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LOT 2012
'Battle of Omdurman' Ham-Stringing Beja Knife
SUDAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (140 grams, 25.6 cm).
With traditional X-shaped carved wooden hilt, narrow two-edged blade with hooked end for slicing; old collector's label 'Hamstringing Sudanese curved knife for slashing at horses' hocks. Probably from battle of Omdurman Sept. 2nd 1898'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2012
'Battle of Omdurman' Ham-Stringing Beja Knife
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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British Heavy Cavalry Trooper's Sword with Scabbard
19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
British 1796 Pattern Backsword with lozenge-section tip and fuller to each face of the blade; swept guard with openwork saltire design; stamped to ricasso '[arrow] FFD / [crown] 30 / E / X'; reverse with numerous feint numerical stamps; brass scabbard with two suspension rings, worn. 1.6 kg, 98.5 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring a leaf-shaped blade and an expanding tubular socket. 199 grams, 25 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s. -
Maximilian Articulated Steel Plate Armour Tassets
Germany, circa early 16th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising: a curved panel with a rolled rim, horizontal carinated bands and median bowed band with diagonal slash detailing, fluted lower edge with holes for articulating rivets; group of three plates with vertical fluting, with sliding rivets providing articulation; with matching '1.306' reference numbers. 424 grams total, 22.3-24.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From a gentleman's collection from East Sussex, UK.
The matched reference numbers could indicate that the pieces came from the same harness. One piece appears to be a piece of a tasset – a thigh defence. The embossed band is imitating the fashionable ‘puffed and slashed’ textile garments seen on 16th-century armour. Sixteenth-century armour often imitated textile fashions in their form and decorative elements. The second piece may be a tasset. The incised lines for the fluting on the exterior surface appear to be of more mechanical manufacture, as do the slot for the sliding rivet and the empty rivet hole on one side.
