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Click here to subscribeA sterling silver hat pin, with cut out thistle top inlaid with a turquoise ceramic thistle, Birmingham 1908, a sterling silver blue enamel looped quatrafoil example by Lawrence Emanuel, Birmingham 1912, and two mauve paste bright cut thistle examples, together with a pair of claw set amethyst examples and a hoop and flower example. 23cm (7)
Five assorted sterling silver hat pins, to include a rococo style example by Thomas Wall, Birmingham 1904, an aesthetic movement example, an Arts & Crafts hat pin with a blue ceramic cabochon, a double headed paste thistle hat pin and a contemporary example by W & S, London 1981. 22cm (5)
Assorted sterling silver hat pins, to include a thistle example by Adie & Lovekin, Birmingham 1908, an Art Nouveau hat pin by William John Hutchinson, Birmingham 1907, a hunting horn with hardstone end, possibly by William Oliver Chapman, Birmingham 1907, a looped silver example, Chester 1910, a tapered example marked `Ferry Hall, Forest IL`, a shamrock, possibly by Henry Griffiths & Sons (damaged), an agate baton example and a pair of mauve thistles. 29cm (9)
Six sterling silver Charles Horner hat pins, to include a double sided Art Nouveau example, enamelled in shades of blue and green, Chester 1908, a pair of paste examples, Chester 1912, a coiled wire and amber thistle example, Chester 1911, with another pair of plain silver hat pins. 27cm. (6)
THREE PAIRS AND THREE SINGLE JAPANESE STIRRUPS (ABUMI BATTO). each of characteristic form, rising up to a buckle for suspension, the first pair decorated over the outer surface with silver flowers and signed on the top (losses, patinated); the second pair heavily rusted, retaining traces of silver decoration; the third pair painted with black and gold paint; the first single stirrup decorated over its outer surface with brass foliage and signed at the top; the second decorated with brass and bronze mon over its surface and signed in silver at the top (losses); the third decorated with brass foliage over its surface (heavily pitted). (9)
A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with a series of silver ribs, inlaid over the breech in soft metal with an exotic bird and traditional foliage, integral pan (pivot-cover and fence missing, patinated), the breech enclosed by a broad engraved brass band decorated with a stylised warrior mask, brass lock engraved with scrollwork and a flower, sprung serpentine, cherrywood full stock impressed with characters and applied with a long panel of engraved brass enriched with silver plaquettes beneath the fore-end, applied over the spine with a shaped brass plaque engraved with cloud ornament, and brass mounts including trigger-guard and trigger-plate, and silver foliate barrel bolt escutcheons (ramrod missing). 100cm; 39 3/8in barrel
A 28 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel inlaid with a silver mon at the breech and signed beneath, retained by a broad brass muzzle band and a further band at the breech extending over the tang and engraved with a warrior mask, integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, brass lock, sprung moulded brass serpentine, brass trigger, cherrywood full stock (fore-end chipped), and brass mounts including trigger-guard, trigger-plate, and a series of foliate rondels including four pairs of barrel bolt escutcheons (ramrod missing). 101cm; 39 3/4in barrel. The signature beneath the breech reads:. `Koshu ju, Wadaharudayu zo kore ` (Wadaharudayu made this living in Koshu)
A 32 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with silver behind, signed beneath the breech and inlaid on top with with foliage and a tiger (losses, areas of pitting), the breech enclosed by a brass band, brass lock, sprung serpentine, cherrywood full stock, applied with engraved silver rosettes, and brass mounts including trigger-guard, silver rosette barrel bolt escutcheons, and later wooden ramrod. 102.3cm; 40 1/4in barrel
AN 11 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with heavy tapering barrel retained by a brass breech band (areas of pitting), vase-shaped muzzle incorporating a triangular fore-sight, pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid with a silver mon over the breech and signed beneath, integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, brass lock, sprung moulded brass serpentine, brass trigger, cherrywood full stock (minor repairs), signed in ink beneath the breech, brass mounts including trigger-plate, and foliate barrel bolt escutcheons, and original ramrod. 69.2cm; 27 1/4in barrel. The signature beneath the breech reads:. `Gotei no uchi Kaei boshin natsu` (Kaei year, summer) `Tamaoki Naohito ...Koshu, Kunitomo...Kiyo..` and on the stock `Yoshida Saburousukezaemon`, perhaps the name of the owner..
