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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 : £3400

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword dating to the second quarter of the 17th century. The original scabbard is of scarce early form made from hollowed slats of wood covered with leather stitched along the middle on one side. It lacks its iron furniture apart from the crimped iron chape. It is in poor condition with the wooden core exposed and broken in the middle. The scabbard appears to have been snapped or at least damaged towards the chape and now repaired. The scabbard is stitched along the middle of the inner side and retains its two scalloped iron suspension mounts on the outer side which are of early form. The scabbard tip has been reinforced at its join with the chape. The scabbard retains remnants of its original lined decoration. The double-edged blade is of lenticular section and gently tapers to its tip. It has a pronounced ricasso extending for just under 2 inches (4.5 cm) from the hilt with a pronounced fuller inside each blunt edge. From the end of the ricasso three fullers extend for 7.5 inches along the middle stamped with “ANDRIA” in the middle fuller on one side and “FERARA” in the middle fuller on the reverse side with patterns of crosses to the sides and in the fullers above and below. Beyond the fullers on one side is a group of small orb and cross marks. The shoulders of the ricasso fit into a shallow rectangular shaped aperture purposely cut to secure the blade underneath the cross hilt. The hilt resembles the basket guards of a number of Scottish swords illustrated in Cyril Mazansky's “British Basket-Hilted Swords” (Boydell Press 2005), and in particular references D9, D10, D10a and D10b on pages 80 to 82. These swords have similar hilt structures and engraved line patterns to the frontal guard panels. These swords are housed in various important collections including Blair Castle in Perthshire, the Marischall Museum in Aberdeen, and The Royal Armouries. Two further similar swords housed in the National Museums of Scotland, are illustrated in John Wallace, Scottish Swords & Dirks, 1970, Arms and Armour Press, figs 23 and 25. For a further examination of this sword type see: Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishers, 2013, section 10 entitled “The So-Called Irish Hilt Sword, pages 110 to 126, for examples similar to our sword and English variants, particularly that shown on pages 114 and 115. The blade is 30.75 inches (78 cm) long and the overall length of the sword is 36 inches (99.5 cm). The sword hilt is in russet condition. One guard bar has cracked at its join with the top of the knuckle bow. One of the lateral bars extending out from the cross bar is broken. There is a working life riveted repair to the inside of one of the side guard bars. The blade has been protected by the scabbard and is in fine condition with minor shallow patches of blackened age.

Nation : American
Local Price : $3295.00

Civil War Presentation US M1850 Staff & Field Officer’s Sword. In 1850, the US Army designated two sword models for commissioned infantry officers; the M1850 Foot Officer's Sword and the M1850 Staff & Field Officer's Sword. The foot officer's sword was to be for company-level officers of the rank of Captain and below, while the staff & field sword was for officers of the rank major and above. However, in actual practice they were interchangeable and ownership apparently had little or nothing to do with rank. Both model swords followed the same basic design, with the only difference being that the staff & field sword had a cutout “US” worked into the design of the guard. This example features gilt cast brass guard of standard form, pierced and decorated with classical foliate design and “US” on the upper obverse face; integral knuckle bow joining the capstan pommel. The wood grip is covered with shagreen and wrapped with twisted brass wire (wire broken and missing a few turns). Slightly curved single-edged 30 3/4″ blade with wide and narrow fullers, profusely etched with foliage, stands of arms, and maker's name “W. H./Horstman/& Sons/PHILADELPHIA” just below the guard; “IRON PROOF” etched on the spine. Brown metal scabbard with gilt brass mounts, the upper carry band engraved “Presented to/CAPT N. L. HAWLEY/by his Democratic friends/of Lockport”. While he is not listed in the Civil War Database of soldiers, Norman L. Hawley was a captain in the Lockport Light Artillery, attached to the 4th Illinois Cavalry. Illinois records show he mustered in on July 31, 1861. The 4th Illinois Cavalry officially began service on September 26, 1861 and was consolidated into the 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1865. The regiment saw action at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, and the battles of Coffeeville and Egypt Station. Further research would likely reveal more information about Captain Hawley, and a book was published on the history of the 4th Illinois Cavalry in 1903, now available in reprint. Except for the grip wire, the sword is in very good condition, with about 40% original gilding on the hilt; the blade is very good plus, with bright frosty finish and clear markings. Overall length 36 ½”, not including scabbard.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,250.00

