French bronze walking horse.

Age: France, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 32.6 C.M. / Width 11 C.M. / Length 29 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
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This excellent 19th century WKC (Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Company, Solingen, Germany) Imperial Hunting Cutlass is 22 inches in length. The mounts are composed of beautiful brass throughout the hilt and scabbard. The pommel area has a fluted nut at the top center of the cap which acts as a threaded tang nut. The pommel has a smooth upper surface with curved edges featuring line decorated sides. The ferrule below is also lined, having otherwise smooth surfaces...

A nice small collection of 19 seal bullae stamped in lead, dating from c. 12th.-14th. century for the oldest up to c. 17th.-18th. century!

Interesting group incl. several with Coat of Arms and perhaps also city stamps.

Size: Up to c. 4,8 cm.

Ex. Hafnia Coins stock, bought in Denmark in the late 1990s. These were priced from €40-€100 each!

A very nice Iron Chest Key, Probably Northern Europe, early late 16th.-early 17th. century.

Almost round bow, strong, thick collar and a rather massive key.

Size: 12 cm.

Condition: Choice, fine patina.

Provenance: Birgit og Bent Wolstrup Collection

A very attractive and great condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600-1620.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl.

Size: 17,7 cm...

A huge and exceptional 33-34 cm. massive gate key, European renaissance period of the 15th./16th. century.

By some length and weight the largest key we've ever handled or seen for sale so far! The bow round and the stem from wrought and folded metal, the bit with an S-shaped slot. Amazing post-medieval antique!

Size: 33-34 cm...

A wonderful quality pottery Jug from Siegburg, Germany dating to the 16th. cent. AD.

A type called Trichterhalskrug in German, that often was made with an oval or round medallion at teh front. In this case the medallion is unusually crisp and elaborate for the type and depicts a coat of arms for a city or a wealthy House.

Size: 16 cm.

Condition: Good very fine for the often heavily restored type and age...

A wonderfully preserved massive Iron hatch with lock for an oven or a chimney, European, Renaissance, ca. 1480-1520.

The hatch is finely decorated with large attached rosettes and rivets and the still functioning lock ends in a twisted grib in the gothic form. Possibly Danish or Northern German and comes from an esteemed Danish private collection.

Size: 42 cm. long and 27 cm. wide.

Condition: Superbly preserved for the period and fine metal...

A very large and impressive Wheel-lock pistol, from Suhl, Germany, steel fitted and with ebonized stock, c. early 17th. cent.

Armoury / regimentsmark inlaid in the handle and stamped with Suhl control mark.

Size: 55 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, faint traces of hairline repair to stock at one place, very nicely done and almost not visible, perhaps from the time of use. Cleaned metal parts, later ramrod, othervise intact and choice.

Ex...

A very attractive and great condition, formerly gilt and tinned Laten spoon, English, London, c. 1600-1620.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl that depicts a key and the letters RS.

Size: 17 cm...

A pair of late Renaissance bronze spoons, England, dating ca. 1620-1640.

Excellent early European spoons, likely once silvered, nor in a brass / bronze colour. A rare set of early kitchenware, very interesting and from a very old Danish collection.

Size: ca. 17,5 cm. each.

Condition: Excellent for type.

Provenance: Birgit og Bent Wolstrup Collection

An amazing and very large Iron lock with it's workable key, from a heavy gate, South-Germany, Renaissance period, 16th. century.

An early lock with a perfectly preserved locking mechanism. A snap lock with two bolts for extra security and with it's original key, so very rare!

Size: 31,5 cm. long and 23,5 cm. wide, and the key being 19 cm. long! Weight: c...

A very attractive and rare box-lock with large engraved plate, German or North-Italian (?), early baroque 17th. century.

Exceptional quality workmanship with a finely engraved box and carved decorations in the openwork style.

Size: 31 cm. long and 15,5 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice! A very tight lock of great uncorroded metal with a finely maintained greyish and black patina. With a small close crack at the top but intact witout loss.

Provenance: Danish ...

Antique late 16th century circa 1580 A.D. Italian well hand-forged all-steel stiletto dagger with sturdy, tapered steel blade of flattened triangular section, cut on each side with series of short groves and turned ricasso.

