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Local Price : $29995.00

Exquisite 17th C Gold and Silver Damascened Rapier with Provenance. Dating from the early 17th C and coming from the famous collection of Count Dimitri de Nesselrode (1816-1891) of Chateau de Tzarevtchina, this is one of the finest rapiers to have come on the market in the last hundred years. After the count's death it was illustrated in the 1904 catalog of his collection. It came up for auction on 18 March, 1918 at S.E. Kennedy, Christie, Manson & Woods in London, Lot 79, where it sold for 520 British Pounds, more than the average annual earnings of British workers at the time. It was later on the cover of the 15 December, 2004 Sotheby's Antique Arms, Armour, and Militaria sale catalog, and sold in that auction for 22,000 GBP plus premium, the equivalent to over $50,000 USD at the time. The rapier features a 40 1/2″ tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section with slightly tapered rectangular ricasso struck on each side with a cross mark between stars; central fuller on both sides with incised latten-filled running wolf mark on one side. Blackened steel hilt of flattened bars comprising down- curved rear quillon, knuckle guard, and outer ring guard joined diagonally to a large pas d'ane with small inner ring from which extends a pair of up-curved bars on the outside; all with pierced terminals and chiselled ropework borders enclosing silver-encrusted punched scrollwork and pellets enriched with ovoidal and diamond-shaped panels within ropework borders enclosing gold-damascened florets and foliage. Reverse with plain looping round- section bars crossing each other and joining the lower terminal of the pas d'ane. Large globular pommel with turned button, decorated ensuite. Original spiral grip bound with copper ribbon and twisted silver wire between silver Turk’s heads. Excellent condition overall with one small chip in the blade. Overall length 47 1/4″ . This exceptional rapier would be a centerpiece in any private or museum collection.

Nation : British
Local Price : £24995

Click and use the code 23537 to search for this item on the dealer website Singularly Fine and Rare Museum Quality Original Viking Jarl&#acute;s Sword Around 1100 years Old

Nation : British
Local Price : £21500

Pair of Scottish Lobe Butt Pistols by Thomas Murdoch of Doune Dating to the Third Quarter of the 18th century. https://www.rct.uk/collection/405954/st-jamess-park-and-the-mall-0 Both lobe and scroll butt styles were produced at the same time in the mid-18th century by the Doune gun makers. The only difference between the two forms being the shape of the butt terminal. The typical Doune decorative style applied to both types relates to the barrel decoration, the scrolls on the lock plates behind the cocks, and on the fore ends, spines and undersides of the pistols. The pistols illustrated here are finished in this manner. Both cocks, and the areas behind them on the lock plates, are engraved with scrolling foliage. The spines of the butts are engraved with parallel sets of lines infilled with chains of chevrons, scrolls and waves. A silver roundel is bedded into the spine of each pistol just behind the barrel tang screw which contains the remains of the crest of the owner now too worn to identify. The fore ends are engraved with scrolls, acanthus leaves, linear designs and chevrons on four planes. The button triggers are formed from cups of silver brazed together and engraved with four petals which radiate from the tang ends. Underneath the locks the space is decorated with fine linear engraving of scrolls, parallel lines and waves, crossed by three bands engraved with chevrons, two of which are of silver. The base of each butt is centred with a silver button, surrounded by two engraved bands and four inlaid silver triangles, the points radiating outwards, interspersed with panels of scrolls. The belt hooks are attached to each stock with a roundel. These slender hooks are engraved at the base and curl slightly outwards towards the ends. Each is engraved with the number “24” which is probably an old rack number for a collection or armoury. The locks are of typical “Highland” form with a horizontal sear extending through each lock plate which holds the cock in the half cock position. The lock plates are each signed “T” with “MURDOCH” beneath, with a downward pointing scroll extension to the right hand leg of the letter “R” which extends to the front of the name then upwards and back to curl around the letter “T”, in typical form for the signature of this maker. The four stage barrels have fluted sections near each breech and flared muzzles with octagonal sides engraved with fine scrolls. The middle sections of the barrels are rounded and boldly engraved with scrolls and foliage. The overall length of each pistol extremity to extremity is just over 12 inches (30.5 cm). The barrel lengths are just over 7 inches (18 cm). Thomas Murdoch’s baptism is recorded as of 9th May 1735, the son of John Murdoch and Margaret McMien in Tenemon. His marriage is recorded on 18th December 1766 to Ann Buchanan in the Parish of Port of Menteith. Both events are detailed in the Kilmadock Parish Register. This is an administrative area which recorded births, deaths and marriages in the Doune region of Perthshire. Some recorded Doune gunmakers were interred at Kilmadock burial ground which is a short distance from Doune. Thomas Murdoch started his gun making career in Doune. In 1774 he is recorded as “Gunsmith in Leith”. Leith was the main port for Edinburgh and Thomas was based at “Leith Walk”. Presumably he moved his business from Doune to Leith as demand for high quality and expensive traditional Doune style pistols shrank in the Highlands due to the disarming measures taken by the Hanoverian government after the failure of the ’45 Rebellion. Previously the Highland Clans had been an important market for the Doune gun makers. During this period some other Doune based gun makers, like Thomas, moved their businesses elsewhere to supply other markets, particularly the military. The later pistols made by Thomas Murdoch sometimes incorporate the place of production as “Leith”. According to the Scottish Statistical Account a pair of pistols made by Thomas Murdoch, “a tradesman taught in Doune”, were presented by the City of Glasgow to the Marquis de Bouille in 1784 (see Charles E Whitelaw, “Scottish Arms Makers”, page 43). Thomas is recorded as active in Leith in 1774, 1780, 1782 and finally in 1790. It seems he was succeeded in the family business by his son William first recorded in 1793 at Leith Walk. Presumably William inherited the business and its premises from his father. Provenance: The collection of Martin Kelvin. author of “The Scottish Pistol Its History, Manufacture & Design”, Cygnus Arts, 1996.

