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Click here to subscribedating: late 18th Century provenance: Toledo, Thin blade of lozenge section, ribbed with the inscription 'SAGUM E VIEGO' on one side and 'TOLEDO' on the other. Fine gilded silver hilt, richly engraved and pierced with floral motifs. Wooden grip covered with wire binding and wire moor's heads. Leather scabbard (damages and breaking) with engraved silver mounts. length 98 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Russian Empire, Straight, double-edged blade of lenticular section, featuring a base numbered '14' and marked with wolf, Cyrillic inscriptions 'LONG LIVE ANNA THE GREAT' and 'GOD AND THE HOMELAND' on both sides, silver hilt decorated with rocaille. Leather scabbard (signs of wear) with silver mounts. In dark patina. Rare. length 107 cm.
dating: early 20th Century provenance: Uruguay, Long, single-edged blade marked 'EL URUGUAYO BLIXEN JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ 82-84 MONTEVIDEO'. Silver grip engraved with floral motifs and partially gilded. Silver scabbard richly engraved with floral motifs and with a bird, the hook with a divine female figure, pierced and engraved knuckle guard. length 40.7 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Europe, Straight, double-edged blade of lenticular section, with some pitting. One-piece quillon and grip. Finely silver worked in relief. Quillons shaped as the full-relieved tails of two mermaids clutched to the grip to form a sculptural group, their bodies are sinuous and worked with grace and plasticity. The central body of the grip is worked to represent the trunk of a vine, whose tendrils and grapes in high relief spread along the entire length of the stem. The pommel is formed by four lizards dormant whose tails are intertwined. The button on the back consists of a pearl; quillons ending with a blue stone cabochon similar to a turquoise. Wooden scabbard covered with black morocco (small cut on one side). Silver tip and cap both engraved with racemes, the first with a large setting of red faceted glass stone and three turquoise cabochons, the second with a loop and three red-coloured glass stones. length 20,8 cm.
dating: late 18th Century provenance: Eastern Europe, Flat, triangular, single-and short false-edged blade, shaped as a 'T' on the back, engraved with sun, baldachin halfmoon, Cabbalistic symbols, Pandur's head, trophy decorated with arabesques at the base, tang with remains of gilding. Brass hilt with acorn-shaped quillons, wooden grip (crackings) with brass rivets. Complete of leather scabbard (small missing parts) and brass mounts (missing hook). Rare. length 71.7 cm.
dating: Second half of the 18th Century provenance: Paris, Strong, double-edged blade of hexagonal section. Silver hilt with S-shaped quillon ending as a bloodhound's head, center of crossguard shaped as a deer's head, three marks. Sculpted, ebony grip. Wooden scabbard covered with leather (missing parts) with silver mounts embossed with trophies and floral motifs, hook with mask. In patina. Needs cleaning. length 70 cm.
dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: Italy, Wide, straight, double-edged blade with central groove, ribbed tip, rectangular tang, the first two thirds etched with floral motifs. White metal hilt (silver?). Rectangular quillon block with short quillons, engraved at the ends with floral motifs. Big pommel shaped as lion's head. Horn, spiral grip with metallic wire binding. Leather scabbard with white metal mounts, hook engraved en suite. Scarce. length 77 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Germany, Straight, single-tipped-and false-edged blade. Brass hilt with remains of gilding. Quillon with straight quillons decorated with grooves. Shell-guard decorated en suite. Deer-horn grip with ring-nut and cap featuring rings. Brown, leather scabbard with brass mounts decorated en suite with the hanger's hilts. Provided with an iron small knife featuring deer-horn grip scales. Acorn-shaped button, iron lug. length 80 cm.
