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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:644
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:582
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:440
Date:6-Nov-2018
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A vintage shark vertebrae walking stick, the shaft mildly tapering, the silver plate handle in the form of a horse's head, horn and brass ferrule to base, length 88 cm.
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A fine 19th century carved whalebone and marine ivory walking stick, the octagonal faceted tapered knob form handle with wide plain silver fitting to the finely carved shaft with bands of repeating diamond notch, ribbed and spirals, length 87.5 cm.
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A walnut and antler handled walking stick, the substantial walnut shaft turned in bamboo form, length 90 cm.
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A vintage shooting stick, with hiking spike, length 84 cm.
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An early 1900s walking stick, ebonised finish, with silver collar and terminal. Birmingham 1913.
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A hollow blown glass walking cane whimsey, in clear glass with bulbous head and spiralling shaft, length 148 cm.
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A fine quality 19th century French Dieppe carved ivory page turner, the handle exquisitely carved in deep relief with floral, leaf and fruiting forms, plain spatulate blade, length 28 cm.
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Three vintage African carved ivory letter openers, each with a various finial.
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An early 20th century solid carved ivory elephant on ball stand, squat form, applied tusks. height 8.5 cm.
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Two vintage African carved ivory elephants, curved form. height 11 cm.
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Eleven various reptile, fish and other specimens, ex. The P.W. Wagener Museum of Northland, includes 'Black Snake (Australia)', 'Unborn Sharks...'. 'Trout Fry...', and others, some labelled.
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A Victorian architect's four-fold ivory 12 inch rule, by J. Rabone & Sons.
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Three Victorian desk seals, two with wood handles, one with bone. Heights 5 cm, 6.5 cm and 9.5 cm.
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A Victorian bone tape measure with a brass winding handle, diameter 3 cm.
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A sterling silver Mark Twain bookmark by Toye Kenning and Spencer Ltd, length 7.5 cm.
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A late 19th century bronze figure of Fortuna standing on the wheel of fortune, with a cornucopia in her right hand, tumbling coins in her left, original patination, signed Fulconis, (Louis Guillaume Fulconis, 1817-1873), raised on a variegated green circular marble plinth (Slight damage to index finger of left hand). Fortuna was the Roman goddess of fortune and luck. height 35 cm.
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A gilded bronze bust, in the form of a ruined Roman statue, signed on brass tablet. Height on marble plinth base 35 cm.
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Three white paste 'sulphide paperweight' relief portraits, in the manner of Wm. Tassie, of young Victoria, Albert and an unknown monarch, laid on velvet under convex glass in ebony frames. Largest height 19 cm
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A 19th century oval portrait miniature hand painted on ivory, the young red headed woman wearing a Mediterranean orange coral necklace, the velvet frame in partial leather case. 7 cm x 5.5 cm.
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A Victorian Stevengraph, Peeping Tom, Lady Godiva', in a smart contemporary frame.
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A hand painted Islamic scene on ivory, framed in ivory with old cloth backing, length 19.5 cm x, width 12 cm.
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Four Islamic animal watercolours, a zebra, cheetah, lion and turkey, all framed under glass, width 34 cm, length 21 cm and one, width 24 cm, length 31 cm.
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An old portrait miniature of a classical woman, wearing a floral decorated hat and frilled collar dress, signed. The French gilt circular metal frame with strut back.
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An album of signed American 1930-1940s movie star photos, with both original and stamped signatures, including Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor and Greer Garson.
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A 19th/20th century Prisoner-of-War carved bone domino set in wood box, the inlaid box with sliding lid containing a domino set with black stained highlights. Box, width 18 cm, depth 4.2 cm, height 4.5 cm.
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A pair of vintage Steiff Bambi deer plush toys, brown velvet with mohair ears, belly and tail, black glass eyes, Steiff button to ear of one. height 22 cm.
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A vintage ventriloquist's dummy, of a young man with painted papier mache head, shirt, tie, jacket and trousers. In original old suitcase.
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A Hornby clockwork 101 tank train set, in original box, three carriages and many pieces of track.
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A pair of large vintage tailor's shears, makers J. Wiss & Sons, length 34 cm.
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A Louis Vuitton monogram Vernis Reade handbag with Vachetta leather top handles and gold tone accents with authenticity code, tags and dust bag.
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A vintage Louis Vuitton leather bound brass mounted attache case, with original stitched leather swing handle, with painted initials 'V.H.'. Marked on the lock and with original interior label '797098'. 45 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm.
