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Nation : British
Local Price : £9,995.00

Rare New Land Pattern Flintlock Musket. SN X1490. A Rare New Land Pattern Flintlock Musket 58&157; overall. 42&157; barrel with Ordnance proofs, flat New Land pattern lock with Crown GR and inspector´s mark under pan. Full length walnut stock, barrel retained with 3 slides, butt with storekeeper´s stamp for 1802, inspector´s stamp behind the tang with regulation brass furniture comprising butt plate, trigger guard with sling swivel, ´S´ shaped side plate with central screw, with 3 ramrod pipes. Original rammer with swell. Circa 1802. A very rare musket in very good darkly patinated sleepy condition. Lacking its forward swivel & nose-cap, otherwise very good. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : -
Local Price : £9,750.00

Snaphaunce Musket c1630. A very rare early Snaphaunce Musket c1630 possibly earlier and Austrian or German. The musket is full stocked with a curve profile below the barrel line running the full length and with iron ramrod pipes, pins and muzzle end. The ramrod in original with horn tip matching the inlay to the stock. The barrel with excellent engraved decoration to the beech and flared muzzle. The stock with sliding small patch box with basic catch and a named detailed in ink Von ?? possibly the Austrian – German connection however the stock is stamped with A P and under the lock L H which could indicate the property of Col Alexander Popham of Littlecote House c 1605 – 1669 complete with iron large trigger guard and trigger Please note the lock has been cleaned and a small age repair to the forend which is hardly visible overall length 44 inches 112cm the barrel 37.75 inches 88cm

Nation : German
Local Price : £9500

Click and use the code 21508 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful, Original, German ´Zweihander´ Great Sword 16th Century

Nation : British
Local Price : £9,450.00

Silver Mounted Transitional Flintlock Duelling Pistol by Twigg. SN 8605. A Silver Mounted Transitional Flintlock Duelling Pistol by Twigg 16&157; overall. 10&157; octagonal sighted barrel signed &156;Twigg London&157;, with adjustable fore and rear sights, 28 bore. Acanthus engraved barrel tang, flat stepped lockplate signed &156;Twigg&157; (2nd&194;&160;signature), swan neck cock, scoop shaped pan & blued steel frizzen spring, frizzen with anti-friction roller. Silver mounts comprising long eared butt cap with mask, trigger guard with floral finial, floral sideplate & two ramrod pipes, London hallmarked for 1778, IK (John King). Walnut full stock, scroll engraved around tang, horn tipped ramrod (probably a replacement). In very good condition, barrel with an old re-finish. Hallmarked 1778 See ´Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790´ by Neal & Black, plate 121 & 122&194;&160;& page 51 for near identical example Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : ?
Local Price : £9250.00

Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Bond. New item, description to follow.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £9250.00

Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Bond. New item, description to follow.

Nation : British
Local Price : £8995

Click and use the code 21918 to search for this item on the dealer website Imperial German Damascus Sword Presented by Baron von Hammerstein

Nation : Netherlands
Local Price : 10.350 euro

A very fine antique probably Dutch Brass Barreled Pair Flintlock Pistols. circa 1750, caliber 14 mm, length 52 cm, in very good condition. Price 10.350 euro

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £8950

Click and use the code 19567 to search for this item on the dealer website Katana Signed Tsuda Omni no Kami Sukenao 1688. A Simply Stunning Shinto Era Sword

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £8750

Click and use the code 23114 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Long Ancient Koto Samurai Odachi Great Sword 14th Cent. Genko War Era

