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Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £2450

Click and use the code >25524 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Rare Circa 1700&#acute;s Japanese Nagasaki Emigre Sword Maker. A &#acute;Sawasa&#acute; Naval Hanger With Japanese Hilt in The European Style, For a Senior Officer of the Dutch East India Company ( the VOC). A VOC Naval Captain of A So Called &#acute

Nation : British
Local Price : £2450

Click and use the code >24953 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful, Highest Ranking British Officer´s Sword, For the Navy or Army, A 1790´s Admiral of the Fleet or Field Marshal´s Sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,450.00

English Brass Hilted Broadsword c.1740. Brass Hilted English Broadsword c.1740 3/4 basket-hilt consisting of four longitudinal knuckle-guards extending from the bun shaped pommel complete with extended tang button. The spaces between the guards are filled by large S shaped. The grip is covered in fish-skin showing age wear. Straight double edged blade with triple small fullers the centre one carries makers name Andrea Ferrara and running wolf. For other examples please see The Royal Armouries (IX 233) which is featured in Cyril Mazansky Book British Basket Hilted Swords page 216 overall length 99cm the blade 83cm

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £2450

Fine Dutch Walloon Sword of the Amsterdam Town Guard dating to circa 1650. An elegant sword of the distinctive “Walloon” type made for the Amsterdam Town Guard in the mid-17th century. The sword is in fine condition with the hilt retaining much of its original browned finish. The hilt is typically formed from a bold quillon block with a scrolled wrist guard to the rear, and knucklebow to the front, swollen in diamond form at the middle, and fixed to the pommel with a screw through its flattened angled terminal. The flattened terminal of the curled wrist guard has a florette punched into the centre of one side. To the sides the hilt is mounted with asymmetrical side rings of crescent section each filled with a plate pierced with a pattern of eight-pointed stars and more numerous smaller circles. The quality hilt type, of well made rounded bars, represents the fruition of European “Infantry” hilt design with plated side rings that started in more rudimentary and munitions grade forms in the late 16th century. The grip is of wood, slightly baluster in profile, attractively bound with alternating lengths of braided iron wire and with “Turks Heads” top and bottom. The bottom of the grip typically sits on top of a raised base forged from the block. To the inside, a thumb ring is attached to the upper outer edge of the smaller guard plate and loops over the inside of the plate to attach to the raised base of the block. The pommel is of slightly flattened ovoid form with integral button on top and flared neck beneath. The blade is of usual form, long, double-edged, of lenticular section, tapering and with a stretched oval shaped fuller on each side, commencing a short distance from the hilt, extending for 7.5 inches (19 cm) after which a running wolf mark, most likely the mark of a Solingen based smith, is incised on both sides. Inside the fuller, various spaced capital letters bordered with quatrefoils of dots, form the word “S A H A G V M”, which had numerous manifestations. On one side, between the hilt and the start of the fuller, the stamp of Amsterdam, a crown with a triple “X” mark below is present. The blade is just over 36 inches (92 cm) long and overall the sword is 42.5 inches (108 cm) long. These swords were made for the Amsterdam Town Guard. At the time, Amsterdam was a great trading centre for the widest variety of commodities and manufactured goods, including arms. The arms dealers in Amsterdam provided the demand for onward shipment at home and abroad, and presumably England in the Civil War period, particularly for the Royalist side. Feasibly many of these swords were also made for export. The swords may have been made in Amsterdam by smiths who migrated from Solingen during the 30 Years War period. Dutch Walloons may have influenced the development of the English style of Walloon sword at the time. The French captured a large number of these swords in 1672-73 in the Netherlands, and as a result introduced the “Epee Wallone” in the French army and thereafter supplied them to some of their own soldiers. This sword is a particularly good example. Often the sprung plates are damaged or even missing on surviving swords. This example is in fine undamaged condition.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £2450.00

