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Nation : British
Local Price : £4375

Click and use the code 20427 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Special Offer Sword of W.C. Cuninghame, Distinguished Hero of the 79th Foot in the Crimean War & Subsequently Elevated, Due to His Gallantry, to a Position WIthin the Queen&#acute;s Bodyguard of H.M Queen Victoria

Nation : British
Local Price : £4350

English Civil War Period Mortuary Sword Circa 1640-1660. An English “Mortuary” hilted sword dating to the middle part of the 17th century and the English Civil War and Protectorate periods. The hilt is of typical form consisting of a broad saucer-shaped guard plate from which three main curved guard bars extend upwards ending with flattened angled terminals screwed into the pommel. 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. On the opposite side of the side bars to the rear another curved bar emanates and joins the dish near its curled ribbed wrist guard which is fashioned from the rear of the plate. The guard plate is covered with chiselled decoration to the outside consisting of four panels one on either side of the blade, one above and one below. The panels contain the bust of a robed man wearing a long wig. Panels between these busts contain mythical sea creatures, or dragons, the meaning of which is unknown. The panels are enhanced by the depth of the chiselling and a lined border around the dish. The guard bars and pommel are decorated with chiselled lines in a fern-like manner. The pommel is globular in shape and has an integral button and a pronounced flared neck. The designs on the hilt are almost identical to those on a sword illustrated in Stuart C Mowbray’s “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, in the York Castle Museum Collection, on pages 222-223, in the section dedicated to Mortuary Swords pages 178 to 225. The similarities between the engraved patterns on the hilts of these swords indicates that sub-groups of common design existed within the overall broad “Mortuary” category which were the signature designs of individual makers and workshops, now unknown. The wooden grip is spirally wrapped with copper strip and twists of copper and has “Turk’s Heads” mounted top and bottom. It 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 from the hilt. The single-edged blade has a pronounced fullered ricasso. A shallow fuller runs from the hilt underneath the spine of the blade almost to the tip. A second shallow fuller runs underneath this nearer the middle of the blade and terminates after 7 inches (18 cm). Blade Maker’s marks are applied each side of the blade in the form of convex facing crescents flanked by small stamps consisting of a crown above an inverted “V” shape which also appears once each side nearer to the hilt. The blade was probably made in Solingen in Germany. Huge numbers of blades were imported into Britain during the Civil War period to fulfill demand for swords on both Royalist and Parliamentarian sides. The blade is 33.75 inches long (85.5 cm) and overall the sword measures 39.5 inches (100.5 cm) long. For a further discussion on Mortuary swords see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket Hilted Swords, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 233 to 280.

Nation : American
Local Price : £4350

Click and use the code 23420 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb Original 11th Century Medieval Knightly Dagger, Made From a Re-Formed Knightly Sword,

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : $7,500.00 CAD

SPANISH CONQUISTADOR CUP HILT RAPIER. SPANISH CONQUISTADOR CUP HILT RAPIER: Circa 1650-1700. Long Flamberge blade 38”, 7/8” wide. “IN SOLINGEN” is engraved in each fuller, with an “S” at the end of each fuller. The “S” is another Solingen mark. The cup hilt is of particular interest as the design on the outward half of the cup is chiseled with an INCA / AZTEC influence. This design unquestionably has the sword connected to the New World (the Americas). The voided areas along the edge and upper portion of the guard are very nicely done. The entire hilt style is of a classic Spanish style and in exceptional condition. This is an extremely rare and important piece. $7,500.00

Nation : British
Local Price : £4250

British Basket Hilted Cavalry Sword Circa 1780. A very nice example of a horseman's basket hilted broad sword made for an Officer in a North British / Scottish Regiment of Dragoons in the mid second half of the 18th century. These swords were issued by the Board of Ordnance to British regiments mainly with Scottish associations and were manufactured in the traditional Scottish style. Swords of this military type were first issued towards the second quarter of the 18th century to officers and men and were used throughout the periods of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Britain's wars in Europe and the American Revolutionary War. They went out of use towards the end of the century when different regulation patterns started to appear. Subtle differences in the features of the hilt indicate that this sword is late in the production period and represents the last phase of its type. It is a rare survivor. The fully formed basket is pierced with hearts and circles in the main front and side panel guards which are also finely fretted at the edges with chevrons and merlons. One of the usual primary frontal guard plates has been replaced in this hilt design with an oval ring in the “horseman” fashion. The hilt is decorated with patterns of incised lines and grooves more profusely than is usual and the oval ring is grooved in a gadrooned manner which is unique for this sword type. These embellishments indicate that the sword is an Officer’s weapon. The arms of the guard are forged onto a circle of iron into which the base of the bun shaped pommel sits. The pronounced button is central to the pommel dome and of separate manufacture. Four grooves radiate from it flanked by narrow incised lines. The original spirally grooved grip is of hardwood and retains its shagreen cover, twisted wire binding and grooved iron ferrules top and bottom. The tapering double edged blade is of fine quality. It has a short ricasso after which a triple fuller commences and extends to a distance 7.5 inches (19 cm) from the tip. The middle fuller is slightly longer than those on its flanks. The blade is 32 inches (81.25 cm) long and overall the sword is 38.25 inches (just over 97 cm) long. Overall the sword is in fine and original condition. The metal parts are very well preserved. The hilt maintains its original profile and is without damage or repairs. For further examples of this sword type, although much plainer and slightly earlier than ours, see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, plate F1e page 97, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA33, and page 125 plate F17c for one in the late Anthony Darling Collection