Hilt comprising hand chiseled in relief spiral baluster grip with flattened pommel carved with an ancient Norse Swastika solar symbol of sun with rotating wings which is similar to the Georgian Borjgali. Massive crossguard including a rectangular quillon block, turned qu...

Found in Livorno (Italy). Still fully working. Clay material and partly salt glazed. Condition: Very good condition. Measurement: Hight 6.7 cm = 2.6 in

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A choice smaller iron lock with a nice large iron key, perhaps from a door, South-German, early 17th. century.

A lock with flattened iron carved as stylized animals! Wonderful antique in a nice uncorroded condition with a fine collection patina. Nice tight locking mecanism! Still Useable for a door today.

Size: 16 cm. long. The key measure 10 cm. in length.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, ca. 1950-1997. Purchased at O...

South German Nuremberg hand-hammered brass alms dish, late Gothic, early 16th century, circa 1500-1530 AD, with a rare pattern stamped in relief. The artwork portrays the Blessed Virgin Mary standing with Christ the Child. She is depicted as the Queen of Heaven, standing upon the crescent moon and surrounded by a mandorla of sun rays. She is dressed in elaborate garments and wears a crown. She holds a long ornate scepter in her left hand, while on her right arm, she cradles Baby Jesus, who ha...

A very nice untouched Hungarian Wheellock Musketeer's powder flask, circa. 16th century. Stag horn body with wrought brass mounts.

The staghorn is engraved and there's a beautiful central medallion on the front with a geomethric hexagonal star-shaped design, especially known from Byzantine Emprire, c. 10th.-12th. cent. Beautiful patina!

Size: 14 cm. tall.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, aquired in...

A lovely and very rare Gothic style polishing steel or sharpener for edged weapons, Austria, ca. late 15th. century.

Very attractive with a wonderful twisted and curled finial and the look of a key with one slot.

Size: 85 mm. long

Conditin: Superb. good metal and nice greyish and brown patina.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark (c.1950-1997). Purchased at Ole Jensen, Antiques Dealer, 1973. Comes with documentati...

A rare and exceptionally large Iron lock with key, from a gate or massive door, South-Germany, Late renaissance period, 16th. century.

A very early lock with finely preserved locking mechanism. A snap lock with two bolts for extra security. The lock comes with it's lovely large iron key, with remnants of cobber.

Size: The lock 34 cm. long and the impressive key is 18,8 cm. wide, weighing ca. 725 grams.

Condition: Superb! The lock of exceptional metal for the age...

Dating: 17th Century Provenance: Germany Straight, flame-shaped blade, on a side a strong raiser worked with woven chiselling, the tip shaped as an arrow. The quillon as bat wings, with hollow faces engraved with racemes. Bone grip, flat on a side and convex on the other, decorated with engraved effigy of soldiers and flowers within frames, iron cap. Scabbard of bone sectors engraved with floral motifs, with grotesque figures, at the front the high-relieved effigy of a soldier in his armour. D...

A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top, English c. 1600-1620.

The top with a cloaked figure standing, probably St. Andrews, interesting triangular stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. Interesting early type with complicated touchmark, but probably London.

Size: 16,9 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, nice metal for these, intact and with a wonderful patina.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Dan...

A very attracive and fine condition, early Iron box lock from a large gate or strong door, South German, c. 1650.

The lock is finely constructed in solid ironwork, portal shape with Three bolts and the original iron panel with slots for the bolts still attached to the lock.

Size: 24,5 cm. wide and 24,5 cm. tall, heavy weighing 2,2 kilograms!

Condition: Superb! The lock of exceptional metal for the age and the lock-mecanism is in working condition. Nice patina a...

A very rare and superb condition iron Cupboard key, European, probably English, 15th. century (c.1450-1520).

Very interesting key of a sturdy design with a Gothic floral bow in openwork. The bit with a double S-shape forming a cross in the center.



Note: The key with a hollow stem and inside the stem was a rolled up 19th./early 20th century collectors tag in stained brownish paper with ink writing in English (see picture!).



Size: 11,6 cm. - a su...

A rare stoneware pitcher with salt glaze. Full-bellied shape with wide conical neck and flat handle. The base is festooned with “thumb” marks. The body is decorated with three medallions depicting a woman. A type called Trichterhalskrug in German. This stoneware pitcher was made in the Siegburg region in the 15th/16th century. It is covered with a fine salt glaze.