Nation : British
Local Price : £18995

Click and use the code 22605 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Museum Grade Sword 18th Century Silver and Enamel, Makara, Of The ´ Palace of the Nawab of Lucknow&#acute;, Damascus Bladed. Probably One of The Most Beautiful & Fine Indian Swords Available in World Collecting Market

Nation : North European
Local Price : £17500

Fine North European Two Handed Sword Dating To Circa 1520. A fine, rare and well proportioned North European two handed sword (hand and a half sword). The hilt, which retains much of its original blackening to the iron parts, is an impressively chiselled example of the early 16th century armourer’s craft. The flat, downwardly curved quillons, widening towards square-ended terminals, with central rope-twist decoration in raised relief on both sides, plus the deeply grooved pommel with fluted ridges, mark this sword out as a member of a distinct and unique group of North European two-handed swords. So far as we know, only six of this type are presently identified. The broad blade is single edged with a thick spine beneath which two fullers each side extend from the hilt for 40% of its length, after which the blade is double edged and of lenticular section. Three crescent-shaped notches are applied at the end of the spine. An armourers mark of facing crescents terminating in ovals, with a further oval imbetween, flanked by trefoils of diamond shaped dots is present on one side a short distance from the hilt. The marks are most likely of a Passau smith. The hub of the cross is formed as a thick bar of rectangular section. The distinctive quillons are rounded nearest the block and expand in vertically flattened form towards their terminals and are decorated with raised diagonally grooved rope-like lines along the middles which are flanked by further incised lines. Two horizontal ring guard bars of thick round section are applied to the sides, each formed with two raised knops with similar “roped” finish. Beneath the cross, a downward facing round section bar of open crescent shape is applied. Two further crescents, also decorated with knops, are forged onto the terminals of this bar and rise at 45 degrees to attach to, and strengthen, the side rings. The pommel is of upturned pear shape and formed with eight equally spaced deep grooves which radiate from the pommel top to its base. The surfaces of the ridges imbetween are cut with narrow lines alternating in vertical, and diagonally vertical form, similar in depth and spacing as the lines which form the rope designs on the guard. The guard and the pommel retain much of the original blackened finish. The waisted stepped grip is of wood covered with leather over a cord wrap. The blade length is 41.5 inches (105.5 cm) and overall is 52 inches (132 cm) long. These large swords were not just for two-handed use. They were designed to be used equally well with one hand by a trained user. In the 16th century such swords were quite common on European battlefields, carried by armies fighting wars almost permanently during a time of shifting religious and political change. As fashions moved towards the beginning of the 17th century they went out of use and today are rare compared to the survival rates of two-handed swords of the “bearing sword” variety – large, well made, imposing and decorous, but designed mainly to be carried point up in civic procession rather than for use in combat. One fine example, almost identical to ours, is illustrated in “Records of the Medieval Sword”, Ewart Oakeshott, St Edmundsbury Press, 1991, page 241, which sold through Peter Dale Ltd of London before 1982. The same example is illustrated in “The Price Guide to Antique Edged Weapons”, Leslie Southwick, Antique Collectors Club, 1982, page 29, fig 49). Oakeshott comments that another sword in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (Inventory Number M.602-1927) and illustrated in “European Swords”, Anthony North, page 6 fig 3, has an identical hilt apart from the guard having one branch. A third example is illustrated in “Edged Weapons in Sweden”, Staffan Kinman, Stockholm, 2014, page 29, fig 26b, and is similar to the British Museum example. Oakeshott comments on another in Zurich (Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Inventory Number LM 16933). A fifth sword with similar characteristics is also illustrated in Southwick (as above) fig 48, its location unknown.