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A vintage Louis Vuitton Drouot messenger & crossbody bag, in monogram coated canvas, stitched leather fittings and shoulder strap. Approx. 25 cm x 22 cm. With LV dust bag. Provenance: Purchased by our vendor c1988, Queen Street Auckland.
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Vintage Louis Vuitton Monogram canvas Leather Petit Marceau cross-body bag, side pocket, zippered main bag, monogrammed shoulder strap. 24 cm x 20 cm x 75. With dust bag. Provenance: Purchased in Paris by our vendor c1968. Small repair completed by LV Auckland.
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A vintage Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Sologne cross-body shoulder bag, stitched leather trim, buckle fittings and shoulder strap, the interior with zippered compartment, with dust bag. Provenance: Purchased LV Queen Street, Auckland c1996 by our vendor.
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A vintage Louis Vuitton Alize 24 Heures travel bag, two separated compartments, each secured with padlocked zippers, each interior with an open side pocket, washable lining stitched leather trim, LV canvas shoulder strap. 46 cm x 18 cm x 38 cm. With large dust jacket.
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A small Prada shoulder bag, in black technical canvas (Nero Tela Tecnica), zippered side and top main compartments. With Prada certificate. Purchased Auckland 31.3.2000. With Prada dust bag.
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A vintage woven and beaded purse, miser style with draw string. With genuine Gucci dust cover.
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A modern N.Z. made ostrich leather briefcase, fine stitched detail, brass fittings, a flap opening to each side enclosing a fitted and sectional interior. 41 cm x 15 cm x 34 cm.
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A vintage as new Hermes silk scarf, the dominant circular panel as signs of the zodiac, framed with hippocamps, original 'Made in France' label and cardboard packaging. Note: this scarf is known as the Jacqueline Kennedy Zodiac Silk Scarf.
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A vintage Hermes silk scarf, On Epsom Downs, 1836'.
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A vintage Gucci silk scarf, depicting tropical corals, fish and lagoon life in colours, printed signature V. Accornero (1896-1982). Accornero was an Italian illustrator for many years before designing for Gucci and producing iconic scarves in the 1960s and 1970s.
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An early 20th century red stained ostrich feather fan and hat adornment, the fan with faux tortoiseshell sticks (56 cm), the hat adornment of white long feathers with gilt and aluminium fittings. (38 cm).
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A pair of English vintage teak wood riding boot stretchers, c.1930, width (heel) 26 cm.
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A vintage 10 3/4 inch green wing teal decoy duck, c.1920, tack eyes and with wooden pegged display stand.
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An old 14 inch wooden decoy duck, c.1910/1920, wide body, glass eyes and lead belly weight.
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An old 18 inch wooden decoy duck, c.1900s, three-piece form with old tack eyes and lead belly weight.
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A vintage Hardy 'Perfect' 3 ½ inch duplicated Mark II fly fishing reel, ventilated spool and brass foot.
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A vintage Hardy Crown Houghton three piece fly rod with spare tip, the two tips in 'Hardy Bros. Ltd' bamboo case with brass fittings, the rod also with maker's details, all in Hardy's canvas sectional bag.
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A Hardy Bros. alloy brass and stainless steel two-draw salmon gaff, with belt clip and tip protector. Royal coat-of-arms and Prince of Wales feathers logos. 59 cm.
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A carved antler cabinet piece angler's 'priest' by Taupo master carver Des Baker, carved as a dragonfly nymph, c.2004. height 26 cm.
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An old split willow fishing creel, c.1920s/30s, bound in leather and with pigskin lure pouch and leather harness, width 38 cm.
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A 3 1/2 inch oak wood trout fly reel, c.1920, with on/off check.
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A Malloch's 2 3/4 inch brass fly reel, permanent check and horn handle.
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A rare c.1900 Hardy's circular cast fly case, black japanned exterior with cream interior, original felts with flies, diameter 10.5 cm.
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A c.1882-1884 Malloch black japanned fly box, ivorine clip pages with flies and including a parchment page of rare flies to gut cast traces, width 15.5 cm.
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A c.1915 Hardy's Pralon black japanned fly box, the interior with nine numbered metal hinged flip-up lids containing flies, width 10 cm.
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A c.1930 Hardy's large size fold-up landing net, with original netting. 110 cm (extended).