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,250.00

Land Service Flintlock Heavy Dragoon Pistol, Pattern 1756/81. SN 9098. A Fine & Rare Pattern 1756/81 Land Service Flintlock Heavy Dragoon Pistol. 19 1/2" overall, 12" round steel carbine bore barrel with Kings proof & inspector´s stamp central at the breech, rounded double line engraved lock plate with GR cypher and Government ownership stamp and Tower across the tail, rounded swan neck cock. Figured full stock with apron around the barrel tang & stamped with inspector’s marks including those in the ramrod channel, Ordnance Storekeeper’s mark dated 1786 to the top right of the escutcheon, regulation brass mounts, brass tipped ramrod. Circa 1786&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; In good condition cock screw replaced minor splits to fore end. See De Witt Bailey, Ph.D.,&194;&160;Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, 1997, pp. 62-63 and 84-85, pl.90 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,250.00

English Heavy Cavalry Basket Hilted Broadsword. English Heavy Cavalry Basket Hilted Broadsword c 1740 Super basket formed from flattered bars with the large shield and plated with basic pierced heart design and oval ring to rear. Leather age ribbed grip with cone shaped pommel with lined decoration and engraved with a 24 over 2. The wide broadsword blade with three central fullers which are engraved with SOLINGEN to one side the reverse with ME FECIT spaced with crosses. Overall length 99cm the blade 85cm and 4cm in width and the hilt

Nation : British
Local Price : £4250

Mid-18th Century British Dragoon Basket Hilted Sword. An impressive example of a horseman's basket hilted back sword made for an Officer, or Trooper, of a North British / Scottish Regiment of Dragoons towards the middle and third quarter of the 18th century. These swords were issued by the Board of Ordnance to British regiments and were manufactured in the Scottish manner. They were first issued in the second quarter of the 18th century and were used during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Britain’s wars in Europe and the American Revolutionary War. The sword is a rare example of one that retains its remarkable full length blade of just over 40 inches (102 cm) designed mainly for striking downwards at opposing infantry soldiers with greater reach than the more usual blade lengths of the time could afford. Although many swords of this type are mounted with blades of shorter length, the majority of those that were originally made with this longest type were cut down. This is a rare survivor with its metal parts in extremely well preserved and undamaged condition as visible in the photographs. The fully formed basket is pierced with flanged hearts and circles in the main front and side panel guards which are also finely fretted at the edges with chevrons and merlons. One of the more usual frontal guard plates has been replaced with an oval ring in “horseman” fashion. The arms of the guard are forged onto a circle of iron into which the base of the bun shaped pommel sits. The pronounced button is integral with the pommel and not of separate manufacture. The original grip is of wood which retains its “Turk's Heads” top and bottom. It has lost its shagreen cover and wire binding. The robust single-edged blade has a thick spine and is double edged for the last 19.25 inches (48.5 cm) towards the point. It has a short ricasso and two fullers which commence 4.25 inches from the hilt. One wide broad fuller runs down the middle of the blade to the point and a second narrower fuller runs just underneath the spine to where the blade becomes double edged. Overall the sword is in fine and original condition. For a further example of this sword type see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, plate F1e page 97 for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA33.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,250.00

Naval Flintlock Flare Gun by North, Rare. SN X3061. A Rare Naval Flintlock Flare Gun by North. 23&157; overall, 7 1/2&157; round brass 1 &194;&188;&157; bore barrel, engraved ´Royal Exchange London´ with London Proofs & Foreigners mark. Brass rounded 1755 pattern lock plate with Crown GR & inspector´s mark, ´E. North 1763´ on tail, stamped internally with Crown over ´2´ &194;&160;inspector´s mark and ´VII´ on lock edge, main spring & sear. Swan neck cock & brass pan. Walnut full stock with hand rail butt, with ordnance pattern brass mounts comprising brass trigger guard, butt plate & wrist escutcheon. Brass tipped ramrod. Dated 1763&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; Very rare, never seen another, Ordnance Pattern brass locks are extremely rare. Edward North II apprenticed to his father 1754, & free of Gunmakers Co 1761,Lt in HAC, maker to Hudson Bay Company. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

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 : German
Local Price : $3995.00

Fine Quality German Rapier, ca. 1640. Featuring quality chiseled steel hilt consisting of large down-turned reverse quillon, smaller forward scroll quillon, a shell-shaped downward-angled plate (slightly damaged) extending from the quillon block, large asymmetrical side ring joining the knuckle bow, which is screwed to the ovoid pommel; chiseled ensuite with acanthus on the reverse quillon, side ring, shell plate, knuckle bow, and pommel. Thumb ring on reverse. High quality grip wrapped with several sizes of twisted iron wire and finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Straight, double-edged 35 ½” blade of diamond section, with 6″ double fullers bearing a partially obscured inscription which appears to show the maker's name of Caspar Meiershofer on one side. Meiershofer is recorded as working in Passau. The metal partially cleaned and mostly smooth with minor pin-prick pitting and age staining. Tight and well- balanced. Overall length 41 1/2″.

