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Lot 837
Second World War Japanese Officers' Katana with leather bound grip and scabbard, iron Tsuba and slightly curved blade with signed tang, the blade 65cm, 94cm overall CONDITION REPORT Blade has some rust staining but no significant pitting - small edge nick. Mounts in good original order albeit rather crude
Lot 863
Fine King George VI 1821 pattern Royal Artillery Officers' sword by Wilkinson Sword & Co. (no. 66938), in excellent original condition with nickel plated guard and wire-bound fish-skin grip, original leather dress knot - etched blade retaining all original polish, decorated with Officer's initials - J. H. L. P., Royal Arms, Cannon and Royal Artillery motifs, in pigskin service scabbard and original sword bag
Lot 10
FIVE SOUTH EAST ASIAN DAGGERS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a small Malaysian keris, in its figured hardwood scabbard; three Malaysian bade bade, two in their scabbards and the third with angular horn grip; and a Ceylonese piha kaetta with silver-mounted carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard the first: 14 cm; 5 1/2 in blade (5)
Lot 106
A SMALL HUNTING KNIFE; TWO SMALL SCANDINAVIAN HUNTING KNIVES AND TWO ESKIMO KNIVES, 19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade inscribed 'Vonderschmidt', white metal ferrule chased with foliage and signed 'Weidmannsheil', natural staghorn grip and chased silver pommel cap, in its silver-mounted leather scabbard; the second with burrwood grip, in its red leather sheath; the third with leather scabbard and a leather thong for suspension; the fourth and fifth with Obsidian blades and a copy of a Soviet naval dagger the first: 9 cm; 3 1/2 in blade (6)
Lot 107
AN ITALIAN HUNTING DAGGER, TWO FURTHER DAGGERS, AND TWO HUNTING SWORDS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first with tapering fullered blade double-edged toward the point, white metal cross-piece, horn grip decorated with a white bone flower, in its matching scabbard; the second from a cut-down small-sword, with brass grip chased with flowers; the third with weighted goats horn grip; the fourth from a cut-down small-sword and the last with brass cross-piece and bone grip the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in blade (5)
Lot 11
A LARGE MORO KERIS AND A DAGGER (BADE BADE), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad wavy blade bound with two silver bands at the forte, faceted hardwood hilt bound with plaited string, in its rattan-bound scabbard; the second with curved blade and hardwood grip carved with a mask on the pommel, in its leather scabbard the first: 57 cm; 22 1/2 in blade (2)
Lot 114
A ROYAL HIGHLAND DIRK INSCRIBED KRALJU PETRU II FOR KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70), LIEUTENANT COLONEL DINITCH, MAJOR BOGDANOVITCH AND CAPTAIN MILETICH, 27TH MARCH 1941-27TH SEPTEMBER 1943, SCOTLAND, BY TAYLOR, INVERNESS with polished blade formed with a scalloped back-edge, carved grip decorated with thistle flowers, foliage and traditional woven patterns, silver (unmarked) ferrule inscribed 'KRALJU PETRU', the pommel set with a faceted citrine in a silver claw mount, in its leather-covered scabbard with further inscriptions on the mounts, complete with its accompanying pieces 27.5 cm; 10 7/8 in blade King Peter II of Yugoslavia was born in Belgrade 6 September 1923 and was the godson of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Following his father's assassination in 1934 King Peter II became regent aged 11. At the outbreak of war in 1939 Yugoslavia was surrounded by axis forces and consequently he signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. This resulted in protests culminating in a coup and the King's exile to London where he was crowned in 1941. He continued his education at Cambridge and joined the Royal Air Force. In 1944 he married Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark and spent the remainder of his life in America where he died in Denver Colorado in 1970.