Very Crisp Flintlock Queen Anne Pistol. A Very Crisp Flintlock Queen Anne Pistol by W. Turvey, London. With round three-stage turn-off barrel, border engraved action, stamped to the side with London proofs and Turvey own mark, foliate engraved tang, cock engraved en suite, swelling walnut butt with raised mouldings around the tang and lock, with silver mounts comprising pierced side-plate, vacant escutcheon, grotesque mask butt-plate. W. Turvey William Apprentice to Edward, 1703; free of Gunmakers Co., 1711. Elected Assistant, 1727; Master, 1733. Gunmaker , next to Furnivall's Inn, Holborn. Contractor to Ordnance, 1719; East India Co., 1741. Died 1744. Widow, Sara, continued business. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London 1350-1850, George Shumway Publishing, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Dimensions: Bore: 20 Bore Barrel Length: 5.5 Inches (14 cm) Overall Length: 12 Inches (30.50 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,450.00

18th Hussars Officer’s Mameluke. Victorian period regimental mameluke by Hawkes and Co to the 18th hussars, pattern hilt with XVIII and motto to center of gilt cross guard. The curved blade is engraved with VR Crown to one side and motto plus XVIII to reverse with two battle honors, Peninsula and Waterloo surrounded by floral decoration. Complete with correct decorative scabbard with age wear but no damage and full dress knot, note one grip stud cover missing

Nation : British
Local Price : £2450

Fine English Silver Hilted Small Sword by John Radborn of the City of London Hallmarked for 1764 / 1765. A very fine English silver hilted small sword by John Radborn of London with hallmarks for 1764 / 1765. The hilt is mounted with a dish guard which is exquisitely pierced and chased with rococo foliate scrolls and multi pointed florets. This design is the common theme present on the other major silver components of the sword which attests to the originality and homogeneity of the parts. The sword is well-balanced in hand and the silver hilt is, unusually, in excellent condition having experienced almost no wear, and maintained its shape without damage or repair. The sword is mounted with a tapering hollow ground triangular section blade. The hilt is an example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century London silversmith as well as an example of one of the most effective weapons of the 17th and 18th centuries. Silver hilted small swords were fashionable attire for gentlemen. Mostly worn for effect, someone wearing such a sword was also announcing to the world that he was able to use it. Despite the stylish and often delicate appearance of these swords they were formidable dueling weapons. The sword hilt is in excellent crisp condition without losses or repairs and has maintained its original pleasing profile. The shallow dish guard has a strengthened rim shaped as four crescents on the outside which supports the exquisitely pierced and chased delicate and intricate foliate designs within. The perimeter is raised with a continuous chain of diamond shaped links further strengthened in the middle front and back where the rim is thickened and engraved with foliate sprays. The ricasso, pas d’ ane rings, knuckle bow and pommel are pierced and chased in the same decorative style as the dish guard. The stamped maker's mark of “I R” is present on one side of the knucklebow near the pommel in raised relief inside a depressed rectangle, accompanied by the crowned leopard's head assay mark, the royal lion passant and date marks. The baluster shaped grip is covered with spirally wrapped bevelled silver strip, separated by wrapped silver twisted wire, flanked by thinner ropes on either side. Silver cap terminals are present top and bottom of the grip engraved with floral designs. The tapering, hollow ground, stiff, triangular section blade retains evidence of its original engraved foliate panels near the hilt. It is in good condition with a shallow mottled grey patina and blackened spots of age staining and light pitting. John Radborn worked in the New Street precinct of the City of London for all of his professional life. He is first recorded when he was indentured to the cutler Nathaniel Young in 1737. On the death of Young in 1742 he was turned over to John Smith for the remainder of his term and was sworn free of the Cutlers’ Company by servitude in 1745 when he probably entered his first mark at Goldsmiths Hall which is now lost. His first surviving mark was entered in 1762. On moving address in 1769 Radborn entered another mark which was very similar to the last to confirm the move. He was admitted as a pensioner of the Cutlers’ Company in 1776 and died in 1780. John Radborn was one of the most gifted silver hilt makers and sword cutlers of his time. For further information see “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, their makers, suppliers and allied traders, with directory, by Leslie Southwick, 2001, Royal Armouries, and particularly page 202 for the biography of John Radborn and examples of his work in plates 46, 66, 72-3, 74 and colour plate 3. The blade is 31.25 inches (just over 79.5 cm) long and the overall length of the sword is 38 inches (96.5 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,450.00