Nation : British
Local Price : £16950

Click and use the code 23375 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Incredible and Finest Quality King George IIIrd Napoleonic Wars Scottish Presentation Sword, Presented In The Months Following the Battle of Trafalgar, by The New Battle Company of the Midlothian Regiment

Nation : ?
Local Price : $14995.00

Fine and Unique Chiseled European Rapier, First Half 17th C. Featuring slender tapering 40″ blade of flattened hexagonal section with long flat ricasso stamped with crowned “S” bladesmith’s mark on each side, (indistinct on one side); short central fuller on each side with line engraved and dotted borders and incised with ‘I.O.H.A.N.I.’ and stamped anchor mark on both sides . Hilt of slender bars of reeded diamond-section retaining traces of punched and incised decoration and comprising down- curved quillon with large chiseled foliate terminal carrying an openwork oval pierced with symmetrical scrollwork on both sides within punched borders and with bud-shaped tip chiseled with foliage. Large obverse side-ring, tapering knuckle-guard screwed to the pommel, all chiseled en suite; obverse with down-bent shell-guard extending from the quillon block and pierced with engraved symmetrical scrollwork. Triangular quillon block engraved with devil face. Vertically-ribbed grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk’s heads. Very good condition with some wear and light pitting commensurate with age. Overall length 46 5/8″. Provenance: Thomas Del Mar, Ltd. in association with Sotheby’s, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26 June 2007, lot 155, sold for 10,000 British Pounds plus premium (about $24,000 USD at the time). At a time of rapid inflation it is quite a bargain to obtain a rare work of art like this at considerably less than it sold for more than 15 years ago.

