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Nation : British
Local Price : £6250

Scottish Basket Hilted Jacobite Sword for a Horseman circa 1740. A boldly constructed Scottish basket hilted sword dating to circa 1740. The hilt is of Dragoon type mounted with a Horseman’s oval ring and a French blade of a type associated with French military involvement with the Jacobite rebellions. The basket guard is made in the traditional Scottish manner, pierced with heart and circle patterns and further decorated with incised vertical and horizontal lines. The arms of the guard are secured in a groove chiselled around the pommel just below its middle. The pommel is cone shaped and has a button on top from which three sets of triple lines radiate to its edge. The pommel has the store keeper or unit number of 2/61 engraved upon it. The hilt is mounted with a broad scrolled wrist guard which is forged from the rear quillon. The grip is made from a baluster shaped spirally grooved wooden core, covered with shagreen and bound with now blackened twisted silver wire, and has iron ferrules mounted top and bottom. The hilt also retains its original leather liner, now detached at the base. The sword is mounted with a French blade of excellent quality forged in hollow ground tapering diamond section, with a flattened spine running down the centre to the tip on each side. On one side near the hilt, a panel inset amongst incised scrolls and foliage, contains the French phrase “VIVE LE ROY” (long live the king) running down the blade in large letters. On the other is an armorial with French fleur de lys depicted amongst scrolls, lattices and foliage. An eight pointed star is depicted below this with the word “Cavalier” beneath. The blade has a short ricasso above which on both sides is the name “Solingen” indicating that the blade was made in this German blade making centre on order from France, probably as a batch, and made in the French taste. Given that the word “Cavalier” in French means “Horseman”, this, combined with the relatively long length and weight of the blade, clearly indicates that it was made for a Dragoon or similar mounted soldier and was mounted onto a Scottish “Horseman’s” hilt. The sword may have been owned by a Scot with associations with France, or even one in French military service. Historically there has been a long relationship between Scotland and France. By the mid-18th century many of the Scottish gentry had followed family traditions and served as mercenaries with the French army, disregarding whether France was at war with England at the time, for hundreds of years. A French regiment served at Culloden on the side of the Prince Charles and recently it has been postulated that as many as one in ten of the Prince’s troops at Culloden may have been French or Scots in French service. The most prestigious honour for a Scot in French service was to be selected to become a member of one of the French King’s elite Scots Guard Regiments. During the 18th century after the failure of the Jacobite rebellions, many fugitive Scots found a home in the French army fighting for the French crown. Hence these associations represented in a sword would not be unusual at the time and the French connection may also indicate Jacobite and Catholic leanings of its owner. Stephen Wood in his book “The Auld Alliance – Scotland and France: The Military Connection, Mainstream Publishing 1989, chronicles the history of Scots in military service with the French. The sword is in robust and solid condition. The blade is 36.5 inches (92.5 cm) long. Overall the sword is 42.75 inches (108 cm) long.

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 : Italian
Local Price : $5995.00

Italian Military Wheellock Pistol, First Half 17th C. Featuring unmarked two-stage 16″ octagonal-to-round smoothbore barrel of approximately .60 cal. (15mm). Flat lock plate with tulip-shaped finial; external wheel with decorative border, sliding pan cover, and slender turned baluster cock; the inside of lock plate stamped with maker's mark “DB” in an oval. This could be the mark of Diego Belloni, who Stockel lists in Gardone, Brescia, ca. 1620-1660. Fruitwood full stock with broad oval- shaped butt cap with fluted steel band and featuring an inlaid steel flower petal. Steel mounts including flower-shaped lock screw washers, trigger, trigger guard, and ramrod loop; original wood ramrod with steel tip and worm on opposite end. Metal smooth with very light salt-and-pepper pitting; the wood with scattered bruises from age and use and a beautiful rich patina. Overall length 22 1/2″.

Nation : British
Local Price : £5995

Click and use the code 20889 to search for this item on the dealer website Exceptional Original Finest Antique Museum Piece, An All Silver Mounted Flintlock Musket, 18th to Early 19th century of Royal Quality

Nation : North European
Local Price : $5995.00

Exquisite Chiseled North European Rapier, ca. 1650. Unique and superbly chiseled iron hilt with separate lower guard featuring down-turned acorn-shaped knob on the obverse side and an upturned hollow heart on the reverse. Partial pas d'ane with long chiseled quillon block and single chiseled acorn-shaped quillon. Single side ring curving upward to join the knuckle bow, which in turn joins the acorn- shaped pommel with large button. Decorated ensuite with chiseled acanthus design in relief. Original grip wrapped with two sizes of twisted copper wire and finished with turks heads top and bottom. Cleaned hollow-ground single-edged 35 3/8″ blade with ridge on the spine and double-edged for the last 8 1/4″; remains of engraved design at the forte. Overall length 42″. Beautiful and unique sword of extraordinary quality, much better in person than photos.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £5950.00