15th Hussars Officer&#acute;s Mameluke. 15th Hussars Officer&#acute;s Mameluke very nice condition regimental hilt and bone grip. The slightly curved blade with faint etching but William 4th cypher and I V visible Hilt and blade tight and complete with steel scabbard with gilt brass mounts. Reference: Swords of The British Army by Robson plate 84 – 85 Blade Length: 32.25 inch Overall Length: 38.0 Inch

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £2,450.00

**EXTREMELY RARE**ORIGINAL**16th Century Circa 1550-1580 German Heinrich Koel Spanish Export Rapier Sword Blade Signed ‘ENRIQUE COEL EN ALEMANIA’ With C1650 Transitional Form Hilt. Sn 22060:3 -. Rapier is a loose term for a type of slender, sharply pointed sword. With such design features, the rapier is optimized to be a thrusting weapon, but cutting or slashing attacks were also recorded in some historical treatises. These weapons were mainly used in Early Modern Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. The rapiers of the 16th & 17th centuries had long heavy blades and elaborate guards made up of all sorts of combinations of cups, shells and loops (examples of period rapiers are illustrated on page 525 of the book ‘A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration & Use Of Arms & Armour’ by Stone). By a long period of slow evolution rapier blades became lighter and guards incorporated fuller guards to afford better protection. Our Rapier’s blade was made circa 1550 - 1580 by a German smith named Heinrich Koel for the Spanish market (hence he’s written his name as Enrique Coel and En Alamania which is clever branding). The rapier is 42 ½” overall length. It has a 36 ¾” double edged Rapier blade with fullers. Both sides of the blade have crisp markings, one side ‘+E+N+R+I+Q+U+E+ C+O+E+L+’ the reverse ‘+E+N+A+L+E+M+A+N+I+A+’, (illustrated). The blade is undamaged and has light staining consistent with age. The bar hilt guard hilt with urn type pommel has a partial bowl guard indicating transitional hilt replacement circa 1650 and has a turn down quillon and finger ring guard. The wood grip has just knocks bumps and bruises expected (hilt replacement was a relatively common occurrence when one had a blade in the family). During duals these swords were often paired with a dagger carried in the left hand, referred to as a ‘Main Guache’ (French-left hand) not only for defensive parrying but also for attack, see page 431 of Stone’s book (a Victorian or earlier Main Gauche dagger is available separately on our website stock number Sn 22060:4). As is usual with European swords of this age it is without its scabbard. The price for this ancient Rapier in excellent condition includes UK delivery. Sn 22060:3

Nation : ?
Local Price : £2450.00

Dish Hilted Rapier, 17th Century.. A Dish Hilted Rapier, 17th Century. With long slender tapering double edged blade, of flattened diamond section, cut with a deep fuller either side and stamped with the makers name, steel hilt comprising shallow circular guard decorated with pierced holes and with leaves all around a circular panel in the centre, straight slender twisted quillons, securing the cup and each with elongated fluted finial, fluted quillon block and pommel en suite, the latter of tall ovoidal form with button, spirally fluted grip wrapped in copper wire between Turk's heads. Notes: The blade inscribed with the makers name, ‘ANTONIO FRANCISCO'. Dimensions: Blade Length: 37.5 Inches (95.25 cm) Overall Length: 44.5 Inches (113.00 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £2450.00

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword. With tapering fullered blade, basket hilt composed of flattened bars united by ovoid and rectangular pierced junction plates, bun shaped pommel, wire bound wooden grip. Dimensions: Blade Length: Overall Length:

