AN AFRICAN SWORD, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A WEST AFRICAN CHIEFTAIN with broad double-edged blade decorated with scrolls, the forte applied with two iron panels decorated with dense scrollwork, iron cross-piece including a pair of recurved quillons with knop-shaped finials, ivory grip carved with chevron over the lower portion and fluting over the upper portion, enriched with silver plaques, ribs and plaited wire (small losses), and silver pommel with a chain for suspension, in its tooled leather scabbard 86 cm; 33 7/8 in blade
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A MOROCCAN SHORTSWORD (FLYSSA) AND A SOUTH EAST ASIAN POLEARM, 19TH CENTURY the first with slender single-edged blade inlaid with brass, and iron grip inlaid with engraved brass, in its carved hardwood scabbard; the second with broad fullered blade double-edged for the last portion, and the base enclosed by a silver ferrule (haft missing) the first: 59 cm; 23 1/4 in blade (2)
SIX AFRICAN SHORTSWORDS AND DAGGERS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first Masai (Ol Alem), with medially-ridged broad blade, carved hardwood grip, in its carved scabbard; the second Congo, with engraved broad blade inset with three copper rondels, carved hardwood grip with plaited copper wire; the third Congo, with engraved broad blade and the grip wrapped with copper ribband, and kidney-shaped iron pommel; the fourth probably Congo with long blade and acutely curved point; and the fifth and six of hatchet form the first: 57 cm; 22 1/2 in blade
A RARE GERMAN TOWN SWORD WITH AGATE AND ENAMEL HILT, AND ITS SCABBARD, CIRCA 1650-60 with slender tapering hollow-ground blade finely etched and gilt on a blued panel over its lower portion on both sides, the etched designs centring on the principal commanding figures from the Thirty Years` War and differing over the respective sides, decorated with birds perched on vine branches above the motto "Soli.Deo.Glo.Ria", one side with the bust portrait of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and that of Bernhard, Duke of Saxe(-Weimar), Jülich and Cleves each within an oval frame bearing their respective abbreviated Latinised titles, the motto "Fiede St: D Cui Fiede" between, the reverse side decorated with two mounted figures, one (Kurfürst) Maximilian (I) Count Palatine, the other not captioned, with variegated agate hilt, the lower portion constructed in two halves joined at the sides, bound with four narrow bands of gilt-brass enamelled with an alternating blue and white cabled pattern, and including mushroom-shaped pommel (quillons removed), in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with provision for a by-knife, the outer face tooled with five crowns towards the top, and fitted with gilt-brass chape decorated on both sides with a pierced raised design of polychrome cold-enamelled scrolling flowers and leaves 84.8 cm; 33 3/8 in blade
A GERMAN ROCOCO HUNTING-SWORD AND SCABBARD WITH EARLIER CARVED IVORY GRIP, CIRCA 1770-80 the blade etched with scrolls and Latin mottos on both sides (pitted), with brass hilt cast in relief with rococo ornament, including short quillons with re-curved tips, fluted shell-guard and domed cap pommel, fitted with earlier ivory grip finely carved in high relief with a complex spiral pattern of boar, stags, hares and a lion all entwined in combat with hounds, in its original leather scabbard with decorated locket and provision for a by-knife (missing, the chape associated) 54.6 cm; 21½ in blade The grip, now partly obscured by the 18th century mounts, is finely carved in the manner and quality of the renowned Maucher workshops of Schwäbish-Gmund and dates from circa 1680.
A SOUTH GERMAN SILVER-GILT HUNTING-SWORD AND SCABBARD WITH CARVED IVORY GRIP, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with slender curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a series of very narrow fullers and etched with a scrolling pattern of large flowerheads and foliage on both sides at the forte, silver-gilt hilt with loop-guard (knuckle-guard missing), the grip carved in high relief with a complex spiral pattern of three boars, a stag and hares all entwined in combat with hounds, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver-gilt chape with raised filigree settings for semi-precious stones (the stones and the scabbard locket all missing) 65.8 cm; 25 7/8 in blade The grip is most probably from the workshops of the ivory carvers of Schwäbish-Gmund.
