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Nation : British
Local Price : £1,795.00

**RARE**ICONIC NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**British Ordnance 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Sword With Regiment Troop Marking G /4 & Scabbard Regiment Troop Marked H3. Sn 22645:2 -. The Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry sword is one of the most recognisable and, to the British at least, iconic swords of the Napoleonic period (see page 79 of World Swords by Withers). The sword was used by all Regiments of British Heavy Cavalry (Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards and Dragoons) throughout the Peninsular War (1807-14) and during the Waterloo campaign. Although forever associated with Waterloo due to the swords use in the massed charge of the British heavy cavalry of the Household and Union brigades, Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry sword were also used by other countries. As part of supporting allied nations warring against the French, Britain exported numbers of the weapons to its allies over the course of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword features in the painting ‘Scotland for Ever!’ by Lady Butler which captures the charge of the Scots greys at waterloo (illustrated in image 1. The image is not included). This rare, original British 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword is in good condition for its age. It has a single edged, fullered 34 ¼” blade which is sharp and correctly slightly tapers along its length (39 ½” overall). The blade is undamaged & has staining consistent with age. One side of the blade has a ‘Crown’ ordnance inspection mark. There are no visible maker or date marks. It has its original pierced guard. Its ribbed wood ribbed grip has service wear but is totally secure. The guard has Regiment troop marking ‘G / 4’. The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The scabbard has even patina and no damage. One side of the scabbard has Regiment troop marking ‘H above 3’. The price for this rare, iconic, Napoleonic Wars era Heavy Cavalry Sword worthy of further research regarding the Troop markings includes UK delivery. Sn 22645:2

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,785.00

1788 Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. Ref X3412. A 1788 Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. 40 1/2&157; overall 35 1/2&157; curved ´a la Montmorency´ blade with one narrow & one broad fuller, engraved on both sides with Hussars, man in the moon and Turks head, broad arrow under a Crown acceptance stamp. Back Edge stamped´ R. Sohlinen´ . D shaped chamfered knuckle bow, flat pommel, double bar langets, ribbed wooden grip. Iron&194;&160;&194;&160;scabbard with wooden core & inset leather panel, some original black paint remaining. Circa 1788&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; &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; In good condition for age, leather grip covering missing. An early example of a Runkle blade. See ’The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912’ by Richard Dellar, chapter 1 for 1788 swords, page 7 for similar blade engraving, & chapter 25 for information on J. J. Runkel, & page 278 for details of his blade signatures. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,750.00

French 1st Empire Mle ANXIII Heavy Cavalry Flintlock Pistol. French 1st Empire Mle ANXIII Heavy Cavalry Flintlock Pistol dated 1813. Lock plate marking very polished but possibly from Maubeuge armoury. Polished stock with good markings complete with brass furniture and steel ram rod all correctly stamped please see image. UK shipping free the rest of the world at cost.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,750.00

1904 Experimental Cavalry Troopers Sword, rare. Ref X3400. A Rare 1904 Experimental Cavalry Troopers Sword. 41 1/2&157; overall, 35&157; straight thrusting blade with a ´T´ shaped section & spear point. Stamped at hilt ´Wilkinson London ,6 04´ with inspectors stamps & a sold out of service mark, spine stamped ´6/04´. Thin steel bowl guard with turned over edge, with inspectors stamp & ´88´. Chequered Vulcanite two piece grip screwed through the tang with finger knob on underside.&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; Wilkinson Sword No. 88 (records show a total of 200 experimental swords were ordered), This sword described and illustrated in Richard Dellar´s book ´The British Cavalry Sword 1788 to 1912´ page 170. Rare sword in very good condition, no scabbard&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; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >24869 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous & Huge Antique Chinese Ching Dynasty Dao, a Sword of War. A Combat Sword of Immense Stature. From The 1800´s During The Imperial Qianlong, Emperor of the Qing, the Manchu Dynasty

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >22288 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare & Beautiful 16th-17th Century Italian Maine Gauche. A Renaissance Period Duellist´s Parrying, Shell Guard Dagger, For Combined Use With The Cup Hilt Or Swept Hilt Rapier