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : €3.000,00

Katana japonesa “Kai Gunto” de Oficial de Marina, modelo 1937, con hoja tradicional siglo XVIII.. Empuñadura (Tsuka) cubierta con piel de raya (Same), encintada (Ito), provista de menukis. Tsuba de marina. Hoja del siglo XVIII forjada al estilo tradicional. Espiga de la hoja (Nakago) firmada (Mei). Línea de temple (hamon) bien marcada. Habaki en plata. Vaina (Saya) de madera forrada con piel de tiburón. Muy buena conservación. Dos pequeñas mellas en el filo. Longitud total 97 cm, hoja 72 cm. Images courtesy of ANTIGUEDADES SALA (https://armasantiguas.com)

Nation : British
Local Price : €3000

Baram Kayan mandau - Of the northern part of Sarawak. With a very finely chiseled blade..

Nation : French
Local Price : 3,100.00 USD

FRENCH SILVER HILT SMALLSWORD C.1770. Made for a military officer, displaying military and classical arms and armor in oval panels to the pommel, grip, knuckle bow, quillon block and inside of the shells. The balance intricately decorated in patterns of pyramids, chevrons and other minute shapes, a precursor to the fully studded steel hilt examples of two decades later. 35 1/4" triangular blade representing an extreme in length for the type, etched, blued and gilt first quarter with foliage and arms. Gold and blue both somewhat weak but present. The balance of the blade crisp with old preservative. Hilt excellent with remains of the heavy fire gilt in protected places.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2395

Click and use the code >25231 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine & Incredibly Impressive Napoleonic 1st Empire French Cuirassier´s Sword. The Largest Cavalry Sword Ever Made, for The Tallest Soldiers of France, & Used At Waterloo

Nation : Persian
Local Price : £2375

Click and use the code >24186 to search for this item on the dealer website One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created. A 1600´s to Early 1700´s Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Anci

Nation : British
Local Price : £2350

Exceptional English Silver Hilted Mid 18th Century Small Sword with a Dish Shell Guard. originality and homogeneity of the parts of the sword. The style indicates that the sword was made in England in the middle of the 18th century. The hilt does not carry any date, maker’s marks, or hallmarks, which means that the silver content of the hilt and the precise place of manufacture are unknown. The strength and substance of the sword indicates that it was made to withstand more than normal civilian wear and use and probably belonged to a military officer. The sword is of imposing substance and well balanced in hand. The hilt is an example of the high standards of design and execution required of 18th century silversmiths as well as an example of one of the most effective weapons of the 17th and 18th centuries. Silver hilted small swords were fashionable attire for 18th century gentlemen. Mostly worn for effect, someone wearing such a sword was also announcing to the world that he was able to use it. Despite the stylish and often delicate appearance of these swords they were formidable dueling weapons. This example was most certainly so. The triangular section, stiff, hollow ground, colichemarde blade is a strong example of its type and of exceptional quality. The blade is crisply engraved at the forte on each side with panels containing stands of arms in the centre and foliate designs above and below with a further scrolled design further along the blade. The engraved parts are of confident, deep execution and retain some original gilt finish. Overall the blade retains much of its original polished surface. The attractive baluster shaped wooden grip is spirally bound with twisted brass wire, overlain with pairs of contra-twisted silver ropes, in the manner adopted by both English and French cutlers. Brass Turks Heads are mounted top and bottom. The sword is in fine condition overall with some light age staining to the blade which is smoothly and lightly patinated. There are no losses or repairs to the hilt which has maintained its original pleasing outline. The overall length of the sword is 41.75 inches (105.75 cm) and the blade 35.25 inches (89.25 cm) long.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2350

Click and use the code >24756 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare English Light Dragoon Officer´s Sword 1773, of the American Revolutionary War, Used By Both American and British Dragoon Regiments.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2350

