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Nation : British
Local Price : £2450

Fine English Silver Hilted Small Sword by John Radborn of the City of London Hallmarked for 1764 / 1765. A very fine English silver hilted small sword by John Radborn of London with hallmarks for 1764 / 1765. The hilt is mounted with a dish guard which is exquisitely pierced and chased with rococo foliate scrolls and multi pointed florets. This design is the common theme present on the other major silver components of the sword which attests to the originality and homogeneity of the parts. The sword is well-balanced in hand and the silver hilt is, unusually, in excellent condition having experienced almost no wear, and maintained its shape without damage or repair. The sword is mounted with a tapering hollow ground triangular section blade. The hilt is an example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century London silversmith as well as an example of one of the most effective weapons of the 17th and 18th centuries. Silver hilted small swords were fashionable attire for gentlemen. Mostly worn for effect, someone wearing such a sword was also announcing to the world that he was able to use it. Despite the stylish and often delicate appearance of these swords they were formidable dueling weapons. The sword hilt is in excellent crisp condition without losses or repairs and has maintained its original pleasing profile. The shallow dish guard has a strengthened rim shaped as four crescents on the outside which supports the exquisitely pierced and chased delicate and intricate foliate designs within. The perimeter is raised with a continuous chain of diamond shaped links further strengthened in the middle front and back where the rim is thickened and engraved with foliate sprays. The ricasso, pas d’ ane rings, knuckle bow and pommel are pierced and chased in the same decorative style as the dish guard. The stamped maker's mark of “I R” is present on one side of the knucklebow near the pommel in raised relief inside a depressed rectangle, accompanied by the crowned leopard's head assay mark, the royal lion passant and date marks. The baluster shaped grip is covered with spirally wrapped bevelled silver strip, separated by wrapped silver twisted wire, flanked by thinner ropes on either side. Silver cap terminals are present top and bottom of the grip engraved with floral designs. The tapering, hollow ground, stiff, triangular section blade retains evidence of its original engraved foliate panels near the hilt. It is in good condition with a shallow mottled grey patina and blackened spots of age staining and light pitting. John Radborn worked in the New Street precinct of the City of London for all of his professional life. He is first recorded when he was indentured to the cutler Nathaniel Young in 1737. On the death of Young in 1742 he was turned over to John Smith for the remainder of his term and was sworn free of the Cutlers’ Company by servitude in 1745 when he probably entered his first mark at Goldsmiths Hall which is now lost. His first surviving mark was entered in 1762. On moving address in 1769 Radborn entered another mark which was very similar to the last to confirm the move. He was admitted as a pensioner of the Cutlers’ Company in 1776 and died in 1780. John Radborn was one of the most gifted silver hilt makers and sword cutlers of his time. For further information see “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, their makers, suppliers and allied traders, with directory, by Leslie Southwick, 2001, Royal Armouries, and particularly page 202 for the biography of John Radborn and examples of his work in plates 46, 66, 72-3, 74 and colour plate 3. The blade is 31.25 inches (just over 79.5 cm) long and the overall length of the sword is 38 inches (96.5 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,450.00

Victorian Scots Fusiliers Guards Officers Sword. Victorian Scots Fusiliers Guards Officers Sword belonging to Lieut Col Haygarth. By Wilkinson Sword early four digit number 7312. Lieut Col HAYGARTH, shot through the shoulder [severely] and through the leg Battle of Alma 20th Sept 1854 – 23rd Nov 1854 First victory over the Russians on the Alma. The sword with regulation hilt with fish skin grip and officers knot. The blade is stunning and super early Wilkinson sword engraving with battle honours V R and crown the reverse again with battle honours and regimental devise and crown. It is sold complete with steel scabbard and research. Notes: The Battle of the Alma was a battle in the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20 September 1854. The allies had made a surprise landing in Crimea on 14 September

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,450.00

15th Hussars Officer&#acute;s Mameluke. 15th Hussars Officer&#acute;s Mameluke very nice condition regimental hilt and bone grip. The slightly curved blade with faint etching but William 4th cypher and I V visible Hilt and blade tight and complete with steel scabbard with gilt brass mounts. Reference: Swords of The British Army by Robson plate 84 – 85 Blade Length: 32.25 inch Overall Length: 38.0 Inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £2450

Click and use the code >24953 to search for this item on the dealer website Wonderful, Napoleonic Wars Period Museum Piece, A Highest Ranking British Officer´s Sword Bespoke Commisioned For The Highest Ranking Officers of Both The Navy or Army, A 1790´s Admiral of the Fleet or Field Marshal´s Sword In Fabulous

