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A NORTH INDIAN SWORD (PULWAR), 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched with a crucible steel pattern and with a brief inscription on one face, silver-plated hilt comprising langets with leaf-shaped terminals, down-curved hoof-shaped quillons, cup-shaped pommel formed as a flowerhead with a square bracket for a tassel, and integral grip cast with a chevron design and foliage, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver chape, 80.5 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C03.
AN ELIZABETH II ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICER'S SWORD BY WILKINSON, NO. 81651 with etched blade including vacant scrolls, battle honour 'Borneo', the owner's initials 'B.C.H.', crowned insignia and Royal arms, gilt-brass hilt, in its scabbard, complete with buff leather cover and leather carrying case, the latter with gilt initials, 82.5cm blade The Wilkinson Sword records state that sword no. 81651, an RAF pattern, was sold to B.C. Holland, RAF, 8th February 1960.
A HIGHLAND BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, 20TH CENTURY with broad double-edged fullered blade, iron basket-guard formed of alternating square and rectangular panels pierced with hearts and circles, fluted bun-shaped pommel, wire-bound grip, red doe-skin liner, in its leather scabbard, 81.0 cm blade
A FINE NORTH INDIAN SILVER-HILTED SWORD (TALWAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved crucible steel blade double-edged towards the tip, struck with a sun-in-splendour mark on one face and with a brief inscription at the forte, silver hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of langets with shaped foliate terminals, mushroom-shaped quillons, disc pommel with pierced rounded button fitted with a later ring, and integral grip, in its green velvet-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and chape each pierced with a fine design of scrolling foliage, the former fitted with a ring and chain for suspension, 73.4 cm bladeRoy Elvis Catalogue Number C04.The owner’s catalogue entry for this lot attributes it to the Royal Jaigarh Fort Armoury, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
FOUR COURTSWORDS WITH BURNISHED STEEL HILTS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with etched blade decorated with scrolls and the retailer’s details ‘Ede & Ravenscroft, 93 & 94 Chancery Lane WC2’, burnished iron hilt decorated with faceted beads in imitation of brilliance, including pierced oval guard and complete with its knuckle-chain, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard, the second with etched hollow-triangular blade, burnished steel hilt set with faceted studs, in its scabbard, the third with hollow triangular blade, burnished steel hilt set with faceted studs, in a steel-mounted leather-covered scabbard, the fourth with hollow triangular blade, steel hilt pierced and set with faceted studs (reversed) in associated leather-covered scabbard complete with velvet baldrick), the first: 78.4 cm blade (4)
A FRENCH MODEL ANXI CAVALRY SWORD, DATED 1811 of regulation type, with fullered blade engraved with Klingenthal Imperial arsenal inscription along the back edge and stamped with inspectors marks at the forte 'L B C*', brass hilt stamped ‘versailles’ and struck with inspectors marks including 'VB', wire-bound leather covered grip, in its scabbard (rusted), 96.4 cm blade
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL MOUNTED MANICURE SET, MACDANIEL, OXFORD STREET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND A CASED PAIR OF FRENCH SCISSORS, 20TH CENTURY comprising signed scissors and two folding knives, matching corkscrew, tweezers, pick and button hook, a further pair of associated scissors, on a fitted tray contained within a matching case; the second of burnished steel, in their fitted case; together with a leather scabbard for a pair of scissors, three cased small blades with threaded hafts and a folding key spanner in burnished steel case, the first: 17.7 cm x 13.2 cm overall (5)ProvenanceDavid Hayden-Wright (1936-2006)
A FINE OTTOMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED SABRE (KARABELA), MARKED FOR THE REIGN OF SULTAN MEHMET IV (1648-87) with 16th century slightly curved crucible steel blade widening to a double-edged point and with a fine watered pattern throughout, chased gilt and nielloed silver hilt comprising guard of characteristic form with straight quillons with moulded bud-shaped terminals, decorated over its surface with a spray of differing flowers and foliage against a matted ground (one small crack at the top of one langet), back-strap decorated with a running pattern of foliage and flowers en suite, and polished horn grip retained by three rivets over silver foliate washers, carved with pairs of chevron lines and widening to a shaped terminal, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard, the leather embossed in imitation of shagreen (small wrinkles beneath the locket), with large silver chape, locket and a pair of bands with suspension rings, all decorated en suite with the hilt, the locket and chape each struck with a tughra, the upper suspension ring with a zig-zag inspection mark, and remaining in fine condition throughout, 78.2 cm blade This karabela survives in notably fine condition and was possibly part of the booty taken during the Turkish Wars of the second half of the 17th century. Viewed alongside the distinguished Türkenbeute now preserved in Vienna, Karlsruhe and Dresden the present karabela may be classified among the higher quality examples. See Schuckelt 2010, pp. 265-266, nos. 241-243.
