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Click here to subscribeA BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade cut with a pair of long fullers centring on a medial ridge cut with further narrow grooves, silver hilt cast and chased with beadwork and small raised panels at the top, middle, and bottom, reeded dense hardwood grip, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket and chape decorated with bands of beadwork 46cm; 18in
A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, LATE 19TH CENTURY with near flat double-edged blade cut with a pair of fullers on each face, bone hilt retained by a pair of iron rivets with shaped washers, in an associated wooden scabbard encased in silver repousée with scrolling foliage and beadwork enriched with niello, the inner face covered with a large leather-covered panel with provision for an additional knife (now missing), the base with a nielloed spherical terminal, and the locket dated 1897/8 40.3cm; 15 7/8in ++The blade has areas of wear and the edges have been sharpened. There is one small crack on the reverse of the hilt. The scabbard remains in good condition. The inner face covering of fishskin has small cracks.
FOUR SOUTH EAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY/20TH CENTURY comprising a Sumatran Goluk, with carved horn hilt, in its wooden scabbard; a Sumatran Klewang, with horn hilt inlaid with twisted silver wire (now loose), in its silver-mounted scabbard; a Sumatran Barong, with beaked hardwood grip inlaid with small horn pellets, silver ferrule, in its wooden scabbard; and a Sumatran Golok, with carved hardwood grip inlaid with red and green pigments, in its wooden scabbard the first: 56.5cm; 22 1/4in (4) Provenance The P. Holstein Collection, sold Hotel Drouot, Paris, 8 May 1957, lots 148, 149, 159, 160 and 162
A SULAWESI KRIS AND A BALINESE KRIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with wavy blade engraved with small flowers and retaining some applied gold decoration, angular ivory hilt, and gilt-copper beadwork selut, in its wooden scabbard encased in copper, with moulded wrangka applied with a gilt band around the top; the second with straight double-edged pattern-welded blade formed with a pair of short narrow fullers on each side of the forte, copper grip of characteristic figural form including beadwork selut, and retaining traces of gilding throughout the first: 45.5cm; 17 7/8in (2) Provenance The first: The P. Holstein Collection, sold Hotel Drouot, Paris, 8 May 1957, lot 184
TWO JAVANESE KRIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURIES the first with tapering pattern-welded blade, gilt-brass selut, carved hardwood grip decorated with characteristic scrollwork and with beaked pommel, in its scabbard with moulded silver pendok and carved hardwood wranka; the second with pattern welded blade, hardwood grip carved with a panel of scrollwork top and bottom, in its scabbard the first: 49.5cm; 19 1/2in (2) ++The first remains in good condition with only light wear. The second is missing its selut.
AN ARAB JAMBIYA, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, decorated with a pair of calligraphic cartouches at the forte on one side, horn grip carved with a pair of grooves on each face, in an associated velvet-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts decorated with silver scrollwork (worn, the scabbard shrunk) 27.5cm; 10 3/4in The inscription possibly reads, in translation 'Work of al-Amirak (?)... ++The blade and scabbard remain in good condition. The scabbard is a poor fit and the silver decoration on the mounts is now a dull colour with areas of wear.
A BURMESE SILVER-MOUNTED DHA, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade widening towards the tip, silver hilt formed of a large collar chiselled with petals around the base (bent), chased with foliage at the top, and fitted with ivory tusk grip (very small age cracks), in its wooden scabbard with silver mounts chiselled en suite with the hilt, and later green velvet covering 65.5cm; 25 3/4in blade ++The hilt is bent slightly at the base as per the catalogue. The silver has small cracks and dents on the hilt and scabbard mounts.
AN INDO-PERSIAN SHAMSHIR, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of watered steel, inlaid with a brass calligraphic cartouche and chiselled with a stylised lion rondel beneath, steel cross-piece decorated with gold koftgari, and later hardwood grip inlaid with brass wire and flowerheads, in its fishsklin-covered wooden scabbard with steel chape and a pair of suspension mounts 88cm; 34 3/4in blade The inscription reads, in translation, 'The servant of the King of Trusteeship, Abbas'.
