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Sarzana, Italy
Auction Details
Fine and Scarce Antique Arms & Armour
An important sale:
A fine collection of Japanese Arms and Armour featuring two Samurai full armours, an important kabuto and an extraordinary, luxury matchlock teppo with Tokugawa mon.
A huge collection of volumes on Japanese arms and culture.
An exceptional selection of Oriental Arms featuring a beautiful yatagan decorated with stones, two Moghul Indian
kandshars enriched with gold, rubies and emeralds.
Beautiful headgears including an extremely scarce 1828-32 model grenadier fur helmet of the 4th Swiss Regiment.
A fine selection of edged weapons, among them: a saber from the personal property of King Francis II, for Honour Colonel of the Hussars Guard and a lot of nine quality sample blades by Bleckmann for the King of Italy and the General Staff.
A fine group of interesting European and Oriental powder-flasks.
Beautiful armour and parts of armour featuring an Italian round shield, an exceptional helmet from the ?Garde du Corps? of Louis XIII of France, a black and white full armour (Germany) and an important breast- and back-plate with Medici coat of arms.
A fine group of small-swords including an exceptional, gold-hilted small-sword enriched with diamonds, given to Cardinal Ruffo of Calabria.
A beautiful selection of European firearms including a wonderful pair of Spanish percussion pistols by Arana, a pair of flintlock pistols by John Manton (England) and a pair of flintlock pistols by Picard (France);
German wheel-lock rifles and an important matchlock petronel with Turkish barrel (Saxony).
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