dating: Late 18th - Early 19th Century provenance: Turin, Consisting of livery, waistcoat, trousers baudric and hunting hanger. The clothes made of green cloth with gilded borders and buttons, the livery with label on the neck 'Alberto Marchesi Via S. Teresa 1 Torino'. The baudric made of green Moroccan leather, covered with dark cloth and decorated with gilded chevron, vermeil mounts, a big badge with monogram 'CPC' under crown with nine stars, an oval with a deer's head in high relief, connected to the badge by two chains, below a plaque with a hunting horn. Le page style hanger with simple blade of hexagonal section (damages from rust) with vermeil hilt, center of crossguard with deer's head inside a hunting horn on one side and a wild boar's head on the other, 'S'-quillons ending in two different bloodhund's heads, pommel with lion's heads. Ebony grip sculpted with staves. Leather scabbard with vermeil mounts engraved with floral and geometrical motifs. A fine ensemble complete with a hat of modern manufacturing (not photographed). height as shown about 130 cm.
dating: Third quarter of the 18th Century provenance: France, Straight, flat, single-edged blade, marked with partially readable inscriptions, on both sides 'VIVA REGU CARISSIM.. REGIM.. DES CARABIN.. DE M. LE COMTE DE PROVES' with royal coat-of-arms with three, crowned lilies. 'LE SE....PRESC... TRER...D'ARMES BLANCHEE A FEUPOUR LES TROUPS DU ROY A....' at the forte. Iron hilt with rear parry-ring, three loop-guards and vase-pommel. Wooden grip with wire binding and moor's heads. Remains of scabbard with iron cap. Provenance: R. Brooker collection, inventory n. S - 1001. length 106.5 cm.
dating: about 1780 provenance: France, Straight, single-and false-edged blade with double groove with central raiser, slightly shortened tip, base engraved with a trophy followed by a royal coat-of-arms with three, crowned lilies and 'Vive le Roy', a trophy and 'Vaincre ou Mourir' on the other side. Blackened, iron hilt with big shell-guard shaped as pierced heart, five loop-guards, long cap and grip covered with leather with iron wire binding. Leather scabbard with iron mounts. Scarce. Provenance: R. Brooker collection, inventory n. S - 578. length 97 cm.
dating: about 1760 provenance: France, Straight, single-and false-edged blade, flat with a rear groove. Base engraved with monogram 'S D' (?), probably of manufacturer. Brass hilt with heart-shaped shell-guard, a stylized lantern among the two loop-guards. Spherical pommel. Wooden grip covered with brass wire binding with ring-nuts engraved with rings. Leather scabbard with iron mounts. Two suspension rings of triangular shape. Provenance: R. Brooker collection, inventory n. S - 587. length 104 cm.
dating: Mid 18th Century provenance: France, Straight, single-and false-edged blade with large central fuller, marked on one side 'VIVE LOUIS XV' among lilies and, on the other side 'Dragon de Caylus' among lilies as well. Back with remains of signature 'Manufacture Royal....'. Brass hilt with front shell-guard, loop-guard, thumb ring and spherical pommel. Grip covered with brass wire binding and engraved ring-nuts. Complete with leather scabbard (small damages) with brass mounts. Provenance: R. Brooker collection, inventory n. S - 1180. length 99 cm.
dating: 1903 provenance: Europe, Straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal section, with remains of floral engravings; stamped, curved, silver grip with bas-relieved decorations, dated '24/12' on a side and '1903' on the other, monogram 'L' at the back; bone ring-nut. Stick-shaped wooden scabbard, chape and cap provided with silver ring-nut . length 46 cm.
dating: early 20th Century provenance: Toledo, One of rectangular section, engraved and gilded on a blue background with the writing 'TOLEDO' and floral motifs, base with two spring wings. Wooden grip. The blade comes out due to gravity. The other one with wooden-like grip and scabbard, with button opening, inside a blued, single-edged blade with writing 'PUNALE... TOLEDO' and 'RECUERDO'. length open 19 - 34 cm.
