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Click here to subscribeAn Indo-persian jade-hilted shamshir,18th century with earlier single-edged finely watered blade, gilt-copper cross-piece with bulbous terminals, carved jade grip of khanjar form, in a wooden scabbard covered with gold and silver brocade, repousee silver mounts including locket and middle-band each with a ring for suspension 82.4cm; 32.5 in blade
A Balkan silver-mounted sword,19th Century with 17th Century curved fullered blade retaining traces of watered pattern, decorated with a gold-encrusted calligraphic cartouche at the forte, parcel-gilt silver hilt comprising cross-piece with spatulate terminals and solid grip each decorated with scrollwork and foliage, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large parcel-gilt silver mounts en suite with the hilt 79.4cm; 31.75 in blade The inscription reads in translation: "It is from Solomon, and is [as follows]: In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful". Qur'an, surat al-naml (XXVII), 30. The above quotation often appears as a legend for seals of those with the name Sulayman. The same legend appears on one of the seals of the Safavid King Sulayman I (1077-1105 AH, 1666-95), whether he used this for his arms remains unclear. à
An Abyssinian shotel,19th Century with European curved blade double-edged towards the tip, etched with scrolling foliage and a brief inscription, horn hilt of characteristic form, in its original leather scabbard; an Indian Talwar, 19th century, with curved blade and chiselled steel hilt decorated with foliage; a Nepalese Kora, 19th century, of characteristic form, the blade chiselled with figures, exotic animals and foliage; a Malaysian kris, in its scabbard; a Chinese sword; a pair of South American iron stirrups, 19th century, with wooden treads; a large Afghan Khyber knife, 19th century, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather; an Indo-Persian Zaghnal, 19th century; a Moroccan jambiya, in its scabbard; an African club; three further swords; two Indo-Persian finials, 19th century, each formed with a central spike, globular base, and tapering tubular socket; and three scabbards the first: 82cm; 32.25in blade (19)
A North African hardstone-mounted group of edged weapons,Early 19th century comprising Kilig with blade of characteristic form retaining traces of koftgari ornament, copper-hilt applied with filigree scrolls and raised settings for a rich pattern of turquoise and hardstones, in its copper-gilt scabbard, the inner-face decorated with repoussee flowers and foliage, and the outer face decorated with arrangements of turquoise and hardstones en suite with the hilt; a Jambiya, the blade decorated with a koftgari panel at the base and the hilt and scabbard decorated with similar patterns of encrusted hardstones and a very small knife of Jambiya form, with watered blade, complete with its scabbard The first: 66.5cm; 26.25 in blade (3) Op.cit., p.67, fig.37a.
A kindjal,19th century with broad fullered blade, wooden hilt encased in brass filigree set with turquoise and red hardstones, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with brass mounts en suite; a Cossack dress tunic, 19th century, of dark blue fabric trimmed with gilt lace retaining its charge-holders each with its nielloed silver cap; and another, of green fabric trimmed with red and cream lace the first: 59.6cm; 23.5 in (3) Op.cit., p.177, fig. 120 and 120b.
A rare Turkish silver-mounted scabbard,Late 17th century for a short broadsword, with leather-covered wooden body, silver-gilt mounts including large locket decorated with repoussee nielloed foliage, a small shaped band beneath fitted with two rings for suspension and plain shaped gilded chape; An Indo-Persian forked spear, 19th century, comprising bifurcated blade with reinforced tips, chiselled at the base with exotic animals within a gilded frame and tubular socket decorated with scrolling gold foliage within linear frames; and a Chinese archaic bronze mace head, of tapering tubular form, with raised mouldings and a series of pronounced nodules The first: 59cm; 23.25in (3)
A fine Turkish jade-hilted kard,18th century with single-edged watered blade, engraved gilt-brass ferrule, dove-grey jade grip, engraved gilt-brass pommel set with a carbuncle garnet, in a contemporary fabric-covered wooden scabbard with engraved gilt-brass locket and chape, the former incorporating a loop for suspension 28.5cm; 11.25in Op.cit., p.167, fig.117c.