Nation : American
Local Price : $3995.00

Historic Civil War Inscribed US M1852 Naval Officer’s Sword. The US Model 1852 Naval Officer's sword was introduced in 1852 and is still in parade use with naval officers today. However, those of the Civil War era have distinctly broader blades. It features a cast brass hilt with acanthus decoration and “USN” on the guard, scrolled sea serpent-head quillon, knuckle bow with sea serpent finial connected to the pommel, which depicts acanthus and a US eagle surrounded by 13 stars. The grip is covered with sharkskin (small losses) and brass wire wrap. Slightly curved 27″ single- edged blade profusely etched with maker's name “WH HORSTMAN/& SONS/PHILADELPHIA”, anchors, stands of arms, stars, acanthus, and “USA” in a ribbon. Black leather scabbard of regulation pattern with brass throat, middle carry band, and drag with sea serpent. The throat fitting is inscribed “Charles Ainsworth/U.S.N.” in script on the reverse. Sword and scabbard in fine condition for their age; the blade with sharp etching; the scabbard leather supple with no flaking, drag with shallow dents. Overall length 32 ½”, not including scabbard. Included is a large archive showing Ainsworth's naval service provided by Washington-Lee & Associates Confederate and Union Genealogical Research Charles Ainsworth was born on July 18, 1836 and resided in Maine. He enlisted in the US Navy on July 13, 1860 in Boston and was assigned to the newly commissioned steam sloop USS Richmond, serving aboard her until August, 1863. The Richmond was assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron and participated in the capture of New Orleans, where she was rammed by the Confederate ironclad ram Manassas and struck 17 times by cannon fire while passing the forts south of the city. She was heavily engaged at Port Hudson, where she received damage that killed her executive officer. She departed New Orleans on July 30, 1863 for a major overhaul, around the time when Ainsworth left the ship to be appointed as ensign and Acting Master's Mate on August 3, 1863. As ensign he served aboard the newly acquired gunboat USS Commodore Read, a converted shallow- draft ferry which was ideal for cruising the rivers and creeks around Virginia. During this service he saw heavy action engaging land forces and fortifications. Ainsworth completed his naval service aboard the USS Banshee, a captured blockade runner converted to a navy gunboat, resigning on July 14, 1866 and returning to Maine. Ainsworth served the entire Civil War as either a seaman or officer and saw considerable action, eventually receiving a disability pension in 1896. This historic sword was recently acquired in Maine. Inscribed Civil War era naval swords are far more scarce than those of the land forces.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3995

Click and use the code 21608 to search for this item on the dealer website Spectacular & Beautiful ´Harvey´ British Dragoon Basket Hilted Sword, Culloden Period, With Large King George´s Crown & Cypher Engraved Blade Museum Grade Example

