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Nation : Austrian
Local Price : 4,450.00 USD

FINE AUSTRIAN SILVER HILTED CAVALRY SWORD C.1750-60. The hilt of fine large proportions with a back strap developing to characteristic Austrian rendition of a lion head pommel hugs the grip profile. A fine four-slot guard pierced the central segment of the circular form with the pierced center. Downturned fluted terminal. The center counter guard with makers hallmark. Silver wire wrapped leather covered (surface congealed) grip. 33" broad fullered curved s.e. blade etched with Blackamoor, sun, moon, trophies of arms, and cabalistic inscription panel on each side. The base with rococo scrolls retains a heavy gold overlay in protected areas. Blade crisp with the decoration crisp right across the high points and retaining nearly 100% original bright finish with negligible evidence of oxidation.

Nation : British
Local Price : 4,400.00 USD

FINE ENGLISH SMALLSWORD C.1750-60. This sword is distinguished by its particularly finely chiseled and pierced iron hilt. The guard is decorated with two panels of chiseled foliage surrounding floral displays in baskets. The black horse hair grip wrap added for mourning purposes later in the owner's life. This example was made to order including the chiseled motifs. It survives with virtually 100% original blackened (as found on gun barrels) finish to the hilt and displays such crisp detail that the original minute tool marks can be seen with magnification. 30 1/8" blade length.

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 : British
Local Price : £3400

English Silver Hilted Hunting Sword with hallmarks for London 1743 / 1744. A fine hunting sword mounted with a silver hilt of typically stylish mid-18th century English form, consisting of a domed pommel cap, curved side guard bar, rear quillon and a knucklebow. Both the knucklebow and side guard bar are ribbed in the middle. At its base the hilt is mounted with an integral rainproof cap which protects the scabbard mouthpiece. The knucklebow is struck with London hallmarks and the maker's mark “I S”, almost certainly for John Fessier Savigny, who was a cutler of Huguenot descent working in London in the mid-18th century. The sword retains its leather scabbard with its original silver mounts marked on the locket with the name of the retailer, Fleureau of St James's Gate, also in London. Fleureau was also of Huguenot descent. It is highly likely that both family lines were personally and commercially acquainted given their common roots. The blade is of fine quality and engraved with designs on both sides consisting of French mottos, classical vignettes, boar and stag images, strapwork and foliage, highlighted in gilt on a dark blued background. The grip consists of a core of wood covered with staves of horn. The blade is French and is mounted onto an English hilt. Given the French origins of both maker and retailer such a coupling is not surprising, but whether swords like this were targeted towards a specific, possibly French émigré clientele living in London, is unknown. French pre-Revolutionary tastes carried an air of sophistication at this time which much of the English gentry and elites aspired to. Even though both countries were often at war. So it would not be surprising to find weapons like this to be popular with wealthy Englishmen in London. The finest English silver in the hilt enhanced by classical French engraving on a high quality blade would be an attractive blend. Although called “Hunting Swords” (and the curved bladed versions “Hunting Hangers”) the term “Hunting” is something of a misnomer. These weapons, like smallswords, were essentially intended for self-defence, often in the tight confines of London's streets, and evolved to a hiatus in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Some were intended for military use. See the portrait of Vice-Admiral John Benbow who died in 1702 who wears armour in a naval scene and is holding a hanger. For similar examples of swords of this type and date see “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, their makers, suppliers and allied traders, with directory, by Leslie Southwick, 2001, Royal Armouries. The overall length is just over 30.75 inches (77.5 cm). The blade length 24.75 inches (just over 63 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £3350