A 48 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with slender tapering barrel retained by a brass breech band (worn, painted black), swelling at the muzzle (fore-sight removed), pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid in silver with a rabbit over the breech and signed beneath, integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, brass lock (serpentine missing), brass trigger, cherrywood full stock, signed in ink beneath the breech (worn) and brass mounts (ramrod and three barrel bolt escutcheons missing). 70cm; 27 1/2in barrel. The signature beneath the breech reads:. `Koshu Kunitomo Kaji Masahide`
A BHUTANESE SILVER-MOUNTED GARNITURE OF TWO SWORDS AND TWO DAGGERS, 19TH CENTURY. the swords with broad single-edged blades, silver hilts of characteristic form including openwork pommels pierced with geometric designs and scrolls, grips bound with plaited wire, in their original wooden scabbards entirely encased in white metal chased with a pattern of geometric designs and scrollwork on the inner face and foliage on the outer, and one sword with a scaly dragon, all enriched with gilding; the daggers with broad single-edged fullered blades, and hilts and scabbards decorated in a similar manner to the swords, together with two contemporary Bhutanese belts with silver mounts cast and chased with similar ornament. the swords: 68cm; 26 3/4in and 64.7cm; 25 1/2in blades. (6). For a sword and scabbard with closely related ornament to the present two swords, described variously as a `Royal sword` and a `Royal Tibetan sword`, see D. J. LaRocca 2006, pp.171-2 cat. no. 73.
AN FINE INDIAN SILVER-HILTED TALWAR, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DELHI. with curved single-edged blade of watered steel, inlaid in gold with a calligraphic cartouche one side (losses), silver hilt comprising a pair of quillons with button-shaped finials, a pair of attenuated langets with pierced finials, recurved knuckle-guard terminating in a monstrous head, large disc-shaped pommel with a pierced loop for suspension, integral grip, and engraved throughout with geometric flowers and foliage within delicate beadwork frames. 79.2cm; 31 1/4in blade
AN INDIAN TALWAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. with curved blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt of characteristic form, decorated over its surface with an encrusted symmetrical design of silver scrolls and foliage centring on flowers against a punched ground. 87cm; 34 1/4in blade
THREE INDIAN TALWARS WITH DECORATED HILTS, 19TH CENTURY. each with curved blade, one stamped with a mark at the forte, iron hilts of characteristic form, the first decorated with gold and silver flowers, the second with silver koftgari flowers, and the third chiselled with foliage highlighted in silver (losses), and later scabbards. the first: 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade. (3)
TWO INDIAN KHANDA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY. the first with broad blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a brief inscription on one side, steel hilt of characteristic form extending over the forte, attenuated pommel, and retaining a portion of an early grip liner; the second with broad blade of watered steel, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped plaque with sides of unequal length extending over the edges, steel hilt of talwar form decorated over its surface with silver koftgari flowers and foliage (worn). 83.5cm; 32 7/8in blade. (2)
AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN FOLDING KATAR. the first with reinforced blade, chiselled and gilt with a leaping tiger confronted by an elephant within a broad fuller on each face (the gold with losses), steel hilt of characteristic form decorated on the inner and outer faces of the side bars with a running pattern of scrolling foliage and flowers within linear frames, and the grip-bars highlighted with lines of gold; the second of characteristic form, the blade covers decorated with a panel of silver foliage, in a fabric-covered wooden scabbard. the first: 45cm; 17 3/4in. (2)
