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Click here to subscribeA VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, with etched blade decorated with the crowned Royal cypher, scrolling foliage and a vacant shield at the forte, gilt-brass regulation hilt with openwork folding side-guard, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, early leather liner, sword knot, in its gilt-brass-mounted leather scabbard (scuffed) 82.5 cm; 32 1/2 in blade
THREE CAUCASIAN DAGGERS (KINDJAL), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with broad blade formed with a pair of slender central fullers, stamped with a mark on the outer face, the hilt fitted with a pair of shaped horn grip-scales retained by three pairs of rivets with large iron bosses on the outer face, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard (incomplete); the second with blued fullered blade decorated with gold scrolls and foliage over the centre and on each face of the forte, iron hilt decorated with gold en suite; the third small, with fullered blade, nielloed silver hilt, in its silver-covered scabbard decorated en suite, the locket stamped with a mark the first: 37.5 cm; 14 3/4 in blade (3)
AN OMANI SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with three long slender fullers on each face, iron hilt bound with leather enriched with silver ribband, pierced iron block-shaped pommel, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather (small losses) with large silver mounts chased with scrollwork, and two bands with rings for suspension 71.0 cm; 28 in blade
A COORG DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point and decorated with scrolls along the back-edge, brass hilt of characteristic form, applied on each side with a large silver plaque and enriched with gold, in its silver-mounted hardwood scabbard and complete with its suspension chain, clip and accompanying pieces 18.2 cm; 7 1/8 in blade
A SUDANESE SWORD (KASKARA); TWO PERSIAN DAGGERS (JAMBIYA); A SHORT YATAGHAN DAGGER AND A JAPANESE SPEAR (NAGINATA) the first with etched double-edged blade, brass cross-piece, and hide-bound grip; the second and third with curved double-edged blades, one chiselled with animals at the forte, iron hilts and each in its iron scabbard; the fourth with single-edged blade and silver hilt decorated with niello; and the fifth with short blade, plain tang, and lacquered haft (shortened) the first: 63.8 cm; 25 1/8 in blade (5)
A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD of regulation type, the lower two thirds of the blade etched and gilt with foliage and trophies on a blued panel on each face (areas of fading), regulation iron hilt, brass-bound leather-covered grip, in its regulation iron scabbard (small areas of pitting) 84.0 cm; 33 in blade
A FOLDING HUNTING KNIFE, LATE 18TH CENTURY, A DAGGER IN RENAISSANCE STYLE, 19TH CENTURY; A SMALL KNIFE, 18TH CENTURY AND A HUNTING HORN the first with curved folding blade retained by a spring operating on the back-edge, and natural staghorn grips; the second with double-edged blade, brass hilt cast with classical trophies-of-arms, in its brass scabbard cast with serpents, scrolls and a foliate cartouche; the third formed in one piece of iron, with openwork 'gothic' grip; the fourth of tapering horn, turned with a 'mouth-piece' at one end and a vent at the other; a dagger, in excavated condition; a bayonet, in its scabbard; another (adapted); two axes (one incomplete); and a turned bolt for a crossbow 22.5 cm; 8 7/8 in, closed (10)
A ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE SWORD BY J. GAUNT & SON LATE THURKLE, LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM with etched blade including crowned fouled anchor, crowned Royal arms and the maker's details, brass regulation hilt with folding side-guard, lionhead pommel, and wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its scabbard, with its sword knot 79.7 cm; 31 3/8 in blade,
FOUR SOCKET BAYONETS, 19TH CENTURY the first with its scabbard retained by a spring catch; the second with ring locking catch; the third by Rea, with East India Company device on the socket; and the fourth with grooved open socket for attaching to the muzzle the first: 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in blade (4)
ËœAN OFFICER'S SWORD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade with traces of etched Royal arms, brass stirrup hilt cast with lion masks in low relief, including a pair of shield-shaped langets, openwork knuckle-guard formed as a pair of entwined serpents, and back-strap and pommel formed as a maned lioneshead, and banded ivory grip mounts with plaited wire (age cracks), in its brass-mounted leather scabbard (worn) 81.0 cm; 32 in blade
TWO CHINESE HAFTED WEAPONS; TWO SOUTH EAST ASIAN SPEARS; A SUDANESE KASKARA, AND TWO FURTHER HAFTED WEAPONS the first and second with wavy blades, one pierced with a brass openwork rondel, each moulded at the base and with tapering sockets; the third with pattern-welded slender head of hollow-diamond section, long silver ferrule, wooden haft and early wooden scabbard; the fourth with leaf-shaped head, white metal ferrule and a portion of its haft; the fifth with flat fullered blade, iron cross-guard and associated wooden grip; the sixth African, with long leaf-shaped blade and the last perhaps American, with long blade-shaped terminal spike interrupted in the centre by a pair of slightly recurved blades, tapering socket and a pair of straps the first: 80.0 cm; 31 1/2 in (7)
AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SWORD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, gilt-copper hilt of shamshir form, comprising a pair of shield-shaped langets, short faceted quillon, knuckle-guard, and integral grip rising to a near right angular pommel, traces of gilding, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard (repaired) 75.5 cm; 29 3/4 in blade