Nation : British
Local Price : £14500

Rare Scottish Scroll Butt Pistol by John Murdoch of Doune. Doune was a well-known centre for the production of high-quality all-steel pistols in Scotland. This example by John Murdoch is typical of the standards attained by the pistol makers there and is almost a unique survivor in being mounted with a rifled, rather than the more usual smooth bore barrel and a roller frizzen. The pistol is most likely one of a pair which became separated at some time. Little is known about John Murdoch. A note in the Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. XX, in 1798, p.86, suggests that he was apprenticed to one of the Doune based pistol makers in the family line of Caddell. Thomas Caddell Senior had established the industry in Doune in the mid-17th century. This late 18th century account says of the gun making trade in Doune at the time: ‘The trade is now carried on by John Murdoch, also famous for his ingenuity in the craft and who has likewise furnished pistols to the first nobility of Europe. These pistols were sold from 4 to 24 guineas a pair… when Mr. Murdoch gives over business, the trade, in all probability, will become extinct’. It seems likely therefore that John Murdoch was the last traditional pistol maker still in business in Doune at the end of the 18th century. It is not known precisely when he started and ended his career, but it was certainly a very long one, a period covering the hiatus of Doune as a pistol making centre through to the end of its decline. His earliest pistols are thought to date to circa 1740 (Note 1) and he probably worked into the early 1800's and died in 1812. Our pistol is typical of the distinctive Doune style. The four stage barrel has a fluted breech with a notched back-sight and flared muzzle of octagonal section engraved with fine scrolls and mounted with a fore sight. The middle sections of the barrel are rounded and boldly engraved with panels of scrolls and foliage. The barrel is rifled with eight grooves. This is a rare and expensive feature on Scottish pistols of this type and date, but not so unusual on some English pistols. Earlier Queen Anne pistols for example were noted for their rifled barrels. The spine of the butt is engraved with a pattern of intertwined inlaid silver scrolls of descending width in contour with the stock which terminates at the scroll butt terminal enhanced with incised scrolls and foliage. A vacant silver oval escutcheon is bedded into each side of the grip. The fore end is engraved with scrolls, acanthus leaves, linear designs, chevrons and border ornament on four planes. The button trigger and pricker are formed from cups of silver brazed together and engraved with four petals which radiate from the tang end in the middle. Underneath, the space is decorated with fine linear engraving of scrolls, parallel lines and waves, crossed by three bands of inlaid silver engraved with chevrons. The belt hook is attached to the stock with an engraved double roundel pierced in similar manner to the guards of the finest traditionally made Scottish basket hilted swords. This slender hook is engraved at the base and curls slightly outwards towards the end. The pistol is mounted with a slender steel ramrod with a pierced and engraved terminal. The border engraved flat bevelled lock is of typical “Highland” form with a horizontal sear extending through the lock plate which holds the cock in the half cock position, and a further vertical sear which emanates from the top of the trigger plate, the terminal of which is visible through a slot on top of the spine. The lock plate is decorated with scrolling foliage on the tail, cock en suite and the faceted steel is engraved with lines. The lock plate is signed “JO: Murdoch”. The frizzen is mounted with a roller. This feature first appeared on English gunmaking in the 1760s, and like the rifling in the barrel, was probably a particular requirement from a discerning customer influenced by advanced gunmaking methods and features which Murdoch would be familiar with given he was “famous for his ingenuity in the craft and who has likewise furnished pistols to the first nobility of Europe”. Many features of the pistol point to it being made in the earlier part of Murdoch’s career when the roller frizzen started to feature in English gunmaking. It must be considered that the roller may be a later embellishment but does not appear to be so. Measurements: The barrel length is 7.5 inches (19 cm) and the overall length extremity to extremity is just over 11.75 inches (30 cm). Note 1 Reference a pistol in The National Museums of Scotland illustrated in James Arthur, “The Doune Pistol Makers Part 2 – The Murdochs”, Guns Review, Vol 16, No 5, May 1976, page 245. The pistol described here is very similar to that described in the Review by virtue of its overall contours, the obvious chunkiness of its mass and the sumptuous high quality of the “early” style engraving Condition: The pistol is in fine crisp condition. Some old small patches of rust have been cleaned off in the past leaving a few shallow patches of pitting visible in the photographs below.

Nation : German
Local Price : €16000

Türkenbeute flintlock musket - Fine German hunting flintlock with captured Ottoman barrel..

Nation : German
Local Price : £13500

German or Swiss “Hand and a Half” or Two-Handed Sword circa 1550 to 1580. A scarce and attractive two handed sword of “hand and a half” type dating to the third quarter of the 16th century. This is a well made, elegant and finely contoured example, well balanced in hand and in original condition. These large swords were generally made for two-handed use but were designed to be used equally well with one hand when required by a trained user. In the 16th century “hand and a half” swords were a common sight on European battlefields, carried by small numbers of specially trained foot soldiers engaged in the thick of hand to hand fighting as armies collided. Often the weapon of a mercenary, these men were almost permanently employed during a time of shifting religious, political and social change. Towards the beginning of the 17th century they went out of use and today are quite rare compared to the survival rates of two-handed swords which are of the flamboyant “bearing sword” variety – large, well made, imposing and decorous, designed mainly to be carried point up in civic procession rather than for use in combat. The hilt consists of a robust quillon block from which the broad arms of the cross guard are forged in rounded section with swollen terminals. A ring guard is forged from the block, and a smaller secondary ring guard sits beneath this attached to the base of two vertically aligned convex crescents of iron which extend from the underside of the block each side of the blade. This structure is further strengthened on the reverse side by an inner guard bar which emanates from the cross bar then trifurcates to join and add strength to the secondary ring guard. The solid plummet shaped pommel is faceted with twelve sides with a short neck beneath and an integral button on top. The two-stage waisted stepped wooden grip is bound with plaited wire with “Turk’s Heads” mounted at the top, bottom and around the swollen middle. The broad double edged blade is of lenticular section and of exceptional quality with a finely ground taper. Two fullers extend from the hilt on each side in parallel for 12 inches (30.5 cm). Just beyond the fuller terminals an armourer’s or blade maker’s mark is applied three times on each side in the form of a small stamped armorial shield. The blade is most likely of German origin from one of the main arms manufacturing centres such as Solingen or Passau. Provenance: The sword was part of the collection of David Jeffcoat who was Head of Arms and Armour Sales at Sotheby's in London. During the 1970s David was responsible for positioning Sotheby's as the leading auction house for arms and armour sales, most notably winning and fulfilling the contract to sell the Renwick Collection in 1972. David passed away in 2020 and his collection was sold by his estate in 2021. The blade length is 39 inches (99 cm) and over all the sword is 51 inches (129.5 cm) long.