An Indian axe,19th century with crescentic iron blade partially encased in gilt-brass chiselled with elaborate patterns of flowers and scrolling foliage, the rear pean decorated with a stylised elephant, gilt-brass haft decorated with scrolling foliage en suite with the blade, and globular basal cap fitted with a concealed blade; an Indian steel fighting axe, 19th century, with strongly curved convex blade fitted with a stylised antelope head finial with rear-facing horns, multi-stage haft with raised mouldings, button-shaped pommel, and decorated with silver koftgari scrolls and foliage throughout; An Indian Zaghnal, 18th century with slender recurved fullered blade, retained by a chiselled steel band, slender iron haft encased with a series of rounded bone plaques and spherical pommel; and a Zafar Takieh, 19th century, with double-edged blade, large silver ferrule, carved wooden crutch-shaped grip with a bird's head at each end, in its painted wooden scabbard The first: 52.5cm; 20.625in. (4) Op.cit., p.332a, fig.253a and p.345, fig.258.
A Moro TribesmanÕs shirt,19th Century formed of closely meshed rows of butted brass links carrying horn plates of characteristic form throughout, closed at the front by a pair of silvered brass catches and decorated with shaped silver plaques and rosettes (small losses); a Malaysian Klewang, 19th century, with curved watered blade double-edged towards the point, and finely carved horn grip formed as a scaly monsterhead; three further Malaysian shortswords; a small Malaysian dagger; and a Dyak Mandau, in its scabbard (6)
A rare Italian dagger,second quarter of the 16th century, probably Venetian with robust double-edged blade of asymmetric diamond section, tapering rectangular ricasso, the back-edge and ricasso etched with scrolling tendrils on a gilt ground, iron hilt comprising shaped cross-piece formed with a pair of acutely down-turned and forward facing quillons with large flattened baluster terminals, moulded pommel, and later wooden grip, in its original fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with iron mounts, including shaped belt-hook, and applied with an early inscribed label on the reverse (the upper portion of the scabbard incomplete) 30.5cm; 12in
An Italian left-hand dagger,First quarter of the 17th century with robust blade of stiff diamond section, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt comprising a pair of strongly down-curved reversed quillons decorated with punched and hatched ornament, scalloped ecusson, barrel-shaped pommel decorated en suite with the quillons, and original wooden grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads' (binding defective); and a Sardinian knife, 18th /early 19th century, with single-edged blade becoming double-edged over the upper half and formed with a reinforced tip, engraved brass ferrule, engraved brass pommel cap and highly figured burrwood grip, in its fishskin-covered scabbard The first 35.8cm; 14.125in (2)
A Saxon Bodkin for a trouse,second half of the 17th century with slender blade of square section tapering towards the point, cut with a series of notches behind the point for drawing sutures, engraved brass ferrule, carved stained horn grip, the pommel carved as a Saxon miner's head in the round, decorated over its surface with ivory and brass pellets, and the lower portion inlaid with twisted brass wire: a North European ballock dagger, early 17th century, in excavated condition, with robust blade of stiff diamond section, small curved iron guard, and wooden grip (the top washer missing); and an Italian stiletto, second half of the 17th century, with robust blade of triangular section pierced with a series of slots and circles within a slender fuller on the centre of each face, brass cross-piece with spirally fluted bud-shaped terminals, matching pommel, and spirally carved horn grip set with brass and ivory pellets, in its original brass scabbard fitted with a loop for suspension; and a German small-sword of transitional type, circa 1640, with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, stamped 'Tomas' and 'Aiala' within a short fuller on the respective faces,
A fine English sabre,Birmingham or Woodstock, circa 1780 with slender curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and retaining traces of etching at the forte (pitted, rubbed), burnished steel hilt, incorporating a slotted guard, faceted globular pommel with prominent tang button, and spirally fluted ivory grip bound with patterned iron ribband, in its original leather scabbard, the outer face tooled, and fitted with reeded steel mounts, the locket incorporating a button applied with faceted studs in imitation of brilliants and with matching belt hook on its original suspension chain of burnished large decorative links 66cm; 26in blade