Lot 115
##A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH IVORY-HILTED SKENE OCHLE, MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering polished blade formed with a slender fuller along the notched back-edge on each face, ivory grip carved with heads of wheat and a spiralling pattern of leaves, and the pommel set with a citrine in a silver mount, in its silver metal mounted leather scabbard 18.5 cm; 7¼ in blade
Lot 116
A FINE FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1770, RETAILED BY CULLUM, CHARING CROSS, BY TRADITION THAT OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HOOD AND A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HOOD R.N., ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD BULL (ACTIVE 1777-1809), CIRCA 1785 the first with tapering blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a gilt matted ground, comprising double shell-guard decorated with differing trophies-of-arms partially enclosed by fronds within a framework of scrolls on each side, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel decorated en suite with the shell, globular quillon decorated with foliage, and a pair of arms, and original grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband between 'Turk's heads', in its parchment-covered scabbard with iron locket, chape and middle band, all decorated en suite with the hilt, the locket and middle band each with a ring for suspension and the former signed by the retailer, together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink 'Sword of Captain Alexander Hood killed in Mars at capture of L'Hercule'; and the second with powdered hair, blue coat, white facings and white jabot, on ivory, gilt-metal frame, glass lacking the sword: 79.5 cm; 31 3/8 in (in scabbard) oval 4.8 cm; 1 7/8 in (2) Alexander Hood was born on 23 April 1758 at Netherbury, Dorset and the second son of Samuel Hood, a purser in the navy and first cousin of Samuel Hood, Viscount Hood, and of Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport. His elder brother, Arthur, also served in the navy, and was lost in the sloop Pomona in August 1776. His younger brother was Sir Samuel Hood, baronet, and naval officer. Alexander's entry into the navy is a matter of uncertainty, as an Alexander Hood appears on the books of two ships simultaneously, namely the Romney, carrying his cousin Samuel's broad pendant on the North American station, between 15 April 1767 and 9 November 1770, and the yacht Katharine, commanded by his father, from 4 July 1768 to 4 March 1772. Although the Dictionary of National Biography places him in the Romney, it is not known by what authority, as his passing certificate for lieutenant mentions only the yacht, from which he was discharged into the Resolution (Captain James Cook) for the latter's second voyage of exploration. In 1776 Hood went to North America under the patronage of Lord Howe, by whom he was promoted lieutenant in the Raisonable on 18 July 1777. In March 1780 he was appointed to command the cutter Ranger, which in the early part of 1781 was sent to the West Indies, where Sir George Rodney gave him the rank of commander on 17 May 1781. On 27 July he was appointed to the Barfleur as flag-captain to his cousin Sir Samuel Hood, then in temporary command of the station. As captain of the Barfleur he took part in the action off Cape Henry on 5 September 1781, and again in that at St Kitts on 25-6 January 1782. A few days later he was appointed to the frigate Champion, one of the repeating ships in the actions off Dominica on 9 and 12 April, specially attached to the Red squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, with whom she was afterwards sent to the Mona passage; there she had the fortune to capture the corvette Cérès, with whose captain, the baron de Parois, a nephew of the Comte de Vaudreuil, Alexander Hood became friendly. On the arrival of the squadron at Port Royal he was moved into the Aimable, another of the prizes, which he took to England in the summer of 1783. In 1790-92 and again in 1793 he commanded the frigate Hebe in the channel, and in the following year he was appointed to the Audacious, but was compelled by ill health to leave her. He was unable to resume active service until February 1797, when he was appointed to the Mars (74 guns), attached to the Channel Fleet, then commanded by Lord Bridport. He experienced the mutinies at Spithead and St Helens, and was one of the captains sent on shore by the mutineers on 11 May. In the following spring the Mars was with the fleet off Brest, and late on the morning of 21 April 1798, in company with the other ships of the inshore squadron, the Ramillies and the Jason, discovered a French ship, the Hercule (74 guns), making for the harbour. About 9 p.m. the Mars, by herself, found the Hercule at anchor off the Pointe du Raz, waiting for the tide to turn. The darkness and the strength of the current prevented any attempt at manoeuvring. After an interchange of broadsides the Mars fell alongside the Hercule with the effect that the anchors at the bows became hooked together with the two ships touching, and the guns, which could not be run out, were fired in many cases from inboard. Such conditions led to the Hercule's losing 315 men killed or wounded and with her guns dismounted she struck her colours. Casualties on the Mars, a similarly sized but older ship, totalled no more than ninety. Early in the action Hood had been shot in the thigh by a musket-bullet which cut the femoral artery. He was carried below, and expired just as the sword of the French captain, who also died later, was placed in his hand. That sword is now preserved in the National Maritime Museum (see below). Hood's body was taken to England, and buried in the churchyard of Butleigh, Somerset, beneath a monument erected by his widow, Elizabeth, daughter of John Periam of Butleigh. Although Hood undoubtedly benefited by his family connections, and he also showed some signs of being excessively strict, which resulted in his being put ashore in 1797, examples of his consideration also exist, and he was clearly an officer of ability and good powers of leadership. His will, leaving all to his wife, was made after he received his fatal wound, and gives no indication of his financial position. He was survived by their two children, of whom Alexander (d. 1851) succeeded to the baronetcy conferred on his uncle Sir Samuel Hood; his children in turn included Sir Arthur William Acland Hood, naval officer. Abridged and taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Two further swords belonging to Captain Alexander Hood, including that presented to him on his death from the French Captain of the Hercule, are preserved in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. See May and Annis 1970, p. 358.