Georgian 21st Royal Scotch Fusiliers Officer&#acute;s Mameluke. 21st Royal Scotch Fusiliers Officer&#acute;s Mameluke c 1815 – 1820 gilt brass decorative hilt with bone grips secured by two studs. The single edged blade with clip point and etched in gold with thistleÂ and regimental badge the reverse with floral decoration. Complete with metal scabbard with three gilt mounts repainted and officer&#acute;s sword knot. Submission reference: ZPS39U5K Information: Blade Length: 73cm Overall Length: 86cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,250.00

Basket Hilted Sword Royal Horseguards, rare. Ref 9215. A Rare Royal Horseguards Basket Hilted Sword. 41&157; overall, 35 1/2&157; broad blade with twin fullers with GR crown to one side and ´Harvey´ engraved on the other. Basket hilt welded from pierced panels and straps, bun shaped pommel, leather grip with twisted wire. No scabbard Circa 1755&194;&160; An attractive large sword in good condition, blade engraving faint.&194;&160;&194;&160; Provenance Robert E Brooker Jr Collection author of British Military Pistols 1603-1888.&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £3250

Fine 1798 Pattern Scottish Highland Infantry Officers’ Sword with Original Scabbard. A fine example of the distinctive basket hilted sword introduced for Scottish Infantry officers in Highland Regiments in 1798. It was replaced by the regulation steel basket hilt 1828 pattern three decades later. The sword type was used throughout the Napoleonic War period. This sword is in fine original uncleaned condition and retains its scabbard. The bronze hilt and scabbard mounts were once covered with a gilt finish much of which has now worn away or is hidden under the patina. An inscription on the knucklebow reads “UNION LODGE NO 555 Carlisle”. It would seem that at some time the sword was gifted to the Masonic Lodge in Carlisle. Carlisle is an English town near the Scottish border. The hilts of these swords were most usually made of gilt copper, bronze or brass. The hilt of this sword is of gilt bronze and made of rounded bars and flattened plates in the usual manner with forward loop guards and a swollen solid wrist guard terminal extending from the rear quillon. The upper terminals of the guard arms are fixed onto a ring inside which the stem of the mushroom shaped pommel is fitted. The pommel is dome-shaped with a large separate waisted pommel button on top from which four sets of decorative grooves flanked by narrower lines radiate to the pommel edge. The double-edged gently tapering blade is 32.75 inches (83 cm) long and in fine condition. Typically it is of lenticular section with a short ricasso. A central fuller commences a short distance from the hilt on each side and is 9 inches (23 cm) long. The blade is unmarked and probably a German import which was the norm for this sword type and most probably of Solingen manufacture. The grip is of spirally grooved wood covered with shagreen held in place with thin ropes of twisted copper wire flanked with plainer thinner wire now coloured with age. It is mounted with gilt bronze ferrules top and bottom which are incised with decorative lines. The scabbard is in fine condition made with a wooden core covered with granulated leather stitched along the middle on one side. The mouthpiece and middle band retain their ring carrying mounts. The chape has a knopped terminal. For other examples of the 1798 type see: Harvey J S Withers, “The Scottish Sword 1600-1945”, Paladin Press, 2009, pages 13 to 151 and Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, Boydell Press, 2005, pages 131 to 133.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3250

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 : French
Local Price : £3,250.00

French Flintlock Long Barrelled Rifled Pistol. Ref X3391. A French&194;&160;Flintlock Long Barrelled Rifled Pistol. 15 &194;&190;&157; overall, 6 &194;&190;&157; 70 bore turn off rifled three stage cannon barrel, plain octagonal breech and tang, rounded bevelled &194;&160;cock, figured half stock with apron around the barrel tang. Iron mounts comprising sideplate, spurred pommel of flattened ovoidal form, and trigger guard. Circa 1670 Rare early pistol in aged condition, old rusting to metal parts, stock with chips and a split. &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 : £3250

Click and use the code >23387 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb Late 18th Century, Napoleonic Wars British Officer´s Sabre With a French ´Trophy´ Blade, With An Ancient Egyptian Goddess Wadget Entwined Serpent British Hilt