**AN INDIAN PULOUAR, 18TH CENTURY AND AN ETHIOPIAN SABRE, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved blade of polished steel, steel hilt of characteristic form, set with a silver washer on each side, and pierced petal-shaped pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts scabbard; the second with curved fullered blade etched with foliage, white metal stirrup hilt including back-strap rising to a maned lionshead pommel, in its tooled hide scabbard (both worn) the first: 77cm; 30 3/8in blade
**AN IVORY-HILTED JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERSIAN with curved double-edged blade of watered steel formed with a slender central ridge and decorated with gold koftgari at the forte (worn), and marine ivory grip swelling at the base and the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with light shagreen, with ivory locket and chape each decorated with a radiating pattern of lines (the chape chipped) 48.2cm; 19in
**AN INDIAN KHANJAR WITH PUDDINGSTONE HILT, 19TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN KHANJAR the first with slightly recurved flattened blade (the tip with a small chip), variegated puddingstone grip carved with petals at the base and a horsehead pommel (restorations and repairs); and the second with fullered blade and figured jade grip incorporating a horsehead pommel (chipped), in a wooden scabbard the first: 28cm; 11in (2)
AN ARAB NIMCHA, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, characteristic engraved steel hilt comprising three strongly down-curved quillons with lobated terminals and knuckle-guard each retaining traces of gilding, and large horn grip fitted with a silver ferrule chased with flowers at the base, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather and with large chased silver mounts comprising locket, middle band and chape each set with turquoise and red pastes on the outer face (small chips) 87cm; 34 1/4in blade
**FOUR MALAYSIAN EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH CENTURY, AND A BURMESE DHA comprising barong stamped with a series of marks at the forte, characteristic hilt with large silver ferrule, in its rattan bound scabbard (small losses); a golok with engraved blade and horn hilt; a klewang with pattern-welded blade and horn hilt, in an associated scabbard of regulation type; a further Malaysian short sword with broad blade swelling towards a double-edged point, carved hardwood hilt, bound with plaited rattan and the upper portion rear-swept to form a spatulate pommel; and the fifth modern, in its bamboo scabbard the first: 49.5cm; 19 1/2in (5)
TWO CHINESE SWORDS AND A BAYONET the first with double-edged blade, engraved brass hilt, reeded wooden grip, in its tortoiseshell-mounted scabbard (cracks and small chips), the second similar (scabbard missing), and the third an 1856 pattern Enfield bayonet, in its scabbard the first: 46.5cm; 18 1/4in blade (3)
A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, LATE 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY with broad flat blade formed with a blunt near square tip, cut with a short fuller on each side and etched with the inscription 'Justicia' above the figure of Justice and a scrollwork panel, one side decorated with a wheel at the end of the fuller and a bladesmith's mark at the forte, and the other with a Gibbet (the etching worn), steel hilt comprising a pair of straight tapering quillons with moulded bud-shaped finials, plummet-shaped pommel, and banded grip with later leather covering, in a modern scabbard 80cm; 31 1/2in blade
A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with associated blade cut with a two pairs of short fullers framing the inscription Andrea and Farara on the respective faces and each interrupted by three King's Head marks, steel hilt of rounded bars carrying an alternating arrangement of rectangular and square fluted panels pierced with hearts and circles, fluted bun-shaped pommel (quillon missing), and later grip carved with basket weave designs and studded with steel nails, in a regimental leather scabbard with steel mounts 86cm; 33 7/8in blade
A RARE SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED REGIMENTAL BACKSWORD BY KNUBLEY, 11 CHARING CROSS, LONDON, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, engraved on each side with pairs of trophies-of-arms, foliage and signed in full at the forte (edge nicks), regulation steel basket-hilt of characteristic type, pierced with circles and triangles, original conical pommel and wooden grip, in its original steel-mounted leather scabbard (losses, now in two pieces) 87.5cm; 34 1/2in blade Knubley is recorded at this address circa 1785-92. Swords of this type are relatively rare and the majority have plain Birmingham blades of inferior quality, in contrast to the present example. They were supplied by the colonels of their regiments and cost around eight shillings and six pence each. See A. D. Darling 1970, p.17.