Nation : British
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >22179 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare British Army Officer´s 1801, Egyptian Campaign, Snake Goddess´ Head Light Infantry Officer&#acute;s Sword. Used Throughout The Entire Napoleonic Wars Up To The Battle of Waterloo. Likely By An Officer of &#acute;The Glosters&#acute;

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,745.00

Carabiniers Sword Regimental Pattern 6th Dragoon Guards. Ref X3404. A Scarce Regimental Pattern 6th Dragoon Guards Carabiniers Sword. 41&157; overall, 34 &194;&190;&157; straight blade with single broad fuller & spear point, etched with floral patterns & regimental badge of the 6th Dragoon Guards, VR, owner´s crest & &194;&160;initials ’WEW’ & ’Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’. On the spine ’38541´. Steel pierced honeysuckle guard, with 6th&194;&160;Dragoons badge, fish skin grip with steel wire chequered pommel & backstrap. In its steel mounted black leather field service scabbard. Serial Number 38541, For 1900 Sword in good condition, blade service sharpened with minor patches of corrosion. Scabbard in good condition.&194;&160; Major William Ernest Watson D.S.O.&194;&160; S. African War Despatches. Killed in action 1914, . WATSON, WILLIAM ERNEST, Lieutenant, was born 3 September 1876, son of William Watson, of Bromborough, Cheshire. He entered the 6th Dragoon Guards 15 May 1897, becoming Lieutenant 25 January 1899. He served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, being from January 1901 to May 1902, Adjutant of the 1st Imperial Light Horse, s present at the Relief of Kimberley. Operations in the Orange Free State February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February); actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Karee Siding and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900, including actions at Reit Vlei and Belfast (26 and 27 August); operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899 to 1900, including the actions at Colesberg (1 January to 12 February). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; had the Queen’s and King’s Medals with eight clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "William Ernest Watson, Lieutenant, 6th Dragoon Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 18 February 1903. He was promoted Captain 7 December 1901, and was Adjutant of the 6th Dragoon Guards from 2 July 1907 to 22 April 1910; was promoted Major 23 April 1910. He was K.I.A 31 October 1914 at the Batte of Messines. He married in 1905, Daisy, daughter of the Reverend T Stanley Heanor, and left two daughters. His memorial is on panel 5 of&194;&160; the Menin Gate. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1700

English Silver Hilted Small Sword made between 1720 and 1726 by George Willcocks of London. For information regarding George Willcocks’s life as a ‘gifted silver-hilt maker and sword cutler' and for a further example of his work see Leslie Southwick's “London Silver-hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001, page 279, plate 29. This sword by George Willcocks is in the Royal Armouries Collection, Ref IX.2241. It is more comprehensively marked with a date stamp for 1720 / 1721 and stamped with the maker’s initials in the same place on the Knucklebow and pommel button. Willcocks died young at the age of 33. As evidenced by the date of the earliest possible date for his Sterling mark and the date of his death this sword clearly dates to the period between 1720 and 1726. The blade length is 31.75 inches (80.25 cm) and the overall length of the sword is just over 38.25 inches (97 cm).

Nation : German
Local Price : $1695.00

Left Hand Dagger, Late 16th C, Probably German. Iron hilt with down-curved quillons with decorative finials; single side ring with skull face in the center; six-sided conical pommel with button, chiseled with acanthus in low relief. Tapering leather-wrapped wood grip, secured with ferrules top and bottom. Diamond-section 9 3/4” (24.8 cm) double-edged blade with line-bordered ricasso stamped with a maker’s mark of a star over a cross in a shield. Metal with age staining; blade with patches of moderate pitting. Overall length 14 1/2” (36.8 cm).

