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Nation : North European
Local Price : £7850

Fine North European Rapier with Gilt Swept Hilt dating to the early 17th Century mounted with a fine quality blade by MEVES BERNS of Solingen. A splendid swept hilt rapier which has survived in fine condition and retains much of its original gilt finish to the hilt. The type is illustrated in many portraits of early 17th century date located across Europe including England, Scandinavia and the German States. This indicates that the rapier form was very popular amongst the social elites in these regions in the early 17th century. In contrast, few have lasted the rigours of time and over four hundred years later surviving examples are scarce. This scarcity makes this example particularly attractive given its fine condition. The weapon is an elegant example of the early 17th century armourer's craft formed with attractive flowing curves to the complex hilt which complement the strength of its construction. The hilt is made from oval section bars which give a stylish contoured appearance. The rapier is 45.25 inches (114.5 cm) long overall and it is well balanced and comfortable in-hand. The hilt platform is the strong quillon block with short downwardly pointing langets from which extends the rear quillon, which curves downwards, and the front quillon, which is slightly longer and curves upwards into a knuckle bow. Both quillons swell slightly into smoothed squared off terminals. Beneath the block outwardly curved symmetrical finger rings extend downwards either side of the langets. On the outer side of the hilt an imposing guard ring is linked by a diagonally downcurved bar to a small side-ring underneath. This is mounted onto the finger ring terminals. Three slender bars of circular section form the inner counter guards which are “swept-up” into one bar and merge into the forward quillon. The tall faceted ovoid pommel is of bold form with an integral button on top and ribbed flared neck beneath. The baluster shaped grip is bound with alternately spaced twisted and straight lengths of wire. The fine quality blade is of stiff, gently tapering, flattened, hexagonal section and is just over 38 inches (97 cm) long. It has a ricasso 1.5 inches (3.5 cm) long cut with two bold fullers which fill the width of the space side by side on each face. The right side fuller, seen when the rapier is held point down on each side, is stamped with a roundel containing a stag which is the mark of Meves Berns. A deep central fuller extends for 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) from the end of the ricasso and is cut with lines on the ridges either side and stamped with a stylised cross just beyond its terminal on each side. The fuller is incised each side with “M E V E S B E R N S” in spaced capital letters with a cross potent mark between the words and at each end. Berns was an accomplished blade maker based in Solingen. For more information regarding other examples and locations of rapiers of this type see A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820, Arms & Armour Press, 1980, pp. 94-95. The guard is of Type 31 in Norman's typology. Plate 49 shows a rapier of the type in the Wallace Collection (Collection Number A627) dated to circa 1610-1620 with a russet steel hilt counterfeit damascened with gold and of North European origin. Plate 51 shows another with fire-gilt steel hilt of the same date and locality, originally from the Electoral Armoury in Dresden. Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour & Collectors Firearms, 22 June 2011, lot 109. Price Realised: £15,000 Including Buyers Premium. Sotheby's Olympia, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 29 June 2005, lot 35. Price Realised: £12,350 Including Buyers Premium.

Nation : -
Local Price : 10,500.00 USD

MAGNIFICENT SWEPT HILT RAPIER AND COMPANION LEFT HAND DAGGER. Early 20th century, by Anton Konrad, and built on matching 16th-century blades. Faithfully replicating a very fine-matched pair of German rapier and sword of about 1580-1600. Iron hits beautifully chased in high relief scrolling foliage, flowers, and fruit. Fine wire-wrapped grips with turban form terminals. The blades, 41” and 12 ½” respectively, each with maker's marks to each side of the ricasso and with deep fuller marked * PAR * CE * SIGNE * TU * VAINCRAS * (BY THIS SIGN YOU OVERCOME) on each side. Made to the very highest standard of the period craftsmen which they emulate, this very pair has been known to fool more than one accomplished expert and surely has been sold as of the period in the past.

