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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 9th December 2011 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 8 December 10 am to 5 pm Morning of sale from 8.00 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 7 | |||
| 301 | |||
| A Late Victorian/Edwardian Bamboo Sword Stick, with 68.5cm diamond section steel blade, plain grip with plated pommel stamped 'J H'; a Second World War Group of Three Medals, comprising France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, a Victorian 1890 crown and a medallion (6) £70 - 100 |
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| 302 | |||
| A 19th Century French Cuirassier's Sword, the 95.5cm single edge double fullered steel blade with B and L proof marks, with brass four bar hilt, the guard stamped with * over B and with rolled edge, the knuckle bow stamped with * over B, L and 45 and numbered 247, with wire bound black leather grip, lacks scabbard, £250 - 350 |
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| 303 | |||
| A George V 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, with 82.5cm single edge steel blade etched with Royal cypher and foliage, by J R Gaunt & Sons Ltd, Late Edward Thurkle, London, with steel hilt, wire bound leather grip and part of the leather scabbard ; another example, with plain blade, nickel hilt and leather scabbard; a Victorian 1821 Pattern Volunteer Artillery Officer's Sword, with etched blade, lack scabbard (3) £150 - 250 |
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| 304 | |||
| A Victorian Court Sword, with 80.5cm etched steel blade, the brass hilt with shell guard applied with a Queen's crown, with beaded knuckle bow, square section grip and urn pommel, lacks scabbard; a 19th Century Continental Naval Sword, the 82.5cm single edge fullered steel blade with a narrow fuller to the top edge, brass stirrup hilt with wire bound fish skin grip and lion head pommel, lacks scabbard (2) £200 - 300 |
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| 305 | |||
| Four Bayonets:- three French Model 1874 "Gras" Epee Bayonets, lack scabbards and a British Pattern 1907 Mk1 "SMLE" Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Bayonet and scabbard (4) £80 - 120 |
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| 306 | |||
| A 1912 Pattern Cavalry Officer's Sword, the 89cm single edge fullered steel blade by Gaunt, late Thurkle, bearing traces of etching, the back edge stamped 17458, the steel bowl hilt chased with foliate strapwork, with wire bound fish skin grip, lacks scabbard £120 - 180 |
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| 307 | |||
| Four Bayonets:- a British Pattern 1888 MkII "Lee-Metford" by Sanderson, Sheffield, with scabbard; a British Pattern 1888 MkI Type 2 "Lee-Metford" by Wilkinson, London, lacks scabbard; a British Pattern 1907 Mk1 "SMLE" Short Magazine Lee-Enfield with leather scabbard; a U.S.A. Model 1917 "Eddystone" Knife/Sword Bayonet with maker's mark W within a circle for Winchester, lacks scabbard (4) £100 - 150 |
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| 308 | |||
| A 19th Century French Naval Court Sword, the 76cm diamond section steel blade bearing traces of etching, the brass hilt with hinged double shell guard cast with a fouled anchor flanked by crossed standards, with swollen quillon, laurel leaf chased and cast knuckle bow and cap pommel, with wrythen fluted horn grip, lacks scabbard. £100 - 150 |
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| 309 | |||
| A 19th Century French Naval Court Sword, the 76cm diamond section steel blade faintly etched and blued with a fouled anchor, the brass hilt with hinged double shell guard cast with a fouled anchor flanked by crossed standards, with swollen quillon, laurel leaf chased and cast knuckle bow and cap pommel, with wrythen fluted horn grip, lacks scabbard. £100 - 150 |
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| 310 | |||
| A 19th Century Wrought Iron Gin Trap, the circular jaws of 30cm diameter, with seven offset teeth , with rectangular tilting plate and securing chain; a Small Mole Trap, of scissor type (2) £80 - 120 |
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| 311 | |||
| A Commando Fighting Knife 3rd Pattern, with machine forged blade, the alloy grip of twenty seven concentric rings, the pommel with moulded number 4, with brass mounted leather scabbard; a Second World War German Trench Knife, with hatchet tip single edge blade, alloy eagle and swastika crossguard and horn grip carved as a stylised deer's hoof (2) £100 - 150 |
