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A BRITISH OFFICER’S GILT-HILT PRESENTATION SABRE
Lot 1628 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A BRITISH OFFICER’S GILT-HILT PRESENTATION SABRE
Early 19th century
A curved single-edged blade etched and gilt with crowned Royal arms, martial trophies and foliate decoration, and a presentation inscription dated 1803"Presented by the Non…
the gilt-brass hilt cast with acanthus leaves and a beaded ferrule, the grip of spiral-carved ivory, the backstrap in the form of a horse’s mane terminating in a horse’s head pommel. Overall Length…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £600 - £900
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A MAMELUKE TYPE OFFICER’S SABRE
Lot 1630 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A MAMELUKE TYPE OFFICER’S SABRE
19th century
A curved single-edged blade decorated with etched panels, mounted in a black painted steel scabbard with twin suspension rings, the brass hilt with crossguard and ivory pommel, and …
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference S3LRWFXKProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A FRENCH MODEL 1821 STYLE CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE
Lot 1631 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A FRENCH MODEL 1821 STYLE CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABRE
Early 19th century
A regulation brass stirrup hilt, black chequered grip, engraved brass scabbard, and broad curved single-edged blade with partial blued and gilt panels including floral motifs and…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £250 - £350
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
AN MAMELUKE TYPE SABRE WITH CURVED BLADE AND IVORY HILT
Lot 1632 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
AN MAMELUKE TYPE SABRE WITH CURVED BLADE AND IVORY HILT
19th century
With broad curved single-edged blade, iron hilt with recurved crossguard, and one-piece grip of ivory, pierced for a sword knot, overall length 80cm
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference KG8YUD3KProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH OFFICER’S SWORD BY BRUNN, SWORD CUTLER TO THE PRINCE REGENT
Lot 1633 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH OFFICER’S SWORD BY BRUNN, SWORD CUTLER TO THE…
Circa 1811–1820
A gilt-brass hilted officer’s sword, the blade with etched foliate panels; the scabbard mounts engraved “BRUNN, SWORD CUTLER TO THE PRINCE REGENT, 56 CHARING CROSS, LONDON” and…
Condition: This was part of a large private consignment we have no further provenance.Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
AN INDIAN SHAMSHIR
Lot 1635 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
AN INDIAN SHAMSHIR
Late 18th / early 19th century
With broad curved single-edged blade showing signs of age and use, characteristic tulwar brass hilt with domed pommel and disc-shaped finial, and carved ivory grip…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference H5QPH5LRProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A LARGE BALKAN YATAGHAN
Lot 1637 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A LARGE BALKAN YATAGHAN
19th century
With heavy curved single-edged blade, brass cross-guard with rounded terminals, and horn grip of characteristic form with bulbous pommel, in its metal-mounted leather-covered wooden…
Condition report; The handle has been cracked and repaired. Scabbard with wear to the leather and to the silver finish base metal now showing through. Blade in general good condition has been re…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
AN INDO-PERSIAN PESH KABZ
Lot 1665 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
AN INDO-PERSIAN PESH KABZ
Late 19th century
with deeply swept single-edged blade, green stone bolster, and polished Ivory or bone hilt with flared pommel. Complete with original black leather-covered wooden scabbard with…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference WGJXL9L4Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £80 - £120
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A NORTH SUMATRAN SEWAR WITH IVORY GRIP
Lot 1666 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A NORTH SUMATRAN SEWAR WITH IVORY GRIP
Late 19th / early 20th century
The curved blade with decorative notched root, the horn hilt carved with scrolling motifs, complete with its stitched leather-covered scabbard with white metal bands,…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference 4JNX4HVLProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £120
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A JAPANESE TYPE 98 OFFICER’S SHIN-GUNTO KATANA
Lot 1729 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A JAPANESE TYPE 98 OFFICER’S SHIN-GUNTO KATANA
Mid 20th century
With regulation leather-covered scabbard, pierced brass tsuba bearing Imperial chrysanthemum motifs, traditional wrapped tsuka over samegawa ray skin, and gilt menuki, the tang…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S FORAGE CAP OF THE 22ND (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT
Lot 1732 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S FORAGE CAP OF THE 22ND (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT
Circa 1880–1900
With dark blue cloth body and polished black peak, the front applied with gilt and silvered regimental badge featuring the Prince of Wales’s feathers above a coronet and scrolls…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORM AND CAVALRY ACCOUTREMENTS
Lot 1733 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORM AND CAVALRY ACCOUTREMENTS
Late 19th - early 20th century
Comprising a pair of black leather cavalry ankle boots with fixed steel spurs, a crimson officer’s waist sash with bullion fringe, two crimson and silver shoulder cords…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY OFFICER’S SWORD BELTS AND ACCOUTREMENTS
Lot 1734 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
A GROUP OF BRITISH MILITARY OFFICER’S SWORD BELTS AND ACCOUTREMENTS
Early 20th century
Including several dress belts with ornate silver and gilt buckles, examples to the Second Royal Cheshire and other regiments, some with lion or Prince of Wales’s plume insignia,…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
THREE MILITARY CAPS AND A BOX OF BUTTONS
Lot 1748 - September 10| Arms & Armour Sold
THREE MILITARY CAPS AND A BOX OF BUTTONS
Including a Royal Navy sailor’s cap with tally “Flag Officer Gibraltar”, a Royal Air Force officer’s tropical peaked cap, a Royal Air Force other ranks’ peaked cap, and a mixed collection of military…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £60 - £90
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
10 September 2025 , 01:00 BST
H STANNARD (BRITISH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Lot 4 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Unsold
H STANNARD (BRITISH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Sheep walking through a farm gate
signed 'H STANNARD' (lower right)
watercolour
19 x 27.5cm
together with a print in colours after Ernest Albert Waterlow of Weston Mill, Berkshire, 17 x 25cm
(2)
Saleroom noticePlease note that the work by Ernest Albert Waterlow is a print and not a watercolour as previously catalogued.