Nation : American
Local Price : $3995.00

Published Presentation US M1850 Foot Officer’s Sword. From its original presentation being published in an 1861 Massachusetts newspaper, to its appearance in a 1986 issue of “The Gun Report”, this sword has a very well-documented, interesting and unique history. This sword was presented to Lt. Edwin F. Richardson on September 25, 1861, its presentation being published at the time in the “Cambridge Chronicle”. Richardson was elected as an officer in the first company organized in Massachusetts for the Civil War, when a call for volunteers was published in the Chronicle on January 5, 1861, before the firing on Ft. Sumter. The company was assigned to the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry, and designated as Company C, sailing from Boston to Ft. Monroe on April 18, 1861, from where it proceeded to the Gosport Naval yard in Virginia to assist in the destruction of the buildings and supplies to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Confederacy. As a 3 month unit, the regiment returned to Cambridge and was disbanded with much fanfare in July of 1861. Richardson, vowing that “he was determined to fight till the war was over, and if need be he would leave his bones to bleach on Southern soil”, then assumed recruiting duties for a company in Cambridge, which became the “Wellington Guards”, to which Richardson was promoted as 1st Lieutenant. At this time, Richardson was presented with this sword, with the Chronicle printing the presentation from Reverend James O. Murray: “I present you this sword in the name and in behalf of the citizens of Cambridge, it is with assurance that it will never rust in its scabbard. We rely on you that no stain of dishonor shall ever dim or tarnish its glittering blade.” This may have been Richardson's proudest moment, but things were about to change for the worse….. The sword is a standard US Model 1850 Foot Officer's Sword, by Palmers & Bachelders of Boston, and so marked on the spine of the blade. The 31 ½” single-fullered blade is profusely etched with stands of arms, scrolling foliage,”US”, an eagle, and Union shield. Brass guard pierced and decorated with scrolling foliage; Phrygian helmet-shaped pommel decorated with a shield surrounded by a border of stars and foliage. The grip is of leather with alternating single and twisted double-strand brass wire wrap. Brown iron scabbard with brass mounts, the throat mount inscribed “Presented/to/E.F. Richardson,/by the/Citizens of Cambridge./1861″, reverse stamped “PALMERS & BACHELDOR/BOSTON/U.S.A. REGULATION”. The sword is a standard US Model 1850 Foot Officer's Sword, by Palmers & Bachelders of Boston, and so marked on the spine of the blade. The 31 ½” single-fullered blade is profusely etched with stands of arms, scrolling foliage,”US”, an eagle, and Union shield. Brass guard pierced and decorated with scrolling foliage; Phrygian helmet-shaped pommel decorated with a shield surrounded by a border of stars and foliage. The grip is of leather with alternating single and twisted double-strand brass wire wrap. Brown iron scabbard with brass mounts, the throat mount inscribed “Presented/to/E.F. Richardson,/by the/Citizens of Cambridge./1861″, reverse stamped “PALMERS & BACHELDOR/BOSTON/U.S.A. REGULATION”. Three days after the sword's presentation, Richardson's company was assigned to the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry, under Colonel Henry Wilson, a noted US Senator and later Vice President under Grant. They soon embarked to Washington and then on into Virginia where they prepared for the siege of Yorktown. Upon the Confederate abandonment of Yorktown, the regiment took possession of the deserted works, suffering their worst casualties to date from mines and booby traps laid by the retreating Confederates. They took part in the battle at Hanover Court House and set up camp nearby, where Richardson's career took a disastrous turn. On June 5, 1862, he was assigned as officer of the guard for the night. When relieved in the morning he was found in a state of gross intoxication, for which he was brought up on charges to be cashiered from the army. His colonel recommended he be allowed to resign in exchange for the charges being dropped, which Richardson did. He left the regiment and the army in disgrace, returning to Cambridge. No doubt this haunted him in his home town, from where he had received this sword, and on which he had left a stain of dishonor. This episode is reminiscent of Ulysses Grant's resignation due to drinking just 8 years earlier while a captain at Ft. Humboldt in California, though it would lead to a much different outcome. A year and a half later, on December 11, 1863, Richardson enlisted as a private in the 56th Massachusetts to regain his honor. He saw his first action at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, the regiment suffering about 85 casualties. After a short rest, the regiment was involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House from May 12, 1864 until the 18th, where it suffered over 100 more casualties. In their final charge on the 18th, Richardson was struck in the arm by a Minie ball and received a massive wound from grape shot in the right leg. Having received little or no medical attention for a week, he was finally taken to the General Hospital in Alexandria, where he died shortly thereafter. His honor was regained by this final and supreme sacrifice. A year and a half later, on December 11, 1863, Richardson enlisted as a private in the 56th Massachusetts to regain his honor. He saw his first action at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, the regiment suffering about 85 casualties. After a short rest, the regiment was involved in the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House from May 12, 1864 until the 18th, where it suffered over 100 more casualties. In their final charge on the 18th, Richardson was struck in the arm by a Minie ball and received a massive wound from grape shot in the right leg. Having received little or no medical attention for a week, he was finally taken to the General Hospital in Alexandria, where he died shortly thereafter. His honor was regained by this final and supreme sacrifice. Sword in very good condition, the blade mostly bright; etching clear and crisp. Brass guard with some of the gilt remaining, the grip with fine original leather and wire. Leather blade washer. Scabbard with some scattered dings and minor dents, retaining nearly all of the original brown on the body. CDV sharp and clear, the reverse with later handwritten “— RICHARDSON/ THIS PICTURE LOCATED/IN SACRAMENTO IN 1959/WITH HIS SASH” Included is a binder of research information on Richardson and the sword, as well as the original CDV depicting an officer in uniform with his sword. Although represented to us as a photo of Richardson, we are not certain it is the same Richardson who owned the sword. The sword, CDV, magazine, and research binder from the George Oldenbourg Collection, and included with purchase.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3995

Click and use the code 24057 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous 18th Century Brass Blunderbuss Barrelled Flintlock Ship´s Captain´s Pistol, c 1760, Tower of London proved

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,950.00

British Naval Officer’s Sword c1800. Excellent sword with gilt brass hilt with decorative extended beak pommel possibly inspired by the Egyptian campaign. The grip is bone bound with gilt wire, single edged curved blade with false damascus pattern. Complete with matching scabbard maker marked Johnstons London two loose rings and frog stud

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,950.00

Georgian British Officers Blue and Gilt Sword. Georgian British Officer&#acute;s Blue and Gilt Sword possibly made for an officer serving in India. The shamshir style gilt hilt with super engraving and complete with chain guard. Single edged curved blade with blue and gilt incorporating trophies of arms and floral decoration plus additional decoration to represent Damascus steel covering three quarters of the blade length. It is complete with matching black leather scabbard with stunning mount the top one maker marked R Johnston late Bland and Foster London please see images. Overall length 89 cm the blade 74 cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £3950

