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Click here to subscribeA Japanese Tanto dagger, the tang signed on both sides, in later wood scabbard and grip, the blade 30.4cm, 42.5cm overall, together with a Katana with 50.5cm blade, 65cm overall, in matching lacquered scabbard, a practice Tanto dagger with wood blade, 46cm overall (inc scabbard), a cast iron Tsuba, seppa, suspension loops and a cleaning kit
A 19th Century Japanese Samurai Short Sword, the steel blade with moulded top and ornate decorated and highlighted tsuba and handle, in original scabbard with additional small blade decorated with dragon and lion with signature, approx. 50" x 19 1/2" and in custom made embroidered satchel. (1)
THREE MILITARY BAYONETS, as follows, (a) US M7 bayonet/knife marked 'BOC' fitted in a USM8A1 scabbard by PWH, (b) Spanish 'Bolo' M1941 knife-bayonet in scabbard, maker Toledo Arms factory, model 'Machete-Bayoneta Modelo 1941' (c) post WWII Czech VZ-24 bayonet, still in packing grease, blade and scabbard are marked, believed to be the 1950's period
A BAYONET/KNIFE KNOWN AS THE 'D DAY KNIFE', used by free French forces, made from a cut down 'Lebel' bayonet mounted in a 'Milled Steel' handle and housed in a modified British No 4 bayonet canvas scabbard, marked C=X 1944, and British No 4 MKII 2ns variant socket bayonet in a 1953 dated webbing 'Frog'
WWI STYLE TRENCH MADE KNIFE, believed to be from a French 1886 lebel white alloy grip, and shortened Lee Enfield bayonet, together with British L1A3 knife bayonet dated D66 grip dated D70 in cellophane wrap with packing slip February 1975 and WWI era knife in scabbard 'S' shaped cross guard, Crest of South African Police on the black grip, in leather scabbard
Japanese sword - adapted from a campaign officer's sword ca 1939-45 in occupied territory by local smiths to replace war damaged swords and also carried by collaborating local forces (paper tag marked with Bill Tagg and date), length of curved blade 69 cm, overall length incl grip 96 cm, with leather sheath. Leather wrapped scabbard has several scrapes and nicks to the surface, blade and scabbard appear straight, blade tip flattened slightly at the point, blade edge approximately 68 cm and scabbard 77 cm (l), unable to remove Tsuka. Shipping for this lot would be £14 plus VAT with a £9 surcharge due to length of package being over 100 cm.
Miscellaneous to include four various modern Continental porcelain models of soldiers, 79th Cameron Highlander 28.5cms high, set of brass and walnut postal scales by Wood Glasgow, pair early 20th century portrait miniatures of Louis XVI and consort in gilt metal frame, 14cms wide and a faux portrait miniature (7) Condition Report: Soldiers- 79th sword is loose, Scots Guard head broken and restored, Grenadier sword loose, scabbard broken, Dragoon feather damaged to hat Remainder dirty and with handling wear and losses Condition Report Disclaimer
A Cut-Steel Hilted Small-Sword Circa 1800With bright tapering blade of hollow triangular section etched and gilt over half its length on both sides with foliage and a trophy against a blued ground, bright steel hilt with pierced upturned oval shell-guard, flat spatulate quillons, urn-shaped pommel and grip all set with multi-faceted beadwork, and knuckle-guard of bright links with tassel of multi-faceted beads, in its vellum-covered scabbard with steel mounts, and complete with its bright steel suspension chain and belt-clip, the latter en suite with the hilt, the hilt and scabbard mounts in fine condition under surface patination 80.5 cm. blade Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 29 July 2004, lot 333For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Highland Dress Dirk19th CenturyWith tapering blade (some rust patination) notched along the back and double-edged at the point, ebonised baluster grip carved with basketweave set with silver studs on the outside, the pommel carved in the round as a thistle-head and set with a piece of faceted glass against yellow foil in a silver mount embossed and chased with foliage, basal mount en suite and with a cast and chased mount above on one side, in original black leather scabbard with silvered mounts each cast and chased in relief with thistles on the outside, the by-knife and fork en suite with the dirk 32.5 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerLate 17th Century, Indistinct Silver Maker's Mark Of Thomas VicaridgeWith slightly curved fullered blade (some pitting) double-edged at the tip and struck with a bladesmith's mark on each side, one with dagger mark above, hilt comprising foliate engraved quillon-block, rear quillon with rounded terminal cast, pierced and chased with a cherub's head on a double scroll, knuckle-guard with a male bust on a pedestal on each side, a crown above and a cherub's mask below, the