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
L*** K*** (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) (5)
Lot 41 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
L*** K*** (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) (5)
7th City of London Regiment, Officer - 1899; Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery), Junior Subaltern - 1800, a pair
each signed with initials 'LK' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
each 35.5 x…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
GEORGE GRAY (BRITISH, 1928-2015) (4)
Lot 129 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
GEORGE GRAY (BRITISH, 1928-2015) (4)
Under Moonlight
signed 'Gray' (lower right)
gouache
28.5 x 38.5cm
together with an oil by the same hand, Blue Sky Through Trees, signed, 19 x 23.5cm; and two watercolours by the same hand, Abstract…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descentFootnoteGeorge Gray (1928-2015) was born in Stirling. He studied Geology and Anatomy at Glasgow University, then graduated in Architecture from Edinburgh…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
GEORGE GRAY (BRITISH, 1928-2015) (4)
Lot 132 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
GEORGE GRAY (BRITISH, 1928-2015) (4)
Wind Through Grass
signed 'Gray' (lower right)
mixed media on paper
21 x 32cm
together with three watercolours by the sand hand; Bright Sky, signed, 30 x 40.5cm; Moody Sky, 19 x 26cm; Sun in a moody…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descentFootnoteGeorge Gray (1928-2015) was born in Stirling. He studied Geology and Anatomy at Glasgow University, then graduated in Architecture from Edinburgh…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
GARY JOHN (AMERICAN, B. 1963) (10)
Lot 164 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
GARY JOHN (AMERICAN, B. 1963) (10)
Abstract on newspaper
signed and dated 'GAJO 17' (lower left)
acrylic on newspaper
36 x 26cm
together with a figurative pen and ink sketch; a photograph of a pig; Sensitive content, by Mauro…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A VICTORIAN IRISH SILVER THREE PIECE TEASET (3)
Lot 202 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A VICTORIAN IRISH SILVER THREE PIECE TEASET (3)
Comprising; a teapot, a twin handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, each piece of bombe form, with floral and foliate embossed decoration, raised on four masked feet, the teapot with ivory insulators and…
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference 4MRP7D76 Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £900 - £1,100
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
AN AMERICAN STERLING MATCHED THREE PEICE TEA SET (3)
Lot 275 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
AN AMERICAN STERLING MATCHED THREE PEICE TEA SET (3)
Comprising; a teapot of squat circular form, having ivory insulators to the handle, a twin handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, each with floral and foliate embossed decoration, gross combined weight…
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference L34A3Z32Condition Report;  the teapot is in fairly good condition, the sugar bowl…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £260 - £320
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
AN EDWARDIAN CANTEEN OF PLATED TABLE FLATWARE FOR TWELVE PLACE SETTINGS
Lot 439 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CANTEEN OF PLATED TABLE FLATWARE FOR TWELVE PLACE SETTINGS
Comprising; a pair of fish carvers, a soup ladle, a serving spoon, a pair of sauce ladles, six tablespoons, twelve soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve dessert forks, twelve pairs of fish…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £250
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF MATTHEW BOULTON PLATED ON COPPER THREE LIGHT TABLE CANDELABRA
Lot 441 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A PAIR OF MATTHEW BOULTON PLATED ON COPPER THREE LIGHT TABLE CANDELABRA
Each with fluted scrolling arms and raised on a detachable candlestick base, decorated with gadrooned rims, height 52cm
Condition ReportThe threaded pins connecting the candelabra arms to the bases are brass, this construction seems unusual.  I would have expected them to be copper.  There are one or two dents, slight…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £250
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A MID 20TH CENTURY ASSCHER CUT RING
Lot 738 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A MID 20TH CENTURY ASSCHER CUT RING
The central asscher cut diamond weighing an estimated 1.88 carats, with an estimated clarity of SI1-SI2 and estimated colour of K-L, with single cut diamond set shoulders, mounted in gold and…
All gemstone and diamond weights, colour and clarity have been assessed mounted and are of our opinion only, with the exception of certificated items.CONDITION REPORTBoth stamps are slightly off the…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £2,800 - £3,200
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
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