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £8750

Fine Early 18th century Highland Scottish Dirk. A fine quality and robust 18th century Highland Scottish dirk dating to circa 1715, made with a bog oak grip, brass mounts and a cut down back sword blade. The tapering blade has a single fuller is marked with a running fox on one side probably indicating Shotley Bridge as the place of manufacture. An excellent example of a first quarter 18th century Scottish Highland weapon in fine condition. The grip has a rich, deep reddish coloured patina and is carved with an early form of grip decoration consisting of four columns of reeded interlaced Celtic ropework rather than bands. The underside of the pommel is engraved with a foliate pattern of arches. The brass pommel cap is engraved with two concentric circles inside which a six point floret radiates from the centre, a pattern which often appears on other traditional contemporary Highland Scottish craft items such as powder horns and targes. The threaded tang is secured by a thick square shaped nut with beveled edges above which a small amount of tang protrudes. The dirk has a typical brass crescent shaped ferrule applied to the base of the grip into which the shoulders of the blade sit secured by two brass pins either side, one now missing. Two strips of brass protect the haunches of the grip base, a thinner one on the cutting edge blade side and a wider one on the back edge haunch. The brass parts display a dull aged patination. Provenance: The dirk is published in “The Price Guide to Antique Edged Weapons” by Leslie Southwick, Antique Collectors Club, 1982, page 206, item 603. The overall length is 20.5 inches (52 cm) and the blade 16 inches (40.5 cm). The blade of this dirk is particularly long compared to contemporary dirks. This may be a reaction to the Disarming Acts introduced to the Scottish Highlands after the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion which forbade the carrying and use of swords by Highlanders in many areas. Although seemingly largely ignored at the time, the Acts not being so fiercely imposed as after the failure of the 1745 Rebellion, in the areas where they were enforced, particularly in the towns and boroughs visited by Highlanders, the creation of a longer dirk may have increased its defensive qualities as a primary rather than a secondary weapon, where the carrying of a sword was not possible. Shotley Bridge became an important blademaking centre from 1691 on wards after it was founded by a group of immigrant blade smiths from Solingen and continued to produce blades until the 19th century through the Napoleonic War period. It is feasible that due to its location in the north east of England and near the Scottish border, that Shotley Bridge provided blades for some traditional Scottish sword makers.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £8750

Highland Scottish Dirk circa 1725. A fine and sturdy 18th century Highland Scottish dirk dating to circa 1725, made with a bog oak grip, brass mounts and a cut down back sword blade. A fine example of this traditional Scottish Highland weapon dating to the period between the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite Rebellions. The grip has a rich, deep, dark patina and is carved with patterns of reeded interlaced Celtic ropework, consisting of two bands at the middle section and knot work panels between the haunches. The underside of the pommel is decorated with a foliate pattern of arches. The brass pommel cap is engraved with two concentric circles between which a delicate pattern of infilled crescents has been engraved. A similar pattern often appears on other traditional contemporary Highland Scottish craft items such as powder horns and targes. The tang is secured by a thick square shaped threaded brass nut with beveled edges above which a small amount of threaded tang protrudes. The dirk has a typical brass crescent shaped ferrule applied to the base of the grip into which the ricasso shoulders of the blade sit secured by brass pins either side. Two strips of brass are mounted to protect the haunches of the grip base, a thinner one fitted onto the cutting edge blade side (now mostly broken away) and a wider one fitted onto the back edge haunch secured by a pin. The brass parts display a dull aged patination. The blade is fashioned from a cut down back sword blade of Solingen manufacture. A double fuller runs from the hilt underneath the blunt back edge. One fuller on each side is marked “ANDRIA” and the others “FARARA” flanked by incised crosses. The overall length is 17.5 inches (44.5 cm) and the blade is 13 inches (33 cm) long.

Nation : British
Local Price : 9.900 euro

A very fine antique English Rapier. circa 1640, length 126 cm, in very good condition. Price 9.900 euro