A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 18TH CENTURY, RAJASTHAN OR PUNJAB with triangular blade of crucible steel, formed with a reinforced point, chiselled with a caparisoned elephant and rider highlighted in gold (small losses) on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form comprising side bars and grip-bars, the latter swelling in the centre, and decorated throughout with gold flowerheads enclosed by scrolls of foliage, in a wooden scabbard with later fabric covering and iron chape decorated with gold flowers enclosed by leafy tendrils (the gold with losses), 42.2 cm overall Two katars with related blades are preserved in the Chi Mei Museum, Taiwan. See Hales 2013, nos. 157 and 158.
A SUDANESE SWORD (KASKARA) LATE 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER SWORD the first with broad fullered doubled-edged blade, characteristic iron hilt with straight quillons, and leather-bound grip (pommel missing), in its tooled leather scabbard; the second modern, in Spanish 15th century style, the first: 91.7 cm blade
A SWEDISH CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD, 19TH CENTURY probably for a Royal Horse Guards or Crown Princes Hussar, with slender pipe-backed blade etched over its lower portion, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, including oval langets decorated with trophies-of-arms, knuckle-guard with a pair of crossed flags and a brace of pistols, and the back-strap rising to a maned lionshead pommel, original wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its leather scabbard with large gilt-brass mounts decorated en suite with the hilt, 80.5 cm blade
A VICTORIAN 1821 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD BY HAMBURGER RODGERS & CO., 30 KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD AND A VICTORIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER'S SWORD BY STILLWELL & SON, MADRASof regulation type, the first with pipe-backed blade etched with the crowned Royal cypher and foliage on a panel on each face and with the maker's details at the forte, 'honeysuckle' hilt, in its scabbard; the second with plain blade, stirrup hilt, in its scabbard; the third etched with the crowned Royal cypher, regimental and retailer's details on the blade, triple-bar hilt, in its scabbard, (all three swords with light surface rust throughout) and a 1907 pattern bayonet, in its scabbard, the first: 92.5 cm blade (4)
‡ A KOREAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, of regulation type, in the Japanese taste, with slightly curved single-edged blade, brass hilt comprising slightly up-turned ovoid guard, foliate cap pommel, and fishskin-covered grip bound with leather, in its leather-covered scabbard with brass locket (chape missing), 32.5 cm blade
A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), DATED 1842, PROBABALY BANDANWARA, RAJASTHAN with sharply tapering crucible steel blade formed with two pairs of converging fullers on each face and a reinforced point, iron hilt comprising slightly angular guard with a gold-encrusted old Hindi inscription on the inner face, a pair of slender side bars with gold encrusted flowers on each side of the tips, a pair of burnished faceted grip-bars, and in fine condition throughout, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard shaped to accommodate the base of the hilt, with finely pierced silver chape decorated with engraved flowers, and complete with an early leather belt with silver buckle, 43.4 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D07. The inscription includes a pious invocation, the year and place of manufacture.