terminal (old repair) extending into the mouth of a blackamoor's head, the latter on a cap with engrailed edges, basal ferrule with foliate border, and natural buckhorn grip with side-straps, in black leather scabbard with linear engraved locket and chape, the former with frog-hook 42.5 cm. bladeFootnotes:See footnote to lot 92For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerLate 17th Century, London Silver Hallmark And Maker's Mark GSWith slightly curved single-edged blade struck with three heart-shaped bladesmith's marks on one side towards the forte, hilt comprising quillons with lobed recurved tips, rounded basal mount, cap-shaped pommel with turned button, and natural buckhorn grip, in original wood-lined brown leather scabbard (minor damage) with silver locket and chape (some denting), the former with frog-hook 33.2 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 16 July 2003, lot 40For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted Hanger Early 18th Century, Indistinct Britannia Standard Hallmarks And Maker's MarkSimilar to the last, the blade retaining traces of later etching on one side at the forte, hilt comprising lobed rear quillon cast and chased with a helmeted male profile bust on each side against a punched ground, knuckle-guard decorated en suite and with foliate terminal hooked into the pommel, the latter cushion-shaped and embossed and chased with foliate borders, and natural buckhorn grip with embossed basal ferrule, in its black leather scabbard (some loss of surface) with linear engraved locket and chape, the former with frog-button 44.6 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerRetailed By Jeffries, Strand, London Silver Hallmarks For 1743, Maker's Mark LB(?)With curved brightly burnished fullered blade double-edged towards the point and with a narrow fuller along the back on each side, hilt cast and chased with gadrooning and comprising downbent shell-guard, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard, and chased pommel-cap with button, and rounded mottled cowhorn grips, in original brown leather-covered scabbard tooled with line ornament, silver locket pricked with retailer's details on one side, chape chased with a shell design on both sides, belt hook en suite with the hilt, and in fine condition 61.7 cm. blade Footnotes:The retailer is probably Nathaniel 1 Jefferys listed as 'Cutler Strand' in 1749. For more information see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, pp. 147-148For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Liège 18-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting Gun, And A Belgian Officer's SwordThe First Signed Moreau Le Jeune, Both 19th CenturyThe first with sighted barrels of alternate finely twist and damascus steel, foliate engraved breeches, tang, signed flat locks and mounts (trigger-guard with minor old repair), figured half-stock carved with a repeated design of overlapping leaves at the grip and on the fore-end, the former with a stag's head in low relief, branches of oak in its mouth, cheek-piece carved with a flower-head at the rear, and original ramrod with white staghorn tip (steel parts with some light pitting, one ramrod-pipe lose), Liège proof; the second of regulation pattern, with curved fullered nickel-plated blade etched 'Pour le Roi el la Patrie' between symmetrical foliage on one side, the ricasso engraved 'Louis Bourgeois Sergent armourier Tournai', brass hilt including guard cast and pierced with foliage, and ribbed horn grip (wire binding incomplete), in its brass-mounted leather scabbard with suspension ring; together with a mainspring clamp, and a reproduction combined wheel-lock spanner and turnscrew (4)81.3 cm. barrels and 86.5 cm. bladeFootnotes:Tournai was the Walloon arms manufactory in BelgiumFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish Brass-Mounted KilijProbably Reign Of Abdülaziz (1277-93 A.H. Corresponding To 1861-76 A.D.)With broad curved blade (some areas of pitting) of characteristic form double-edged and cut with lines in front of the yelman, the latter damascened with gold arabesques, the forte damascened in gold with a symmetrical design of arabesques over both sides, a gold-damascened cartouche on one side inscribed 'There is no youth except 'Ali' and 'no sword except dhulfaquar' in Arabic, and with a roundel on the other inscribed 'The servant of the king of trusteeship 'Abbas' in Persian, hilt comprising quillon-block with foliate engraved border, pointed langets and tapering quillons each with bud-shaped terminal, reeded silver grip-strap, and rounded stained horn grips, the pommel pierced for a sword-knot and with chased drop-shaped mount on each side, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with brass wire seam along the inside, deep border engraved locket and chape decorated