English Dish Hilted Rapier dating to the Second Quarter of the 17th century. The solid globular pommel has an integral waisted neck beneath and raised button on top. It is decorated with chiselled overlapping circles and foliate designs same as those on the dish guard. The grip is of baluster shaped rounded square cross section with a vertical groove on each side. It is spirally bound with alternating steel and brass twisted wire, two ropes of steel for each one of brass. Woven steel rope “Turks' Heads” are mounted top and bottom of the grip. The stiff blade is of tapering slightly flattened diamond section and just over 40 inches (just over 101 cm) long. It a short ricasso from which a deep fuller is cut extending for 9.5 inches (24 cm) along each side. The fuller on one side is stamped in capital letters with: SINAL ES EL CAVISCO DE BOOY and on the reverse: CLEMENTE BONIM EN ALAMANIA, the words on both sides interspaced with patterns of dots. The phrases seem to be in Latin and are not yet precisely translated, but such inscriptions tend to follow a standard pattern. The first phrase would state something like “I was made by”, whilst the second would say who did make the blade, in this case Clemente Bonim, who made the blade in Germany (en Alamania). Clearly the blade is a German import into England. Blademaking in England was a small industry and not well established at this time. Most blades were imported from German blade making centres of which Solingen was the most important. The rapier retains an even blackened dense russet patination all over. The hilt retains its pleasing original profile. The overall length of the rapier is just over 47 inches (119 cm). English rapiers of this date exhibit a common form and style, however, there are many variations under this umbrella. Many are seemingly unique like our example discussed here. For different styles of English rapiers see Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords”, 2013, Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Volume One, 1600 to 1660, pages 254 to 281.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2350

Late 17th Century English Plug Bayonet for an Officer with Fire Gilt Mounts. A fine English Plug Bayonet for an Army Officer dating to circa 1690 to 1700. Plug bayonets were used by the British military after the middle years of the 17th century until they were replaced with the socket bayonet in the early 18th century. The figured hardwood grip is of circular section tapering towards the pommel and has the characteristic swelling at the base turned with sets of decorative grooves around the circumference above, midway and below. A brass ferrule at the base separates the wooden grip from the cross guard. This is also decorated with a pattern of horizontal circular grooves. The cross has a thick oval shaped block with faceted edge and horizontal quillons. The tapering brass pommel sleeve is also decorated with horizontal grooves. Each quillon terminal and the pommel top consists of a helmeted warrior’s head. The mounts retain most of their original gilding. The particular feature of helmeted heads forming pommel caps and / or quillon tips was noted by Harold Peterson as an “English pattern that seems to have been very popular during the very late 17th century, and possibly the opening years of the next century” which “boasted pommels and quillon terminals in the form of helmeted heads”. A survey of plug bayonets by R.D.C Evans devotes a section to English plug bayonets and notes that those with helmeted heads are English and illustrates several bayonets of this type. The slightly curved single edged blade is of robust manufacture. It has a pronounced fuller which extends underneath the spine to the tip. Near the hilt the blade maker’s mark “ANDRIA FARARA” is present on both sides indicating that the blade is of German, probably Solingen, manufacture. It has been adapted from an obsolete heavy sabre blade. The blade is double edged for two fifths of its length towards the tip. The ricasso consists of a blunt edge on the cutting side near the hilt which has a short fuller running along side after which the sharp working edge commences. The blade length is just over 13.75 inches (35 cm) and overall the bayonet is 20.25 inches long (51.5 cm). Army officers wore plug bayonets. A portrait of Captain Francis Hawley of the 1st Foot Guards in 1685 shows the Captain wearing a plug bayonet which has a plain wooden hardwood hilt mounted with brass. Acknowledgements: Peter Finer Ltd, 2003 Catalogue, item 30 “A Fine English Plug Bayonet for an Army Officer circa 1690”. The bayonet is in fine condition overall. The hardwood grip exhibits a rich dark patina. The blade has mottled blackened patches in places.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2350