FOUR GERMAN HUNTING SWORDS, 18TH/19TH CENTURIES the first with etched blade double-edged towards the point, decorated with a doe and the inscription 'Weidmans Heil' on the respective sides, steel hilt including down-turned shell-guard and a pair of short moulded quillons, natural staghorn grip, and in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large steel mounts; the second with straight fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, retaining traces of etching at the forte, brass hilt, and natural staghorn grip, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard with suspension frog; the third with straight blade inlaid with brass ornament on its upper portion on each side, steel hilt, and natural staghorn grip, in its leather scabbard complete with two buckled loops for suspension; the fourth with robust blade, steel hilt including down-turned scalloped shell and a pair of acorn quillons, in its steel-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard the first: 51.2cm; 20 1/8in (4)
A FRENCH HUNTING SWORD LATE 18TH CENTURY, AND AN AUSTRIAN EPÉE, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade double-edged over its upper half, and shaped ivory grip with moulded borders (rivets missing), in a later velvet-covered wooden scabbard; the second with etched blade signed by 'R. W. Ohlig, Wien', and brass hilt cast in low relief including down-turned shell-guard the first: 41.7cm; 16 3/8in blade (2)
A SMALL-SWORD BY THOMAS GRAY, 41 SACKVILLE ST, CIRCA 1780 with slender blade of hollow-triangular section, etched and gilt with scrolls and trophies on a blued panel over the lower portion, burnished steel hilt, comprising oval dish-guard, a pair of slender arms, slightly forward-canted quillon, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and solid grip, fitted throughout with numerous faceted beads of differing size in imitation of brilliants, in its original shagreen-covered scabbard with steel locket and chape, the former inscribed with the maker's name and address (the lower portion of the scabbard missing, split along the seam) 80.5cm; 31 3/4 blade Thomas Gray worked at Sackville Street circa 1749-1820. He was a prominent Royal retail jeweller, cutler and goldsmith. He was immortalized in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility as the 'Gray's of Sackville Street' where the 'Miss Dashwoods' went to negotiate an exchange for a few old-fashioned jewels of their mother' (Chapter XXXIII. See. L. Southwick 2001, p. 126.
A CONTINENTAL EPEE, 19TH CENTURY with etched hollow-triangular blade, gilt-brass hilt engraved with foliage, including down-turned shell-guard spherical pommel chiselled with foliage, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts decorated en suite (the lower portion of the scabbard, worn), and retaining its bullion knot 79.2cm;31 1/8in blade
**AN IMPORTANT SPANISH PLUG BAYONET OF EXHIBITION QUALITY BY EUSEBIO ZULOAGA, DATED 1848 with steel blade double-edged towards the tip, each face damascened with a shaped panel of scrolling foliage behind the principal edge, chiselled with a series of gold-bordered scrolling fullers over the remaining surface and enriched with gold pellets, the back-edge chiselled en suite and following the contour of the grooves, stamped with the date in gilt letters 'A.1848' in the centre and signed in gold within a gilt oval at the forte, steel hilt formed with a pair of short slightly down-curved quillons with c-shaped terminals, swelling grip rising to a lobated pommel matching the quillons and drawn-out to an attenuated 'plug', finely pierced and chiselled throughout with a symmetrical pattern of foliage enriched with gold and silver damascene, inhabited on one side by putti holding the attributes of music and literature on the quillons, a pair of addorsed herms with cornucopia tails, exotic birds, flowers and a pair of winged demi-figures on the grip, and with further figures holding banners and bouquets accompanied by differing birds and winged masks on the other side, all enclosed within a silver linear frame enriched with gold scrollwork, in its steel scabbard pierced, chiselled and damascened with foliage en suite with the hilt, inhabited by further herms, classical warriors, exotic beasts, putti and allegorical figures all enclosed within a silver linear frame, the edges damascened in gold with scrolling foliage, and remaining in very good crisp condition throughout 42.2cm; 16 5/8in Eusebio Zuloaga (1808-1898) and his family are well known as armourers of outstanding quality. The present bayonet was made in the same year that Eusebio returned from one of several trips to Paris and commenced work on the restoration of the Spanish Royal Armoury which opened in 1849. It is likely that he and his son Placido worked on the damascened parade armour of Philip II by Desiderius Colman. This lot is distinguished from Eusebio's other work in the form of the blade and the hilt. The former is almost certainly inspired by Iberian falcata of the 4th/5th Century B.C. which would be most fashionable within the context of the mid-19th Century interest for archaeological antiquities. For a discussion of The Zuloaga Family see J. D. Lavin 1986, pp.63-156 and J. D. Lavin 1997. This bayonet is apparently unrecorded. Thomas Del Mar Ltd gratefully acknowledges Professor James D. Lavin for his assistance in the preparation of this catalogue entry.
AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD IN SPANISH 16TH CENTURY STYLE AND ANOTHER EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, 19TH CENTURY the first with broad flat blade formed with a rounded tip, cut with a broad shallow fuller on each side and with a brief inscription, steel hilt including a pair of flattened strongly down-curved quillons pierced with a fretted arrangement of diamonds and quatrefoils, and flattened pierced arrow-shaped pommel, in a modern leather-covered wooden scabbard; the second with heavy flat blade with rounded tip, steel hilt including a pair of straight quillons and fluted globose pommel the first: 62.5cm; 24 1/2in blade (2)
A SCOTTISH DIRK AND TARGE, 20TH CENTURY the dirk with with scalloped blade, white metal-mounted hilt engraved with the owners crest, a crescent, and the motto 'Virtute Cresco' on the ferrule, and the grip carved with basketweave designs, in its scabbard, the targe covered with leather tolled with traditional designs over the outer face and studded with numerous copper nails the first: 43cm; 17in (2)
A FINE RUSSIAN SHASKA OF PRESENTATION QUALITY, ZLATOUST, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged at the point, cut with a broad shallow fuller on each face, etched, blued and gilt on a frosted ground with scrollwork panels and the Imperial double eagle on one side and further scrollwork, the cyrillic letters VM and the Zlatoust Arms Manufactory inscription on the other, the back-edge decorated with a panel of etched blued and gilt scrollwork at the forte, gilt-brass hilt of characteristic form chased with scrolls on a punched ground, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass mounts cast and chased en suite with the hilt, including two suspension bands with brass rings 79.5cm; 31 1/4in blade
A RARE RUSSIAN DRAGOON OFFICER'S PALLASCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade stamped with two inspector's marks at the forte and with a short rectangular ricasso, regulation brass hilt (small cracks and brazed repairs), including thumb-loop and finely chiselled lionshead pommel, stamped with further inspector's marks on the knuckle-guard and the quillon, leather-covered wooden grip (small losses), in its regulation brass-mounted leather scabbard (broken in two places), the locket incorporating a long belt hook 86.2cm; 34in blade
A RARE RUSSIAN DRAGOON PALLASCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade, short rectangular ricasso, regulation brass hilt, including thumb-loop and chiselled lionshead pommel, stamped with inspectors marks on the knuckle-guard (rubbed), leather-covered wooden grip, in its regulation leather-covered wooden scabbard with brass belt hook 86cm; 33 7/8in blade
A RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II MODEL 1909 PRESENTATION SHASKA FOR BRAVERY, CIRCA 1894-1904 with slightly curved regulation blade cut with a pair of narrow fullers along the back-edge, engraved with the Imperial cypher and two inspector's marks on one side and the crowned Imperial double eagle on the respective faces, the back-edge with a brief cyrillic inscription, brass stirrup hilt with bravery inscription on the cross-guard, the pommel with the crowned Imperial cypher and with the badge of the Order of St Anne, banded wooden grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 73cm; 28 3/4in blade
A RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II MODEL 1909 SHASKA, CIRCA 1909-17 with slightly curved blade double-edged at the point, cut with a pair of narrow fullers, engraved with the crowned Imperial cypher and the crowned Imperial eagle on the respective sides at the forte and stamped with inspector's marks, the back-edge with a brief cyrillic inscription, gilt-brass regulation stirrup hilt, the pommel cast with the Imperial cypher, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 74cm; 29 1/8in blade
A RUSSIAN ALEXANDER II MODEL 1881 OFFICER'S SHASKA, CIRCA 1881 with slightly curved regulation blade cut with a pair of narrow fullers along the back-edge, engraved with the Imperial cypher and crowned Imperial double eagle within a scrollwork panel on the respective sides at the forte, regulation brass stirrup hilt, and later spirally carved grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 78cm; 30 3/4in blade