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £7775

Click and use the code >24842 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare, Archaic Chinese Warrior Prince´s Bronze Jian Sword, Overlaid With Gold, Auspicious Metal, Around 2,400 to 2,600 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Chin Dynasty, Including the Period of Sun-Tzu´. Likely of The Kingdom of Yue

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £7750

Click and use the code >21774 to search for this item on the dealer website Singularly Beautiful Napoleonic Wars, The Peninsular Campaign, & The War of 100 Days Culminating at Quatre Bras & Waterloo, A Presentation Quality 1796-1803 Sword 15th Hussars

Nation : British
Local Price : £7500

Late 17th Century Scottish Basket Hilted Sword in the “Glasgow” Style. A late 17th century Scottish Basket Hilted sword. The hilt is of fine quality workmanship and mounted with a broad single edged blade. The structural bars of the guard are of thick flattened rectangular section. These are decorated on the outside with broad filed longitudinal grooves along the middle with narrower incised lines on either side in what has become known to historians as the distinctive “Glasgow Style” of hilt decoration. The sword has a consistent dark russet patination across its parts. This style was developed by sword makers in Glasgow in the second half of the 17th century and flourished until the third quarter of the 18th century. The style was adopted by the most skilled smiths in other sword making centres in Scotland and was also copied by the British military for some of its own basket hilted swords made in the Scottish style in the mid-18th century. Filing and incising the bars in this manner was a time consuming and skilled task demanding many hours of work and reserved only for the best and most expensive hilts. The primary guard panels at the front of this sword are decorated with a pierced seven pointed star at the centre, surrounded by pierced triangles enhanced with circle shapes at the sides and circles in the corners. The narrower side guard panels and the knucklebow are pierced with similar shapes. The main guard panels are filed in “Glasgow” style at the sides. The side guards are filed the same across the top and bottom and the knucklebow across the base. These three secondary panels are enhanced with vertical lines. All five of the primary and secondary guard plates are fretted at the edges with cusps and merlons. The side panels have structural solid merlons mounted at the base with the flattened ends filed with cusps and pierced with flanged hearts. The forward loop guards are decorated in the “Glasgow” manner, and underneath, the cross bar is enhanced with a cut loop which surrounds the groove made to accommodate the blade into the hilt. The sloping rear quillon is decorated with a cross. The upper surface of the rear quillon has a piece of metal attached to the bar by two rivets. The rear quillon of early basket hilts like this one was not mounted with a scrolled wrist guard which is a later feature in basket hilt development. It seems that in the later working life of the sword an attempt was made to attach a wrist guard to the hilt which was only partially successful having been broken off at some point leaving the riveted stump behind. The basket has been intentionally forged to appear slightly asymmetrical when viewed from the front and back, with the basket appearing swollen more to the right compared to the left, indicating that the hilt was made for a right hand user. The swollen side of the hilt accommodates the fingers of the right hand whereas the opposite side needs only to accommodate the thumb which takes up less space inside the hilt. The dome shaped pommel has a ribbed button on top from which three sets of triple grooves radiate to the edge in the same “Glasgow” manner. The spaces between are cut with similar grooves in crescent shapes. The guard arm terminals tuck securely into a groove cut around the lower part of the pommel in the Scottish style. The associated grip is formed with a spirally grooved wooden core, is covered with shagreen, bound with flattened silver wire and is mounted on a thick leather liner. The tapering single edged blade is 31.75 inches long (81 cm) and just under 1.75 inches (just over 4.25 cm) wide at the ricasso which is 1.25 inches long (just over 3 cm) and has fullers on each side just inside from the edges. It was most likely made in Solingen in Germany. From the end of the ricasso a shallow central fuller extends for 8 inches (20 cm) flanked by narrower well defined grooves. The middle fuller on both sides is stamped with the blade smith’s mark of “ANDRIA FERARA” spaced by quatrefoils of dots. Beyond the end of the fullers on each side is an incised orb and cross mark which retains some of the original copper inlay on one side. It shows evidence of a lot of use and sharpening on the cutting edge. The blade was originally double edged and broader than it is now at around 2 inches (5 cm) wide at the hilt. It dates to the mid to late 17th century. It was intentionally ground down all along one side during its working life to create a back edge by removing around half an inch of blade width at the ricasso and a proportionate amount down to the tip. The three fullers are now not running along the middle as would be usual with a broad sword blade of this type, but instead are nearer to the regressed back edge than the cutting edge as a result of the modification. The groove underneath the hilt designed to accommodate and secure the ricasso has vacant space at the back edge which previously would have been occupied by the blade width now shaved away. During the early 18th century “back sword”, or single edged, blades became increasingly common. They were less expensive to make than double edged blades and became fashionable for both clan, civilian and military markets in Scotland. The blade may have been slimmed to suit the new fashion. But it is more likely that the sword was damaged and refurbished at some time which involved smoothing deep nicks out of the front of the blade, which absorbs most contact when in use, to create a back edge, then reversing the blade in the hilt. The altered blade gives a slightly unbalanced profile in that the blade front edge now appears to be positioned more forward towards the loop guards than is usual for the profile of a basket hilted sword mounted with an unaltered broad sword blade. There is a repair to the top of one of the guard bars at the pommel which may have been carried out at the same time. Swords with amended blades of this type, with similar profiles, are not unusual judging by the number that have survived. The famous portrait of Lord George Murray, Prince’s Charles’s Lieutenant General in the Jacobite Army in the 1745 Rebellion, seems to show Murray armed with a sword mounted with a similarly altered blade, as can be seen by the position of the fullers relative to the cutting edge. See the photos below. The overall length of the sword is 37.5 inches (just over 95 cm). For swords with similar hilts see Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press, 2005, particularly some illustrated in pages 107 to 126.