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| 312 | |||
| A Fencing Foil, with fullered triangular section blade, copper bowl hilt, string bound gripo and chromed pommel; a Pair of Fencing Foils, the white metal hilts with machine engraved shell guards; a Copy of a Tomahawk, with beaked and crescent blade and wood haft, a similar axe, a copy of a flail with two spiked balls, a pair of nickel spurs (8) £80 - 120 |
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| 313 | |||
| A French Model 1831 Foot Artillery Sword, the 47cm double edge steel blade stamped TALABOT to the ricasso, the brass cruciform hilt with ribbed grip, the crossguard stamped 10 on one side and 1007 to the opposing side, lacks scabbard £60 - 80 |
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| 314 | |||
| Four Bayonets:- A British Pattern 1856 "2-Band" Enfield Sword Bayonet, the fullered steel blade stamped CHAVASSE to the ricasso, the steel hilt with two piece black chequered leather grip scales; a French 1866 Chassepot Yataghan Sword Bayonet; two Spanish Model 1913 "Long" Mauser Bayonets (4 - lack scabbards) £80 - 120 |
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| 315 | |||
| Six Bayonets:- a German Model 1914 Saw Back Bayonet, the blade stamped Gottlieb Hammestahr Solingen Foche, with scabbard; a German Third Reich Model 1884/98 Knife Bayonet and two scabbards, each stamped with a differing number, one with leather frog; two German Ersatz Bayonets, with green painted hilts and steel scabbards; two British No.4 MkII spike bayonets and scabbards (7) £100 - 200 |
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| 316 | |||
| A Second World War S.O.E Operatives Folding Pocket Knife, with locking main blade and short hooked tyre-slashing blade, with chequered two piece black plastic grip scales £300 - 500 |
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| 317 | |||
| Four Bayonets:- two Swiss Model 1918 "Schmidt-Rubin" Knife Bayonets, one with blade stamped WAFFENFABRIK NEUHAUSEN, the crossguard stamped 86708, the other with blade stamped ELSENER SCHWYZ, the crossguard numbered 949774, each with steel scabbard; a Swedish Model 1896 Knife Bayonet, with steel scabbard; an Italian Model 1938 Mannlicher-Carcano "Fixed" Knife Bayonet, with steel scabbard (4) £100 - 150 |
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| 318 | |||
| Two French Model 1866 "Chassepot" Yataghan Sword Bayonets, one with St Etienne blade dated 1868, the other dated 1870, with brass grips, lack scabbards (2) £60 - 80 |
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| 319 | |||
| Four Bayonets:- two Finnish Model 1927 Knife Bayonets, one with blade stamped HACKMAN & Co., with steel scabbard, the other stamped FISKARS, lacks scabbard; a Siamese Type 45 Knife Bayonet, the blade stamped with Siamese characters, with steel scabbard; an Austrian Model 1895 Mannlicher Knife Bayonet, the crossguard numbered 64963, the steel scabbard stamped OEWG on the frog stud (4) £80 - 120 |
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| 320 | |||
| A Swiss Model 1918 "Scmidt-Rubin" Knife Bayonet, the blade stamped WAFFENFABRIK NEUHAUSEN, with steel scabbard; two Naval Dirk Scabbards, in leather with brass mounts, one engraved with a fouled anchor; an Eastern Jambiya, with curved steel blade, waisted wood grip with silver and brass mounts and wood scabbard with foliate engraved brass mounts; (4) £70 - 100 |
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| 321 | |||
| A Bowie Knife, with hatchet tip steel blade, nickel crossguard, two piece bark effect black plastic grip and leather sheath; a First World War Trench Knife, with single edge steel blade, aluminium cruciform hilt with globular quillons and pommel, with leather sheath; a Hunting Knife, with coiled leather grip and leather sheath (3) £80 - 120 |
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| 322 | |||
| A Bowie Knife, with 25.5cm hatchet tip steel blade, brass oval crossguard, antler grip and leather sheath £50 - 60 |
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| 323 | |||
| A Hunting Knife, the single edge steel blade stamped Milner & Co., Sheffield, with coiled leather grip; a Similar Smaller Hunting Knife; two Hunting Knives with antler grips, one with leather sheath; a Push Dagger and a quantity of military and naval brass buttons £70 - 100 |
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| 324 | |||
| A Victorian Copy of a 17th Century Rapier, with 110cm double edge tapering fullered steel blade, swept steel hilt with square section crossguard and wire bound grip £250 - 350 |
