Antique Arms & Armour

Pair of Japanese Swords Daisho, comprising katana blade 54.6cms signed Echigo No Kami Kanesada (possibly Koto) bold hamon with nie line, mokume ha...

Japanese Sword Wakizashi, blade 50.4cms, mumei, 2 mekugi ana, gunome and mimigata hamon with distinct nie, tape bound same tsuka, shakudo fuchi ka...

Rare Possibly Early Japanese Helmet Kabuto in the Korean Fashion, tall bowl made from 4 iron plates, the joins each covered with a narrow plate se...

Heavy Chinese Cast Iron Cannon, possibly of considerable antiquity, cast in a single piece with some Chinese characters in relief, swollen towards...

Heavy Chinese Cast Iron Cannon, possibly of considerable antiquity, cast in a single piece with some Chinese characters in relief, twin vents, rei...

Heavy Chinese Cast Iron Cannon, possibly of considerable antiquity, cast in a single piece with some Chinese characters in relief, with reinforced...

Heavy Chinese Cast Iron Cannon, possibly of considerable antiquity, cast in a single piece with some Chinese characters in relief, with reinforced...

Rare Formosan (Taiwanese) Head Hunters Sword of the Paiwan, 19th Century, broad straight single edge blade of dao form, nicely carved red painted ...

Scarce 72-Bore Tibetan Matchlock Rifle Me-Da, heavy barrel cut with deep 6-groove rifling, octagonal section breech and slightly swollen muzzle ea...

Indian Dagger Katar c.1800, unusual shaped blade swollen in front of the root and tapering to tip, swollen octagonal grip bars, hilt retains trace...

Large and Heavy 17th Century Indian Dagger Katar, stout blade made from wootz watered steel, cut with deep converging fullers, significantly thick...

Indian Iron Katar of Tanjore Armoury Type, 17th Century, straight double edge firangi blade, iron hilt chiselled with beaded edges and trailing fo...

Indian Dagger Katar from the Tanjore Armoury, 17th Century, thick heavy blade deeply cut with converging fullers, long thickened point, shaped bra...

Indian Dagger Katar from Vijayanagara, Second Half of the 16th Century, tapered blade with pair of shaped and engraved reinforcing plates, cut wit...

Good Indian Dagger Jamdah Katari from the Hindu Kush, Early 19th Century, slightly curved polished double edge blade reinforced at forte, H-shaped...

^ Indian Dagger Khanjarli from Vizianagram, 17th or 18th Century, recurved blade slightly thickened towards the point and cut with a pair of half-...

^ Indian Dagger Khanjarli from Vizianagram, 17th or 18th Century, recurved blade with prominent raised central rib, iron guard with lotus bud fini...

19th Century Indian Dagger Jambya, Probably Hyderabad, broad curved tapered blade of conventional form with raised central rib, iron hilt and shea...

Indian Lance Head, Probably 18th Century, tapered triangular section head cut with a deep fuller on each face, engraved with Indian armoury inscri...

Rare Indian Bayonet Sangin Intended to be Bound to a Matchlock Gun Torador, 18th or 19th Century, blade thickened towards the point, decorated ove...

Mahrattan Semi-Basket Hilt Sword Khanda, Late 18th or Early 19th Century, straight single edge blade of military type cut with 2 narrow fullers, i...

Indian Sword Tulwar, Probably Late 19th or Early 20th Century, Jaipur or Jodhpur, earlier curved single edge burnished blade cut with a channel al...

Indian Sword Tulwar, 19th Century, slightly curved single edge blade cut with4 narrow fullers, iron hilt covered with silver koftgari decoration, ...

Unusual 17th Century Indian Sword Tulwar, broad slightly curved single edge blade cut with 3 narrow fullers, false edge, iron hilt pointed quillon...

Unusual 17th / 18th Century Indian Sword Tulwar, broad slightly curved single edge blade cut with a broad and a narrow fuller, slender brass hilt ...

Decorative Indian Sword Tulwar Perhaps for a Youth, straight single edge blade of swollen form, double edged at tip, truck with a maker’s device a...

Large 18th or 19th Century Indian Iron Sword Hilt covered with silver koftgari foil overall, hilt of shamshir form and with ram’s head pommel, coi...

Composite Indian Axe, 19th Century, iron head in the form of a tiger from which issues a broad curved single edge blade terminating in an antelope...

Composite Indian Axe Zaghnal, recurved blade with thickened point fitted to a cast iron top incorporating an elephant finial, brazed to an earlier...

