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Nation : Viking
Local Price : $16200.00

A RARE VIKING SWORD 10th CENTURY AD. Peterson type X. 32 5/8” broad fullered blade. Straight cross guard with slightly lobed terminals. One end with a small lug projection each side. That feature is unique in our experience but may well have been on other examples now lost to corrosion. Its function is speculative and worthy of further research. The pommel is of flat bottomed Brazil nut form. Excavated and professionally conserved condition. This sword is a classic example of the Viking sword in its mature form. See Oakeshott pl.X.13 for a near identical example bearing the INGELRII inscription, which he describes as “an absolutely classic example of the Type X sword”.

Nation : British
Local Price : $16000.00

A FINE SCOTTISH BASKET HILT BROADSWORD. This sword which dates to the second quarter of the 18th century is of a quality and exhibits artistry identified with a handful of makers. The hilt is of so-called Glasgow form with strap like elements enclosing the principle panels. The back panel and those flanking it employ design features which distinguish it from other examples and clearly identify it as the product of the same maker as an example which was displayed at the exhibition on Drumossie Moor from April to September, 1996 to commemorate the 250 anniversary of the Jacobite Rebellion and the Battle of Culloden. That example is illustrated in Culloden, The Swords and the Sorrows , the catalog of that exhibition, plate 1:21. Both are unsigned and the maker remains unidentified. Both employ a unique bar and panel pattern to the hilt elements. The bars are stepped and offset, which the cataloger compares to the emergence of a flower stem. The panels of both employ hearts with divided top intersections each with a fishtail merlon between the lobes. As with the referenced example, this example is mounted with a German blade of the late 17th century. 35 3/8" length blade.

