6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
132
A Late Victorian Full Dress Uniform to an Officer Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, comprising a scarlet Hussar jacket with silver lace trimmed white stand-up collar and cuffs, plaited silver shoulder cords with rank pips to a Lieutenant, large silver Russian braid loops and silver ball and half ball buttons, with silver braided cap lines and olives, cream quilted silk lining with a label inscribed in ink Captain A B Barnaby, 1894; a pair of dark blue overalls with double silver lace on scarlet side stripes; a silver lace and crimson leather waist belt with sword slings; a crossbelt with silver mounts; a barrel sash of crimson silk cords, gold metal thread barrels, acorns and runners; a black fur busby with silver cord trimmed scarlet bag, silver chin scales and plume; a pair of black leather knee boots with nickel box spurs and beech trees
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £900 - £1,200
Jacket with perishing to the silk lining, no visible moth damage. Overalls with some loss of stitches to the side stripe attachments. Busby with loose chinscale attachment to one side, and some perishing of chinscale backing. Waist belt and crossbelt are both a little shabby. Lack chains and prickers.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Dec, 2023
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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