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THREE SPANISH BLOCK ANVILS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
THREE SPANISH BLOCK ANVILS
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
All handwrought steel, two with rectangular blocks and one with horn, all with base stake. The last engraved, IGENIO DUQUE AGUSTIN CORTES 1730. Worn. The first two acquired by John Woodman Higgins from Sumner Healy Galleries, N.Y., February 24, 1932, the last purchased from Julio Pascual, Toledo, Spain, May, 1931. Ex-Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA.Overall height of the largest 40.5 cm. Condition III