Nation : German
Local Price : £7500

Fine German Swept Hilt Rapier dating to circa 1600. A fine, imposing and attractive German Swept Hilt Rapier dating to circa 1600. The rapier is a nicely balanced and well forged weapon in original condition with a consistent smooth grey mottled patination all over having never been invasively cleaned. The hilt type is illustrated in many portraits of late 16th / early 17th century date located across Europe including England, Scandinavia and the German States. This indicates that the swept hilt rapier was very popular amongst the social elites in countries across the region at the time. The rapier retains its full length 46.5 inch (118 cm) imposing blade. The overall length is 52.5 inches (133.5 cm). The complex hilt is an elegant example of the armourers' craft formed with attractive flowing curved bars of rounded octagonal section. The hilt is built around the strong quillon block which has short downwardly pointing langets which lie either side of the ricasso. Two straight quillons extend from the block, filed with decorative ribs at the join, and swell gently towards their terminals. To the front the knuckle bow curves upwards to the pommel and has a similarly swollen terminal. Beneath the block two outwardly curved symmetrical finger, or pas d' ane rings, extend downwards and terminate in square pads at the end of the ricasso. The outer guard consists of three ring guards and the inner guard of two circles joined by curved bars. These features on each side are supported by subsidiary bars which converge on the pas d’ane ring terminal pads which are engraved with cross-hatching on the outside. The hilt is further strengthened by two upper side guard bars, which are forged onto the outer edges of the outer and inner guard assemblies, and curve upwards to join the bow just above half way. The multifaceted ovoid pommel has an integral waisted button on top and a grooved flared neck beneath. The original spirally grooved wooden grip tapers slightly towards the pommel and is of oval cross section, laterally bound with thin twisted steel wire, which is further bound with contra-twisted wire ropes depressed into the grooves with the ends secured underneath “Turks Heads” mounted top and bottom woven from steel rope. The gently tapering blade is of fine quality. It is of stiff section intended primarily for thrusting and secondly for cutting. The thickened ricasso has a deep central groove extending from the hilt to the pas d'ane ring terminals on each side. Beyond these the blade broadens with a short external extension of the ricasso, after which a deep central fuller extends along each side for 17.5 inches (44.5 cm). The fullers are stamped with indistinct bladesmith’s identity letters and marks inside. Beyond the fuller terminals a mark resembling an anchor is stamped on each side after which the blade is of flattened diamond section to its tip. A small patch of minor old pitting is present on one of the secondary guard bars attached to the knucklebow as can be seen in the images. Otherwise the rapier is in fine condition. For more information regarding other examples and locations of rapiers, and depictions of rapiers, of this type, see A.V.B. Norman, “The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820”, Arms & Armour Press, 1980, pp. 120 to 140.