Cased Pair of Howdah Pistols. A Good Pair of 15 Bore Percussion Howdah Pistols by R. B. Rodda & Co, London. With browned, sighted over and under barrels, signed along the top flats, ‘R. B. RODDA & Co. PICCADILLY LONDON' and stamped at the side with London proofs, foliate engraved case-hardened breeches, fitted with rear-sights, profusely engraved box-lock actions, numbered 1647 and 1648, finely chequered walnut butts (repaired crack to one) with engraved ovoid butt caps with butt-traps, foliate engraved trigger guards and fitted with captive ramrods, with long-nosed percussion hammers, decorated en suite, in good clean condition retaining some original finish, vacant silver rectangular escutcheons: in a lined and fitted case with accessories including bullet mould, oil bottle and loading rod. In good clean order overall. RODDA Gunmakers 36 Piccadilly, 1845-7. Guns also marked Titchborne St. R. B. Rodda moved to Calcutta, but maintained a factory in Birmingham in 1860s. Became Gunmaker to Viceroy & Governor in General of India. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. Dimensions: Bore: 15 Bore Barrel Length: 5.25 Inches (13.35 cm) Overall Length: 11 Inches (28 cm)

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £5950

Click and use the code 24379 to search for this item on the dealer website Super 375 Year old Ancestral Sword by Sagami no Kami Fujiwara Kunitsuna. Mounted for Use in WW2 By a Japanese Officer of Samurai Ancestry, Fitted in Shingunto Mounts With Tsuda Clan Mon in Silver on the Imperial Menuki

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : 7500.00 USD

Dutch Voc Silver Hilted Officer's Saber With Scabbard Dated 1771!. A very rare VOC, Dutch East India Company, officers saber with deep blade marks of the VOC, Amsterdam and dated 1771 both sides! Exceptional early saber with full scabbard and silver mounts (scabbard age shrunken and cracked in 2 beneath mid mound, but displays perfectly.) See photos. Blade is about 29” long. The silver hilt has no cracks or repairs, just a little age deformation. It can use a better cleaning. Grip and grip wire is completely intact and grip has some age cracking. This great sword most probably belonged to a VOC captain or admiral. Original silver hilted Dutch VOC swords are very seldom, if ever, encountered! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords, arms and armor! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £5850

Click and use the code 24348 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Rare Edo Period O-Tanto, Signed Michitsugu, of Echigo, the Matsunaga Family of Master Sword Smiths. Mounted With a Most Rare Form of Beautiful Koshirae {Sword Fittings} the Like of Which We Have Not Seen Before

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £5750

Click and use the code 20778 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Wonderful Koto Era, Shibui Battle-Sword Katana, Signed Masakuni Circa 1500

Nation : ?
Local Price : £5500.00

Rare Cased Webley Longspur. A Rare Cased 48 Bore Webley Longspur Five Shot Single Action Revolver, Retailed by John Lofley, Brigg, No. 522 Circa 1860. With sighted octagonal barrel engraved around the muzzle, signed along the top flat, case-hardened cylinder engraved around the forward edge, numbered from '1' to '5' and cut with a slot between each nipple, foliate scroll engraved frame, hammer with chequered spur, trigger-guard and butt, the first engraved ‘James Webley's Patent' on one side, the last with swivel for suspension and engraved with the serial number and 'By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent' along the back, hinged bright rammer, chequered figured rounded grips, and some original finish (some rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask and brass bullet-mould, the interior of the lid with retailer's trade label, the exterior, with vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks Dimensions: Bore: 48 Bore Barrel Length: 6 Inches (15.24 cm) Overall Length: 12 Inches (30.48 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £5450

Click and use the code 23637 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Rare WW1 German Airship Bataillon ´Luftschiffer´ Regt. Nr.1 Officer&#acute;s Sword, of the Elite Imperial German Kaiser´s Zeppelin and Airship Guarde Infantry, Only The Second We Have Seen in 30 Years