^ Two Sections from an Indian Ivory Powder Flask, comprising a carved lion’s head with front paws, and the front half of an antelope stag seeming ...

Fine and Unusual Anglo-Indian (or Franco-Indian?) Powder Flask of Indian Padauk Wood, Second Half of the 18th Century, flattened pear shaped body ...

Speculative Assortment of Mostly Incomplete and Mostly Indian Weapons Parts and Associated Objects, including 2 katar hilts of Tanjore type, early...

Indian Hide Shield Dhal, Probably 18th or 19th Century, made from the hide of a pachyderm, rough texture characterised by a repeated pattern of sm...

Rare Indian 5 Barrelled Matchlock Rampart Gun of ‘Duck’s Foot’ Type, intended to fire simultaneously, vents served by a communal iron channel, con...

Iron Shoe from an Indian Lance, Probably 18th Century, of tapered form with octagonal socket, fluted bulbous device and tapered square section spi...

4x Large Late 19th Century Indian Epaulettes, each elaborately decorated with bullion and sequin embroidery, possibly for embellishing wedding cos...

Nepalese Dagger Kukri, 19th Century, slender blade, carved wooden hilt, in its leather covered scabbard with thick silver mounts deeply chiselled ...

Balinese Kris, 19th Century or earlier wavy blade with black and silver-coloured pamor, later metal hilt embossed as a Hindu divinity set with col...

19th Century Balinese Dagger Kris, earlier very wavy blade of black and silver coloured watered pamor, carved wooden hilt, in its wooden scabbard ...

19th Century Balinese Dagger Kris, earlier broad wavy blade of black and silver coloured watered pamor, carved wooden hilt, in its wooden scabbard...

19th Century Balinese Dagger Kris, earlier straight blade of black and silver coloured unusual striking watered pamor with raised central rib and ...

19th Century Balinese Dagger Kris, earlier broad straight blade of striking black and silver coloured watered pamor, natural stag horn hilt with p...

19th Century Balinese Dagger Kris, earlier straight blade of distinct black and silver coloured watered pamor, brass mounted cord bound hilt, in i...

Borneo Dyak Head Hunters Sword Mandau, curved swollen single edge blade, bone hilt carved with scrolls, woven rattan grip, in its wooden scabbard;...

Burmese Sword Dha, 19th Century, slightly curved single edge blade swollen towards the tip, bamboo hilt with extensive silver mounts, silver wire ...

North African Tribal Sword Kaskara / Takouba, straight double edge blade cut with a single short fuller, leather covered cruciform hilt, in its le...

African Sword Nimcha, 19th Century, slightly curved single edge blade cut with a pair of shallow fullers, iron guard with down turned quillons, ho...

2x Decorative Daggers Jambya from Morocco, plain blades, wooden grips and scroll engraved nickel mounts and scabbards. Blades 21.5cms, and 22cms. ...

Good Heavy 17th Century Cavalry Troopers Breastplate, deeply struck armourer's mark and with musket ball proof, formed with a medial ridge, shallo...

Good Heavy 17th Century Cavalry Troopers Breastplate, deeply struck with maker’s marks, distinct medial ridge, shallow skirt and turned up neck an...

German Halberd 16th Century, straight blade pierced with 5 holes, back spike deeply struck with maker’s mark of a shield containing crescent above...

Austrian Partizan c.1670, broad blade etched with a figure of Justice above the Imperial double headed eagle, and a pair of mounted horsemen disch...

Head of a German or Austrian Boar Spear, early 18th century, of swollen form, each side cut with 2 broad panels, etched with rococo ornament, 2 mo...

German or Spanish Comb Morion c.1580, raised from a single plate, tall comb with roped edge, broad brim with roped edges rising to 2 points, borde...

Good Heavy Italian Infantry Helmet Cabaset c.1580, hammered steel raised from a single plate, medial ridge with pear stalk finial, border retains ...

17th Century Iron Skull Cap ‘Secret’ for lining a felt hat and to make it ‘sword proof’, formed in 2 parts braised together, downward pointing sli...

Venetian Sword Schiavona c.1660, straight double edge blade cut with a short single fuller deeply stamped INRI on both sides, multi-bar iron guard...

British Officer’s Hanger, slightly curved single edge blade cut with 2 fullers, etched Thos Gill Birmingham Warranted 1794, brass mounts, recurved...

British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Trooper’s Sword Marked for the 6th Dragoon Guards, regulation blade with government inspector’s stamp, hatchet ...

French Napoleonic Period An XI Cuirassier Troopers Sword, regulation blade cut with 2 fullers, struck with factory marks and etched along back edg...