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| 325 | |||
An Edward VII 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, the 83cm single edge steel blade etched with ERI cypher and strapwork, by Robert Mole & Sons, Birmingham, the steel hilt pierced and engraved with Royal cypher, with wire bound fish skin grip and steel mounted leather scabbard with sword frog £120 - 180TRIBAL WEAPONS AND ETHNOGRAPHICA |
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| 326 | |||
| A West African Wood Dance Paddle, with pierced and diaper carved leaf shape blade, the cylindrical haft with pierced block carved grip, 120cm £50 - 60 |
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| 327 | |||
| A Group of Fifteen Indonesian Arrows, each with a slightly barb carved and pointed wood head covered in a brown pigment and bound to the bamboo haft with fine string, varying lengths, most 110cm ; an Indonesian Wood Self Bow, with rounded back edge and flat face, 194cm; a 19th Century Spear, possibly Malaysian, the steel leaf shape blade punched and engraved with tubular zigzag motifs and dot work, with short square tapering tang inserted into the ringed socket, the long wood haft bound in two places with hide, and with spiked butt, 182cm. (17) £150 - 250 |
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| 328 | |||
| A Malayan Kris, with wavy damascened blade, hardwood grip and scabbard carved with masks and foliage; a Sectional Bone Blowpipe, carved as a stylised dragon, with a quiver containing three darts; an Asian Sword, the wood grip carved as a human head, with foliate carved scabbard; a Copy Sword. with scabbard. (5) £80 - 120 |
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| 329 | |||
| A 19th Century Persian Jambiya, the 25cm tri-furcated steel blade etched with figures and script, with a centre tang with swollen tip issuing from two forked tips, the steel grip and scabbard etched with further figures and inlaid with copper tendrils £200 - 300 |
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| 330 | |||
| An Australian Aborigine Hand Tool, the rounded tapering cylindrical hardwood haft with moulded clay and gum head inset with a flint blade, 44cm long £100 - 150 |
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| 331 | |||
| A Malayan Kris, of small proportions, with 21.5cm slightly wavy steel blade, wood Garuda bird grip and with silver mounted wood scabbard £50 - 60 |
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| 332 | |||
| A Malayan Kris, with wavy damascened blade, carved wood grip and two piece wood scabbard with foliate embossed brass mounts; an Eastern Hardwood Mask, carved as a devil with peacock headdress (2) £60 - 80 |
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| 333 | |||
| An Early 20th century Tibetan Copper Samper Carrier, of cylindrical form, with brass foliate strapwork decoration, leather carrying handle and flat lid with brass minaret shape finial, 33cm **This vessel was purchased from Captain John Noel who was the official photographer to the 1924 Everest Expedition, a copy of his obituary is included in this lot £180 - 250 |
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| 334 | |||
| Five African Spears:- one with slender leaf shape blade, with socket mount on long wood haft; two with small blades with long tangs bound to the bamboo hafts with animal skin; two with barbed heads socket mounts on long wood hafts (5) £100 - 150 |
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| 335 | |||
| An Afghan Powder Horn, with large cylindrical wood plug stopper, suspended from a leather waist or shoulder belt with all-over foliate tooled decoration and with three cylindrical leather pouches £60 - 90 |
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| 336 | |||
| A Malayan Kris, with straight blade and carved wood grip, lacks scabbard; two Indian Kukris, each with horn grip and leather sheath; an Indian Dagger, with carved wood grip and scabbard; a Tris Diver's Knife, with plastic sheath and three various daggers (8) £100 - 150 |
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| 337 | |||
| Two Early 19th Century Indian Talwars, each with single edge curved and fullered steel blade (one 74cm, one 77cm), the steel hilt with long langets, baluster grip, curved knuckle bow and disc pommel, with leather scabbard; a 19th Century Long Knife/Sword, the 66cm single edge steel blade stamped P.C.SCHULTZ ARANTIZANO, with two piece horn grip (3) £200 - 300 |
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| 338 | |||