A RUSSIAN ALEXANDER III MODEL 1881 OFFICER'S SHASKA, ZLATOUST, CIRCA 1881-94 with slightly curved regulation blade, etched with scrollwork, Zlatoust Arms Manufactory inscription and the Imperial cypher on one side and the crowned Imperial double eagle on the other, regulation brass hilt including cap pommel cast with the Imperial cypher (top plate replaced), and banded horn grip (one small hole), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 73.5cm; 29in blade
A COSSAK MODEL 1881 SHASKA, DATED 1918 with slightly curved regulation blade stamped with inspector's marks, arsenal inscription and the date at the forte, regulation brass hilt, spirally carved hardwood grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts and provision for a bayonet (now missing) 86.5cm; 34in blade
A CAUCASIAN SHASKA, DATED 1899 with curved blade double-edged at the point and cut with a pair of slender fullers along the back-edge, etched with the owners initials 'Z.O.F.' in cyrillic and the date on one side and a further abbreviated inscription on the other, the hilt formed of a pair of dark horn grip-scales, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with a pair of brass rings for suspension 77cm; 30 1/4in blade
A RUSSIAN HUNTING SWORD, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a double-edged point, stamped with a mark at the forte including the Imperial double eagle and signed 'Schaf & Sons, St Petersburg' in cyrillic, gilt-brass hilt including a pair of short bud-shaped quillons, down-turned shell-guard decorated with a crowned Imperial double eagle enclosed by a hunting horn, cap pommel, and staghorn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt brass mounts chased with scrolling foliage on a punched ground 47cm; 18 1/2in
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN BY DIRECT DESCENT FROM THE RECIPIENT A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL THE HONORABLE WILLIAM MONSON, DATED 1802 with curved blade double-edged for its last third, etched in imitation of watering, applied on one face with the gilt presentation inscription and on the other with the owner's blued and gilt monogrammed initials and full crested arms, each side incorporating a long slender blued and gilt panel with stylised key terminals and enriched with a spray of foliage at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising slender down-curved quillon, ropework quillon-block, knuckle-guard decorated with oak foliage at the top, and lion mask cap pommel, and the grip retaining its original binding of plaited and twisted silver wire, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts comprising finely chiselled locket with the mask of Mercury on each side in high relief, a pair of bands for suspension decorated with lilies and clam shells, and openwork chape decorated with acanthus, and retaining its red silk and bullion sword knot: in its original mahogany case lined in red velvet (the lid now glazed for display), and retaining its original leather belt embroidered with silver wire and with a brass buckle chiselled with a prowling lion 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade The presentation inscription reads: 'This scymetar [sic] was presented in the year, MDCCCII, to the Honorable Lieutenant Colonel William Monson, by the Non-Commissioned Officers and privates of the LVXXVI, regiment, as a tribute of respect, esteem and gratitude.' William Monson (1760-1807) received a commission into the 52nd Regiment of Infantry in 1780 with which he proceeded to India. He became Captain on 5th August 1785 and took part in the Battle against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. He commanded a Light Company which successfully attacked the southern entrenchment of Seringapatam on 22nd February 1792. Monson remained in India after the peace and became Major in 1795. Two years later he exchanged into the 76th regiment where he became Lieutenant General. In 1803 he was appointed to the command of the first Infantry Brigade at the outbreak of the Mahratta war. He led the storming party at Allyghur on 4th September 1803 where he was severely wounded and incapacitated from field duty for six months. In 1804 he led a force of four thousand natives to keep watch on Jeswunt Rao Holkar who was threatening the British ally the Rajah of Jeypore. When Holkar broke camp and retreated Southwards Monson pursued him