A French small-sword with silver-gilt hilt,Paris silver marks for 1809-19, maker's mark of Antoine Balzarini with German hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with foliage and trophies on a blued panel at the base and signed 'S & K' for Schnitzler and Kirschbaum of Solingen, silver-gilt hilt, including ovoid dish-guard engraved with garlands, festoons, and punched border ornament on the outer face, the inner face studded with faceted gold and silver beads arranged as expanded flowerheads within gilt roped frames and on a finely punched matted ground, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and swelling grip all decorated en suite with the inner face of the guard, in a contemporary fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with silver-gilt mounts engraved en suite with the guard (chape missing); and a Continental small-sword, mid-18th Century, with colichemarde blade, brass hilt cast with rococo ornament in low relief, and original grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband the first: 78cm; 30.75in blade (2)
A rare silver-hilted small-sword for a child,London silver hallmarks for 1729 with hollow-triangular blade inlaid with two brass flowers at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard, globular quillon, knuckle-guard and spherical pommel all decorated with diagonal bands of flowers and foliage on a punched ground, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire (small repairs); a Continental silver-hilted small-sword, circa 1760, with colichemarde blade, silver-gilt hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard decorated with scenes from classical mythology, knuckle-guard interrupted by a central moulding of a classical figure, spherical pommel decorated en suite, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire, in a velvet-covered wooden scabbard; and a Continental silver-hilted small-sword, circa 1740, with associated French etched blade, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard decorated with mounted figures on each face, recurved quillons with globular terminals formed as monstrous masks, flattened spherical pommel en suite with the shell, with no provision for a knuckle-guard, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads' the first: 66.4cm; 26.125in blade (3)
A French small-sword,Circa 1760 with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with scrolls and trophies over the lower portion, pierced chiselled and gilt iron hilt, comprising double shell-guard decorated in the centre with an oval filled with trophies-of-war and music on a punched ground, all within a frame of tulip heads flanked by trellis pattern, and enclosed by further designs of flowerheads and bouquets, knuckle-guard and spherical pommel each pierced and chiselled en suite with the shell, and later bone grip, in its original fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with locket and middle-band chiselled and gilt en suite with the hilt (the chape replaced); a composite small-sword, circa 1770, with etched blade, gilt-iron hilt cast and chiselled in low relief including double shell-guard and decorated with scrolls and martial trophies, associated pommel and wooden grip retaining some of its original binding; a small-sword, mid-18th century, with plain moulded steel hilt;
A highland silver-mounted dress garniture,late 19th Century comprising dirk with notched blade by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, engraved silver ferrule, carved basket-weave grip studded with silver nails, and silver openwork pommel set with a foil-backed paste, in its silver-mounted scabbard engraved with St Andrew on the middle mount, complete with its extra pieces en suite (each missing its pommel paste, the locket detached, the scabbard shrunk); a silver-mounted velvet-faced leather baldrick; powder-flask, of stained flattened cowhorn, cast, chased and engraved white metal mounts at the base, centre and top, each set with a foil-backed paste, and original robust silver chain; and a plaid brooch, set with a central pink foil-backed paste surrounded by five smaller yellow foil-backed pastes all within an openwork frame of traditional knotwork and flowers; together with a large Mediterranean knife, 19th Century, with broad tapering blade cut with a slender fuller on each side, swelling grip of contrasting pieces of horn, retained by an engraved silver collar top and bottom, in its original leather scabbard with large silver mounts engraved with conventional flowers and foliage (the scabbard in two pieces) the dirk: 43.2cm; 17in (5)