Size: 12,7 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for the type. Some ultra thin hairlines restored in the top by a ...

A lovely and scarce Italian closed combat helmet, with eye slits a come or ridge and a hinge at the side; it also have a produding iron guard that could also function as sunscreen, c. 1580-1610.

"Savoyard" helmets are a distinctive form of late Italian close-helmet worn by cuirassiers, the heavy cavalry outfitted with plate armor worn only to the knee and armed with pistols and swords. The term Savoyard is a reference to the large number of these helmets that the Swiss captured fro...

A rare renaissance oval relief plaque with Skt. Peter, Escarvated in Birkenhard, Germany, ca. 15th.-16th. century or even earlier

A very interesting oval plaque in cast iron, medieval or early renaissance period. The motif is quite beautiful showing Sct. Peter ct. Petri with the key in his left hand and the almost unreadable inscription ''sct. Petri'' over his head. The backside bears evidence of the long history in Danish-German Collections, so it was found in the late 18th.-early 17...

An interesting early Acorn top Laten spoon, English, London c. 1580.

Acorn top and having flat hammered stem and a round touchmark for London in the oval bowl.

Size: 16,2 cm. long.

Condition: Very fine, wear and nice patina with remnants of old silvering intact and strong.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection of Early European antiques.

A pair of attractive early European iron keys, with remnants of copper on the larger one, c. 16th. century.

Lot includes a large 14,5 cm. long key with remnants of copper plating and cross cut bit, early 16th. century, perhaps even earlier. The other key with a hearthshaped bow, measuring 10,7 cm. c. 16th. century.

Condition: Very fine, nice metal with a thick and stable iron patina.

Ex. Danish Collection of keys.

A very attractive and fine condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600.

Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl with three crossed keys for London and the letters of the maker.

Size: 18 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, fine patina with remaining gilt and tin or silver.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collecti...

From an important private Danish collection of European decorative ironworks, here's an amazing early Iron lock, from a door, South-Germany, Renaissance period, c. 1600 AD.

An early lock with a perfectly preserved locking mechanism. A snap lock with two bolts for extra security.

Size: c. 18,5 cm. long and 18,7 cm. wide.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, ca. 1950-1997. Purchased at Ole Jensen, Antique Dealer, 1969.

An late renaissance or baroque period Iron Padlock, European, ca. 16th.-17th. century.

Cast and wrought lock. Very beautiful with an arched moveable part and a keyhole at one end. The lock was cobber braized or plated in the renaissance manor and much cobber can still be spotted in parts of the surface (see pictures).

Size: 13,5 cm. long and around 7 cm. high.

Provenance: Birgit og Bent Wolstrup Collection

A fine smaller iron key from a chest, Gothic type, early renaissance, c. 14th. century AD.

The key with a complicated S-shaped bit and gothic compartement bow. The stem is square and then round and solid.

Size: 68 mm.

Condition: VF, intact with some corrosion, but nice and stable.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

A rare and superb condition iron key of an unusual length, European, Late Medieval, c. 13th. century.

A large and impressive key of the c. 13th. century design with an doomed bow and the stem ending in a long spike. The wide bit with a cruciform slot with 'teeth' below. A front door key, possible from clerical building.

Size: 16,8 cm.

Condition: Good very fine, completely intact with superficial iron patina and fine metal beneath.

Ex. Important old ...

A superb condition iron key probably from a passage door, European, Renaissance, c. Early 15th. century.

A large and impressive key of the c. 15th. century design with an oval bow and a tappering stem. The wide bit with a flat design. Very attractive!

Size: 14,4 cm.

Condition: About extremely fine, completely intact with superficial dark iron patina and extremely fine metal beneath.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

Interesting European, perhaps Swedish Foundation brick from a building, 17th. century.

With Coat Of Arms and dating.

Size: 13,3 x 9,5 x 7,5 cm. Ca. 2kg.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

The attractive large upperpart of a very early Gothic incense burner, openwork style, c. 14th.-15th. century.

Impresive medieval antiquity! Dark bronze patina with signs of use inside. Lowerpart missing. Very rare!

Size: 14 cm. tall.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.

A large and very early key, European, Late Medieval, c. 12th.-13th. century.

The key has a doomed bow and the stem ending in a long spike. The wide and unusual large bit with a complicated slot, probably a castle passage door key.