TWO CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGERS (KINDJAL), THE FIRST DATED 1294 AH, CIRCA 1877/8 the first with fullered double-edged blade, nielloed silver and gilt hilt decorated with scrolls and foliage, in its wooden scabbard almost entirely encased in silver decorated en suite, including the date on the reverse, and fitted with a loop for suspension; the second with broad blade formed with a pair of central slender fullers and stamped with a crude mark on one face, the hilt fitted with a pair of horn grip-scales retained by iron rivets with large domed nielloed silver bosses on the outer face, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with nielloed silver locket and chape en suite with the hilt the first: 35.5 cm; 14 in blade (2)
TWO BANOCHIE TRIBAL AXES (LOHAR), TWO AFRICAN CLUBS (KNOBKERRY), THREE SPEARS AND THREE DAGGERS each of characteristic form, the first and second decorated with engraved brass and white metal and with bone grips; the third with bulbous head (cracked) and long haft; the fourth painted brown; the fifth with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, rattan-wrapped socket, and short wooden haft; the sixth with a portion of its haft; the eighth and ninth African, in their leather scabbards and the last probably Caucasian, with yataghan style blade, grip of shasqua form, in its white metal-mounted scabbard the first: 38.2 cm; 15 in overall (10)
ËœTWO 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER'S SWORDS AND AN EDWARD VII DRESS SWORD the first Victorian, with curved blade formed with a hatchet point, etched with the crowned Royal cypher crossed sword and baton and 'Ranken & Co, Calcutta', gilt-brass mameluke hilt, ivorine grips, in its brass scabbard; the second William IV, similar, with traces of crowned Royal cypher and ivory grips (scabbard missing); the third with etched blade including crowned Royal cypher, maker's details 'Lesley & Roberts, George St, Hanover Square, London' and the crowned cypher enclosed by the order of St George above 'Earls 6th - 7th', in its scabbard the first: 76.5 cm; 30 1/8 in blade (3)
THREE SCOTTISH DAGGERS (SKIAN DHU), 20TH CENTURY each with tapering blade formed with a scalloped back-edge, the first etched with foliage and 'Gordon Highlanders', silver-mounted 'basketweave' wooden grip enriched with silver nails openwork pommel, in its scabbard with silver locket and chape, the former engraved with the owner's initials 'FSAB' on the outer face and '3rd Battn Gordon Highlanders' on the inner; the second formed as a miniature dirk (pommel paste missing) in it scabbard with provision for accompanying pieces (missing); the third with Edinburgh silver marks for 1898 on the locket and maker's mark the first: 10.5 cm; 4 1/8 in blade (3)
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with tapering blade of hollow-ground triangular-section, etched with scrolls at the forte (worn, areas of surface rust), silver hilt cast, pierced and chased in low relief, comprising double-shell-guard formed of a pair of openwork trellis panels enclosed by a large scroll frame in imitation of bound cord, globular quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all decorated en suite, and the grip with its original binding of plaited silver wire and ribband between 'Turk's heads' in its leather scabbard (worn, the lower portion and chape missing), with silver locket (incomplete) 80.2 cm; 31 5/8 in bladeLiterature D. D. Hartzler 2000, fig. 112
FIVE SHORTSWORDS FOR POLICE OR CUSTOMS USE, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved fullered blade (chipped), iron stirrup hilt, fishskin-covered grip, in its scabbard; the second similar, with brass hilt and brass scabbard mounts (scabbard leather missing); the third and fourth with straight blade double-edged towards the points, brass half-basket hilts, scrolling quillons pierced for a knot, leather-covered grips, each in its brass-mounted scabbard (one chape missing); and the fifth with curved blade, brass stirrup hilt with lionhead pommel and integral banded grip the first: 59.5 cm; 23 1/2 in blade (5)
AN 1803 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD with curved blade formed with a hatchet point, with traces of etching including flowers and anthemion on each face of the forte, regulation hilt with wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its regulation brass-mounted leather scabbard 74.5 cm; 29 3/8 in blade
A TURKISH SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN) AND A BALKAN DAGGER (BICHAQ), 19TH CENTURY the first with curved single-edged blade (chipped) inlaid with brass scrolls and a brief inscription, horn hilt of characteristic form including eared pommel, in its scabbard; the second with slightly curved single-edged blade engraved white metal hilt fitted with a pair of horn grips, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard the first: 55.0 cm; 21 3/4 in blade (2)
A RUSSIAN MODEL 1881 DRAGOON SHASKA of regulation type, with curved fullered blade stamped with marks at the forte, painted with a white inventory number '2011 R1', brass regulation hilt struck with arsenal marks and with a Cyrillic cartouche on the reverse, carved wooden grip, in its scabbard and complete with its bayonet 87.0 cm; 34 1/4 in blade
A 19th century kampilan, Malayan:, the single edged blade broadening to the tip with cut back chiselled with points, the top edge of both sides of the blade inset brass dot markers, the carved wooden grip woven with bands of fibre, in a wooden carved and fibre bound scabbard decorated with strands of black hair, attached by a woven leather cord to a smaller dried leaf scabbard, blade length 57cm.
An early 20th century German Artillery officer's sword by Mohr & Speyer, Berlin:, the single edged curved and fullered blade with acid etched floral decoration signed as per title, brass hilt with single quillon and guard, langets and backstrap to wire bound fish skin grip, in a brass and black leather scabbard, blade length, 81cm.
A Nazi naval officer's dagger, the etched blade inscribed 'Original Eikhorn Solingen' below a squirrel, push button release scabbard, twist wire bound celluloid handle and portepee, length 42cm. Condition - good, slight kink in scabbard, general wear to include scratch to handle, minor marks and scratches etc.
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