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,650.00

French Military Flintlock Pistol Model 1816 Gardes du Corps de Roi. A scarce Military French 14 bore Model 1816 flintlock pistol of Garde du Corps de Roi. The lock engraved Mre Royale De Versaille, steel barrel stamped with D walnut stock with regulation brass mounts including plain domed butt cap and with original steel ramrod. Please Note UK shipping free the rest of the world at cost. Dimensions: Bore – 14 Bore Overall Length: 13.75 inch / 35 cm Barrel Length: 7.75 Inches /20 cm

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,650.00

Japanese 19th Century Katana. Japanese 19th Century Katana good original hilt well bound but shows slight age discolour. Brass mounts with earlier iron tsuba pierced with floral decoration. The blade with visible temper line or hamon and with signed tang Kane Nami Saku with single hole, complete with black lacquered scabbard.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,595.00

**RARE**ATTRIBUTED RNAS PILOT OFFICER’S**MINT**WW1 Era British Kings Crown Henry Wilkinson Sword With Blued & Etched Panels Blade Presented To Captain (Later RAF) William Hallett-Carpenter, Bullion Cord, Portepee & Matching Maker Scabbard. Sn 22088 -. The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty’s Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps to form the Royal Air Force (RAF), the world’s first independent air force. This is an excellent WW1 era British Royal Navy Officer’s Sword presented to Captain (Later RAF) William Hallett-Carpenter on being commissioned into the Royal Naval Air Service (Captain William Hallett-Carpenter was commissioned into the RNVR RNAS in 1915 and served as an Armourer and Gunnery Instructor. He transferred to the RAF in April 1918 and was promoted to Captain). The sword in near mint condition has a clean single edged straight blade which is 31¾” in length with central fuller (37 ¾” overall). The blade is crisply etched with Naval fouled anchor & foliate panels on both sides together with King’s crown and heraldic arms. The riccaso is marked on one side by the manufacturer Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London together with Royal Warrant and the reverse has the ordnance acceptance proof star with inlaid roundel. One side of the blade has a nice presentation panel ‘PRESENTED TO LIEUTENANT W. HALLETT CARPENTER BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE PYRENE Co Ltd UPON HIS JOINING THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE AS A MARK OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICE’. It has a gilt brass lions head with mane pommel and grip strap & full knuckle guard with the Royal Navy Kings Crown and fouled anchor motif. The spine of the blade is number 50993 (1914/17 Period) and has ‘London Made’ cartouche. The sword’s fish skin grip with bullion wire binding is undamaged. Attached to the guard is its bullion cord and portepee all in excellent condition. The sword is complete with its black leather scabbard which has gilt brass mounts and 2 hanging rings. The throat mount has an embossed shield with matching Henry Wilkinson manufacturer detail. The scabbard has a retaining clip which functions as it should, holding the sword securely in the scabbard. The price for this near mint attributed RNAS Officer’s presentation sword set includes UK delivery. Sn 22088

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,595.00

French Napoleonic AN XI Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. Ref X3416. A French Napoleonic AN XI&194;&160;&194;&160;Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. 40&157; overall, 34 1/2&157; curved fullered blade with inspector´s poincon of ´J. Krantz´, back edge engraved ´M-F´ture Imp du Klingenthal Septembre 1812´. Three bar brass hilt, brass pommel with V stamp, original leather grip with large brass rivet, stamped ´Versailles´ with other unidentified stamps. In its original heavy steel scabbard with two suspension rings. Dated 1812.&194;&160; Sword in good condition, some old worm holes in grip.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1595

Click and use the code >25449 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine & Rare, Signally Beautiful, Anglo-American War of 1812, ´Eagle Head´ & Scroll Fretted Hilt, American Officer´s Sabre. In Great Condition.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1595

Click and use the code >25299 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine & Rare, Signally Beautiful, Anglo-American War of 1812, ´Eagle Head´ & Scroll Fretted Hilt, American Officer´s Sabre. In Great Condition.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,595.00

Fine English Silver Mounted Hanger. SN X3057. A Fine English Silver Mounted Hanger. 23&157; overall, 17 &194;&190;&157; slightly curved blade double edged over nearly half its length to the point, the forte on both sides deeply struck with a King’s head mark. Hilt comprising recurved quillons each with lobed terminals, plain collar, pommel-cap & natural buckhorn grip, Silversmiths hallmark ´HH´ conjoined stamped on quillion pommel cap & ferrule. Late 17th Century.&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; &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 attractive sword in good condition.&194;&160; Leslie Southwick has almost certainly identified the owner of the mark HH conjoined; see: L. Southwick, ´The Hertford Civic Sword of State, 1680, struck with the rare silver-hilt maker´s mark of Hugh Humphries´,&194;&160;Journal of the Arms & Armour Society, Vol. 22, No. 6 (September 2018), pp. 304-331. For further information on English silver hilted swords and hangers see Leslie Southwick, &156;London Silver "e; Hilted Swords, Their makers, suppliers & allied traders, with directory&157;,&194;&160; 2001, Royal Armouries. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,595.00

