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Robert E. Haynes Catalog of April 9-11, 1982, № 36.
Robert E. Haynes Catalog of April 9-11, 1982, № 36.
Iron tsuba of mokko form with rough surface decorated in low relief carving (sukidashi-bori) and openwork (sukashi) with a flying bat, a crescent moon, and a cloud over the moon. Bat's eyes inlaid with gold. Crescent moon and cloud on the reverse. Copper sekigane. Kogai hitsu-ana plugged with shakudō.
Unsigned.
Edo period.Size: Height: 83.7 mm; Width: 80.3 mm; Thickness: 2.9 mm; Weight: 141 g.
Torigoye: sea cucumber and butterfly.
Ko-Katchūshi tsuba: Lake and pine.
Size: 74.3 x 71.8 x 3.2 mm.
NBTHK certificate №4003986: Hozon (worthy preservation). In custom wooden box.Japanese art and handicraft, Plate CX, #128.
Compton Collection, Part I, #7.
Iron tsuba with hammer marked surface and design of a plum and cherry blossoms to the right of nakaga-ana in openwork (sukashi). Raised rim, typical to katchushi school. The thickness of the plate provides for later Muromachi period making.
Late Muromachi period (1514-1573). Size: 85.8 x 85.0 x 3.6 (center), 4.1 (rim) mm; weight: 136 g.Lefaucheux model 1858 pin-fire self-cocking revolver with ejector rod, folding trigger and polished walnut grips, manufactured in Paris.
Stamped on barrel: E. LEFAUCHEUX BRte S.G.D.G. À PARIS.
Serial number LF 9018; in a wooden case. Dimensions: Case: 23 x 13 x 6 cm; L: 20.5 cm; H: 9 cm; Barrel: 9 cm. Eugene Lefaucheux (French, 1820 – 1871) was the son of Casimir Lefaucheux (French, 1802 – 1852).