Nation : British
Local Price : £7,495.00

Travelling Flintlock Pistols By H.W. Mortimer, For Sir Edward Pellew. SN 9152. A Fine Pair of Travelling Flintlock Pistols By H.W. Mortimer with the Crest of Sir Edward Pellew. 8 1/2&157; overall, 4&157; 40 bore octagonal barrels engraved on the top flat ´H.W. MORTIMER & SON LONDON GUN MAKER TO HIS MAJESTY´. &194;&160;Adjustable fore sights, rear sight on engraved tangs, flat border engraved bolted lock decorated with floral engraving & a band of wheat ears, signed ´H.W. MORTIMER & SON´. French cock, roller frizzen, full stocked, border engraved trigger guard engraved ´89 FLEET STT´ on bow, pineapple finial, finely chequered grip with horn tipped wooden ramrods, the belt hooks with floral terminal tangs. Circa 1810 In good condition, some original finish in protected areas, barrels rebrowned. The crest is of the wreck of the troop ship Dutton East Indiaman from which Pellew saved over 500 troops, wives and crew for which action he was awarded a&194;&160;Baronetcy as Sir Edward Pellew of Treverry, Cornwall Sir Edward Pellew earned repeated promotions for his gallantry, from the French wars in 1793 until his famous bombardment of Algiers in 1816 when the Dey refused to abolish the taking of Christian slaves. From 1817-1821 he was commander-in-chief at Plymouth. Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He was at 89 Fleet Street between 1782 & 1814, he was Contractor to the East India Company from 1796 until 1806, in partnership with his son 1808-1811. He retired in 1811 & died in 1819.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 : British
Local Price : £7450

Fine and Rare English Basket Hilted Sword Circa 1660 to 1685. A rare and aristocratic English Basket Hilted sword dating to the reign of Charles II. The hilt is distinctive because of its exquisitely chiselled typically English Baroque decoration of grotesque “Green Man” masks, Classical Imperial Roman profiles and foliage. The hilt retains much of its original blued finish and is in fine condition. The basket hilt is of “English” form consisting of three structural bars, the knuckle bow and two side guard bars, which emanate from the cross guard and curve towards to the pommel into which the terminals are fitted into three separate notches located just below the pommel middle to secure the structure. Left and right of the knuckle bow square shaped primary guard plates are fixed by secondary guard bars attached above and below. These primary guard plates have been exquisitely chiselled with Green Man masks in raised relief inside borders of scrolls. The secondary guard plates at the sides are flattened and shaped with roundels in the middle, merlons above and below, and terminate in scallop shapes at the base. The knucklebow is flattened and shaped in the same manner. The three chiselled roundels of these bars contain imperial busts most likely influenced by Roman coins struck with the heads of emperors. The pommel is of slightly flattened globular form with an integral raised button from which radiates a spray of leafy forms. The grip consists of a wooden core bound with silver wire of different thicknesses and contra-twisted forms. Cusped silver ferrules are mounted top and bottom enhanced by grooves and engraved crescents. The broad single edged blade has a ricasso 1.5 inches (4 cm) long after which the cutting edge of the blade begins. The back edge is blunt for three quarters of its length after which the blade is sharp on both sides. Two broad, shallow fullers extend from the hilt to the blade tip. Near the hilt inside each fuller short rows of capital letters are stamped bordered by crab-like bladesmith's marks. The style of the blade and the marks indicate that it was made in Solingen in Germany, where many of Europe's high quality blades were made, many of which were imported into England for mounting on the better quality English swords at this time. The flowing scrolls, the majesty of the imperial busts, and the pagan awe attached to the Green Man, convey in the late 17th century English Baroque style the sense of drama, importance and authority intended by the owner of the sword. Clearly the sword was intended for a member of the English elite. The owner was possibly part of the circle of Charles II. An individual of lesser standing would appear quite ridiculous in this status-conscious society without the resources to back up the messages conveyed by this sword hilt. The high quality of the engraving was probably done by a court armourer or associated artisan. One of the most distinctive features of the hilt are the fiercely staring, wild eyed, grotesque “Green Man” masks. These come from English folklore and typically blend in with the chiselled leaves and foliage which form the hair and beard. The Green Man is often depicted in medieval English churches. In history the Green Man appeared in traditional springtime rural village fetes and ceremonies as a symbol of growth and fertility for the coming farming season. The figure, dressed in green garlands, was exhibited then sacrificed by decapitation, hence the appearance of the head in many representations. The roots of the ceremony lie in Pagan England and the practice was so embedded in rural communities that it survived into the Christian era. Indicating regeneration and renewal, this theme may have been adapted to mean “survival” in military circles, and used as a good luck charm. An almost identical sword hilt almost certainly by the same craftsman is mounted on a sword in the Royal Armouries Collection Ref: IX.988. For a photograph see Cyril Mazansky's British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press, 2005, page 143, fig G4, dated incorrectly in Mazansky's description to circa 1760. A less elaborate sword with some resemblance decorated with Green Man masks on the main guard plates is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (Collection ref: M.4-1956) and described by Anthony North in “European Swords”, W.S.Cowell, Ipswich, 1982, fig 70, pages 34 & 35, more correctly as “English, about 1680”. Another loosely comparable lesser quality example is also in the Royal Armouries Collection Ref: IX.828, and illustrated in Mazansky, page 146, fig G5c. Provenance: The Earlshall Castle collection which belonged to the late Baron of Earlshall until the majority of it dispersed in 1995. The sword appeared for sale in the 1995 catalogue of Peter Finer Ltd, item number 187. The catalogue dates the sword to circa 1690, but some features, including the pommel and the method of securing the guard arm terminals to it, are earlier. As a result the sword can confidently be dated to an earlier time spanned by the reign of Charles II from 1660 to 1685. Measurements: The blade is 33.25 inches (just over 84 cm), overall the sword is 39.5 inches (100 cm) long.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £7450