A SOUTH INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY. with separate blade cut with a slender central fuller on each face, steel hilt including a pair of shaped panels extending over the forte, broad tapering side bars, and a pair of moulded grip bars, chiselled over its full surface with a pattern of flowers and foliage (worn), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with a silver chape embossed with foliage (light wear). 41cm; 16 1/8in
AN INDIAN SPEAR, 18TH CENTURY. with slender tapering head formed with a reinforced tip, decorated at the base with an applied panel of engraved and punched silver decorated with flowers, tapering moulded silvered socket engraved with lozenges filled with flowers and scrolls, on its original two-piece wooden haft with large chased gilt-brass mounts, and retaining a long moulded steel basal cap, applied with engraved silver en suite with the head. 35.5cm; 14in head. Provenance . Robin Wigington
A VERY FINE AND RARE TURKISH GOLD, ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET DAGGER WITH LAPIS LAZULI HILT, EARLY 18TH CENTURY. with tapering single-edged blade of watered steel, decorated on one side with a gold-encrusted scroll and a spray of tulip flowers, gold ferrule (incomplete), faceted hilt of gold-flecked lapis lazuli (one small chip at the base), rising to a beaked pommel set with a ruby in a raised floral gold setting, in its original gold scabbard, the inner face enamelled in polychrome with a vertical arrangement of conventional flowers with sprays of foliage highlighted with green enamelled leaves (the enamel with small losses), all against a finely punched matted ground, the outer face decorated with a large panel top and bottom filled with floral patterns formed of raised gold settings and twenty four and twenty six rubies respectively, all enriched with black and white enamel and each with a single diamond, the middle portion with a further flower formed of six diamonds centring on a ruby surrounded by enamelled polychrome flowers and foliage against a finely punched ground en suite with the inner face, the chape set with a single emerald, the back-edge of the scabbard with a running pattern of enamelled green foliage (losses), the inner face with characteristic locket and retaining its original plaited silver wire suspension cord with fluted bulbous finial. 17.5cm; 6 7/8in. The floral mount for the pommel stone and the outer face of the scabbard are closely related to another gold, enamelled and gem-set dagger of earlier form, taken as part of the booty gathered by the Margraves of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach now preserved in the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. See E. Petrasch, R. Sänger, E. Zimmermann and H. G. Majer 1991, p. 197, no. 143. Lapis Lazuli is most commonly found in the valley of Kokcha, a tributary of the Oxus, south of Firgamu in Afghanistan. It was visited by Marco Polo in 1271 and has been prized both before and since that date for its rich blue colour characteristically flecked with gold specks of pyrite.
A RARE OTTOMAN TURKISH SWORD, KILIG, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY. with broad curved blade formed with a reinforced edge and double-edged towards the point, etched with masonic symbols on each side and a presentation on the back-edge (areas of pitting), brass hilt comprising cross-piece with down-turned quillons formed as a tulip profile, engraved silver back-strap decorated with tulip flowers and foliage (one small chip, rubbed), strongly formed hardwood grip shaped for the fingers, carved with pairs of chevrons and with tulip flowerheads around the pommel, studded with silver flowerhead rivets (one missing) and enriched with brass nails (small losses), in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard (scabbard split along the seam on one side) with large brass mounts comprising chape, locket, middle band and with three rings for suspension. 74.5cm; 29 3/8in blade. The presentation inscription reads: `Presented by brother Betts to the Enoch Lodge, no 11, Febry 1838`. Henry Betts was born around 1806 and lived at 17 Marylebone Street. He is recorded working as a Cupper. He joined Enoch Lodge in 1837, became Master 1840 and died circa 1870.