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,245.00

Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss by P. Jackson. SN X3241. A&194;&160; Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss by P. Jackson. 29 1/2&157; overall, 141/2" ring turned brass octagonal to round three stage barrel flared at the muzzle, with cannon barrel turnings, signed on the top ’R. Jackson London’. Struck with Post 1813 Birmingham proofs and Birmingham Tombstone mark, with steel flick bayonet. Stepped flat lockplate, swan necked cock, roller on feather spring. The trigger guard has a pineapple finial, the brass buttplate engraved with floral patterns on the tang. Walnut full stock chequered at the wrist. &194;&160;Original horn tipped ramrod with worm retained by 2 brass ramrod pipes. In good condition. Circa 1815. &194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&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 : 4,500.00 USD

AN EXTREMELY RARE SCOTTISH PLUG BAYONET C.1690. This example, with 9" blade, belongs to a group of daggers with similar blades and guards, decorated in silver as is this one, many of which bear Jacobite mottos. They have spatulate profile reeded bog oak grips. A very few, as this one are mounted as plug bayonets. The hilt is darkly grained bog oak with a silver ferrule and silver flower head disk at the top. The Jacobite Rebellion came at a time when the plug bayonet had reached its greatest popularity and this is the Scottish separatists rendition. Provenance: J. F. R. Winsbury Collection

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,400.00 USD

RARE EXPERIMENTAL US M.1860 CUTLASS. Unmarked but obviously produced by Ames as the tooling specifically compares to production examples made for Civil War use which are encountered both marked (usually with 1862 date) and unmarked. The pattern was adopted in two variations for officer and seaman. The officer's pattern (Peterson #140) varied from the seaman's with scrolling foliage on the pommel. As well, the semi bowl guard was fluted cut out (pierced) with U S N. This example is fluted, but not pierced and the pommel is plain, without the floral scroll as adopted. The grip and scabbard conforming to the adopted pattern. The distinctive features are the guard, absolutely identical to officer's swords but not pierced with the universal U S N. The key is the tooling: The guard accords in detail and dimensions with the production examples, indicating that the dies had been produced at the time when this sample was submitted. The other distinguishing feature is that the blade is unmarked, indicating that it was a prototype. In our collection for 40 years, it has been shown to those who need to see it with no constructive result, verifying its one of a kind identity. Clearly made by Ames, it represents the step before approval for production of the 1862 cutlass, possibly contending for approval as either the enlisted man's or officer's pattern. That dated Ames cutlass' are dated 1862 and the Civil War broke out in April 1861 after 7 states declared their succession in February 1861 indicates that an immediate call for securing the coasts, the source of supply for the South, was made. The 1841 cutlass was Old School based on the Napoleonic/post-Napoleonic model of heavy blade suitable for whacking as a last resort. The 1860 cutlass was a cut (marginally) and thrust weapon and notably the only swords, other than cavalry, which were primary weapons. The dependence by the South on imports by sea foretold the need for extensive naval action to choke off the supply necessitating maximizing naval resources including adopting an improved cutlass.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $5895.00 CAD

ITALIAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER. ITALIAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER: Circa 1640. wonderful 40½ inch blade, 1⅛ inch wide. Original wire wrapping with Turk's heads at each end. A very plain but graceful hilt. Maker's initials “A.C.” are faintly visible on the tang. Maker's stamps of 3 dots on the cross-guard. $5895.00

Nation : ?
Local Price : 4,300.00 USD

EUROPEAN SMALLSWORD C.1750. Perhaps Flemish, this sword bears the name of the seller, Bressard, of rue du Madeline, Brussels, at the forte. Above, an angle with flag and impaled coronet indicating the nobility of its owner. The iron hilt is beautifully enriched with high relief figures of military arms, musical instruments flags, foliage and the globe, on a rich gold ground. The elements have symbolic meaning, some, such as the globe, obvious, and others more specific to its time and circumstances. Originally, many swords were finely crafted and richly decorated like this, however, examples retaining their original beauty and detail are quite scarce. 31 7/8" length blade.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3000

