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Nation : British
Local Price : £9,995.00

Griffin & Tow Flintlock Sporting Gun, finest quality. SN 8686. A Finest Quality Flintlock Sporting Gun by Griffin and Tow. 52&157; overall, 36&157; 16 bore two-stage octagonal to round barrel fitted with silver spider fore-sight, two gold filled maker´s stamps, one with Crown over London, the other with a Griffin. Gold vent, florally engraved, bevelled, bolted lock with hound´s tooth engraved border signed ´Griffin & Tow´. Flat engraved swan necked cock, gold lined spoon shaped pan.&194;&160; Figured walnut half stock lightly carved with foliage and finely inlaid with silver wire scrolls and engraved flower heads. Steel mounts finely engraved and chiselled with flowers and foliage, including butt plate and pierced side plate, dated escutcheon engraved with the owner´s name ´Thos Alston Esqr 1772´ with chiselled scallop shell above. Horn tipped wooden ramrod with worm. Dated 1772.&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; &194;&163;9,995 A sporting gun of the highest quality with wonderfully fine silver wire inlay and very fine chiselled steel mounts in very fine condition. The lock had previously been converted to percussion with drum and nipple then at some point in the last 50 years had an ugly conversion back to flintlock. We have since had the lock rebuilt with a new cock, frizzen and pan. Thomas Alston, born in 1724 second son of Sir Rowland Alston, Baronet of Odell, Bedfordshire. Fellow Commoner at Queens 21 Apr. 1740; Succeeded his brother Rowland as Baronet in 1759; MP for Beds. 1747 - 61; Died July 18 1774; buried at Odell. He was well known for his eccentricity, spending time in an asylum and left his considerable estate to his housekeeper. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £9750

Click and use the code 23517 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare & Superb Original Roman Legionary´s & Cavalryman´s Spatha Long Sword, Late 3rd Century

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 : £9,495.00

Fine & Rare Gustave Young Engraved Fourth Model 1851 Navy Colt Percussion Nickel & Silver Plated Revolver. SN 8717. A Fine & Rare Gustave Young Engraved Fourth Model 1851 Navy Colt Percussion Nickel & Silver Plated Revolver. 13 &194;&190;&157; overall, 7 1/2&157; barrel with dovetail mounted front sight. The top of the barrel is stamped ´ADDRESS SAML COLT HARTFORD CT.´&194;&160; The revolver is overall engraved with distinctive Germanic scrollwork associated with Master Engraver Gustave Young and his shop. The engraving on the left side of the barrel lug features a beast head surrounded by scrollwork. The sides of the hammer are engraved with Young’s typical hounds head motif. The cylinder is engraved with scrolling foliage around flower heads. ´COLT’S/PATENT´ hand engraved on the left side of the frame in an engraved panel. Large rounded trigger guard, large recoil shield capping cut-out with no capping channel, thin loading lever latch and bevelled loading cut-out in the barrel lug. Original ivory grip. 96463 with punch mark stamped on all parts Circa 1860.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; A very attractive revolver in very good condition, slight rubbing to plating and minor cracks to grip. See THE BOOK OF COLT ENGRAVING VOLUME ONE by R.L. Wilson.page 133 for very similar engraved pistol. And Colt Factory Engravers by H.G.Houze pages 134-145. Colt Navy 96468 near identical but case-hardened finish sold at Rock Island Premiere Firearms Sale of the Decade 2012 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

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 : 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 : British
Local Price : £8750

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : ?
Local Price : £8500.00

Ensemble of Rigby Police Flintlocks. Exceptional opportunity to acquire Rigby sequentially registered Police flintlock carbines and pistols circa 1823. The two carbines and two pistols are all 16 bore and have 22 inch and 9 inch barrels. The locks have waterproof pans and roller bearing frizens and are marked W & J Rigby. The carbines have captive ramrods and are capable of accepting a bayonet. (The Pistol marked L-Y 9292 does not hold on full cock). Notes: What makes this group special is that as part of the Irish 1843 Registration Act these 4 guns were registered sequentially from "L-Y 9289” through "L-Y 9292” for Londonderry (Derry), marked on the flat ribs and on the butt plate tangs. All the guns are in exceptional condition and have been well preserved. Dimensions of Pistols: Bore: 16 Bore Barrel Length: 9 Inches (22.86 cm) Overall Length: 14.5 Inches (36.83 cm) Dimensions of Carbines: Bore: 16 Bore Barrel Length: 22 Inches (55.88 cm) Overall Length: 38 Inches (96.52 cm)

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : ?
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 : 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 : £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 : £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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : European
Local Price : $11,000 USD

Very Fine Late Medieval Knightly Arming Sword. This is a beautiful late medieval arming sword in museum quality condition. The large pommel appears to be a variant of the type V. Cross guard quillons are basically square, but the flats are concaved making it more of a 4 pointed star in cross section. The ends are convex, rounded. There are large straps-ears welded to the cross guard and riveted to either side of the tang. Everything is very tight. The blade is the stunning part of this sword. Smooth surface with very light pitting. Well defined central ridge & slightly convex blade contours. Very little metal loss to edges. Blade appears to be its full original length. Still quite sharp. Very nicely balanced. This sword is the show piece of my collection, as it would be for most. Overall length 38 5/8", blade 31 5/16" long, 1 7/8" wide. Cross guard 6 3/4" wide. Weight 2 Lbs. 4.5 oz. See more pictures at gunbroker & ebay.