Nation : -
Local Price : $5295.00

Exceptional Ottoman Silver-Mounted Flintlock Pistol with Folding Bayonet, ca. 1830. Featuring octagonal 8″ barrel of approximately .65 caliber, with the upper three planes engraved and decorated with silver damascening in foliate pattern; maker's mark in silver on the tang. Spring-mounted folding bayonet with sliding catch and push button release decorated ensuite. Lock with roller and gold-lined flash pan, finely engraved with foliate decor. Figured hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire in foliate pattern (minor silver loss). Steel trigger guard and twin side plates, each engraved with foliage and checkering ensuite. Cast and chased silver buttcap, wrist escutcheon, and barrel tang surround. Exceptional workmanship with nearly every surface decorated in fine detail. Mechanically fine with very strong mainspring. Overall length 14″ with bayonet folded, 17 3/4″ with bayonet extended. Please email us for high resolution photos of this extraordinary piece.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,995.00

Heavy Cavalry Officers Undress Sword 1796 Pattern, fine. SN X3004. A Rare 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officers Undress Sword. 40"&194;&160;overall, 34 &194;&190;" long wide straight blade with single broad fuller & hatchet point. Boat shaped guard of ladder pattern, incorporating the badge of the 3rd Kings Own Dragoons. Pommel with pronounced beak, plain backstrap, leather grip with twisted silver wire. In its original steel scabbard with 2 suspension rings.&194;&160; Circa 1800&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 fine and rare sword in good condition, now very hard to find.&194;&160; The 3rd Kings Own Dragoons became Hussars in 1818 Battle honours for Salamanca, Peninsula, Vittoria and Toulouse.&194;&160; See ´The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912´ by R. Deller page 77 for a similar hilt and Armamento Ligeiro da Guerra Peninsular 1808-1814&194;&160; by Jose e Silva page 91 for an identical example. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,995.00

Small Sword English Cut Steel Hilt made at Woodstock, very fine & rare. SN 8976. A Very Fine & Rare English Cut Steel Hilt Small&194;&160;Sword made at Woodstock. 39&157; overall, 33&157; slender tapering blade of hollow triangular section, etched with scrolls over the forte. Burnished steel hilt comprising pierced petal shaped shell guard centring round a star, a pair of slender pas d’ âne, knurled quillon, waisted quillon block, slender knuckle guard with a pierced central moulding & tall ovoid pommel chiselled with a flowerhead front & back. The entire hilt enriched with a profusion of faceted beads in imitation of brilliants and retaining its original grip of plaited copper wire and ribband, the latter decorated en suite with the hilt and retaining much of its original bright polish throughout. In its white vellum covered wooden scabbard with burnished steel mounts comprising locket, chape and middle band, the former two each fitted with a suspension ring. Circa 1770. A very rare and fine sword in very good condition, the beads with 4 very small losses. Two similar examples are exhibited in the Metropolitan New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The sword’s hilt was made in Woodstock near Oxford, Woodstock steel was renowned for its quality. The studs decorating the surface of the hilt are fitted individually and threaded onto the main body. Similar works from Birmingham, including the renowned factory of Matthew Boulton, made rivetted studs that were not removable and of poorer quality. A contemporary diarist, Sylas Neville, wrote, "Steel goods and gloves are the two staples of Woodstock. Their watch-chains and sword hilts are more highly polished and better standard than those of Birmingham. They polish all with hand. Their studs screw, and everything they make can be taken to pieces and cleaned whereas the Birmingham studs are rivetted." The small Woodstock workshops famed for cut steel jewellery, buckles and Cut-steel small swords were particularly sought after. Sold locally, but also in London its international reputation was spread by fashionable tourists visiting Blenheim Palace. In 1742 Horace Walpole sent Woodstock steel wares to the British Consul in Florence requesting that they be given as diplomatic gifts. In 1759 buckles were ordered for the King of Prussia and in 1768 the King of Denmark, The design of the present sword perhaps inspired those of Matthew Boulton and James Watt. The former went on to develop mechanised production techniques, including steam powered polishing wheels, that would see the decline of the Woodstock Manufactory. The production of steel goods near Woodstock can be traced back to 1643 with the establishment of a sword mill at nearby Wolvercott. The following century the area became well known for the high quality of its work, Count Frederick Kielmansegge wrote in his diary of 1761-2 that ’.....the best steel goods in London come from Woodstock and there is hardly a steelworker who does not employ several workmen’. Victoria & Albert Museum item number: M.29-1957&194;&160; Metropolitan NY association number:&194;&160;26.145.307 The Oxfordshire Museum. For an account of Woodstock hilts see The Rapier and Small Sword 1480-1820 by Norman 1980, pp 409 - 410. Dean, Bashford.&194;&160;Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords: Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. no. 109, pl. LXXX. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helmut Nickel, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Leonid Tarassuk, and American Federation of Arts.&194;&160;The Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Exhibition. New York: The Federation, 1982. p, 113, no. 66, ill. Holcomb, Melanie, ed.&194;&160;Jewelry: The Body Transformed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. pp. 140"e;43, pl. 112. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,995.00

