RICHARD RICE ESTATE MILITARIA
Tuesday, 30 April - Monday, 13 May 2024
An uncommon Indian hide shield (dhal), probably rhinoceros, circular domed form, with remnant painted border decoration, four petal shaped bosses,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A good Indian mail and lamellar shirt, 17thC, probably Bijapur, Karnataka state, India,
Estimate: $2,200 - $3,200
A pair of rare Indian papier mâché dhàl (shields) each with four central silver bosses, with label of provenance to the Governor of Bombay (see footnote 1) and 1998 Christies auction tag (see footnote 2),
Estimate: $1,600 - $3,000
A pair of 18th/19thC Persian bazu-band (forearm armour), iron, with hinged cuff plates, heavily chiseled with foliate tendrils with traces of gilt remaining,
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
A good 19thC Persian Qajar iron helmet with square spike finial, nasal bar and plume holders,
Estimate: $700 - $1,400
A good 19thC Persian Qajar circular convex steel shield (sipar), with raised sun mask bosses to the centre, gold damascened and engraved,
Estimate: $700 - $1,400
A rare Indian nape and shoulder armour defence (kanthatrāna), 18th/19thC, of padded leather and aventail,
Estimate: $400 - $800
A 6 bore Indian matchlock gun, 19thC., with heavy sighted barrel encrusted with silver scrolls, flowers, foliage and chevrons (losses), retained by a pair of engraved brass bands,
Estimate: $1,600 - $3,000
A mail shirt, probably Ottoman Turkish 17/18thC of large proportions, formed of riveted rings of circular and oval section wire,
Estimate: $420 - $800
A 16th/17thC Ottoman-Turk or Persian mail, plate and lamellar cuisse or knee and thigh armour defenses, as worn by fully armoured cavalrymen,
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
A good 17th/18thC Ottoman-Turk or Persian chain mail defense, for the collar and nape
Estimate: $300 - $600
A 15th/17thC Ottoman / Persian Safavid defence for the left leg (greave), of three plates of steel connected by links of solid and riveted chainmail
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A rare and interesting 17th-18thC Ottoman-Turk or Persian thigh and knee defence (greave), apparently intended for the right leg,
Estimate: $400 - $800
A good, 19thC heavy double barrel muzzle loading percussion cape gun, 39 x 15 bore, by Pryse & Redman, London, (see footnote 1). In brass bound mahogany case.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
A fine muzzle loading percussion double barrel rifle/shotgun, cased, with two sets of barrels, by Franz Leutheuser, Graz, Austria, c.1860.
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,200
A replica Alexander Henry muzzle loading smoothbore percussion rifle, .45 cal., in case,
Estimate: $200 - $400
A 19thC under lever double barrel .450 express rifle by Joseph Lang & Son, London, circa 1891. In associated leather case
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
A reproduction 20thC weighty big game 10 bore muzzle loading, single barrel percussion rifle, by C.G. Bonehill (Birmingham),
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A late 19thC 12 bore double barrel underlever shotgun by Henry Holland, (with NZ connections), in leather case,
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A Holland & Holland Patent hammerless rook rifle, cal 297-260, with extra 410 barrel, in leather case,
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,400
A scarce C.G. Bonehill 'The Britannia' barrel cocking .177 cal air rifle, circa 1902,
Estimate: $260 - $500
A .300 cal rook rifle, by T. Newton, Manchester, with additional .410 shotgun barrel.
Estimate: $300 - $600
A Snider action .450 cal sporting rifle, with walnut stock, in brass bound oak fitted case
Estimate: $800 - $1,600
A 12 bore, hammerless double barrel shotgun by Enos James & Co. With leather case,
Estimate: $400 - $800
A mid-19thC .50 cal smoothbore muzzle loading percussion rifle with spare 20 bore shotgun barrel, by Clayton of Lymington. In baize lined fitted oak case with accessories.
Estimate: $1,600 - $3,000
A fine early19thC .18 bore muzzle loading percussion double barrel sporting gun, by John Manton & Son, London, in baize lined fitted mahogany case.
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A .60 cal smoothbore muzzle loading percussion sporting rifle, by Baker, London,
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A 15 bore double barrel muzzle loading percussion shotgun, signed 'Manton, London',
Estimate: $300 - $600
Pair of 18th/19thC Indian dastana / bazu-band armguards, of typical form, with applied gilt borders of palmettes and dense scrolling floral decoration organized in two registers.
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A good single steel 19thC Persian forearm armour (bazu-band), with etched figurative panels within a border of Islamic script,
Estimate: $700 - $1,400
A Japanese Edo Period 1800s mail shirt and hood helmet (kusari), each formed of padded dyed blue fabric and covered with mail of butted links,
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Japanese Samurai armour fittings, 19thC or earlier, includes a lacquered helmet and lacquered metal chest and blackbody plates together with various conforming paneled sections and chain mail with cloth backing,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A rare 16thC Indian Moghul chain mail coat with integral iron plates front and rear,
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
A late 19th/early 20thC Indian fist shield, circular domed shape with four bosses and ogee shaped border,
Archaic style, verdigris patinated bronze rings and bars reputedly Sung Dynasty (AD960-1126) horse armour, thong strung and mounted on a leather panel.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Six similarly framed 19thC engravings two 'Before Sebastopol' one of canons + 3 of historic buildings.
