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LOT 1545
Western Asiatic Polished Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (335 grams, 78 mm).
With a globular body and a short cylindrical socket.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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LOT 1545
Western Asiatic Polished Stone Macehead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including barbed-and-tanged, spade-shaped and other types. 319 grams total, 7.4-18 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Civil War Period Iron Musket Ball Scissor Mould
Circa 17th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two-part mould with pivoting handles, pouring hole to upper face. 55.8 grams, 12.5 cm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. -
Medieval Iron Hand-and-Half Sword
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Longsword of Oakeshott's Type XVIIIa or b, comprising: two-edged, slender lenticular-section piled blade with taper overall to a narrow point; quillons square in section with taper and slight droop to ends; flat-section tang tapering to the upper end; pommel of Oakshott's Type I1 with scooped border to each face, central panel. 873 grams, 99.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13302-257654.
Examples of this category of swords show almost every kind of hilt used during the 15th century, from the classic forms of the 13th century to all the new varieties of pommel and cross which developed after 1400. Because the previous types of swords were practically useless against the fully armoured man-at-arms, Western European warfare needed a sword able to pierce the weak points of the protective equipment, a circumstance that led to the creation of types XV, XVI and XVII that found their quintessence in the type XVIII. The subtypes XVIIIa and XVIIIb had longer blades, and especially the type XVIIIb was a very long-gripped bastard sword.
