 AN IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FITTED RHYNOCEROS HORN Russia, 19th Century A PAIR OF PRESENTATION FLINTLOCK PISTOLS FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET, Ottoman Empire, 18th Century A SHIELD Ottoman Empire, 18th Century A PAIR OF PERCUSSION DUELING PISTOLS Hungary, mid 19th Century A WHEELLOCK GUN Germany, 17th Century A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS WITH HOLSTERS Ottoman Empire, Balkans, 18th Century A KHANDA FOR A PRINCELY BOY, India, 17th Century A PARADE HELMET Ottoman Empire, end XV Century A LANDSQUENET BREAST ARMOUR, Germany, 1st half 16th Century A PARADE CLOSE HELMET Germany, 16th Century
The sale will offer an important collection of European and Oriental Antique Arms & Armour; Historical Memorabilia; Militaria, among them, various cased duelling pistols (one, belonged to the Khedive of Egypt and, after succession to Egypt's last king, Farouk); wheellock and flintlock guns and pistols; ; antique swords, daggers and staff weapons; an important, etched German helmet from XVI Century; a group of Indian weapons from the property of a princely family.
Among the historical memorabilia, the magnificent, honour silver coffret and axe, offered on the occasion of the launching of the Cruiser “Eugenio di Savoia”, work of the court's jewellers Chiappe.
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