English Breech Loading Flintlock Rifle by William Turvey, very rare. SN 9067. A Very Rare English Breech Loading Flintlock Rifle by William Turvey. 49 1/2&157; overall, 34&157; 10 bore rifled barrel with 12 grooves, top flat engraved ´W. Turvey London´, &194;&160;London Gunmakers Company Proofs and barrelsmith´s stamp of ´W. Turvey´. Screw barrel plug at the breech forming a rear sight, folding peep aperture sight. Chiselled tang and carved shell, the rounded lock engraved ´W Turvey´, swan necked cock and spoon shaped pan. Finely figured & Patinated walnut full stock with three brass ramrod pipes, trigger guard engraved with rosette, pierced rococo side plate, crested cartouche, (Leopards head and neck), butt plate engraved with a shell & swags. Original worm tipped ramrod. Very rare gun in original sleepy, small losses to stock around lock. Circa 1740. William Turvey, son of Edward , was admitted freeman of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1711 and was Master in 1733. His widow, Sarah, continued his business after his death in 1741. The Turveys were among the best London gunmakers of the first half of the 18th century The collection of C. W. Briggs (1906-1971) &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 : American
Local Price : $4995.00

Fine Presentation Civil War M1852 Naval Officer’s Sword. Fine quality and condition US M1852 Naval Officer's Sword made by Clauberg of Solingen and retailed by the famous New York firm of Schuyler, Hartley, & Graham; inscribed on the scabbard throat fitting “Presented to/Capt. E.A. Robinson/from the crew/U.S.S. Wilderness/1864″. Standard pattern with gilt brass hilt featuring pierced foliate decoration and ribbon bearing “USN” on the guard; sharkskin grip with brass wire wrap. Slightly curved 29 ½” single-edged blade with broad and narrow fullers, finely etched over its upper half with foliage, anchor, trident, and “USN” in ribbon on one side and “IRON PROOF”, capstan, stands of arms, and US flag on the other side. Ricasso marked “Clauberg/Solingen in an oval around a standing knight on one side and “SCHUYLER HARTLEY/& GRAHAM/NEW YORK” on the other side. Etching very clear and retains its original frosted finish. Black leather scabbard with brass mounts and double carry rings. Leather flaking but complete and mounts loose due to leather shrinkage. Retains a period gold bullion sword know, likely with it from the beginning (some wear and fading). USS Wilderness Originally built as the “B. N. Creary” in 1864 at Brooklyn, New York she was acquired by the Union Navy on 30 May, 1864 and simultaneously renamed “Wilderness”. She fitted out at the New York Navy Yard and was commissioned on 20, July 1864, being immediately assigned to the 2nd Division of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After serving briefly at Hampton Roads and the James River she was sent to the North Carolina coast where she was fitted with four 24-pounders in October, 1864. She went into action almost immediately and on the night of 31 October while patrolling off New Inlet, North Carolina, pursued and captured the British blockade runner “Annie”. In December she participated in the attacks on Ft. Fisher where she assisted in the failed attempt to breach the fort by towing the sidewheel steamer “Louisiana” filled with explosives near the fort's walls. The ship exploded as planned but had little effect. On January 13, 1865 “Wilderness” brought troops to within 500 yards of the shore where they were loaded on boats for the final assault on Ft. Fisher. She was decommissioned on 10 June 1865 and transferred to the Treasury Department and served as a revenue cutter in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1873 she was renamed “John A. Dix” and was eventually sold in 1891.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4950

Click and use the code 22873 to search for this item on the dealer website A, Fabulous Samurai Sword, A Most Fine Shinto Wakizashi By Omni Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro Circa 1660.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4950

Click and use the code 21852 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb & Very Rare Original Grouping, 5th to 7th Century Roman & Goth Period ´Ceremonially Folded´ Sword, From a Pagan Ritual, A Warrior or Legionary´s Spartha Sword, and War Shield Mounts

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4950

Click and use the code 23407 to search for this item on the dealer website Koto Era, Over 500 Year Old Samurai or Ninjutsu Battle-Sword Katana. Originally Designed and Fitted in Total Black For Combat. Han Dachi Mounted