English Dish Hilted Dueling Rapier dating to circa 1620 to 1640 mounted with a 41.5 inch Spanish Blade. An English Dish Hilted Rapier dating to circa 1620 to 1640. This is a long bladed weapon made for dueling rather than for generalist or military use. The hilt is deeply chiselled with floral scrolls and panels in the English manner. The blademaker’s mark stamped into the fullers is SEBASTIAN HERNANTIS. The prominent bowl shaped dish guard is forged in one piece from beaten iron decorated in bands formed in three concentric roundels. The rectangular section quillon block is decorated in the same manner as the dish. Front and back vertically counter curved quillons emanate from the block. The quillons are decorated with striated lines and terminate in broad flattened scrolls chiselled with leafy patterns similar to those on the dish guard. From the front the slender knuckle bow emanates from the front quillon between and rises upwards in a “D” shape to terminate in a flattened angle which is pierced and secured to the pommel by a screw. The bow is decorated with striations similar to those on the quillons and is markedly swollen half way along. The solid globular pommel has an integral waisted neck beneath and raised button on top. It is decorated with chiselled designs in the same style as the dish guard. The grip is of baluster shaped oval cross section bound with brass twisted wire. The stiff blade is of tapering flattened rounded diamond section. The blade is an import from Spain into England. Blademaking in England was a small industry and not well established at this time. The rapier retains an even blackened dense russet patination all over. The hilt maintains its pleasing original profile. English rapiers of this date exhibit a common form and style, however, there are many variations under this umbrella. Many are seemingly unique like our example discussed here. For different styles of English rapiers see Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords”, 2013, Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Volume One, 1600 to 1660, pages 254 to 281.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3300

Click and use the code >25354 to search for this item on the dealer website French Hussar´s Light Cavalry Officer´s Heavy Grade Sabre, Sabre de Hussard, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Ist Empire

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 : 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 : 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 : £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 : British
Local Price : £3,250.00

Wilkinson Sword VC Officer&#acute;s Sword – Thomas Colclough Watson. Wilkinson Sword VC winners Officer&#acute;s Sword belonging to Thomas Colclough Watson Victorian Engineers officer&#acute;s sword number 35643 regulation sword with steel guard with VR and crown and fisk skin grip. The blade with owner&#acute;s initials J C W Royal Engineers regimental badge and maker marked. It is complete with steel scabbard and is sold with a copy of the Wilkinson Sword register. Notes: Watson was 30 years old, and a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army, attached to the Bengal Engineers, British Indian Army during the First Mohmand Campaign in British India when, on the night of 16/17 September 1897 in the Mamund Valley, North-West India, Lieutenant Watson and James Morris Colquhoun Colvin collected a party of volunteers (including James Smith) and led them into the dark and burning village of Bilot, to try to dislodge the enemy who were inflicting losses on British troops. After being wounded and driven back by very heavy fire at close quarters, Lieutenant Watson made a second attempt to clear the village and only gave up after a second repulse and being again severely wounded. An account mentioning him is given in Winston Churchill’s “The Story of the Malakand Field Campaign”.

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 : Japanese
Local Price : £3250

Click and use the code >25395 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb WW2 Imperial Japanese Naval Officer´s Kai Gunto Sword Tachi. Signed Blade, with Unusual Brown Ishime Lacquer Saya, and Brown Silk Battle Wrapped Tsuka, Over Black Samegawa {Giant Rayskin}

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 : £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 : 3995.00 USD

Extremely Rare, Unpublished Dragoon Officer’s Saber By Thomas Gill, C 1785.. Possibly a prototype, experimental or a one off with beautiful, large, cast steel, basket guard and 36” straight blade, bearing “Gill’s Warranted” mark, now worn from many years of polishing. Original fish skin grip with braided brass wire still intact. The uniquely designed basket guard is stunning. It is topped off by a tall pommel with seashell design! If you want one hell of an 18th century British dragoon saber, this is it! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Rare & Important 17th Century Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier / Backsword!. Here is a very rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel has a tall integral capstan that has never been re-peened (so hilt has some looseness – we like it like that as it only attests to the swords purity). Original wound steel grip wire with alternating bands of twisted copper is intact (a tiny old iron staple secures the loose bottom end on reverse). Both ferrules and even both langets are nicely chiseled en-suite with the rest of hilt. The guard-de-pulvo is also decorated in the form of sun rays. The cross guard and knuckle guard are nicely twisted with button terminals. The edge of the cup is chiseled with rope-work as is the bottom of cup! Its 38“ blade is of the back-sword type (Rigid with spine and sharpened on one side only). A great rarity that allows a sturdy thrust and a slashing cut. It is engraved with a cross and geometric designs on both sides that look very Aztec (some wear). Perhaps the designs were engraved in the Americas after the conquest of the Aztec peoples. Possibly owned by a conquistadore in the New World. We can find no other explanation for this. Whatever the case, this sword is a great rarity as far as Spanish cup hilts go. An old collection inventory number is inside the cup. Details of collection will go to purchaser. Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : Indian
Local Price : €3800

South Indian brass hilted talwar - The hilt with remains of silver plating..