Nation : -
Local Price : £12,995.00

General Officer&#acute;s Sword “ Sir Thomas Arbuthnot. General Officer&#acute;s Sword1803 style hilt which has had the royal cypher replaced with the family crest of the Arbuthnot&#acute;s family. Lion head pommel with bone grip and gold bullion sword knot. The curved fat back blade with broad fuller and hatchet point. The blade is engraved with crown over GR and stands of arms the back edge engraved J J Runkel Solingen. Complete with black leather scabbard with matching mounts the leather looks to have been replaced however the sword is in excellent condition so maybe original. It is possible the sword belonged to either Sir Thomas Arbuthnot or Sir Robert Arbuthnot the former seems to be more likely. Reference: Blade Length: 32.25 inch Overall Length: 36.0 Inch

Nation : ?
Local Price : £12950.00

Near Mint Cased Pair of Duelling Pistols. With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat forward of the breech and stamped along the bottom flat with crowned 'IS' mark and 'Stubs Twisted', case-hardened breeches each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with a martial trophy amid foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail and with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan, cocks engraved en suite including the top-jaws and screws, and blued steel-springs each with roller, the internal working parts retaining their brightly burnished finish, highly figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt including outlined pommel, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued adjustable set triggers, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm and the other with threaded powder-measure over a further worm, and retaining virtually all their original finish: in lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (scuffed), case-hardened mainspring clamp and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with earlier illustrated trade label of Isaac Barber for circa 1773-98, the exterior with circular escutcheon, incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle and both with finely beaded borders, private Birmingham proof marks Footnotes Barber & Boaler are recorded in Newark, Nottinghamshire between 1804 and 1816 These pistols appear in Keith Neals British Gunmakers: Their Trade Cards, Cases & Equipment, 1760-1860. Dimensions: Bore: Barrel Length: Overall Length:

Nation : British
Local Price : £12950

Click and use the code 23150 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare, Original, Romanov Era, Russian Cossack Solid Silver Shashka & Matching Silver Cossack Whip With Concealed Dagger, ´The Imperial Russian Sword & Nagaika Awards of Gallantry´ The Russian Equivalent to the British Victoria Cross

Nation : British
Local Price : £12750

Click and use the code 23374 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Fabulous ´Battle of Austerlitz´ & Napoleonic Wars Period, Early 19th Century Austrian Field Marshal Grade Officer´s Sword, Remarkably Similar To The Lloyds Patriotic Fund Swords Awarded to Napoleonic Wars Heroes

Nation : -
Local Price : 15,800.00 USD

TWO HAND SWORD OF LANDSKNECHT TYPE. South German or Austrian, C.1580. Landsknechts, as the name implies were foot soldiers, and mercenaries skilled in hand-to-hand combat earning great recognition for their skill in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. In the second half of the 16th century, the Reformation polarized Europe with old territorial and political disputes resurfacing. Wars broke out throughout France and the Netherlands and the Landsknechts were employed to reinforce less-skilled local armies. The two-hand sword was used by soldiers of exceptional stature to cleave openings in infantry ranks which broke the formation initiating the melee in which individuals fought hand to hand, the specialty of the Landsknechts. This example ranks with the largest at 76 1/2" total length. The 56 5/8" flamberge (wavy) blade incorporates two-blade catcher side lugs. Many South German and Swiss town arsenals included two hand swords in their stock. Notable examples are Graz and Zurich where those swords remain today. This example is further distinguished by its unparalleled age character. The blade and hilt have a soft brown surface patina testifying its age. The grip retains much of its original leather covering. The blade has some white paint spatter from being hung in a manor house or lodge where the ceilings were repainted from time to time to cover soot from candle lighting, an integral part of its history.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £11995