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 : French
Local Price : 8950 Euro

Imperial Honor Guard of the city of Stasbourg sabre. Sabre is of the model made for the visit of the Emperor Napoléon 1st when passing through this city, shell guard hilt in its shiny gilding, round pommel, double twisted wire binding, leather scabbard with 3 brass gilded mounts, nice blade signed Coulaux Frères and Manufacture de Klingenthal, eagle on a globe and marked Garde d&#acute;honneur impériale de la ville de Strasbourg, one side in pristine condition and the other one the blued a little bit worn

Nation : German
Local Price : $7495.00

German Wheellock Officer’s Pistol, ca. 1630. Octagonal to round 16 ½” barrel of approximately .56 caliber, stamped with “P” maker's mark at the breech. Smooth lock plate with external wheel and beveled edges; cock with simple line engravings, still holding a period pyrite with lead packing in its jaws. Tiger- stripe fruitwood full stock with lovely rich patina, showing normal wear from age and use. Tight old stress crack from breech to lock plate screw. Steel fore end cap, ramrod thimble, trigger guard, and butt cap. Wood ramrod. Smooth uncleaned metal with slight age discoloration. Overall length 24 1/4″. Excellent example in original condition. Most of these have been shortened or restored.

Nation : British
Local Price : £7,450.00

Fine Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols by Griffin & Tow. SN 8455. **** This item is part of our ´Bin Ends´ sale: items that have been with us for a while through no fault of their own, usually the last few pieces from large collections, which we are now able to offer at significantly reduced prices from the price they were first listed at to make way for new stock. These prices are as low as they can be and include delivery in the UK. &194;&160;**** A Fine Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols by Griffin and Tow. 15&157; overall, 9&157; round flat topped 22 bore barrels with London proofs & ´IG´ maker´s mark and engraved ´Griffin and Tow London´. The border engraved rounded lockplates signed ´Griffin and Tow´. Walnut full stocks with raised carved shells around tangs. Iron furniture consisting of long spur stepped buttcaps, trigger guards with acanthus finials, flat engraved sideplates, two ramrod pipes and oval escutcheons. Horn tipped ramrods, one with worm. Circa 1770-75 Good condition, one trigger guard with added screw. Joseph Griffin was turned over to his father in 1741 and was free of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1750. He was appointed Gentleman Armourer to His Majesty’s Stables-in-Ordinary in 1760 and was elected Master of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1761 and 1763. In partnership with his father until 1770 and with John Tow, 1771-82, he died in 1784 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £7,450.00

RESERVED RESERVED Luftwaffe General’s ‘Flieger- Generalsdegen’ 2nd Model Officer’s Sword By Eickhorn, Solingen With Etched Blade ‘Der Oberbefehlshaber Der Luftwaffe Herman Goring’ With Goring Signature General’s Cor. This is a near mint, rare, original WW2 period German Nazi Luftwaffe General’s 2nd Model Officer’s Sword. These swords were 1st commissioned by Hermann Goring the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe and examples of 2nd Model General’s sword were seen as early as 1937 (see page 194 of Swords Of Germany By Angolia where a 2nd Model example by Eickhorn identical to our piece is illustrated). Our example has the correct orange hue celluloid handle with tight wire binding and gold coloured hilt fittings with correct folding clamshells on the obverse and reverse. The larger clamshell has the correct silvered cast Luftwaffe Eagle which retains much of its original silver finish. The sword measures 37 ¾” overall and the ricasso of its superb, clean, 31 ¼” single edged, slim, fullered blade is stamped with the Eickchorn Original Solingen makers name and squirrel trademark. It is beautifully etched on both sides with scrollwork panels and central raised blued panels with gold plated inscriptions, one side ‘Der Oberbefehlshaber Der Luftwaffe Herman Goring’ (The Commander In Chief With The Name In Correct Facsimile Goring Signature), the other side ‘In Dankbarer Anerkennung’ (In Grateful Recognition). The blade is fitted with original leather hilt washer & original General’s bullion cord and portepee (the cord has areas fraying consistent with age and service use). The sword is complete with its original black leather scabbard with correct brass throat mount and chape. The throat mount has the correct fixed hanging bar. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are intact. Price for this near mint Nazi Officer’s sword with General’s cord, portepee and scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 13536

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.