1798 Pattern Scottish Highland Infantry Officers’ Sword with Gilt Copper Hilt. An example of the distinctive basket hilted sword introduced for Scottish Infantry officers in Highland Regiments in 1798. It was replaced by the regulation steel basket hilt 1828 pattern three decades later. The sword type was used throughout the Napoleonic War period. This sword has most of its gilt covering to the bronze hilt still in place. The hilts of these swords were most usually made of gilt copper, bronze or brass. The hilt of this sword is of gilt bronze. The basket guard is made of rounded bars and flattened plates in the usual manner with forward loop guards and a swollen solid wrist guard terminal to the rear quillon. The upper terminals of the guard arms are fixed onto a ring inside which the stem of the mushroom shaped pommel is fitted. The pommel is dome-shaped with a large separate waisted and domed pommel button on top from which four sets of decorative grooves flanked by narrower lines radiate to the pommel edge. The double-edged gently tapering blade is 32.75 inches (83 cm) long. Typically it is of lenticular section with a short ricasso. A central fuller commences a short distance from the hilt on each side and is 8 inches (20 cm) long. The blade is unmarked and probably a German import which was the norm for this sword type and most probably of Solingen manufacture. The grip is of spirally grooved wood covered with shagreen held in place with thin ropes of twisted copper wire flanked with plainer thinner wire now coloured with age. It is mounted with gilt bronze ferrules top and bottom which are incised with decorative lines. The materials used for 1798 pattern hilts were less robust than iron and as a result were more susceptible to damage. Many surviving and published examples have bars missing, are out of shape and are often with repairs. This sword is a fine example without any such problems. The blade has a few small patches of blackened age-related staining in places and the hilt has kept its shape without damage or repairs as can be seen in the photos. For other examples of the 1798 type see: Harvey J S Withers, “The Scottish Sword 1600-1945”, Paladin Press, 2009, pages 13 to 151 and Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press, 2005, pages 131 to 133.

Nation : British
Local Price : 2995.00 USD

Late 16th Century Norwegian Tessak (sinclair) Basket Hilt Saber (sword)!. Here is a very nice circa 1580 – 1600 Norwegian Tessak saber, also called a Sinclair saber. A wonderful designed early sword in as found condition. Nice patina with very fine speckled pitting overall and good use wear.. Wonderful forged iron full basket hilt hilt with optic properties! No breaks or repairs! The beautifully carved wood grip is excellent. (note: these grips were always covered with a thin leather or fish skin covering. Not the twisted wire and Turks head ferrules you will see on the re-wraps). Its wide, single fuller blade is 31.5” long and retains traces of a crescent moon and written script engravings. NOTE: This is a full, symmetrical basket, not a half basket or 3/4 basket. It is a very scarce and desirable example! A very nice specimen for the advanced collector at a very reasonable price! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Make sure to see our other listings for more great early blades and early antiques!

Nation : American
Local Price : $2295.00

Rare Confederate Froelich Artillery Short Sword. All Confederate-made swords are relatively rare, but perhaps one of the rarest is the foot artillery short sword made by Louis Froelich of Wilmington, NC and later Kenansville, NC. It would appear that the artillery sword was one of his earliest pieces, as the State of North Carolina contracted for 200 foot artillery swords in 1861 and it is known that the ordnance office in Raleigh paid $12 each for 151 of these between December 1861 and March, 1862. In Wilmington the company was known as the Wilmington Sword Factory or the Confederate Arms Factory, but in September, 1862 Froelich bought a 2.5 acre tract in Kenansville, NC and the new factory became known as the Confederate States Armory, where most of their wartime production occurred. They produced a wide array of products from buttons, knapsacks, and accouterments, to all types of edged weapons, including swords and surgical instruments. They are perhaps best known for their cavalry sabers, of which they provided over 11,000 to the Confederacy. The quality of their products was generally better than other Confederate-made items. The example offered here is of simple form with cast one-piece brass hilt comprising guard, scaled grip, and pommel. Double-edged 18 1/4″ blade of gladius form with unstopped fuller on each side. It is completely unmarked and identified mostly from its distinctive cross guard. Like almost all foot artillery short swords of the period it was fashioned after the French model which was a modern recreation of the ancient Roman gladius. When adopted by the French, these were originally intended to kill or maim charging cavalry horses, but such use during the Civil War was rarely practical so these stout weapons were largely used to clear brush and help with setting up the artillery batteries. As such, the blade of this example shows much use with numerous deep edge nicks and the tip is worn. The piece is uncleaned and the high copper content brass hilt show a dark patina with some lighter patches. Blade with dark rust patina. Most Confederate swords show considerable wear and use, as is the case with this very rare example. No scabbard. Overall length 23 1/2″.