Mid-18th Century British Dragoon Basket Hilted Sword. An impressive example of a horseman's basket hilted back sword made for an Officer, or Trooper, of a North British / Scottish Regiment of Dragoons towards the middle and third quarter of the 18th century. These swords were issued by the Board of Ordnance to British regiments and were manufactured in the Scottish manner. They were first issued in the second quarter of the 18th century and were used during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Britain’s wars in Europe and the American Revolutionary War. The sword is a rare example of one that retains its remarkable full length blade of 38 inches (just over 96 cm) designed mainly for striking downwards at opposing infantry soldiers with greater reach than the more usual blade lengths of the time could afford. Although many swords of this type are mounted with blades of shorter length, the majority of those that were originally made with this longest type were cut down during the working lives of the swords. This is a rare survivor with its metal parts in extremely well preserved and undamaged condition as visible in the photographs. The fully formed basket is pierced with flanged hearts and circles in the main front and side panel guards which are also finely fretted at the edges with chevrons and merlons. One of the more usual frontal guard plates has been replaced in the hilt design with an oval ring in the “horseman” fashion. The arms of the guard are forged onto a circle of iron into which the base of the bun shaped pommel sits. The pronounced button is integral with the pommel and not of separate manufacture. The original spirally fluted grip is of hardwood and has its shagreen cover but retains its wire binding. The robust single-edged blade has a thick spine and is double edged for the last 17.5 inches (44.25 cm) towards the point. It has a short ricasso and two fullers which commence 4.25 inches from the hilt. One wide broad fuller runs down the middle of the blade to the point and a second narrower fuller runs just underneath the spine to where the blade becomes double edged. Overall the sword is in fine and original condition. For a further example of this sword type see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, plate F1e page 97 for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA33.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3950

Rare English “Mortuary” sword, dating to the middle part of the 17th century. A rare English “Mortuary” sword, dating to the middle to third quarter parts of the 17th century and the English Civil War, Commonwealth, Protectorate and Restoration periods. The sword is a rare hybrid type with hilt features common to both contemporary English Mortuary and Walloon swords. The hilt is of typical “Mortuary” form consisting of a broad saucer-shaped guard plate from which three main curved guard bars taper upwards ending with flattened angled terminals screwed into the pommel to secure the structure. The wide back edge of the plate is tightly scrolled downwards to create a wrist guard. The grip sits on top of a flanged plug inside the guard beneath which two short langets extend through the base to secure the blade at the ricasso on either side. Whilst of “Mortuary” type, the hilt differs from the usual form. The guard plate is chiselled on the outside with the outline of two clams, one on either side of the blade, which emulate the side guard plates of English contemporary “Walloon” swords. The insides of these areas are pierced with regular patterns of diamond, circle, and figure of eight shapes, similar to the piercings in the plates of Walloon swords. The oval panel to the front of the guard plate at the base of the knuckle bow is an extension of the plate which is also pierced in the “Walloon” manner. The guard bars are narrower but thicker than the usual flat bars of mortuary hilts. The two secondary guard bars which emit downwards from the knuckle bow either side terminate in pronounced curls which fall short of reaching the side guard bars to which they are usually fixed. Instead, the bars are joined together, and the bottom bar is joined to the plate below. The upper bar is extended to create a crescent which is fixed onto the side guard bar to secure the front and side structures. The middles of the side guard bars are swollen and bisected to create knops and whilst this feature is common, but not exclusive to English Walloon swords, it is not common on mortuary hilts. The curved rear secondary guard bars which extend downwards from the side bars to the plate near the wrist guard terminate in pronounced curls like the secondary bar terminals which emit from the front knuckle bow. The onion shaped pommel is smoothly multifaceted and has an integral button on top and a pronounced flared neck beneath with a collar. It sits on top of a baluster shaped grip with iron ferrules top and bottom bound with wire. The broad, plain, double-edged, tapering blade is imposing and of robust form. It has a short ricasso. The blade was probably made in one of the German blade making centres such as Solingen. Huge numbers of blades were imported into Britain during the Civil War period from Europe to fulfill demand for swords on both Royalist and Parliamentarian sides. Two swords described as mortuary swords, very similar in form to our sword, are illustrated in Cyril Mazansky’s “British Basket Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press 2005, on pages 245 and 246. One is in the Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Reference 1977-167-621, and the other sold through Christies London, lot 54, 7th May 1981. Other Mortuaries with similar secondary guard arrangements are featured on pages 250 and 263. Contemporary English swords of definite Walloon type which display similar features are illustrated in Mazansky on pages 282, 283 and 284, mounted with typical teardrop wrist guards etc. Provenance: John Hardy Collection. Measurements: 34.5 inch blade (87.5 cm), 40.75 inches overall length (103.5 cm). The blade is just over 1.75 inches wide at the hilt 4.75 cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,950.00

Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol. SN R007. A Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol 16 1/2&157; overall, 9&157; round barrel with central proof marks, stepped flat lockplate with crown GR over stamped Mayor, border engraved cock, walnut full stock with long eared butt cap, escutcheon, brass trigger guard and large stepped side plate and ramrod pipe. Stock moulded around barrel tang. In sleepy patinated condition, cock a working life replacement, lacking ramrod.&194;&160; Circa 1760 Thomas Mayor Brass gun furniture maker to the Ordnance 1761-1767, succeeded by his widow Jane 1767-1795 &194;&160;Provenance Robert E Brooker Jr Collection author of British Military Pistols 1603-1888 Collection.No. 137. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,950.00

British 18th Century Basket Hilted Dragoon Sword. British Basket Hilt Dragoon c 1760 heavy cavalry sword with 107cm blade 42 inches, large basket hilt with oval horseman’s ring set into the guard, fish skin grip with secured by silver wire. The large heavy fighting blade with small top fuller has been cleaned smooth some ticks to the edge and measures 4cm at the shoulder in width and is stamped with a maker mark H. Large decorative pommel with tang button overall a large horseman’s fighting sword, overall length 125cm blade 107cm for reference please see Swords and Sword Makers of England and Scotland by Richard Bezdek page 285

Nation : Persian
Local Price : £3950

Click and use the code 23515 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Bronze and Iron Archemeanid Empire Sword From the Time of the Greco-Persian Wars of Xerxes the Great Against the Spartans at Thermopylae.