Rare British Infantry Basket Hilted Sword with ANDRIA FARARA marked blade circa 1735 to 1765. A fine British “three-quarter” basket hilted sword made for British infantry soldiers of the line in the mid 18th century. The sword is mounted with a fine quality tapering, double edged, Solingen-made, broad sword blade. The hilt is formed in the traditional manner for the half of the guard that protects the outside of the hand of a right handed user. In this respect a vertical oblong shaped guard plate is fitted between the flattened knuckle bow and the side guard bar. Then a similar flattened bar with merlons at the base is fitted between the side guard bar and the rear guard bar. On the other side, the usual side guard bar takes the same form as the knucklebow, and the space between these two flattened bars is occupied by a single, stretched, “S” shaped bar. There is no further protection for the hand on this side of the hilt. Clearly this design of hilt, unique in our experience, assumes that the inside hand of the user can be more economically protected with fewer bars than on the outside which is a deviation from the more usual basket hilt forms of the time. The downward curled wrist guard which extends from the cross guard at the rear and the forward loop guards which appear on more usual basket hilt designs are present. The pommel is of bun shaped type typical of British military swords of the mid 18th century. It has a multi-faceted button of separate manufacture from which fluted ridges radiate towards the mid line of the pommel. This elaborate feature is hand crafted and a quality embellishment in advance of the usual plain surfaces usually encountered with this pommel type. The original grip is made of hardwood covered with leather. It is spirally grooved bound with twisted brass wire flanked with narrower wire either side. Iron ferrules are applied top and bottom of the grip. The hilt retains its original red woollen fringe and stitched leather liner covered with red velvet on the outside and the remains of its stitched blue silken hem. The double edged blade tapers to its tip and has a short ricasso. A double fuller extends for 9 inches from the hilt after which an elaborate cruciform shape is incised into the blade on each side. Each fuller is stamped with “ANDRIA FARARA” each side with the words separated and flanked by pairs of “X” marks. The blade is almost certainly of German manufacture from one the the main European blade making centres such as Solingen. The slimmed down hilt design was a new innovation for the time deemed appropriate for infantry use. This measure is not a cost saving consideration in the manufacturing process, because the sword is a high quality although plain weapon, made up of sturdy, thick, well worked bars to the hilt, and mounted with a fine blade. The remarkable painting in the Royal Collection attributed to David Morier (1705? to 1770) entitled “An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745”, painted circa 1753, shows British line infantry repulsing a charge by Highlanders. The depiction of the weapons is deemed important by historians, because Morier is thought to have used actual combatants that took part in the battle as models with the weapons used. Of significance here are the swords carried by the British line infantry soldiers. These are basket hilted swords with typical bun pommels mounted with guards of three quarter size, similar to our sword, although the arrangement of the bars is slightly different. This may be due to artistic convenience / negligence on the part of Morier, or more likely, is indicative of slight variations in the way colonels often commissioned weapons manufacture for their individual regiments. See: https://www.rct.uk/collection/401243/an-incident-in-the-rebellion-of-1745 Measurements: The blade is 31.75 inches (80.5 cm) long and overall the sword is 38.25 inches long (97 cm). The ricasso is .75 of an inch long (2 cm). The fullers are 9 inches long (23 cm).

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2995

Click and use the code >25720 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous, French, Napoleonic Wars, &#acute;Year 13&#acute; Cuirassier Sword, Manufactured at Versailles in the Grand Armee Period, Circa 1805. AP, Blade Stamped With L´Atelier Precision Paris, & Fasces, Paris Blade Workshop. Battle of Austerlitz Up

Nation : British
Local Price : £2995

Click and use the code >24766 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful & Massive Ancient Bronze Age Long Sword Circa 1200 to 800 BC. As Used From Before and Including the Greco-Persian Wars, Such as the Battles of Marathon & Thermopylae. As Used in Hand To Hand Combat Between Xerxes´ Immortals, and The Hoplit

Nation : -
Local Price : $2995.00

Ottoman Silver-encrusted Flintlock Pistol, ca. 1800. Featuring tapering three-stage round barrel of approximately .65 caliber, stamped with false proofs and signature “T. RICHARDS & Co LONDON”. Flintlock mechanism featuring swan-neck cock and banana-shaped lock plate, each chiseled with floral décor in relief; the raised decoration polished, with the background blackened. Flash pan with silver highlights. Grooved frizzen face, a mark of Ottoman-made flintlocks. Walnut full stock, profusely inlaid with silver wire in scrolling foliate design. Silver mounts, including side plate, trigger guard, fore end cap, ramrod thimbles, and butt cap; each with floral decoration in relief on blackened background. Silver-tipped wood ramrod. Exceptional quality, with some silver loss, primarily on the reverse near the barrel. Small slivers of wood missing on reverse near the barrel and also bordering the butt cap.

