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Nation : British
Local Price : £3,500.00

Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol. SN R007. A Rare Royal Forrester´s Pattern 1760 Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol 16 1/2&157; overall, 9&157; round barrel with central proof marks, stepped flat lockplate with crown GR over stamped Mayor, border engraved cock, walnut full stock with long eared butt cap, escutcheon, brass trigger guard and large stepped side plate and ramrod pipe. Stock moulded around barrel tang. In sleepy patinated condition, cock a working life replacement, lacking ramrod.&194;&160; Circa 1760 Thomas Mayor Brass gun furniture maker to the Ordnance 1761-1767, succeeded by his widow Jane 1767-1795 &194;&160;Provenance Robert E Brooker Jr Collection author of British Military Pistols 1603-1888 Collection.No. 137. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : ?
Local Price : $3495.00

Unusual European Dagger, Late 17th/Early 18th C. Uniquely designed steel hilt with twin sets of vertically recurved quillons arranged in opposite directions, each with an antler-shaped finial. Single side ring with matching pierced design. Pommel decorated ensuite; the grip with its original copper wire-wrapped grip arranged in a chevron shape and finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Tapering 13 1/4″ blade of hollow-ground triangular section, engraved on both sides with foliage, geometric designs, a spread-winged eagle, and sun faces. Very good original condition; the metal generally smooth, with some very light pitting and age staining. Wear to engravings. No scabbard. Overall length 19 1/4″. A rapier with similar antler motif recently sold at auction in Germany for 15,000 euro.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : $3495.00

Venetian Schiavona Broadsword, Mid-17th C. The schiavona is a distinctly Venetian sword carried for centuries by the Dalmatian mercenaries hired by the Doge of Venice. The earliest examples had a simple cruciform hilt which evolved progressively to the ornate intricate basket hilt of the 18th C. The one feature that remained constant throughout its period of use is the distinctive cat's head pommel, the earliest examples being of iron with later pommels of brass or bronze. This example from the mid-17th C features a possibly earlier broad 35 1/8″ double-edged blade of hexagonal-section with short central fuller and armorer's mark stamped on both sides. Iron basket hilt of typical style formed of flattened bars with incised line decor, straight reverse quillon with small button finial, thumb ring on reverse. Brass cat's head pommel with small ring attaching to the upper end of the guard; original leather-wrapped grip with twisted brass wire. Overall length 41″. Metal lightly pitted with a few patches of heavier pitting on the blade; age patina.

Nation : Swedish
Local Price : $3495.00

Swedish Officer’s Broadsword, ca. 1630, Thirty Years War. What ostensibly began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Bohemia in 1618, expanded and turned into the Renaissance equivalent of a world war. It ravaged Central Europe, primarily Germany, and resulted in the deaths of between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians from battle, disease, and famine. It was a particularly brutal conflict, with victorious troops often committing widespread acts of extreme cruelty on civilians. The largest example being the siege and sack of the Protestant City of Magdeburg in 1631, resulting in the death of around 20,000 of its defenders and civilians- around 80% of its inhabitants. In 1630, Swedish troops led by King Gustavus Adolphus entered the conflict . They inflicted a massive defeat on the Imperial forces at Breitenfeld, avenging the sack of Magdeburg just months before. While the Imperial forces under Count Tilly allowed wanton pillaging and plunder of the towns, largely because he lacked the funds to pay them, Adolphus prohibited his men from the plunder or destruction of the towns or private property. Adolphus defeated Imperial forces under Wallenstein at the Battle of Lutzen in November, 1632, who took over command after Tilly died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Rain. Always one to lead from the front, Adolphus found himself isolated behind enemy lines and was killed. To this day, Gustavus Adolphus is considered one of Sweden’s greatest heroes. This sword is distinctively Swedish in its hilt design. It features vertically recurved quillons and a large heart-shaped side ring with inserted plate pierced with round holes, from which extends a flat bar screwed to the heart-shaped pommel with button; brazed thumb ring on reverse. The grip is wrapped with alternating fine and coarse twisted copper wire and finished with Turks heads top and bottom. The hilt is engraved on the obverse with foliage and faces, with a spread-winged angel on the pommel. Tapering 33 1/2” (85 cm) blade of flattened diamond section, engraved with mottoes, foliage, a falchion, and an exotic bird on its upper third on the obverse side. Blade with numerous shallow edge nicks, the engravings showing wear. Hilt very good with minor wear to the engravings A well-balanced sword which would have been carried by a Swedish officer during the Thirty Years War. Overall length 39 3/4” (101 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,495.00

