RICHARD RICE ESTATE MILITARIA
Tuesday, 30 April - Monday, 13 May 2024
Militaria View all 100 lots
A good Indian mail and lamellar shirt, 17thC, probably Bijapur, Karnataka state, India,
Estimate: $2,200 - $3,200
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 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 rare 16thC Indian Moghul chain mail coat with integral iron plates front and rear,
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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 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 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 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 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 Holland & Holland Patent hammerless rook rifle, cal 297-260, with extra 410 barrel, in leather case,
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,400
