CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE May 28th & 29th 2024

49 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 478. Militaria: A group of three early 20th WorldWar I & II steel Bayonets, with variant wooden grip handles, and blade lengths, each housed in steel scabbards, as a lot, w.af. (3) €150 - €200 479. Militaria: AWorldWar II period Japanese ‘Wakizashi’ Short Sword, the handle with black cloth and ray skin grip [tang Unsigned] each side with decorative bronze, the pierced tsuba decorated in the typical taste, issuing slightly curved steel blade housed in blackened scabbard, approx. 34cms (13¼”) long. (1) €200 - €300 480. Militaria: AWorldWar II period Japanese ‘Wakizashi Short Sword’, the grip with ray skin base, and decorative brass inside crossed leather strap and ornate cap, the tang Signed with makers mark, the pierced tsuba issuing slightly curved blade, housed in lacquered black scabbard, approx. 36cms (14”) long. (1) €250 - €350 481. Militaria: Two similar 19th Century Japanese ‘Tanto’ - Wakizashi short Swords, each carved bone handles decorated with native figures in typical attire, issuing steel blades housed in profusely carved bone scabbards, each approx. 38cms x 33cms (15” x 13”). (2) €200 - €300 482. Militaria: A rare 19th Century Burmese Ceremonial Dagger, the hilt depicting a carved bone model of a standing dragon, the steel pointed blade housed in wooden scabbard with steel straps, approx. 21cms (8¼”) long. (1) €150 - €200 483. Militaria: A RareWorldWar II Army Issue ‘U.S. Marines’ Dagger, with pointed blade, inscribed, in original leather scabbard embossed mark ‘U.S. M6 - Barwood - 1943,’ approx. 18cms (7½”) long. Scarce. (1) €350 - €420 484. Militaria: An English bone handled ‘Sheffield’ Hunting Knife, stamped William Rodgers, with shaped blade, leather scabbard; together with another similar, unmarked, in leather scabbard, as a lot, w.a.f. (2) €80 - €120 485. Militaria: Ethnographical - A 19th Century Persian ‘Jambiya’ the double sided and curved blade housed in embossed leather scabbard, with ebonised grip and ornate steel medallion mounts with Arabic text, approx. 23cms (9”) long; together with an early African Dagger with steel straight blade housed in decorative scabbard and matching grip; also an African Hunting Knife with shaped blade housed in wooden scabbard, as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €150 - €200 486. Militaria: A Victorian ‘Bushman’ Hunting or Fighting Knife, marked warranted cast steel, Sheffield, approx. 13cms (5”) long, the wooden grip with brass insets, in original scabbard. (1) €80 - €120 487. Militaria: A 19th Century Chinese double ‘Shuang Jian’ Sword, the shaped half handles with opposing ornate brass hilts and pommel, each issuing shaped steel blades, housed in single shagreen scabbards with ornate brass mounts, approx. 52cms (20½”). (1) €200 - €300 482 479 483 480 487 481