Nation : British
Local Price : £8500

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword of “Glasgow” Style circa 1715. This sword is mounted with an elegant and finely contoured basket hilt constructed with flattened structural guard bars of rectangular section decorated in typical “Glasgow” style with shallow flutes flanked by incised lines. The main and secondary guard panels are filed with delicate frets and merlons to the edges, incised with lines and pierced with patterns of circles and triangles. The conical pommel has a pronounced button on top filed with a double groove around its circumference and is decorated with three sets of grooves formed in a similar manner to those on the guard bars which radiate from the button. Between these crescents have been applied in similar manner with the convex sides facing towards the button. The arms of the basket fit into a groove which extends for the full circumference around the pommel just below its middle. The spirally grooved wooden grip is covered with shagreen and bound with finely twisted copper wire with “Turks Heads” applied top and bottom. The single edged tapering blade has a pronounced ricasso extending for just over an inch from the hilt. A groove is incised near the front blunt edge on each side. Underneath the back edge a pronounced fuller extends from the hilt to terminate 8 inches (20 cm) from the tip after which the blade is double-edged. A second fuller commences 8 inches (20 cm) from the hilt and runs under the first to terminate nearer to the blade tip. Between the ricasso and the commencement of the second fuller a panel of scrolling foliage has been applied each side with the name “Andrea Farara” applied underneath. The blade length is just under 34.5 inches (87.5 cm) and the overall length of the sword is 39.5 inches (just over 100 cm). The Glasgow style of hilt decoration is distinctive and fully represents the highest quality output of the Glasgow armourers in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Whilst the style of hilt was produced by a number of armourers, those that signed their work exhibited some elements of style unique to themselves. This sword hilt, although not marked with a maker’s initials, is almost identical in form to one produced by Thomas Gemmill, housed in the National Museums of Scotland and illustrated in “Scottish Swords and Dirks” by John Wallace, Arms and Armour Press, 1970, fig 30 and in “British Basket Hilted Swords” by Cyril Mazansky, Boydell Press, 2005, page 119, figs F16d(TG). The similarity lies in the pronounced slope to the cross bar which rises upwards from the front to the wristguard. Both hilts are asymmetrical from the front allowing more space for the fingers of the right hand to grip the hilt. The width of bars is similar as is the attractive overall hilt profile. Each sword is mounted with a single-edged blade of similar width and length. Each sword is also a horsemans’ sword with an oval ring inset into the hilt. These marked similarities indicate that the hilt was probably made by Thomas Gemmill. Thomas Gemmill started work just after 1700 and was appointed King’s Armourer in Glasgow on 18th January 1718. Another similar hilt signed by Gemmill is illustrated on page 117 of Mazansky.

Nation : British
Local Price : £8500

Very Fine Scottish Basket Hilted Sword dating to 1720 to 1740. A very fine Scottish basket hilted sword made during the years which span the failed Jacobite Rebellions of 1715, 1719 and 1745. It represents the work of the Scottish armourer and hilt maker at its best. The hilt is forged from thick pieces of iron in a symmetrical and pleasing form with the filed grooves, frets and pierced designs all executed in an artistic and deliberate manner. The hilt retains its attractive contours and its original grip and liner. The robust blade complements the hilt to create a well balanced and attractive sword. The structural guard bars of the hilt are forged in thick rectangular section and decorated with longitudinal flutes formed with fine shallow filed grooves along the middle of each bar on the outside. The main and secondary guard panels are filed with delicate frets and merlons to the edges, incised with line designs and pierced with patterns of circles and triangles. The conical pommel has a similarly shaped button filed with a groove around its circumference just beneath its flattened top. Three sets of lines radiate from the button, formed as a wide middle groove, similar in width to the grooves on the outside of the structural guard bars, flanked with thinner incised lines. The spaces between these lines are decorated with upwardly convex crescents formed in the same way. The tops of the guard arms fit into a pronounced chiselled groove which extends for the full circumference of the pommel just below its middle. The spirally grooved wooden grip is covered with shagreen and bound with roped copper wire, a thicker central twist flanked by two of thinner manufacture. Silver ferrules with crescent shaped convex edges, decorated with raised bands and enhanced with rows of dots are mounted top and bottom of the grip. The hilt retains its shaped leather liner covered with red velvet to the outside and joined with a blue silken hem. The high quality single edged tapering blade has a pronounced fuller extending from the hilt for most of its length either side underneath the spine to a distance 9 inches (23 cm) from the tip after which it becomes double edged. A second fuller of equal depth and width commences at a distance of 7 inches from the hilt and terminates 6 inches from the tip. A pronounced ricasso is present which extends from the hilt for just over 1.5 inches (4 cm) after which the sharp cutting edge commences. The blade length is just under 33.25 inches (84.5 cm) and the overall length of the sword is 39.5 inches (100 cm). Some Scottish basket hilted swords are stamped with the initials of the maker. The practice seems to have emerged in Glasgow in the later 17th century and continued until traditional Scottish sword making disappeared after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Armourers that worked in other towns copied the practice, particularly in Stirling. Although this sword is not marked by a maker, the style of its well executed hilt indicates that it was made in Stirling. The condition of the metal is very good all over the sword is very good. The original surface sheen of the metal is retained and there is little damage from rust other than minor small blackened age related stains in places as the photographs show. The sword is firm in hand.