Nation : British
Local Price : £2400

Scottish “Horseman’s” Basket Hilted Sabre dating to circa 1740. A Scottish basket hilted sabre dating towards the middle of the 18th century and the period surrounding the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The guard is fashioned from forged iron bars of rounded rectangular section with the spaces infilled with flat secondary and primary guard panels. This design of hilt is for a horseman and formed with only one, instead of two, primary guard plates to the front, replacing one with the typical oval ring for a horseman’s hilt. The curved blade is robust and well forged and of a curved type not often found on Scottish basket hilted swords. The front guard panel is decorated in traditional style. It has fretted edges and vertical and horizontal incised border lines towards the panel edges to form a square. Inside the square a circle is pierced into the centre surrounded by boldly cut hearts and circles. The side panels and the knuckle bow to the front are finished with heart shapes above and below pierced patterns of four circles. The side guard panels have merlons at the base also pierced with hearts in the middle. The dome-shaped pommel has a waisted button on top and is decorated with three sets of equally spaced incised and filed lines which radiate from the button, the middle line being wider than those on each side in each case. The spaces between are decorated with similar line forms in crescent shapes. 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 sit in a groove chiselled into the cross guard bar underneath the hilt. The spirally grooved wooden baluster shaped grip is missing its cover and wire binding. The hilt retains a thick leather liner at the base of the grip. The blade is has a pronounced fuller extending from the hilt under the blunt back edge and terminates 7 inches (18 cm) from the tip after which it is double edged. A second fuller extends underneath the first almost to the blade tip. A blade maker’s mark consisting of the letters “C H” in raised relief are present inside a depressed panel separated by a cruciform shape. The panel is flanked by two further small stamped marks of approximate fleur de lys shape. The blade is most likely of Solingen manufacture but the maker’s mark is unknown. For Scottish swords of contemporary and different styles see Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords”, The Boydell Press, 2005. The overall length of the sword is 35.5 inches (90 cm) and the blade is 29.5 inches (75 cm) long.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2400

English Silver Hilted Small Sword by William Kinman of London Hallmarked for 1768 / 1769. An exceptional pierced dish hilted smallsword by the renowned 18th century London silversmith and cutler William Kinman, date-stamped for 1768 / 1769. The hallmarks are of small type stamped into the Pas D'Ane rings and consist of the maker's mark of “W K” in raised relief inside a depressed irregular panel with a pellet between the letters, the lion passant mark, crowned leopard's head assay mark and date stamp. Kinman's work, together with a few of his contemporaries, represents the highest standard of English silver craftsmanship of the time as is to be seen in the hilt of this sword. The dish guard, pommel and ricasso are pierced and engraved with exquisitely detailed foliate scrolls formed within diagonally spaced panels, the sides of which emulate waving tendrils. The delicacy of the interior of the dish guard is supported by a strengthening of the rim which is decorated with floral designs front and back with gadrooned engraving to the sides, which is repeated on the knuckle bow and quillons. The baluster shaped wooden grip is of rounded rectangular section diagonally bound with silver strip interspaced with a double length of plain wire with thinner twists on each side, mounted with silver cap terminals top and bottom engraved with floral designs. The hilt is as much an example of the high standards of design and execution required of the 18th century London silversmith as it is as an effective weapon maker. Silver hilted small swords were fashionable attire for 18th century gentlemen. Mostly worn for effect as a show of wealth and taste, someone wearing such a sword was also announcing to the world that he could use it, and was at risk of being invited to do so. Despite the stylish and delicate appearance of these swords they were formidable dueling weapons. The triangular section, stiff, robust, hollow ground bright blade retains its engraved decoration on both sides at the forte including panels of foliage and strapwork on each side, with stands of arms inside ovals between, indicating that the sword originally belonged to a military officer. The sword is in fine condition overall. There are no losses or repairs to the hilt which has maintained its original pleasing outline. The blade is 32 inches (just over 81 cm) long and overall the sword is 38.5 inches (98 cm) long. William Kinman was one of the most influential and preeminent makers of silver hilted swords working in London in the third quarter of the 18th century. He made swords for the London social and military elites. He was a leading member of the Founders' Company of London and served in all the major offices of the guild including Master. Kinman was born in 1728 and was sworn free of the Founders' Company in 1750, when presumably he started to make silver hilted swords under his own name and was admitted to livery in 1757. Kinman entered his first mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1759 (Grimwade 1990 reference 3210) which is his mark on this sword. William Kinman was at his most prominent in the earlier part of his career, when this sword was made, later becoming bankrupt due to the failure of a founding business he was involved in. For contemporary silver hilted swords by William Kinman and other notable London makers see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001. And for further information on Kinman’s life of see pages 159 and 160.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2395

Click and use the code >25555 to search for this item on the dealer website From Limoges, a Champleve Enamel Gilt & Bronze Sword Belt Plate of a Knight of King Henry II & Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Decorated With A Knight Combating A Beast with Spear and Shield . 1100´s ´Opus Lemovicense´ Crafted in Limoges, Aq

Nation : British
Local Price : £2375

Click and use the code >24186 to search for this item on the dealer website One Of The Most Impressive, Fiersome, & Effective, Combat Weapons Ever Created. A 1600´s to Early 1700´s Mughul Period Battle Mace Shishpar With 8 Flanged Head and Khanda Sword Hilt. A Most Formidable Usually Hindu Piece Yet As Popular in Anci