A Victorian regimental volunteer Officer's dirk,19th Century with single-edged blade formed with a notched back-edge, basket-weave grip studded with brass nails, white metal ferrule and pommel, the latter set with a foil-backed paste, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver-plated mounts cast in low relief, the locket applied with a regimental star incorporating a light infantry bugle enclosing the monogram IVR, and complete with its extra pieces en suite with the hilt 38cm; 15in
An Italian cinquedea,In early 16th century style, 19th century with 17th Century partisan blade engraved with trophies and coats-of-arms over the lower portion (rubbed), and struck with a mark, down-curved brass cross-piece decorated with foliage centring on a shield, three-stage iron grip damascened with pseudo-classical motifs in silver, arched brass pommel set with a profile classical portrait on one side; a rondel dagger in late 15th century style, 19th century, with tapering blade of cruciform section, steel hilt formed of a pierced disk top and bottom, the former set with a pierced copper disk, and tapering grip, in its original scabbard with steel mounts; a left-hand dagger in Spanish 17th century style, 19th century, with hollow-ground triangular blade from a 17th Century gunner's stiletto, steel hilt including moulded quillons and sheet steel guard the first: 82.4cm; 32.375in (3)
A Prussian model 1715 infantry sabre,circa 1740-86 with curved fullered blade and brass hilt; a French model An. XI infantry briquet, dated 180_ ,with arsenal inscription along the back of the blade, and brass hilt; a German regulation hanger, dated 1777, with curved blade and brass hilt incorporating a flat-sided grip engraved with the regimental markings 'I-G-S-No. 18' (quillon missing); a German hunting sword of regulation type, circa 1760-80, with brass stirrup-hilt with lion's head pommel and bone-grip; a Continental regulation hanger, second half of the 18th century, with brass hilt (loose); a German small-sword, mid-18th century, with silvered brass hilt cast with allegorical and classical figures (repairs), and 19th century blade etched blued and gilt at the forte, in its scabbard (chape missing); a composite transitional rapier, German, mid-17th century, with long tapering blade of hollow-triangular section and iron hilt chiselled in low relief, including large double shell-guard decorated with trophies and grotesques (knuckle-guard and grip binding each missing); a German hunting sword, circa 1770, the blade etched with the cabbalistic date '1414', brass guard engraved en-rocailles, and spirally moulded wooden grip (pitting, grip binding missing); another, early 19th century, with plain brass mounts, in its scabbard (the hilt incomplete); a kindjal, 19th century, with wooden hilt, the scabbard inscribed 1825; and a further six items including tribal spears the first 63.8cm; 25.125in blade (16)
A British officer's non-regulation sabre, a memento of an early Napoleonic action,circa 1803 with regulation blade etched at the forte (traces of blue and gilt finish, light pitting), the hilt adapted from that of a French Light Cavalry Officer's model An. IX sabre, a La Chasseur, in its scabbard, the locket signed in full by Mallet, London (the chape detached); a rare Saxon Horse Artillery sabre, circa 1815, officially adapted in Russia from a captured French model An. XI Cavalry sabre and in turn captured from the Russians, the hilt offically altered (by breaking a langet) to facilitate the fitting of a Russian blade, the latter dated 1811, in its Russian steel scabbard; a German regulation sabel, late 19th century, with etched blade, brass hilt of fusilier type applied with a garde star, and associated scabbard (some wear throughout); a British 1796 pattern Heavy Cavalry trooper's sword,with 34 3/8 in blade with spear point and signed 'Osborne', regulation hilt (the langets and the rim of the disc-guard each removed, the grip covering missing), in its scabbard, and with regimental stamps, probably the 2nd Dragoons; a German Cuirassier Officer's degen, model 1880, the blade with traces of etched decoration (grip damaged, scabbard associated); a Hessian model 1889 cavalry degen, with etched regimental blade (kinked); and a German Officer's regulation sabel , third quarter of the 19th century, with steel hilt incorporating a guard pierced and engraved in Honeysuckle pattern the first 73.5cm; 28.875in blade (7)