A RARE HUNGARIAN LIGHT CAVALRY ESTOC AND SCABBARD, CIRCA 1650-60 with long very slender hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt on each face with three celestial motifs, together with the Bishop`s profile head mark and initials "PM" of the bladesmith Peter Munch of Solingen, iron hilt of slender bars, the crosspiece formed with upper and lower langets and drawn up to form a knuckle-guard, flat beak-shaped cap pommel canted downwards at its forward end, original grip bound with leather over cords, and the blade tang secured by a lateral rivet with iron rosette-shaped heads, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard decorated with small mouldings below the mouth, with iron chape formed of two parts bound by a fluted band, and two further iron bands with loops and a ring for suspension (the second ring missing) 120 cm; 47¼ in blade For a comparable example with its scabbard, the blade also bearing the mark of Peter Munch, Solingen, see Szendrei 1896, p. 374, nr. 2772, pl. XXII. The bladesmith`s mark, together with the accompanying celestial marks, are recorded by Weyersberg: for commentary on recorded blades made by Peter Munch see Weyersberg 1926, pp. 32-4, fig. 83. Also see Nadolski 1974, fig. 104.
A RARE EAST EUROPEAN HORSEMAN`S BROADSWORD AND SCABBARD, POLISH OR HUNGARIAN, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with broad flat double-edged blade with near parallel edges coming to a blunt point, iron hilt of flattened bars cut with simple filed mouldings, formed with rear quillon with fishtail tip, knuckle-guard widening in the middle and joined to the beak of the pommel, upper and lower langets, thumb-ring, flat beak-shaped cap pommel, and original grip bound with leather over cords, in a contemporary leather-covered wooden scabbard, probably the original, with iron linear engraved mounts of characteristic type, comprising chape formed in two parts bound by a band, and a further pair of bands each with ring for suspension 77 cm; 30¼ in blade Swords such as these were typically used by cavalry of the Imperial forces engaged in the Turkish campaigns.
A GERMAN CROSS-HILTED HUNTING-SWORD WITH EXTREMELY RARE ETCHED CALENDAR BLADE, THE BLADE CIRCA 1620-30, THE HILT AND THE SCABBARD EACH 16TH CENTURY with long broad flat blade double-edged and coming to a very short point, etched in fine detail over almost the entire length of each face with a Gregorian calendar in linear tabulated form, one side bearing the months "IANIARIVS" to "IVNIVS", the other "IVLIVS" to "DECEMBER", giving the days of the week abbreviated to their first letters, each day of the month numbered and with its saints` day or day of religious observance identified, the named months additionally identified by their respective German seasonal names together with the monthly total number of days, the monthly tables punctuated by cartouches filled with the twelve Zodiacal signs together with a cabalistic Greek miniscule letter, the final cartouche inscribed "Mon Esperence En Dieu" ("My Hope in God"), and decorated with rollwerk panels on both sides at the base, fitted with earlier rounded iron crosspiece with button terminals, stopper-shaped pommel, and wooden grip retaining a pair of "Turks` heads" and a portion of the original binding all of patterned brass wire: in an earlier leather-covered wooden scabbard, decorated with tooled moulded bands about the top, with provision for extra-pieces and fitted with pierced U-shaped iron chape (the blade coarsely filed along the edges and over the surface of the base on one side, the scabbard suspension hook and the extra-pieces each missing) 87 cm; 34¼ in blade This blade would appear to be hitherto unrecorded. A sword mounted with a calendar blade tabulated and inscribed in a near identical manner, almost certainly by the same hand, is in the von Kienbusch Collection, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: see von Kienbusch 1963, cat. no. 439, pl.CII. The von Kienbusch blade is etched additionally with portrait medallions, including that of Maximilian, Count Palatine of the Rhine, the title with which he was invested in 1623. Another closely comparable blade signed by the Solingen bladesmith Clemens Tache was formerly in the armoury of the Grand-Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in the Wartburg: see Diener-Schönberg 1912 (W.-G.-I. Nr. 4456), cat. no. 401, p.110, pl.60. The Gregorian or Christian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. For a general account of extant German and English hunting weapons with calendar blades see Blackmore 1971, pp.17-18. Also see Seiler 1940-42, pp. 11-19, for a detailed survey of the calendar blades of Ambrosius Gemlich of Munich (active circa 1527-42), whose work was most likely the source of inspiration for the present 17th century blade. The scabbard is of the type found on German and Swiss Landesknecht swords in the early 16th century and as such is very rare in its own right. A closely comparable example with sword and extra-pieces, circa 1520, is in the collection of the late Sir James Mann: see Dufty, 1974, pl. 16a.
