Helen Stewart writes:
This is an exciting development in our range of sales, and we have some truly rare and historically fascinating pieces. Help was enlisted in the form of two local consultants, John Foster and Tony Peers, alongside our regular valuers Charles Ashton and Richard Haywood.
Sale details
Specialist Books, Maps, Prints, Militaria, Coins and Medals
Thursday 3rd April 10am
Available for viewing on the preceding:
Tuesday: 10am – 5pm
Wednesday: 10am – 7pm
Day of sale until 10 am
To view the online catalogue, please click here
Some of the available lots:
Swords from left; Lot 268, a late 19th century naval sword with gilt mounted scabbard and original leather sheath, initialled ‘J.P.C’. Lot 274, a Katana sword, with irorimune blade back and military mounts. Lot 269, a late 18th/early 19th Century sword, probably Javanese, the hilt with stylised dragon pommel and horn grip. Lot 271, a 19th Century continental court sword, with pierced gilded hilt.
Above: lot 277, Joseph Manton, London; a pair of percussion cap duelling pistols, circa 1821. Manton was a world renowned gunmaker, whose innovative designs proved to be of huge influence on the London gun trade, and in particular the aesthetic of sporting firearms. One of the above pistols bears a plaque of his name.
Click here to see more of the available lots
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