Click and use the code 23519 to search for this item on the dealer website Museum Grade Koto Era Samurai Wakazashi Sword By Master Tadamitsu Circa 1440-1460 Mino Goto Koshirae, With Deep Red Lacquer Saya & Black Silk Binding

Nation : British
Local Price : £11950

Click and use the code 22119 to search for this item on the dealer website One of The Most Beautiful, Original & Historical Swords One Will Ever Likely To See A Fantastic Silver Mounted Napoleonic 18th Century Sword-Shamshir Used Into the Early 19th Century

Nation : British
Local Price : £11475

Click and use the code 23238 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Fine, 12th Century Crusader Knight&#acute;s Sword, From the Era Following the Norman Conquests of Britain. Likely Used by a Knight into the Reign of King Richard the Lionheart and His 3rd Crusade

Nation : American
Local Price : £11275

Click and use the code 23521 to search for this item on the dealer website Incredibly Rare And Superb 3rd to 2nd Century b.c. Falcata or Machaira Sword From the Invasion of Rome in the Punic Wars by The Great General Hannibal & Also The Exact Form of Sword allegedly Used by Alexander The Great

Nation : British
Local Price : £11275

Click and use the code 22938 to search for this item on the dealer website Museum Quality Original & Ancient, Crusades Period, King Edward Ist Medieval Knights Sword, 13th century. Used During The Time of Edward Longshanks, William Wallace and Robert The Bruce, Used By Both English & Scottish Knights During That Historic Era

Nation : British
Local Price : £11250

Click and use the code 23516 to search for this item on the dealer website Original, Imperial Roman Gladius, A Legionary´s Long Sword Early to Mid 1st Century Used until The 3rd century AD. Around 2000 Years Old

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £11250

Click and use the code 24540 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful Ancient Samurai Tachi Sword With Early So No Kurikara Horimono Carving To The Blade Signed Kuniyuki

Nation : British
Local Price : £10,995.00

Very Fine Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Durs Egg. SN 8449. A Very Fine Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Durs Egg, 14 &194;&190;&157; overall, 9" slightly swamped octagonal 54 bore barrels signed D. Egg London in script, engraved with a band of beadwork at the breeches, the rear and fore sights to both pistols removed to allow reactive sighting. Stepped locks signed D. Egg in script, slender swan necked cocks ,spoon shaped pans, the frizzen springs with good traces of original colour, full stocked carved behind the lock tails with a tear drop and with slab sided butts, the plain trigger guards with acorn-shaped terminals retaining traces of original blued finish, horn fore-end caps and horn capped wooden ramrods one with worm.&194;&160;Circa 1775 A very fine early pair of duelling pistols in the manner of John Twigg who Durs Egg had worked for in 1772.&194;&160; In near mint condition&194;&160;Ex Wilfrid Ward collection sold Christie´s October 1993.The Catalogue notes these are the earliest known Durs Egg Duelling pistols. Durs Egg son of Leonz Egg, gunmaker, Switzerland. Born 1748, baptised Urs Christian. After a short stay in Paris, came to London and worked for John Twigg, 1772. Granted denization in 1791. Gunmaker; Sword Cutler. Became gunmaker to George IV, Duke of York. Renowned for his fine workmanship. See Weapons of Honour page 965 by Wilfrid Ward Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : ?
Local Price : $10995.00

European Knightly Two-handed Sword, Second Half 14th C. Generally following the style of Oakeshott Type XVIa, this sword features a broad 34 ½” double-edged blade with wide single fuller extending for 2/3 of its length; latten-filled cross in circle on one side in the fuller and running wolf on the other side. Straight rectangular- section guard of Oakeshott Style 1a.; long tapering wood grip with old, possibly original, leather wrap (minor losses); large thick pommel of Oakeshott Type J. Metal cleaned and showing lamination and moderate pitting, heavier toward the blade point. Overall length 44 ½”. Non-excavated condition swords like this are quite scarce.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £10995

Click and use the code 24177 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Museum Quality Sword, Chokuto, 8th Century Nara Style, A Wonderful & Powerful Shinto Period Katana, Circa 1600´s, Samurai Katana Statement Piece With Exceptional Fittings & A Long .31 inch Blade