with foliage, shaped suspension mount, and two later suspension rings 70.3 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish Silver-Mounted ShamshirTurkish Silver Marks And Tughra Marks, Probably Reign Of Abdülaziz (1277-93 A.H. Corresponding To 1861-76 A.D.)Of similar form to the following lot, with earlier curved single-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel, the forte with later gold-damascened decoration on each side, calligraphy in a star on one side and within a cartouche (worn) on the other, and silver-mounted hilt (one grip-scale repaired, scabbard leather with minor repairs, associated chape rust damaged) 81.2 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine English Plug Bayonet With Fire-Gilt Mounts Late 17th CenturyWith sharply tapering blade (some pitting) double-edged towards the point, the forte with traces of punched foliate decoration against a granular ground on both sides, one side struck with a dagger mark of the London Cutlers' Company above 'L' crowned, and on the other with initials 'TP', finely figured hardwood grip of tapering circular section with turned swelling at the base, punched collar above horizontal quillons with finely punched decoration and each cast in the round as a cherub, pommel with punched foliate border and surmounted by a cherub en suite, and retaining most of its original gilding, in its hard leather scabbard tooled with stars between horizonal lines along the outside and with original gilt locket and chape each with chased foliate border 31.5 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger London Silver Hallmarks For 1750, Maker's Mark JCWith slightly curved fullered blade (scattered light pitting) double-edged towards the point and etched with a panel of diagonal bands on one side of the forte, reeded hilt comprising downbent shell-guard, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard scrolled at the top and hooked into the gadrooned pommel-cap with button, and natural staghorn grip, in its wood-lined black leather scabbard (minor damage) with silver linear engraved locket and chape, the former with frog-button and ring for suspension 53.6 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Highland Silver-Mounted Dirk19th CenturyWith tapering blade double-edged over half its length and cut with a narrow fuller along the back on each side of the forte, slightly shouldered figured wooden grip carved with Celtic knotwork set with small silver studs, basal mount engraved with a repeated trellis design of flower-heads, engraved shoulder straps, and circular pommel-cap and button each with engraved decoration and knurled edge, in original black leather scabbard (minor damage, by-knife and fork missing) tooled with gothic quatrefoils, mounts engraved en suite and including locket decorated with a vacant shield against a martial trophy 34.5 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Large Turkish Silver-Mounted Jambiya19th CenturyWith curved tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond, the forte on both sides with gold-damascened panel surmounted by arabesques, one side enclosing an Arabic inscription with the name of Qanbar, possibly the maker's name, and on the other with 'Trust in His Servant', and waisted silver-covered hilt of ovoidal section embossed and chased with symmetrical designs of C-scrolls and foliage, the top of the pommel with an ovoidal sun-in-splendour, in original wood-lined silver scabbard embossed and chased en suite, the locket formed of embossed and plaited bands of silver, the chape bound with twisted silver wire above a bud-shaped terminal, and with suspension loop on one side 41.2 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Continental Silver-Mounted Hunting HangerMid-18th Century, Silver Marks, Probably SwedishWith bright slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point (some light pitting) and etched with a gilt stag leaping over foliage on both sides beyond the forte, the latter gilt and etched on one side with Samson wrestling the lion and labelled 'SIMSON' (sic), all between panels of foliage and whorls, and on the other with a Latin inscription in praise of Samson between similar panels, cast and chased hilt comprising downbent shell-guard with a sportsman at rest in a landscape within a border of foliage involving a hunting horn, all against a punched ground, quillon-block with a sporting scene on each side, lobed rear quillon with a stag's head on one side and foliage on the other, the forward quillon adapted from the original knuckle-guard, domed pommel-cap and collar each extended into the grip on one side and pierced with symmetrical foliage centred on an ovoidal panel chased with a stag and hound respectively, the pommel chased en suite, and horn grip of tapering circular section, in original