A German Jager Officer's regulation sabre,circa 1840-60 with curved blade etched at the forte (worn), brass stirrup-hilt cast with a JŠger horn on the outer langet, lion mask pommel, chequered wooden grip (cracked), and in its original scabbard; a German Light Cavalry Officer's regulation sabre, first quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched at the forte and retaining traces of blued and gilt finish, steel hilt with three-bar guard, double langets, flattened pommel, and original wire-bound grip, in its original steel scabbard; a German Hussar Officer's regulation sabre, first quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched at the forte, steel stirrup-hilt with double langets, flattened pommel, and original wire-bound grip (scabbard associated); a German regulation short sabre, late 18th century, with curved blade, brass stirrup-hilt and wooden grip (one langet missing and the grip binding fragmented); an Austrian model 1869 Cavalry trooper's sabre, in its steel scabbard; a Prussian Cuirassier Officer's degen,
A Victorian Officer's basket-hilted regulation broadsword of the Invernesshire Militia, by Firmin & Sons,third quarter of the 19th Century with signed etched blade incorporating both the regimental title and the Royal cypher, steel basket-hilt, original grip, liner and tassel (grip binding missing), in its original scabbard (the latter rust patinated); a Saxon model 1867 Infantry Officer's sword, circa 1904-1918, with plain blade incorporating the Royal cypher and retaining all of its original polish, regulation brass hilt (grip binding missing) and in its steel scabbard (the latter pitted); and two Prussian model 1889 Cavalry swords, each with etched deluxe blade, one for the Dragoon Regiment Nr.6, the other for the Hussar Regiment Nr.15, each in its original scabbard the first: 83.8cm; 33in blade (4)
A full armour in 16th Century style comprising visored close helmet, gorget, cuirass, a pair of full arm-and leg-defences, the former including gauntlets: mounted on a steel stand; and another, similar: mounted on a steel stand; a spear in 16th/17th Century style, with broad leaf-shaped blade, straight cross-bar, on a wooden haft, and a Continental epee, 19th century, with single-edged blade, brass regulation hilt, in its original brass-mounted leather scabbard (4)
A .650 calibre Baker flintlock service rifle,early 19th Century with 30 1/2in barrel rifled with seven grooves and fitted with later bar for a bayonet, border-engraved lock stamped 'GR' crowned (the cock associated), walnut full stock (numerous repairs), the fore-end slotted to the trigger-guard along the underside, the butt with raised cheek-piece and fitted with brass patch-box hinged at the rear (probably later), regulation brass mounts and iron ramrod; an 1801 pattern Baker sword bayonet, with brass stirrup-hilt; and a regulation stirrup-hilted sabre of Light Cavalry pattern, early 19th century, in a steel scabbard (3) the first: 117.5cm; 46.25in
A uniform of the Twenty Fourth Foot, Rorke's Drift period comprising: tunic, Slade Wallis waist belt and ammunition pouches (reproduction buckle), Martini-Henry socket bayonet, frog and scabbard, buttons, shoulder numbers and helmet plate, together with reproduction collar insignia, later campaign helmet, Victorian woollen trousers, gaiters and boots; with display dummy.
A Turkish 1887 pattern bayonet, with wooden grip and steel blade (pitted) approximate length 17.25 inches, lacking scabbard; a Japanese Arisaka 1897 pattern bayonet, wooden grips, steel blade approximate length 15.75 inches, with scabbard; and another bayonet, possibly Persian, blade length 15.5 inches, with scabbard.
An Austrian 1895 knife bayonet, regripped, steel blade approximately 9.5 inches, with scabbard and later frog; a German 1898 2nd pattern bayonet, regripped, steel blade pitted approximately 20 inches, lacking scabbard; and a Saive bayonet with wooden grip and blackened steel blade approximately 8.75 inches, with scabbard.
Two 19th century French Gladius pattern sidearms, each manufactured by 'Talabot of Paris', each with 19 inch double-edged blade, one with brass-mounted leather scabbard; a Gurkha kukri, with two smaller knives in leather scabbard with conforming badge; an iron spearhead and a sectional horn baton, (5).
A scarce Indian steel Zafar Takieh (Salapa), with Koftgari decoration, the 'M' shaped handle with silver coloured metal ram's head terminals and Bengal tiger motif, the octagonal screw-tight scabbard encasing a 21.5cm stiletto, 54.5cm long overall. Zafar Takieh translates as 'cushion of victory', carried by Indian Princes when seated on the Masnad 'cushion' throne.
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