Nation : British
Local Price : £8,495.00

Very Fine Cased Irish Over and Under Percussion Pistol by Trulock. SN 8708. A Very Fine Cased Irish Over and Under Percussion Pistol by Trulock. 10&157; overall, 4&157; etched twist octagonal sighted barrels each rifled with fifteen grooves, the top barrel engraved with the address within an unetched panel, foliate engraved case-hardened breech-block with pierced platinum plugs, signed ´Trulock & Son´, border engraved case hardened back-action locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and with blued safety-catch, dolphin hammers decorated en suite. Chequered figured rounded butt, blued border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising shaped butt cap and trigger guard. In its lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted Sykes powder-flask, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon. Circa 1840 Of extremely high quality and in very good condition, retaining much of its original finish. Ex W. Keith Neal Collection. Christie’s London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : French
Local Price : 9800 Euro

400 Braves Award sabre. Rare sabre made by Boutet à Versailles, given as an award for special action in front of the enemy, gilded brass mounts (worn but traces of gilding), rayskin grip, scabbard en suite, Blade marked KLINGENTHAL has refreshed blue and gilding, circa 1800. This model attributed to the 21 st Company is much rarer than for the 19th Cy, they were ordered by the Minister of War SCHERER for the events inCorsica when this Company defended the siege of the fortress of Corte, for which a hundred of those sabres were delivered.

Nation : British
Local Price : £8450

Scottish Basket Hilted Broad Sword Dating to circa 1710 to 1740. An attractive, fine quality and robust example of an early 18th century Highland Scottish basket hilted broad sword. The sword is an elegant example mounted with an “ANDREA FERARA” blade. The sword was made during the years which span the failed Jacobite Rebellions of 1715, 1719 and 1745. It represents the work of the Scottish armourer and hilt maker at its best. The hilt is forged from thick pieces of iron in a symmetrical and pleasing manner with rounded bars, frets and pierced designs all executed in a an artistic and deliberate manner. The hilt retains its pleasing contours and its original grip and liner. The robust blade complements the hilt to create a well balanced and attractive sword. The well proportioned basket guard is forged from thick rounded structural iron bars resulting in a powerful hilt, finely contoured, made by an experienced smith, familiar with producing high quality work from this unforgiving material. The two main frontal guard panels are decorated in typical style, with longitudinal lines incised into the exterior surfaces towards the panel edges. Each has a saltire cut into the centre, surrounded by a pattern of pierced circles and triangles. The edges of the panels are boldly and symmetrically fretted with merlons, arches and grooves, applied in a deliberate, precise and artisan-like manner. The smaller, secondary guard plates to the sides, together with the similarly sized centre front guard plate, are finished in a similar manner. The dome-shaped pommel has a similarly contoured button on top, filed with a middle groove, and is decorated with four equally spaced wide, deep grooves which radiate from the pommel button, each flanked with narrower incised lines. The upper guard arm terminals of the basket fit into a pronounced chiselled groove which extends for the full circumference of the pommel just below its middle. The spirally grooved wooden grip is covered with shagreen and bound with age blackened silver ribbon and retains the remains of a woolen fringe at the top. The hilt retains a liner made of red cloth to the outside stitched onto a leather lining on the inside with the remains of a blue silken hem stitched to the edge. The German (most likely made in Solingen) double-edged “broad-sword” blade is of fine quality and gently tapers to its tip. It has a pronounced ricasso extending for a short distance from the hilt with short fullers near the square-sectioned edges, after which the blade is sharp on both sides. A pronounced double fuller extends from a short distance from the hilt down the centre of the blade for 8 inches (20 cm) after which the blade is of smooth lenticular section to its tip. On each side, each fuller, is boldly marked with the name ANDREA FERARA, the words separated by dot and crescent marks and flanked by crosses. A short distance beyond the termination of the fullers a bold running wolf mark is carved on each face. For a similar style hilt, probably from the same workshop, see fig F5c page 102 in “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, Cyril Mazansky, The Boydell Press, 2005, for a sword in Blair Castle in Perthshire. Provenance: Arnold Rothschild Collection, Baltimore. The sword retains its brass collection inventory tag number 14 and chain. The overall length of the sword is 39.5 inches (99 cm) and the blade 33 inches (84 cm).