Click and use the code >25351 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Beautiful & Incredibly Elegant Koto Katana Art Sword Circa 1500, With Very Fine All Original Edo Koshirae, of Finely Decorated Shakudo, Combined With Exceptional Urushi Lacquer Work.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £7450

Click and use the code >23673 to search for this item on the dealer website Ancient Koto Period Samurai Sword, Almost 600 Years old, From The Sengoku Jidai. A Handachi Mounted Katana, With Beautiful Deep Red Ishime Urushi Lacquer Saya, & Hammered Silver Onlaid Mounts

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £7450

Click and use the code >24472 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb 15th Century, Ancient, Signed Samurai Sword, From the Famous Sukesada Line of Early Samurai Sword Smiths

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £7450

Click and use the code >24723 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful Ancient Samurai Long Sword, A Koto Period Katana Around 500 Years Old Sengoku Period With All Original Edo Period Mounts & Fittings

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £7350

Click and use the code >24093 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful, Inscribed, Elizabethan Tudor & Renaissance Nobleman&#acute;s Rapier 16th Century, Circa 1570

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £7250

Click and use the code >19598 to search for this item on the dealer website Amazing Samurai Sword Katana. Signed, Hizen kuni Dewa no kami Yukihiro Circa 1670 Made For the Nabeshima Clan

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £6995

Click and use the code >25277 to search for this item on the dealer website Incredibly Rare French Naval, Sabre D´Officier De Marine Model Prairelle An XII 1804. Officer´s Sword, Most Likely Surrendered or Captured At Trafalgar in 1805. Possibly Even From the Redoutable or Bucentaure

Nation : -
Local Price : £6,950.00

Pair of flintlock Pistols by Winckhler – Munich c 1700. Three stage barrels octagonal then round with muzzle rings blued and rifled cal 13mm. Brass outlined master&#acute;s mark appears above each powder chamber in the form of a standing lion below W between the signature Hanns Winchhler. Curved locks the floral engraved domed lock plates with masks. Adjustable back triggers one spring tired lightly carved walnut stocks with dark horn fore-end caps plus open iron work decoration on the side plates complete with ramrods with horn tips overall length of each pistol 53.5cm. Hans Winckhler is known in Munich between 1680 and 1710. Early pair of pistols in beautiful condition.

