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Click here to subscribeA Japanese Tanto Dagger, the 26.5cm 17th century blade with brass two piece habaki, small milled bronze guard with flowerhead, braid bound fish skin grip with bronze flying swan menuki, gilt bronze fuchi decorated with a monkey and huts, and kashira decorated with fir trees and huts, with black lacquer saya, kozuka missing
A Second World War Japanese Army Officer`s Katana, the 64.5cm Gendaito steel blade with single edge and Horimono decoration of dragon and flaming pearl to the top edge, one piece brass habaki, bronze copper tsuba embossed with rockwork and prunus branches, braid bound fish skin grip with bronze triple chrysanthemum head menuki, the copper kashira set with a silver mon and chrysanthemum head, with leather cover lacquer saya.
A Japanese Wakizashi, the 46.5cm single edge steel blade with two piece white metal habaki, the tang bearing traces of a signature and three mekugi ana, the iron tsuba cast with rockwork and trees, braid bound fish skin grip with bronze turtle menuki, the iron kashira and fuchi decorated with a buffalo and a dragonfly in gilt.
A Second World War Japanese Army Officer`s Katana, the 62.5cm Gendaito blade with one piece brass habaki, parcel gilt bronze tsuba cast with prunus blossom, braid bound fish skin grip with bronze triple chrysanthemum head menuki, with leather covered lacquer saya and brown cord with tassels.
A German 2nd Pattern Butcher Bayonet, the single edge steel blade by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, with steel scabbard; a Late 19th Century German Hanger, the single edge steel blade stamped P Knecht, Solingen to the ricasso, the brass hilt with recurving crossguard stamped 8.T.K.33., ribbed grip and bird`s head pommel; three Bronze Paper Knives in Medieval style, each with stylised mask pommel to the grip (4)
A Caucasian Kindjal, with double edge fullered steel blade, the ivory grip set with two silver lozenge panels, one centred by a turquoise stone, the brown velvet covered scabbard with niello decorated silver mounts and gold tendril inlaid bronze band with hanging loop (poor order); a Boat Knife, with single edge clip-back blade, brass crossguard, the horn grip inlaid with paddle motifs in brass and mother of pearl, the horn scabbard inlaid with a harpoon, whale, boat, paddle and anchor in brass (2)
A Maori Wood Pipe Bowl, carved as a prow head, with grimacing face backward stretching legs and arms clutching the pipe bowl, with all over scarified decoration and inlaid with mother-of-pearl; a smaller pipe bowl, carved with stylised masks; an African Bone Grip for a Sword, lightly incised and stained with a stylised crocodile; a Bone Carving, hollowed out and carved with the skeletal figure of a man seated on the head of another; a small ebony figure of a man; five Ashante Brass Gold Weights, depicting figures about their various pursuits; a small bronze head and shoulders of a man; an oak hand club, stained red and black and with brass studded decoration and green beadwork hand strap (12)
An Interesting Collection of Mainly Oceanic Ornaments, including a Ring Headdress, of woven vegetable fibre applied with strands of small shell beads and bound with cord, possibly Solomon Islands; two similar necklaces, each of woven coir cord applied with small shells; a necklace of coiled bronze rings on a leather band, hung with a fringe of white and black beads, possibly Solomon Islands; a similar wristband, woven with two bands of chevrons in black and white beads; two other strands of beads; four metal bracelets; a Malaysian gilt metal and coral coloured glass bead head band; two 19th Century English Hand Cut Horn "Spanish" Hair Combs; a Georgian woolwork purse; two Indian Brass Fork Heads etc
A Benin, Nigeria Bronze Head of a King, with elliptical staring eyes, broad nose, heart shaped mouth and with scarification to the forehead, wearing a high curved conical lattice woven headdress pendant with bands of beads to the back of the neck, the long neck with a collar of multiple bands of beads, 54cm high
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