TWO INDO-PERSIAN JAMBIYAS AND AN INDO PERSIAN SPEAR HEAD, 19TH CENTURY. the first with curved double-edged blade, decorated with silver koftgari at the forte, steel hilt decorated with silver en suite with the forte, in its matching scabbard; the second with curved blade divided laterally to form five layered points, etched forte, etched steel grip, in its scabbard decorated en suite, the third with broad flat tapering spear head and moulded tubular socket, decorated over the greater part of its surface with scrollwork and celestial motifs in brass. the first: 41cm; 16 1/8in . (3)
A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED OTTOMAN GREEK SHAMSHIR PRESENTED BY THE PACHA OF CANDIA TO CAPTAIN F.T.MICHELL R.N., DATED 1829. with curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with two slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge, silver hilt comprising a pair of quillons with bud-shaped finials, engraved with scrolls and a bouquet of fruit, moulded back-strap engraved with the presentation inscription and date, and a pair of horn grip-scales fitted with a tear-shaped washer on each side of the pommel, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts cast and chased in relief, comprising locket, middle-band and chape each decorated with sprays of flowers, foliage, trophies and bouquets all within an elaborate series of scrollwork frames, and retaining a ring for suspension (one suspension ring missing). 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade. Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell KCB (1788-1873) was the son of Lieutenant Sampson Michell RN, a Cornishman who died an admiral in the Portuguese Navy in 1809. He was born in Exeter, entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth in 1800 and joined HMS EURYDICE (24) as a Midshipman in 1803, serving in a number of ships and locations before being commissioned lieutenant on 29th May 1807. Serving in several more ships in locations from the Adriatic to Brazil, he became 1st lieutenant of HMS BOYNE (98) in March 1815. When Admiral Lord Exmouth was appointed to command a punitive expedition to Algiers in 1816, he took BOYNE`s officers with him into his flagship, HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE (100). Before the bombardment of Algiers, late in August 1816, Exmouth appointed Michell to command the battering flotilla of 55 small vessels - principally gun, mortar, rocket and bomb ships - in the acting rank of commander and Michell was confirmed in that rank on 16th September 1816. After a decade on half-pay, Michell was appointed to command HMS RIFLEMAN (18) on 27th December 1826 and took her to the Mediterranean.. During the 1820s Greece fought her war of independence from Turkey: Britain, France and Russia were involved to maintain the balance of power and their own interests in the eastern Mediterranean. At the time, Crete was known by its Venetian name Candia and the Sultan ruled the island though a governor, or Pasha; the island`s capital, now Heraklion, was also known as Candia. It was British policy to recognise Crete as Turkish and British ships were welcomed in its harbours by the island`s governor.. The Ship`s Logs of HMS RIFLEMAN for 1829 (The National Archives; ADM 51/3377 and ADM 53/1140) show that she left Malta, bound for Crete, on 2nd March 1829, taking as passengers two Turks, Mustapha Hassan and Mustapha Ali. On 7th March, she anchored in Port Greco, a harbour on the island of Stondia - now Dia Nisida - off the north coast of Crete opposite the city of Candia. On 8th March, she sailed across the strait to Candia, put the captain, Michell, and the surgeon ashore in a yawl, `stood off and on` until the yawl returned and then, having fired a salute of 19 guns - which was returned by the harbour`s Turkish fort - sailed back to Port Greco, leaving Michell - and, presumably, the surgeon and the ship`s two Turkish passengers - in Candia. On 9th March, she returned and sent the yawl for Captain Michell, who returned at 11.30am, whereupon she left Candia harbour, returning a salute of 21 guns from the fort, and made sail for Malta, arriving there on 16th March 1829. For the remainder of 1829, HMS RIFLEMAN cruised in the Mediterranean but did not return to Crete.. It seems most likely that Michell received the sword offered here in March 1829 as a gesture of thanks from the island`s governor, perhaps for conveying the two Turks from Malta. The Turkish governor of Candia 1832-51 was the Albanian Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (b. 1798) who, in 1829, would have been known as plain Mustafa Naili and so may have been the `Mustapha Ali` taken aboard Michell`s ship on the orders of C.-in-C. Mediterranean for passage to Crete; he had been active in suppressing Greek insurrections on Crete in the 1820s and passage on a British sloop-of-war was probably the most sure way of returning him safely to the island.. Michell was promoted post captain on 22nd February 1830, commanded the 5th Rate HMS MAGICIENNE (24) at the siege and bombardment of Acre in 1840 and then the 5th Rate HMS INCONSTANT until 1843. In 1852 he was given command of HMS QUEEN (110) and commanded her during the Crimean War, particularly distinguishing himself at the bombardment of Sebastopol 1854-55, after which he was promoted rear admiral and created CB. Michell returned home to live in Totnes, Devon, where he was elected mayor in 1855 and 1858 and where he died. He became a vice-admiral in 1862 and an admiral in 1866, being created KCB in 1867. In addition to the sword given him by the Pasha of Candia/Crete, he received another from the Sultan, as well as a cloak with diamond clasps and several Turkish orders and decorations; as well as the insignia of a KCB, he received that of an Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1814, with clasps Algiers and Syria and the British and Turkish medals for the Crimean War.
