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LOT 1194
Mexican Iron and Brass Rowel Spur
19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (349 grams, 22 cm).
With pierced crescent motifs to the shank, free-running star-shaped rowel and geometric engraving to heelband with lozengiform terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Czerny's Auctions, Italy, 2016, lot 390.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by copy of Czerny's invoice and lot details.
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Percussion Long Musket
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Long-barrelled (101cm) and slightly flared to an octagonal muzzle, bound to wood stock with six brass bands; with percussion lock (working order); fitted with iron butt plate and brass trigger guard; numbered 'D22/81' to side of butt; with a steel ramrod to underside of barrel (end ferrule of slot absent); probably native workmanship, copying European type. 4.50 kg, 150 cm overall
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent. -
Medieval 'Thames' Iron Rowel Spur
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Composed of an arched heelband, hanging studs and buckle, together with a multi-armed rowel. 104 grams, 14.5 cm
Found in the Thames foreshore at Queenshithe. Acquired from Rusty Old Arms, 2014. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by an ROA invoice and listing. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Featuring wedge-shaped cheeks, a convex cutting edge and rounded terminal. 106 grams, 18.6 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
The flat axe belongs to Type 1, sub-type a.4 of the Çetin-Bilgi classification of flat axes. They have concave-sided blade, rectangular in section, a splayed cutting edge and a narrow butt. The first examples of axe-type weapons appear in the last phase of the Late Chalcolithic Age in the Middle East and Anatolia.