dating: Second half of the 19th Century provenance: USA, Straight, double-edged blade, ribbed at the center, engraved at the first half on both faces, featuring racemes and trophies, with the US eagle on a side and 'U.S.' on the other, signed 'V. PASCUZZI PITTSBURGH PA.' on the tang. Brass hilt. The valve with bas-relieved eagle on flags. Grip covered with leather and brass wire binding. Pommel with eagle decorated en suite. Some signs of use and time. Black-coloured iron scabbard (brass mouthpiece with missing locking mechanism) with brass mounts, three lugs. length 90 cm.
dating: 1855 provenance: Paris, Octagonal, rifled (clear bores, visible rifling), 13 mm cal barrels, signed 'Gastinne Renette arq. de l'Emperor à Paris' at the center, finely engraved with floral motifs at the first part and at the nozzle, the barrels numbered '1' and '2' in gold, browned and with precision front sight; engraved tangs with numbers and provided with rear-sight; forward spring lock, signed 'Gastinne Renette' and engraved with floral motifs. Wooden half stocks with scaled butts and sculpted with floral motifs in bas-relief. Iron mounts decorated en suite, trigger guards with finger support. Kept in their wooden case, the lid with brass plaque engraved and pierced with the owner's name 'G. E. ELIA A.D. 1855' under a Count's crown. Brass inlays at the border. Scabbard made of green cloth with a gold printing of the famous company from Paris. Complete with tools and key. length 43 cm.
dating: Late 19th Century provenance: Japan, Strong, single-edged blade with fine floral engraving at the base, brass habaki. Deer-horn grip engraved with floral motifs. Silver cap decorated with polychrome labels with floral motifs. Deer-horn scabbard, majestically sculpted with figures and chrysanthemums in high relief, engraved with floral motifs and signature at the back. length 20.3 cm.
dating: 1831 provenance: Klingenthal, Straight, double-edged blade of lozenge section marked 'Manuf.re Royale de Klingenthal'on the third side and 'Janvier 1831' on the other. Fine, gilded bronze hilt with large double shell-guard, high-relieved rooster on fasces at the front with ball within a laurel wreath and on flags. Folding shell-guard at the rear. Loop-guard with lion's head. Pommel with bees and thunderbolts decorated with floral motifs like the loop-guard. Grip covered with leather with wire binding. Complete of leather scabbard with gilded brass mounts. Cap marked 'MANCEAUX' at the back. length 99 cm.
dating: late 18th Century provenance: France, Curved, single-and-false-edged blade with wide fuller at the center and thin, dorsal groove; brass hilt with two loop-guards pierced and wavy at the borders, one movable and with a locking mechanism, wooden grip covered with leather, brass wire binding. Leather scabbard with brass mounts and a suspension ring. Rare. length 91 cm.
An 18/19th century Ottoman dagger with a jade hilt set with precious stones, and a gilt hand-worked scabbard. Blade inscribed with 'hafez' meaning 'guardian'/ 'protector' in Arabic. Materials:Jade, gold, silver, rubies, emeralds (?) and Steel. The hilt is formed of a single block of Jade with absolutely no faults. The colour is not the traditional green, but rather of a light white colour. The pommel is inlaid with a thick and bright layer of gold vines and flowers. These vines are crafted to precision and to house the en suite rubies that form the flower heads. The gold work and red rubies encapsulate royalty and provide a splendid contrast to the light hilt and the present example has profound comparable examples in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 23.232.1). ...flamboyant gem-studded weapons that were probably made in Istanbul in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Their traditional shapes and luxurious materials were intended to evoke romantic notions of the exotic orient, Arabian Nights, or perhaps the sultan's treasury. (The Met Museum, Accession number 23.232.6a, b) At the forte of the serpentine shape blade, there is elegant, and greatly preserved, gold damascened work, with kofgari design and Quranic script. The accompanying scabbard is also very fine with an intricate, handworked chased design with applied gold decorations at either end. Overall, this is a rare type of dagger. It is in very fine condition with a fantastic gem-set and gold embossed Jade hilt. The blade is also immaculate. A rare collectible item. Dimensions: 11 inches (length with scabbard) 7.5 inches (scabbard length)