Nation : British
Local Price : £4950

Click and use the code 23559 to search for this item on the dealer website Personalised & Named Naval Sword of an 1804 Naval Hero Commodore of a British East Indiaman Fleet & His Original Framed Portrait

Nation : ?
Local Price : £4850.00

Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols. A Pair of 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols, Circa 1760. With swamped, sighted, three stage barrels, engraved with scrolling foliage at the breeches and ‘LONDON' steel tangs decorated en-suite, foliate engraved rounded locks, figured walnut full-stocks, carved with scrolling foliage in low relief about the rear of the ramrod pipes and barrel tangs, with raised mouldings around the locks, engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plates decorated with stands of arms, spurred butt caps decorated with scrolling foliage and trigger guards decorated with rococo ornament on the bows and turned ramrod pipes with horn tipped ramrods. Dimensions: Bore: 20 Bore Barrel Length: 8 Inches (20.32 cm) Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4850

Click and use the code 24338 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Beautiful Shinto Wakizashi Circa 1650 Signed Fuyuhiro. A Wonderful and Elegant Edo Period Sword of Exceptional Sophistication.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750

English “Mortuary” hilted sword dating to the middle part of the 17th century. A fine English “Mortuary” hilted sword dating to the middle part of the 17th century and the English Civil War, Commonwealth and Protectorate periods. The hilt of this sword is of typical form consisting of a broad saucer-shaped guard plate from which three main curved flattened guard bars taper upwards ending with flattened angled terminals screwed into the pommel. The sword is notable because of its robust build, fine condition and the higher than average quality of the chiselled decoration. The convex surface of the guard plate is covered with the finely executed busts of eight men, four located either side of the blade. Two, opposite each other, are wigged figures, probably judges. The others have a more grotesque appearance. The remaining spaces are filled with panels of delicate foliage and fine swirling tendrils. The pommel is decorated in the same foliate style. Two downward facing bars emanate from each side of the knuckle bow towards its middle and join the base of each side guard bar to add strength to the structure. The base of each side guard bar is strengthened with a fishtail or merlon terminal which joins the bars to the dish. The downwardly curled ribbed wrist guard strengthens the rear edge of the plate. The guard bars are decorated with chiselled lines. The pommel is globular in shape and has an integral button on top and a pronounced flared neck beneath. The grip is wrapped with a leather binding which covers the original grip covering of surface mounted wire. It was a common restoration practice for curators in the early 20th century to protect sensitive grip surfaces by applying a leather cover in this manner. The base sits on an iron flanged plug mounted onto the inside of the guard plate from which two langets extend through the tang aperture to flank the blade either side for a short distance below the hilt. The single-edged blade has a pronounced fullered ricasso. A broad shallow fuller runs from the hilt underneath the blunt spine of the blade and terminates a short distance from the tip after which the blade is double edged. A second shorter fuller of similar width opposite the first runs each side for the length of the ricasso after which the main cutting edge of the blade begins. An unknown Blade Maker's stamp is applied on each side within the fuller as is an orb and cross mark a short distance away. The blade was probably made in Solingen in Germany. Huge numbers of blades were imported into Britain during the Civil War period to fulfil demand for swords on both Royalist and Parliamentarian sides. The blade is 33.75 inches long (86 cm) and overall the sword measures 40 inches (101.5 cm) long. Stuart C Mowbray in “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, dedicates a section to Mortuary Swords in pages 178 to 225, as does Cyril Mazansky, in “British Basket Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 233 to 280. The similarities between the engraved patterns on the hilts of the swords illustrated in these books and our sword, although they are all somewhat different, shows that the quality of chiselling and engraving present on our sword is of superior quality compared to most other than those known to have been commissioned for nobility of one form or another. This sword is of a style which does not adopt the secondary rear guard bars which appear on some mortuary swords which extend downwards from the side guard bars to fix on the guard plate nearer to the wrist guard edge. The robust and broad expanse of the guard of this sword dispenses with the need as can be seen in the examples present in Mowbray and Mazansky.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £4750.00

Cased Pair of Continental Duellers. A Cased Pair of Continental Duelling Pistols by Blanche of Cherbourg. With sighted swelling barrels, long barrel tangs fitted with folding rear sights, profusely engraved back action locks, signed in gold, half stocked in walnut with swelling butts carved with bands of floral designs at the base with white metal butt caps, white metal barrel bolt escutcheons, and no provision for for ramrods: in original veneered wooden case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories, including powder flask, mallet etc, the exterior of the box with shield shaped escutcheon engraved with the original owners initials ‘L H'. Blanche of Cherbourg Dimensions: Bore: 32 Bore Barrel Length: 9.5 Inches (24.13 cm) Overall Length: 15.5 Inches (39.37 cm)