Nation : British
Local Price : £10925

Click and use the code 22937 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous, Original,13th century Knightly Sword of the Henry IIIrd and Simon de Montfort Period, the Battle of Lewes of the 1200´s

Nation : German
Local Price : £10850

South German Or Swiss Hand And A Half Sword Circa 1560. A scarce and attractive “hand and a half” sword dating to the mid 16th century. A well made example, finely balanced in hand, well constructed and in good condition. The distinctive hilt is similar to contemporary hilts of more common single handed swords known as “Saxon”, but most certainly made and used over a much wider region. Similar contemporary hand and a half examples of the same proportions are on display in the Doge’s Palace in Venice. Photographs of these swords in the Palace are enclosed at the end of the sequence of images of our sword posted below. These large swords were not just for two-handed use. They were designed to be used equally well with one hand by a trained user. In the 16th century these swords were probably not a rare site on European battlefields, carried by mercenaries and professional soldiers in armies fighting almost permanently during a time of shifting religious, political and social change. As fashions changed towards the beginning of the 17th century they went out of use and today are quite rare compared to the survival rates of two-handed swords which are of the “bearing sword” variety – large, well made, imposing and decorous, but designed mainly to be carried point up in civic procession rather than for use in combat. The hilt consists of a robust square section quillon block from which the broad arms of the cross guard are forged in flattened diamond section broadening towards the ends and terminating in shallow diamond profiles mounted with knops in the centre. A ring guard is forged from the block, and a smaller secondary ring guard sits beneath this attached to the base of two vertically aligned convex crescents of iron, which extend from the underside of the block either side of the ricasso. This structure is further strengthened on the reverse side by two crossed loops of rounded form which protrude from the block and attach to the base of the guard crescents below. A thumb ring is attached to the block above these loops. The pommel is of solid cone form with a slightly flared and narrow neck beneath. The waisted stepped grip is of wood covered with leather over a cord wrap. The broad blade is double edged with a ricasso extending some 5.5 inches (14 cm) from the hilt. A single broad central fuller extends down the centre of the blade 9.5 inches (24 cm) flanked by two shorter fullers of similar width which extend for the length of the ricasso. Beyond the central fuller the blade is of flattened lenticular section to its tip. Just beyond the end of the central fuller a stamped armourers mark is present both sides consisting of a face in a half moon facing to the left. This type of mark was often used by Solingen and Toledo trained smiths. This mark particularly resembles the Toledo mark of Espadero del Rey. The blade is most likely of Northern Italian origin manufactured by a Toledo trained smith, working in an area under Spanish control, possibly Milan, from where Spanish blades could easily access the wider European sword making markets. It is also possible that the mark is of a Spanish trained smith that went on to work in one of the non-Spanish blade-making centres such as Solingen and that the sword was made in its entirety there. This sword form was not common in the Spanish armoury. Some European sword makers are known to have trained in Toledo, for example Heinrich Col who was a German from Solingen who worked in Toledo then in Germany (Cf. Seitz I, p. 344, and II, p. 268) indicating that movement of smiths between blade and sword making centres occurred. For more information on this mark see “European Makers of Edged Weapons, Their Marks – A Handbook for Museums and Collectors”, Staffan Kinman, Norrkopings Tryckeri, 2015. Blade length 39 inches (99 cm). Length overall 47.5 inches (120.5 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £9995

Click and use the code 21918 to search for this item on the dealer website Original, Incredibly Rare ´Damascus´ Presentation Sword, An Imperial German, Damascus Steel and Gold, Sword Presented by Baron von Hammerstein in 1887

Nation : British
Local Price : £9995

Click and use the code 23241 to search for this item on the dealer website Original 900 Year Old Norman, Crusader Knights &#acute;Sword of War&#acute;. A Broadsword With Brazil Nut Pommel. From the Period Immediately Following the Norman Conquest of Britain