1st Life Guards Officers State Sword 1834 Pattern. Ref X3375. A 1st Life Guards Officers State Sword 1834 Pattern by Andrews. 44&157; overall, 37 1/2&157; blade with wide fuller & spear point, etched with a small panel of scrolling foliage & ´Andrews 9 Pall Mall´ on one side & Crown over W IV on both sides. Regulation pierced steel hilt decorated with 12 brass studs & applied with the regimental device, wire bound fish skin grip with brass stepped pommel, with correct buff leather sword knot. Contained in its original brass mounted steel scabbard. Circa 1835 Sword in good condition, etching on the blade is faint. Scabbard with some dents to one side´, See ´British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912´ by Richard Deller pages 205 to 214.&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;&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; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £3495

Click and use the code >24859 to search for this item on the dealer website Super & Historical Brown Bess Flintlock Musket & Bayonet. In Its Final Service Days, Part of the Arms Used by The Expeditionary Sailing Schooner & Steam Ship of the River Niger. Engraved With the Name of The 1st Propeller Driven Exploring Steamship

Nation : British
Local Price : £3475

English Officers’ Finely Embossed Dish Hilt Rapier circa 1620 to 1650. An English Officers’ Rapier dating to circa 1620 to 1650. The style of hilt and blade type show that the weapon was made for generalist or military use by a member of the officer class or gentry rather than for duelling. The hilt is intricately chiselled and bossed with floral and circular features in typically English 17th century style. The prominent dish guard is forged in one piece from beaten iron with an upturned rim. It is finely chiselled on the outside, and bossed from the inside, with foliate sprays which are accentuated with dots. The rectangular section quillon block is of bold form and decorated with chiselled lines. Front and back horizontally formed quillons emanate from the block and terminate in swollen engraved knops. Two flattened side guard rings emanate from each side of the quillons forged in contour with the dish edge beneath. The middles of the side rings are formed with double conjoined roundels chiselled in similar style to the exterior of the dish. From the front a slender knuckle bow emanates from the quillon top and rises upwards in a “D” shape to terminate in a flattened angle which is pierced and secured to the pommel front by a screw. The bow is is markedly swollen half way along with a knop similar to those which form the quillon terminals. Two scrolled side guard bars emanate from the knuckle bow just below the knop and are attached to the side rings at the front to strengthen the structure. The bars are decorated with parallel incised lines in the English manner along the narrower lengths. The solid pear shaped pommel has an integral waisted neck beneath and raised button on top. It is decorated with chiselled designs similar to those present underneath the dish guard and on the side guard ring roundels. The grip is of baluster shape and spirally bound with roped wire. Iron ferrules are present top and bottom. The stiff blade is of tapering flattened lenticular section and 34 inches (86.5 cm) long. It has a short ricasso from which a deep fuller is cut extending for 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) along each side flanked with incised lines. Both fullers are stamped on the inside with the inscription “INRI MARIA” the words flanked and interspersed with dots and crosses. The blade was probably made in Toledo or Milan. The blade is an import into England which did not have an established blademaking industry in the second quarter of the 17th century when the rapier was forged. Many blades were also imported from German blade making centres of which Solingen was the most important. The rapier retains an even blackened dense russet patination all over. The hilt retains its pleasing original profile. The overall length of the rapier is just over 41.25 inches (just under 105 cm). English rapiers of this date exhibit a common form and style, however, there are many variations under this umbrella. For different styles of English rapiers see Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords”, 2013, Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Volume One, 1600 to 1660, pages 254 to 281.

Nation : British
Local Price : £3,450.00

Light Dragoons Officer&#acute;s Sword. Light Dragoons Officer&#acute;s Sword or Coffin Hilt as they are referred too. Gilt brass knuckle bow, urn shape and quillon. Flat cap pommel with tang button, diamond shaped langets complete with chequered ebony grip. The langets are engraved stand of arms and a acorn within a shield and the pommel with a sword and crossed flags. The blade blue and gilt although this has darkened with age and engraved with Turks arms with sword, crescent moon, stylized dragon and a Turks head. Plus cryptic motto, stands of arms and stars. Complete with highly decorative brass scabbard which is a replacement, over all length 97.5cm the blade 82cm. Foe reference please see Swords of the British Army “ Revised Edition by Robson page 75 – 76