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LOT 0279
Dutch Thumb Ring Sword
MID 16TH CENTURY A.D.
33 in. (826 grams, 84 cm).
The blade composed of a straight, double edge with single fuller and clear running wolf marks; signed 'S AH A GOM' in both fullers with 'shooting star' below and with punched crown mark just below the hilt; twisted wire grip, thumb ring, leaf-shaped guard to hilt, bulbous pommel.
ProvenanceAcquired from West Street Antiques, Dorking, Surrey, UK, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by copy of a previous listing and item ticket.
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LOT 0279
Dutch Thumb Ring Sword
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Sudanese Kaskara Sword
19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Of knightly form; composed of a straight double-edged blade of 35.5 inches in length and with central fuller, cruciform hilt, steel cross-guard and bound wooden handle; accompanied by a tooled leather scabbard. 1.3 kg, 1.07 cm
Acquired from MDL Historic Military Antiques, IK, 2015. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copies of the purchase invoice and details. -
Medieval Prisoner's Iron Shackle and Fetter
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising five rectangular-section doubled links with curved fetter and two loops to one end, barrel lock and hasp to the other. 2.2 kg, 87 cm
Fine condition; lock mechanism absent.
Acquired in the 1990s. From an important English collection. -
Greek Bronze Socketted Spear with Iron Head
12th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With foliate head and short tubular socketted shaft. 119 grams, 15 cm
Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.
Snodgrass assigns the Athenian iron spearheads to the type A, i.e. spearheads with a leaf-shaped blade, a long socket and a midrib running to the tip. The bronze ones were assigned to typologies C – small, with a leaf-shaped blade (like the present specimen) - and D – with the socket as long as the blade, rounded shoulders and pronounced midrib. Both socket types were beaten round a cylindrical bar, a conservative method to produce bronze sockets even if the head was in iron.
