOSED Lot 306 A MODERN SCOTTISH KILT COMPANY DRESS ENSEMBLE, comprising a Sutherland Old Clan tartan kilt, charcoal tweed jacket and waistcoat, Margaret Morrison bespoke sporran, thistle kilt pin, replica dummy sgian dubh, leather belt with Celtic decorated buckle, a pair of socks with matching tartan flashes, and a pair of Jamie Alexander black leather ghillie brogues in size 12. (Custom made, worn once to a wedding and in excellent condition.) View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 307 A VERY RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS HILTED PINCH OF SNUFF SCOTTISH BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD, 89.5cm double fullered blade, pierced above the forte, characteristic brass hilt, probably Glasgow, decorated with flattened rounded bars arranged in ovoid panels and intersected with faceted ribs, linear engraved flattened bun-shaped pommel, wire bound leather wrapped wooden grip, split. A rare example and possibly unique, in brass, of the famous Pinch of Snuff Hilt, so named after the famous portrait View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 308 A RARE VIKING PERIOD PATTERN WELDED AND INLAID SWORD CIRCA 900, 75.25cm fullered blade, characteristic hilt of Petersen Type H form, inlaid to the cross guard with geometric designs and inverted swastika forms, the triangular form pommel with oblong plinth decorated to match. A similar sword was lent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Laird Landmann and Kathleen Kinney (accession number L.2008.29.2). That particular sword was marked with the name of its maker Hartolfr. See plate VI Swords of t View details Estimate£10,000 - £15,000StatusUnsold Lot 309 A RARE GLADIUS HISPANIENSIS OR ROMAN SWORD, 50cm waisted pattern welded blade with armour piercing tip, inlaid TERE FELIX to one side of the forte and with dual swastika emblems to the other. The quality and inlay to this piece would suggest it was that of a Legate or Tribune. Provenance, an Old English collection from which, by family tradition, this piece was discovered in Germany. Circa 100BC to 50AD. View details Estimate£3,000 - £5,000Winning Bid£3,800StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 310 A LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY GERMAN NUREMBERG CLOSE HELMET, the two-piece skull with low roped comb, the visor with elongated sights and drawn out to a point, tapering visor lifting post with spherical terminal, the upper bevor pierced with circular and elongated breaths to either side and secured at the lower edge by a sprung stud released by a push button with foliate form domed terminal, the lower bevor similarly secured by a push button, the three pivoting on large domed foliate rivets, View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,500Winning Bid£6,500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 311 A 19TH CENTURY ETCHED GORGET AND COLLAR IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, the whole with turned edges and etched roped panels containing Neoclassical figures. View details Estimate£400 - £500StatusUnsold Lot 312 A PAIR OF MUNITION GRADE GAUNTLETS, each with six lame articulated mittens, turned rounded cuffs with rivet decoration, one with original chamois liner. (2) View details Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£560StatusCLOSED Lot 313 A SELECION OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER ELEMENTS OF MINIATURE ARMOUR, to include a pair of gauntlets, a single mitten gauntlet, a pair of pauldrons, three full size neck elements, a Kula Khud finial, two small Indian mail and plate elements and a section of modern chain mail. (11) View details Estimate£250 - £350StatusUnsold Lot 314 A LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN NUREMBERG MORION OR HELMET, the single piece skull with tall roped comb and down swept shallow brim drawn out to a peak to the front and rear and with Nuremberg stamp, sixteen lining rivets with brass foliate washers, some losses. See Stockel, Volume II page 469. Rim with lamination repair and pierced with a mounting hole. View details Estimate£300 - £500Winning Bid£860StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 315 A LATE 17TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL ZISCHAGGE OR HELMET, the single piece skull with radiating ribs, the top with large foliate washer and short reeded spike, four lame neck guard decorated to match, shallow gutter with turned and roped edge, the peak drawn out to a point, shallow gutter with turned and roped edge, adjustable nasal bar. View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 316 AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY GERMAN SCHNEPPER OR STONEBOW, 60Ccm over all length and with 41cm bow, dual braided draw string, dual post fore-sight, the integral cocking lever retained by a pivoting catch, the former struck with a maker's mark of a stag within a shield form, characteristic scroll carved wooden butt set with polished bone plaques decorated with scrolling foliage, wild animals and the crest of Bavaria, losses to the latter, red painted inventory number 1106. Old fracture to lever pivot po View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,500StatusUnsold Lot 317 A LATE 19TH CENTURY SPANISH MODEL CANNON, 11.75inch multi-stage barrel chiselled with swags, bands of foliage and flowerheads, a shield-form crest, a pair of dolphin form lifters, plain trunnions, acorn form cascabels, mounted on a later wooden carriage. View details Estimate£250 - £350Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSED Lot 318 A FULL ARTICULATED ARMOUR IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, comprising breast and back plate, gorget and helmet ensemble, articulated arm and leg defences and matching gauntlets, the whole with etched decoration in the classical style. 20th Century, probably of Spanish manufacture. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£520StatusCLOSED Lot 319 A 17TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK COMBINATION TOOL, comprising triple spanner and powder measure, together with a sprung flint knapping hammer. (2) View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 320 A LATE 18TH CENTURY BRONZE PIVOT CANNON, 32inch three-stage sighted barrel bearing an inscription across the mid-point, mounted on a wooden plinth complete with pivot mount and adjustable tail bracket. View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 321 OF JOHN MEADE FALKNER INTEREST: A JAMES II HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW AND BOUND WITH THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and administration of the Sacraments.... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, bearing the coat of arms of James II, and Oxford, Printed at the Theater, and are to be sold by Thomas Guy at the Oxford Arms in Lombard Street near Popes Head Alley, London, An. Dom. 1688. Bears the book plate of John Meade Falkner with his motto Respice Finem. Meade Falkner View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000StatusUnsold Lot 322 A CHARLES I HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW AND BOUND WITH THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and administration of the sacraments...., printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the Universitie of Cambridge Anno Dom. 1638. Please contact us for a condition report. View details Estimate£5,000 - £7,000StatusUnsold Lot 323 A LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN CRAB CLAW RAPIER, 86.7cm flattened diamond section blade incised in the short central fullers IHN SOLINGEN, to either side, further incised with a series of X marks, characteristic hilt with dual down turned quillons with faceted decoration, the side guard composed of three concentric looping bars, the lower two faceted and hatched, the largest with linear and hatched decoration and with a separate scalloped insert, tapering ovoid pommel decorated with h View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 324 A SCARCE EARLY 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH HOUNSLOW SWEPT HILT RAPIER, 86cm blade incised FECIT HOUNSLO to either side in the short fullers, characteristic swept hilt composed of rounded bars, recurving quillons, D-shaped knuckle bow with scrolling supports, ovoid pommel, later wooden grip. Tip rounded. View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,700StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 325 A SILVER ENCRUSTED ENGLISH SMALL SWORD OR LIGHT RAPIER WITH 1553 DATED BLADE, 74.75cm flattened diamond section blade chiselled and inlaid with copper at the forte ANO 1553 to either side, further chiselled and inlaid in copper with the running wolf emblem and decorated with a wriggly line along its length, characteristic hilt with up turned shell guard, recurving spatulate quillons and ovoid grip, the whole profusely decorated with silver flower heads and dot decoration, silver wire bound grip View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,200StatusCLOSED Lot 326 A GOOD QUALITY VICTORIAN RAPIER IN THE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 85cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic hilt composed of flattened rounded bars, upturned lower guard, looping side guard, recurved quillons and all with scallop form terminals, trapezoidal faceted pommel, wire bound grip. View details Estimate£500 - £600Winning Bid£500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 327 A GOOD QUALITY VICTORIAN RAPIER IN THE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 85cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic hilt with down turned quillons, looping side guard and D-shaped knuckle bow, faceted spherical pommel, wire bound grip. View details Estimate£500 - £600Winning Bid£440StatusCLOSED Lot 328 A VICTORIAN RAPIER IN THE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 84cm flattened diamond section double fullered blade, characteristic swept hilt with pierced looping side guards, recurved quillons, D-shaped knuckle bow, all pierced on a Celtic theme, faceted pommel, wire bound grip. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED Lot 329 AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY PILLOW SWORD, 90.5cm broadsword blade, characteristic hilt with down turned crossguard with bud form terminals, tapering ovoid pommel, wooden grip. View details Estimate£600 - £800StatusUnsold Lot 330 A BRACE OF VICTORIAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORDS IN THE NORTH EUROPEAN MANNER, 78cm broad tapering blades with squared off tips, down turned quillons, dished disc pommels, shaped wooden grips. (2) View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£540StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 331 AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY NORTH EUROPEAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, 74.5cm fullered blade, characteristic hilt with dual looping side guards and integral thumb ring, D-shaped knuckle bows united by a single scrolling bar, spherical pommel. Probably German,blade a later replacement. View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsold Lot 332 A MID 17TH CENTURY CAVALRY SWORD, 82.5cm double fullered blade decorated with scrolling foliage and flower heads, various edge nicks, characteristic hilt composed of two looping side guards with pierced inserts, the principle knuckle guard supported on each side by two scrolling side bars, spherical pommel, ribbed wooden grip. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£1,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 333 A 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH RONDEL DAGGER, 35.75cm T-section blade struck with a maker's mark to one side, broad disc guard and pommel, spirally fluted bone or hon grips,, ribbed brass back strap. See Plate 95C and 95D European Swords and Daggers in The Tower of London by Dufty HMSO. Grip probably a later replacement. View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£880StatusCLOSED Lot 334 A 17TH CENTURY DUAL KNIFE SET IN STUMPWORK CASE, the first knife with 11.5cm blade, struck with maker and region marks of a dagger and cross, foliate gold damascene decorated collar, rubbed, fine pierced filigree work pommel, grip lacking, tang with brass wrap, the second knife bearing identical markings and decoration, lacking tang wrap and pommel, contained in a stumpwork wrapped wooden scabbard, worn, decorated with foliage and flower heads and what appears to be a stylised mitre or church sp View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£660StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 335 AN 18TH CENTURY WHITE METAL HILTED SMALL-SWORD, 79cm triangular section incurved blade, the white metal hilt with upturned shell guard with strapwork borders and latticed centres, D-shaped knuckle guard, spherical pommel decorated to match, loose silver wire bound wooden grip with Turks' heads. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSED Lot 336 A LATE 18TH CENTURY BLUED AND GILT HUNTING HANGER, 53.5cm fullered blade double edged towards the tip, decorated in the classical fashion with stands of arms, strapwork and swags, all highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, characteristic white metal hilt with reeded recurved quillons and shallow pommel cap decorated to match, polished horn grip, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard. View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSED Items per page 122448 Previous|1...5678910...15|Next123456789101112131415 Previous 123456789101112131415 Next Previous 123456789101112131415 Next