Nation : British
Local Price : $2995.00

Silver Inlaid Pillow Sword, ca. 1660, Probably English. This type of sword often called a “pillow sword” due to its small size and the thought that it could be hidden under one’s pillow to protect against an intruder. The smaller flattened hilt would certainly make it easier to hide under a pillow, though there is no known evidence to support this type of sword being used in this way. Alternatively, the sword would be right at home with a gentleman at court. This example features a chiseled iron hilt, with short down-curved rounded quillons. 4-sided ovoid pommel with button, and grip wrapped with alternating plain and twisted silver wire, finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Hilt is blackened with solid silver inlaid decoration depicting foliage and fruits, surrounded by tiny silver pellets. Double-edged 30 1/8” (76.5 cm) blade of lens section with central fuller and long ricasso showing faint traces of engraved decoration. Hilt retains nearly all of its original blackening and silver inlay, wire wrap slightly loose at the top, and remains of wax in recesses. Blade with very light pitting and age staining. Overall length 36” (91.5 cm). High quality sword in very good condition for its age.

Nation : -
Local Price : $2995.00

Silver Inlaid Transitional Rapier/Smallsword, Late 17th/Early 18th C. The second half of the 17th C and early 18th C brought significant changes to the swords worn by European gentlemen. During the first half of the 17th C blade lengths gradually increased, as it was thought the extra length would give a reach advantage in a duel. Hilts also had to be larger and heavier to balance the longer blades. It became such a problem at the English court that Queen Elizabeth decreed that sword blades could not exceed 36”. However, in most countries the blade lengths continued to increase until about the mid-17th C, with some blades nearing 5 feet in length. At some point, it was determined that a shorter, lighter sword could get inside the reach of a long rapier and defeat it. This caused blade lengths to start shortening, with hilt sizes decreasing as well. However, many of the features of the earlier rapiers remained, gradually transitioning to the smallsword most typically associated with the 2nd half of the 18th C. The sword offered here is of the late transitional period, having a smaller hilt with pas d’ane, asymmetrical shell guard, knuckle bow, and small ovoid pommel. It has a grip wrapped with alternating strands of twisted silver and brass wire, with matching Turks heads top and bottom, a feature found mostly on 17th C pieces, but continued into the early 18th C as well. The double-edged 29 5/8” (75 cm) blade has a long lens-section ricasso, the balance of hexagonal section. The upper third is engraved with foliage and sun faces, filled with gold. The feature most associated with the transitional period is the manner of hilt decoration. Rather than the cast brass and silver hilts, sometimes gilded, of the later 18th C smallswords, this example is of blackened chiseled steel, with chiseled grooves into which solid silver was pounded and shaped to form the design. The striking contrast between the blackened background and the raised silver decoration produced a very attractive hilt. It was a much more time-consuming method than later examples and that is why it gradually gave way to later methods. It retains its original black leather-covered wood scabbard (drag and one carry ring missing), with high quality black steel mounts decorated with silver; the throat depicting a drummer in uniform with castle in the background, reverse with stand of arms and vacant oval escutcheon. Blade very good, with mostly crisp engraving and areas of light pitting. The hilt with small silver losses, greater on the pommel. Overall length 36” (91 cm).

