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Nation : British
Local Price : £1950

Click and use the code >22157 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning 1796 Scottish Flank Officer´s Combat Sword, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular & Waterloo Period. For Coldstream Guards, With One Of The Most Beautiful, Finest Quality & Unique Blade Engravings We Have Ever Seen. By Hunter of Edinburgh

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Local Price : £1,950.00

1796 Midlothian Vol Infantry Officers sword – Major G Young. Engraved blued and gilt blade, standing Officer, Royal Arms and GR cypher, engraved Bedington & Co and Warranted regulation folding gilt hilt engraved Major G Young Midlothian Volt Infy with silver wire bound grip, in its brass mounted leather scabbard, the locket engraved within oval cartouche G.Hunter Army Contractor 96 S. Bridge together with commission document dated August 1803 and inscribed to George Young Major to the Midlothian Volunteer Infantry.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,950.00

English Military Small Sword by John Hillman c 1764. English Small Sword by John Hillman c 1764 Pierced steel hilt with stunning detail including trophies of arms indicating this was produced for a military officer and floral designs please see detailed images. The silver wrapped hilt is complete with no damage and the whole sword is tight no loose parts, the etched colichemarde blade hollow ground 29.75 inch long. John Hillman is recorded to have worked in New Bond Street London 1764 and the sword is complete with top and middle scabbard mounts which is engraved with Hillman Bond Street although faint.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1950

English Silver Hilted Hunting Hanger by John Carman (I) Hallmarked for 1740 / 1741. An English Silver Hilted Hunting Hanger with London Hallmarks for the year 1740 / 1741, made by the silver smith and cutler, John Carman (I) of The City of London. This plain but elegant hanger was a gentleman's weapon. The most distinctive feature of the hilt is the large convex scallop-shaped shell guard with its moulded edge which emanates from the cross guard at the front and extends parallel to the blade towards its point. The knuckle bow is clearly marked midway along one side with incuse stamps for the date, the royal lion passant, the crowned leopard’s head assay mark and the makers mark of “J C”. The leopard’s head and lion stamps are repeated underneath the hilt. This maker’s mark is most certainly that of the London cutler and silver hilted sword maker John Carman (I). The top of the knuckle bow is secured into the pommel cap with a terminal hook of usual form. The pommel cap has an integral ribbed button on top and is grooved at the side in similar style to the base ferrule of the grip. The attractive grip is formed from four plates of natural horn. The curved, single edged blade broadens slightly at the tip and is 25 inches (63.5 cm) long. It has a short ricasso and a single fuller which extends from the hilt underneath the spine of the blade and terminates almost at the tip. The blade on each side is marked with the talismanic date 1555. The numbers are separated in the middle by an orb mark with a cross attached either side. The word “S A H A G V M” appears inside the fuller on each side. This mark appears with variants on a number of blades in the 17th and 18th centuries mounted on Dutch and English swords and were probably made in Solingen. During the 17th and 18th centuries, when swords were a popular weapon for gentlemen, hunting swords and hangers were a robust, shorter, secondary side arm used for self defence when walking about town and travelling in general. Although referred to as “hunting” weapons, they probably had minimal use in hunting. Self defence in crowded areas, and in the tight confines of dangerous alleyways in cities, required a weapon which was shorter than a full length sword for close-in use in these confined spaces. The blade of this weapon is a fighting blade which would probably have been impractical to use in a hunting environment and further outlines the misnomer of the term “hunting” when generally applied to these swords. The date of this hanger shows that John Carman (I) made it shortly before his death in 1741. Unfortunately the signature mark is no longer available to us in the records at Goldsmiths’ Hall. The Smallworkers’ Book of 1739 – 1757 which might have recorded this mark, plus many others struck between these dates, is now lost. John Carman (I) had a son who was also a silver hilted sword maker and cutler. He is recorded from 1721 when he was born until 1664 when he died. He was indentured to his father, and sworn free by servitude of the Cutlers’ Company in 1743. It is likely that he registered a mark then, or shortly after, possibly prompted by the death of his father and the resulting need for stability in the business. Given these circumstances John Carman (II) could not have had his own name mark registered at Goldsmiths’ Hall and be making swords in his own right before 1743. Hence the mark is of Carman (I) given the absence of any other recorded makers with names that may have marked in this manner at this date. The above reference work borrows from Leslie Southwick, “London Silver – Hilted Swords, Their makers, suppliers & allied traders, with directory”, 2001, Royal Armouries. The sword overall is in good condition. The total length is 30.25 inches (79.5 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £1950