Nation : -
Local Price : £3,850.00

2nd Scots Troop Horse Grenadier Guards Sword. 18th century 2nd Scots Troop Horse Grenadier Guards basket hilt of regulation form with wire bound fish skin grip, the hilt is engraved with 69 2 TP G G DS The full length blade with centre fuller maker marked S G Harvey and G R and crown overall length 114cm the blade 98cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,850.00

English Cavalry Basket Hilted Broadsword. English Cavalry Basket Hilted Broadsword c 1740 – 50 full basket with good patina pieced with squares and dots, large dome pommel with extended tang button. The grip fish skin secured with brass wire, would assume due to condition this has been replaced at some point. The broad double edged blade, with threes small fullers towards the hilt and a central one running the full length of the blade, they are stamped with small stars and crosses. Overall length 97 cm the blade 81.5 cm and 4.5cm in width

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £3775

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 2,300 to 2,600 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Chin Dynasty, Including the Period of the Great Military Doctrine ´The Art of War&acu

Nation : Italian
Local Price : 4,850.00 USD

AN ITALIAN CRAB CLAW BROADSWORD DATED 1644.. So-called crab claw form hilt after its curved cross guard. See Armi Bianche Italiane, pl.585-91 for related examples and particularly pl.586 which is closely related. Iron hilt with radially fluted shell guard and fluted pommel. Oval ring guard with scalloped medial and matching scallops to the quillon terminals. Iron wire wrapped grip. 31 ¾ d.e. blade of flattened diamond section. The front with large 1644 and the reverse with the running wolf mark chiseled. This is an infantry sword of well know type. Its blade length is calculated to optimize its effect for close hand to hand fighting. At the time, Venice was a city state which encompassed most of north of the Italian peninsula and the territories north and east of the Adriatic. It was the power which held the Ottoman Turks in check. Her fleet of over 3000 ships protected the coastline from marauding Turks and pirates both on land and at sea. This sword likely saw service aboard a ship as well as on land.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3750

Fine Hanoverian Georgian Officer’s Side Arm with Paktong Mounts – Second Half of the 18th Century. A fine Georgian Officer’s Side Arm, engraved on its blade with the crowned British Royal Arms, crowned GR cypher, and on the spine with “Fabrique Royale a Hertzberg”, all highlighted in rich gilt. Hertzberg is a town in Lower Saxony and part of the state of Hanover. The weapon is of heavy construction and was made in Hertzberg as a military side arm for an officer serving the House of Hanover in a regiment recruited to serve British interests in the second half of the 18th century. Swords dating to the 18th century with blades of this size are often referred to under a general ill-defined umbrella as “Hunting Swords”, and the curved bladed versions “Hunting Hangers”. The term “Hunting” attached to these smaller proportioned swords, compared to the usual full length types, is something of a misnomer. These weapons were primarily intended for offence, or defence, with regard to people, not animals. Some made in the UK were most certainly intended for military use. In his portrait Vice-Admiral John Benbow, who died in 1702, wears armour in a naval scene and is holding a robust early hanger of later cutlass proportions, and clearly intended for use in close quarter melee when ships were boarded in naval warfare. During the 18th century a number of German states hired out their troops in commercial enterprises to fight for the armies of vying nations at war in Europe. One of these states, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire, was Hanover. Its Elector, George, became King George I of England In 1714, after which he ruled the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Electorate of Hanover. Hanover was one of the states that raised troops for foreign service and as a result, Britain inherited with its new king, established diplomatic routes through which German troops could be recruited into British service. For instance, the Seven Years War in Europe, from 1756 to 1763, started with George II as king and ended with George III. When Britain’s need for foreign assistance was at its highest at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, treaties were signed with these German states and around 40,000 German troops were recruited into British service at this time. Although generally grouped as “Hessian”, these troops were recruited from a wide range of different states including: Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Hanau, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Ansbach-Bayreuth, Waldeck, Anhaldt-Zerbst and of course Hanover. The troops were recruited mainly as fully organised units or regiments rather than as individual recruits to be absorbed into the British military. Clearly there was a loyalty from the troops recruited in Hanover to their paymaster King George III who was also their own ruler. So it is no surprise to find evidence of this on their weaponry which was probably also well represented on other regimental regalia, colours, etc, although little has survived. Interestingly, Herzberg was an established town 56 miles (90 km) from the state capital of Hanover. Its industries included the production of armaments for the Hanover forces. Other than as indicated by the quality of the blade and its gilt highlighted decoration, the prestige of this weapon is further enhanced by the mounts which are made of Paktong (Chinese Silver). More of this attractive metal was imported into France and Germany from China compared to England at the time. It seems clear therefore that the side arm was most likely made in Hertzberg for an officer in an infantry regiment recruited in Hanover for service with the British Army in the American Revolutionary War period. The British royal arms on the blade in style date to before 1803. The sword consists of a sturdy cross-guard with counter-facing flattened swollen terminals, one of which is stamped with the maker’s mark “I K”, and a downward facing shell guard with a moulded border. The grip is of natural stag horn, spirally bound with chain, with a ribbed ferrule at the base, and a ribbed domed cap on top with an integral button. The military style leather scabbard is stitched down one side and retains its chape and mouthpiece. The thick, heavy blade is exquisitely forged with a single deep fuller extending just underneath the back edge for three quarters of its length after which it is double edged. A second, broader, shallower fuller extends between the first fuller and the cutting edge to the tip. It has a short ricasso, after which a panel on one side is engraved with the crowned Royal Arms and the crowned GR cypher on the reverse side. These features are enhanced with strapwork and acanthus, all highlighted in rich gilt. The overall length is 25.75 inches (65.5 cm). The blade length is 19.75 inches (just over 50 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £3750