Nation : German
Local Price : $2995.00

German Swept Hilt Rapier, Early 17th C. Forged steel hilt of round-section bars, featuring concentric ring guards on the obverse; the lowest two being connected to a large pas d'ane and the uppermost ring connecting the quillon block. Downswept rear quillon and a forward quillon bent diagonally toward the reverse side. Reverse side of hilt with three bars extending diagonally from the pas d'ane, becoming a single bar before joining the knuckle bow. Fluted ovoid pommel with button and original iron grip wire with faceted ferrules top and bottom. Double-edged 40″ blade of hexagonal section with half-length central fuller, stamped with an anchor mark and indecipherable inscription (some letters legible). Overall length 46 1/8″. Shows great age and use; the hilt with some repairs, wear, and nearly black patina. Blade cleaned, showing wear and lamination. ON HOLD

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £2,995.00

North Italian Short Sword of Cinquedea Form, Rare. Ref X3297. A Rare North Italian Short Sword of Cinquedea Form. 33&157; overall, 27&157; broad thin double edged blade with a single central shallow fuller with engraved line border. The hilt of typical cinquedea style with iron down curved quillons & incised line decoration riveted through the blade with a single thin langet, hexagonal fig shaped pommel with hexagonal tang button, grip of two wooden scales bound with iron wire. North Italian circa 1500. A very rare sword in good condition for its age, grip wire partially missing. See ´The Sword in the age of Chivalry´ by E. Oakshott, Plate 42c for similar blade and ´Royal Armouries Nos. IX .150´ and ´IX.149´. &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 : £2,995.00

Long Sea Service Flintlock Pistol, 1801 Pattern. Ref 9255. A Good 1801 Pattern Long Sea Service Flintlock Pistol. 19 1/2&157; overall, 12&157; 25 bore barrel with ordnance proofs. The border line engraved lock plate stamped ´Tower´ with crown & ´GR´ & inspector´s mark. The walnut full stock with stamped ordnance marks including in ramrod channel, & storekeeper´s mark for 1802. Brass tipped original ramrod. Belt hook with crown over 17 mark. Circa 1802. Good condition, bought originally from a Royal Armouries dispersal sale in the 1960´s. &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &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 : £2995

Click and use the code >24960 to search for this item on the dealer website Magnificent 18th Century Anglo French Indian War To Revolution Period All Silver Hilted Small Sword with Colichmarde Blade. Probably By William Kinman. A Stunning Museum Piece, A Near Pair to General George Washington´s Sword in Amazing Condition

Nation : American
Local Price : £2975

Click and use the code >24952 to search for this item on the dealer website Magnificent 18th Century Silver Hilted Small Sword, Dated 1758, with Colichmarde Blade. This Is One Of The Most Beautiful To Be Seen

Nation : French
Local Price : 4,200.00 USD

FINE FRENCH STEEL HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1750. This sword is distinguished both for its quality and being in pristine condition. The hilt elements are chiseled in high relief and chased to a jewelers standard. The decoration interestingly consists of central panels of flowers of various types with foliage, flanked by small displays of arms. All of the relief decoration is blued, now fading to brown. Foliage fills the balance of the surfaces and the ground is fire gilt throughout. The grip is silver wire and tape as well as a russet steel band with a series of gold crenelated rosettes. The blade is decorated at the forte with a bordered panel of baroque ribbon and foliage and a borderless panel above. 31 5/8" length blade.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

Scottish 18th Century Half Basket Cavalry Sword. 18th Century Half Basket Cavalry Sword c 1750 – 60 The basket made of flattened bars in rectangular sections complete with leather grip secured by twisted wire and pommel with line decoration and large tang button. The broad sword blade with small central fuller and engraved with what looks to be the sun with crested moon below to each side. The width of the blade at the hilt is 4.7cm an identical sword is detailed in the book British Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky Page 229 and similar noted as in the York castle Museum Information: Reference: British Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky Page 229 Blade Length: 87cm Overall Length: 104cm

Nation : Persian
Local Price : £2,950.00 GBP

Persian Khanjar, Fine Wootz Blade. A very nice "Sebastiano Ernandez" 17th century blade mounted on an English Smallsword hilt. The name could refer to either the original Sebastiano Ernandez or to his son by the same name, both high-end Toledo craftsmen."

