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LOT 2011
Post Medieval Leather Powder Flask
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (78 grams, 21.4 cm).
Comprising: piriform leather pouch with saddle-stitched seam; brass tubular neck with spring-loaded mechanism to deliver a pre-measured amount to the mouth, stamped at top 'OZ / 1 ¼ /1'; neck stamped '1b 2½'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2011
Post Medieval Leather Powder Flask
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Luristan Bronze Tanged Two-Handed Dagger
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising a narrow triangular blade with a thick midrib, curved lip to the rear edge on each side of a square-section tang with curved end. 275 grams, 52.2 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current 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. -
'Battle of Omdurman' Ham-Stringing Beja Knife
Sudan, late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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'. 140 grams, 25.6 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