Nation : North European
Local Price : £6850

Fine North European Military Sword “Tessak” Dating To Circa 1600. A fine North European military sword dating to circa 1600. The hilt type conforms to the general group also known as “Sinclair Sables”, with which the ill-fated Scottish mercenary expedition to Norway was equipped in 1612. Surviving swords are mounted mainly with curved, and more infrequently with straight blades, as is this piece. This is a good example, in original condition, well balanced and practical whilst aesthetically pleasing to the eye. A sword with an identical hilt is illustrated in “The Price Guide To Antique Edged Weapons”, Leslie Southwick, Antique Collectors Club, 1982, page 139, fig 374. The imposing gently tapering blade is just over 37 inches (94 cm) long and is single edged for half of its length after which it becomes double edged to its tip. The blade is of thick stiff construction capable of being used both for cutting, thrusting through mail and teasing through the joints in plate armour. On one side the worn mark of a cross in raised relief inside a panel is stamped and corresponds with the mark of Wundes Theis a German maker recorded as working in Solingen in the 16th century. The well executed and complex hilt has a broad quillon span of 9.5 inches (24 cm). The quillons are well formed of octagonal section swelling towards the ends and terminating in delicate waisted bands and large globular terminals with the surfaces filed into a complex trellis in raised relief terminating in small knops. The quillons are vertically counter-curved with the front quillon turned upwards and the rear quillon faced downwards to form a wristguard. Guard plates are attached to the quillon block either side. A thumb loop is applied to one side and the knuckle bow turns upwards from the top of the front quillon to form a scrolled terminal at the pommel. The solid pommel is mushroom shaped with a flared waisted neck below. It is skilfully incised with a seven sided floret on top and surrounded with similar raised trellis patterns in raised relief to those seen on the quillon terminals. The wooden grip retains its original shagreen cover now blackened with age. This is an interesting and rare sword which holds a place in the evolution of complex hilt design in the late 16th century. Overall length 43.25 inches (110 cm).

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 9,100.00 USD

SPANISH CUP HILT RAPIER C.1650. This fine rapier is distinguished by retaining a considerable original gold overlay. It gives us a glimpse of what most fine weapons would have looked like when they were being used. While most rapiers survive in the white, with bare iron surfaces, each had a surface treatment when produced. Many were blued or browned (russet) but a considerable proportion were gold or silver overlaid which served to protect the hilt as well as enhance them aesthetically. This example is of further interest as it represents the cup-hilt rapier in its most highly developed form, with long elegant thrusting blade and robust grip for the gloved fencer's hand. 44" length blade.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £6750

Click and use the code >23939 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Stunning 15th Century Sengoku Period Wakizashi Samurai Short Sword Circa 1480 With Shobu Zukuri Form Blade

Nation : North European
Local Price : £6750

North European Sabre of “Sinclair Sable” Type Circa 1600. An imposing and robust North European sabre dating to circa 1600. The hilt type conforms to the general group known as “Sinclair Sables”, with which the ill-fated Scottish mercenary expedition to Norway was equipped in 1612. This is a well balanced and practical example. The sabre is featured in a paper by Hagen Seehase in DWJ (Deutschland Waffen-Journal), April 2021, pages 84 & 85. The imposing, heavy, stiff, curved blade is single edged, becoming double edged for the last quarter of its length, with a broad shallow fuller running underneath the spine from hilt to tip. Near the hilt on one side a rubbed armourers mark is present inside an oblong panel, now indistinct. The hilt is constructed from a solid block from which two vertically counter curved quillons of rounded oval section extend to terminate in swollen spoon shaped terminals. A knuckle bow extends from the front quillon upper surface, the terminal of which is secured in an aperture in the lower part of the pommel front. The outside of the hilt is formed with a strong scallop shell shaped guard joined to the pommel in a similar manner to the knuckle bow, by a single bar emerging from its top. Cut ridges radiate from the base of the shell guard where it joins the quillon block to accentuate the scallop appearance. An “S” shape bar of rounded section strengthens the structure by joining the shell with the knuckle bow. The inside of the guard is formed with an inner ring guard and thumb loop joined with the knuckle bow by two further scrolling round section bars above. The original leather covered grip swells to its top where it meets with the underside of the pommel and is mounted with a copper ferrule at its base. The oblong shaped pommel radiates filed lines of “scallop” form similar to the clam guard from its truncated pyramid shaped pommel button. The pommel is cut with double decorative lines around its edge. Beneath, the pommel base narrows to accommodate the oval shaped grip top. This is an interesting and rare sword which holds a place in the evolution of complex hilt design in the late 16th century. Blade 30.5 inches (80 cm) long and overall 37 inches (94 cm). Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 23rd November 1988, lot 501