Fine English Hunting Hanger. SN X3056. A Fine English Hunting Hanger, 30 1/2&157; overall, 24 1/2&157; slightly curved twin fullered blade double edged towards the point. Silver hilt comprising fluted quillon block with recurved lobed quillon slender knucklebow with side bar en suite, domed fluted pommel cap with button, reeded horn grip of tapering oval section. Knucklebow with London Hall mark and [I.S] with a pellet maker´s mark, date letter indistinct. Circa 1740 &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; In good condition, hilt very good, blade has minor staining.&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; The maker´s mark &156;I S&157;, almost certainly for John Fessier Savigny, who was a cutler of Huguenot descent working in London in the mid-18th&194;&160;century. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1550

Georgian Officer’s Silver Hilted Hanger by Charles Freeth of Birmingham with hallmarks for 1801 / 1802. An interesting Officer’s Hanger by Charles Freeth of Birmingham dating to the period at the end of the French Revolutionary Wars and the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. Freeth was an accomplished silversmith working from the end of the third quarter of the 18th century until the beginning of the 19th. He is best known for the exquisite silver mounts he produced for some of the most high profile English gunmakers in the early part of this period. Swords by Freeth are rare. The hanger has a plain hilt with a “D” shaped knuckle guard with a looped side guard inset with a hollow diamond. The square section cushion ribbed pommel sits on top of a vertically reeded ivory grip. The hilt is mounted with a curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage and a crowned “G R” cypher, highlighted in gilt, on a blued background. The hanger retains its scabbard. The silver hilt parts and the scabbard mounts are profusely marked with Charles Freeth's stamp of “C F” in raised relief inside a panel, plus the date and Birmingham hallmarks. The blade length is just over 27 inches (69 cm). Overall the hanger is in good condition although the blue and gilt application to the blade is somewhat faded. The scabbard has survived generally well but at some time during its working life it has snapped near the chape and been stitched together with a short leather sleeve. The ivory grip has some small areas of flaking.

Nation : German
Local Price : 20,000 kr

German type Blucher saber for officer w/1811.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,545.00

1885 Period Into WW1 & WW2 Japanese Officer’s Army Kyu Gunto Parade Sword With Gendaito Hand Forged Blade, Scabbard With Leather Field Combat Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 16923 -. This is an original Japanese Officer’s Army Officer’s Parade sword. The sword has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written notes accompany the sword. In extracts from his notes he states “An 1885 period Kyu Gunto sword with traditional Gendaito hand forged blade. Looks like Hizen school work from tang shape & forging which is Suguha (straight) with Nie crystals on the Ha-Buchi. Blade has a cutting edge of 27”. Hada is very fine wood grain. The tang is un signed. Hilt is missing a family mon badge, can see small hole in fuchi where it would have been. The whole sword is of 19th century manufacture, a sword carried in both world wars”. The hilt has a push button scabbard retaining clip which is complete but does not lock into the throat mount of the scabbard. The Ray skin covered handle has small areas of wear to be expected and its original wire binding is intact. All the fittings are original. The sword is complete with wood scabbard which has a single hanging ring. The scabbard is fitted with a replacement field combat cover. All leather and stitching of the cover are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16923

Nation : American
Local Price : 2,100.00 USD

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HANGER C.1770-80. Provincially made example. Brass hilt comprising stirrup form guard with loop side guard, lighter throughout than commercially produced examples. Raised edge pommel with integral mounded button. Wood grip, perhaps walnut, expanding awkwardly toward the pommel and originally mounted with four brass capped bosses each side. The brass dark with aged patina. The wood dry with age crack and small loss at the guard terminal. 24 ¼” curved blade, very slightly concave each side and blacksmith made.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,500.00