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A c.1950s A.E. Rudge three-piece split cane heavy grade fly rod with Young Beaudex fly reel, line and bag.
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A c.1900 Japanese large copper kettle, swing handle.
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A late 19th century classical relief decorated bronzed wall plaque, the centre with a pan type figure being observed by various scantily clad figures, classical relief border, diameter 33 cm.
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A 19th century brass and iron embossing press, c.1850. Embossing is a process that applies pressure to the back of an object, giving it a three-dimensional or raised effect. On exhibition stand. height 50 cm.
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A c.1900 ivory fitted and silver plate binocular opera glass, six telescopic sections, the largest encased in ivory, engraved with maker's details 'J. Abrahams, Bath', length extended 8.8 cm.
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Six vintage Masonic Lodge items, includes four Sandland china items, each with the Masonic saying 'Hail! Masonry Divine! Glory...' and with various imagery and regalia, also includes one mug in the Georgian style and a metal trivet.
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Seven Masonic Lodge items, includes cup, saucer, plate and sugar bowl from 'The Albion Lodge No. 45 Devonport' together with two larger plates and a book 'History of the Stoneleigh Lodge, No. 725'. The saucer and sugar bowl with faults.
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A 1910 bronze Imperial Challenge Shield medal, made by Elkington, together with a silver gilt Lodge medal engraved 1930 with ribbon and enamelled front. both boxed. Note: The Imperial Shield was a competition to encourage boys throughout the British Empire to learn how to use a rifle.
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A Hubertus Solingen scrimshaw handled knife, the blade marked with makers details, the white tip deer antler handle scrimshaw engraved with a bear within a landscape, black stained highlights, length (overall) 18.8 cm.
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A vintage All Black signed Avaro International Size-5 rugby ball, the 36 All Black signatures including Jonah Lomu, Colin Meads. Frank Bunce, Andrew Mehrtens, Earle Kirton, Stu Forster etc.
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An old Great Britain stamp collection in album, includes .1 imperf, one penny black, 1.8 cm x imperf, one penny red, multiple one penny red and blue, etc, the older issues used the more modern hinged mint, some in blocks.
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A vintage violin in 19th century rosewood case, possibly German, labelled Antonius Stradivarius, with bow in 19th century rosewood case with brass fittings, some distress. Modern 'SRC' outer case included.
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A quality 4/4 two-piece violin, with original label 'Modelled after Paul Dennis', together with a bow, additional tailpiece and a Resonans hinged shoulder rest (in case).
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An English Ludlow Bank one pound note, issued 1st January 1824, G1045. 15 cm x 8 cm.
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A vintage aneroid barometer, circular plated case, supported on carved wood stand, diameter 13 cm.
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A hollow bronze cockerel, with long plumed tail, width 30 cm, height 31 cm.
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A reindeer hide rug, the winter pelt of soft brown and white tones, well-tanned.
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A set of six old European brass measures, each of bucket type form with vertical handles, measuring up to '1-2 Letre'. The tallest height 24.8 cm.
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A 19th century leather bound and hand recorded ship's log, the front board gold block 'Log of HMS. Minotaur'. Lord Warden and Ariadne, the precise log recording co-ordinates, remarks and hand drawn maps and charts, Spain, France, Africa, Malta, Gibraltar, etc. 22 cm x 5.5 cm x 33 cm.
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A 20th century jewelled turned ebony heavy lidded canister, the circular lid with stepped rings set with orange corals and a jade panel, the sides with cabochon jewels, diameter 93, height 12 cm.
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A Victorian burr walnut jewellery box, the lid with mother-of-pearl decoration, conforming decoration to keyhole escutcheon, the interior lined with contemporary marbleized paper, sliding compartment to the top and small drawer to the side which opens by pin release. 30 cm x 23 cm x 17 cm.
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A modern Aurora Thesis design collection metal ballpoint pen 030 T.11, ultra-flat design, length 13.6 cm.
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A Montblanc 149 Meisterstuck fountain pen, 18ct gold nib, in original box with book.
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A Montblanc slide filter fountain pen, with 18ct gold nib, issued for the 1906 - 2006 anniversary, in original box with books and outer box.
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A Montblanc Soulmakers 100 Years Platinum Plated Diamond Pin, in original box, with book and outer box.
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A World War II Trench Art projectile lamp base, the chromed shell casing decorated with various pennies, military badges, tiki, etc, a lamp fitting to the top, supported on an ebonised base, no wiring. height 35.5 cm.