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £15,000

An exceptional cased suite of edged weapons of Lieutenant Wyndham Neave of the 71st Highland Light Infantry killed in action in 1858 in the Indian Mutiny. Lieutenant Wyndham Neave of the 71st Highland Light Infantry was killed at Morar during the advance of the forces of Sir Hugh Rose against rebels at Gwalior in Central India on 16th June 1858 in the Indian Mutiny. This is his weapons set which was cased for display, probably in India, then returned to his family in England after his death. The weapons are a unique snapshot of an officer’s dress and field edged weapons of the time and are in exceptional condition. The case is a fine example of the cabinet maker’s craft. Lt Neave was born on 21st November 1834, the 4th son of Sir Richard Digby Neave, 3rd Baronet (1793–1868), who was an English artist and author. Kaye & Malleson’s History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-8, describes the action in which Lt Neave was killed as follows: “The main body of the enemy, driven through the cantonments, fell back on a dry nullah (a steep sided watercourse) with high banks, running round a village, which they had also occupied. Here they maintained a desperate hand-to-hand struggle with the British. The 71st Highlanders suffered severely, Lieutenant Neave, whilst leading them, falling mortally wounded; nor was it till the nullah was nearly choked with dead that the village was carried”. In a more personal account Lieutenant John Lightfoot of the Bombay Horse Artillery described the action as follows in a letter to his father: “Just at this time there came a cheer from the rear and up came the 71st at the double, I ceased firing and they rushed past straight at the nullah, the rebels did not wait for their approach but, throwing down their muskets they drew their swords and waving them over their heads, dashed forward to meet the 71st, young Neave son of Sir Digby Neave was killed at the first onset, but not a rebel escaped. They were killed to a man!’ Besides Lieutenant Neave, the 71st had four men killed and five men wounded, four of those severely”. The set consists of Lt Neave’s dress basket hilted broadsword, his field service sword, dress dirk and shoulder belt plate, all notable for their excellent quality and fine condition. The set is contained in purpose built contemporary fitted mahogany case with two locks fitted to each side. When the top lid is lifted off a second glazed lid is revealed through which the items may be viewed. This can also be lifted off to access the items by hand which are seated in shaped hard lined apertures lined with plum coloured velvet. The Scottish basket hilted broad sword is by Henry Wilkinson and not numbered. Henry Wilkinson began their numbering system in 1854 which dates the production of this sword to circa 1848-1854. The regulation pattern straight blade is 32.25 inches (82cm) long and profusely etched with fine designs. The pronounced ricasso has a deep fuller near to each blunt edge and further along the blade two central fullers run in parallel. Inside the ricasso on one side is “HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON” and on the reverse side a star shaped cartouche with a brass stud inside stamped with “HW” for Henry Wilkinson in raised relief. Just beyond the ricasso on the same side is an ornate cartouche with the owners initials “WN” and crest. Further along on the same side is an elaborate foliate panel which contains the regimental emblem and the numerals “LXXI” for “71”. On the reverse side a similar foliate panel contains the “VR” cypher with a crown above. The regulation basket guard is pierced with hearts and circles, mounted with a fluted bun-shaped pommel with button, wooden spirally grooved grip covered with black shagreen bound with silver wire, and retaining its red fringe and scarlet cloth faced buff leather liner with blue silken hem. The sword retains its polished finish. The sword is contained in its black leather scabbard with three matching steel mounts with linear engraving, the top locket with suspension ring and frog stud and middle mount with suspension ring. The sword is in fine condition with a few insignificant age related blemishes. The field service sword is also by Henry Wilkinson punched with the number 6596 for 1855. The slightly curved fullered blade is 32.25 inches (82 cm) long and contained in its steel scabbard also punched with the same number. The forte is marked same as the basket hilted sword with “HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON” and with a star and brass roundel punched with HW in raised relief on the reverse side. On one side within a panel of etched thistles is the “VR” cypher with crown above and “HIGHLAND” with a bugle below with the number “71” inside its loop then “LT INFANTRY” below. On the reverse side between panels of thistles the battle honours of the regiment are detailed within a scroll design beginning with “PENINSULA” and “WATERLOO” then ending with “HINDOOSTAN”. The blade retains its polished finish. The steel hilt is mounted with a scrolled wrist guard and typically pierced with foliate designs and engraved with leaf-like scrolls. The pommel is domed and cut with radiating flutes. The wooden grip is covered with black shagreen, and bound with silver wire. The dress dirk is exceptional and of robust size mounted with ebony grip and deeply chased Ormolu mounts. The leaf shaped blade measures just over 13 inches (just over 33 cm) and the dirk 19 inches overall length (just over 48 cm). It measures just under 20.5 inches (52 cm) when measured end to end in its scabbard. The baluster shaped dirk grip is cut with a Scottish military bonnet and crossed swords between the haunches to the front and with a thistle on the reverse in raised relief. The middle section is cut with a decorative basket weave pattern highlighted with gilt brass studs at the intersections at the front and with ridges of longitudinal lines to the rear which extend upwards to the back of the canted pommel. The pommel band and mouthpiece are of cast brass with a flowing band of thistles and leaves in raised relief. The grips of the knife and fork are cut with basket weave all over with studs at the intersections. The pommels are canted and the bands are of similar form to the dirk. At the base of the knife and fork grips a tapering ferrule holds in place a blued clip of sprung steel which holds in place each item when sheathed. The dirk, knife and fork are mounted with pommel stones cut in a multi-faceted manner around the edges with flat tops and a slight rose pink hue in background colour. The black patent leather scabbard mouthpiece is mounted with a bugle with “71” inside the loop and a crown above. The front of the knife mouthpiece, the fork mouthpiece, and the chape are mounted with thistles in raised relief. The blade is scalloped along its back edge for over half its length after which it is double edged. A deep fuller runs underneath this part of the blade for the same length, and underneath this a wider, shallower fuller extends for the same length along each side. Viewed from the hilt towards the tip on one side, the blade is etched with a panel of bordered interlace above which in floral script are the letters “HLI” for the Highland Light Infantry. Above this the regimental motto “NEMO ME IMPUNE LACASSET” is clear. The next etched design is a bugle with “71” inside its loop with a thistle above, followed by a stand of arms, and a further thistle beyond. On the reverse side the first panel contains the name of the retailer / maker “JONES, 6 REGENT ST, LONDON” with the “VR” cypher above in the same script as the “HLI” script on the first side. Above this, where the motto is place on the first side is “HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY” with the bugle and “71” inside its loop. Along the rest of the blade the battle honours also represented on the field service sword are repeated in a panel beginning with “WATERLOO” and ending with “HINDOOSTAN” with a thistle above. The dirk is in fine condition retaining almost all of its original finish and exhibiting almost no wear. The dirk retains its braid suspension strap. A shoulder-belt plate for an officer of the 71 st is also accommodated in the case. This has a copper-gilt stippled ground with the silver applied regimental device of “71” within a bugle loop. It retains its hook, stud fittings on the reverse and its original leather backing. --> --> Gallery