British 1827 Pattern Naval Flag Officer&#acute;s Sword with &#acute;Andrea Ferrara&#acute; Broadsword Blade. Description Triple-fullered broadsword blade 29 inches in length, 35 inches overall. Gilt brass half-basket hilt cast with a crown and fouled anchor within a cartouche, hinged inner guard, brass backstrap with lion head pommel cap, white shagreen grip, brass ferrule with sword knot ring. Black leather scabbard with gilt brass fittings at the throat, chape and middle, the throat with two opposed hanging rings and the middle piece with one hanging ring. The blade is engraved on both sides with &#acute;ANDREA FARARA&#acute; [sic], and also features the royal crown and coat of arms with motto &#acute;HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE&#acute;, a quatrefoil design, a sunburst at the ricasso and feathers (possibly the three feathers heraldrically associated with the Prince of Wales). The top piece of the scabbard is engraved with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;PROSSER Maker to the King and Royal Family LONDON&#acute;. The level of decoration of the scabbard signifies that this was the sword of a flag officer “ that is, an officer with a rank higher than Captain. It conforms to regulations laid down in 1832 for flag officer&#acute;s scabbards, with one modification “ a third hanging ring was added later on the opposite side of the chape piece to the original. This was a change introduced in 1847, showing that this sword was still being carried by that date. Higher-ranking naval officers could get away with significant variations in their uniform swords “ some are even recorded as having carried foreign swords or British models that had been declared obsolete. This scabbard may have been produced at a later date than the sword, either after the 1832 regulations or upon the officer&#acute;s promotion to flag rank, since the ring fixed to the ferrule typically indicates an early example of the 1827 Pattern sword hilt. The use of a broadsword blade in a British naval sword is not unheard of: the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich holds seven examples of such blades. However, these all date from 1870-1882 and result from the use of standard-pattern broadsword blades, which were produced for Scottish infantry regiments from 1866. With such blades readily available some officers may simply have chosen them for looks or personal preference. This sword is an example of an earlier practice, one more often seen in the Army, of officers reusing broadsword blades of the 17th or early 18th century, fitting them into the regulation pattern hilt and accoutrements to make them fit for service in a new era “ or fit enough not to stand out too much on parade, at least. It is quite likely that these were inherited &#acute;family&#acute; blades, since it was a common practice (particularly in Scotland) to rehilt swords and keep them in use over generations. I have found no reference to this being done to produce a naval sword before, this example may be rare or unique in that respect. For an excellent pair of examples, see The British Cavalry Sword (Companion Volume) by Richard Dellar, page 25, depicting the 1796 Pattern dress and undress swords of Lieutenant-Colonel David Home of the 2nd Dragoons. Both of Home&#acute;s swords have &#acute;Ferara&#acute; [sic] marked broadsword blades, fitted by the London cutler Johnston into regulation hilts at some point between 1798 and 1802, with custom scabbards to match. Andrea Ferrara is a name that appears quite often (with a number of spelling variations) on English and Scottish blades of the 17th century, leading to much speculation as to who this celebrated swordsmith was. Giovan Cigogna, describing Venetian swordsmiths in his book Trattato Militare (1583) writes that &156;in the town of Bellune are the ingenious master Giouan Donato and master Andrea dei Ferari, both brothers.&157; The town is today called Belluno, and a contract exists in the State Archives of Belluno from December 1578 in which these same brothers agree to supply 600 swords &#acute;of the kind used in England&#acute; per month for ten years to a London-based importer, a huge quantity which suggests that their operation was at a significant scale for its time, although whether the contract was filled entirely or cancelled at some point is unknown. There is no evidence that either brother ever visited Britain and despite the quantity mentioned in the contract no more than a fraction of the blades found today can possibly have been made in Belluno, especially as many are clearly more recent. Rather it would seem that the imported blades were of such impressive quality that the Ferrara mark was counterfeited by others and/or used as a general mark for a blade of superior quality rather than specific manufacture. The fact that &#acute;Andrew Ferrara&#acute; or simply &#acute;Ferrara&#acute; became a slang term for the Scottish broadsword and sometimes for swords in general supports this interpretation, and it is unlikely that many people at the time believed their blade was forged by the man himself. John Prosser was a prominent London sword cutler who took over the business of his employer Thomas Cullum in 1795 and traded on Charing Cross Road until 1860, specializing in high-quality blades including custom officer&#acute;s swords and presentation swords. He was creative with his commissions and invented the &#acute;quill-point&#acute; blade in 1818. In his early years of business he developed a close relationship with the Prince of Wales, whose infatuation with military pomp led him to commission several swords from Prosser, including a set awarded to the officers of the 10th Hussars, his pet cavalry regiment, in 1808. This connection was rewarded with titles: Prosser was appointed Sword Cutler and Beltmaker to King George III and in 1820 was made Sword Cutler in ordinary to King George IV (the former Prince). Prosser&#acute;s firm proudly displayed these royal connections on every sword sold, in this case a custom version of the naval officer&#acute;s hilt and scabbard to accommodate a pre-existing blade. It is possible that Prosser did not do the rehilting, since Prosser-made naval swords typically do not feature a folding guard, but this cannot be proven either way without a maker&#acute;s mark on the sword itself. The blade has some areas of pitting and what look like repairs in places to fill in old damage. This has sadly obscured some of the engraving, which is unusually extensive for a Ferrara blade and might have been added to over time. The scabbard leather has shrunk and hardened with age, which has burst its stitching along the seam. Its fittings are all sound and retain a good deal of gilding, while the sword&#acute;s hilt retains almost all of its gilding even in areas that would be handled more. The hinged flap of the hilt works well and fits onto a pin at the scabbard&#acute;s throat to lock the sword into the scabbard. The shagreen grip was almost certainly originally bound with wire, but this has been lost. The white shagreen itself is in good condition, with no damage and little handling wear.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,495.00