wooden scabbard (minor damage) covered in brown leather with silver locket and chape en suite with the hilt, the former with fluted frog-button; together with a 1796 pattern sabre, the blade with traces of etched inscription and stamped '85' (surface rust patination overall, hilt with later gold paint, grip binding missing); a hunting knife with blade of Bowie type, one side with native American Indian above 'Defence' mark and stamped 'Warranted cast steel', brass-mounted hilt, and swelling ribbed wooden grip, in its leather sheath; and a large Corsican folding knife, the blade stamped 'Poudrille' on one side, and wooden grips, one painted with polychrome flower-heads (4)57 cm., 84 cm., 35.5 cm. and 25.5 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Turkish Silver-Mounted KilijProbably Reign Of Abdülaziz (1277-93 A.H. Corresponding To 1861-76 A.D.)Similar to the last, the blade loosely gold-damascened on one side at the forte with scrolling foliage enclosing a cartouche inscribed 'I put my trust in God' in thuluth, and with rounded dark horn grips, the scabbard mounts embossed and chased with panels of flowering foliage against a punched ground 69.3 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Group Of Various DaggersMostly 19th CenturyComprising three Norwegian sheath knives of varying sizes, with horn and boxwood grips variously carved with foliage, one in white-metal mounted wooden scabbard en suite, another in white-metal mounted leather scabbard; an Eastern jambiya with curved tapering blade of unusual + form, and mottled horn grip of waisted diamond section; and eight other items including a South American Goucho knife with fluted silver grip and silver scabbard engraved with foliage; a large knife stamped with maker's details on one side of the leaf-shaped blade, and with rounded horn grips; a kukri; and a socketed lance head, in its black leather scabbard with steel chape (11)The first 11.2 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chinese Sword, A Turkish Sabre, A Nepalese Kukri, And A North African JambiyaAll 19th CenturyThe first with double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, hilt with gilt-brass mounts comprising shaped quillon-block and pommel chased with roundels centred on bats, all against a finely punched ground, and swelling vertically reeded grip, in wooden scabbard covered in blond turtleshell and with mounts en suite with the hilt (some wear to gilding); the second with slender slightly curved fullered single-edged blade retaining traces of etched decoration at the forte, and characteristic brass hilt with roughly chased decoration, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather with wire seam along the inside, brass mounts en suite with the hilt, and two rings for suspension; the third of characteristic form with silver-mounted dark horn grip, in original scabbard covered in black leather with chased silver locket and chape (side scabbard for by-knives missing); the last also of characteristic form, with brass-mounted wooden hilt (old damage), the mounts punched with circles each centred on a dot, in original brass scabbard (terminal damaged) decorated en suite, large suspension rings, and retaining its green plaited suspension cord (4)42.5 cm., 81.5 cm., 33 cm. and 23 cm. blades This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerLondon Silver Hallmarks For 1691, Maker's Mark HH ConjoinedWith slightly curved blade double-edged over nearly half its length to the point, the forte on both sides deeply struck with a King's head mark, hilt comprising recurved quillons each cast and chased in the round with monster's head terminal, plain collar, pommel-cap cast and chased with two portrait busts of Roman emperors, two cherub's masks and foliage, all against a punched ground, and natural buckhorn grip, in original partly tooled brown leather scabbard with silver locket and chape 43.8 cm. bladeFootnotes:For a very similar example with maker's mark of Richard Fuller see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 277, pl. 18For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Small Ottoman KardLate 19th CenturyWith sharply pointed single-edged blade gold-damascened on each side at the tip and with a panel of arabesques on both sides of the forte, pinched-in gold-damascened basal mount, and earlier greyish-green jade grip of tapering oval section flat along the back, in its steel scabbard gold-damascened with decorative panels along each side 11.3 cm. bladeThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Customised F-S Fighting Knife, And Another Of Standard IssueBoth WWII PeriodThe first with blackened tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, blackened ovoidal guard, swelling leather-covered grip secured by thin cord bindings, and leather Turk's head pommel with