Mid 17th century Civil War Period English Hanger. An impressively decorated early English Hanger dating to the middle of the 17th century and the English Civil War period. These hangers were used by civilians during this period and by members of the military particularly pikemen. The iron hilt consists of an upwardly convex shell guard attached to a robust quillon block which has a flattened lobed downward facing rear quillon and curved knuckle bow which is attached to the pommel front with a hook. The domed pommel cap has an integral ribbed button on top. The grip is formed from natural roe buck antler and has a pronounced collar at the base. The hilt is impressively chiselled in relief in typical English 17th century style. The convex surface of the shell has a profile portrait of a male wearing a wig and robe presumably indicating a judicial connection. The bust is flanked by intricate scrolling tendrils. The bust is repeated on the front of the base collar of the grip. The quillon and knucklebow are deeply chiselled with foliate designs. The flattened hook at the top of the knucklebow is fashioned as a beast’s head. The pommel top is cut with a flower head of six petals which radiate from the pommel button to the edge. The sides of the collar are chiselled with conjoined arches. The curved single edged blade becomes double edged towards the tip. It has a short ricasso from which on the reverse side a single broad fuller extends underneath the spine almost to the tip. Interestingly, on the front side, a fuller commences from the hilt in the same manner for a short distance after which it bifurcates into two fullers running underneath the spine. The bottom fuller terminates near the tip and the top fuller terminates where the blade becomes double edged. At the forte the short broader fuller is inscribed with ‘Louis Oldfieldt, Dundlek ont”. The meaning of which is unknown. The hanger is in good original condition with a light consistent “salt and pepper” russet surface all over. The blade length is 19.25 inches (49 cm) and overall the hanger is 24.75 inches (just over 62 cm) long. Provenance: The Professor David Weaver Collection.

Nation : ?
Local Price : 1,895.00

. A Solid Silver Hilted Sword, hallmarked for 1790-91. With straight singled edged tapering blade, cut with a long deep fuller running the entire length, engraved on both sides with stands of arms and ‘GR', solid silver stirrup hilt, with silver wire bound ebony grip, in its original tooled leather scabbard with solid silver mounts all hallmarked and stamped with makers initials IF, the locket signed ‘NEILD St. James St. SWORD CUTLER to his royal highness the PRINCE OF WALES'. Notes: The scabbard is complete but rather flimsy, there is a small tear towards the bottom. Dimensions: Blade Length: 32.5 Inches (82.55 cm) Overall Length: 38 Inches (96.52 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,895.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**British 1796 Pattern Yeomanry Officer’s Light Cavalry Sabre With Quality Gilt & Blued Etched Blade & Scabbard. Sn 22733 -. These Sabres were primarily used by British Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars (see page 78 of World Swords by Withers). The blade is remembered today as one of the best of its time and has been described as the finest cutting sword ever manufactured in quantity. Officers of the famous 95th Rifles, Light Infantry Regiments and the "flank" Companies of Line Regiments adopted these Swords (The Hit Napoleonic War, Book & TV series Sharpe’s Rifles featured this pattern of Sword). Pattern 1796 Sabres were used at The Battle of Waterloo 1815. This original Officer’s quality 1796 Sabre is in very good condition. It has a single edged, 30 ½” slim sabre blade (35” overall). The slim blade indicates that this sword was most likely a Yeomanry cavalry Officer’s privately commissioned piece. The blade has some staining consistent with age but no rust and the cutting edge has a few small nicks consistent with age and service use. The nicks are only visible on close inspection. Both sides of the blade have decorative Gilt & Blued panels with Banners & Arms, Crown & Royal Cypher ‘GR’ (George Rex). There are no visible maker marks on the blade. It has a steel cross guard with rounded langets, knuckle guard, grip frame and fish skin covered ribbed grip with wire binding. The covering is worn in areas exposing the wood grip underneath and some of the grips original wire binding is present. The Sabre is complete with its original steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The scabbard has even patina. There are no maker marks visible on the scabbard. The price for this attractive Napoleonic Wars Era Sword & Scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 22733

Nation : British
Local Price : £1895

Click and use the code >26195 to search for this item on the dealer website Absolutely Superb & Stunning, Fully Provenanced, Victorian, British Generals Wilkinson Sword Of The Commander of the Grenadier Guards In The Crimean War At Alma, Sevastopol, and The Battle of Inkerman, In the Guards Brigade