| A Fijian Ula (Throwing Club), the lobed head with domed top, tapering cylindrical haft with chevron incised grip and concave butt, 46cm long. £500 - 700 |
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| 339 | |||
| An 18th Century Indo/Persian Feranji, the 100.5cm single edge steel blade with a narrow double fuller to each side top edge and strapwork strengthening near the steel hilt, with half basket guard, shaped grip and disc and spike pommel £200 - 300 |
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| 340 | |||
| A Collection of Pre-Columbian Items, comprising:- a Polychrome Nazca Figure, 200-600 AD, standing on an ebonised display plinth, 23cm high overall; a Fragment of Chimu Woven Cloth, 1000-1440 AD, 22.5cm by 8.5 cm, in a glazed frame; a Carved Stone Figurine of the Inca Goddess Pachamama (Earth Mother), crouching forwards and bearing traces of red pigment, 1440- 1532 AD, 12cm high; a Pre Inca Pot Fragment, in the form of the stylised head of a feline or bear, Bolivia circa 300BC-200 AD; a Chonta Palm Wood Burial Figure of a Chimu Priest, holding a libation cup and wearing a typical spiral headdress, North Eastern Peru, 1000-1440 AD, 17cm high (5) £150 - 200 |
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| 341 | |||
| A 19th Century Russian Niello Decorated Silver Coloured Metal Waist Belt, with semi cylindrical clasp, the rectangular interlocking links heavily cast with foliate strapwork and with pierced scalloped lower edge, all backed by leather and with a foliate cast trefoil pendant engraved in cyrillic script, stamped with hallmark of a profile head and 84, 86cm long £650 - 750 |
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| 342 | |||
| A Solomon Islands Paddle Club, the leaf shape head with raised medial ridge to each side, with flattened cylindrical haft, 142cm. £150 - 250 |
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| 343 | |||
| A Trobriand Islands Sword Club, of dark grey wood, the blade incised with scrolls and chevron motifs and bearing traces of lime infill, with plain grip and pierced arched pommel, 83cm; an African Ebony Carving, with six figures rowing a boat, the bow and stern carved as a toothed beast head and tail, 67cm; a small Kota Type Wood Doll, with disc shape face, 14cm. (3) £150 - 250 |
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| 344 | |||
| A Large Quantity of Ephemera Relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia, mainly circa 1960's, and including Aborigine Advancement League documents, newspaper cuttings, missionary society material, National Conference minutes, journals, promotional material, magazines and booklets. £40 - 60 |
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| 345 | |||
| A Papua New Guinea Ancestral Spirit Board, of oblong form with a raised domed centre panel as a face with woven wicker eyes and scroll nose, the whole painted with stylised eyes and beaks in red, black and white pigments, the borders set with Cassowary bird feathers, 43cm by 24cm £200 - 300 |
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| 346 | |||
| An Egyptian Bowl, of elliptical form, carved from an aubergine coloured stone boulder, 28cm £40 - 60 |
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| 347 | |||
| A North American Indian "Feather Basket", of woven grasses with wood top and bottom frame and twisted vegetable fibre hanging and securing strap, 25cm by 19cm £50 - 60 |
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| 348 | |||
| An Australian Aborigine Woomera (Spear Thrower), one side lightly carved with kangaroos and trees, 73cm; an African Wood Comb, with six tines, the grip carved as a stylised bird, 27cm; a Wooden Figural Ladle, the bowl carved as a large moon face, the grip as the body, 25cm, possibly North American Indian (3) £70 - 100 |
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| 349 | |||
| A Yoruba Wood Food Bowl and Cover, of rounded cylindrical form, with figural handle and lizard knop to the cover, 38cm; an African Fertility figure and a Kenyan mask (3) £50 - 80 |
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| 350 | |||
| A Mende Sowai (Helmet) Mask, in dark stained soft wood, with woven topknot, small facial features and five ringed neck, 45cm; a Chokwe Wood Mask, with plaited drawn-back coiffure, coffee bean eyes with swollen lids, small long nose and grimacing mouth showing two rows of teeth, wth twisted raffia headdress, 30cm (2) £100 - 200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 9th December 2011 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 8 December 10 am to 5 pm Morning of sale from 8.00 am |
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