A 19th century Officer's dress sword, the gilt brass hilt with textured ivory grip, lion mask pommel, and G.R. cypher, having brass bound leather scabbard Condition report: Lot 40A – The sword unfortunately is completely stuck in the scabbard. The scabbard is quite badly worn. Length of the scabbard is 79cm. handle looks okay, please see imagesProvenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale Condition report: Lot 40A – The sword unfortunately is completely stuck in the scabbard. The scabbard is quite badly worn. Stress small crack to the guard between gr coat arms and crown with a dark line on the inside of the knuckle guard Length of the scabbard is 79cm. handle looks okay, please see images
An Imperial German Marine Naval Officers Sword. A generally good blade with minor black spotting, the etching to both sides of the blade faint with images of sailing ships and floriated patterns, blade length 82cm. The hilt with the classic naval style lions head with red and green jewelled eyes. Bone grip with all grip wire present but slightly loose to some of the grooves. The front folding shell guard has the angled and heavily detailed fouled anchor with Imperial crown above. On the reverse side the small folding langet has the original naval officers name, which appears to be A.Wininel. The leather to the scabbard is good, all stitching strong. The scabbard fittings without any damage or indentations. Subdued gilt overall to the sword and scabbard fittings, good condition £240-£280 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A Gentleman’s Scottish Dirk c.1900-20. The plain blade 190mm with traditional part fuller and toothed back edge, bog oak pommel with silver pin decoration, the finial set with coloured stone, the knife and fork with bog oak pommels with coloured tones to the finials, scabbard mounted with traditional thistle designs on the top mount a mounted shield with “Clan Hey Alec Hey” engraved and “Made in Scotland” to the rear, overall length 450mm, stones loose from finals, blade with slight staining, therefore fair condition --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A Gentleman’s Scottish Dirk by Thomas Kerr & Ebutt, Edinburgh 1911. The plain blade 240mm with traditional part fuller and toothed back edge, bog oak pommel, the finial set with coloured stone, the knife and fork with bog oak pommels with coloured stone finals, the scabbard mounted with traditional Celtic designs, overall length 440mm, the blade with slight staining, otherwise good condition £500-£700 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A German Second War Kriegsmarine Officers Sword with Etched Blade. A very good example of the normally private purchased WKC example of the naval officers sword for the Third Reich Kriegsmarine. Fully etched blade with scenes of battleships, smaller ships and the large down swept winged armed forces eagle and swastika above an anchor at the base of the etching on one side of the blade. On the opposite side of the blade are similar etched panels of submarines, heavy ships, at the base the Kiel Naval Memorial. The blade is 78cm in length very good condition. A small area of black spotting on the plain section of the blade just below the etched panel areas. Maker stamped of WKC. Standard naval hilt, the lions head with red and green jewelled eyes. Celluloid white grip with grip wire present, some strands slightly loose from the grip. The gilt subdued to both folding langets. The scabbard leather is excellent with a few minor scuffs. Good finish to the three gilded brass scabbard fittings. A very good example of a totally dedicated Third Reich issue naval officers sword, very good condition £1,400-£1,800 --- The WKC officers bladed swords have normally been considered to be private purchase items individually by officers, however this example has issue number 2693 stamped to the rear folding langet indicating this may have been a group of this type of sword purchased by the Kriegsmarine and then issued individually to officers. Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish (British Colombia) Officers Dirk. The plain blade 190mm with traditional part fuller and toothed back edge, bog oak pommel with silver pin decoration, the finial set colour stone, the knife and fork with bog oak hand grips and coloured stone finials, the black leather scabbard with regimental top and thistles devices for the knife and fork mounts, overall length 480mm, the blade with slight staining, otherwise good condition £1,000-£1,400 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) Officer’s Dirk c.1881-1914. The plain blade 290mm with traditional part fuller and toothed back edge, bog oak pommel with brass pin decoration and thistle and highland bonnet, the finial set coloured stone, the knife and fork with bog oak hand grips and coloured stone finials, the black leather scabbard with regimental top and bottom devices, thistle devices for the knife and fork mounts, overall length 465mm, the blade with slight staining, little gilt remains on all other areas, generally good condition £1,200-£1,600 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)Probably Edo period, Mid 19th-CenturyThe 68cm curved steel blade mounted within an undyed shagreen handle having a mixed metal mount modelled as a warrior, 8cm circular tsuba with mixed metal floral decoration, with a single seppa, with a polished shagreen veneered wooden saya, overall length 97cmCondition report;- Shagreen handle with two losses, and lacking metal mounts- Tsuba with general wear and tarnishing otherwise ok- Saya with several losses and cracks throughout- Blade with wear and marks- Length of blade approx 68cm Scabbard length - 75cm
5th century AD. A double-edged spatha with parallel-sided iron blade and pointed tip, battle nicks to both cutting edges; the hilt and tang extending over the blade as a tight-fitting sleeve; accompanied by an oblate chalcedony pommel, five bronze scabbard guttering elements and a silver buckle for the suspension strap. See Dennis, G., Maurice’s Strategikon, handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984; Lebedinski, I., Armes et guerriers Barbares au temps des grandes invasions IVème au Vième siècle après J.C., Paris, 2001, p.118, for a similar example from Chapka-Tserkovnyi Kholm (Abkhazia); Kazanski, M., Mastykova, A., Tsibilium II, La nécropole apsile de Tsibilium, l’étude du site, BAR, 2007, see swords on pl.6, no.27 (Chapka-Cerkovnyj Holm), pl.13, no.14 (Anuhva); pl.23, no.17 (buckle"). 850 grams total, 3.2-92cm (1 1/4 - 36 1/4"). Acquired 1971-1972. Property of a London, UK, collector; from his father's collection. Accompanied by an archaeological report by military specialist Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. Accompanied by a positive metal test number 183791/HM1461 from an Oxford specialist. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11086-183791. This sword belongs to the group of spathae of late Roman typology, widespread among the Germanic and Abkhazian foederati, and garrison troops of the Northern Black Sea and Caucasus. These swords could have been the prototypes of the Eastern Roman spathia, classified in the Strategikon of Pseudo-Mavrikios as Herouliskia (Herulian swords) for their connections with the Germanic mercenaries wearing them originally within the Roman army. [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
3rd century AD. An iron pugio military dagger with waisted leaf-shaped blade, rounded midrib, rectangular rivetted baluster, short grip with crescent pommel. See Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 1993; Kennedy, D., The twin towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, Portsmouth, 1998; Ba?gelen N. & Ergeç, R., Belkis/Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale, a last look at history, Istanbul, 2000; Bishop M. C. & Coulston J.C.N., Roman military equipment from the Punic Wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006; Feugère, M., ‘Roman militaria from Zeugma’, in Ergeç, R. (Ed.), International Symposium on Zeugma: from Past to Future, Gaziantep: 2006, 91-96; Ibañez, F.C., ‘Post Vestigium Exercitus. Militaria romana en la región septentrional de la Península Ibérica durante la época Altoimperial’, in Morillo A. (ed.), Actas del II Congreso de Arqueología Miltar Romana en Hispania. Universidad de León-Ayuntamiento de León, León 2006, 257-308; Casprini, F., Saliola, M., Pugio gladius brevis est, storia e tecnologia del pugnale da guerra romano, Roma, 2012. 