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >24764 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Wonderful Original Trojan War Period Full Length Bronze Sword Blade 28.75 Inches Long Circa 1200 B.C.Archean Greeks, the Mycenean Greeks, The Trojans & The Hitites. From The Warring Times Of Menalaus King of Sparta & King Agamemnon

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Scottish Military Basket Hilted Sword with American Revolutionary War Associations. Scottish swords of this distinctive type were made for infantry soldiers serving in Highland Regiments. They are often associated with service in the American Revolutionary War. This sword dates to the 1770’s and was captured by the Americans and absorbed into their own armoury. This explains why the Georgian cypher and crown have been intentionally removed from both sides of the blade. The style of hilt was developed in Glasgow which was already famous for the manufacture of traditional Scottish basket hilted swords since at least the early 17th century. The hilt type is a simplified version of the more usual Scottish sword type of the mid-18th century. It was intended to be cheaper to produce for a limited market of militias recruited from the Highlands intended to enforce order in Highland regions. The 43rd, later to become the 42nd , the Black Watch, was first formed for this purpose. Around 1757 production of these swords transferred to England as demand grew due to the increasing numbers of Highlanders being recruited into the newly raised Highland regiments in the army. Sword-making was in decline in Glasgow and England was better placed to fulfill bigger contracts in a more cost-effective and timely manner. Production fell into the hands of one firm first owned by Nathaniel Jeffreys then from 1771 by Dru Drury. Little is known of the exact process of manufacture, but it is thought that the hilts, blades, scabbards, and grips were sourced from Birmingham, Sheffield and London, then the swords were assembled in workshops in London. Jeffreys and Drury employed backsword blades with single fullers and generally stamped their blades both sides in a similar manner and size with a crown, “G R” beneath and their name below. The hilts are made from thin flattened ribbon-like iron bars cut from iron sheet between which primary and secondary guard plates are fashioned pierced with circles and triangles. The pommel is cone shaped with an integral button on top. The tops of the three arms of the guard are secured under a lip which extends around the pommel base. The grip is made of spirally grooved wood normally mounted with a covering of shagreen and bound with brass wire. The Highland Regiments gave up their swords for enlisted men in 1784 when production of this sword type ceased. The sword described here is a representative example. The grip is covered with shagreen and bound with plaited wire and mounted with Turks' Heads top and bottom. Much of the scaling of the shagreen has worn off. Overall the hilt and blade display a russet patination. The single edged blade has a fuller running underneath the blunt back edge and is 30.25 inches (77 cm) long. The overall length of the sword is 36.5 inches (93 cm). At first sight this sword appears to have an unmarked blade. However, examination reveals a slight depression on both sides where the stamp has been purposely erased. The photographs below show an example of the crown stamp used by both Jeffreys and Drury on a different sword, this one is by IEFRIS (Jeffreys). Also shown is a close-up of the depression on the blade of this sword showing where a fragment of the top of the crown on one side has survived erasure. This is easily matched by comparison with the full mark and shows that the full stamp was once there. The sword is not unique in possessing this depression on the blade where the crown mark once was sited. But it is a rare feature. The most reliable explanation is that a number of these swords fell into American hands during the Revolutionary War and the British associations were removed from the blades before the swords were used against the British by the American army. For a full discussion of these defaced swords see Stuart C Mowbray, “Two Dru Drury Basket-Hilted Swords for Revolutionary War Scottish Regiments”, Man at Arms, Vol 45, No 6, December 2023. The original research in this paper details the capture by the Americans of a large number of these swords. The 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders, was comprised of two battalions, raised in Scotland in 1775. The Regiment left Scotland in April 1776 aboard several ships headed for North America. The convoy was scattered by a storm and four ships ended up near Boston with the sailors unaware that the city had been abandoned by the British. The four ships and the Highlanders on board were captured with their provisions including around 400 of their swords which were taken ashore and defaced. Due to the date of this incident it is almost certain that the swords were made by Drury. Also for general reading on the sword type see Anthony D Darling, Swords for the Highland Regiments 1757 – 1784, Mowbray Incorporated, 1988. And for other examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, pages 129 to 130. And John Wallace, Scottish Swords and Dirks, Arms and Armour Press, 1970, fig 42, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA 27.

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >23161 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Good, Original, 1640&#acute;s English Civil War Officer´s Mortuary Hilted Back Sword. The Most Iconic Sword of 17th Century England & Used During Most Devisive Period of British History.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >25373 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Captivating & Outstanding Solid Silver Mounted &#acute;Mermaid&#acute; Shell Guard Hilted Sword, Likely of of an Admiral or Vice Admiral, Such as Admiral Lord Nelson&#acute;s Walpole-Suckling Silver Hunting Hanger Sword