suspension thong, in its original leather scabbard with copper chape and leather suspension tabs; the second of characteristic form, the pommel stamped '3' on one side, in its leather scabbard (some wear, leather retaining clip replaced) with copper chape and leather suspension tabs (2)17.1 cm. and 17.6 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Turkish Silver-Mounted DaggerReign Of Mehmed IV (1648-87), Circa 1680With slightly curved double-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel with reinforced point of diamond section, darkly figured hardwood two-piece grip of waisted octagonal section set with sixteen silver florets (thirteen expertly replaced) each chased with a cobweb design, and replacement silver grip-strap nielloed with repeated leaves against slender lines, in original wood-lined scabbard encased in parcel-gilt silver, the outer side (two repairs) faceted and lightly embossed and chased with running arabesques and small flower-heads between bands of nielloed scrolling foliage, and with pierced basal mount en suite, the inner side finely chased with scrolling nielloed foliage and struck with a tughra to the right of the suspension loop, locket and spherical terminal decorated en suite, the former with upper border of two plaited silver bands, and retaining some original gilding 20 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg, Sotheby's Olympia, 10 July 2002, lot 194Almost certainly captured from the Turks at the time of the Siege of Vienna in 1683Cf. a very similar dagger, Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 July 1997, lot 10See also Holger Schuckelt, Die Türekische Cammer, Sammlung orientalisher Kunst in der kurtfürstlich-sächsischen Rüstkammer, 2010, pp. 260-261, figs. 234 and 235For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Dirk18th CenturyWith tapering blade (some old pitting and rust patination) double-edged towards the point and fullered along the back on each side, the forte on one side stamped with bladesmith's name 'Falconer Dunkeld', shouldered swelling wooden grip (some old worming) carved with Celtic interlace, brass basal mount engraved with a martial trophy on one side centred on a Union shield, and flat brass pommel-cap engraved with thistle leaves centred on the bud-shaped tang button, in original leather scabbard (worn and damaged, chape missing) tooled with repeated designs of flower-heads and concentric circles, engraved brass mounts involving a vacant shield-shaped escutcheon and a thistle, and with by-knife (fork missing) en suite with the dirk 35.5 cm. blade Footnotes:This cutler appears to be unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusual English Silver-Mounted HangerRetailed By Cullum, Sword Cutler, Charing Cross, London, Silver Hallmarks For 1758, Maker's Mark GFWith Turkish single-edged yataghan blade deeply struck with a bladesmith's mark on one side, hilt comprising a symmetrical guard of slender rounded bars forming two side loops each filled with a S-shaped scroll and merging with the knuckle-guard, flanked above by bars formed as asymmetrical scrolls, globular pommel with large button, and spirally-fluted fishskin-covered grip bound with twisted silver wire and silver ribbon, in original black leather scabbard (minor damage) with linear engraved silver locket, chape and suspension mount each with shaped borders, the former pricked with retailer's details on one side, and two rings for suspension 65 cm. blade Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 29 March 1995, lot 59For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Large Turkish Silver-Mounted JambiyaIndistinct Tughra Mark, 19th CenturyWith curved tapering double-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel, waisted silver-covered hilt engraved with chevroned bands of foliage on the outside between borders of applied decorative silver mounts, the inner side chased with flowering foliage with borders of running arabesques, and arched pommel set with three silver florets between two bosses within a plaited border, in original wood-lined silver scabbard embossed and chased en suite with the hilt on the outside, and with panels of scrolling flowering foliage on the other, the locket en suite with the outer borders on the hilt, cast spherical terminal, and suspension loop on one side 44.2 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Silver-Mounted HangerLate 17th Century, Indistinct Silver Maker's mark, Probably Of Thomas VicaridgeSimilar to the last, the blade with indistinct incised inscription between orb and cross marks within the fuller on both sides of the forte, hilt comprising lobed foliate engraved rear quillon, engraved quillon-block, knuckle-guard with a naked human figure between foliage on each side, pommel-cap embossed with a circle of foliage against a