Lot 117
## A ROBE SWORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BY TRADITION THE LAST WORN BY SIR SAMUEL HOOD, VICE ADMIRAL AND HIS COMBINED KNIFE AND FORK the first with straight double-edged blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), gilt copper hilt comprising a pair of straight flat quillons, ovoid pommel and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and 'Turk's heads', in its leather-covered scabbard with gilt-brass chape, together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink 'Sir Samuel Hood's Sword, the last worn by him'; and the second with three slender prongs, a fourth broader prong incorporating a cutting edge, and ivory handle applied with a label inscribed in ink 'Sir Samuel Hood's knife & fork after he lost his arm as admiral' the sword: 83.2 cm; 32 ¾ in (in scabbard) (2) Sir Samuel Hood, the third son of Samuel Hood of Kingsland, Dorset, was born on 27 November 1762. Captain Alexander Hood (1758-1798) was his brother (see previous lot). He entered the Navy in 1776 on the Courageux with his cousin Samuel (afterwards Lord) Hood. In 1778 he was moved to the Robust with Alexander Hood, the future Lord Bridport, and was present at the action off Ushant on 27 July. In 1779-80 he served in the sloop Lively in the channel. When Sir Samuel Hood was appointed second in command in the West Indies he took Samuel into his flagship, the Barfleur, on which he was promoted lieutenant on 11 October 1780. He was present in the several actions with De Grasse-off Martinique on 29 April 1781; at the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781; and at St Kitts on 25-6 January 1782.
Lot 118
AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1750, BY TRADITION THAT OF JOHN PERIAM OF BUTLEIGH with tapering blade (not visible, seized in its scabbard), gilt brass hilt cast and chased in low relief against a punched ground, including double shell-guard decorated with differing scenes of putto, quillon-block and pommel decorated en suite, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass locket and chape, the former with a belt-hook (loose), together with an early paper tag inscribed in ink 'Dress sword of Mr Periam' 68.8 cm; 27 1/8 in blade John Periam of Butleigh was the father-in-law of Alexander Hood (see earlier lot).
Lot 119
THE NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD OF COMMANDER ARTHUR AVALON MACKINNON, 36TH CHIEF OF MACKINNON, O.B.E., BY HENRY WILKINSON, NO. 44108 FOR 1913 of regulation type, with etched blade, brass hilt, sharkskin-covered grip, sword knot, in its scabbard and complete with its leather carrying case (top loose) the top cover embossed 'A.A.M.' in black letters, with a label inscribed 'Arthur Avalon Cdr. A. A. Mackinnon His Naval Sword' 80.2 cm; 31 5/8 in blade The Wilkinson records state that sword no. 44108 was sold 8 July 1913 to Gieve & Co (outfitters).
