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Lot 186
Antique Japanese Samurai Katana Sword with Wooden Scabbard and Brocade Cover. Signed on both sides of the tang, silvered blade collar. Blade measures 28" L, total measures 39" L. Condition: Some corrosion to tang, scratches to scabbard, cloth as is otherwise good condition Estimate: $1000.00 - $1500.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party
Lot 458
1st century BC-1st century AD. An iron sword within its iron scabbard with fittings; the sword of standard La Tène type, two-edged with leaf-shaped blade, short shoulder and broad tang with button finial; the scabbard formed from iron plates with clamped edges held by clips, prominent midrib to the obverse and scooped upper edge; suspension loop of Stead's Type 2b with D-shaped attachment plates; chape of Stead's southern type a1 with clamps to the reverse and bridge to the obverse; obverse with low-relief repoussé decoration comprising La Tène triskeles and comma-leaf motifs within circular frame with opposed beast-heads above. See Stead, I. British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards, London, 2006, item 8 for type. 1.2 kg, 84cm (33"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. The low-relief detailing at the top of the scabbard is a noted feature of British Iron Age swords. Similar designs appear on the scabbard retrieved from the River Thames at Battersea (Stead, 2006, item 8) where the corrosion has destroyed most of the detail but the heads of the two 'dragons' can be made out. The heads on the present example are attached to long arching necks each of which forms the circular frame for a triskele motif with an S-scroll below and extended leg below that. Fine 'as found' condition. A rare survival.
Lot 467
1st century BC-1st century AD. An iron two-edged pugio dagger with waisted blade, slender tang with ribbed baluster and conical pommel; sheath with incised linear bands, discoid chape with rivets, offset attachment loops and domed securing rivets. See Feugère, M. Weapons of the Romans, Stroud, 2002, for discussion. 270 grams total, dagger 29cm, scabbard 21cm (11 1/2, 8 1/4"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 500
10th century AD. A bronze chape for a sword's scabbard, heater-shaped with lug to the point and scooped upper edges; to each broad face a low-relief design of a stylised animal with segmented body and limbs; tip of the iron blade and portion of the wooden scabbard remaining inside. Cf. Paulsen, P. Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, item 39 for type. 70 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Very fine condition.
Lot 503
9th-10th century AD. A silvered bronze bifacial scabbard chape, D-shaped with triangular upper edge; the openwork centre of each face formed with a stylised bird with wings extended to the frame, bird's head in profile to the apex; incised decoration to both faces, feather detailing to the bird's chest, tail and wings. Cf. Paulsen, P. Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, in relation to the trading centre on the island of Birka, eastern Sweden; see also Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson for the significance of the falcon motif to the society of Birka, particularly with regard to the development of a 'princely family' and its heraldic display, in Rus', Varangians and Birka Warriors (2002"). 24 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. Fine condition.
Lot 540
9th century AD. A silvered and gilded cast copper-alloy sword belt mount, rectangular in plan and cross-section with reverse face rough-cast with remains of four broken studs or projecting spikes to secure the mount to a scabbard or sword belt; the obverse chip-carved with a complex foliage design around a central vertical bar flanked by two lozenges and two pairs of rosettes, with flanking small equal-arm crosses each within a larger rosette; the central elements of the design covered with thick silver foil or sheet, incised and inlaid with silver wire; above and below the ornamental panel, horizontal raised borders; parcel gilt surface with exposed bronze on the abraded areas. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with registration number HESH-26E9D1; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Best Artefact of the Year, winner of the Robin & Karolyn Memorial Trophy Competition 2016, organised by the National Council of Metal Detecting, and published in The Searcher Magazine, 2016, p.4; accompanied by an original illustrated page of the magazine. 22 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Found by Mr Graham Allinson in an area of North Wales, near to Offa's Dyke, close to the Dee Estuary and the Wirral peninsula, an area which has significant trade (and possibly settlement) from Ireland and Scandinavia. Prof. Gabor Thomas of Reading University states: 'This mount is undoubtedly one of the most elaborate pieces of Carolingian metalwork which I have seen from Britain. The style and technique suggests that it was probably manufactured somewhere in western Frankia in the first half of the 9th century and probably derives from a sword-belt. Quite how it ended up in this part of Britain must remain a mystery, but Viking activity can't be ruled out.' The mount is one of a small but growing corpus of 8th and 9th Century Carolingian-style mounts recovered from Britain. Several other examples are recorded on the PAS database formed of both silver and base metals - these examples include Cambridgeshire (FAHG-123AB4), Lindsay, Suffolk (SF-E2FFD6), and Torksey, Lincs (DENO-872273"). This example, although mostly composed of base metal, is designed in such a way [as] to convey that it is formed of precious metals (gold and silver"). Thomas (2012) discusses this form of mount (pp. 497-99) describing them as being belt fittings decorated with ninth century Carolingian plant ornament which are dominated with acanthus rosettes. He also notes that an example of these rectangular mounts is present within the Cuerdale hoard, Cheshire. Very fine condition, usage wear. This sword-belt or scabbard mount is noted as being of 'national importance' by the museum and academic world including contributors to the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Lot 26
2nd-1st century BC. A mixed silver-gilt mount set comprising: a long tongue-shaped bifacial scabbard chape with remains of the blade-tip within; thirteen trapezoidal plaques with foliage and tendrils. 122 grams total, 4-16cm (1 1/2 - 6 1/4"). Property of a European businessman; previously in an old European collection; formerly in an old Ukrainian collection before the Russian Socialist Revolution of 1917, with collection number 46; accompanied by an original handwritten collector's page, dated 3rd March 1908, showing a cost of 10 roubles; and also accompanied by a typed translation and explanatory note. The Sarmatians were a confederation of mainly Iranian peoples who came to dominate the western end of the Eurasian Steppe from the 5th century BC onwards. In the early centuries AD, Sarmatian power was disrupted by the movement of Goths and other tribes under pressure from the Huns, and eventually they became absorbed by the emerging Slavic groups in eastern Europe. Isolated sub-groups of Sarmatians settled in western Europe in the Late Roman era, known by the name 'Alans' and other terms. [14, No Reserve]Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 290
A George VI Royal Navy officers sword in brass mounted scabbard and with case. With shagreen grip, lion mask pommel, with fouled anchor and inscribed to the folding guard for J. B. Dockree R. N. Having fullered blade etched with the Royal Coat of Arms and inscribed for Gieves. Along with 13 bronze running medals won by Dockree, copper toddy and pair of epaulets.
Lot 302
A World War II period Japanese officers Samurai sword in leather mounted scabbard. With pierced bronze tsuba and cloth bound shagreen grip. Blade length 68.5cm. Provenance; This sword purportedly belonged to Japanese Army Major Kobyashi, put to death for war crimes. His sword was confiscated by Flight Lt. E. O. Kennedy, R. A. F. Police.
Lot 316
An Argyll and Sutherland highlanders Scottish regimental dirk by Kirkwood of Edinburgh. With carved bog oak hilts formed as celtic knots and with silver nails, the pommels set with faceted cairngorms. In leather scabbard with white metal mounts bearing mascots and mottos.Condition report intended as a guide only.Stone on the bi fork cracked. the other two in good order. Some slight pitting.
Lot 242
Very important George iV presentation Scottish dirk / dagger engraved as follows .at the reception of his majesty George IV in Scotland August 15th 1822 now presented by him as a mark of his friendship to J.H.Frimbley stage manager of the theatre Royal Dundee 1827 also engraved around the pommel this dirk was worn by the Laird of Drumkelbert with unmarked silver fittings and tooled leather scabbard there is damage to the end crystal can be seen in images
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