A VICTORIAN INDIAN ARMY 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD RETAILED BY RANKIN, CALCUTTA, AND A VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD RETAILED BY HAMLIN & EMBLING, PAVILION BUILDINGS the first of regulation type, with curved blade etched with the crowned Imperial cypher, scrolling foliage, the retailer's details, and the presentation inscription 'presented by the Chief Commissioner Burma to Havildar Bysakha Singh Yamethin Military Police Battalion as a reward for gallantry 1890', regulation brass hilt with crowned Imperial cypher, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its iron scabbard; the second of regulation type, with etched blade (areas of wear), brass hilt, and wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, the first: 82.3 cm blade (2)
A GEORGE V 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD RETAILED BY J. BATSON & SONS, LONDON AND A GEORGE V 1897 PATTERN OFFICER’S SWORD FOR THE 6TH BATTALLION WELSH REGIMENT, RETAILED BY HOBSON & SONS, 135 LEXINGTON STREET, LONDONthe first of regulation type, with etched blade including crowned Royal cypher, nickel-plated hilt, in its field service scabbard (worn); the second of regulation type, with etched blade including crowned Royal cypher, regimental designation, owner’s initials ‘H.G.H.’, nickel-plated hilt, in its field service scabbard (worn), the first: 84.3 cm blade (2)
˜ A RARE FOLDING HUNTING KNIFE, J. NOWILL & SONS, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1845 with long tapering wavy blade of burnished steel, signed by the maker between a ‘D*’ and crossed keys mark on one face at the forte, locked by a spring-catch and released by a heart-shaped German silver button in a half-length grip, German silver fillets, engraved German silver terminals decorated with flowers and foliage, and chequered ivory grips, in its leather scabbard, probably the original, 26.0 cm (closed) ProvenanceDavid Hayden-Wright (1936-2006)LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 91. The D* mark was first used by one Thomas Nowill (circa 1676-1704), recorded as a ‘Maker of Knives’. J. Nowill & Sons won a prize medal at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 for ‘…..a display of cutlery comprising…..pocket knives, Indian hunting knives…..and an ‘assortment of knives for the Levant’. The firm had considerable export business with outlets in Turkey, Greece and Egypt, and the influence is clear in the kris-style blade on the present knife. This lot is offered with UK Ivory Act 2018 certificate number YYVM6VNZ
A VICTORIAN 1857 PATTERN ROYAL ENGINEERS OFFICER’S SWORD RETAILED BY C. WEBB, 23 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON of regulation type, with etched blade including the crowned Royal cypher, regimental designation and retailer’s details, brass hilt and wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its brass scabbard (worn), 82.5 cm blade Stated by vendor to be that of Major General Charles Edward Luard, Royal Engineers (1837-1908), executive officer during the Fenian disturbances of 1871, served in Bermuda, Corfu, Gibraltar, and Natal. His wife was murdered in August 1908 (The Seal Chart Murder), shortly after Luard stepped in front of a train after a whispering campaign insinuating that he was the murderer.
A RARE WORLD WAR I MACHINE GUNNER'S 'WELSH KNIFE' OF THE 9TH BATTALION, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS, CIRCA 1917-18 entirely of steel, or regulation type, with broad leaf-shaped blade, stepped folding circular guard locking into the forte, plain tang with a portion of cord binding, sharpened pommel, and original canvas-covered leather scabbard with belt loop, 59.8 cm ProvenanceHerbert George Davis (1883-1967), who was in service with the Howard de Walden family before and after World War I.Thence by descent. Allegedly based on an ancient Welsh weapon (later proved not to be the case), the "Welsh Knife" was designed by the sculptor and armourer Felix Joubert in 1916. A limited number were made by the Wilkinson Sword Company at the behest of Lord Howard de Walden who commanded the Battalion between September and December 1917. A memorandum of 27 January 1920 in the Imperial War Museum states "9th Batt'n. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. This battalion made use of a knife with which all machine gunners and bombers were always equipped. Every member of a raiding party was so armed and in one raid on the Messines Ridge two days before the battle of Messines they were used with conspicuous success. They were provided by Lord Howard de Walden and were a replica of a weapon used by Ancient Welsh tribes. They were double-edged, but were intended more for bayonetting than cutting."
A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 18TH CENTURY with slightly curved double-edged crucible steel blade formed with a pair of long converging fullers divided by a slender rib and with a reinforced point, iron hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets each decorated with a conventional flower, arched guard, a pair of side-bars each with a tapering recessed panel and lobated finial, a pair of grip-bars joined by beads, and decorated throughout with gilt flowers and foliage, in its wooden scabbard with a later leather covering, and large iron mounts decorated en suite with the hilt, comprising chape with bud-shaped terminal and locket with a pierced loop (the gold with losses, the iron parts now russet brown throughout), 54.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D12.