Nation : British
Local Price : $2295.00

English Flintlock Trade Pistol by Sharpe, First Quarter 19th C. Flat lockplate with line border and feather cluster design behind cock; with a crown over “NR” and marked “SHARPE” (1800-1840). Flat cock with beveled edges and line border. 8″ round .58 cal. barrel with Birmingham proofs, a series of stars, and marked “EXTRA/SHARPE/PROOF at breech; tang with line border and broad arrow stamp. Brass furniture includes butt cap, ramrod thimbles, and sideplate and trigger guard with engraved snowflake design. Silver wrist escutcheon crudely engraved with letters “CF”. Walnut stock with small crack on fore end; wood ramrod. Metal parts cleaned. These early trade pistols were highly prized by the Indian tribes. This exact gun is pictured in Lar Hothem’s “Rare and Unusual Indian Artifacts”, page 386. Tom Richards Collection.

Nation : American
Local Price : $2295.00

Scarce Confederate Artillery Short Sword by Boyle, Gamble, & McFee. The firm of Boyle (Edward), Gamble (Thomas) & McFee (Edward) was located on 6th Street in Richmond, Virginia, just one block from the Richmond Armory. They made a wide range of edged weapons for the Confederacy. The foot artillery short sword is completely unmarked and was unidentified as to maker until a marked example was recently found which proved they were the work of this Richmond firm. Like most foot artillery short swords of the period it was fashioned after the French model which was a modern recreation of the ancient Roman gladius. When adopted by the French, these were originally intended to kill or maim charging cavalry horses, but such use during the Civil War was rarely practical so these stout weapons were largely used to clear brush and help with setting up the artillery batteries. It features a somewhat crude one-piece cast hilt of high copper content brass with flat cross guard and integral grip with 19 ribs. The 18 7/8″ double-edged blade of gladius form features a single unstopped 9″ central fuller on each side. Blade is uncleaned with rust patination; heavier encrustation and edge nicks toward the rounded point. Brass hilt is tight with undisturbed peen and rich patina. Overall length 24 1/4″. It lacks its leather scabbard, which rarely survives.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,295.00

Williamite Walloon Hilted Officer´s Sword, very fine. SN 9114. A Very Fine Williamite Walloon Hilted Officer´s Sword. 43&157; overall, 36&157; earlier flattened diamond section hollow ground blade, characteristic gilt bronze hilt, the solid cast oval side guards decorated with scrolls & classical figures of warriors to the underside & inside, upturned quillon, D shaped knuckle guard decorated with a Roman bust at the mid point, two short supporting side bars, spherical pommel decorated to match, gilt brass wire bound grip with Turk´s heads. Sword 1685-1710, blade circa 1620.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; Very fine Anglo-Dutch sword in good condition, very fine hollow ground blade probably German fitted&194;&160; to later hilt. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : French
Local Price : $2295.00

French M1777 Flintlock Cavalry Pistol. The French Model 1777 pistol was introduced to replace the earlier Model 1763/1766 and was manufactured between 1779-1792. During the American Revolution, thousands of French M1777 flintlock cavalry pistols were supplied to the American military by the French. The M1777 proved so popular in America that it was copied in 1799 by North & Cheney, becoming the very first official US military pistol. This example features .69 cal tapering 7 ½” round smoothbore barrel; the breech with stamped inspection markings and “80″ for manufacture date of 1780. Brass frame with integral pan, marked with “St. Etienne” in script and stamped with crowned “L” for Lambert, controller at St. Etienne from 1777-84. Brass trigger guard and butt plate with stamped inspector mark (worn). Walnut stock with no visible markings. Frame originally made to attach a steel belt hook, and there are signs that there once was one, however, later examples were made without the belt hook and existing examples usually had the hook removed. Overall length 13 1/8″. Very good original condition, showing considerable age and use; the brass with pleasing patina and dings from typical use; steel parts with scattered pitting; wood smooth, with dark patina and a small section worn away behind the pan from repeated firing. This historic pistol could very well have seen extensive action during the American Revolution.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2295