A GERMAN HUNTING-SWORD AND SCABBARD, CIRCA 1650 with tapering double-edged blade formed with a very low medial ridge over its length on both sides and both sides with a small mark inlaid in latten, iron hilt with down-turned quillon with chiselled monster`s head terminal, fluted shell-guard, the knuckle-guard interrupted by a further chiselled monster`s head, the upper portion of the guard issuant from its mouth and with chiselled terminal, also a monster`s head, the grip of natural staghorn with iron basal collar and a flat iron plate over the top, and in a contemporary iron-mounted leather scabbard, possibly the original, with provision for a by-knife 62.3 cm; 24½ in blade
A GERMAN SWORD OF JUSTICE, TOGETHER WITH ITS SCABBARD, LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY with broad flat double-edged blade coming to a vestigial point, with the cabalistic numbers "1544" cut within the short fuller on each face at the forte, and incised with a wheel of justice on one face and a gibbet on the reverse, with iron crosspiece formed with a pair of swelling quillons, plummet-shaped pommel rising to a button, and the grip retaining its original leather binding over cords, complete with its original leather-covered wooden scabbard, the outer face with tooled ornament towards the top, with iron chape and a punched decorated iron hook for suspension 82.5 cm; 32½ in blade
A GERMAN SWORD OF JUSTICE, TOGETHER WITH SCABBARD, 17TH CENTURY with broad flat rebated blade with a device inlaid in latten within the short fuller on both sides at the forte, a wheel of justice and a gibbet respectively, iron crosspiece swelling towards the ends, plummet-shaped pommel with prominent button, and leather-covered grip lightly decorated with tooled ornament (the leather covering probably an old replacement), in a contemporary leather-covered wooden scabbard, perhaps the original, with provision for a pair of by-knives and fitted with iron chape (the scabbard in deteriorated condition) 85.7 cm; 33¾ in blade
A RARE GERMAN TOWN SWORD WITH FINELY CARVED IVORY MEMENTO MORI HILT, DATED 1656 with slender tapering double-edged blade etched on both sides below the hilt, each face decorated with a pair of birds perched in flowering branches, framing at either end the figure of a classical warrior, one a representation of Hannibal, together with brief inscriptions including the date "Domene anno 1656", ivory hilt formed in two parts and carved in relief, the pommel and the quillon terminals each in the form of a carefully detailed skull carved in the round, the quillons carved with a spiral design of snarling serpents entwined with toads and issuant from the mouth of a grotesque mask front and rear, the grip carved with a similar interlaced spiral also involving detached human bones, the base of the hilt fitted with a small moulded silver collar enriched with polychrome enamels, and the pommel capped by a blackened flower-head washer, in a contemporary leather-covered wooden scabbard fitted with iron chape. 85.7 cm; 33¾ in blade 1656 was the year in which an epidemic of plague killed 145,000 in Rome and 300,000 in the Kingdom of Naples. In the same year the German engraver Paul Fürst published his well-known engraving of the grotesquely masked and costumed plague doctor Doktor Schnabel von Rom (after an earlier work by J. Columbina)
A RARE SENIOR OFFICER`S DE-LUXE QUALITY DRESS SABRE WITH HILT AND SCABBARD MOUNTS OF PARCEL-GILT SILVER, BADEN OR WÜRTTEMBERG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged flat blade etched over its length in imitation of a damascus pattern, etched with laurel branches and gilt trophies-of-war on both sides, enclosing the figures of Mars and Venus etched and gilt on respective sides, and etched and gilt with a striped pattern along the back-edge, silver stirrup-hilt cast in relief, formed of a knuckle-guard with two oval bars branched diagonally across the outer face, with the quillon terminal formed as a dog`s head cast in the round, a pair of langets, the outer langet decorated with a silver-gilt lion mask in high relief, back-piece also of silver-gilt and rising to an eagle`s head pommel, and ebony grip carved with a scale pattern, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with parcel-gilt silver mounts cast in relief with subjects en suite with the blade, the locket involving the figure of Victory, and the middle-band applied with a fluted plaque carrying the cipher WR crowned, silver maker`s stamp of Sick of Stuttgart; complete with its portepee incorporating the black, white and red Federal colours 74.5 cm; 29¼ in blade The cypher on the middle-band of the scabbard is possibly that of the 2. Badisches Grenadier Regiment, Kaiser Wilhelm I. The regiment was established in 1852 and became a part of the Baden contingent of the Prussian army in 1871, under the designation Infanterie Regiment Nr. 110
