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Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >23511 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning & Beautiful Edo Period Tachi-kake, Japanese Samurai Sword Stand Okuyama Family, Descendants of the Famous Genji Clan

Nation : Persian
Local Price : £3450

Click and use the code >24850 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful Matched Pair of An Ancient Bronze Sword and Dagger With Pierced Bird Cage Pommels. From The Era of the Ancient Greco-Persian Wars

Nation : British
Local Price : £3400

Scottish Basket Hilted Sword dating to the second quarter of the 17th century. The original scabbard is of scarce early form made from hollowed slats of wood covered with leather stitched along the middle on one side. It lacks its iron furniture apart from the crimped iron chape. It is in poor condition with the wooden core exposed and broken in the middle. The scabbard appears to have been snapped or at least damaged towards the chape and now repaired. 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 pronounced ricasso extending for just under 2 inches (4.5 cm) from the hilt with a pronounced fuller inside each blunt edge. From the end of the ricasso three fullers extend for 7.5 inches along the middle stamped with “ANDRIA” in the middle fuller on one side and “FERARA” in the middle fuller on the reverse side with patterns of crosses to the sides and in the fullers above and below. Beyond the fullers on one side is a group of small orb and cross marks. The shoulders of the ricasso fit into a shallow rectangular shaped 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. 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 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 and English variants, particularly that shown on pages 114 and 115. The blade is 30.75 inches (78 cm) long and the overall length of the sword is 36 inches (99.5 cm). The sword hilt is in russet condition. One guard bar has cracked at its join with the top of the knuckle bow. One of the lateral bars extending out from the cross bar is broken. There is a working life riveted repair to the inside of one of the side guard bars. The blade has been protected by the scabbard and is in fine condition with minor shallow patches of blackened age.

Nation : ?
Local Price : $3295.00

Exceptional Gilded Pappenheimer Rapier, ca. 1630.

Nation : American
Local Price : $3295.00

Civil War Presentation US M1850 Staff & Field Officer’s Sword. In 1850, the US Army designated two sword models for commissioned infantry officers; the M1850 Foot Officer's Sword and the M1850 Staff & Field Officer's Sword. The foot officer's sword was to be for company-level officers of the rank of Captain and below, while the staff & field sword was for officers of the rank major and above. However, in actual practice they were interchangeable and ownership apparently had little or nothing to do with rank. Both model swords followed the same basic design, with the only difference being that the staff & field sword had a cutout “US” worked into the design of the guard. This example features gilt cast brass guard of standard form, pierced and decorated with classical foliate design and “US” on the upper obverse face; integral knuckle bow joining the capstan pommel. The wood grip is covered with shagreen and wrapped with twisted brass wire (wire broken and missing a few turns). Slightly curved single-edged 30 3/4″ blade with wide and narrow fullers, profusely etched with foliage, stands of arms, and maker's name “W. H./Horstman/& Sons/PHILADELPHIA” just below the guard; “IRON PROOF” etched on the spine. Brown metal scabbard with gilt brass mounts, the upper carry band engraved “Presented to/CAPT N. L. HAWLEY/by his Democratic friends/of Lockport”. While he is not listed in the Civil War Database of soldiers, Norman L. Hawley was a captain in the Lockport Light Artillery, attached to the 4th Illinois Cavalry. Illinois records show he mustered in on July 31, 1861. The 4th Illinois Cavalry officially began service on September 26, 1861 and was consolidated into the 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1865. The regiment saw action at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, and the battles of Coffeeville and Egypt Station. Further research would likely reveal more information about Captain Hawley, and a book was published on the history of the 4th Illinois Cavalry in 1903, now available in reprint. Except for the grip wire, the sword is in very good condition, with about 40% original gilding on the hilt; the blade is very good plus, with bright frosty finish and clear markings. Overall length 36 ½”, not including scabbard.

Nation : British
Local Price : 4,500.00 USD

AN EXTREMELY RARE SCOTTISH PLUG BAYONET C.1690. This example, with 9" blade, belongs to a group of daggers with similar blades and guards, decorated in silver as is this one, many of which bear Jacobite mottos. They have spatulate profile reeded bog oak grips. A very few, as this one are mounted as plug bayonets. The hilt is darkly grained bog oak with a silver ferrule and silver flower head disk at the top. The Jacobite Rebellion came at a time when the plug bayonet had reached its greatest popularity and this is the Scottish separatists rendition. Provenance: J. F. R. Winsbury Collection

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,250.00

Georgian 21st Royal Scotch Fusiliers Officer&#acute;s Mameluke. 21st Royal Scotch Fusiliers Officer&#acute;s Mameluke c 1815 – 1820 gilt brass decorative hilt with bone grips secured by two studs. The single edged blade with clip point and etched in gold with thistleÂ and regimental badge the reverse with floral decoration. Complete with metal scabbard with three gilt mounts repainted and officer&#acute;s sword knot. Submission reference: ZPS39U5K Information: Blade Length: 73cm Overall Length: 86cm

Nation : -
Local Price : £3,250.00 GBP

Early 17th Century 'Pettherr Wirsbergh' Sword. Wide and imposing blade marked "Pettherr Wirsbergh" on one side, and "Me Fecit Sohlingen" on the other.Â A top quality early 17th blade mounted on a Walloon-type hilt. This sword probably saw service during the 30 Years War, fought as a result of the Reformation of the Church. Norman and Barne, 1980, pp. 88, 230 and 25"