punched ground on top, and natural buckhorn grip with silver basal ferrule, in black leather scabbard with silver locket and chape, the former with frog-hook, the latter with border of pierced and engraved foliage 49.5 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Per T. Norheim Collection sold in these Rooms, 29 April 2010, lot 41See footnote to preceding lotFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Saxon EstocLate 16th CenturyWith bright sharply tapering double-edged blade robustly formed with a slender medial ridge over its entire length on both sides, the outer side towards the forte with two latten-inlaid saltire marks, the base of the blade with elliptical iron mount fitting over the mouth of the scabbard and engraved in wrigglework on one side with two florets above a raised roped lower edge, iron hilt retaining traces of original blacking and comprising guard with slightly arched quillons with flattened triangular terminals, outer side-rings and inner diagonal bar en suite, arms, fig-shaped pommel of octagonal section incised with pairs of lines along the angles, compressed button finial, and blackened shagreen-covered grip with line engraved cusped foliate ferrules and slender longitudinal reinforcing bars 108.2 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Saxon Electoral Armouries, DresdenChristie's London, Fine Antique Arms And Armour..., 24 May 2006, lot 1A very similar estoc was included in the sale Parzellane und Waffen aus der Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden held by Rudolph Lepke Kunst-auctions, Berlin, 7-8 October 1919, lot 553 Cf. another example in the Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, no. 351This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Unusual English HangerRetailed By Tapp, Cutler, Strand, Mid-18th CenturyWith bright slightly curved fullered blade (minor areas of rust patination) double-edged towards the point, hilt comprising silver quillon-block cast, pierced and chased with a martial trophy on each side, lobed recurved quillons with rocailles, burnished steel guard of baluster bars joined by C-scrolls and rising to form a knuckle-guard hooked into the silver pommel, the latter cast and chased in the round as a lion's head, and writhen wooden grip covered in blackened fishskin bound with a strand of silver ribbon, in original black leather scabbard with shaped silver locket, chape and suspension mount embossed and chased with Classical trophies, the former engraved with retailers details on the inside, and with two rings for suspension 56.8 cm. bladeFootnotes:Francis Tapp is recorded between 1744 and 1802. See Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords..., 2001, p. 236For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Silver-Mounted DirkMid-Late 18th CenturyWith broad tapering blade fullered over nearly its entire length on each side, the back notched and fullered over half its length to the double-edged point, shouldered rootwood grip carved with an S-shaped scroll on each side and with swelling tapering grip carved with a design of Celtic interlace (pommel slightly damaged), basal mount and side-straps engraved with wriggle-work, circular pommel-cap engraved en suite including a star on the top, and retained by a silver tang nut, in original black leather scabbard (some crazing) with silver mounts en suite, the by-knife and fork en suite with the dirk, the former stamped 'AC' on the blade 34 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Caucasian Kindjal19th CenturyWith sharply tapering double-edged blade cut with an off-set fuller over much of its length on each side, the waisted hilt and wood-lined scabbard (minor damage) entirely covered in nielloed silver embossed and chased on the outside with symmetrical scrolling foliage against finely punched grounds and with borders of beadwork, the inner sides nielloed with symmetrical foliage, the scabbard including the inscriptions 'Workmaster Marza Halil-Bekov' in Russian, 'Its owner Mustafa bin Muhammad al-Kasam' and 'The work of Riza bin Khalil Bey' in Arabic, suspension mount decorated en suite, and beaded spherical terminal 36.8 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Brass-Mounted Plug Bayonet Late 17th CenturyWith sharply tapering blade double-edged at the point, the forte on one side deeply struck with a profile King's head mark and a comet mark, finely figured hardwood grip of tapering circular section with turned swelling at the base, turned collar above horizontal quillons, the latter each cast in the round as a cherub, and turned pommel surmounted by a cherub en suite, in its wooden scabbard covered in tooled brown leather (some surface loss) with brass chape 29 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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