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Auction archive: Lot number 15

TWO SMALL-SWORDS, AND A SMALL-SWORD SCABBARD

Auction 27.03.1996
27 Mar 1996
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$381 - US$534
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$667
Auction archive: Lot number 15

TWO SMALL-SWORDS, AND A SMALL-SWORD SCABBARD

Auction 27.03.1996
27 Mar 1996
Estimate
£250 - £350
ca. US$381 - US$534
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$667
Beschreibung:

TWO SMALL-SWORDS, AND A SMALL-SWORD SCABBARD THE FIRST CIRCA 1750, THE SECOND CIRCA 1650, PROBABLY ENGLISH, AND THE LAST MID-18TH CENTURY The first with foil blade stamped 'In Solingen' on each face and struck on one face at the forte with a mark, the iron hilt pierced and chiselled with running foliage and flowers, and with later wooden grip; the second with tapering blade of stiff hollow-diamond section with central fuller at the forte with cruciform piercings and stamped 'Iann Meigen', iron hilt decorated with recessed mouldings, and later wooden grip with silver-wire Turk's heads; the last of wood covered in black leather (damaged and incomplete) with 'tonkinese' shakudo locket The first 30¼in. (76.8cm.) blade (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
27 Mar 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

TWO SMALL-SWORDS, AND A SMALL-SWORD SCABBARD THE FIRST CIRCA 1750, THE SECOND CIRCA 1650, PROBABLY ENGLISH, AND THE LAST MID-18TH CENTURY The first with foil blade stamped 'In Solingen' on each face and struck on one face at the forte with a mark, the iron hilt pierced and chiselled with running foliage and flowers, and with later wooden grip; the second with tapering blade of stiff hollow-diamond section with central fuller at the forte with cruciform piercings and stamped 'Iann Meigen', iron hilt decorated with recessed mouldings, and later wooden grip with silver-wire Turk's heads; the last of wood covered in black leather (damaged and incomplete) with 'tonkinese' shakudo locket The first 30¼in. (76.8cm.) blade (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
27 Mar 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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