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code 24840 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare, Archaic Chinese Warrior´s Bronze Jian Sword, Engraved with Seal Script, Around 2,300 to 2,800 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, Including the Period of the Great Military Doctrine ´The Art of War´ by General Sun-

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750

Rare mid-18th century British Cavalry Basket Hilted Sword. A rare mid-18th century British Cavalry Basket Hilted Sword with the hilt made of brass. This distinctive style of sword is amply described in various pieces of literature but examples rarely appear on the market. Robert Brooker states that one battle in which the sword type was used was Dettingen in 1743 (see below for references). This example is in excellent condition. The sword is mounted with an asymmetrical hilt comprised of four vertical bars, with the spaces infilled with three “S” shaped bars, which emanate from the hilt base and terminate by being forged onto a ring around the lower part of the pommel and into which the pommel stem sits. The guard bars of the hilt base are forged into a heart shape around the cross guard bar. The flattened bun shaped pommel is ribbed with an integral button on top. The spirally grooved wooden grip is covered with dark fish skin and bound with brass wire and mounted with brass ferrules top and bottom. This form of grip mount is typical for the type. The hilt retains its original leather liner. The single edged heavy blade is of robust form and tapers to a spear point. The blademaker's mark stamped on each side is of European origin. The blade was probably made in Solingen. Other swords of this type have blades with similar marks which are variants of a cruciform theme and have a spear point. The blade was likely part of a government supply contract given that the base of a government ownership broad arrow mark is stamped on the blade very near the hilt with the crown above most likely obscured by the cross guard bar. Perhaps some other marks are present on the tang hidden by the quillon block and grip which would further indicate government acceptance and ownership. The overall length is 40.75 inches (103 cm) and the blade is 34.75 inches (88 cm) For other similar examples and discussions of this sword type see see the following literature: Robert Brooker, British Military Pistols and Associated Edged Weapons, Colorcraft Ltd, 2016, page 120, fig 24 Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, page 216. Charles Martyn, The British Cavalry Sword from 1600, Pen & Sword Military, 2004, fig 27, page 50. Leslie Southwick, The price Guide to Antique Edged Weapons, Antique Collectors' Club, 1982, page 144, fig 390

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £4,750.00

Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier with Flamboyant Blade, rare & very fine. SN 9029. A Rare Very Fine Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier with Flamboyant Blade. 46&157; overall, 39&157;&194;&160; flamboyant blade with full length narrow fuller, indistinctly signed ´HOAICR AOARO´. Hilt comprising lob cup guard chiselled with a repeated design of flowering foliage and scallop shells, round quillons swelling with button tips, knuckleguard en suite and with central moulding, cushion shaped pommel with button, fluted bone grip. Circa 1630&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 fine sword with a wonderful blade in very good condition, button lacking from one quillion.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code 21865 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning, Historical, Napoleonic War&#acute;s Period, 1796 Pattern Officer´s Combat Sword of William A. Cuninghame, of the 95th

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code 23168 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous & Incredibly Impressive, Historical, Large American Revolutionary Period Flintlock Sea Service Blunderbuss

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,650.00

British 1796 Light Cavalry Sword – Sir John Moore. British 1796 Light Cavalry Sword possibly belonging to Sir John Moore KB The sword is in very good condition and has at some point been refurbished please note small area of the fish skin covered grip is missing. The blade curved and pipe backed being double edged for the last 7 inches forming a spear point. The blade is acid etched with a presentation within a panel which reads WORN BY LIEUTENANT – GENERAL SIR JOHN MOORE K.B WHEN HE WAS SLAIN BY A CANNON BALL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA ON THE 16TH OF JANUARY 1809 – Now there is no way to confirm the inscription although some research was untaken by the previous owner there is no concrete proof. Reference is made to an article written by Geoff Worrall for the Antique Arms & Militaria magazine in August 1981 in which he does detail a similar sword to Lt COLONEL WILLIAM TOMKINSON 1809 – 15 and indicating the sword may have been etched as a family trophy, copy of the article is included. It is complete with matching scabbard with 2 loose rings and age wear. Please note the sword is being sold with no guarantee that the inscription is original however regardless it is a very fine example of a 1796 light cavalry officer&#acute;s sword.