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £8450

Click and use the code 22897 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb ´Yasukuni Shrine´ Sword Tachi Signed Ikeda Yasumitsu,

Nation : ?
Local Price : 9,750 euro

A very nice pair 18th century antique Czech Flintlock Pistols by Franz Poltz in Carlsbad (Karlova Vary) caliber 13 mm. length 34 cm, in near mint condition. Price 9,750 euro

Nation : German
Local Price : 9.500 euro.

A very nice Antique 16th Century German Katzbalger Landsknecht Sword. length 73 cm , in very good condition. Price 9.500,- euro.

Nation : French
Local Price : 9.500 euro.

A scarce French Military Antique Flintlock Rifle from the Gardes du Corps de Monsieur. Model 1816, caliber 17 mm, length 142 cm, in nearly mint condition. Price 9.500,- euro.

Nation : British
Local Price : £7,995.00

Fine Flintlock Over & Under Pistol by Tatham & Egg. SN 8670. A Fine Flintlock Over & Under Pistol by Tatham & Egg. 12 1/2&157; overall, 6 &194;&188;&157; octagonal barrels with adjustable blade fore sight and double gold line at the breach. Flat stepped bolted locks with engraved bevelled edges. Scroll engraved and signed ´Tatham & Egg´, fully water proof pans, platinum touch holes. Swan necked cocks engraved en suite, roller on frizzen springs. Double triggers, trigger guard engraved with scrolling acanthus, one piece stock with chequered butt,under barrel swivel ramrod. Circa 1813 In fine dark original condition.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; EGG&194;&160; Joseph&194;&160;Son of Johann Jakob Egg (brother of Durs Egg) gunmaker, Huningue, Alsace, born 1775 (baptised as Jean Joseph). Gunmaker, Great Windmill Street, granted English Patent No. 2440 (Bending steel with heat) 1800. Traded as Egg & Walker, Gunmaker & Patent Spring Truss Maker, 59 Firth St., Soho, 1801. In partnership with Henry Tatham, as Tatham & Egg, 1801-14. Gunmaker, 1 Piccadilly (Corner of Piccadilly and Haymarket) 1814-1834; 28 Titchborne Street., 1832-4. Member, St. James Loyal Volunteers, 1808.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £7995

Click and use the code 23371 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Quality King George IIIrd Cased Double Barrel Sporting Gun By World Renowned Gunsmith S.Nock, Early Transitional Flintlock To Percussion

Nation : British
Local Price : £7995

Click and use the code 22370 to search for this item on the dealer website The Original ´Damascus´ Presentation Sword, Presented to the German Fuhrer

Nation : British
Local Price : £7995

Click and use the code 23230 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare Norman Conquest Period Sword with Ancestral Blade