A FINE GERMAN DE-LUXE QUALITY CAVALRY OFFICER`S SABRE, CIRCA 1885-1900 with fullered blade of highly burnished steel etched with elaborate designs of scrolling foliage, involving trophies-of-war and neo-classical emblems on a gilt panel on both sides, gilt-brass hilt cast in relief, including a pair of langets decorated with crossed sabres, the quillon with lion`s head terminal, the pommel en suite, celluloid grip bound with silver wire, and in its nickel-plated iron scabbard, complete with portepee. 88 cm; 34 5/8 in blade
A LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER`S SABRE AFTER THE HUNGARIAN FASHION, FRENCH OR GERMAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY with curved slender blade double-edged towards a clipped point and cut with a broad long fuller on both sides, gilt-brass stirrup-hilt with milled linear borders, including double langets, quillon with down-curved globular terminal, the pommel with raised fluted drop-shaped top with prominent button, and original grip bound with leather over cords and studded with pairs of domed brass rivets, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (possibly an early association), with gilt-brass mounts, the chape lengthened in the French style and fitted with iron drag, and the locket and the chape each with a faceted tubular mount for suspension 87.2 cm; 34¼ in blade
A FINE GERMAN DELUXE-QUALITY CAVALRY OFFICER`S SABRE, CIRCA 1885-1900 with pipe-backed blade of highly burnished steel formed with a quill point, the lower half finely etched on a gilt panel on both sides, decorated with scrollwork and foliage, involving both historical and contemporary Germanic trophies- of-war and the English cutler`s signature "Sargant & Son Manufacturers to the hon.ble East India Company" on both sides, gilt-brass hilt cast in relief, including a pair of langets decorated with crossed sabres, the quillon terminal formed as a lion`s head, the pommel en suite, and celluloid grip bound with silver wire, in its original iron scabbard 90.3 cm; 35½ in blade The blade pre-dates the hilt by probably up to forty years and was presumably utilised from an existing family sword.
Roman Bronze Spatha Sword Scabbard Chape3rd century AD. A hollow-cast chape with openwork volute scrolls and notched lobe to the upper edge on each face, slightly flared body; one face with raised heart-shaped panel indicating the outline of the sword`s tip and vertical rib; slightly scalloped lower edge. Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N. Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, fig.90(10) a find from Colchester, Essex, UK. 18 grams, 51mm (2"). Found Cambridgeshire, UK. The sword was the long spatha type which replaced the shorter gladius by the 3rd century AD. Fine condition, cracked.
Viking Bronze Interlaced Scabbard Chape11th-12th century AD. A cast D-shaped chape with flared ends, band of guilloche to the outer edge and panel of interlaced tendrils with trefoil leaves; three large attachment rivets to the reverse. 16 grams, 52mm (2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Indian Silver-Hilted Knife and Scabbard20th century AD. A double-edged blade with two fullers and midrib, pelletted guard, round-section wooden hilt with ornamental bronze and silver plaques, flared finial with concentric rings to the upper face; the scabbard with wooden core, outer sheath with ribbed transverse bands, geometric and floral ornament to both faces, marked `9~16 1937` (16th June 1937?) to one face, inlaid Arabic text to the reverse of the frog; ribbed knop finial. 379 grams, 31.5cm (12 1/2"). From a Swiss collection; acquired Kashgar, 1980s. [No Reserve]Fair condition, scabbard cracked.
Scottish Seaforth Highlander's dress dirk, early 20th Century, 30cm blade, traditional carved and studded bog oak hilt, with crown at the pommel, black leather scabbard with plated thistle mounts, 46cm Provenance: This dirk was owned and worn by one Joseph Cocking of the Seaforth Highlanders
A 1908 pattern cavalry trooper`s sword with straight single edged blade, length approx 89cm, dated `3-16`, steel knuckle bowl, chequered brown composition grip, in its steel scabbard with suspension loops (surface rust overall, scabbard slightly bent), together with details of Edgar Graham M.C., mentioning citation in London Gazette.
A post-war copy of a George V R.A.F. officer`s sword with straight blade, length approx 82cm, plated hilt with eagle`s head pommel and wire bound simulated fishskin covered grip with bullion knot, in its leather scabbard with plated mounts, together with a modern sword belt and a post-1952 R.A.F. uniform and cap.
A Victorian Scottish officer`s broadsword by E. Thurkle with straight double edged blade with twin fullers, length approx 84cm, etched `The Kings Own Borderers` and with feint battle honours to 1882(?), traditional basket hilt with wire bound fishskin covered grip, retaining lining and tassel (worn and some areas of pitting to blade), in its steel scabbard, together with a half-length portrait of an officer in full dress uniform with broadsword, oil on canvas, approx 59cm x 49cm (poor condition), label verso inscribed `Horace Powys Lane. Painted by Russell after a photograph...`, framed (plaster lifting).
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