Nation : ?
Local Price : £6750.00

Rare Pair of Cased Officers Pistols. A Superb Cased Set of Officers Pistols by C. B. Fisher, London. With sighted octagonal barrels, decorated with a geometric band at the breeches, sighted foliate engraved tangs, stepped bevelled locks, signed ‘C.B. FISHER' fitted with sliding safety catches, ‘French style' cocks, full stocked in walnut, cut with chequering at the grips, blued steel mounts comprising trigger guard decorated with a shield surrounded by foliage on the bows and pineapple finials, turned ramrod pipes and horn-tipped ramrods, both pistol retain gin a large amount of original faded finish, very crisp overall, cased with a round framed pocket pistol, with round turn-off barrel, decorated with a band at the muzzle, engraved panels decorated with stands of arms, signed C.B. Fisher on one side and Soho London on the other, fitted with a sliding safety catch, swelling chequered walnut butt, with vacant silver escutcheon and engraved silver butt cap; in original lined and fitted case with some accessories including loading rod, bullets, flints, the exterior of the lid with flush fitting carrying handle. FISHER Cornelius Bird, Gunlock maker, 9 Lichfield St, Soho, 1799; 39 Greek St., Soho, 1802-24. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. Dimensions: Bore: 16 Bore Barrel Length: 9 Inches (22.86 cm) Overall Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm) Bore: 54 Bore Barrel Length: 1.5 Inches (3.81 cm) Overall Length: 6.25 Inches (15.87 cm)

Nation : German
Local Price : £6750

Click and use the code >25226 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine Antique Longsword, Likely German, 16th-17th Century Style, With Double Edged Graduating Diamond Shaped Blade, Bearing Armourers Mark, Crossguard With Single Oval Side Ring

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £6750

Click and use the code >24339 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Impressive & Beautiful Antique Shinshinto Edo Era Samurai Horseman´s Katana. This Is A Most Impressive Sword Of Commanding Presence. Likely of a Seieibushi {Elite Ranked Samurai}

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £9¸000

Beautiful Antique Silver Indo-Persian Rulers Sword. Beautiful Antique Silver Indo-Persian Rulers Sword\"This is a long curved¸ early antique Mughal Blade and is very rare. It is almost last 17th and early 18th century old sword and belongs to North India (at that time). The Hilt of this sword is called kuftgari hilt and is Silver.

Nation : British
Local Price : 8,900.00 USD

FINE AND RARE ENGLISH BROADSWORD C.1640. Of the so-called mortuary sword type. Iron hilt with semi-bowl guard. The forward edge rolled, with bars connecting to the pommel at the other three-quarter points, further enclosed by pairs of scrolling bars. The guard chiseled with characterful portraits of Charles at the three-quarter points alternating with portraits of Henrietta flanked by angel wings. A further matching portrait on the knuckle bow. The pommel was chiseled in a radial motif over a slightly depressed medial, stopped by a band at the transition and likely fire gilt in the depressions originally. The right side with a chiseled running fox or wolf mark about identical to that illustrated as 9c, European Swords and Daggers in the Tower of London, which is found on a “Claymore, early 17th century." The mark here was originally inlaid in latten which it retains in one of the strokes. Original black leather over wood scabbard in fragile but substantially complete condition. An excellent example of one of the most desirable forms of 17th-century swords.

Nation : American
Local Price : £6250

Click and use the code >25317 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning Directoire Period French Blue and Gilt &#acute;Award&#acute; & Imperial Garde Grade Sabre of a General or General Staff Officer, Probably By Boutet Director of Versailles. Napoleon´s Personal Sword Maker

Nation : -
Local Price : $5995.00

Type XI Knightly Sword, Probably Anglo-Saxon, 11th/12th C. Rare sword of Oakeshott Type XI, featuring straight 31 7/8″ double-edged blade with narrow central fuller extending from within the tang to about 3″ from the point. 8 1/8″ long rectangular-section cross guard of Oakeshott Style Ia. Oakeshott Type J circular disc pommel with flat central section, the edges hollowed to the thinner outside edge. Pommel with latten inlaid decoration of inverted triangle with horizontal lines and a “V” inside on one side, and three round dots arranged in a triangular pattern connected by thin latten lines on the other. The latten is of different metals, including alloys of copper, zinc, magnesium, and lead, giving several different colors to the inlaid decoration. Very good conserved excavated condition. This scarce sword is of the period and type carried by King Harold's warriors at the Battle of Hastings, and depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. Overall length 37 3/8″ (95 cm), weight 3 pounds 7.75 ounces (1.58 kg). Includes XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) metal analysis report.