A RARE BALKAN JAMBIYA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, decorated with a panel of gold scrollwork and pellets over the forte, wooden hilt covered with green velvet finely embroidered in silver thread with foliage and set with seed pearl flowers on each side, the pommel decorated with a matching flowerhead, in its original wooden scabbard covered with green velvet embroidered in silver thread with sprays of conventional foliage in silver thread bound with brocade and enriched with seed pearls (areas of wear and minor losses). 53.5cm; 21in
A CAUCASIAN SILVER MOUNTED KINDJAL, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY. with broad blade cut with three slender fullers and stamped with a mark, hilt of characteristic form encased in silver repoussé with foliage enriched with niello all within beadwork frames, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver en suite with the hilt, the locket complete with a single loop for suspension. 48.2cm; 19in
A CAUCASIAN SILVER MOUNTED KINDJAL, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY. with broad blade cut with a pair of slender fullers and with a blued decorative panel at the forte, hilt of characteristic form encased in gilt-silver repoussé with foliage enriched with niello on the front and niello foliage on the reverse, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver en suite with the hilt, including a brief niello inscription on the reverse and and the locket with a single loop for suspension. 46.3cm; 18 1/4in
A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED KINDJAL, DATED 1903. with broad fullered blade stamped with a mark at the forte on one side, hilt of characteristic form encased in gilt-silver beadwork frames filled with foliage enriched with niello, the reverse decorated with niello flowers, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver en suite with the hilt, decorated in niello on the reverse with the date in both Arabic and cyrillic numerals, a star and crescent, and with a single loop for suspension. 50cm;19 3/4in
A GEORGIAN KINDJAL, DATED 1765. with broad blade cut with a pair of long central fullers framed by a pair of grooves, retaining some watered pattern and with traces of gold koftgari (worn), one side etched with the inscription `Kapt. CTP HA ßÈ?š 1765`, ivory hilt of characteristic form, engraved with the date on the reverse, fitted with a pair of engraved silver flowerhead washers at the front, the lower set with a green paste (the other missing), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with engraved silver mounts, the locket with an iron suspension band retaining traces of gold koftgari (worn). 41.5cm; 16 3/8in .
A GEORGIAN SILVER-MOUNTED KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY. with broad tapering fullered blade decorated with a panel of gold koftgari scrollwork and flowers at the forte on one side (areas of wear and pitting), marine ivory grip (age cracks) retained by two rivets on nielloed silver washers each set with a turquoise, in its wooden scabbard covered with green fabric (worn), with shaped silver locket and chape each decorated with nielloed flowers on a hatched ground, the locket set with green and turquoise pastes, stamped with silver marks on the reverse, and with a single ring for suspension. 42.5cm; 16 3/4in
AN INDO-PERSIAN KULAH-KHUD, 19TH CENTURY. with hemispherical skull, fitted with central spike, a pair of plume-holders, adjustable sliding nasal-bar and mail neck-defence (minor repairs), the skull decorated over its outer surface with mounted hunters and warriors in traditional costume enriched with gold and silver koftgari (areas of wear, painted black overall, worn). 27.5cm; 10 7/8in high
SEVEN PAIRS OF MEXICAN ROWEL SPURS AND A SINGLE MEXICAN ROWEL SPUR. comprising two pairs with U-shaped heel bands, pierced slotted terminals for attaching straps, pierced filed neck extending to a pair of long pierced rectangular panels, fitted with very large multi-spiked rowels, decorated over much of their surface with German silver; two further pairs of white metal; three smaller pairs and a single spur decorated with a silver inlaid trellis pattern. (15)
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