Nation : -
Local Price : $14,995.00

Magnificent Silver, Gilt, and Jewel-encrusted Indonesian Kris Dagger. Hilt of garuda form crafted in silver with ruby eyes and gilt beak and crown, the background of silver filigree scroll work with gold flower petal accents. Scabbard decorated ensuite of silver filgree with a ruby and sapphire cabochon mounted toli-toli; gilt bands and floral accents on both sides, with two rows of gold flower petal bands on the edges. Quality 13 1/2″ flamboyant Damascus blade with elaborate forging pattern. Total of 60 rubies and one sapphire. Exceptional quality and condition, of 20th Century manufacture. Overall length 15 3/4″ (40 cm), not including scabbard.

Nation : British
Local Price : $14,995.00

Fine and Unique Chiseled European Rapier, First Half 17th C. Featuring slender tapering 40″ blade of flattened hexagonal section with long flat ricasso stamped with crowned “S” bladesmith’s mark on each side, (indistinct on one side); short central fuller on each side with line engraved and dotted borders and incised with ‘I.O.H.A.N.I.’ and stamped anchor mark on both sides . Hilt of slender bars of reeded diamond-section retaining traces of punched and incised decoration and comprising down- curved quillon with large chiseled foliate terminal carrying an openwork oval pierced with symmetrical scrollwork on both sides within punched borders and with bud-shaped tip chiseled with foliage. Large obverse side-ring, tapering knuckle-guard screwed to the pommel, all chiseled en suite; obverse with down-bent shell-guard extending from the quillon block and pierced with engraved symmetrical scrollwork. Triangular quillon block engraved with devil face. Vertically-ribbed grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk’s heads. Very good condition with some wear and light pitting commensurate with age. Overall length 46 5/8″. Provenance: Thomas Del Mar, Ltd. in association with Sotheby’s, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26 June 2007, lot 155, sold for 10,000 British Pounds plus premium (about $24,000 USD at the time). At a time of rapid inflation it is quite a bargain to obtain a rare work of art like this at considerably less than it sold for more than 15 years ago.

