AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

An Imperial Russian padlock of the 19th century complete with its original key. It bears multiple characters in relief. One on its front, and one on i

Ottoman pouch made of dark orange velvet with a string handle. The bag is embroidered with silver thread forming complex floral motifs and lined with

Ottoman pouch made of dark red-orange velvet with a string handle. The bag is embroidered with gilt-silver thread forming complex floral motifs and li

A rare late 17th or early 18th century American Colonial powder flask. Made of ramshorn with early colonial hand engraved folk-art design on the front

A finely decorated copper shield with repoussé depictions of warriors fighting on horseback and on foot. A town and a military camp can be seen...

Consisting of blackened steel, the outer surface being adorned with four brass bosses, each chased with foliage and centered around a roundel chased w

Of a circular form with a raised rim originally gilded (some of the gilding is still retained), this is a very finely engraved Persian dhal shield fea

This is an elaborate and exquisitely made Indian shield of the 18th or 19th century. The surface is completely covered in gold and silver damascene sh

It is unusually large in comparison to the rest of the similar shield we would offer in the past. Of a round convex form with four domes and a hammere

Comprised entirely of brass, the outer surface being decoratively embossed with a crowned sun-in-splendour centered between four crescents, each enclo