British 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry Troopers Sabre. Thomas Gill Circa 1788-1792. #2412004. The scarce British 1788 pattern light cavalry sabre was the first regulation pattern sword adopted by the British cavalry and was closely based on examples already in use both in Britain and in Europe. This troopers’ sabre was made in Birmingham by Thomas Gill Snr., between 1788 and 1792.The 900mm curved blade has a thick, flat spine above a broad fuller running almost into the spear point. The blade has an upper false-edge, the last 100mm of which was service sharpened.The forte of the blade is engraved with the maker’s logo, “Gill’s Warranted.” The blade is in very good condition for its age and service, with a pale speckled patina and a small nick to the forward edge.The iron stirrup hilt with double languets is in good condition with shallow pitting and some tarnish. The shagreen wrapped wooden grip is in fair condition with wear and small losses to the shagreen. The grip remains strong and the blade is firm in the hilt.The sabre is complete with its iron scabbard with twin suspension rings. The scabbard retains its wooden core. The iron is pitted and cleaned and remains strong with no perforations. The leather panel between the suspension bands looks to have been replaced. The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a good example of a scarce 1788 pattern British light cavalry sabre by one of Georgian England’s top makers. Was: £1,495.00Now:

Nation : British
Local Price : £1495

Click and use the code >25457 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Knight&#acute;s Seal Ring, From Agincourt to the Wars of the Roses Period. A 15th Century Ring with an Intaglio Stylized Engraving of An Armoured Knight on Horseback Holding Aloft His Knightly Sword, a Fabulous and Beautiful Piece.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,495.00

**ANCIENT 1500-1580 MUROMACHI AGE OF WAR PERIOD**Japanese Samurai Uchi Gatana Single Hand Sword Blade Smith Signed ‘KANE NAGA’ In Protective Honoki Wood Shira Saya Resting Mounts, Later Cloth Cover Carry Bag & Expert Assessment. Sn 22591 -. This is an ancient Japanese Katana blade which has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written assessment notes accompany this blade. Extracts from the assessment and notes include “Uchi Gatana Single Hand Sword Blade in Shia saya resting mounts. Ancient blade. This is LATER PERIOD Muromachi blade, ran from 1392-1573 Age of War. There were several smiths using this two kanji during 1500 to 1580. Because its only a short inscription hard to determine which one. In good Hadori polish showing an uneven midareba hamon getting thin in parts dure to lots of repolishing and re-sharpening (no Ha-Machi left). Lost couple of millimetres of edge with several small grain kizu openings. Reasonable condition for its great age. See Malcolm Cox book of mino den swordsmiths page 82 lists a Kane Naga working in sueseki style Tensho era 1573. Signed with small Kanji like this blade (possible man?). rated chusaka medium / average swords. Mounted in late 19th into 20th century Honoki wood shira saya. Good quality silver habaki with raindrop decoration in very good condition. A Genuine Samurai sword”. In his illustrations of the blade he adds “cutting edge is 58 cms, total length is 73 cms. He also translates the describes other blade and tang characteristics and dimensions which can be seen in the images. The price for this ancient blade with original expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 22591

