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Auction archive: Lot number 285

An Axe-Head, And A Large Group Of Miniature, Toy, And Novelty Firearms, And Other Related Items

Auction 12.07.2000
12 Jul 2000
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$301 - US$452
Price realised:
£376
ca. US$567
Auction archive: Lot number 285

An Axe-Head, And A Large Group Of Miniature, Toy, And Novelty Firearms, And Other Related Items

Auction 12.07.2000
12 Jul 2000
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$301 - US$452
Price realised:
£376
ca. US$567
Beschreibung:

An Axe-Head, And A Large Group Of Miniature, Toy, And Novelty Firearms, And Other Related Items The first 17th Century, probably German or French The first with flat blade struck on one face with a maker's mark, a heart containing the letters 'FP' over three arrows (?), together with designs and borders formed of stamped semi-circles, dots and lines, and the other face with similar borders and a pounced 'tree of life' (the surface rust pitted throughout): on a wooden stand; the second comprising an all-metal wheel-lock pistol with blued barrel, engraved white metal stock, and blued spanner, fourteen plastic pistols and rifles from two series of cereal packet gifts, three retracting pencils in the form of longarms, two cigar-cutters in the form of pistols, and twenty-six other items, including a group of pen-knives 12½in. (31.8cm.) and 7/8in. (2.2cm.) to 5in. (12.7cm.) (47)

Auction archive: Lot number 285
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An Axe-Head, And A Large Group Of Miniature, Toy, And Novelty Firearms, And Other Related Items The first 17th Century, probably German or French The first with flat blade struck on one face with a maker's mark, a heart containing the letters 'FP' over three arrows (?), together with designs and borders formed of stamped semi-circles, dots and lines, and the other face with similar borders and a pounced 'tree of life' (the surface rust pitted throughout): on a wooden stand; the second comprising an all-metal wheel-lock pistol with blued barrel, engraved white metal stock, and blued spanner, fourteen plastic pistols and rifles from two series of cereal packet gifts, three retracting pencils in the form of longarms, two cigar-cutters in the form of pistols, and twenty-six other items, including a group of pen-knives 12½in. (31.8cm.) and 7/8in. (2.2cm.) to 5in. (12.7cm.) (47)

Auction archive: Lot number 285
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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