Late 17th century Silver Mounted Hanger by Thomas Vicaridge of London with slave trade associations.. An important hanger by the accomplished cutler and silversmith Thomas Vicaridge of London. The hanger is distinctive because of its blackamoor head pommel which means the hanger probably has slave trade associations. The hanger is featured in Howard L Blackmore, “The blackamoor swords”, Royal Armouries Yearbook, Volume 3, 1998, pages 74 and 75, Figs 14a and b. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries when swords were a popular weapon for gentlemen, hangers were a robust secondary side arm used for self-defence when hunting and travelling. They were also used in parts of the British Army and Navy. Hangers appear in some military portraits of the time. The high quality hanger described here was a gentleman's weapon. The knuckle bow is stamped with Thomas Vicaridge's first pre-Britannia maker's mark of “T V” in raised relief inside a shield, with a three point crown above, and a pellet below which dates the hanger to 1682 to 1697. Vicaridge lived in exciting times as London was remodelled in the decades after the turbulence of the Civil War period, the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666. The city was more outward looking, international trade was growing, military success was being achieved abroad and more interest and investment was being expressed in art and culture. Vicaridge was one of the leading craftsmen of his day and the quality of his work represents the styles and fashions of late 17th and early 18th century Baroque London. The hilt is comprised of a bold faceted quillon block with a downward facing flattened circular rear quillon pierced and chased with a cherub's head on top of a double scroll. The knuckle bow is of flattened oval section and swollen in the middle where it is pierced with a foliate panel inside a cartouche on each side. The pommel cap is scalloped around its folded edge which envelopes the natural stag antler grip with its pronounced “V” shaped groove on top. The pronounced blackamoor head sits prominently in this groove protected by its sides. The terminal of the knuckle bow is fixed into the pommel rim with the tip placed into the mouth of the blackamoor to emulate the playing of a musical instrument. The grip has a silver ferrule at its base with a scalloped edge. Thomas Vicaridge completed his apprenticeship with Joseph Jones, a London Cutler, on 25th April 1682 when he was sworn “Free” upon completion of his term of servitude at a well-attended meeting at Cutler's Hall. Until 1697, along with other silversmiths, Vicaridge used his own mark as described above and stamped it onto this sword. Two examples of this mark are struck onto a copper plate still preserved at Goldsmith's Hall in London. In 1697, with the advent of the Higher, or “Britannia”, Standard for silver, smiths were required to record a new punch mark bearing the first two initials of their surnames. As a result, Vicaridge recorded the mark “VI” with a crown above and pellet below inside a shield. This mark was used from 1697 onwards until his death in 1715. Only a few surviving edged weapons by this maker are known and all are of high quality. The slightly curved single edged blade is 20 inches long (51 cm) and is forged with a short ricasso and a wide shallow central fuller which extends from the hilt almost to the pointed tip on both sides. A narrower, deeper fuller runs from the hilt underneath the blunt back edge for four fifths of the blade length after which it is double edged for the remainder of its length to the tip. The sword is in good condition and has survived the centuries well. The hilt has retained its attractive shape and contours. There is some wear to the blade which has a light layer of old pitting and the stamps of Vicaridge are worn. There are two stamps both on one side of the knuckle bow. One is located underneath the central cartouche and is discernible whilst the remains of the other located above the cartouche is just realisable but only in light of the first. Swords and other valuable ornaments were produced featuring blackamoor heads as exotic adornments for European nobility for centuries before our hanger was made by Vicaridge. In his paper published in 1998 Howard L Blackmore explored the subject of “The blackamoor swords”. In the last part of this study he describes four English silver hilted hangers of the late 17th century with blackamoor heads which he thought at the time was the entire known population. He describes these as the “last of their kind” at a time when the blackamoor had lost much of its mystical appeal and after which it did not appear again in the same manner as it did in the past. By the end of the 17th century black Africans were reduced to being perceived more as slaves and trade cargo. In his conclusion he suggests in explanation for the swords that they may have been made for members of a secret society or bizarre club in London that used the blackamoor head as its emblem. This is unlikely. Figure 15 illustrated by Blackmore shows a sword by Thomas Vicaridge which he dates to around 1700. Significantly the middle of the knuckle guard has a royal bust with a crown above which undoubtedly represents an English monarch. This is not a one-off. A similar bust appears on another sword by Thomas Vicaridge with a blackamoor head pommel recently sold through our business. There were probably many more made which have not survived. The link between the royal bust and the blackamoor head should be explored further. The ruling monarchs of England held a monopoly on the British slave trade through the Royal African Company that lasted from 1660 to 1698. Vicaridge's mark on the sword we recently sold dates to 1682 to 1697. Blackmore dates his Figure 15 to “about 1700” indicating that the date is uncertain. The hanger is described as in a private collection and is not available for examination. It is probable that both hangers were worn as symbols by employees and others to affirm their association with the Company, engaged because of the Crown's involvement in the slave trade, either before or after the monopoly was opened up, and English merchants were allowed access to this business. The bust together with the blackamoor pommel seems sufficient to establish a connection between both these hangers and royal patronage of the slave trade. Subsequently is follows that hilts mounted with the blackamoor heads and not stamped with the royal busts have the same association. The sword featured here is illustrated in Figure 14a and b by Blackmore. However, there are errors in his description. Blackmore dates the sword by its hallmarks to 1702 yet none are present and he does not acknowledge the presence of Vicaridge's pre-Britannia stamp on the knucklebow. Of the four “blackamoor” hangers in Blackmore's paper three are complete and one is a detached grip. So five hilts of this type are now known. Blackmore assumed that the swords may not have all been made by Vicaridge. However, of the population of five, three are known to be by Vicaridge. The marks on the other two are probably too worn to identify a maker or have not been examined well enough. However, the workmanship involved in these two hilts is so similar to the other three blackamoor swords by Vicaridge, and other surviving swords by Vicaridge with more usual pommels, that we can reasonably assume he made all of the blackamoor pommel silver hilted hangers. Some of these other surviving hangers with more usual pommels are discussed in a paper by Leslie Southwick published in the Royal Armouries Yearbook (Volume 5 in 2000) alongside other swords by Vicaridge. The styles of grip, ferrules, guards and quillon terminals are notably similar to the blackamoor pommel group. Taking into account all of the above, production of these blackamoor pommel hangers can be tied to a short time period at the very end of the 17th century and it would seem that Vicaridge alone was specifically commissioned to make these hangers for reasons and by people now unknown who were associated with the slave trade.