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,495.00

Flank Officers Sword to the 100th Regiment of Foot. SN 8779. A Fine Flank Officers Sword to the 100th &194;&160;Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent’s County of Dublin Regiment). 38&157; overall, 33&157; blade of 1796 Light Cavalry form. Engraved with gilt highlights with Crown GR over Prince of Wales Feather and ´Warranted´ to one side, on the other a post 1800 Royal coat of arms, floral sprays and ´B.W & Co London´ in a ribbon. D shaped knuckle bow lions head pommel, ribbed ivory grip. One langet with a lion mask the other with a regimental badge (Prince of Wales feathers over PR). Black leather and gilt mounted scabbard with makers roundel ´J Read College Green Dublin´ Circa 1805&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; Sword in very good condition minor chip to the rear of the ivory grip.&194;&160;(This item is registered for the ´less than 10% by volume´ exemption to the Ivory Act 2018 and therefore we are legally allowed to sell it 67PCF9QX) UK sale only - NOT FOR EXPORT. 100th &194;&160;Foot were raised in Ireland in 1804 and sent to Nova Scotia in 1805 and served throughout the war of 1812, in 1813 renamed 100th Regiment of Foot Prince Regent’s County of Dublin Regiment, disbanded in 1819 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,495.00

Light Cavalry Officers 1821 Pattern Sword. Ref X3402. A Light Cavalry Officers 1821 Pattern Sword, 40" overall, 34 1/2&157; straight blade with broad fuller & spear point, etched with trailing foliage & crowned VR on one side, the other with 16th Lancers Regimental badge & motto, & the regiment´s 13 Battle Honours from Talavera in 1809 to Sobraon in 1846. Etched on the forte&194;&160;’Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London´, numbered on the spine 23731. Three bar steel hilt, chequered pommel, fish skin grip, with its original bullion acorn sword knot. In its original plated steel scabbard with 2 suspension rings. Number 23731 for 1880. Sword in very good condition, very good blade. Lieutenant Matthew Herbert Woods.&194;&160; Commissioned 22.3.1879 Lieutenant 1.12.1880, retired by 1886.&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; &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; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,495.00

French Small Sword, Very Fine. SN 9123. A Very Fine French Small Sword with Chiselled Iron Hilt with Gold Inlay. 37 1/2&157; overall, 31&157; hollow ground colichermarde blade with etched panel blade. Russet iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a finely matted gilt ground, including shell guard decorated with differing pastoral scenes, quillon block with a hunter on one face and a warrior on the other, knuckle guard and ovoid pommel en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between Turks heads. Circa 1740&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;&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;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; Very attractive sword in good condition.&194;&160; Ex the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020) Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Iberian
Local Price : £1495

Click and use the code >25041 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Fine 18th to Early 19th Century Ottoman Empire Jannisaries YataÄ&159;an Sword, Carved Horn ´Eared´ Hilt & Original Hide Covered Wooden Combat Scabbard

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £1495

Click and use the code >24876 to search for this item on the dealer website Archaic Chinese Warrior´s Bronze Sword, Around 2500 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, Including the Period of the Great Military Doctrine ´The Art of War´ by General Sun-Tzu

Nation : ?
Local Price : $1495.00

European Field Sword/Rapier, Last Quarter 17th C. Iron hilt with single side ring filled with plate pierced and chiseled with scrolling acanthus decoration; diagonal scrolled quillon, and knuckle bow connected to ovoid pommel; each chiseled with diagonal fluting. Grip with original fine twisted iron wire, finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Slender 28 3/4” (73 cm) blade of flattened diagonal section, with 7 1/4” central fuller with stylized stamped “EN TOLEDO” on both sides and anchor mark at the fuller’s end. Very good original condition, showing wear and light pitting, having never been apart. Overall length 34” (86.4 cm).