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Local Price : $9995.00

Exceptional Skeleton Hilt Rapier, Probably by Gottfried Leygebe, ca. 1660. Cast and chiseled silver hilt featuring large single side ring of ribbed diamond-section with central opposing artichoke buds. Protruding from the obverse of the quillon block are three down-turned diagonal bars ending in artichoke finials; reverse quillon block decorated with acanthus in relief. Hollow grip of intertwined rope work; pommel of artichoke form with long button. The delicate parts of the hilt are reinforced with iron bars, visible behind the slender stems. Slender 32″ double-edged blade of hexagonal section with 9″ central fuller, pierced with geometric designs and stamped with several small marks at the ricasso. Blade lightly pitted. Overall length 38 ½”. Likely a one-of-a- kind piece, which would be proudly displayed in the finest museum collections. Gottfried Christian Leygebe (1630-1683) of Nuremberg was a highly acclaimed sculptor and metal worker. In 1645 he travelled to Nuremberg to train as an armourer with Albrecht Liechtmann. He specialized in engraving in iron, made contact with Georg Pfründt, an artist experienced in this technique, and developed into one of the best medalists and die-cutters of his time. Leygebe had his own workshop by 1653. In 1668 he was appointed Medallist, Coiner and Sculptor to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the Elector of Brandenburg. He specialized in custom sword hilts for the aristocracy and wealthy merchants such as the directors of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). A sword in Skokloster Castle, Sweden features a very similar skeleton hilt with identical intertwined knot work. That sword is pictured in the 1945 booklet published by the Tojhusmuseum, Copenhagen entitled “Der Schwertfeger Gottfried Leygebe”, by Ada Bruhn, Fig. 19.

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Local Price : £9950.00

Cased Pair of Wogdons cut for Shoulder Stock. A Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Wogdon cut for Shoulder Stock. With round sighted barrels, signed â€˜Wogdon LONDONâ€™ along the top-flats, engraved with a characteristic bands at the breeches, foliate engraved tangs fitted with rear sights, stepped bevelled lock, signed in script beneath the pans, fitted with sliding safety catches, with set triggers, full-stocked in walnut with flat sided butts, with hidden attachments for shoulder stock, beneath large silver escutcheons engraved â€˜J.L.â€™ engraved steel mounts comprising foliate engraved butt-caps, trigger guards engraved with a flower on the bows, with acorn finials, turned ramrod pipes with horn tipped ramrods; in an associated lined pistol box with all accessories including bullet mould, powder flask, cleaning rod etc. A nice set, by a great maker. WOGDON/WOGDEN Robert Apprentice to Edward Newton, gunmaker, Grantham, Lincs, 1748. Gunmaker at Mr Mawâ€™s haberdasher, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, 1764; Haymarket, 1774-1802. With John Barton traded as Wogdon & Barton, from 1795, succeeded by Barton, 1803. Famous for duelling pistols. Poem, Stanzas on Duelling, by an Irish Volunteer, 1783, began â€˜Hail Wogden, Patron of that Leaden deathâ€¦.â€™ Notes: To see similar pairs of Wogdons with shoulder stock fitting please see: John Oâ€™Sullivan & De Witt Bailey (2019) Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton - London Gunmakers 1764-1819, Bonhams Publishing, London. Dimensions: Bore: 32 Bore Barrel Length: 9 Inches (22.86 cm) Overall Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm)

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Local Price : £9750.00

Superb Pair of Flintlock Pistols by Nicholson. A Superb Pair of Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistols by Nicholson. With round swamped barrels, fitted with underslung bayonets and side-mounted ramrods with horn tips and worms, stamped at the breech with London proofs and Nicholsons own barrel smith mark, beautifully engraved box-lock actions decorated with stands of arms and foliage, signed to the left within ovals, â€˜NICHOLSONâ€™ â€˜CORNHILLâ€™ â€˜LONDONâ€™ steel cocks decorated en suite, finely chequered walnut grips with unusual pierced escutcheons, with white metal grotesque mask, steel trigger guards decorated on the bow with foliage, incorporating bayonet release triggers. NICHOLSON William Free of Gunmakers Co. by redemption, 1780. Took Livery, 1788. Elected Assistant, 1790; Master 1793. Gunmaker, 17 Houndsditch, 1779-86; 45 Cornhill, 1786-94. Contractor to East India Co., 1779-94. Trade label advertised new-invented HOUSE GUNS, that, when fired in the Centre of the Room, will turn to the door and or windows, and fire, if attempted to be forced open in the night or any other time by Robbers. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. Dimensions: Bore: N/A Barrel Length: 24.5 cm (9.65 Inches) Overall Length: 38 cm (15 Inches)