Nation : ?
Local Price : £3750.00

Good 4 Barrel Pistol. A Good 4 Barrel Flintlock Pistol by J & W Richards, London. With turn-off barrels numbered from ‘4' to ‘7', border engraved breeches and action in one piece, the action decorated with scrolling foliage and signed, ‘J & W RICHARDS' on an oval surrounded by stands of arms to the right, with tap action, sliding pan cover to the left, engraved with foliage and signed ‘London' in script, engraved thumb-piece safety catch that also locks the pan, trigger guard decorated with a flower head on the bow, figured swelling butt with vacant oval escutcheon, silver hallmarked butt-cap with lanyard ring. J & W Richards Dimensions: Bore: 80 Bore Barrel Length: 3.5 Inches (8.89 cm) Overall Length: 10.5 Inches (26.67 cm)

Nation : ?
Local Price : £3750.00

Untouched Pair of Belt Pistols. A Cased Pair of Percussion Belt Pistols by Askey of Bedale. With browned sighted octagonal barrels, signed Isaac Askey Bedale, along the top flats, profusely engraved breech block, with underslung stirrup ramrods, foliate engraved box-lock actions fitted with sliding safety catches retaining most of their original finish, blued foliate engraved trigger guards, case-hardened butt caps with hinged butt traps, finely chequered grips. In their original lined and fitted case with all of their original accessories including three-way powder flask, bullet mould, oil bottle, etc. The case has (what I believe to be) a replacement trade label. In good working order. ASKEY Dimensions: Bore: 20-Bore Barrel Length: 4.75 Inches (12 cm) Overall Length: 9 Inches (23 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £3750

Click and use the code 21241 to search for this item on the dealer website 18th Century Royal French Long Holster Pistols, Seven Years War Period Officer&#acute;s Flintlocks, Circa 1750

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : 4,800.00 USD

FLAMBERGE OR DUELING RAPIER C.1620-45 ENGLISH OR DUTCH.. The second quarter of the 17th century was a period of civil war and cultural unrest in Europe. At the social level, allegiances and political or religious conviction could lead to physical confrontations, which among the upper class took the form of duels. The evolution of fencing techniques in Italy influenced swordsmanship throughout Europe and duels were a format for applying those skills. Specialized dueling swords, of which this is one, suited for fighting to the death or first blood developed. Other examples are #A676 of the Wallace Collection, M2-1950, Victoria and Albert Museum, and #30, Valentine, from the Ansel Leo Collection. The last 4 3/4" of the blade is expanded to leaf shape for delivery of the slashing cut stramazzone, which, if executed to the cheek of the opponent, could end the duel depending on the rules under which it was fought. As grabbing the opponents blade was allowable, it also served to dislodge the sword in that circumstance. It was equally suitable for fighting to the death. The double guards are filled with lattice panels which were sacrificial-intended to be penetrated by and briefly engage an opponents blade. They are brazed in and would be replaced if damaged before another duel. In this instance, both plates bear distinct sword intrusions and it is likely that the owner chose to preserve the sword in this state as a trophy of this last duel. 38 3/4" length blade.