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LOT 2015
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (154 grams, 25.5 cm).
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib, a long tapering socket with a flared mouth.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureSee Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.242-243.
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LOT 2015
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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Turkish Naval Officer's Dress Sword with Scabbard
Circa 1900 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Single-edged blade, almost straight with thick back and narrow tip, shallow fuller to each face; brass lion-head sleeve to the bone grip with wire binding; solid swept lion-head knuckle-guard with lug and hinged rear plate pierced to accept a sword-knot, low-relief escutcheon with anchor and three stars; ricasso with stamped 'W.K. &C' beneath a crowned bust and helmet; back stamped '[Wey]ersberg Kirschbaum & Cie. Solingen'; wooden-framed scabbard with black leather covering, brass chape, plaque and frog with two suspension rings, fixed with screws; edge of blade nicked and scored at tip, scabbard split along centreline; old collector's label 'Turkish (Ottoman) Naval Sword c.1900'. 1.32 kg, 96.3 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The blade-maker Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie. was formed in 1883 from the merger of two earlier factories. -
Medieval Iron Single-Edged Knife
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring a slender triangular-section blade and a flat-section tang with rivets still in situ. 208 grams, 35.6 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. -
Large Sudanese Socketted Spearhead
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large leaf-shaped blade with extended and rounded tip, thick neck, hand-forged split socket with rounded lip. 935 grams, 60 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