Nation : British
Local Price : £5,995.00

Rifled Flintlock Artillery Officers Pistols by Thomas Styan of Manchester, very fine pair. SN X3025. A Very Fine Pair of Rifled Flintlock Artillery Officers Pistols by Thomas Styan of Manchester. 12&194;&190;&157; overall, 6&157; carbine .650 bore octagonal barrels with seven deeply rifled lands, bead foresight, top flat engraved in script ´Styan Manchester´, underside stamped with ´TED´ barrelsmith´s mark, no proofs. Two gold lines at breech engraved with wheat ears and chevrons, &194;&160;platinum touch hole. Engraved trophy of arms and canon at the breech, Flat stepped bolted locks engraved with military trophies, canon and piled canon balls, and signed ´Styan´, French cocks fitted with sliding safeties, waterproof V pans lined in gold, rollers on the frizzen springs. Trigger guard engraved with trophy of arms, canon, blasting canon muzzle at butt end and pineapple finials. Highly figured semi saw handle inclined butts, with chequered &194;&160;butt and fore end, flat butts with engraved plates, original brass end ramrods both with worms. Circa 1810-15.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; Pistols of very high quality by a little known maker, in good condition, though no original finish remains, one cock retaining screw late replacement.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; Thomas Styan of Manchester Broome Street 1803-1811, 6 Market Street 1811-1814 4 Hanging Ditich 1815-38 then his widow Mrs Martha Styan until 1840. See ’Der Neue Stöckel’, vol. II, page 1236.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £5,995.00

Fine Quality Pair of Flintlock Silver Mounted Holster Pistols. SN 9106. A &194;&160;Fine Quality Pair of Flintlock Silver Mounted Holster Pistols by Hutchinson of Dublin. 10 &194;&188;&157; overall, 6&157; octagonal 25 bore barrels, floral engraved tangs, Birmingham proof mark to l/h side, top engraved ´Hutchinson Dublin´. Underside stamped ´STUBBS´, bead fore sight, bead engraved band at breech, flat stepped border moulded lockplate, floral engraved on tail, signed ´Hutchinson´ below semi water proof pan, roller within tip of frizzen spring. Floral engraved swan necked cock, stamped on inside of lock ´W.H´ makers stamp. Walnut full stock, hallmarked [C.F] for Charles Freeth silver mounts comprising oval butt caps, escutcheon with crest over ´CJ´ , engraved side nail washers, trigger guard with acorn finial, ramrod & tail pipes, original Ivory tipped ramrods one with worm. Birmingham Hallmarked [P] & [O] for 1787-89&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; William Hutchinson 1770-1 Dame Street, 1771-74 with Francis Lord, his father-in-law, 1774-1784 40 Dame Street. 1785-1811 8 Dame Street Charles Freeth of Birmingham was an accomplished silversmith working from the end of the third quarter of the 18th&194;&160;century until the beginning of the 19th. He is best known for the exquisite silver mounts he produced for the most high profile London and Birmingham gunmakers in the early part of this period. See Directory of Early Irish Gunmakers by David Stroud page 182 A Directory of the Early Irish Gunmakers by David J.W. Stroud (New Title) | Ramrod Antiques This item is registered (ref Q6D235GV) for the ´less than 10% by volume´ exemption to the Ivory Act 2018 and therefore we are legally allowed to sell it. &194;&160;UK sale only - NOT FOR EXPORT.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £5995

Click and use the code >23138 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful 18th Century French Small-Sword of Parcel Gilt and Blued Steel

Nation : British
Local Price : £5995

Click and use the code >23162 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful 18th Century French Small-Sword of Parcel Gilt Silver, Steel

Nation : Hungarian
Local Price : 7995.00 USD

Ex Rare Mid 18th Century Hungarian Horseman’s Saber With Pistol Grip!. Here is a great rarity in outstanding condition. This great, great massive Hungarian saber dates to circa 1750. It retains its original wood covered with leather scabbard add its pistol grip shaped iron grip with original fish skin covering! MASSIVE BUTCHER CLEAVER BLADE WITH LARGE RELIGIOUS ENGRAVINGS! See photos. Blade is just over 2” wide x 30” long. Blade retains much of its original luster with only some very small areas of pitting and darkening. Grip retains all original fish skin covering and iron mounted scabbard retains all original leather covering! MUSEUM QUALITY! (old description tag and hanging rope included) We bought this rare saber from a Belgium collection over 20 years ago and paid 12k for it at that time! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Check out our other listings for more great antique blades! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com