against the orders of Lord Lake with the intention of alarming Holkar and disbanding his army. This failed and in the forced retreat the cavalry was annihilated. Monson managed to escape with his infantry but attacks on his force continued and he arrived in Agra on 29th August with only a few hundred of the original force. In spite of this defeat he was again employed by Lake in the final operations against Holkar in Northern India. He acted as second in command to General Fraser on 21st February 1805 and became the chief command when his superior was wounded, from which position Monson wrote a report of the victory to Lord Wellesley. In 1806 he returned to England where he entered parliament and died in Bath the following year. ++
A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO ADMIRAL SARTORIUS BY WIDDOWSON & VEALE, SWORD CUTLERS NO 73 STRAND, LONDON, RETAILED BY SALTER, CIRCA 1834 with pipe-backed blade etched over almost its entire surface with the crowned Royal Arms of Portugal, the presentation inscription, and the cutler's details all amidst elaborate scrolls of foliage on one side and further designs of scrolling foliage and trophies enclosing the motto 'Aut Honor Aut Nihil' on the other (areas of wear and pitting, obscured in parts), gilt-brass stirrup hilt comprising quillons formed as a fasces, knuckle-guard as a branch entwined with a snake, a pair of langets chiselled with a deity, the back-strap and pommel formed as a lion's pelt, and finely chequered ivory grip (one small closed crack), in its original wooden scabbard with later velvet-covering, (replaced in its early life), with large gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in low relief with flowers and scrolling foliage on a punched ground, and medallions decorated with the seated figure of Justice, figures from the antique and a classical warrior profile 83.5cm; 32 7/8in blade The inscription reads: PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY VICE ADMIRAL SARTORIUS LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H. M. F. HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON BY A FEW OFFICER'S WHO HAVING SERVED UNDER HIS COMMAND APPRECIATE HIS HIGH HONOR [SIC]COURAGE INDEFATIGABLE EXERTIONS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY Sir George Rose Sartorius (1790-1885) entered the navy in June 1801 and joined the Tonnant in October 1804 under the command of Captain Charles Tyler. He was present in her at the battle of Trafalgar and was sent to the Daphne frigate in 1806, in which he was present at Rio de la Plata. In 1808 he was promoted to be lieutenant of the Success and took part in the defence of Sicily where he commanded the boats in bringing out trading vessels from under heavy fire on shore. The Success was afterwards employed in the defence of Cadiz, and on 1 Feb. 1812 Sartorius was promoted to the rank of commander. On 14 December he was appointed to the Slaney in the Bay of Biscay which was in company with the Bellerophon when Bonaparte surrendered himself on board her. In 1831 Sartorius was engaged by the exiled Regent of Portugal, Dom Pedro, as admiral to command the Portuguese regency fleet against Dom Miguel, and in that capacity obtained some marked successes over the usurper's forces. The difficulties he had to contend with were very great; he was met by factious opposition from the Portuguese leaders; the supplies which had been promised him were not forthcoming, and his men were consequently mutinous or deserted at the earliest opportunity. Sartorius spent much of his own money in keeping them together, and threatened to carry off the fleet as a pledge for repayment. Dom Pedro sent two English officers on board the flagship with authority, one to arrest Sartorius and bring him on shore, the other to take command of the squadron. Sartorius, being warned, made prisoners of both as soon as they appeared on board. Such a state of things, however, could not last; and without regret, in June 1833, Sartorius handed over his disagreeable command to Captain Napier, who, warned by his predecessor's experience, refused to stir till the money payment was secured. All that Sartorius gained was the grand cross of the Tower and Sword, together with the grand cross of St. Bento d'Avis and the empty title of Visconte de Piedade. His name had, meantime, been struck off the list of