A JAPANESE DAISHŌ (PAIRED LONG AND SHORT SWORDS) IN BLACK LACQUERED SAYA (SCABBARD) DECORATED IN COLOURED LACQUERS, BLADES 1650-1750, MOUNTS NINETEENTH CENTURY comprising a katana (long sword), Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), with a shallow tori-zori (even curve) and small kissaki (point), gilded copper habaki (collar); Hamon (tempering pattern): irregular notare (undulating) in nie (grains), details partially obscured by rubbing; Nagasa (length): 62.0 cm; Nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened), one mekugi-ana (peg-fixing hole), mumei (unsigned); Koshirae (mounting): black lacquered saya (scabbard) with red and gold lacquer decoration of flowers and a samurai. Copper alloy fuchi-kashira (hilt ornaments) with a black silk itō (braiding) wrapped tsuka (handle) over same (rayskin). The iron tsuba (hand guard) with a russet surface patination and pierced decoration of fans, together with a wakizashi (short sword), Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridge line), with a shallow tori-zori (even curve) medium kissaki (point), gilded copper habaki (collar); Hamon (tempering pattern): broad notare (undulating) in nie (grains), details partially obscured by rubbing; Nagasa (length): 40.0 cm; Nakago (tang): suriage (shortened), mumei (unsigned), one mekugi-ana (peg-fixing hole); Koshirae (mounting): black lacquered saya (scabbard) with red and gold lacquer decoration of flowers and a samurai. Side pocket for a kogatana (utility knife) with shakudō gilded decoration of the kozuka (handle) in relief. Copper alloy fuchi-kashira (hilt collar and pommel) with a faded black silk itō (braiding) wrapped tsuka (handle) over same (rayskin) and gilded shakudō menuki (copper alloy hilt grips) decorated with sakura (cherry blossom). The iron tsuba (hand guard) with a russet surface patination and pierced decoration of fans
THREE BRITISH COURTSWORDS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with etched blade, gilt brass hilt cast with beadwork including downturned shellguard cast with a crown, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard; another with etched blade, beadwork hilt, in its scabbard, and another (scabbard missing, light wear throughout), the first: 81 cm blade (3)
˜ THE 1831 PATTERN MAMELUKE-HILTED GENERAL OFFICER’S SWORD OF A. FORYCE, 78TH HIGHLANDERS, BY WILKINSON, NO. 18256 FOR 1872 of regulation type, with etched blade including the crowned Royal cypher, crossed sword and baton and scrolling foliage, brass hilt, ivory grips (one cracked, pommel eye mounts missing), in its brass scabbard, 79.0 cm blade The Wilkinson sword records state sword no. 18256, blade fitted with Highland hilt, was received by A. (?W.) D. Foryce, 78th Highlanders, 24th August 1872.
A CHINESE SWORD (DAO) AND THREE MALAYSIAN DAGGERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with double-edged blade inlaid with brass rondels, engraved brass hilt decorated with traditional designs, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with brass mounts en suite; the second a Moro kris, with pattern-welded straight double-edged blade, white metal hilt, grip bound with white metal and rattan, in its scabbard; the third a Sulawesi kris, with pattern welded wavy blade, carved hilt with beaked pommel, in its scabbard; and the fourth with curved blade, and carved wooden hilt, the first: 40.5 cm blade (4)
A GEORGE V 1827 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD BY S. W. SILVER & CO., 2A EASTCHEAP of regulation type, with etched blade including the crowned Royal cypher and crowned fouled anchor (areas of rust), brass hilt with folding side-guard, wire-bound fishskin covered grip, in associated scabbard, 78.7 cm blade
A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY with associated broad single-edged crucible steel blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with a brief inscription on one face, chiselled iron hilt decorated with a frieze of flowers at the principle borders and with pierced foliate details, comprising a pair of langets, quillons formed as bulbous flowerheads, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section decorated with a pair of pierced flowerheads and rising to a broad knuckle-guard pierced with a lotus flower, and with recurved bud-shaped finial, large pommel with up-turned brim, pointed button decorated with foliage and integral grip, in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 73.4 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C103.
A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR GOLCONDA, ANDHRA PRADESH with European straight blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with a brief inscription within a pair of long slender fullers on each face (small areas of light pitting), finely pierced and chiselled iron hilt with beadwork borders, extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of langets with shaped foliate terminals, a pair of quillons with pierced bud-shaped terminals, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard, cup-shaped pommel with long attenuated button, integral grip with an early red velvet covering and the hilt with a padded green velvet liner on the guard, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small losses, opening at the seam), 106.7 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C28.
