拍品专文
The letters AOF on the third item may possibly refer to the Ancient Order of Foresters
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MOSTLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
细节
HUNTING-HORNS AND OTHER ITEMS
Mostly early 20th Century
A large French curled brass hunting-horn by JEROME THIBOUVILLE-LAMY. 68 BIS RUE REAUMUR, PARIS; a small German/Austrian curled hunting-horn of brass with white metal edging to the bell, bearing a plate stamped FURST-PLESS, the curled section bound in green leather with matching (partly broken) strap; an ornamental hunting-horn of polished cow-horn with white metal fittings and mounted with a badge inscribed AOF beneath a crest in the form of a stag issuing from a Marquess's coronet; a Matador's sword with the usual slightly-bent point to the double-edged blade, bow knuckle-guard and long crossbar, with ball finials matching pommel and bound with tape, soft brown leather scabbard with plated metal fittings; and a hunting-crop of Malacca with natural horn crook and plaited leather tapering lash
The first 24½in. diameter (5)
Mostly early 20th Century
A large French curled brass hunting-horn by JEROME THIBOUVILLE-LAMY. 68 BIS RUE REAUMUR, PARIS; a small German/Austrian curled hunting-horn of brass with white metal edging to the bell, bearing a plate stamped FURST-PLESS, the curled section bound in green leather with matching (partly broken) strap; an ornamental hunting-horn of polished cow-horn with white metal fittings and mounted with a badge inscribed AOF beneath a crest in the form of a stag issuing from a Marquess's coronet; a Matador's sword with the usual slightly-bent point to the double-edged blade, bow knuckle-guard and long crossbar, with ball finials matching pommel and bound with tape, soft brown leather scabbard with plated metal fittings; and a hunting-crop of Malacca with natural horn crook and plaited leather tapering lash
The first 24½in. diameter (5)