Size: 15,2 cm.

Condition: Very fine, tiny loss and othervise completely intact.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

A very attracvtive and rare type of lock for a hatch or locking bar, likely Northern Italian, ca. 15th. century.

A square plate lock with some fine, strictly gothic renaissance carved and punched iron decoration.

Size: 12, 7 cm. in diameter by 11,7 cm.

Condition: The lock extremely attractive and in a wonderful old collection state with nice greyish iron patina, and lovely metal and very little corrosion.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Gr...

A rare and massive European Gate key, Late Medieval, ca. 14th.-15th. century.

A very heavy key with kidney-shaped bow and a very thick stem and bit. Remnants of copper plating on the surface.

Size: 21,3 cm. long and 8,3 cm. wide over the bow! Weight: ca. 300-350 grams.

Condition: Basically intact with very heavy patina and corrosion and loss of metal to the bit.

Provenance: Birgit og Bent Wolstrup Collection

A very attractive pair of matching floor or wall tiles, Western Europe, ca. 12th.-14th. century AD.

Finely made with a slightly trapezoid cross-section and very thick in hard red stoneware. Green glazed with 4 rampant lions on one of them and the other with Fleur de Lis. The style of the Lions points to Brabrant or Flandern, the Fleur de Lis to France, the glazing perhaps to Germany. Garanteed medieval pre 15th. century AD. and to judge from the shape, style with relief and the monoc...

A rare and superb condition iron key of an unusual length, European, Late Medieval, c. 14th century or a slightly earlier.

A large and impressive key of the c. 13th.-14th. century design with an oval bow and the stem ending in a long spike, but with the wide slotted bit placed just below the finial. A very complicated slot, possibly from a large oak casket.

Size: 14,1 cm.

Condition: About extremely fine, completely intact with dark patina and very good metal be...

A nice and scarce early iron key probably from a passage door, European, Renaissance, c. Late 14th.-Early 15th. century.

The key with an oval bow and a square stem. The wide bit with a flat design.

Size: 11,7 cm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact dark iron patina corrosion but sound metal beneath.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

As one of the rarest keys in the present collection, we're selling, here's a full size early gate key in an extraordinary condition, European, 14th. century.

Beautiful key with a Gothic fire-welded three-pass flute, a long straight and hollow stem, folded and hammered, and two slots in the rectangular bit.

Size: 21,6 cm. - a huge key for this period.

Condition: Extremely fine, lovely metal.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

A fantastic large and perfect condition Iron lock, possibly from a large chest or a massive door, South-Germany, Renaissance period, 16th. century.

A very early lock with Gothic decoration of the details of the finely preserved locking mechanism. A snap lock with two bolts for extra security.

Size: 21 cm. long and 18,5 cm. wide, weighing ca. 725 grams.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, ca. 1950-1997. Purchased at Ole Jen...

Such and early European iron key is not something you will see on the market every day. A complicated slot with a cross and a round bow, typical for the medieval period.

The key can be dated to the 13th.-14th. century, Northern European.

Size: 13,5 cm.

Condition:_ Choice and nice metal, hairline crack at the bow, but sound.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.

A very rare full size early gate key in an extraordinary condition, European, late 13th.-14th. century.

Beautiful key with a round bow flute, a long solid stem, large bit with complicated slots.

Size: Nearly 20 cm. and the bit measure 5,6 cm. wide, fitting a very thick gate.

Condition: Good very fine, intact and lovely metal, thus scarce.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

A superb gilt and coloured parchment leaf from a religious work, France, c. 1450.

Han-written page with the tiniest details and among the finest we've had ever of the early type from the late medieval period of the 15th. century. The decorations includes lavish use of leaf gold to highlight letters.

Size: 18 x 13 cm. nicely framed in a gilt frame so that only the text is visible and with COA from a German dealer on the back.

Condition: Exceptional for age and typ...

This exquisite antique belt fitting is a true testament to the exceptional craftsmanship of medieval European artisans. It is a rare and unique piece that dates back to the 14th-15th century and is made of gilded silver. The rectangular bar has been intricately handcrafted with a filigree and granular pattern, which adds an eye-catching texture to the piece. The bar is also adorned with beautiful rosettes, which are perfectly placed on a champleve blue and green enamel background. The back is fi...