Nation : British
Local Price : £12950.00

A Most Rare, Original, Romanov, Russian Cossack Solid Silver Shashka & Silver Cossack Whip With Concealed Dagger, 'The Imperial Russian Honour Sword & Nagaika Awards of Gallantry' Awarded by The Czar The Russian Version of the British Victoria Cross. Awarded by Czar Alexander Romanov IIIrd in 1883, and it is dated 1883. The superbly deluxe etched presentation blade bears the personal crest cypher of the Czar. A crowned A III, and the crest of the Romanovs.. See photo 9 in the gallery. In 50 years we have never seen a matching pair of honour sword and dagger complete and together, they may not even have an ioriginal pair in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. One of the greatest museum collections in the world. A Most Rare 19th Century Romanov era, Russian Shashka, 'Sword of Chivalry' complete with its matching, rare, and fabulous silver Niello presentation Romanov Cossack's nagaika Cossack whip with hidden dagger. Both were awarded for gallantry and heroism in combat during the Romanov era of Czarist Russia, in the reign of Czar Alexander IIIrd, father of Czar Nicolas IInd the last Czar, who was executed with his wife and children by firing squad in Yekaterinburg, by the Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries in July 1918 . The sword and whip combination are the Imperial Russian equivalent to the Victoria Cross {or the American Medal of Honour}. For such a great honour, as well as the silver and enamel 'Badge of Honour of St Anne' the recipient may also be awarded a presentation silver sashqua sabre, engraved with the award presentation and emblazened with a silver enamel badge of the Order of St. Anne. A Cossack could also be awarded, as a very special extra honour, a silver Niello nagaika Cossack whip with a concealed thrusting dagger which also has a matching silver and enamel St Anne award for gallantry badge mounted on the body of the whip. The dagger was for use against attacking wolves or for close combat battle use. We show in the gallery a picture of a Cossack lieutenant with his awarded silver Cossack sashqua of gallantry, and also with his matching presentation nagaika. Also we show a cossack charge with sabres and the nagaika on the cossack's wrists. The picture is a standing lieutenant, of the 2nd Volgski Regiment, Terek Host. The epitome of the Caucasian Cossack officer; the highly decorated weapons and kaftan are typical of these units throughout the war. The cartridge pockets on each breast, gaziri, were functional as well as decorative. The undershirt, beshmet, was often privately made and did not always conform to regulations. During the war supply problems led to khaki replacing the grey kaftans. The rank of this sotnik or first lieutenant is identified by the three stars and single stripe on his shoulder boards, which also bear the regimental number '2 and the Cyrillic initial of the Terek Cossacks, which resembles 'Br. Light blue was the traditional distinguishing color of the Terek Host. He wears the Order of Vladimir 4th Class with Swords, the Order of St. Anne 4th Class with Swords, a Terek Cossack badge and that of the Novocherkask Cossack School. His handsome weapon is a St. Anne's Sword 'for Bravery' - note the rosette in the pommel. He carries the matching silver Cossack nagaika whip with badge. A most rare desirable and collectable sword of the Imperial, Russian, Romanov period. A sword of gallantry and honour awarded to an officer who displayed the finest valour serving his Czar, the equivalent at the time to the Victoria Cross medal in England or the US Medal of Honour in America. The hilt is silver surrounding a central carved ribbed grip of bone and it is engraved on the pommel in Russian to represent gallantry and there's the red enamel badge of Saint Anna of Russia the blade is simply superb decorated in fine scrolls and imperial scenes of cavalry, stands of arms and flags, and the crest of Czar Alexander of Russia, the father of Czar Nicholas II, the executed last Czar of all the Russias. The spine of the blade bears a cyrillic Russian inscription by the maker Zlatoust, and date 1883. The silver pommel is engraved in Russian, the closest translation in English is 'for Bravery'. The blade is superbly etched with panels of charging cossack cavalry, the crest of the Romanov Czar, Alexander III, the Cross of St Anna, and numerous scrolls and geometric designs, plus traces of original blue and gilt in the fullers. Swords of this nature are some of the most desirable Russian swords ever made and collected from the old Imperial Romanov Russia, and this one is certainly one of the finest we have ever seen. The Order of Saint Anna ("Order of Saint Ann" or "Order of Saint Anne") was established as a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia. The motto of the Order is "Amantibus Justitiam, Pietatem, Fidem" ("To those who love justice, piety, and fidelity"). Its festival day is 3 February (New Style, 16 February). Originally, the Order of Saint Anna was a dynastic order of knighthood; but between 1797 and 1917 it had dual status as a dynastic order and as a state order. The Head of the Imperial House of Russia always is Master of the imperial Order of Saint Anna. The Order of St. Anna continued to be awarded after the revolution by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, and Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. Membership of the Order was awarded for a distinguished valour and distinguished service in the military. The Order of Saint Anna entitled recipients of the first class to hereditary nobility, and recipients of lower classes to personal nobility. For military recipients, it was awarded with swords such as this wonderful superior rank example. The blade makers marks of Zlatoust. The House of Romanov was the second dynasty to rule Russia, after the House of Rurik, reigning from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on 15 March 1917, as a result of the February Revolution. The Romanovs achieved prominence as boyars of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, later the Tsardom of Russia. In 1613, following years of interregnum (Time of Troubles), the zemsky sobor offered the Russian crown to Mikhail Romanov. He acceded to the throne as Michael I, becoming the first Tsar of Russia from the House of Romanov. His grandson Peter I established the Russian Empire and transformed the country into a continental power through a series of wars and reforms. The direct male line of the Romanovs came to an end when Elizabeth of Russia died in 1762. After an era of dynastic crisis, the House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg that reigned in Denmark, ascended the throne in 1762 with Peter III, a grandson of Peter I. All rulers from the middle of the 18th century to the revolution of 1917 were descended from that branch. Though officially known as the House of Romanov, these descendants of the Romanov and Oldenburg dynasties are sometimes referred to as Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. In early 1917 the Romanov dynasty had 65 members, 18 of whom were killed by the Bolsheviks. The remaining 47 members went into exile abroad. In 1924, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, the senior, surviving male-line descendant of Alexander II of Russia by primogeniture, claimed the headship of the defunct Imperial House of Russia. Since 1991, the succession to the former Russian throne has been in dispute, largely due to disagreements over the validity of dynasts' marriages, especially between the lines of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, succeeded by Prince Andrew Romanov. The sword has no scabbard. Every single item from The Lanes Armoury is accompanied by our unique Certificate of Authenticity. Part of our continued dedication to maintain the standards forged by us over the past 100 years of trading