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Military ephemera and medal group to 4564 L/Cpl John Noel Atkinson, pin mounted 39-45 Star, Africa Star (8th Army clasp), Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and War Service Medal, service books, pay books, German banknotes, Balkans map, final issue onboard paper 'Ruapehu Times' and list of 23 service colleagues killed or missing (1941-43).
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An antique lithograph of 'Scotland Forever', based on the painting by Elizabeth Thompson, 1881, of the 'Charge of the Royal Scots Grays at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815?, in old oak frame and mount with gold slip. 4.6 cm x 7.8 cm.
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An Indian Tulwar sword, floral decoration to hilt, no scabbard. 82 cm
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A late 18th century Indian Talwar, hand forged, curved, laminated, fullered, single edged with last section forming a double edge spear point killing style blade. The one piece steel hilt decorated with all-over silver koftgarli of small crosses, saucer shaped disc pommel, dome ended cross guard with knuckle bow. No scabbard. 89 cm.
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A 19th century Indo/Persian Tabar, the heavy single long edged fighting axe with 25 square hammer peen back, engraved silver koftgarli to faces, the brass handle with steel centre. 53 cm. Axe head width 14.5 cm.
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An Indian Bullova, the war axe-head with half-moon shaped blade, the upper curve of axe blade has a steel ring socket to receive the handle shaft. Note: This is one of the many shaped fighting axe of the Chota Nagpur tribes. Blade, width 22 cm, height 10 cm.
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An Indian Dahl, the circular hand shield with domed steel, brass edge ring and four bosses. The face engraved with lions and tigers hunting goats and deer, the central panel decorated with the face of the sun god for strength. Cloth lined interior with hand hold, diameter 30 cm.
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A Japanese army parade sabre, Company Officer model for lieutenant and captain, the spear point blade plated, single edged and fullered, etching to the yakiba. Engraved and decorated brass hilt with gilt wire bound bakelite grip. Chrome plated steel scabbard with single suspension mount. 100 cm.
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A Japanese wakasashi, the mumei (nameless sword) with straight yakiba, brass habaki, plain copper tsuba, tape bound lacquered tsuka and fittings and lacquered leather patterned saya (scabbard). 62 cm, blade 47 cm.
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A 1900 Javian Kris, with Serpentine blade, some staining, timoho wood scabbard and hilt, with two small red natural stones to ferrule. Blade 32.5 cm.
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A scarce North Indian Tegha, an early 19th century sword of justice (executioner's), talwar hilt, disc pommel with undecorated steel, the blade with curved single edge, etched Sanskrit to each face. 80 cm.
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A late 1800s Afghan Khyber sword, Regulation 1893 - 1903 pattern, arsenal of Maiga-i-Sharif usually with his mark stamped to forte, the blade slightly curved, bi fullered, single edge, spear point, with short sharpened back edge. The hilt all steel with wooden grip scales and 3 bar knuckle bow, the wood scabbard with leather cover, with steel chape, locket and suspension ring. 80 cm.
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A Moroccon Jambiya Koummya dagger, curved brass and silver metal embellished handle, wide pommel and hook ended sheath, the curved part of the blade double edged. 41 cm (incl. sheath).
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A Dayak Mandau (head hunters) sword, the hard wood hilt with carved pommel, woven rattan and hair tuft decoration, convex single edge with double curve shaped tip. Rattan bound and carved wooden sheath with folded bark knife sheath to back complete with plaited cane arm or belt loops. 50 cm.
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An Indian iron axe, the crescent shaped blade (5 1//4 inches x 3 3/8 inches) showing remains of silver engraving to each face, 3 ¾ inch squared end spike, the round iron shaft with a threaded grip and 9 inch blade concealed dagger. Small brass elephant to axe pein. 56 cm, blade, width 85 cm, length 13.5 cm.
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A 19th century Indo-Persian Bazu-band (forearm armour), with tapered curve shaped steel, cloth lined interior, engraved outer face with sun-god face within a circle of radiating lines over a panel of man surrounded by animals, script to the perimeter. Some rings from the chain-mail gauntlet remain along with strap buckles. 38 cm x 11.5 cm.
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A mid-19th century Japanese Jingassa, a conical 10-plate steel soldier's helmet, (distressed area with old contemporary repair), retains original grass rope chin strap looped to 4 iron rings, remains of paint finish to interior and exterior. 33 cm x 17 cm.
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