Nation : German
Local Price : $5500.00 CAD

GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER. GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER: circa 1590-1610. Passau wolf in the right fuller. 39 ¾” blade, 1 1/8” wide. Very old museum quality wire wrapping on the grip. Very nice dark grey patina overall. Nice original untouched condition. V.G. $5500.00

Nation : ?
Local Price : 3,900.00 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 : 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 : British
Local Price : £2,995.00

Presentation Heavy Cavalry Sword with Rare Celtic Hilt. SN 8870. A Rare Celtic Hilt Presentation Heavy Cavalry Sword. 40 1/2&157; overall, 35&157; wide straight blade with a spear point and wide fuller. Etched to one side with ´Prize Sword Won in the Dacorum Troop of Yeomanry 1833´ and at the forte &156;Prosser maker to the king and Royal Family Charing Cross&157; and on the obverse ´Prosser maker to the King and Royal Family London´ and&194;&160; ´WR IV´ under a Crown with crossed lances. Celtic hilt formed of S & C scrolls, stepped pommel and wire bound fish skin grip. In its black painted iron scabbard with two suspension rings. Dated 1833. A possibly unique sword conforms in size and style to the 1796 Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword with variation of Prosser´s Celtic hilt of 1815-20. Sword in very good condition, some small staining to the blade, scabbard has most of its original black paint. John Prosser Sword Cutler & Beltmaker to George III, 1795; George IV, 1827. Registered silversmith´s mark 1796. Sword Cutler & Gunmaker, 9 Charing Cross, 1796-1853; 37 Charing Cross 1854-60. Dacorum Troop of the South Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry formed 16 February 1831.&194;&160; See The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 Chapter 11 by R Deller for more on the Celtic hilt and Prosser.&194;&160;&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,995.00

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

Nation : German
Local Price : $2995.00

German Officer’s Broadsword with Scabbard, ca. 1680. Blackened hilt featuring single oblong side ring filled with a pierced plate embossed with acanthus design. Down-turned reverse quillon with lobed finial chiseled with acanthus design. Knuckle bow with central double knob joined to the pommel. Pommel with button and chiseled ensuite with acanthus design. Grip wrapped with three sizes of single strand and twisted brass wire and finished with braided turks heads top and bottom. Double- edged 33 1/4″ blade of hexagonal-section; the long ricasso stamped “JOANNE” on one side and “MARTINEZ” on the other inside an engraved border. Blade shows lamination, pitting, and a number of nicks from blade strikes primarily on the lower half. In its restored leather covered wood scabbard with blackened iron mounts. Overall length 38 ½”, not including scabbard.

Nation : American
Local Price : £2995

Click and use the code >24960 to search for this item on the dealer website Magnificent 18th Century Silver Hilted Small Sword with Colichmarde Blade. A Near Pair to General George Washington´s Sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £2995

Click and use the code >25322 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare 1800´s French 1st Empire Napoleonic Sabre, Bearing the Napoleonic Imperial Eagle Hilt With Exotic Carved Grip

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 : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

English Brass Blunderbuss by Hadley. English Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss by Hadley super condition untouched stock with brass furniture including engraved butt plate, trigger guard and vacant oval escutcheon. The brass barrel struck with proof marks and engraved with London and decoration. The lock plate maker marked Hadley with decoration matching the butt plate and barrel and complete with all steel ramrod.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >25426 to search for this item on the dealer website Super Antique Ancestral Japanese Sword. Koto Blade, Around 500 Years Old. A WW2 Officers Katana, Antique, Edo Period, Traditional Tsuka {Hilt}. Unusual Short Size, For Tank Officer Service

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