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $12600.00

LATE GOTHIC ITALIAN BROADSWORD C.1500-10. This rare sword is from a small but well-known group, best represented by the work of Italian (Ferrara) goldsmith Ercole dei Fedeli, four examples of which are illustrated in Armi Bianche Italiane, #293-298. All are dated 1505-10. They currently reside in museums in Paris, Vienna, and Leningrad. Two are identified as from the Knights of Saint Peter and were given by Pope Julius to Maximillian I. As with the others, this example mounts a wide blade, 24” in length. It is narrow double fullered, of pattern welded steel, struck with a maker’s mark, a serpent, each side, at the forte. The iron hilt is the form that distinguishes the group. The cross guard is two elegant ribbon form elements, tapered in the section from top to bottom, with fine scrolling terminals, flanking the quillon block. The junction is defined by spirals on the front and a simpler rounded end on the back, an exceedingly rare feature, as cruciform swords are invariably indistinguishable, one side from the other. The pommel is of the four-lobed form specific to the group. The guard and pommel are inlaid in silver, now mostly lost, in curvilinear and helix designs. These designs and the flowing form of the guard are precursors of Mannerism art which infused movement, flow, and drama into art. The forms seen here are not transitional as would be expected, but revolutionary, practically reinventing the sword hilt considering the context. That the Pope would present two to Maximillian attests to the esteem in which they were held, and that he recognized their seminal place in the Mannerist movement. An exceedingly rare late Gothic sword.

Nation : American
Local Price : $10600.00

RARE AMERICAN SILVER HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1750. This rare American sword was made by Bilious Ward of Middleton Connecticut and bears his mark on the knuckle bow terminal. Ward was born in Guilford in 1729. His mark is shown p.320, American Silversmiths, Old Silver, English, American and Foreign which is considered the standard reference for silver marks. His Father, William Ward Jr. and his son, James Ward were also silversmiths (Early Connecticut Silver, Bohan). Yale University Art Gallery has five spoons by Bilious Ward, 3 identified as C.1750-70 and two C.1755. New York Historical Society has a single spoon dated to 1750-70. The form of the sword is iconic. 1740s and 50s in America was the period of the Great Awakening, a time of strengthening religious values and reverting to basics. In a sense, a return to Puritanism. In American Silver Mounted Swords , 1700-1815, Peterson states “American silver hilted small swords are characterized by simple chaste lines. In Europe, most of the silver mounted smallswords of the same period were completely covered with heavily modeled or pierced decoration. In this country, however, such surface decoration was extremely rare as American craftsmen relied more upon the pure beauty of line and form to attain their artistic effect.” He illustrates and discusses 16 examples. #1-4 dated 1722-30. Three of the four incorporate traditional (European) decorative elements. #5-13 date C.1740-50 and are all of the same spartan form of this example with the iconic ringed slightly elongated pommel. In fact, the ten including this one are nearly indistinguishable but for minor details. #14-17 date C.1770-1815 and fully embrace the later European forms. Also notable is that of #5-13, eight of nine are maker marked, while none of the first four are and two of the last four are not. The blade of this example is flat, 28 5/8” in length, undecorated with a narrow fuller to the forte. Of the comparable group, seven of nine are triangular and two flat. At that time (1955) five of the nine comparable examples were in museum collections. Silver hilted swords in Colonial America were very rare and the zenith of gentlemanly style. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston reports, in a description of a sword by Jacob Hurd “Between 1730 and 1750 he (Hurd) made about ten swords, far more than his peers, most of whom made only one or two.” The 1762 inventory of silversmith John Edwards includes “One silver hilted sword at 60 pounds, 3 shillings” at a time when the per capita income in America was 15 pounds, 12 shillings. A historic Colonial American sword for which there have been no comparable examples on the market for decades.