the English navy, but was restored in 1836. On 21 Aug. 1841 he was knighted, and at the same time appointed to the Malabar, which he commanded in the Mediterranean for the next three years. In 1842 he received the thanks of the president and Congress of the United States for his efforts to save the U.S. frigate Missouri, burnt in Gibraltar Bay. In July 1843 off Cadiz he received on board his ship the regent of Spain, Espartero, driven out of the country by the revolutionary party. The Malabar was paid off towards the end of 1844, and Sartorius had no further service afloat, though he continued through the remainder of his very long life to take great interest in naval matters. As early as 1855 he was said to have proposed to the admiralty to recur to the ancient idea of ramming an enemy's ship; and though the same idea probably occurred to many about the same time, there is little doubt that he was one of the earliest to bring it forward as a practical suggestion. He became a rear-admiral on 9 May 1849, vice-admiral 31 Jan. 1856, admiral 11 Feb. 1861; K.C.B. on 28 March 1865; vice-admiral of the United Kingdom in 1869; admiral of the fleet on 3 July 1869, and G.C.B. on 23 April 1880. He died at his house, East Grove, Lymington, on 13 April 1885, preserving to the last his faculties, and to a remarkable extent his physical energy, joined to a comparatively youthful appearance. He married, in 1839, Sophia, a daughter of John Lamb, and left issue three sons, all in the army, of whom two, Major-general Reginald William Sartorius, and Major-general Euston Henry Sartorius, C.B., won the Victoria Cross; the other, Colonel George Conrad Sartorius, is a C.B. John Salter died in 1834 after which the company was re-established by Widdowson and George Veale (his former shopman and witness to his will) as Widdowson and Veale.
A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD BY WOOLLEY, DEAKIN AND DUTTON, CIRCA 1810 of regulation specifications, with spear-point blade (the tip with a small chip), up-turned guard, in its steel scabbard 86.4cm; 34in blade Provenance: The Royal House of Hanover, Schloss Marienburg, sold 13th October 2005, lot 3680. These makers are recorded circa 1808-12.
A HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1810 with slightly curved pipe-backed blade with spear point (holed along the pipe-back for 7in), regulation steel hilt with its leather liner, leather-covered grip, in its steel scabbard 87.7cm; 34 1/2in Provenance: The Royal House of Hanover, Schloss Marienburg, sold 13th October 2005, lot 3683.
A VICTORIAN COURT SWORD BY HENRY POOLE & CO. SAVILLE ROW, LONDON with etched blade, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard with crowned VR cypher, in its leather scabbard with engraved gilt-brass mounts and retaining a portion of its sword knot, complete with its buff leather cover 82cm; 32 1/4in blade Provenance Judith Lady Wentworth, Crabbet Park, Sussex
A BRASS HILTED SWORD BAYONET, AND FOURTEEN FURTHER BAYONETS, 19th AND 20th CENTURIES the first for a German Rifled carbine with bayonet bar, 18in spear pointed blade, lacking spring to the hilt; along with two Chassepot bayonets; five German WW I bayonets two with scabbards; a bayonet for a Comblain rifle with 20in blade; a Chassepot bayonet with scabbard, and the Chassepot with saw back blade; two Gras bayonets; two Continental bayonets with double edged blade (15)
FIFTEEN VARIOUS BAYONETS AND A LEATHER CROSS BELT comprising, a Belgian model 1880 bayonet; a French model 1866 Chassepot bayonet, dated 1868; a French model 1874 Gras bayonet, dated 1877, in its scabbard; a French model 1842 bayonet; a French model 1886/93/16 Lebel bayonet; two German model 1898/05 butcher knife bayonets, one with pioneer blade; eight further bayonets and a leather regulation cross belt (16)
A 120 BORE FRENCH DUMONTHIER PATENT COMBINED D.B. PERCUSSION PISTOL AND DAGGER, CIRCA 1850 with tapering barrels fitted with a fullered blade between, a pair of knurled hammers also forming the left-hand side of the cross-guard, and fitted with a pair of spirally fluted horn grip-scales, in its original steel-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard (surface rust throughout, the action defective, chape missing) 33cm; 13in See H-W. Lewerken 1989, pp. 232-3 nos. 57 and 58.
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