400 grams, 36.3cm long (14 1/4"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. This dagger finds a good parallel with a similar item found in London (Bishop & Coulston, 2006, p.165, fig.104,1), in Copthall Court. The pugio appeared as a side weapon of the Roman legionary in the 2nd century BC. However, its full diffusion within the Roman army begun with Caesar and Augustus, where it appeared as the reserve weapon for the heavy infantryman. Usually worn on the left side of the body by the Milites Legionarii and on the right side for the non-commissioned officers and centurions, it was used as a lethal weapon in body-to-body combat, being considered a short sword (pugio gladius brevis est"). Its continued use during the 3rd century is demonstrated by the many finds of similar type in Britannia (England), Syria, Germania (Germany), Pannonia (Hungary, part of modern Austria and Croatia) and in the imperial provinces. In Kunzing no fewer than 51 blades and 29 sheaths of such weapons were found. Double-edged daggers of old pugio fashion are in particular archaeologically attested for the 3rd century AD, from Zeugma (Ba?gelen-Ergeç, 2000, p.22; Feugère, 2006, p.92; these iron specimens belonged to the soldiers of the IIII Legio Scytica here stationed; they were found in the 1992 excavation of the Dyonisos and Ariadne houses in chantier 12; s. Feugère, 2006, p.92 and Kennedy, 1998, p.135, fig.5.9, p.89;), Dura (Bishop-Coulston, 2006, p.164;), Sotopalacios and Iuliobriga (Ibá?ez, 2006, pp.294 ff), London and other localities of Rhine and Germany (Kunzing, Eining, Speyer, s. Bishop-Coulston, 1993, fig.95.1 - London- ; Coulston-Bishop, 2006, fig.104, 4-5: Eining, 6: Speyer, Balkans and Danubian Limes. Our specimen comes from a military outpost, probably from Britannia. These daggers usually had a length of 28cm, reaching a maximum size (scabbard included) of 40cm. Third century AD blades are usually longer and proportionally wider in comparison with the blades of the 1st-2nd century. Casprini and Saliola (2012, pp.22-23) have evidenced the main differences between these pugiones and the earlier ones: with bigger dimension of the blade, expansion of the leaf-shaped shape, stronger central rib (when present), straight shoulder, flat tang, bigger guard of C typology, and bilobate pommel. Fair condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. An iron short dagger or pugio of 'Kunzing Type', with double-edged blade, the blade characteristically leaf-shaped with pronounced waist and a double longitudinal channel defining a rib, typical of this category; the iron grip would originally have been covered with bone or ivory, having inverted T-shaped grip plates with crescentic pommel. See Bishop, M. C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 1993; Kennedy, D., The twin towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, Portsmouth, 1998; Ba?gelen, N. & Ergeç, R., Belkis/Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale, a last look at history, Istanbul, 2000; Bishop, M. C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment from the Punic Wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006; Feugère, M., ‘Roman militaria from Zeugma’, in Ergeç, R. (ed.), International Symposium on Zeugma: from Past to Future, Gaziantep, 2006, 91-96; Ibañez, F.C., ‘Post Vestigium Exercitus. Militaria romana en la región septentrional de la Península Ibérica durante la época Altoimperial’, in Morillo, A. (ed.), Actas del II Congreso de Arqueología Miltar Romana en Hispania. Universidad de León-Ayuntamiento de León, León, 2006, pp.257-308; Casprini, F., Saliola, M., Pugio gladius brevis est, storia e tecnologia del pugnale da guerra romano, Roma, 2012. 324 grams, 40cm long (15 3/4"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. This dagger belongs to the last period of evolution of the Roman pugio, the so-called Kunzing type (from the German locality in which a hoard of these pugiones was found), and to the blades of the III period according to the Saliola-Casprini classification (Saliola-Casprini, 2012, nos.45,54"). Compared to previous types of the 1st-2nd century AD, the blade of this weapon shows a considerable size, up to 45cm and longer, showing a plain appearance and no decoration, even on the scabbard, when preserved. Fair condition.
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