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Lot 257
Mandingo sword with 63cm plain curving steel blade and leather covered grip with white metal ribbed spherical pommel; in decorative leather leaf scabbard with plaited tassels and shoulder strap L78cm overallCondition Report: Good condition consistent with age and use.Tip of sword projects slightly from tip of scabbard.Slight scratching and rusting to blade.
Lot 77
A ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SCABBARD SLIDE, WESTERN HANPlease note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Jade. China, Western Han, c. 207 BC – 9 ADThe scabbard slide is partly executed in openwork to depict a dragon and phoenix amid scrolling clouds. Their sinuous bodies are intertwined and detailed with finely incised lines. The translucent stone is of a pale celadon color with creamy white to brown inclusions.LENGTH 9.2 cmProvenance: Private Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), acquired at China Guardian Auctions, Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 1233 (dated to Han dynasty or later).
Lot 78
A 4-PART WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SWORD FITTING, WESTERN HANPlease note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Jade. China, Western Han, 2nd – 1st century BCPublished: Filippo Salviati, 4000 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades, 2017, pp. 315-317, no. 318 (material erroneously described as agate).Scientific Analysis Report: A signed and stamped report from the Gemmological Laboratory Austria (GLA), no. 57382-2, dated 17 November 2022, confirms that the present lot is nephrite jade. A copy of this report accompanies this lot.The present lot is a complete set of jade sword fittings, comprising a pommel (shou) of circular form, a sword guard (ge), a scabbard chape (bi) of trapezoidal form and a scabbard slide (zhi).Each of the four pieces in the set is decorated with a pair of dragons. A taotie-type mask is also carved in low relief on the backs of the guard and the chape. The underside of the pommel is incised with small interconnected scrolls in relief around a stylized four-petal flower. The workmanship is of the highest level and the jade is mostly white with some russet nuances.Weapon fittings in jade developed in the Eastern Zhou period and reached their climax during the following Han dynasty, when entire sets made of several jades were used to embellish the swords of aristocrats.DIAMETER 6.4 cm (the pommel), WIDTH 6.6 cm (the sword guard), WIDTH 6.9 cm (the scabbard chape), LENGTH 10.5 cm (the scabbard slide),Provenance: Private Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022).Condition report: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with old wear, minor nibbling to edges, few minuscule nicks, and remnants of soil in the recesses issuing from an extended period of burial. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks.
Lot 11
Important Indian double-edged sword.Ê The blade has a slightly widened tip and is made of finely grained Wootz damask. The back of the blade and ricasso is embellished with openwork iron overlays with rich inlays of fine gold. It has a characteristic riveted handle clamp with all-over floral gold inlays. The iron bow hilt has well-preserved all-over gold inlays. The hilt is still has its original red damask covering. The wooden scabbard is covered in yellow textile. It also has solid gold fittings with finely openwork and floral decorations. ÊPeriod: around the 19th centuryDimensions: length 104 cmCondition: good, though slightly jagged in a few places at the tip
Lot 1344
PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED 'THE BIRCHAM DAGGER SCISSORS', THOMAS JOHNSON, LONDON 1874/5 etched steel blade stamped THORNHILL NEW BOND ST., over a crossquard and grip engraved with foliage and butterfly (dated 1874), the scabbard embossed with scene depicting poseidon (dated 1875), on hoop suspension19cm long overall
Lot 1034
An early 19th century naval sword, the curved blade with traces of a gilt armorial, and other emblems, with an ivory handle, 87 cm, Ivory Exemption registration ref: JQ2NSPQ9No scabbard, blade lost its bluing, a few nicks to the edge, some light rustBlade length 73 cm approxBlade width 3.5 cm approx
Lot 1030
A 19th century sword, the blade with engraved decoration, and indistinctly signed, with a scabbardBlade has had some surface rust and been cleaned, some of the fish skin is lacking to the grip, the gilt decoration is all worn, the guard is applied a fusilier type motif, the scabbard has some cracking
Lot 959
JAPANESE KATANA / WAKIZASHI, BELIEVED EDO PERIOD (1603-1868) OR EARLIER with (likely shortened) curved steel blade, over copper mounts, pierced bronze oval tsuba cast with foliage, cloth bound fish skin grip with gilt bronze mounts, in black roiro lacquer sayablade 59.5cm long, katana 88cm long overall, saya 80cm longWe have been able to remove the blade and images of the signature are uploaded. The blade shows some nibbles to the edge. Blade length 70.5cm from tip to end of tang. Various condition issues across the sword including the tsuba, the grip and handle, and the scabbard. Additional images are uploaded.
Lot 890
Please note: a Japanese MCG model gun of the Python 357 Magnum-BL has been withdrawn from this lot. A Second World War 1941 Mk1 'Brodie' helmet, stamped 'G.S.W.' with liner and chin strap; a Second World War No.4 MkII spike socket bayonet, with metal scabbard and canvas frog; a gas mask; a water bottle; in a canvas bag.
Lot 852
Third Reich SA (Sturmabteilung) dress dagger by Ernst Pack & Sohn, early model, the 22cms double edged blade with motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’ and makers trade mark to the reverse. the hilt with brown wooden grip having SA device and nickel silver eagle inserted, the SA emblem retains much of the enamel, grip mounts with the lower guard being stamped ‘Nrh’, fitted anodised scabbard with single hanging ring to the top mount with leather frog, 38cms long overall.
Lot 879
An early 19th Century Volunteer flintlock Baker rifle, by Ketland, probably 1823 pattern, the 76cms barrel with bayonet mount and sites above a metal ramrod with swivel loop at fore-end, the lock engraved 'W Ketland' and 'GR' over crown, fitted brass furniture with '118' stamped to top of butt cap, 115cms long overall; together with a Baker rifle sword bayonet, the 55cms blade on brass hilt with ribbed grip, stamped '103' to pommel, no scabbard, 68cms long overall.
Lot 854
A French 1866 pattern Chassepot sword bayonet, the 58cms single-edged blade engraved and dated 1868, fitted black metal scabbard, 70cms long overall; and a Gras rifle bayonet, 1874 pattern, the 51cms single-edged blade engraved and dated 1877, fitted full-metal scabbard, 66cms long overall. (2)
Lot 862
A British SMLE bayonet, 1907 pattern, single edge blade, wooden grip with screw bolts, no scabbard, 54cms overall; a German Mauser bayonet, by Weyersberg und Kirschbaum, single edge blade, wooden grip with screw bolts, no scabbard 39cms overall; and an Imperial German First World War butcher bayonet, made by Alex Koppel of Solingham, single edge blade, ribbed wooden grip, 50cms overall. (3)
Lot 857
A George V Royal Navy 1827 pattern Officer's sword, by Mathews & Company, Portsea, the 81cms blade etched with the Royal coat of arms, anchor and leaf scrolls, the gilt brass hilt with wire-bound shagreen grip and lion head pommel, fitted brass mounted leather scabbard and knott, 95cms long overall.
Lot 10
A BRITISH 1846 PATTERN ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S SWORD by Wilkinson Sword, the 78cm straight blade marked at the ricasso 'By Appointment / to the Late / King George VI / Wilkinson/ Sword / Co. Ltd / London', the back edge numbered '73198', the brass hilt with a fouled anchor device to the knuckle-guard, a folding langet engraved 'G.H. Evans', a wire-bound fish-skin grip, and a lion's head pommel, in a black leather scabbard with brass mounts, overall 98cm long.
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