Click and use the code >23950 to search for this item on the dealer website 18th Century 1770´s Hallmarked Silver Hilted American Revolutionary War Period Officer´s Sword Used By Both American and British Officers. Made by William Kinman of London

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20-Bore Flintlock Pistol by I. Harman.. A 20-Bore Flintlock Pistol by I. Harman. With round steel barrel slightly swamped towards the muzzle and engraved 'HARMAN LONDON' within a teardrop shaped panel along the breech flat, foliate engraved tang, signed border engraved rounded lock, figured moulded full-stock carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, chased steel mounts comprising border engraved side-plate and trigger guard decorated with a flower on the bow and acanthus leaf finial, unusual engraved ramrod pipes with cast and chased silver escutcheon with owners initials 'W.W.' and grotesque mask butt plate, retaining original wooden ramrod with remnants of worm. A lovely sleepy pistol. HARMAN John. Apprenticed to Henry Anthonison, turned over to John Shaw, 1707; free of Gunmakers Co., 1714. proof piece, 1714. Gunmaker, at the Cross Guns against Norfolk Street, Strand, 1718-19. Gunmaker to Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1729. Pair of pistols made for Frederick William I of Prussia, dated 1729 (V. & A.) Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher, York, Pennsylvania. USA.

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Flintlock Duelling Pistol by Innes of Edinburgh. A Flintlock Duelling Pistol by Innes of Edinburgh. With octagonal barrel engraved ‘EDINBURGH' along the top flat and decorated with a geometric band at the breech, border engraved tang, stepped bevelled lock, fitted with a sliding safety catch and signed ‘INNES' below the pan, cock decorated en suite, full-stocked in walnut, cut with fine chequering at the grip, steel trigger guard decorated with foliage on the bow and pineapple finial, turned ramrod pipes and original horn-tipped ramrod. Innes, Francis [1773-1800] Shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Had Royal Warrant. Made all metal flintlock pistols with scroll butt and cased flintlock duelling pistols, also made single and double barrel flintlock fowling pieces and Ferguson flintlock breech-loading rifles. Had Royal Government contract for flintlock holster pistols and flintlock muskets. Dimensions: Bore: 18 Bore Barrel Length: 8.75 Inches (22.25 cm) Overall Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm)

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15 Bore Flintlock Officers Pistol by Whately.. A 15 Bore Flintlock Officers Pistol by Whately. With sighted round barrel, struck with Tower of London proofs at the breech and Ordnance inspection mark, a Crowned 4, foliate engraved tang, border engraved lock, signed in script beneath the pan and fitted with a sliding safety catch, also stamped with an Ordnance inspection mark, a Crowned 3, full-stocked in walnut, cut with a band of chequering at the grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising side-plate, butt-cap, trigger guard and ramrod pipes, with what appears to be original steel ramrod also struck with Ordnance marks. Whatley John & Thomas [1767-1791] Made flintlock holster pistols, shop in Birmingham. A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. Dimensions: Bore: 15 Bore Barrel Length: 9.5 Inches (24 cm) Overall Length: 15 Inches (38 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,250.00

Light Dragoon Troopers Sword By Jefferys c 1760. Light Dragoon Troopers Sword c 1760 “ 1770 steel curved knuckelbow with 4 pierced panels. Tall olive shape pommel with tang button and complete with wire bound fish skin grip. The blade straight single edged stamped with a crown G R and makers named IEF “ RIS thought to be Nathaniel Jefferys 1710 – 1786 who commenced work in 1739 This pattern of sword is well documented in The British Cavalry Sword 1788 to 1912 by Richard Dellar page 2 plate 1.2