Lot 14
##AN IVORY-HILTED SHORTSWORD (KERIS) AND MORO SHORTSWORD (KERIS), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad double-edged blade, silver hilt chased with a trellis design over the lower portion and carved ivory pommel (selut missing); the second with blackened single-edged blade inlaid with a brass line, paste-set selut, moulded hardwood hilt, in its scabbard the first: 51 cm; 20 1/8 in blade (2)
Lot 16
FOUR SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a Javanese keris with wavy pattern-welded blade, paste-set gilt selut, and carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with chased white metal pendok; another, probably Sumatran, with carved grip and wranka, the latter involving a stylised lion; another keris; and a bade bade with fishbone blade and carved wooden grip and scabbard the first 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in blade (4)
Lot 17
##THREE SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURIES comprising a Patani keris, with double-edged blade, carved hardwood hilt of characteristic beaked form, in its silver-mounted hardwood scabbard; another keris, with carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with spirally moulded silver pendok; and a shortsword, with pattern-welded blade, carved ivory grip decorated with scrolls, in its scabbard the first: 25.5 cm; 10 in blade (3)
Lot 18
A JAVANESE SHORTSWORD (KERIS) AND A SUMATRAN KERIS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with pattern-welded wavy blade, carved hardwood grip, in its scabbard with chased silver pendok, the second with wavy blade, chased silver washer, carved angular hardwood grip with beaked pommel, in its scabbard with brass pendok the first: 34.2 cm; 13 1/2 in blade (2)
Lot 196
A GROUP OF MINIATURE EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY including a Central European officer's sword, with curved blade, gilt-brass cross-piece and carved bone grip set with turquoise pastes; a Bavarian officer's sword, in its scabbard; two bayonets, a Gurka kukri knife, a Balkan bichaq, in its scabbard; two hunting daggers and a Japanese katana; together with a silver-plated Jugendstil paperknife by WMF the first: 18 cm; 7 in blade (qty)
Lot 218
A COMPOSED CASED HIGHLAND DRESS GARNITURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF 32 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS, SKEAN DHU, PLAID BROOCH, POWDER HORN, SPORRAN AND BELTS, 19TH CENTURY the pistols with blued barrels formed in three stages, inscribed 'London' on top, struck with Birmingham proof marks, and engraved with traditional designs over the breeches and behind the muzzles, engraved blued locks signed 'Donald Currie' and decorated with serpents on the tails, fitted with engraved pierced cocks and rollers, engraved silver full stocks decorated with wrigglework borders, thistle flowers and foliage (unmarked), blued iron belt hooks, triggers and prickers, the latter two formed as acorns, and blued iron ramrods; skean dhu, with single-edged blade formed with a clipped-back point, and silver-mounted grip in its scabbard; plaid brooch, stamped 'AGW' within a rectangle on the reverse, decorated on the front with a crest, a hand clasping a crown, enclosed by thistle flowers and foliage centring on a foil-backed paste; belt with silver buckle decorated en suite with the brooch; dress powder horn of stained flattened cow horn, with white metal mounts and chain; sporran with engraved white metal mounts decorated with Celtic serpents; a further belt matching the previous: all contained within a two tier fitted oak case lined in red velvet with brass lifting handles the pistols 17.7 cm; 6 7/8 in the case 51.5 cm; 20 1/4 in x 32 cm; 12 3/8 in
Lot 22
THE CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (KASTANE) PRESENTED TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM HENRY GREGORY, K.C.M.G., 14TH GOVERNOR OF BRITISH CEYLON (1872-1877), FROM MRS ALWIS, CIRCA 1872-90 with curved single-edged blade formed with a long slender fuller on each face, the forte encased in engraved brass inlaid with silver scrolls and leaves (small losses), hilt of characteristic form almost entirely encased in chased silver plaques, comprising a pair of quillons, arms and knuckle-guard involving Simha and Makara heads and traditional scrollwork, the grip chased with further scrolls and the pommel formed as a Simha head with a single red stone eye (the other missing, small losses), in its wooden scabbard encased in gilt copper, decorated with traditional scrollwork at the top and bottom, fitted with a single ring for suspension, and with presentation inscription towards the top 64.7 cm; 25 ½ in blade The inscription reads: To The Right Honorable Sir W.H. Gregory, K.C.M.G., From Mrs Alwis. Sir William Henry Gregory (1816-1892) was the son of Robert Gregory of Coole Park, co. Galway, and Elizabeth O'Hara of Raheen. He was born on 13 July 1816 IN Dublin and educated at Harrow School from 1831 under Charles Thomas Longley, who considered him the cleverest boy he ever taught. Gregory was head of the school before leaving for Oxford. At Harrow he began a lifelong friendship with Anthony Trollope. Gregory matriculated at Christ Church on 6 June 1835, but was less successful there, running second for the Craven scholarship in two successive years. Deeply disappointed by this failure, and increasingly distracted by an interest in horse-racing, he left Oxford without a degree. In January 1842 he stood at a by-election as the Conservative candidate for Dublin, and was returned against the whig-Liberal Viscount Morpeth. The election cost £9000, of which the chief item was a 'gratification for 1500 freemen at £3 a head'. Gregory was soon regarded as being among the promising young men of his day in the House of Commons. He was popular with all parties and attracted the attention and regard of men as different as Peel, Disraeli, and O'Connell. He was the author of the 'Gregory clause', which disentitled the possessor of more than a quarter of an acre of land, and his family, to relief. He declared in parliament on 29 March 1847 that the smallholding class was 'no longer an object of pity'. He also procured the insertion of provisions for assisting emigration. Gregory inherited his father's Galway estates in spring 1847, and soon acquired a reputation as a humane and improving landlord. In 1850 he was appointed high sheriff of Galway, and became active in local affairs. Gregory's already considerably encumbered estates were pushed further into debt by his famine expenditure. His financial embarrassments were compounded by his passion for the turf, where he made heavy losses in the early 1850s and in 1857 he was obliged to sell more than half his estate. After this financial breakdown Gregory finally quitted the turf, but he retained his interest in racing matters to the end of his life. Gregory became best known in parliament for his promotion of state funding for the arts. In 1860 he chaired a House of Commons inquiry into the British Museum, and he subsequently had much to do with the arrangement and development of the South Kensington collections. He was an ardent supporter of the opening of public museums on Sundays and took a keen interest in popularizing the study of the arts. In 1867 he was appointed by Disraeli a trustee of the National Gallery, and he took a very strong interest in the enlargement of the national collection. Shortly before his death he presented the best of his private collection to the National Gallery. Early in 1871 Gregory was sworn of the Irish privy council, and later that year he was appointed, governor of Ceylon. In January 1872 he sailed for that colony, in which he remained for over five years. In this position Gregory exhibited high administrative qualities, and his tenure of the governorship was one of considerable success and popularity. He spent more money on transport and irrigation works than any other governor, doing much to stimulate the cultivation of coffee and tea, and to improve the harbours of the island. His efforts at social reform and attempts to end the commercial monoculture of coffee were more circumspect and of limited success. He also took a great interest in the culture and antiquities of Ceylon, and established a museum at Colombo. In 1875 he received the Prince of Wales in Colombo and was knighted. Increasingly bored by administrative routine, irritated by the criticisms made of him by the plantation interest, and having clashed with the Conservative colonial secretary over the privileges of the Anglican church in the colony, Gregory decided to resign in 1876. After a visit to Australia in January 1877, he returned to Ireland. Thenceforward Gregory took no active part in public affairs, though his interest in them remained keen. As an Irish landlord he was deeply alarmed by the land war, and he vehemently criticized Gladstone's Land Act of 1881. In 1882 he had a sharp confrontation with his tenants over rent levels, and relations were subsequently strained on the Coole estate. He was strongly opposed to the home-rule movement, and in 1881 he printed privately a 'confidential letter', attacking what he took to be the separatist aims of Parnell and his followers. From 1886 Gregory considered himself a Liberal Unionist, ready to support coercion against agrarian agitation, but looking increasingly to tenant purchase as the solution to the land question. Gregory had a strong interest in the Middle East; he visited Egypt and north Africa in 1855-6, and published an account of his travels privately in 1859. In 1882 he advocated the cause of Arabi Pasha, the Egyptian nationalist leader, in letters to The Times. Subsequently to his retirement from the Ceylon government he paid three visits to that island. He contributed to The Racing Life of Lord George Bentinck by John Kent and Francis Lawley (1892) and in 1889 he published an article on Daniel O'Connell in the Nineteenth Century. Gregory was twice married: first, on 11 January 1872, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Clay and widow of James Temple Bowdoin, a lady of considerable private fortune, who died in 1873; second, on 4 March 1880, to Isabella Augusta (1852-1932), youngest daughter of Dudley Persse of Roxborough, co. Galway. She survived him with one son, William Robert Gregory, and both published Gregory's posthumous autobiography and turned Coole Park into the centre of the Irish literary renaissance. After 1890 Gregory's health gradually failed, and he died at his London home, 3 St George's Place, on 6 March 1892. A reduction, taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Lot 23
##A MORO SHORTSWORD (BARONG) AND THREE ACHEEN DAGGERS (BADE BADE), 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with broad leaf-shaped single-edged blade, hardwood hilt of characteristic form (cracked); the second with curved single-edged blade, polished ivory grip, and lightly carved wooden scabbard; the third with carved horn hilt and top-scabbard mount, the latter bound with silver, and the last with carved hardwood grip the first: 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in blade (4)
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