THE VICTORIAN 1822 PATTERN OFFICER'S SWORD PRESENTED BY MAJOR HENRY JAMES R.E. F.R.S & C. TO QUARTERMASTER JAMES MACDONALD, R.E. ON APPOINTMENT 1873 with regulation pipe-backed blade etched with a crowned flaming grenade and Royal cypher on each face, and with the presentation inscription within a panel at the forte, regulation gilt-brass hilt, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard (areas of pitting), 81.2 cm blade
A CASED POLISH MODEL 1954 AIRFORCE DAGGER WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION of regulation type, the blade numbered 32461, chromed hilt with pierced quillon and white composition grip, in its scabbard with enamelled badge, complete with straps: in its box with 75th anniversary presentation inscription to Mariuszowi Ziontkowi on the lid, 23.2 cm blade
A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD, CIRCA 1828-38 with double-edged blade formed with a short central fuller and etched with foliage over the forte on each face, regulation gilt-brass hilt including boatshell guard, the grip bound with plaited silver wire between gilt moulded collars, in leather scabbard with gilt-brass locket, chape, and middle-band, the locket inscribed by the retailer 'Moore, late Bicknells Moore, Old Bond Street, London’, and retaining much early gilding, 75.3 cm blade
A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD with double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section (light pitting), regulation gilt-brass hilt including boatshell guard with foliate engraved border, knuckle-guard and pommel chiseled with designs of conventional foliage, the grip bound with plaited silver wire between gilt moulded collars, in leather scabbard with engraved gilt-brass locket, chape, and middle-band, en suite with the guard (rings missing) and retaining much early gilding, 74.2 cm blade
THE 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF ERIC DALBIAC LUARD (1878- 1903), QUEEN’S OWN REGIMENT, BY WILKINSON, NO. 39642 FOR 1902 of regulation type, with etched blade including crowned Royal arms and cypher and maker’s details, nickel-plated hilt, in its field service scabbard (worn), 82.7 cm blade The Wilkinson sword records state sword no. 39642, Infantry pattern (nickel plated), was sold to E.D. Luard, Royal West Kent Regiment, 5th November 1902. Lieutenant Eric Dalbiac Luard, served with the Royal West Kent Regiment, contracted enteric fever in Africa and died at Garrero in 1903, while attached to the 2nd King’s African Rifles.
A RARE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY with curved double-edged crucible steel blade formed with a pair of long slender fullers within a linear frame terminating in leafy fronds at the forte on each face, the fronds each retaining some silver inlay, waisted hardwood hilt of characteristic form, fitted with an engraved silver ferrule at the base and studded with ten rivets with large silver heads, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver, struck with a mark (indistinct), chiselled with a pattern of dense scrolling tendrils enclosing small flower heads on a finely punched and gilt ground on the inner face, the outer with leaf-and lozenge-shaped panels filled with a matching pattern of flowerheads and with a small loop for suspension, fitted at the top with a shaped silver collar decorated en suite and at the chape with an engraved bulbous terminal (rubbed in places), 20.0 cm bladeSimilar daggers were taken as part of the booty gathered by the Margraves of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach now preserved in the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. See Petrasch, Sänger, Zimmermann and Majer 1991, pp. 200-202.
AN ARAB GOLD-AND SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SAIF), LATE 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, silver cross-piece with fluted conical terminals and applied with a chased gold plaque in the centre, the grip encased in chased gold rising to an angular pommel, all decorated with geometric designs, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, the latter two each with rings for suspension, all applied with chased gold plaques decorated en suite with the hilt, 79.5 cm blade
˜ A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, CIRCA 1815-33 in the Turkish manner, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising cross-piece with acorn finials, and a pair of ivory grip-scales rising to form a pierced rounded pommel and shaped for the fingers, in its steel scabbard, 76 cm bladeProvenanceSchloss Cumberland, Gmunden, inv. nos. 1529, 1530Schloss Marienburg, Hanover, sold Sotheby's October 2005, lot 3690 Ivory Registration reference 9XZZRWAU
AN 1845 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD RETAILED BY GIEVES, PORTSMOUTH, POST 1902 with etched blade including a fouled anchor and the crowned Royal arms, gilt-brass hilt with folding side-guard, in its brass-mounted scabbard, complete sword knot (worn), chamois cover and outer leather cover, 79.0 cm blade

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