A Very Rare Antique Medieval 15th century large gilt bronze Papal ring with Nativity.

The ring is made of cast and gold-gilded bronze, hand-chiseled, engraved, and drilled. It is formed of a ring with cut sides and enlarged ends chiseled with foliage frames.

A rectangular bezel is chiseled in relief with a Nativity scene depicting the Virgin and Child with the heads of the donkey. The ox appears under the roof, surmounted in the corners by two flowers.

Inscriptions engraved on the...

Antique, 14th century, medieval European knight's rowel spur with a six-pointed rowel, retaining the original hooked tabs. REFERENCES: To view related spur in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, please see the links below: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/32... 1. "Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons" by Eduard Wagner, Zoroslava Drobna, Jan Durdik. PLATE 37. No 4. 2. “Reitzubehör - Das Bestimmungsbuch” by Steinmann. Page.42. We will also provid...

A pair of very large and elaborate silver temple rings, Viking settlers from Scandinavia (Kingdom of the Rus or Kievan Rus), present day Ukraine, c. 800-1000 AD.

The bow temple rings with globular decoration on crescents and with globular hangers on 4 skilfully made chains. These rings were worn from a headband around the temples by Viking Rus women, hence the name Temple rings.

Size: 63 mm. long.

Condition: Very fine for the high age, with some wear to the glob...

A very rarely encountered horsemans spiked macehead, Eastern German, Crusader period tyoe, dating ca. 12th.-13th. century AD.

A very attractive macehead in a wonderful condition for the excarvated type. With a fair amount ov silver plating or inlays to the surface and a small piercing hole where a rivet secured it to the shaft.

Size: 60 mm. wide and 48 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice for the type and intact with corrosion in smaller parts.

Provenance: Da...

Antique Medieval 12th-15th century A.D. hand-forged iron sickle, with slender blade and short flat tang.

This type of sickle was part of the equipment of mounted warriors, a tool useful during military expeditions to cut the grass for the horse. A knight should also have a leather or canvas bucket for watering the horse.

CONDITION: Corroded, in excavated condition, but well-preserved, in stable condition. Please see the photos as they are a part of the description.

MEASUREMENTS: T...

A pristine Iron doorhammer in the finest Late Medieval / Gothic style, European 14th.-15th. century.

The hammer head in the shape of a deers head and the horn and shaft finely twisted, the nails for inserting it into a thick wooden door are still finely preserved as well.

Size: 27 cm. total length.

Condition: Superb! Very unusual item for this early period. Fine metal with black patina.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledø...

A wonderful and very elaborate larger fragment of a bronze belt plaque, Northern Europe, 9th.-11th. cent. AD

Nice Darkage-Viking style, made with multible twisted wires and held by a triangular and nicely decorated finial, two loops at the end.

Size: 42 mm.

Ex. Hafnia Coins inventory (Copenhagen), aquired in the late 1990s.

Interesting large bronze pendant in a Lunar or crecent shape with two loops, Dark-age or Viking 8th.-10th. cent. AD.

Attractive and wearable today with decorations on the surface.

Size: 43 x 35 mm. - very thick weighing 53.68 grams!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of ancient seals ans some amulets between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer spec...

A large and beautiful Scandinavian style bronze shield or tortoise brooch or Fibula decorated with intertwinned dragons, c. 8th.-9th. century AD.

Impressive piece of jevellery that comes out of a very old German collection.

Size: 64 mm. wide and 56 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, with intact needle and sound metal, mottled green and brown patina with some azurite on the back.

Ex. Rudolf Rack, Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt, collection formed from...

A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top in an unusual condition with preserved gilding, English c. 1630.

The top with a half length female bust and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. The touchmark unusually crisp with the three keys and the lettering for the maker in London.

Size: 16,9 cm. long.

Condition: Extremely fine, superb metal for these, intact. Really nice.

P...

An exceptionally large and attractive bronze bow fibula, Migration period, Ostrogothic / Merovingian, c. 6th.-7th. cent. AD

The fibula with semi-circular headplate with four profiled knobs, rhomboid footplate with an animal-head ending. Head and footplate decorated with carved bulls-eye ornaments.

Size: 16,3 cm. long - very large for these!

Reff. See Gorny & Mosch auction 252 lot 395 for an almost similar size and type, estimated and sold for €1000.