Nation : British
Local Price : £7,995.00

Tuscan Miquelet Lock Sporting Gun. SN X1692. A Tuscan Miquelet Lock Sporting Gun, 64&157; long overall with 49&157; 13 bore barrel, swamped at the muzzle, with a silver bead foresight. Three stage barrel, round to octagonal, inlaid with ten silver bands with gold makers marks of Leoni of Pistoia, Tuscany. Top flat engraved ´G.P.I.P´ and a monogram with a crown. Miquelet lock with, flat lockplate, tail formed as a monster’s head chiselled in high relief. Frizzen en suite. The cock inhabited with masks and a cherub. Walnut half stock with wooden trigger guard with silver strap, fluted butt with silver nailed on buttplate, silver sideplate. Barrel retained by silver band. Silver sling swivels and original horn tip ramrod with worm in silver ramrod pipe. A very attractive and high quality gun in good condition. Circa 1760. Cristiano Leoni, Pistoia, c. 1750"e;75. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £7950

Click and use the code 22160 to search for this item on the dealer website Possibly The Finest 17th Century Silver Plug-Bayonet Sword, Scabbard & Baldric Frog Mount Outside of the Royal Collection..

Nation : German
Local Price : 9.000 euro.

A very nice antique 16th Century German Swept Hilted Rapier. on the blade "JOHANNES", length 110 cm, in very good condition. Price 9.000,- euro.

Nation : British
Local Price : £7750

Click and use the code 21774 to search for this item on the dealer website Singularly Beautiful Napoleonic Wars Presentation Quality 1796-1803 Sword

Nation : Italian
Local Price : 8.800 euro

A fine antique 18th Century Silver Mounted Italian over and under DB Flintlock Sporting Gun by Lambonardi a Gardone Val Trompia. caliber 15 mm smooth, length 124 cm, in very good condition. Price 8.800 euro

Nation : American
Local Price : 10,600.00 USD

RARE AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1750. This rare American sword was made by Bilious Ward of Middleton Connecticut and bears his mark on the knuckle bow terminal. Ward was born in Guilford in 1729. His mark is shown p.320, American Silversmiths, Old Silver, English, American and Foreign which is considered the standard reference for silver marks. His Father, William Ward Jr. and his son, James Ward were also silversmiths (Early Connecticut Silver, Bohan). Yale University Art Gallery has five spoons by Bilious War, 3 identified as C.1750-70 and two C.1755. New York Historical Society has a single spoon dated to 1750-70. The form of the sword is iconic. 1740s and 50s in America was the period of the Great Awakening, a time of strengthening religious values and reverting to basics. In a sense, a return to Puritanism. In American Silver Mounted Swords, 1700-1815, Peterson states “American silver hilted small swords are characterized by simple chaste lines. In Europe, most of the silver mounted smallswords of the same period were completely covered with heavily modeled or pierced decoration. In this country, however, such surface decoration was extremely rare as American craftsmen relied more upon the pure beauty of line and form to attain their artistic effect.” He illustrates and discusses 16 examples. #1-4 dated 1722-30. Three of the four incorporate traditional (European) decorative elements. #5-13 date C.1740-50 and are all of the same spartan form of this example with the iconic ringed slightly elongated pommel. In fact, the ten including this one are nearly indistinguishable but for minor details. #14-17 date C.1770-1815 and fully embrace the later European forms. Also notable is that of #5-13, eight of nine are maker marked, while none of the first four are and two of the last four are not. The blade of this example is flat, 28 5/8” in length, undecorated with a narrow fuller to the forte. Of the comparable group, seven of nine are triangular and two flat. At that time (1955) five of the nine comparable examples were in museum collections. Silver hilted swords in Colonial America were very rare and the zenith of gentlemanly style. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston reports, in a description of a sword by Jacob Hurd “Between 1730 and 1750 he (Hurd) made about ten swords, far more than his peers, most of whom made only one or two.” The 1762 inventory of silversmith John Edwards includes “One silver hilted sword at 60 pounds, 3 shillings” at a time when the per capita income in America was 15 pounds, 12 shillings. A historic Colonial American sword for which there have been no comparable examples on the market for decades.