25th Nov, 2025 10:00
AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION
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OF TIPU SULTAN INTEREST - AN 18TH CENTURY INDIAN LACQUERED LEATHER SHIELD OR DHAL
the 53cm convex body with turned rim and black lacquered finish, applied with an upper central embossed and pierced crescent form engraved with a geometric design and bearing traces of original gilt decoration, four further domed bosses arranged about the centre and decorated to match, the reverse with four anchor points and retaining their original cloth braces, both now detached at one end.
Provenance - Major Thomas Hart then by decent through the family until sold at auction to the current owner.
From the Tipu Sultan collection acquired by Major Thomas Hart after the siege of Seringapatam - see lot 8 - 26th of March 2019 - Antony Cribb Ltd - The Major Thomas Hart Allocation from the defeat of Tipu Sultan and the fall of Seringapatam, 4th of May 1799.
Sold for £5,000
the 53cm convex body with turned rim and black lacquered finish, applied with an upper central embossed and pierced crescent form engraved with a geometric design and bearing traces of original gilt decoration, four further domed bosses arranged about the centre and decorated to match, the reverse with four anchor points and retaining their original cloth braces, both now detached at one end.
Provenance - Major Thomas Hart then by decent through the family until sold at auction to the current owner.
From the Tipu Sultan collection acquired by Major Thomas Hart after the siege of Seringapatam - see lot 8 - 26th of March 2019 - Antony Cribb Ltd - The Major Thomas Hart Allocation from the defeat of Tipu Sultan and the fall of Seringapatam, 4th of May 1799.
Auction: AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 25th Nov, 2025
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