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Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code >24840 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare, Archaic Chinese Warrior´s Bronze Jian Sword, Engraved with Seal Script, Around 2,300 to 2,800 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, Including the Period of the Great Military Doctrine ´The Art of War´ by General Sun-

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword dating to circa 1730-1740. A fine Scottish basket hilted sword dating to the second quarter of the 18th century. The sword is a nicely contoured example of this distinctive sword type. The hilt is forged from thick structural rounded bars and plates. The single edged blade is a finely forged example with a double fuller most likely of Solingen manufacture The basket guard is finely forged into its elegant profile. The two main frontal guard panels are decorated in traditional style, with vertical and horizontal border lines incised into the exterior surfaces towards the panel edges to form squares. Inside these squares a circle is pierced into the centre. The panels are then further decorated with four flanged heart shapes which surround the centre circles. Further circles are pierced into each corner of the squares. The smaller, secondary guard plates to the sides, and the knucklebow plate to the front, are finished in similar style. The cone-shaped pommel has a waisted button on top and is decorated with four pairs of incised double lines, equally spaced apart, which radiate from the button. The upper guard arm terminals of the basket fit into a chiselled groove which extends for the full circumference of the pommel just below its middle to secure the structure. The blade shoulders are secured in a chiselled groove in the cross guard bar underneath the hilt which retains its scrolled wrist guard. The spirally grooved wooden baluster shaped grip is covered with shagreen and bound with wire. The hilt also has a full leather liner covered with red cloth on the outside and stitched with a blue silken hem. The tapering single edged blade is of fine quality. It has a ricasso which extends 1.5 inches (4.0 cm) from the hilt. A short bold fuller extends for the length of the ricasso just inside the blunt edge of the cutting side of the blade. A further bold fuller runs underneath the spine from the hilt and terminates 25.5 inches (65 cm) along after which the blade is double edged to the the tip. A second fuller commences a short distance from the hilt runs underneath the first. The blade is just under 32 inches (81.25 cm) long. For similar styles of hilt see “Poetry in Steel The Earliest Swords of Walter Allan of Stirling”, by the Baron of Earlshall, London Park Lane Arms Fair, page 129 to 138, Spring 2018, Apollo Publishing. There are strong resemblances between this hilt and those produced in Stirling by both John and Walter Allan during this period, particularly that shown on page 137, figs 11 and 12, which is a robust hilt of similar profile lacking fretted edges to the guard panels. See also Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, The Boydell Press, 2005, page 106, fig F12, for a sword in a private American collection and pages 115, fig F15h, and page 116, fig F16, for swords in the Marischal College in Aberdeen, all of which have plain unfretted edges to the guard panels. The overall length of the sword is 37.5 inches (95 cm) long.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,750.00

Fine Cup Hilt Rapier. Ref X3378. A Fine Cup Hilt Rapier. 51&157; overall, 41&157; slender flattened diamond section blade with deeply struck bladesmith´s mark of The Lion of St. Mark in a square on the ricasso. Steel hilt comprising deep cup guard, the outer face pierced & chiselled with a symmetrical arrangement of tight scrolls of foliage, boldly flanged brim pierced with a running pattern of foliage & mythical beast heads, a pair of tapering scroll chiselled straight steel quillons with fluted moulded terminals,&194;&160; knuckle-guard en suit, solid pommel of flattered oval form deeply chiselled with a hunting scene or cavalry battle. The grip bound with plaited wire between Turks heads. Circa 1600-20&194;&160; Very fine Spanish rapier in good condition.&194;&160; See Wallace Collection Nos A589 & A619 for similar pommel and A647, A651& A653 for similar pierced bowl.&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code >21865 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning, Historical, Napoleonic War&#acute;s Period, 1796 Pattern Officer´s Combat Sword of William A. Cuninghame, of the 95th

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,750.00

Hall Patent 1819 Breech Loading Flintlock Harper Ferry Rifle. X3554. A Rare Hall Patent 1819 Breech Loading Flintlock Harper Ferry Rifle. 53 1/2&157; overall, 32 1/2&157; .52 calibre barrel with multi-groove rifling stopping short 1 1/2&157; from the muzzle to allow muzzle loading, offset blade fore-sight, offset notch rear-sight, stamped ´NWP´ at breech. Broad iron receiver swelling forwards of centre with a lift up reverse loading breech operated via a short lever below the fore-end, offset central hammer, the top of breech block marked ’US S North Midl Conn 1833’. Walnut full stock, iron furniture including raised pistol grip spur to lower tang, two spring retained&194;&160;&194;&160;iron barrel bands, two sling swivels, double band nose cap, button tipped under barrel ramrod. Dated 1833. &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; In good condition, very good bore. Simon North Contract model 1819, 5,700 made between1830-36 most converted to percussion. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code >24556 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful 500 Year Old Koto Period Samurai ´Dragon´ Wakizashi Samurai Short Sword, Another Absolute Beauty From Our latest collection

Nation : British
Local Price : £4650

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword of “Irish” type dating to the second quarter of the 17th century. The original scabbard mouthpiece has a moulded brim at the top and a fretted base. The chape is decorated with lines and scallops at the edge. The scabbard is stitched along the middle of the inner side and retains its two scalloped iron suspension mounts on the outer side which are of early form. The scabbard tip has been reinforced at its join with the chape. The scabbard retains remnants of its original lined decoration. The double-edged blade is of lenticular section and gently tapers to its tip. It has a double fuller which extends for 8 inches (20 cm) from the hilt each containing the armourers’ marks of ANDRIA FARARA separated and flanked by crosses now deep in the patination and unclear. An incised running wolf mark is present just beyond the fuller terminals on each side. The shoulders of the blade slot into a shallow aperture purposely cut to secure the blade underneath the cross hilt. The hilt resembles the basket guards of a number of Scottish swords illustrated in Cyril Mazansky's “British Basket-Hilted Swords” (Boydell Press 2005), and in particular references D9, D10, D10a and D10b on pages 80 to 82. These swords have similar hilt structures and engraved line patterns to the frontal guard panels and side guards. These swords are housed in various important collections including Blair Castle in Perthshire, the Marischall Museum in Aberdeen, and The Royal Armouries. Two further similar swords housed in the National Museums of Scotland, are illustrated in John Wallace, Scottish Swords & Dirks, 1970, Arms and Armour Press, figs 23 and 25. For a further in depth examination of this sword type see: Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords”, Mowbray Publishers, 2013, section 10 entitled “The So-Called Irish Hilt Sword, pages 110 to 126, for examples similar to our sword, particularly that shown on pages 114 and 115. The blade is just over 33.5 inches (85 cm) long and the overall length of the sword is 39.25 inches (99.5 cm).

Nation : ?
Local Price : £4,650.00

Continental 17th Century Horse Whip Flintlock Pistol. Continental 17th Century Horse Whip Flintlock Pistol with two stage barrel leading to a decorative enlarged muzzle to which the leather plaited whip is attached, please note this is a later replacement. The exposed flintlock action is in working order and is engraved with the word TONTAINE. The grip is brass with floral and line decoration which reduces in diameter towards the flintlock action, overall length 21.75 inch For reference please see Firearms Curiosa by Lewis Winant.